So, Hubert sent me a fleet he's playing with last week, I purposely did not refresh on what is in it before drafting up a fleet tonight. I just remember it was using an MC80 as a carrier, and had at least Wedge, Dutch, Dagger and Corran. It's a really fascinating build informed by the European finals, and when I saw it, I knew I wanted to either play it or play against it. Hubert specifically requested a "kill ship" fleet or a squadron heavy fleet - so I aimed for both!
Name: Experimental Sato Fleet
Faction: Rebel
Commander: Commander Sato
Assault Frigate Mk2 B (72)
- Skilled First Officer (1)
- Ruthless Strategists (4)
- Electronic Countermeasures (7)
- Gallant Haven (8)
MC30c Scout Frigate (69)
- Lando Calrissian (4)
- Ordnance Experts (4)
- Assault Proton Torpedoes (5)
- Admonition (8)
Nebulon-B Escort Frigate (57)
- Commander Sato (32)
- Flight Commander (3)
- Yavaris (5)
GR-75 Medium Transports (18)
- Bomber Command Center (8)
- Gold Squadron (12)
- Jan Ors (19)
- YT-1300 (13)
Assault: Most Wanted
Defense: Fleet Ambush
Navigation: Superior Positions
Total Points: 399
Now is where I go look at the list he sent me and find out I am screwed on the bid...
At any rate, this fleet combines a few ideas I want to test out. I continue to be intrigued by the idea of a "sacrificial" bomber wing - so tomorrow I will be breaking out my favorite Rebel squadron again alongside the ubiquitous Jan Ors and a YT-1300. I do know Hubert has some really meaty anti-squadron aces, so this will be a good opportunity to see how it works when the opposition is fierce. I took a cue from 2016 worlds, and am taking an assault frigate in my fleet for the first time ever purely so I can grab Gallant Haven. Combined with Ruthless Strategists (which I think is really good combined with the Y-wing's 6 health), I hope this will be enough to get some licks in.
Oh, and it's a Sato fleet! I always struggle building for Sato. And indeed, various versions had Han and Tycho. I'm going to take a chance on just having bombers though. We got Yavarris, because what's a rebel fleet without it? And, completing our tour of top tier rebel stuff, I have what has become a standard Admonition build. The idea here is to throw bombers with him, chew threw his squadrons with Ruthless Strategists, and while my strike craft are dying, hopefully produce enough extra damage (and APT crits) with Sato to carry the day. This list is really slimmed down from my wishlist (Dreylin on the AF for extra tanking power), but indeed, it actually probably needs to be slimmed down further. On the plus side, most of my stuff won't die in one hit, so going second wouldn't be the worst. Since Hubert has a lot of squads too though, he would probably take my Superior Positions. But, it's what I would take in the wild with a build like this, and even if he takes it I think (trademark), I can utilize it better.
At any rate, we'll see how it goes!
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