Advice from experienced rebels players needed

By polmoneys, in X-Wing

XXBAA

100pts

Rookie Pilot

Rookie Pilot

Dagger Squadron Pilot

Prototype Pilot

Prototype Pilot

or

98pts

Rookie Pilot

Rookie Pilot

Blue Squadron Pilot

Prototype Pilot

Prototype Pilot

while going 98pts seems to be wasting a few pts u will have initiative verus most squads allowing ur A-Wings to be annoying as hell be effective blockers denying enemy ships of actions :)

The only time you will be bidding for init is vs swarms and I'd rather have three blues so I could barrel roll away from the academies. 2a3b is imo the best rebel swarm, that being said the rebel swarm meta is just now starting to emerge.

List A took down Krassis on turn 2. Easy to fly and lots of die but HLC was not shot more than twice so I may trade it for Ion cannon and Advanced sensors . thanks for all the inputs !

List A took down Krassis on turn 2. Easy to fly and lots of die but HLC was not shot more than twice so I may trade it for Ion cannon and Advanced sensors . thanks for all the inputs !

nice. yeah HLC is gr8 on paper but can be hard to get ur money out of it in an actual game in my xperience.

HLC + Advanced Sensors on ur Dagger plus 4 pts left...

possible uses for those 4pts...

1) R2D2 on a red squadron?

2) Red Squadron Pilot + Biggs Darklighter + R2 Astromechs on the other two red squadrons?

3) Red Squadron Pilot + Garven Dreis + R2 Atromech on one of the red squadrons? or on Garven?

both Garven and Biggs r excellent options - imo Biggs is tricky to play well but his ability to spread damage can be game changing (just ask worlds champ who ran XXBB).

Garven is underrated imo - of the name pilot he doesnt seem to see as much play i think because players r drawn to the offensive power of wedge or durability of luke but Garven's ability to pass a free focus to a ship nearby is very strong - even if he doesnt roll eyes he can still use it :)

Edited by The_Brown_Bomber