If you want to hit with the Traktor beam go Ten Numb with Calculations. He is almost guaranteed to hit with it. He is also PS 8 so will help the others.

I have found outmaneuver was pretty nice on Ello. With his white T-turn and ability to boost after he can get some range one shots with a negative to Agility makes him a pretty good powerhouse. I also have been playing with red squad vets with daredevil and R2-Astromechs. It is pretty fun to fly.

4 bombers should be able to take out a Decimator pretty quick. https://geordanr.github.io/xwing/?f=Galactic%20Empire&d=v4!s!191:19,126,-1,13,-1,-1:-1:25:;191:19,126,-1,13,-1,-1:-1:25:;50:126,-1,13,-1,-1:-1:25:;50:126,-1,13,-1,-1:-1:25:&sn=Unnamed%20Squadron

You can shoot with a turret during your PS step. Then at the end you get to fire a secondary turret. The rule with primary is being able to fire it out of the rear(special arc). Nothing stops you from firing the secondary first and get another secondary shot.

I think that will depend on initiative. If you have initiative a ship that bumps you will be assigned ion tokens before they clear ion tokens. That's not the way it works. If you drop Ion bombs on a ship they don't count as Ionized until the next turn. So they bump. Get Ionized, next turn the move one straight,bump again and get Ionized again. So next turn they have to move 1 forward again and have a chance to get Ionized again.

Why not Ion projectors. Makes them keep bumping you. Until they die or don't get hit by the Ion Projector. Same points. Granted the extra damage goes away.

B's are great. Just a fun ship to fly. I like Farlander the best. Give him PTL, engine and sensors. Makes him a pretty good arc dodger for lower PS pilots. I have been flying this lately. 2x Blue Pilots: Sensors 2x Blue Novice: R2-Astromechs, Integrated Pretty fun mini rebel swarm.

Yeah you can still defend against it. But it helps make sure your two attack actually hits. For Awings you drop bombs on them. Their agility means nothing.

I tend to keep death rain cheap. Only giving him bombs and extra munitions. Then I give him accuracy correcters. It's nice to make sure his two attacks always do two damage. But he did have mini swarm covering him as well.

I prefer Push the limit on Kenkirk if you have Isard on there as well. Getting the free Evade in the combat phase allows you to push off of that. So you can boost out of arcs or range 1's. Or helps you get TL's or focus because you had to boost as your action. I won a local Tourney with this. https://geordanr.github.io/xwing/?f=Galactic%20Empire&d=v4!s!98:18,-1,132,-1,102,137:-1:3:;22:27,-1:23:3:U.124&sn=Unnamed%20Squadron It's a very strong build. But you do have to play it right. Obviously you can take off Palp and try something else for less points. Rebel Captive is a strong upgrade, The Ion Bomb was surprisingly useful as well. Got an IG with it.

Outmanuever works pretty good on Ello.

Thanks for the comments. I guess there could be better builds. But I feel this is a pretty solid build for Mindlink. I do agree the bomb us not that important. I didn't use it in the 3 games I played. He lost his ships pretty fast I didn't need it. But maybe against a swarm of some sort it could be very good. I am not sure I would like to get rid of the AT they helped out so much against Dash. The Traktor Beam was just because I had a point.

So I have been contemplating the use of the Mindlink EPT. This is what I came up with. Tansarii: Mindlink, Title, Mangler Tansarii: Mindlink, Title, Mangler IG88 B: HLC, Mindlink, FCS, AutoThrusters, ThermoDet, Traktor Beam I played it 3 times today and got 3 Wins. Basically you do your M3's taking an Evade. Then you move IG and Take a focus. Giving all 3 ships a focus. If the M3's are out of combat then one of them can take a focus to help IG out. With his FCS he doesn't need to target lock so he can take an evade as well. It worked out pretty good. So what do you think?

I think the Ghost will get you better upgrade cards in the long run. Both are great ships though.

A friend and myself were playing a game and this came up. I had Ten Numb with a Traktor beam and he had Serassiu with a Traktor Beam Both at PS8. He had Inititive so shot first. He barrel rolled me onto a rock. Meaning I couldn't shoot. But I was thinking simultaneous attack meant I should get the shot off before I actually got moved to the rock. We looked up rules and couldn't find anything about it. So what is the way it should be done. Ten would be on rock therefor couldn't shoot or I got a shot before I was on the rock? Also another question. After I was put on the rock. Next turn I advanced sensors(barrel rolled) off of said rock so I wouldn't have to take damage. Is this legal? Seems to me it should. As you only forfeit action when you move onto a rock. The barrel roll stick didn't touch rock either if that matters.

It works better on Occan. But with the big base you can get up there and it shuts done K turns on you from swarms. Just saying there is a place for her.

I play a 2 T-70 list like that with Two B's with Advanced Sensors. Very fun to fly. But 4 T-70's are a great squadron. Their weakness is arc Dodgers of course. And their low PS.

I really like to fly Chirpy with ruthlessness. Being Ps 8 gets him in the way of some pilots so then he can fire and still be able to put damage in the ship that bumped. Provided he is within range 1 of target. And with Deci you are usually only playing a two ship build. So hurting your ship with ruthlessness isn't as big a deal. I also like to use Palp on him as well. Helps your other ship as well as damage potential with Chirpy. I also like to add Mara Jade or Ysard. Depending on what you are trying to do.

Super dash would give them a hard time for sure. You could add Miranda with TLT. They would be hard pressed to deal.

Rey with Kannon makes it like a green S-Loop. Which is pretty nifty.

I went the other way with the punisher. Death rain: Accuracy corrector, ion Engine, Proximity mine, Thermal Det, Extra Munitions Howlrunner: Swarm Tactics 2x Black Squadron Ties Whampa It worked pretty well.

I am not a fan of that Keyan build. You want to make sure you have stress every turn. PTL is the most obvious EPT to take for it. I am also a fan of advanced sensors on Keyan as well. With Stress as Focus and two actions you can always get a target lock if needed. Other than that seems good to me.

Miranda works great with Dash as well.

I really like relentlessness on Oicann. Let's you bump do a damage then cause them to bump(hopefully). Shoot at what's close to you but not in base and shed a damage to the ship you just bumped with Relentlessness. Double tapping the ship is pretty amazing. Then if you have the points do Ion projector to keep them there and bump them again.

I use Fishing tackle cases with bag. I have a bag that can fit four trays. I have a tray for each faction. Each section can hold the ship, tiles and dial. The bigger ships I have in the Ghost plastic tray right now. But it's a pretty cheap way to carry them and nice and easy to pull out what you want for a fight. I have a separate tray for tournaments that hold everything I need for that do I don't have to carry around the whole bag.