TW_Haines Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 So super new to the game only played 2 times so far and want to play in the local tournament. Thinking of a aggressor list. Need input on if it looks solid, mostly passive skills so I don't have to time the bonuses. Not looking to win skill will take out the best list built by a noob, but just trying not to embarrass myself. IG-88D and C Title predator auto thrusters mangler cannon Fire control system Idea is to use pred for killing any swarms or junk blocker ships. auto thrusters for the defence with the idea of boost and getting a free evade token fire control gives a free target lock to go with my focus if i don't boosed Downside to this build as I see it are stress will keep me from using my fancy red maneuvers and getting the free evade ion will mess up my ability to keep ships in arc 2 ships is limited on how much damage I can take and dish out ok this list was a combination of 2 lists i seen online Thank you for reading and replying TW Haines 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatdave Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 I'd swap D for B, for a number of reasons: IG-88 B is the popular choice for the built in Gunner-like ability, but you get that a little from Predator. I think B is a better choice than D in general as you get a great ability (with Predator rerolls on both shots BTW) without the drawback of taking Stress. Stress is the enemy of many ships - IGs are certainly high on that list. The Stress is going to mess up your action economy gained from C. There may be a time or two where you will wish you could do your S-loop with the turn instead of bank, but my money is on the fact that the second attacks will pay off a lot more than the maneuver (assuming you fly halfway decent anyway). Ion isn't too big a deal as it takes 2 Ion tokens to cause ionization on a big based ship. Unless, of course, your local meta is prolific with Ion. If that's the case focus fire down the Ion ships one at a time as soon as you can. Likely you will have the PS advantage there and hopefully won't have to worry about it too much for more than a turn or two. Other than that it looks like fun! FCS is money as that gravy train just keeps on rolling and Manglers are also good. Remember that Autothrusters only work out of arc and/or at range 3, so keep your distance a bit. Boosting will help with this as well as help keep targets in your arc. And it's also useful to run if you have too lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisruptiveConduct Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Yes, FCS with IG88B is a must try for a list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TW_Haines Posted September 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 So if I take IG-88B do I drop predator, and replace it with a new talant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatdave Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Up to you. There are other good ones, but Predator is useful here as well. The card says "may", so you don't have to reroll if you don't want. You could just take the hits you roll and try to draw an enemy evade token. They have to roll their green dice so if they cancel your hits use the reroll from the pilot ability. If your enemy has only one agility you may wish to reroll regardless as they won't be able to stop them all. I'd say leave it and see how it works out for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisruptiveConduct Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 Outmanuever, veteran instincts, and stay on target are all good to try out on the ig88s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatdave Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Those are viable choices for sure, but Veteran Instincts is a probably one of your better choices as it bumps you to pilot skill 8. Depending on your meta, of course. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manzanita Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Good news TW I have your prizes from the tourney including bag, tokens, and extra dice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkie Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 I'd take either fire control system or predator, but not both. They both allow re-rolls of red dice and you stack re-rolls. Combos I like are: -Predator+Adv Sensors -Predator+Sensor Jammer (more powerful than ever with TLTs everywhere) -Fire Control System+intimidation (they bump a lot) -Fire control system+expert handling As great as IG-B is though, his stock is probably going down a little bit. People seem very concerned about 4 Y-wings with TLTs. Also with Hounds Tooth, Palpmobile shuttles, and decimators all pretty common, there are a lot of low agility ships around. IG-B doesn't trigger much there. When he shines, he's still the best of them, but I don't think he'll be getting as many favorable matchups as he used to. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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