Resistance Bromance

By RealSpecter, in X-Wing Squad Lists

I have a hyperspace trial coming up and am trying to come up with a list for it. The base are the 2 buddies from the new Star Wars movies - Poe and Finn:

T-70 X-wing - •Poe Dameron - 71
•Poe Dameron - Trigger-Happy Flyboy (68)
Heroic (1)
R4 Astromech (2)
Integrated S-foils (Open) (0)

Resistance Transport Pod - •Finn - 43
•Finn - Big Deal (29)
Heroic (1)
Perceptive Copilot (8)
Pattern Analyzer (5)

Total: 114/200

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I have 3 filler options:

Option 1: Gunboat Vennie - I still like this ship - 270 degrees firing arc is great for arc dodgers + proximity mines just to be safe, that they won't go behind you.

Option 2: Tallie + Bastian, so basically modified Tom Reed's list from the latest X-wing Team Championship from Poland

Option 3: Falcon - there are enough points left for Han or Rey and some upgrades.

Which one would you guys suggest? Since I don't have enough time to test them all, I just have to pick one and get as many games with it as possible.

Option 2.

A 4 ship build with Finn + a mixture of A and X is the way to go for Resistance unless you are flying pure aces.

Temmin Wexley (54)
Composure (1)
R4 Astromech (2)
Integrated S-Foils (0)
Primed Thrusters (8)
Ion Cannon (5)

Ship total: 70 Half Points: 35 Threshold: 4

I flew this Snap recently and he's a ton of fun. If you keep his wings closed, on a turn where you can trigger his ability, you can boost, focus and barrel roll every turn and have the R4 to help clear stress. Plus the draw back of losing a die on primary attacks is mitigated by the Ion Cannon being 3 dice and range 1-3. Pushing through even one ion on a small ship can be huge. Plus with primed thrusters, after a k-Turn or Talon Roll, you can still boost and barrel roll. And composure is there if your boost ever fails to get a free focus (if you're not stressed)

I recommend giving it a try!

What did you fly snap with?