I really like the sound of that list. I'd be tempted to give Bossk Calculation and/or Rec Spec, Push as many crits as possible + use bossk ability as well. Be tempted to give Xizor VI and Dampeners too. Depends how many points you have spare, not built this in a builder myself yet.

I tired 3Z Xizor + Ion warthog Y went 3-3 in Regionals compared to 5-1 (5-2 if you could the cut game) in Nationals with 5Z and Xizor. Y just gets focused and dies too fast for its cost. I only have 2 Most wanted, you need 3 for 5Z Xizor so I borrowed a friends

I know one of the lists was 58 Dash + Corran but I forget if it came top 16 or top 8

Ah Nice, I don't think I saw that list? Unless that was the other Viper list I saw but I'm sure someone said that was another Xizor list but with PTL. Yeah it was a tough list but in my game vs Han 3Z he flew the Z's in but flew Han at a Rock then Sharp 1'd away from combat rather than just taking the rock and getting in. I then traded very well with his Z's and then turned on Han. - I believe he also called me out for Slow play (He walked away came back then a TO came over and asked me to speed it up) all because he had played poorly and knew he needed as many rounds as possible to get points. I know the pain of bad dice, it cost me first came of the Cut. Losing Z's for not taking any in return for 2 rounds hurts I can't wait to get my hands on the Rax fighters and maybe try and build around Talonbane, or throw it in tooled up instead of some Z's - as long as I still have 2 Z's left to escort Xizor I'm happy.

The only issue with having Xizor out front is you'd probably want Enhanced scopes to make him move first, sadly this means you lose FCS (if you run VI Xizor) or Adv sensors (if you run PTL Xizor). I flew him where you'd expect howlrunner in a block of Ties, but once we got in to it I broke him off to be as aggressive as possible, while trying to keep one Z at range 1 to pass damage to. (Ran Xizor + 5 Z's to top 16 of UK National so he is great!)

5-118 got the Card + token, but CogOTwo have reached out to us top 16 and said they will send us some customized templates which is awesome! They also provided a ton of prizes for Epic including a Trophy! I believe they also gave some prizes for Escalation too! Great support for the community!

Well if you can feedback one twice with all Z's you kill it. Which if you can block it and stay out of arc with other 3, easily done.

No, Didn't really have time, the went 2 rounds then a short break, 2 rounds. slightly longer break, 2 rounds. In the first round I played Double IG - funny enough a local player too - Won on last shot of the round. IG's had Wingman so were very tricky to keep track of. Second round was vs Biggs, Luke and Wedge. Biggs had the droid that allows you to force enemy rerolls if you have a target lock, Luke had R2, Lone wolf and ion torps and sat out on a flank and Wedge was with biggs and had Ion torps and a few other bits. I one shot Luke, then One shot Biggs then One shot Wedge, fast brutal game. Third game was Chirpy Fel. Fel was as you'd expect. Chirpy was Expose, Isard, Experimental and.... I forget what else, no Engine upgrade tho. I went for Fel first but that come up bad so I turned on to Chirpy and dropped him for the Win. Fourth Game was vs 3 Bandits and Han with.... I know it had Luke and 3po I forget what the EPT was and if it had any Modification. I think EPT may of been PTL and the falcon had the title. Took out the 3 Z's while Han missed all those rounds of combat because of a Rock then turned on Han and took the Win. Fifth game was vs 58 Dash + Corran. Stupidly went after Corran first and but my opponent played smart and kept him running while Dash took shots. By the TIme I turned on Dash it was too late, I got dash to 3 Hull and time was called with 1 Z remaining. My first and only Loss of the day - Had I thought about it I'd of went Dash first - I mean why wouldn't I? Stupid Fatigue - As Xizor + a Z would of won me that on Time. Last game of Swiss was vs a list that had been following me up the tables all day 3 Naked Blues and Jake Farrel with VI + PTL + Title + Proton Rockets and I believe Thrusters or Stealth. - It was a fun game Jake came in on the Flank while the B's floated in a corner so I turned on Jake but he proved to be good at rolling evades so turned in to the Joust with the B's. I got very lucky with evades on Xizor as 2 range 1 B's and a Range 2 B followed by Proton Rockets to leave Xizor on 2 hull and passing a lot of hits and crits off to Z's. I knew if Xizor lived I would win as I had dropped 2 B's by that point and knowing I was out of Arc of the Final B I slammed on Dampeners and Jake ran right in to Xizor securing the Win. He took a Z down and I took the last B out with a Minor Explosion Critical that finished it off. Finishing 9th in the Swiss with 5-1. First round of Cut I met one of the two lists I didn't want one, One was a Falcon Outrider list both with Predator thankfully I dodged that one, but I did meet a 8 Z95 Rebel Swarm, 4 PS2 and 4 PS4. I managed to get the first 2 rounds of combat with only 5 of his Z's in and one of them being at Range 3. Sadly my Dice did not roll well and I didn't get the trades I needed. I ended up killing 3 PS2 Z's and one PS4, if I had killed one more and managed to live till time (about 5-10 minutes left at this point) I'd of won. Xizor did extremely well surviving 3 rounds on his own vs 5 Z's before dying to the last PS2 Shot of the round when all 3 dice came up blank. I would not of flown this game differently, just dice came up bad. Good weekend, good fun. Shame our 2 "unique" lists had to meet in the first round of Cut, shame we didn't get a chance to knock 2 of the 14? 2 ship builds out - I watched the Z swarm lose against the eventual winner the next round two IG's but the Ig's only killed 2 Z's then ran. - The Corran Dash I mentioned earlier also made the cut, I would of loved another pop at that one! Rear Admiral Soontir - Go for Admiral first, just pile in to him then worry about Fel, anything dodgy, just forget about it, take the easier kill/s first and hope at least Xizor + 1 Z survives to Time, it's usually enough for a full or modified. Bro bot's try your best to focus one down, if B is in there and it's HLC + FCS take B first, if It's C and D (or just not B) Take C down first especially if it's Adv sensors/Thrusters. Need to remove that Free evade. I used to run this as 3Z Ion Warthog + Same Xizor, I got 34 out of 80ish in Regionals - 5 Z's are better. I am thinking of making it 4 PS3 Z's with Feedback + Same Xizor. Mainly due to the High Agi/Arc Dodgers and the PS2/PS4 swarm made me rethink the Pilot Skill.

