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Poe Air Raid

Poe makes airborne support cards cheaper, and this deck carries three of them. Urodel tanks, the Medic heals, BB-8 (Poe's own Unique) steals enemy droids and walkers, and everything else falls from the sky. It's a high-skill deck: every strike has to land. Best in 2v2 with a partner who holds the lane.

Leader Poe Dameron

Avg cost3.29

DifficultyHard

StyleAir strike control

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Where to play it: 2v2 is unranked in Reborn for now. Queue Arcade 2 vs 2 from Special Modes, or start a 2v2 Friendly Match from guild chat.

The deck

Leader skill. Call Sign Blue: Poe calls in Blue Squadron to deal 3 consecutive air strikes to his location, each strike dealing X% Area of Effect damage.

Leadership. Leader of the Skies: The amount of energy required to use airborne support cards is reduced by X.

Era set bonus: Resistance: 4 of 8 cards, so your units take 8% less damage. X values grow with your leader's level and perks.

How it wins

Let the Urodel and your partner hold, wipe each enemy push with a well-placed strike, and finish turrets with T-70 and Y-Wing.

Strengths

Cheap air strikes hit anywhere, including turrets
BB-8 turns the enemy's tech units against them
Medic keeps Urodel and Poe alive

Weaknesses

Few bodies, so fast pushes can overrun you
Missed strikes waste a lot of energy
Spread-out enemy units blunt area damage

Card by card

Cost	Job	How to use it
2	Cheap bodies	Your cheapest standing unit. Use them to slow pushes.
2	Healer	Heals organic units and leaders. Keep it behind Urodel or Poe.
3	Line strike	Cheaper with Poe. Strafes a straight line; best on units walking a lane.
3	Unique, tech thief	Poe's own Unique. Shocks nearby enemies and hacks enemy tech units into allies; bigger tech takes longer to hack.
4	Bomb and knockback	Proton bomb with knockback. Breaks up a push or knocks a diver off your leader.
4	Tank	1,528 health and area damage ahead. Your only real front line.
5	Heavy strike	Big area air strike. Save it for a full push or a nearly dead turret.

Game plan

Opening

First minute

Urodel or Troopers first, then wait. Don't throw strikes at single units.
Keep Poe back; he's fragile (913 health).
Watch where the enemy clumps and how they walk the lane.

Mid game

Win the fights

Urodel plus Medic holds the lane. Strikes go on whatever piles onto the Urodel.
Call Sign Blue (3 strikes on Poe's spot) when enemies crowd around him.
BB-8 on their droids, walkers or Sentry Droid: a stolen tank fights for you.

Late game

2x energy and Sudden Death

2x energy is your time: strike almost every push.
T-70 straight onto a low turret in Sudden Death.
Keep the Medic alive behind Poe.

Signature combos

Discounted

Knock and Bomb

Y-Wing then X-Wing

Y-Wing knocks the push back into a line, X-Wing strafes it.

7 energy

Hack and Hold

BB-8 + Urodel

BB-8 steals their tech unit while Urodel keeps enemies off him.

Discounted

Sky Fall

Call Sign Blue + Y-Wing

Poe calls 3 strikes on himself; Y-Wing keeps enemies in the zone.

Matchups

Against	What to do
Swarm decks	Your strikes feast. Wait for the swarm to bunch up.
Droid and tank decks	BB-8 hacks them. This is where Poe's Unique shines.
Fast divers	Y-Wing knocks them back; Medic keeps Poe alive.
Other air decks	Spread your few units out.

Swaps: T-70 X-Wing to Rebel Troopers if you keep running out of units.

Mistakes to avoid

Using strikes on one or two units.
Running out of bodies. If the lane keeps falling, swap T-70 for Rebel Troopers.
Letting Poe walk into the front line.

Upgrade order

Poe Dameron
X-Wing and T-70 X-Wing (Commons, cheap to level)
Urodel Resistance Fighter
BB-8 and Y-Wing
Resistance Medic and Rebel Troopers

See Upgrades and resources for costs.

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