Don't forget, Han can use that Assault Missile too, and he gets a reroll with it. I've done that to crush the eight TIE swarm. Lando with two A-wings is more effective at taking out that swarm.

@Zombie,

I don't think so. There was also a skill gap. I think that is the big thing about HSF. Who is flying it? I've seen people fly it straight at a TIE swarm and get cut to pieces. I've flown HSF, spotted my opponent an Academy pilot and got the win against nine ties. (That shouldn't have happened.) It is how you fly. I spent a lot of time flying three bounty hunters because I couldn't win against that list flying HSF. I flew it at two regional events one being Star Wars Weekend. Now that I know how it flys, I win against it more than I suffer defeat. I started this game flying TIEs which is why I think I win more than I lose to a swarm. I've flown mirror matches against HSF (not often) but I have yet to lose one of those. I've seen Falcon flyers get bumped off the table because they haven't flown it enough.

Back to the original question, what list beats HSF?

ANSWER: One you are good at flying.

I never have tried to walk the falcon off the board. This just happens to be a list I made for fun that, which surprisingly I have had the most success vs the falcon. Mainly due to the ion cannons shooting key ships at opportune times. Setting up collisions or parking ships on asteroids. if you change the interceptor to a tie and give both firesprays bombs u can have some good times. Its a fun list that works better then other things I have tried.

Thanks for the feedback Picasso.

I came up against a HSF list and spanked it this weekend in a local (very friendly) tournament. My list was:

Bounty Hunter (42)

Firespray-31 (33), Heavy Laser Cannon (7), Mercenary Copilot (2)

Bounty Hunter (36)

Firespray-31 (33), Ion Cannon (3)

Howlrunner (22)

TIE Fighter (18), Determination (1), Stealth Device (3)

I really dont like the weapon upgrades on the firesprays, the ion cannon robs so much damage, and the heavy laser is only good for the first 2 shots at best, the rest of the game is 1 range city or firing out the rear arc. so you loose out on the extra ships you could have taken.

In fact I have yet to be able to make a 2 firespray list work vs han (and its not from lack of trying). I still find 1 firespray + 5 ties the best chance, it does need to focus either on han or to remove both xwings before you lose too many ties though

I never have tried to walk the falcon off the board. This just happens to be a list I made for fun that, which surprisingly I have had the most success vs the falcon. Mainly due to the ion cannons shooting key ships at opportune times. Setting up collisions or parking ships on asteroids. if you change the interceptor to a tie and give both firesprays bombs u can have some good times. Its a fun list that works better then other things I have tried.

Yesterday I manged to collision the falcon off the board, han accidentally got too close to the edge, and i managed to stick a tie in the one space he had left to 1-turn out of there. was a fun way to get rid of 8 hit points of ship

I played against a HSF list the other day...and won.

This is the squad i threw at it...

Darth Vader /w Expose, Concussion Missiles, Stealth

5 x Academy Pilots.

I basically let the Pilots get in close while Darth stayed behind them and picked him off. The concussion missile proved to be effective as well as it almost one-shot an X-Wing.

Before going for the Falcon, i did take out the X-Wings first, and that did prove to be the right call.