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Posted at Oct 18, 2013

I built this squadron for my friends to show him the game. He smashed me.

Han Solo + Millennium Falcon

Prototype Pilot x 3

4 ships may not seem like a lot, but 3 ships + the falcon is awesome.

Edited October 18, 2013 by Hrathen

Posted at Oct 18, 2013

I won a tournament with 4 rebel ships but that doesn't make it a swarm as you can do wedge, biggs, gold +ion and rookie.
So I am hardly swarming

Posted at Oct 18, 2013

Naked generic HWKs are overpriced at 16 points.

You could take one of the named pilots to be a purely support ship but not the 16 point one.

I fought one of these yesterday. And oddly enough it came down to a Shuttle vs the Moldy Cow. We both had TERRIBLE movement dials, but the HWK was clearly supperior simply becasue it had a turret.

Posted at Oct 20, 2013

not sure if 4 ships is much of a swarm but you can do 4x b wings with ion cannons?

Posted at Oct 20, 2013

I believe this would work well.

Prototype Pilot — A-Wing 17

Rookie Pilot — X-Wing 21

Roark Garnet — HWK-290 19

-Ion Cannon Turret 5

Give you some nice damage, good durability, can set up shots with the ion, and can fire first (one ship at least) in a duel, which could turn the battle. Sure your normal PS is low, but you can always try it.

Edited October 20, 2013 by Hujoe Bigs

Posted at Oct 20, 2013

not sure if 4 ships is much of a swarm but you can do 4x b wings with ion cannons?

5x gold y-wings are 90 points.. could add an ion turret to two of em and have a 5 ship list. I've read on here about a few people running 4 y-wing lists and saying it did well.. no idea how a 5 y wing list will do though. Worth a try, especially if you like y-wings.

I built this squadron for my friends to show him the game. He smashed me.

Han Solo + Millennium Falcon

Prototype Pilot x 3

4 ships may not seem like a lot, but 3 ships + the falcon is awesome.

A outer rim smuggler and 4 prototype pilots are 95 points. Gives you only 5 points for upgrades... probably better taking off taking biggs or a beefed up blue squad b-wing, might play well though who knows.

Posted at Oct 21, 2013

5x gold y-wings are 90 points.. could add an ion turret to two of em and have a 5 ship list. I've read on here about a few people running 4 y-wing lists and saying it did well.. no idea how a 5 y wing list will do though. Worth a try, especially if you like y-wings.

not sure if 4 ships is much of a swarm but you can do 4x b wings with ion cannons?

5 Y-Wings works quite well! I fly the lis you describe here 5 golds with Two Turrets and beat probably it's toughest opponent: 4 TIE Interceptors with Stealth Devices. First 3-4 turns of combat he had done plenty of damage to me and I had yet to score a hit, but as soon as I was able to connect with a TIE, the stealth would drop and all my Y-Wing would pounce on him. The Ion cannons would set-up a shot and then wham! My biggest strength was I could take a beating this the dice odds balanced out.

Don't Ignore the Y-Wing

I really like the "Balanced Attack List"

A-Wing Proto

B-Wing Blue

Y-Wing Gold +Ion Cannon

X-Wing Rookie

Above all it's really fun to fly, and see all the different fighter types.

Manto

Posted at Oct 22, 2013

5 Y-Wings works quite well! I fly the lis you describe here 5 golds with Two Turrets and beat probably it's toughest opponent: 4 TIE Interceptors with Stealth Devices. First 3-4 turns of combat he had done plenty of damage to me and I had yet to score a hit, but as soon as I was able to connect with a TIE, the stealth would drop and all my Y-Wing would pounce on him. The Ion cannons would set-up a shot and then wham! My biggest strength was I could take a beating this the dice odds balanced out.

5x gold y-wings are 90 points.. could add an ion turret to two of em and have a 5 ship list. I've read on here about a few people running 4 y-wing lists and saying it did well.. no idea how a 5 y wing list will do though. Worth a try, especially if you like y-wings.

not sure if 4 ships is much of a swarm but you can do 4x b wings with ion cannons?

