I'm looking for a list that someone would legitimately play in a tourney with a Lambda in it. Something where someone said, "i'm going to face swarms, I'm going to face wedge, I'm going to face B's and Y's. I'm going to play this lambda."

Is this too much to ask? I'd really like to fly it, but I'm having difficulty picking it over other firespray/tie lists.

What ever you do, make sure it has the engine upgrade.... it flies like a pig without it.

The best I have played is:

Jendon, weapons Eng

Saber, PTL x2

Alpha

5 Pts for upgrades

There's a couple of ways to approach the Lambda. There's the Vader suicide Shuttle, which is a basic OGP shuttle. These are point and shoot ships, and they don't last, but they can be very effective. The Super Vader shuttle has Vader, Gunner and Fire Control System. You shoot, hope you miss then Vader the target. FCS kicks in and you get a lock. Now you Gunner with a focus and a target lock, then if you need to you can Vader again to finish them off.

The other is a maneuverable shuttle. You put Adv Sensors and Engine Upgrade on it. This makes it as fast and maneuverable as it can get. Then you can add what ever other upgrades on it as you see fit.

These are really the main approaches I've seen.

This was a fleet that actually WON a tournament (the Nordics)

Omicron Group Pilot

+ Darth Vader

[24]

3x Obsidion Squadron Pilot

[13 Each]

3x Academy Pilot

[12 Each]

Here's the list I ran at worlds and I went 3 and 2.

X2 Bounty Hunters + Recon Specialist + Seismic Charges

x1 OGP + Darth Vader

This list works well, and Vader has won me a lot of games.

I went 4-1 and lost out on the to 16 on tie breakers at worlds with a 98 point shuttle swarm. 2 academies, omicron with vader, an obsidian, backstabber, howl with ptl.

Wow. so you guys definitely have had competitive success with it. Well done.

I havn't taken one to a tourny but I find Vader + Advanced sensors to be a great start. Then decide if you're going swarm or upgrade to one of the named pilot. Ship lists seem to be either 6 or 3-4 with the shuttle in tow.

I theory crafted a list yesterday:

OGP

Eng Upgrade

Adv sensors

6 x Academy Pilots

Look at my Imperial Heavy Laser Cannon thread. I haven't played it in a tournament, but I think it might do well.

A favorite of mine is 6x AP with Omicron, Vader, and an Ion Cannon. Swallow your opponent with the swarm, keeping him ionized until you finish him off with Vader and TIEs.

Have you seen the list with 3 Shuttles that sits in one corner all game long with HLCs? You make one shuttle block the other 2 while Yorr takes the stress from the front shuttle going 0 every turn. You take Jendon to pass target locks with Weapons engi. An OGP with HLC completes the trio. Add a few fire control systems and Advanced sensors for the rear ships to get actions...

Its a boring game but they are difficult to flank and they can pound the living **** out of any enemy. I have no idea if it's competitive but i have played against it and it's scary as hell if you don't have very maneuvrable ships that can get around them very fast. I won in the end because i managed to kill Yorr and had an A-Wing left. I then could stay behind one shuttle pretty easily and plink away while i was laughing tears because his other shuttle just did not manage to line up shots against me. Also it was Tycho with PTL which helped a bit. But at the beginning of the game i have to say i had no idea what to do against this and i got absolutely massacred. I figured pretty fast i could not go frontal with this and go in synchronized. But he still killed 3 of my ships in no time before i finally got his combo killed!