(Me) Top 16: Andrew Richardson - 5 Binayre Pirates. Prince Xizor + VI + FCS + Virago + Inertial Dampeners + Autothrusters 98 Points. Not much in way of prizes, 5-118 got a National Championship coin and Luke Skywalker Alt Art (Different art to 2014 Regional Luke) Top 16 are also getting customized Cog O 2 Templates as they have reached out to us after the fact due to how lacking the official prize support was for top 16.

So I ran 5 Pirates, Xizor + VI + Title + FCS + Dampeners and Thrusters at UK Nationals. 5-1 in Swiss to come 9th and make the cut. Sadly lost in Cut to a 8 Z swarm, killed 4 but my dice rolled pretty badly in the first two rounds of combat where he only had 5 Z's in with one of those being Range 3 and went down hill from there, had I managed to drop a 5th and run Xizor tho. Still, Xizor to top 16 in a Nationals - say he is bad now community.

Swiss started with 118 with only 4 dropping, 10 no shows.

Got to top 16 with 5 pirates, Xizor + VI + Title + Thrusters + FCS + Dampeners. Went 5-1 in Swiss losing to a Corran Dash build, stupidly went after Corran first. Came 9th in Swiss. Lost to 8 Z rebel swarm, 4 PS2 and 4 PS4. Killed 4, my Z's did not roll well, even with blocking 2/3 Z's a round. Lots of fun was had was hoping for another pop at the Corran Dash in cut. It oh well. I left before top 4 Started but I know there was 2 dual IG lists, a Corran Chewie? List and a falcon/outsider list, unsure who was in it maybe Han and a Wild Spacer.

So if it isn't an A-wing would that make it an R22 Spearhead? Or just a "prototype A-wing"

You would need to start having seperate damage decks for factions then, or having cards such as "discard one of your astromechs" being a "Discard one of your astromechs - or if you do not have one equipped do X" Otherwise those crits would not effect most ships or any Imperial and very few Scum ships.

Won my Local X-wing night last night with Xizor and 5 Z's Killed Chirpy/Whisper and a Han/Dash with it Lowly Z killed off Whisper in the end, Xizor punched 3 through in one shot, then stipped a focus and evade token with his dying return fire at Range 1, then the lowly Z cleaned up! I think It may also be the list I take to UK Nationals in a few days time.

I used to run Jan + Dash when Outrider first came out it was. 58 Dash. Jan + VI + Rec Spec + Title + Blaster Turret + Stealth device. - PS10 Jan also soft counters Phantoms. Runs at 97 points so you have room to change Stealth out and still have a good 98ish point Bid. Makes for a semi tanky Hwk rolling 3 evades and having a stack of focus, and a 5 dice HLC is always nice, however the HWK is the weak link and dies under any kind of sustained fire (unless its 3v3 and you always come up with no blanks) It's a lot of fun but a good player will either sit in the donut hole or tackle the Hwk hard. I drifted away from this to 58 Dash with 2 A + Z or 55 Dash (Mangler instead of HLC) and 3 A's

I've faced that Double Mando list twice now, Once in Store, Once in Regional both same guy same place. Sadly lost both times. First time: 1 spray dead, 1 to 1 hull Second time. 1 Spray dead, 1 to 4 hull. It is pretty deadly and fairly tanky! First time didn't have feedback arrays. I also faced the Chewbo list, after shooting at Chewie for 3 rounds with all my ships I had done a grand total of 5 damage It was just not my day!

Good write up, pretty sure 12 points difference is a full win not modified. I find with this list Xizor either hammers damage in or manages to strip tokens and then the Z's hav eto Hammer it home, if Z's fail or Xizor fails it becomes incredibly tough to push damage through, especially if its something tank like Rec Spec + Jan ors combo, or even just rec spec in general. Be glad you didn't have to face the dreaded HLC + Rec Spec + Predator combo.

