Do i need to kill my darling?

By Muppetfluffer, in X-Wing Squad Lists

Tournament time closing in rapidly.

Ive played this latley and it feels ok (only had 5 games). Delayedfuse strategy is getting better though and more accurate.

Should I just abandon Deathrain or adjust the list? Thx for any advice

(67) Darth Vader [TIE Advanced x1]
(3) Hate
(3) Passive Sensors
Points: 73

(51) "Echo" [TIE/ph Phantom]
(9) Fifth Brother
(3) Passive Sensors
Points: 63

(44) "Deathrain" [TIE/ca Punisher]
(3) Seismic Charges
(5) Proton Bombs
(1) Delayed Fuses
(10) Trajectory Simulator
Points: 63

Total points: 199

Edited by Muppetfluffer

As someone who's faced it with several lists: the problem is lack of damage.

It's fun and has lots of neat tricks, but both echo and deathrain are fragile flowers, echo needs to be flown so very carefully to be effective, and that's if he has the initiative.

Deathrain is a deterrent, but not very effective in practice, and can be melted easily.

You're probably better off flying something like Whisper and Vynder instead of Echo and Deathrain. Diamond-boron missiles are likely more effective than trajectory bombs for pushing damage through, and it gives you another weirdly flying ship on the board for your opponent to worry about.

Edited by Cerebrawl

Kill your darlings

It gets easier with practice...

10 hours ago, ficklegreendice said:

Kill your darlings

It gets easier with practice...

*Brings out the matches and swallows hard*