X-Wing Legacy Tournament Results
My local store held a Legacy Tournament yesterday: Only Waves 1–3 pilots and upgrades allowed.
My List (99 Points):
Blue Squadron Pilot (B-Wing) — FCS (24)
Blue Squadron Pilot (B-Wing) — FCS (24)
Blue Squadron Pilot (B-Wing) (22)
Biggs Darklighter (X-Wing) — R2-D2 (29)
I played a total of four games.
Game #1 — Lamnda w/ Vader crew, 5 TIEs
I felt a bit bad about this one. The guy had the worst dice luck I’ve ever seen. He had Howlrunner and didn’t land a single hit with any of his rerolls. I won this game when the time limit was exceeded. I took off 72 points and he took out one of my B-Wings, 24 points. I didn’t approach this one all that well but got lucky with some hot dice rolling and the misfortunes of my opponent. However, the game was a nice tune-up for the rest of the games and I got a good look at how to lay out my asteroids and keep my B’s in formation. Result: Won on Points Reaming (time limit)
Game #2 — 4 Interceptors (including Fel)
All of his Interceptors had stealth devices. Fel had PTL, obviously, and one of his Interceptors had Veteran Instincts. The other two were base-level. Let’s break this down: 3 B’s and an X-wing equals 12 attack points and 5 defense points total. Four Interceptors equals 12 attack points and 16 defense points (including stealth devices). Needless to say, it was mismatch. Interceptors have way better mobility and evasion. I managed to kill one Interceptor, but he tore me to shreds. I regret not trying to break up the formation because he focus-fired on my B’s and picked them off one at a time. Biggs died in the first round of combat, so R2 was useless. Lesson learned: don’t take the swarm head-on. Result: Lost Pretty Bad. (My 99 to his 24)
Game #3 — Tycho, Dutch, and Biggs
So, this was a fun list to play against, but it wasn’t very competitive. I think he had too many secondaries that would have been better spent elsewhere. Understandable, with the wave limitation. He flew Tycho straight at me because it had assault missiles (clearly planning to face a lot of TIE swarms, which there weren’t any). I decided just to take it head-on so I could at least kill Tycho quickly. He blanked with the missiles, and Tycho felt the wrath of my 3 B’s (this is the one game where Biggs was out of my formation. He joined the fight later). After Tycho was dead, I concentrated on Biggs, then made my way to Dutch, who held on for a really long time thanks to his Ion Turret. Result: Win (His 100 points to my 0)
Game #4 — Han & Wedge
This was a straight up dogfight. My opponent sent Han straight after my B’s, and did quite a bit of damage. With a bit of fortune, I landed a Direct Hit and then a Stunned Pilot. I kept blocking him with my B’s to increase the damage and finally took Han Down. I traded a B-Wing and some health for his biggest ship. At that point, I had one B down to its hull points, Biggs with two damage and a shield (thanks, R2), and a healthy B. I turned all of that attention to Wedge and it was a matter of time until Wedge was gone. Biggs managed to draw a hit away from my banged up B-Wing, who returned a Range 1 shot that stripped Wedge’s shields. Had Wedge been involved in the combat earlier (he was floating him away from everything until Han went down), I probably would have lost. Also, he had PTL on Wedge, which I don’t think works because Wedge doesn’t have enough green to shed the stress, which made his maneuvering predictable. Result: Win (His 100 points to my 53)
Overall Record: 3–1.
Not bad for my second tournament. Though there were definitely more skilled opponents there that I wasn’t paired with, I thought I had a good showing. B-Wings pack a lot of heat and can take a beating. When Biggs hung around for more than the first few rounds of combat, it justified adding him as a distraction while the B-Wings did their thing. My feelings are mixed with R2-D2, but with the limited options in this tournament, I couldn’t really spend those points anywhere else to get the same result.
