Attack of the 1's

By AegisAngel, in X-Wing Squad Lists

So I flew this list at a tournament yesterday (02-01-2020) at my FLGS and It did surprisingly well.

The Ones

(67) Delta Squadron Pilot [TIE/D Defender]
Points: 67

(67) Delta Squadron Pilot [TIE/D Defender]
Points: 67

(22) Academy Pilot [TIE/ln Fighter]
Points: 22

(22) Academy Pilot [TIE/ln Fighter]
Points: 22

(22) Academy Pilot [TIE/ln Fighter]
Points: 22

Total points: 200

All ship no upgrades heres how the tourney went.

Game 1 vs Ten Numb, Airen, Dutch, and Jake. Lined up Dedenders on the left and Fighters on the left. He lined up across from the Defenders so I 3 turned away from the joust and went fast with the Fighters. Then then I brought everything around and went head on. He went too slow with Dutch and Jake was going to flank. Ten survived the first pass with 1 Hull. After that I systematically set up kill boxes and killed his ships 1 by 1. Final score 200 to 56 win as he only managed half on 1 defender and kill 1 Fighter.

After the last success my dice screwed me this game vs Lando, Norra, Luke. Turn 3 managed to kill box Norra with both defenders and 2 fighter with the third blocking and she nattied ALL the shots with me only getting 1 or 2 hits with focused 3 and 4 dice. I was super salty because even making all the right decisions my dice refused to do anything. I only managed to get half on Norra as I couldn't get any hits. Even my opponent recognized the variance in play as I got multiple blocks off on Lando and only got 1 hit most of the time (which he evaded). I left 1 fighter to kill a 1 hull Norra, you can guess how that went. I hate getting salty in games but this variance tipped me over.

Game 3 vs Imperial Aces Vader, Soontir, Dutchess. Lined up in the center as there was 2 lanes with obstacles placement. After going fast with all my ships (I'm a very aggressive player) turn 1 he expected me to turn and try and cut off Soontir so he brought Dutchess in but my first target was Dutchess (only 2 agility with 4 hull I don't use strikers because I think they are too squishy) and she ended up flying into a kill box of all 5 ships and promptly exploded. Then sent both defenders after Soontir and sent the fighters to occupy Vader. After forcing Soontir to fly over a rock had 2 unobstructed shots at a Soontir with my defenders and blanked all 6 dice. I felt the heat rising as I felt like it was going to be a repeat of game 2 but he brought Vader in and I promptly turned on him. Got a block off and Vader promptly fell to focus fire. Soontir lived with 1 hull so it ended 167 to 89 as he killed 1 defender and 1 Fighter.

People keep saying Defenders are bad, but I honestly don't know if they ever fly Defenders. Delta Defenders are solid ships. Are they going to win the next big Extended event? No. Are they totally playable and fine ships that people keep begging for buffs on for no good reason? Yes.

1 hour ago, theBitterFig said:

Delta Defenders are solid ships.

Friend of mine took one to St. Louis and really enjoyed it, at I1 you just always get your actions and they have such a solid stat line and action bar, white 4k’s are no joke either.

If they EVER make it so you can have 3 with passive sensors there will be fun times ahead.

Edited by KingmanHighborn