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The third battle in this 3 battle batrep has Jim's Green Squadron A-Wings with Assault Missiles vs my 8 TIE swarm:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTpp6UmTMhU&feature=youtu.be

I'm still really new to X-Wing, am I correct in assuming TIE swarm is a really strong build?

Yeah, it was very strong in Wave 1 and Wave 2 did not significantly change that.

Also the guy in game 2 didnt seem to enjoy that game much!

It can be really demoralizing to miss with all three of your ships then watch your opponent stack hits against them with his eight. I think part of the TIE swarm's power is psychological.

I would tend to disagree there... 16 red and 24 greens a turn is far from psychological lol!

Think of it more like three shots and three dodges versus eight shots and eight dodges.

 Manchu wrote:
It can be really demoralizing to miss with all three of your ships then watch your opponent stack hits against them with his eight. I think part of the TIE swarm's power is psychological.

This is the problem with assault missiles. 3 green squadron just don't have the stats to carry the engagement if they miss with the missiles. At 200 pts i have taken three green sq. with deadeye and assault missiles several times. Basically i am hoping for one hit with three assault missiles.

I have been finding alot of success using x-wings to soften targets up for the assault missiles. Proton torpedoes are good at stripping evade, making it more likely the assault missile will get thru with it's no-buff four dice, but the x-wing lasers can get the job done.