I used Xizor + VI + FCS + Thrusters + Title + Dampeners + 3 Z and a Warthog Y, came 34th out of 70-80 players (forget how many we had in attendance and how many dropped) Went 3 and 3. First round was a win vs a Chewbo list, Ate Chewie in 2/3 rounds Y-wing did 4 damage in one turn! Leebo went down shortly after, Mangler Leebo too so much easier to deal with than a HLC smashing my Low Agi Swarm. Second round was a loss vs a really tanky Kenkirk + 2 Academys and Naked Howl. - Due to set up I decided to try and pop ties first, I had to shoot everyhing at each one before I One shot an academy then Howl, but I flew really poorly and got bumped up/stressed by Mara Jade. Kenkirk also had Ruthlessness and Isard, so very offensive and very tanky. Last round came down to the last roll of the dice, Kenkirk had 6 Hull left, Xizor and a Z got full hits on it but Kenkirk dodged two and one Crit came up double damage, so one Hull off the kill! Third round was a loss vs a list I had played previously in the Store Champs, Dual Mercs with HLC + Rec Spec + Predator and feedback. A nightmare for my list as the HLC + Rec + Pred rips the Z's apart in 2 shots each, Max. (Unless 4 blanks but very rare) Killed one and got the other to 5 hull. Had some pretty bad dice and Xizor got feedbacked on 1 Hull after pumping 4 damage in to a Spray, Very tough list to fly against but a lot of fun! Fourth Round was vs a Dash Chewie list, Chewie was Pred + Title and Dash was Pred + HLC + Rec Spec (not again!) + Title, Due to set up I had to go for Chewie first, and with Dash having a donut hole Xizor could easily sit in that once Chewie was down. After 3 rounds of shooting with everything, I had done a total of 5 damage to Chewie (Insane green rolls! And my Reds abandoned me!) Eventually took Chewie down but it was just Xizor by that point and Dash took him down with a full HLC blast - Was still 20 minutes left too so plenty of time to abuse that Donut hole Oh well! Fifth Round was vs a BBBBZ - a tough fight and sure to be a furball in the middle. - I luckily got him scared of Xizor who I floated out to the flank but then barrel rolled him back in to the swarm as he turned his B's after Xizor, A tough fight in the middle saw me pull out the win on Points with only a enemy B and Z left standing vs my Xizor and 2 Z's. Last Swiss Round saw me vs a Friend who was running 3 B's with Wedge with R2F2 and Stay on Target. We decided to have a gentlemans joust with my Z's and Xizor pushing a lot of damage through while his B's failed to hit. Sadly the Y-wing was focused down but Xizor slapped Wedge for 4 Natural hits at range one and the Z's cleaned him up. I love Xizor, he is amazing. I Just wish I could find better support for him, I am hoping of running him with some of the new Scum fighters once Wave 7 is out altho they seem to be basically X-wings 3 attack and 2 agi. I would love to run Xizor + 3 Scyks but unsure which I'd love Serissu but costs too much to add 2 other Scyks or maybe 3 with cannons or PTL. Focus + Evade 3 dices can (hopefully) Agi tank for a little while.

So, I ran VI Xizor + 3Z's and a Warthog Ion Y-wing and felt it did well. I have had a thought, switch the Y-wing for Torkil Mux + Blaster Turret. So Xizor + VI + FCS + Thrusters + Dampeners + Title 3x Z95 Torkil Mux + Blaster Turret. Comes in at 97 points. Makes any one with a higher PS is np longer a threat and makes the PS1 Swarm even stronger. Thoughts? Is it better than having another 2 Z's? Also means less chance of a Z going pop before it gets to fire. I would rather run Palob but then you run the risk of not getting the Initiative bid.

I enjoyed flying Xizor with 3 Z's and a Warthog Ion Y last night.

Very tempted to run Xizor now, or a modification of the Guri I usually run. Seriously considering VI+FCS Xizor, or a Sensor Jammer Guri.

I've seen it once got top 8? In a Store champ. Also seen 3 + a HWK from the same player get top 4 at another Store Champ. They seem to do decently well if flown right.

I've ran Guri + Kavil + 2'z to top 4 success in a Store Champ, I had a good chance to make the final table but I forgot my opponent had Engine upgrade AND initiative, so set up my PS9 Kavil to Block Han's boost, oh oops Han moves first herpderp - Other Wise I'd of had a Range 1 Guri with Adv Protons, a TL+Focus 4 dice Kavil and some R2 Z shots to Hammer Han with. IIRC Kavil was VI + Blaster + Agro Guri was PTL + adv Sensors + Title + Adv Protons + Dampeners - as much as Thrusters were an auto include I think I ran this at 99 for initiative rather than drop Dampeners for Thrusters. 2x basic Z's. I think if I ran it again I'd drop the VI on Kavil for Dampeners + auto thrusters on Guri.

Stockton, UK Regionals are coming up this weekend Sun 17th. Looks to be a busy/fun day!