Don't Ignore the Y-Wing

Manto

Glad to hear it worked out well! I'm short one y-wing to run a 5 y-wing list, don't want to buy another one in case they release a Ace pack for it. Same goes for my X-wings.. I'm dying to run a 5 a-wings list but again I think I'm going to wait now just in case.

I'm redo-ing my swarm list as I've decided to wait.. I'll probably a mix of A's, X's and B's with a few upgrades. I'm thinking

100pts

2 prototypes

2 blue

1 rook w/ r2 astro

OR

100pts

4 prototypes

1 wedge w/ PTL OR 1 blue with HLC and FCS

Posted at Oct 22, 2013

GSP + DTF x5 This list is tough to kill. If they don't roll crits then you can drop fairly quick, but most times your able to spread your damage through out the list. You also get a slight PS bump over lots of other swarms.

Posted at Oct 22, 2013

GSP + DTF x5 This list is tough to kill. If they don't roll crits then you can drop fairly quick, but most times your able to spread your damage through out the list. You also get a slight PS bump over lots of other swarms.

At first I thought you were talking about golds, for a second i thought i overlooked them having EPT. I've never used dtf on an all A-wing list, though considering your other options it does look the best or at least a tie. You really only have four options right now, adrenaline rush, draw their fire, determination and vet instincts for this build.

Instincts: sets all your GSP at PS6, not bad.

Draw their fire: lets you move dmg around to keep your squad alive for as long as possible, also really good considering you would want to squeeze out as many shots per ship as you can.

Adrenaline rush: a manuever upgrade which some people are talking about on various forums. Turns one red manuever to white, not bad for your K-turns though it is a one time use.

Determination: able to discard face up crits with pilot trait. Not really that great on a A-wing, with only 2 hull there is a really small chance that you'll save damage.. I think this works alot better with higher hull ships.

Edited October 22, 2013 by oddeye

Posted at Oct 23, 2013

I actually designed three fleets for this thread on the way to my tournament last night. I am slightly sad that I don't have the requisite ships for any of them, but I'm normally an Imperial player. All are 100 point fleets

Gold Squadron Pilot
-Ion Cannon Turret

[23]

Gold Squadron Pilot

-Ion Cannon Turret

[23]

Prototype Pilot

[17]

Prototype Pilot

[17]

Rebel Operative

-Blaster Turret

[20]

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Rebel Operative

-Ion Turret

[21]

Rebel Operative

-Ion Turret

[21]

Rebel Operative

-Ion Turret

[21]

Rebel Operative

-Blaster Turret

[20]

Prototype Pilot

[17]

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Rebel Operative

-Blaster Turret

[20]

Rebel Operative

-Blaster Turret

[20]

Rebel Operative

-Blaster Turret

[20]

Rebel Operative

-Blaster Turret

[20]

Rebel Operative

-Blaster Turret

[20]

That last one would actually be pretty hilarious. It's like fielding 5 halves of a YT-1300 that never get actions. Its glorious. Its the firepower equivalent of 2 and a half Chewbaccas with Gunner (sans action), and the hit-point equivalent of 2 and a half Outer Rim Smugglers, but double the evasion dice! Who needs maneuverability?

Edited October 23, 2013 by DraconPyrothayan

Posted at Mar 26, 2014

What are everyone's thoughts on Rebel Operative w/ a Blaster Turret, 3 Rookie Pilots, and a Prototype pilot?

Posted at Mar 26, 2014

I use 4 X-Wings and they do the job just fine.

Posted at Feb 28, 2016

This is my first swarm build:

b-wing ten numb - autoblasters

b-wing blue squadron - autoblasters

3X headhunters

100 points

Posted at Feb 28, 2016

Played in a store championship,33 people and a rebel 8 z-95 came in top four.didn't get to play against it but from what I was hearing in the right hands it was pretty terrifying.