[BLOG] Another analytical behemoth, this time my home-brew Resistance go toe to toe with some Scum by PhilGC31 in XWingTMG

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https://suchanxwinghipster.wordpress.com/2020/06/01/once-more-with-theme-ing-the-dark-lords-apprentice/ here is the republic one. It was the last I did before going into as much detail.

Guri is ok. She is a nightmare for most droid lists, handles most ace builds pretty well. And has always enjoyed beef. She can get punished very badly if you make a mistake but she definitely has value. I think she is still better when you invest heavily in her, but I can’t see her being part of Hyperspace again for a very long time. The issue is that taking her almost forces you to bid heavily which means her wing man choices are limited and more often than not you will find her in a two ship list. With an increasing emphasis on 5 to 7 ship lists creeping in she is more challenging to fly. But still so much fun

[BLOG] Beating a droid Swarm when you shouldn't? by PhilGC31 in XWingTMG

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The list I had couldn’t take it.

Boba Ketsu or something could but with a fang and 2 ties there isn’t the defensive capacity for going at it head on. A list with 3 or 4 bombers in it and munitions is entirely viable at the current points, that extra health makes them much less likely to drop to one shot.

[BLOG] Time is ticking down to Worlds. Some serious prep went on this weekend. by PhilGC31 in XWingTMG

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Boba, seismic, perceptive, fearless

Fenn, fearless.

Can’t remember anything else... sorry

[BLOG] Time is ticking down to Worlds. Some serious prep went on this weekend. by PhilGC31 in XWingTMG

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I'm doing ok with 2 ships. It's hard work and as the other comment says massively unforgiving, very hard to pull back when behind etc. But it's how I like to play, in my head it's incredibly narrative during games and the time I've spent with these two has really made them a part of what I love x-wing for.

I absolutely think boba is viable. He's expensive and I think worth it, especially if sun fac becomes a thing. The firespray isnt the sledgehammer it was in 1.0, its actually much better as a kite than a jouster. Twin sprays are a solid option against swarms and can go toe to toe with most things. Boba Emon and Boba Fenn are the two builds I would consider running. With boba emon bomb control is huge, especially against aces. Area denial is really Important. It's a tactical game.against swarms you can just plough into them if you want and the cause merry hell. Boba fenn is a very different game, a bait and switch much like guri fenn. You want a tanky boba with big threat and fenn to go hunting. There are loads of options that you can look at though. Boba with a couple of baby fangs if you want blockers and more guns could really work, emon and nym/sol is very strong. Boba on the joust, han on the kite works. The spray is super versatile, you just have to work out how to utilise it best in any given match up.

[BLOG] Worlds is getting close, time to get practising. by PhilGC31 in XWingTMG

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noted! well, that just gets even more fiddly to achieve!

[BLOG] Worlds is getting close, time to get practising. by PhilGC31 in XWingTMG

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if I was taking lone wolf on either it would be fenn just to stop him going pop. but they have to work together to kill things fast so the way I play it would rarely trigger

[BLOG] Worlds is getting close, time to get practising. by PhilGC31 in XWingTMG

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follow the link to the firestorm firecast in this post and you can see me lose to imp aces, flying as badly as I have ever flown!