Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27029853-20170703223814/@comment-454133-20171230073906

I played the list again today and did very well. I planned most maneuvers well, and things just came together nicely. However, my opponent's list wasn't very strong (e.g. he didn't have cards like Autothrusters), so I shouldn't be overly proud. He played quite well, particularly given his under-stocked list (PS8 Poe with BB-8 etc, PTL Jake with Vectored Thrusters etc, PTL Wired Tycho). He said he wasn't comfortable with proxying because it felt like cheating.

For a second game, he mentioned he's always wanted to try three Auzitucks with Snap Shot, Weapons Engineer, and Targeting Computer (one of the lists he would play if he were comfortable with proxies). I let him borrow my tucks and played my kylo list again. The tucks were nasty, and the locks helped a lot. He got a few snap shots in too, since I couldn't help but land in his primary arc sometimes, but I don't think the snap shots actually landed any damage.

What really hurt him and saved me was locking with his middle tuck in the first round of shooting, when he really could have used a reinforce. This let me lay a lot of damage into him right at the start (leaving him with 1 or 2 hull), and then kill him next round. A round or two after that, his rear tuck killed the Nu pilot, and soon they'd stripped shields off Kylo and Kestal too, and even gave Kestal a.

However, once I killed his 2nd tuck, it was over. That remaining tuck was going to have a terrible time outmaneuvering my ships, and Kestal + Kylo had enough firepower to finish it.

Glad I got to play X-Wing one last time before the year ended! And Regionals is on the 13th... hopefully I'm playing well when that fateful day comes!