Hi

Finally be able to get hold of transport pod and fire ball from my local store.

I am trying to craft a list they uses them both with support.

my current idea is 4 ships, I am trying to make the list with no multiple ships and I want to try fireball ( even though A wing I think is a much better ship) and the pod in the list.

this is what I currently have.

Zizi Tlo (41)
Heroic (1)
Advanced Optics (4)

Ship total: 46 Half Points: 23 Threshold: 2

Kazuda Xiono (40)
Heroic (1)
R5 Astromech (4)

Ship total: 45 Half Points: 23 Threshold: 3

Finn (29)
Heroic (1)
Pattern Analyzer (5)
Perceptive Copilot (8)

Ship total: 43 Half Points: 22 Threshold: 2

Nien Nunb (55)
Heroic (1)
Integrated S-Foils (0)
Pattern Analyzer (5)

Ship total: 61 Half Points: 31 Threshold: 4


Total: 195

so I have 5 points left over not sure what to spend it on, might keep it as a bid so I can get my I5 to move second.

I am on the fence about how to build the fire ball, heroic is a always include but the R5 is there to get rid of the first damage card so back to a 6 health 3 attack 3 defense ship for 45 points I think is a steal, or should I use it as a distraction that causes more fear then it produces due to the 3 3 stat line when it has little damage.

the other ideas I was thinking of change was scrape FINN to just heroic and replace the A wing ZIZI with:-

Chewbacca (Resistance) (61)
Rey's Millennium Falcon (2)

but I do think the A wing is such a good ship it always needs to be included in any resistance list and Fat Finn may still be too good of a cost efficient ship not to include. I may be wrong on that I am not sure

but hey any tips or advice on how to build and fly this type of list would be great,

Cluster missiles on Zizi is solid.

2 hours ago, Tyhar7 said:

Cluster missiles on Zizi is solid.

Never tried that, may give that ago.

Will help against those swarm lists.

Will mean I loss the bid though.

Cluster missiles is always a trap and Kaz really wants to keep that first damage card so you can use the ship ability if the opportunity arises; treat R5 like you would an R2 on a delta 7. Honestly what you have seems like a pretty solid starting point, Zizi and Finn are good at soaking shots while Nien and Kaz work the flanks. Adv. SLAM and the Black 1 title are the only additions I'd consider right now, but as you said that eats into your bid.

On 8/7/2020 at 7:35 AM, Nyxen said:

Cluster missiles is always a trap and Kaz really wants to keep that first damage card so you can use the ship ability if the opportunity arises; treat R5 like you would an R2 on a delta 7. Honestly what you have seems like a pretty solid starting point, Zizi and Finn are good at soaking shots while Nien and Kaz work the flanks. Adv. SLAM and the Black 1 title are the only additions I'd consider right now, but as you said that eats into your bid.

Normally I would just get rid of the first damage card on the first turn using R5 but you may be right in keeping it so I can use the advance slam ability.

if I do that I think I will add the title and advanced slam, so I could slam in, know what crit I was turning over and then also get a action after. for a possible range 1 moded shot.

the reason I normally got rid of the card straight away is to give a larger buffer against losing the extra defence dice if I may end up suffer multiple shots.