Hi everyone, I received some 1.0 Ships and their conversion pieces and thought a Tie Bomber based list could be fun. If anyone has suggestions/criticism I'd love to hear it I'm very new to building x-wing lists.

Outside of the 4 ships below all I have is a Tie Advanced (the vader one) and 2 Tie Fighters.

"Redline" (52)
Barrage Rockets (8)
Proton Bombs (5)

Ship total: 65 Half Points: 33 Threshold: 5

Captain Jonus (45)
Barrage Rockets (8)

Ship total: 53 Half Points: 27 Threshold: 3

Nu Squadron Pilot (32)
Fire-Control System (2)
Proton Torpedoes (13)
Os-1 Arsenal Loadout (0)

Ship total: 47 Half Points: 24 Threshold: 4

Scimitar Squadron Pilot (27)
Barrage Rockets (8)

Ship total: 35 Half Points: 18 Threshold: 3


Total: 200

I doubled the ordinance up on Redline because I thought he was the most likely to survive especially if they want to kill Jonus. I thought the Fire-Control system had good synergy with the Loadout but I haven't played with or against a starwing before.

Thanks in advance!

hi,

if you spend 13 points on redline you better pick proton torpedes instead of barrage+bombs.

redline desn't need jonus ability to reroll dices so i would avoid barrage in any case

if you want save some point on redline and avoid protorps i advise you to take any missile with t. lock requirement instead of focus that sinergize better with his ability

jonus is very expensive and to capitalize his cost you better put in your squad the most barrage bombers you can....

so i would probably play your squad in this way:

**"Redline" (52)** * Advanced Sensors (10)* * Proton Torpedoes (13)* *Ship total: (75)*

**Captain Jonus (45)** * Barrage Rockets (8)* *Ship total: (53)*

**Scimitar Squadron Pilot (27)** * Barrage Rockets (8)* *Ship total: (35)*

**Scimitar Squadron Pilot (27)** * Barrage Rockets (8)* *Ship total: (35)*

**Total:** *198*

Hey, welcome to the forums. Things are a bit slow at the moment partly due to COVID-19, partly as new points are about to drop so you'll likely see a hive of activity as everyone thinks through their lists following that.

My thoughts on your list:

- As per @Manolox - Redline's ability is about getting Target Locks so it's not a great synergy with Jonus

- Also, the Nu Squadron Pilot, FCS is quite a good upgrade if you're going to slam and then take a lock, however ... it's hard to get locks at lower initiative, you haven't taken advanced slam, so you can't do that anyway, and it's not necessarily a great fit with Jonus either.

So - looking at what you've got, I'd suggest substituting in Deathrain for Redline and going all in on the Barrage Rockets like this:

"Deathrain" (44)
Trajectory Simulator (6)
Barrage Rockets (8)
Proton Bombs (5)

Ship total: 63 Half Points: 32 Threshold: 5

Captain Jonus (45)
Barrage Rockets (8)

Ship total: 53 Half Points: 27 Threshold: 3

Scimitar Squadron Pilot (27)
Barrage Rockets (8)
Skilled Bombardier (2)
Proton Bombs (5)

Ship total: 42 Half Points: 21 Threshold: 3

Nu Squadron Pilot (32)
Barrage Rockets (8)
Os-1 Arsenal Loadout (0)

Ship total: 40 Half Points: 20 Threshold: 4


Total: 198

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Or alternatively, giving the Nu Squadron Pilot passive sensors and Proton Torps and stripping off the Scimitar Squadron Pilot's Bombs / Bombardier upgrades.

Have fun!

JendonBombersGunboat

(48) Colonel Jendon [Lambda-class T-4a Shuttle]
Points: 48

(27) Scimitar Squadron Pilot [TIE/sa Bomber]
(5) Homing Missiles
(6) Adv. Proton Torpedoes
Points: 38

(27) Scimitar Squadron Pilot [TIE/sa Bomber]
(5) Homing Missiles
(6) Adv. Proton Torpedoes
Points: 38

(27) Scimitar Squadron Pilot [TIE/sa Bomber]
(5) Homing Missiles
(6) Adv. Proton Torpedoes
Points: 38

(32) Nu Squadron Pilot [Alpha-class Star Wing]
(0) Os-1 Arsenal Loadout
(6) Adv. Proton Torpedoes
Points: 38

Total points: 200

JendonBombersGunboat

(48) Colonel Jendon [Lambda-class T-4a Shuttle]
Points: 48

(27) Scimitar Squadron Pilot [TIE/sa Bomber]
(5) Cluster Missiles
Points: 32

(41) Major Vynder [Alpha-class Star Wing]
(0) Os-1 Arsenal Loadout
(3) Advanced SLAM
(3) Passive Sensors
(6) Adv. Proton Torpedoes
Points: 53

(27) Scimitar Squadron Pilot [TIE/sa Bomber]
(5) Cluster Missiles
Points: 32

(27) Scimitar Squadron Pilot [TIE/sa Bomber]
(5) Cluster Missiles
Points: 32

Total points: 197