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I've been out of the hobby for over a year now and i don't know what the current meta is for x-wing. what are some of the best list out just now

There is no real meta at the moment, everything is very fluid. Some commonly seen things though are 4x TIE/ph, 3x Imp Aces, Rebel Beef (loads of high health ships/Ys/Us/Bs), 4(or 5) Ys and the list goes on (and on and on).

Good resource for high placing lists at tourneys;
https://meta.listfortress.com/ship_combos?fbclid=IwAR2XQt7LJ2rIP_ZDArmT8kl7h0donb_V488JYNJwp5Rv2GUK4_B4BZ50KgI

 ingtaer wrote:
There is no real meta at the moment, everything is very fluid. Some commonly seen things though are 4x TIE/ph, 3x Imp Aces, Rebel Beef (loads of high health ships/Ys/Us/Bs), 4(or 5) Ys and the list goes on (and on and on).

Good resource for high placing lists at tourneys;
https://meta.listfortress.com/ship_combos?fbclid=IwAR2XQt7LJ2rIP_ZDArmT8kl7h0donb_V488JYNJwp5Rv2GUK4_B4BZ50KgI

thanks

Yeah you can make just about anything work. Even Jumpmasters.

 KingmanHighborn wrote:
Yeah you can make just about anything work. Even Jumpmasters.

I wouldn't go that far, see.

There are a lot of lists being tried with the two brand new factions, so far nothing seems to dominate in an obvious way.

Scum sees a lot of Han as an anchor and then everything else to taste, either Boba Fett, or Fenn and Captain Seevor, or Guri and some fodder. We have a player who excels with 4 Fangs at the moment.

Well I've had lots of success with Dengar.

Good for you! I'm always keen on seeing people succeed with non-meta ships. You have to admit though that Dengar is not the obvious choice for simple, powerful and easy to play.

I have been having great success with 5x TIE Strikers. It is simple, but shockingly nimble and powerful at times due to their built in movement shenanigans and 3 dice attacks.

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
Good for you! I'm always keen on seeing people succeed with non-meta ships. You have to admit though that Dengar is not the obvious choice for simple, powerful and easy to play.

Gets overlooked and people either go way out of their way not to shoot him (which...is a win) or they try it and with an R3 astromech locking half their list there's quality double shots. Only bad thing and this applies to the YV-666 and others, is not being able to use stuff like Fearless and Outmanuever. I know it's the 'rule' but the rule is dumb.

That said, non-meta success, 2 Tie Aggressors and RAC work well. Not a tournament list, but fun to fly.

The runner-up at our Hyperspace swears by his TIE Aggressors. He says once you have two and pour enough resources into giving your enemy ion, you can either walk your enemy off the table or shoot it to death.

Now personally, I'm not sure about RAC, having never played him, I think his ability got nerfed, but he can weather the storm until you get your ion in effect.