Hey all, been a while since I've been around. Considering the points and meta changes with wave 4 kinda available, I am looking to rehash an old squad into something viable before tomorrow night. This is what I'm looking at:

Soontir Fel with Predator (55)

Scimitar with Barrage Rockets (37) x2

Academy Pilot (23) x3

Total 198/200

The basic idea is the squad flies in 3 primary elements, with the 5 generics serving as 2 sets of bait while Fel flanks in. Hopefully the /ln's can help set up the bombers for some awesome barrage shots while they're plinking away at whatever my opponent has.

Thoughts?

I run Vader, Soontir & Barrage Bombers. Fun list, bombers need to make sure they hit their squad as soon as they can because they can pop quick.

Soontir with predator, vader fcs afterburners sense, and 3 academies was pretty good pre points change.

Vader senses for academies to block.

Similar to your list, but gives you the hardest, most consistent hitting ship in the game.

Soontir Fel (53)

Darth Vader (67)
Sense (5)
Afterburners (6)

Academy Pilot (23)

Academy Pilot (23)

Academy Pilot (23)
Total: 200

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All signs point to "Remove X, add Vader"

I don't know why, but I've never had any success with the Dark Lord. I will probably not try him again tonight, but guess I need to in the future.

It's been a while since I've posted here, but I've flown my original version of the list in 10 games total now. I handily won 6 of them, had 2 really close wins, and 2 really close losses. One of my losses, however, showed me just how STUPID Darth Vader can be if flown properly. He did my entire list in himself, with only 6 damage of help (3 on each bomber) from the rest of his list.

I have decided that I really need to learn to fly Vader, but don't really know what to pair him with to make him truly as effective as he could be. Any ideas?

If anyone wants to read the battle reports, they are on my blog , 3 of the last 4 articles are all with this squad.

1 hour ago, Eruletho said:

I have decided that I really need to learn to fly Vader, but don't really know what to pair him with to make him truly as effective as he could be. Any ideas?

See above, soontir, vader with sense and afterburners and 3 academies. Its good.

If you want trip aces, vader soontir and dutchess. Build em how you want.

This is kind of unconventional and likely not as good as a more typical build but I've had some good results with it.

The Unexpectables

(43) Seventh Sister [TIE Advanced v1]
(16) Supernatural Reflexes
Points: 59

(67) Darth Vader [TIE Advanced x1]
(6) Afterburners
(2) Fire-Control System
Points: 75

(51) "Echo" [TIE/ph Phantom]
(9) Fifth Brother
(6) Outmaneuver
Points: 66

Total points: 200

Slow roll Vader and flank the other 2. If they go for Vader, he runs away, unless it's a 1v1 he can win. The other 2 are so unpredictable and hard to pin that it's generally a bad idea to go for them. 7th Sis is a wasp and Echo ignored will do a lot of damage. Basically, hide Vader so that they can soften the enemy squad for as long as possible, the aim being that you're getting shots for a few turns and not really taking any damage in return. Both Echo and Sis are more able to take those random return shots than Duchess and Soontir while being just as hard to catch. Their job is to open the door, then Vader just walks in and burns their house down.

Darth Vader (67)
Sense (5)
Afterburners (6)

Ship total: 78 Half Points: 39 Threshold: 3

Soontir Fel (53)
Ship total: 53 Half Points: 27 Threshold: 2

Academy Pilot (23)
Ship total: 23 Half Points: 12 Threshold: 2

Academy Pilot (23)
Ship total: 23 Half Points: 12 Threshold: 2

Academy Pilot (23)
Ship total: 23 Half Points: 12 Threshold: 2


Total: 200

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Darth Vader (67)
Fire-Control System (2)
Afterburners (6)

Ship total: 75 Half Points: 38 Threshold: 3

Soontir Fel (53)
Predator (2)
Hull Upgrade (7)

Ship total: 62 Half Points: 31 Threshold: 2

"Duchess" (42)
Crack Shot (1)
Fifth Brother (9)
Hull Upgrade (5)

Ship total: 57 Half Points: 29 Threshold: 3


Total: 194

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Add Hate or Sense to Vader if you want

23 hours ago, Eruletho said:

I have decided that I really need to learn to fly Vader, but don't really know what to pair him with to make him truly as effective as he could be. Any ideas?

Kinda anything works...

• Vader + Fel + 3 Academies, as noted abive
• Vader + Fel + 2 Bombers, well, maybe not so much these days, but
• Vader + Fel + Duchess (with toys like 5th Brother)
  • I suppose Vader + Fel + Duchess with just Predator or Crack Shot would fit along with a single Academy... not a lot of bid, but 3 aces + blocker...
• Vader + Fel + 2 PS1 Strikers (this is one a local player did well with)