X-Wing, Hanger Bay at Titan this weekend...

Well, got in some practice games with the “Firestorm Special”:

Firestorm Special (99)

Ten Numb — B-Wing	31
Veteran Instincts	1
Trajectory Simulator	1
"Mangler" Cannon	4
Extra Munitions	2
Sabine Wren	2
Proton Bombs	5
B-Wing/E2	1
Ship Total: 47
Captain Nym (Rebel) — Scurrg H-6 Bomber	30
Veteran Instincts	1
Twin Laser Turret	6
Extra Munitions	2
Harpoon Missiles	4
Thermal Detonators	3
Proton Bombs	5
Trajectory Simulator	1
"Genius"	0
Long-Range Scanners	0
Havoc	0
Ship Total: 52

Mkay, this build is brutal…  I honestly did not expect it to be as good as it is.  I think it is almost a hard counter to an Ace build, specifically an Imperial Ace build…  The Proton Bombs doing the Critical under the Shields (if any) means that the 2 Hull ships like the Inquisitor or Whisper have about a 40% chance to just die in the Movement phase.  And Nym especially has SO many options for his bombs… 5 forward, 1 out the back or 1 out the back AFTER you move…  Note, you WILL be hit (most likely) by the bomb you drop after movement, but that is something I am willing to do.  Or I can hold a Bomb in place…  This area denial is pretty key.  Assuming you CAN hit with the Harpoon, Ten Numb with his un-blockable Critical to set the Harpooned Condition off…  Seems like a decent way to deal with lower Agility things, but it also does a number on the Aces…  Assuming of course the initial Harpoon actually hits.  Pro tip, the Inquisitor backed by the Emperor CAN just completely dodge a 4 Hit Missile pretty regularly, so likely NOT the one you want to target if you HAVE a choice…  I think anything else might well just be in trouble.  Quickdraw melted nicely and quickly, I suspect Vader and Poe would go even quicker…  

Still, a 2 ship list with both of them being 1 Agility…  Is a race to do Damage, and a list like Tyler Tippett’s RACLo list would likely be…  Difficult.  Still, guessing it will be a race with the sheer amount of damage I can throw out quickly…  Maybe.  He can simply Blind one of my ships (Nym likely) then not worry about the Harpoon…  But fortunately, no one locally flies that build…  Let me rephrase, no one locally flies it nearly so well as he does.

Other build?  Dash/Poe or the Control Brobots I think…  The IG-88’s are just annoying as Hell and while tough to fly…  They have some interesting matchups and since I CAN Token Stack on the 3 Agility Autothruster ship…  They are surprisingly tough to hit…