Star Wars Legion: The Rebel Sniper Army

Snipers are all the rage in Legion these days, lets take a look at a list that uses them.

Recently a lot of the Legion meta has centered around having as many activation as possible and running large amounts of infantry to take and hold objectives. Since most objectives in Legion are scored by trooper units, they’ve risen in prominence. The release of the new Rebel Commando and Imperial Scout Trooper boxes have added some powerful new trooper options to the rebels. Let take a look at a list that makes the most out of them.

The List

Rebel Troopers [40]
MPL-57 Ion Trooper [32]
Rebel Trooper [10]Rebel Commandos (Strike Team) [16]
DH-447 Sniper [28]

Rebel Commandos (Strike Team) [16]
DH-447 Sniper [28]

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Rebel Commandos (Strike Team) [16]
DH-447 Sniper [28]

AT-RT-[55]
Long-Range Comlink [10]
AT-RT Flame Thrower [25]
799/800

Infantry and Snipers

This is is designed with the goal of grabbing objectives and stopping enemy units from grabbing them in turn. With 11 activations it can do a lot to manipulate turn order and control who gets to activate when. It’s also got a ton of trooper units in it for grabbing objectives. 3 of them have Ion for dealing with enemy armor. The Sniper strike teams are a powerful addition to the army here. They not only serve as cheap units, adding more activations, but are great at picking off enemy units and putting suppression tokens out there. With unlimited range on the DH-447  the strike team can set in  a far corner and simply aim and shoot each turn. This attack with an Aim token, is almost guaranteed to hit the enemy, and should kill a model and give them suppression. With three of the sniper teams you can either concentrate and destroy one enemy unit, or spread suppression around. This not only hurts the enemy but limits their actions, allowing your infantry to take objectives.

The Commander

Leia also adds a lot of power to this list. While she’s no slouch in a fight, it’s her inspire 2 that really helps out. Being able to get rid of suppression on her units, helps keep her army moving and fighting. If you can suppress the enemy, and keep from getting suppressed yourself, the extra actions your side gets will really add up. Her command cards also adds a lot to the list. No Time For Sorrows and Somebody Has To Save Our Skins, again help keep the army moving and grabbing objectives.

Coordinated Bombardment is the one that really works with the army (see above). While it may not seem like a ton at first, the attacks are only two dice, it’s that fact that they have unlimited range that counts. Between it and the 3 sniper teams you’ve got a lot of long range attacks, on the first turn while the enemy may not have anything that can hurt you, you can pound them with a lot of attacks. Its possible to suppress 6 enemy squads on turn one, thus hamstringing their advance. Conversely if the enemy has sniper teams of their own Leia’s attack could kill or pin them before they go.

Odds and Ends

The list is rounded out with a AT-RT with a flame thrower. This was mainly to fill points, it could be dropped for extra equipment, but I also like it for putting pressure on the enemy and burning up troopers in heavy cover. I think overall this list has a lot of offensive fire power and can really put the hurt out. It also have pretty much unmatched ability to grab objectives and a lot of long range attacks. By suppressing enemy troops, keeping you own moving, and staying on objectives the list can win a lot of games.

Let us know what you think of the list down in the comments! 

Author: Abe Apfel

Abe is that rare thing, an Austin local born and raised here. Though he keeps on moving around, DC, Japan, ETC., he always seems to find his way back eventually. Abe has decades of experience with a wide range of tabletop and RPG games, from historicals, to Star Wars to D&D and 40K. He has been contributing to BOLS since almost the start, back when he worked at and then owned a local gaming store. He used to be big into the competitive Warhammer tournament scene but age has mellowed him and he now appreciates a good casual match. He currently covers 40K tactics and lore, as well as all things Star Wars, with occasional dabbling in other topics. Abe remains in mourning over the loss of WFB to this day.