Rogue Squadron - Bee Hive

Welcome to Rogue Squadron, pilot! In this series, we will be looking at different squadrons you can fly in Fantasy Flight Games X-Wing miniatures game. We give you the squad, what expansion pack all of the upgrades come from and then give you the lowdown on how best to fly it. Strap in and get ready to fly.

All Wings Report In

4x B-Wing “Blue Squadron Pilot” (Wave 1 Conversion Kit) (50 pts) (I2)

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Cannon- Tractor Beam (Wave 1 Conversion Kits): Attack (Front Arc, Dice 3, Range 1-3): If this attack hits, all Hit/Crit results inflict tractor tokens instead of damage.
Cannon- Ion Cannon (Wave 1 Conversion Kits): Attack (Front Arc, Dice 3, Range 1-3): If this attack hits, spend 1 Hit or Crit result to cause the defender to suffer 1 Hit damage. All remaining Hit/Crit results inflict ion tokens instead of damage.

Lock S-Foils in Attack Position

In preparing for the upcoming Upgrade Guide, I took a close look at all the cannons. Here I noticed B-Wings now come with two cannon slots. You can have some fun with those double slots when you pair Tractors and Ion Cannons.

The idea here is to have some B-Wings throw ships around while the other ion them. Your goal is to force ships onto rocks or to go off the board. Or you can tractor one into range 1 and just blast them with three 4 dice primary attacks. At Initiative 2, you’re likely firing later so your opponent won’t benefit from the range one bonus.

B-Wings are still a chore to chew through even if it just boils down to throwing dice at each other.

Variations

You could switch out the ions for Heavy Laser Cannons. Then you have a serious threat if you catch something in Bullseye and can use Tractor to put a target into Bullseye of the other ships. But this will rarely work out the way you want it to.

You could also drop a cannon in exchange for some more health. With only one agility, Shield and Hull upgrades are affordable.