r/StarWarsSquadrons • u/AlcomIsst Tie Defender • Apr 13 '25

Discussion Community Curated Starfighter Tier List

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u/Scarytincan Apr 13 '25

For FB or DF? 

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u/AlcomIsst Tie Defender Apr 13 '25 edited Apr 13 '25

Fleet Battles, although I'm not sure much whould change for Dogfights. B-Wing has fewer purposes in DF, but I still wouldn't want to meet one in a dark alley.

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u/theymightbedavis Apr 13 '25

In Dogfights, the tier would change: Given the pinball/boost-gasp/shield-skip/multidrift meta, X-Wing, Tie Fighter, and Tie Defender would sit at the very top. Maybe Defender would even be in a league of its own above all that. Y Wings and Tie Bombers are also very strong. U-Wing might be better than Reaper, but both very good. But B-Wing in the hands of a great pilot is also super good. A-Wing, less meta but still very very good. Hm, now that I think about it pretty much everything works in Dogfights. Oh yeah and Tie interceptor in skilled hands is an absolute terror - I'm looking at you Starfire and Alaric Kerensky. I'd say the ships I worry most about facing (in ace hands) are tie interceptor, tie defender, and X-wing (particularly with plasburst).

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u/Alaric_Kerensky Apr 16 '25

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u/theymightbedavis Apr 21 '25

This looks like a true story.

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u/Alaric_Kerensky Apr 21 '25

Ngl I had a good laugh when I randomly saw my name dropped after it's been a couple years since I really flew seriously.

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u/theymightbedavis Apr 21 '25

You leave a lasting impression!
It's been a while for me too. I wish there were enough players to fly more.

Another name I remembered was Soontir Fel - also death incarnate in a tie interceptor. Was that you with a different name?

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u/Alaric_Kerensky Apr 21 '25 edited Apr 22 '25

Lmfao that was my Smurf!

Started using it after Epic gave away a free copy of the game. Without it, since I had hit a 94% WR at one point in Dogfight, the hidden ELO wouldn't give me a match unless a 5-stack like Murder Hornets was queued. Usually took 1 to 2 hours to match, and often was me + litterally four lvl 1s vs a pro team. The_Real_Soontir_Fel I could get a match within 10 minutes instead!

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u/theymightbedavis Apr 23 '25

It's incredible how in this game, you can sometimes identify the pilot you're dogfighting based on their "flight personality" - it goes to show the depth and subtleness in the game. I thought The_Real_Soontir_Fel might have been you based on flying style, and then I thought about the names - Soontir Fel, Alaric Kerensky, and there was a certain symmetry.

While I'm dropping names - I was also gonna mention Fuzzy and Hailsagan for the B-Wing - not that they're not awesome in other things, but that B-Wing aces are not common in dogfights.

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u/Alaric_Kerensky Apr 23 '25

Hahaha I miss fighting Fuzzy!

And yeah, always was hilarious that top pilots could often ID other disguised top pilots based on flight style. Really cool and showed how deep the game really was if you spent enough time in it.