Alright, hear me out. Recently I've been looking at some of the more... underplayed units in lists. I almost never see mention of the Wookies, and I assume it is attributed to their relatively lackluster looking surge values (being surge to hit) and their relatively low-survivability. What I love about these absolute monsters though, is their amazing ability to be a flanking unit.

Recently I played this list to immense success, and I want to ask if anyone has any recommendations or whether or not anyone has also shared this thought - that wookies are competitive, and for some reason, underplayed.

List is as follows: (797 points)

HQ:

Leia Organa (90) + Strict Orders (5)

Han Solo (120) + Duck and Cover (4)

Corps:

Rebel Troopers x3 with z6 (186)

Rebel Troopers (40) + impact grenades (5)

Wookie Warriors (75) + Bowcaster Wookie (35) + Recon intel (2)

AT-RT x3 with rotary blaster (225)

The idea is to use the ATRT's offensively, as they have armour and most lists neglect to bring any impact above impact 1, or critical 2.

Using the ATRT's as a shock unit, they can sit at range 3 and punish anyone who comes within their range, while you have breathing room to flank up with your wookies and engage in melee combat. My whole plan for my wookies, and from what I have played so far, is to have them charge any unit near the frontlines, and tie them up in melee so they cannot be shot at first, or even second turn. An ideal charge would be snowtroopers with flamer who are eager to crisp some rebel bois, or even a squad of scouts moving up for demo charges.

All the while, using Han offensively for a couple of his command cards, namely "sorry about the mess" and "change of plans" to mess with your opponent's hands, and importantly, get the units you need to activate, to activate first. You'll be relying on your 2 pips to get your wookies into charges first in turn, but the good news is that the unit has a total of 12 WOUNDS to chew through. More than an ATST.

Tell me what you think, but my favourite parts about these big bad hairy grlglrglrgs is they ignore difficult terrain, have expert climber, rally on red dice, and have charge. Basically tauntaun infantry.