Wiffy Luke.... Hits hard.

[Jondavies72 575]

I've never been a lover of wiffy Luke, but will bomber command give him new life.....

He could act like a nasty bugger linked with Adar tallon, Yavaris with engine tec a couple of stacked bomber command centres all in a high activation fleet going last/first. That could give you five black dice with two reroles each for crit fishing strait onto the hull. And a nasty set of Rams from Yavaris.... Considering how cheap Yavaris is you can exchange well for a lot of ships.......

[Ginkapo 8,527]

Oh yes its very much a great thing. Join him with Keyan or Toryn Nym and you can threaten enemy ships over a massive area as all three are capable of massive damage with a triple tap.

Two fleet examples:

Wave III

Keyan's Vengence

Author: Ginkapo

Faction: Rebel Alliance

Points: 393/400

Commander: General Rieekan

Assault Objective: Opening Salvo

Defense Objective: Hyperspace Assault

Navigation Objective: Minefields

Nebulon-B Support Refit (51 points)

- Salvation ( 7 points)

- Slaved Turrets ( 6 points)

= 64 total ship cost

CR90 Corvette A (44 points)

- Jainas Light ( 2 points)

- Toryn Farr ( 7 points)

- Turbolaser Reroute Circuits ( 7 points)

= 60 total ship cost

Nebulon-B Escort Frigate (57 points)

- Yavaris ( 5 points)

- Veteran Captain ( 3 points)

= 65 total ship cost

[ flagship ] GR-75 Medium Transports (18 points)

- General Rieekan ( 30 points)

- Bright Hope ( 2 points)

- Adar Tallon ( 10 points)

- Boosted Comms ( 4 points)

- Bomber Command Center ( 8 points)

= 72 total ship cost

1 Wedge Antilles ( 19 points)

1 "Dutch" Vander ( 16 points)

1 Nym ( 21 points)

1 Keyan Farlander ( 20 points)

1 Dash Rendar ( 24 points)

1 Luke Skywalker ( 20 points)

1 HWK-290 ( 12 points)

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WavevIV (not bitter about this list not being picked in the contest at all...)

Concentrate Forward Firepower

Author: Ginkapo

Faction: Rebel Alliance

Points: 400/400

Commander: General Rieekan

Assault Objective: Advanced Gunnery

Defense Objective: Hyperspace Assault

Navigation Objective: Minefields

Nebulon-B Escort Frigate (57 points)

- Yavaris ( 5 points)

- Skilled First Officer ( 1 points)

= 63 total ship cost

GR-75 Medium Transports (18 points)

- Bright Hope ( 2 points)

- Adar Tallon ( 10 points)

- Boosted Comms ( 4 points)

- Bomber Command Center ( 8 points)

= 42 total ship cost

Nebulon-B Support Refit (51 points)

- Salvation ( 7 points)

- Skilled First Officer ( 1 points)

- Turbolaser Reroute Circuits ( 7 points)

= 66 total ship cost

[ flagship ] MC80 Star Cruiser (96 points)

- General Rieekan ( 30 points)

- Mon Karren ( 8 points)

- Skilled First Officer ( 1 points)

- Fighter Coordination Team ( 3 points)

- Leading Shots ( 4 points)

= 142 total ship cost

1 Luke Skywalker ( 20 points)

1 Keyan Farlander ( 20 points)

1 HWK-290 ( 12 points)

1 Wedge Antilles ( 19 points)

1 "Dutch" Vander ( 16 points)

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[Maturin 1,522]

Luke is great to threaten small ships, but I find he doesn't work well against bigger ships. That's because he leaves shields behind that everyone else on his side has to work through before they help Luke contribute damage. I'd rather have a team that works together to take shields down and then have everyone contributing crits, etc.

He is effective against raiders and corvettes due to their low hull points. Perhaps in concert with Dodonna and a whole lot of APT's he's viable, but I prefer other Rebel squadrons.

[Ardaedhel 10,807]

Perhaps in concert with Dodonna and a whole lot of APT's he's viable, but I prefer other Rebel squadrons.

This is definitely Luke's jam. He does a great job of forcing your opponent away from your Precision Strike for a relatively low investment (in the sense that you're not giving up much overall utility for a tool that's REALLY devastating in PS), allowing you to build a plan around just your yellow and blue objectives.

In general, I think of Luke and Nym as an interesting one-two punch. Luke is optimized to kill small ships; Nym, to kill big ones. Neither is bad against their off-target, just a little less than optimal. Take both, and you can choose on the fly who gets the Adar double tap based on the scenario. You're still getting full utility out of your fleet overall, plus you have the ability to adapt on the fly for the situation you're in.

[Ginkapo 8,527]

What Ard said.

I find that I yav tap with Keyan and nym early game to drop that ISD they thought was impenetrable. Then yav Luke late game to finish ships without wasting resources.

[Jondavies72 575]

Perhaps in concert with Dodonna and a whole lot of APT's he's viable, but I prefer other Rebel squadrons.

This is definitely Luke's jam. He does a great job of forcing your opponent away from your Precision Strike for a relatively low investment (in the sense that you're not giving up much overall utility for a tool that's REALLY devastating in PS), allowing you to build a plan around just your yellow and blue objectives.

In general, I think of Luke and Nym as an interesting one-two punch. Luke is optimized to kill small ships; Nym, to kill big ones. Neither is bad against their off-target, just a little less than optimal. Take both, and you can choose on the fly who gets the Adar double tap based on the scenario. You're still getting full utility out of your fleet overall, plus you have the ability to adapt on the fly for the situation you're in.

Nice thoughts on Nym, Luke and Yavaris, I also like Dutch in my Yavaris mix as he adds that ability to really shut down enemy fighter strategy and like the others has utility ( if sub optimal) in anti ship, not so sure about wedge he's good, but do I need to murder fighters I've de activated or should I take two a wings to try to kill active threats ?