{"id":18475,"date":"2019-11-20T07:00:37","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/?p=18475"},"modified":"2019-11-18T16:57:46","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T22:57:46","slug":"rogue-review-republic-btl-b-y-wing-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/rogue-review-republic-btl-b-y-wing-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Rogue Review- Republic BTL-B Y-Wing Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to Rogue Squadron, pilot! In this series, we will be looking at the ships you can fly in Fantasy Flight Games X-Wing miniatures game. We’ll take a\u00a0look at a chassis and what makes it unique along with some upgrades and squadron combos. Strap in and get ready to fly.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Lock S-Foils in Attack Position<\/h3>\n

The 1.0 Y-wing lives again! The Republic version of the Y-wing returns to the craptastic dial of 1.0 along with the 5 hull and 3 shields set-up. But it comes with a new tougher looking model and a cool 2.0 chassis ability. These Y-wings are designed to be tough and their ability to turn crits into hits will make it hard to get natural crits through. Though, as the defender modifies first, any ability the attacker has to generate crits (Marksmanship, Proton Torpedoes, etc) will still get through. The extra shield will help too.<\/p>\n

For the Republic faction, the Y-Wing brings turrets and bombs to the field, neither of which the faction had access to before. It even adds another crew carrier if you fly R2-D2. That aside, you do\u00a0have to ask yourself, did we really need another Y-Wing? In this case, I think we can say yes as it brings a new model to the field. When the inevitable Resistance Y-Wing comes along then we’ll wonder what the point of it will be.<\/p>\n

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Red Five Standing By<\/h3>\n

The Republic Y-Wing comes out of the box with six unique pilots and two generics. That is one place the Republic in general\u00a0sticks out. All of the ships have a fair variety of unique pilots. Unlike, say, the Rebels who lost a lot of their unique pilots in the conversion. How do these Y-Wing pilots stand out?<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Matchstick (I4)-\u00a0<\/strong>While you perform a primary or Mobile arc<\/em>\u00a0attack, you may reroll 1 attack die for each red token you have.\u00a0<\/em>\n
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    1. There’s a couple ways to take advantage of his ability. First, disincentive for your opponent to Lock him. If they do, he gets a reroll. Though, if they are higher init then him, they have a chance to\u00a0spend it before he can take advantage of it.<\/li>\n
    2. Second, is for the rest of the squad to Lock him early on. This gives him rerolls until they need to Lock enemy ships for themselves.<\/li>\n
    3. Third, stress. Lots of ways to get\u00a0 Y-Wing stressed. When he is, he gets rerolls.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    4. Broadside (I3)-<\/strong> <\/span>While you perform a Mobile Arc attack, if your Arc\u00a0indicator is in your\u00a0Side Arcs, you may change 1 blank result to a Focus result.\u00a0<\/em><\/span>\n
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      1. This may seem like an odd choice to put so high on the list. There are quite a few decent pilots of the Y-Wing.<\/li>\n
      2. Price helps him out a lot. At only 3 more than the cheapest generic he doesn’t break the bank, even with the required turret.<\/li>\n
      3. You’ll often shoot your mobile arc out the side already so his ability doesn’t require any special consideration.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
      4. Anakin Skywalker (I6)- <\/strong>After you fully execute a maneuver, if there is an enemy ship in your\u00a0Forward Arc at range 0-1 or in your Bullseye Arc, you may spend 1 Force\u00a0to remove 1 stress token.<\/em>\n
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        1. Everyone loves Anakin. So why isn’t Anakin number 1? I don’t think his ability is that amazing on a Y-Wing. Not for the price anyways.<\/li>\n
        2. You don’t have CLT to synergize when aiming for Bullseye. Nor do you have Fine Tune Controls to help get ships into his Bullseye arc\/range 1.<\/li>\n
        3. His ability only works on maneuvers and does not have a Talent slot. If he barrel rolls it will generate a stress.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
        4. R2-D2\u00a0 (I2)-\u00a0<\/strong>At the start of the Engagement Phase, if there is an enemy ship in your Rear Arc, gain 1 calculate token.<\/em>\n
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          1. Free tokens are nice even if they won’t come often.<\/li>\n
          2. Replace the Astromech slot with a Crew slot. There are not very many Republic-specific crew options yet but C-3P0 is a good companion for R2.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
          3. Goji (I2)-<\/strong>While a friendly ship at range 0-3 defends, it may roll 1 additional defense die for each friendly bomb or mine at 0-1 of it.\u00a0<\/em>\n
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            1. This ability is both “meh” and potentially broken. There’s no cap built into the card. There is a new maximum of six dice ever rolled though so that does serve as cap. This brought him down a few pegs.<\/li>\n
            2. Delayed Fuse is his friend. This allows you to drop reloadable bombs to keep them around for a round to use your ability.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
            3. Red Squadron Bomber (I2)-<\/strong> None<\/em>\n
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              1. Efficient Y-Wings are always a consideration.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
              2. Shadow Squadron Veteran (I3)-<\/strong> None<\/em>\n
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                1. They have a talent slot which allows them to take Expert Handling. But if you’re flying generics you usually don’t want to spend the extra points for the I3 and a Talent.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                    All Wings Report In<\/h3>\n

                    What’s the ideal number of Y-Wings to buy? Two. <\/b>They work best in at least pairs. You could make several some decent 4-5 Y-wing lists but then you’re neglecting all of the other Republic goodies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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                    GoGoGoji<\/a><\/p>\n