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Escalation Week Two

So for week two I got to add 30 points.  I added my new favorite Pilot to my list from the TIE F/O expansion pack. The Ace Killer "Omega Leader".


This guy is an Ace that other Aces do not like cause of his "lockdown" pilot ability. What he does is not allow a ship that's attacking him or defending from him to modify their dice if he has a target lock on them. So basically they have to roll raw dice not being able to use focus dice, no re-rolls from target lock or any other ability, and modifying also included using Evade tokens or added evades. It's pretty terrifying to action economy Aces that fly around with Target Lock, Focus and Evade tokens almost every turn (i.e. TIE v/1, Sontir Fel, Fenn Rau, TIE /x7, etc). The popular build which I am using is upgrading him with Juke and Comm Relay.



Juke allows you to change a evade to focus if  you have an evade token. Which can't be changed back to an evade due to Omega Leaders pilot ability. Then Comm Relay allow you to keep an evade token at the end phase. This way you don't have to take another evade action next round. At 26 points this guys a steal and this left me with 4 points to give my other Aces elite skill upgrades. 


I decided on Swarm Tactics with "Howlrunner" to allow her to give another pilot in range to be a pilot skill 9 in the combat phase which comes in handy allowing some of my PS 1 pilots a chance to off a ship possibly before it gets to fire or before they get destroyed. I gave "Mauler Mithel" push the limit to give him a ability to Focus and Evade or Barrel Roll to be a advantageous position and focus an attempted kill shot at close range. This hasn't been working out since he doesn't have boost to get into those prefect dodges or point blank shots.



I played a list with 4 four TIE Advanced Prototypes. They were all the cheapest version equipped with  TIE v/1 title, Proton Rockets and Autothrusters. I ended up winning the match only losing two of my Academy Pilots to Proton Rocket fire. My list was as follows



 http://xwing-builder.co.uk/view/670885/tie-swarm-escalation-week-2 

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