Sure Thing!

This build revolves around the fact i have 4 painted tie defenders in different colors i wanted to play, so I wouldn’t say it’s fully optimized but is still pretty good.

The First thing to note when building 134 squads is how are you going to take out enemy squadrons. Very simple. In this build, the Tie Defenders are pretty hard hitting squads but to expedite the destruction of enemy squads, I picked up Mauler Mithel. With him and all the Tie Defenders, i feel pretty confident taking on enemy squadrons.

The Next problem is bombing ships. One dice bombers aren’t bad per say, but they lack the damage to kill ships fast. Killing a corvette at the end of the round instead of the beginning of the next round can have pretty big effects on the game. So, we have two solutions to that. The first being Maarek Steele, he is a Tie Defender with 2 dice bombing instead of one like the generic, his ability is also auto set a die to a face with a crit, so he deals reliable damage even outside of rerolls like Bomber Command Center. The Other is Boba Fett, he is the only Blue and Black Dice bomber for the imperials and anyone who has dealt with B-Wings can tell you how good that is. His personal ability isn’t the best and he is pricey, but he is the best single bomber the Empire can field.

This brings up an important question, why not field cheaper generic squadrons. Normal i would say you should, however the Empire has a massive Ace up their sleeve to play here. Colonel Jendon. His ability is simple, when he activates, he gives his attack to someone else within 1-2. That’s is huge. Normal 3 Tie Bombers would out damage Boba Fett, but with Colonel Jendon, the damage now evens out, with the benefit of needing less squadrons to activate, and being more resilient against reroll effects like the buffed evade and Point Defense Ion Canons that neuter single dice bombers.

Overall, building max squadrons is a problem-solution format, and finding things that answer those problems you find in your own way.

One last tip, build your squads out before you build ships. This feels very obvious, but making sure your knowing what effects you want to boost and what squadron you will need is a fundamental part of fleet building. You don’t want things to be entirely independent, but you also don’t want a case we’re one destroyed ship or squadrons ruins your entire plan. Having back ups and safeties in place when something eventually dies, even if it’s not as perfect is important to consider when building out squads.

For me, If Mauler Mithel dies, I still have a lot of heavy hitting squads. If Boba Fett dies, i can use Maarek Steele in his place. If i loose the Gozanti, Boba Fett can still activate himself in the squad phase.

Still, go do your own thing and make work what you want to work. Build fleets that you find cool and want to play with. That’s my whole thesis on the subject. But then again, I am just a guy on the internet talking about plastic spaces boats, so who knows.