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My Friend Captain Nym: Star Wars X-Wing

By Barclay Montgomery | June 12th, 2018 | Categories: Star Wars Tactics, X-Wing 2.0

captain nym

Captain Nym is fighting for the Rebels this time around, and he has some nifty new techniques and gear that can thwart the Empire and Black Sun alike!

Coming from Fantasy Flight Games, We’ve got Captain Nym.

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captain nym scurrg h-6 bomber

Captain Nym is here to lend his piloting talents to the Rebels. At pilot skill 8, Nym can be surprisingly tricky and his plethora of upgrade potential can make him very flexible. His pilot ability can help extend the mileage of your friendly bombs that are not in range to deal damage. havoc

His signature ship title, Havoc, opens up even more options for Captain Nym. Your upgrade bar gains the sensor and unhinged astromech slots, but forces you to lose the crew slot. This can help focus Nym’s talents. The key caveat here is that you cannot equip non-unique unhinged astromechs.fire-control system

The sensor slot can be made useful with a Fire Control Team. After you perform an attack, you may acquire a target lock on the defender. This can free up your other actions and can have synergy with a unique unhinged astromech. r4-b11

R4-B11 is a unique unhinged astromech that loves target locks. When attacking, if you have a target lock on the defender, you may spend that target lock to choose any or all defense dice. The defender must re-roll the chosen dice. This works to ensure that your damage goes through as you whittle through their defenses. And you regain a target lock after you attack your opponent!

plasma torpedoes

You can make use of that target lock for further R4-B11 fun or go with Plasma Torpedoes. This powerful torpedo can attack at range 1-3 with 4 attack dice. If the defender is hit by this attack, remove a shield token from the defender.

This can help you punch through defenses like they weren’t even there. With R4-B11 at his side, Captain Nym is a dangerous asset to the Rebellion!

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About the Author: Barclay Montgomery

I'm a weird guy wargamer and hobby enthusiast. I'm like the Thing, I can take many forms. I could be a bounty hunter looking for Rebel prey, a commander of an Imperial fleet, or the Hive Mind of the Great Devourer of Worlds.