Greetings,

In a plot twist, my handle deals mainly with x-wing (and old 1.0 at that, far more balanced in 2.0) and I don’t have a ton of Rebel experience. I’m working on learning how to play them better without going out and chasing the hotness where possible.

My main goal is keeping games fun and interesting with our casual players without making it a “empire wins every game” (something our home crew seems to have happen outside of rebel mirror match ups).

What I have to work with:

Heroes: Core box Luke, Leia, Cassian + K2

Corps: 3x rebel troopers, 1x Veterans

Support: 2x RT

SF: one commandos box, one wookies

heavy: t47

extras: Rebel Specialist x1

Interested in both 500 skirmish and 800 standard lists. I feel pretty good about my imperials list building in casual play.

Here’s my rule: You can advise additional purchases to get where you propose, but no more than 1 unit box and one hero purchase beyond what is here. Rebels are not my passion but my diversion + backup for helping keep games from going mirror match. It’s immersion.

This is what I whipped up. My thinking is match up and mission specific Cassian can hang back and be annoying, or he can get in the mix. Infiltrate works well for some missions. The corps units are going to try and balance between farming objectives and shooting, and the RTs are there purely to harass the enemy.

What would you do differently?

Cassian Andor (90 + 20 = 110)
--Endurance (6), Overwatch (4), A280-CFE Sniper Config (10)

Cassian Andor (Loadout)
--Offensive Push (4), Endurance (6), A280-CFE Pistol Config (10)

Leia Organa (90 + 15 = 105)
--Aggressive Tactics (10), Strict Orders (5)

K-2SO (70 + 10 = 80)
--Jyns SE-14 Blaster (10)

Rebel Troopers (40 + 22 = 62)
--Z-6 Trooper (22)

Rebel Troopers (40 + 22 = 62)
--Z-6 Trooper (22)

Rebel Troopers (40 + 22 = 62)
--Z-6 Trooper (22)

Rebel Veterans (48 + 23 = 71)
--Rebel Comms Technician (9), Offensive Push (4), HQ Uplink (10)

Mark II Medium Blaster Trooper (38 + 0 = 38)

Rebel Commandos (60 + 0 = 60)

AT-RT (55 + 20 = 75)
--AT-RT Rotary Blaster (20)

AT-RT (55 + 20 = 75)
--AT-RT Rotary Blaster (20)

On 7/11/2020 at 6:08 AM, ScummyRebel said:

Cassian Andor (90 + 20 = 110)
--Endurance (6), Overwatch (4), A280-CFE Sniper Config (10)
Cassian is plenty competitive. But the Pistol is way more fun to play than sniper. I usually don't take Endurance, but Hunter and Offensive Push. The standby is fairly difficult to pull off with a competent opponent.
Cassian Andor (Loadout)
--Offensive Push (4), Endurance (6), A280-CFE Pistol Config (10)
Leia Organa (90 + 15 = 105)
--Aggressive Tactics (10), Strict Orders (5) I'd drop the Aggressive Tactics - you won't hardly use them or miss them. Keep her cheap.

K-2SO (70 + 10 = 80)
--Jyns SE-14 Blaster (10)

Rebel Troopers (40 + 22 = 62)
--Z-6 Trooper (22)
After about the first 3 months of releases, I realized the Z-6 is useless to me. YMMV. But dropping the z6 and AggTactics gives you 76pts which is enough for another squad or two. R2D2 is really good. Jyn is actually really fun with Cassian and Leia. You might be able to squeeze in Young Luke too for some variety.
Rebel Troopers (40 + 22 = 62)
--Z-6 Trooper (22)

Rebel Troopers (40 + 22 = 62)
--Z-6 Trooper (22)

Rebel Veterans (48 + 23 = 71)
--Rebel Comms Technician (9), Offensive Push (4), HQ Uplink (10)

Mark II Medium Blaster Trooper (38 + 0 = 38)

Rebel Commandos (60 + 0 = 60)

AT-RT (55 + 20 = 75)
--AT-RT Rotary Blaster (20)

AT-RT (55 + 20 = 75)
--AT-RT Rotary Blaster (20)

39 minutes ago, buckero0 said:

Jyn is actually really fun with Cassian and Leia. You might be able to squeeze in Young Luke too for some variety.

Cassian may be able to be change his rank to Operative when he is deployed, but he is still a Commander for the purposes of list building. You can't legally build a list with Cassian, Leia, and Jyn/Luke (unless it's Op Luke, of course).

43 minutes ago, Lochlan said:

Cassian may be able to be change his rank to Operative when he is deployed, but he is still a Commander for the purposes of list building. You can't legally build a list with Cassian, Leia, and Jyn/Luke (unless it's Op Luke, of course).

I meant in place of Leia. My phone auto corrected. Sorry