EEK (Terrifying rebel extended list?!?)

[Amc879 149]

Not sure what I was thinking, but this list happened into existence in the official squadbuilder (truly scary). It clocks in at 206 before the points change and 196 after. Maybe some potential here? 

 

BTL-S8 K-wing - •Miranda Doni - 64
    •Miranda Doni - Heavy Hitter (40)
        Barrage Rockets (8)
        •Han Solo (12)

E-wing - Rogue Squadron Escort - 71
    Rogue Squadron Escort - (51)
        Advanced Sensors (10)
        Adv. Proton Torpedoes (5)
        R4 Astromech (2)

E-wing - Rogue Squadron Escort - 71
    Rogue Squadron Escort - (51)
        Advanced Sensors (10)
        Adv. Proton Torpedoes (5)
        R4 Astromech (2)

Total: 206/200

View in the X-Wing Squad Builder

[Jedu 133]

Might be fun, with long range locks of e-wings.

But, due to the lack of defensive mods on e-wings, I would consider swapping Miranda for Esege with perceptive coopilot, in order to make the Es more survivable. Getting rid of Han would allow that.

[theBitterFig 11,598]

Mostly, I think I'd rather just have three Rogues.

• Rogue (Marksmanship, Proton Torpedoes, R3 Astromech) 68
• Rogue (Marksmanship, Proton Torpedoes, R3 Astromech) 68
• Rogue (Marksmanship, Plasma Torpedoes, R3 Astromech) 63

You could also go Fire Control System on two ships instead of three Marksmanship, but I kinda want to give MMS a fair trial now that it's the only general purpose 1-point talent.  Init 4 is where the initiative killing strategy might actually start to work.

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But really, more I think about this, it's a radically different kind of list.  Mine is an alpha strike list, focused around Torpedoes, and probably never super exciting.  The original is about doing sweet things with Advanced Sensors.  In which case... I think I'd still be inclined towards three R4 + AdvS Rogues.  Comes out to 63 points before Torpedoes, so 3 points on Talents.  Here's an odd thought: Maybe it's Intimidation.  You've got AdvS to reposition or pre-focus if you're looking to bump.  Hrm... Certainly more interesting than just Crack Shot or Predator would be.

Basically, I don't think Miranda is that special, so I'd rather just double-down and run three of these funky E-Wings.  With only components for two... Maybe I'd go Wedge.  He's a bit scarier than Miranda, and Init 6 is handy.

[wurms 5,313]

11 hours ago, Amc879 said:

Not sure what I was thinking, but this list happened into existence in the official squadbuilder (truly scary). It clocks in at 206 before the points change and 196 after. Maybe some potential here? 

 

BTL-S8 K-wing - •Miranda Doni - 64
    •Miranda Doni - Heavy Hitter (40)
        Barrage Rockets (8)
        •Han Solo (12)

E-wing - Rogue Squadron Escort - 71
    Rogue Squadron Escort - (51)
        Advanced Sensors (10)
        Adv. Proton Torpedoes (5)
        R4 Astromech (2)

E-wing - Rogue Squadron Escort - 71
    Rogue Squadron Escort - (51)
        Advanced Sensors (10)
        Adv. Proton Torpedoes (5)
        R4 Astromech (2)

Total: 206/200

View in the X-Wing Squad Builder

Drop Han Solo, get some seismics, proton bombs and sabine crew. Hit a ship with a bomb, sabine adds ion token, Ewings get range 1 and destroy it. Bombs add some good diversity into your list and protects from flankers/aces that can easily get behind your 3 ship squad.

[eljms 243]

2 hours ago, theBitterFig said:

Basically, I don't think Miranda is that special

This is probably right, but her regen ability feels underutilized to me.  Also, white reload + APT + SLAM feels like it could be good.  How about hotshot gunner so that one die attacks strip tokens while she regens?  Something like this:

Miranda Doni (40)    
    Adv. Proton Torpedoes (5)    
    Hotshot Gunner (7)    
    K-2SO (8)    
    Advanced SLAM (3)    
    
Ship total: 63  Half Points: 32  Threshold: 5    
    
Rogue Squadron Escort (51)    
    Marksmanship (1)    
    Proton Torpedoes (13)    
    R3 Astromech (3)    
    
Ship total: 68  Half Points: 34  Threshold: 3    
    
Rogue Squadron Escort (51)    
    Marksmanship (1)    
    Proton Torpedoes (13)    
    R3 Astromech (3)    
    
Ship total: 68  Half Points: 34  Threshold: 3    
    
    
Total: 199    
    
View in Yet Another Squad Builder 2.0: https://raithos.github.io/?f=Rebel Alliance&d=v8ZsZ200Z17X134WWW86W314WWW104Y23X125WW136W4WY23X125WW136W4W&sn=Unnamed Squadron&obs=

[theBitterFig 11,598]

1 hour ago, eljms said:

This is probably right, but her regen ability feels underutilized to me.

I do kinda like her, particularly when kept really light.  I've had fun with Jyn Erso + Bomb + Delayed Fuses, and that'd be as low as 46-48 points now... Kaytoo might be a cool pick.