X-Wing: T-70 hype with Poe

Remember when I killed 9 TIEs without trying?

This is not Armada!  Yes, I know, but I also play a good amount of X-Wing in the tournament scene.  I know most of you guys have seen The Force Awakens already and are pretty pumped to play with Poe and the T-70s, so I figured I'll make some lists.  This is what I came up with and I think it's pretty good, well-rounded and competitive.  X-Wings haven't seen play in the competitive meta for a long time, but hopefully with R2 and Integrated Astromech, they will be somewhat better B-Wings.  If you really think about it, Integrated Astromech pretty much gives them all an extra HP as a pseudo, one-time use shield, but the best thing about it is that it's reactionary and can potentially block a Direct Hit.  That in itself is tremendous.. too bad FFG only decided to pack one of these into each T-70 expansion pack.

OK, the first list:

POE (100)

Poe Dameron — T-70 X-Wing 31
Veteran Instincts 1
R2-D2 4
Autothrusters 2
Ship Total: 38
 
Blue Squadron Novice — T-70 X-Wing 24
R2 Astromech 1
Integrated Astromech 0
Ship Total: 25
 
Blue Squadron Novice — T-70 X-Wing 24
R2 Astromech 1
Integrated Astromech 0
Ship Total: 25
 
Bandit Squadron Pilot — Z-95 Headhunter 12
Ship Total: 12

This basically goes for a purely defensive build with Poe + 2 Blues with Integrated Astromech and R2.  I decided to go with R2 over something like R5 because I want the extra greens after a Tallon Roll.  Being able to recover with all greens on speed-1 and 2 is amazing.  The extra Bandit there just flies around being jelly that everyone else is in the T-70s.

HELLO (99)

Poe Dameron — T-70 X-Wing 31
Veteran Instincts 1
R2-D2 4
Autothrusters 2
Ship Total: 38
 
Ello Asty — T-70 X-Wing 30
Veteran Instincts 1
BB-8 2
Autothrusters 2
Ship Total: 35
 
Tala Squadron Pilot — Z-95 Headhunter 13
Ship Total: 13
 
Tala Squadron Pilot — Z-95 Headhunter 13
Ship Total: 13

In this next list, I take both T-70 aces and bump Ello up to PS9 for the extra pilot skill.  Poe still sits comfortably at PS10 and I give BB-8 over to Ello and R2D2 for Poe.  Both come with ATs but Ello takes that to another level with his white Tallons.  With the extra points, I bump both Talas up to PS3 to outbid those pesky PS2 TLTs and call it a day.

Alright readers, I'm going to be traveling for the next couple of days to spend time with family, so expect some downtime.  Have a great holiday season!