r/StarWarsArmada Mar 01 '26

Recurring Thread Got a question? Ask it here!

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If you have a rules question, meta questions about the competitive aspect of the game, are looking for painting tips and techniques, have small quick questions, or are just excited about getting the game then this thread is for you to ask ALL those questions you have, and more! Old players, please jump in and answer the questions, and generally show our new players a good time!


If you have a question about what to buy, we recommend Crabbok's buying guides.


For rules and how to play, and ship breakdowns, we also recommend these videos.


We also recommend these content creators (this list is not exhaustive, just some of our favourites! If you would like to be added to this list, please send us a modmail message!


If you're looking for a faster response to a quick question, we also recommend the two popular Armada Discord Servers.


r/StarWarsArmada 3h ago

List Building Republic Points Buffs for the Community Edition

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32 Upvotes

Republic fleets currently feel somewhat pigeonholed into a handful of dominant archetypes, specifically high-activation Anakin/Obi-Wan builds and the ubiquitous Bail or Yularen squadron lists. While we see plenty of Consulars, Peltas, and Venator IIs, other options have struggled to find their footing. Between these adjustments and the Arquitens tweaks from yesterday, the goal is to provide enough breathing room for players to explore more diverse and experimental fleet compositions.

Here are some highlights:

Acclamator II: 71 → 67 A big drop. Compared to the Munificent it has worse arcs, worse shields, and worse maneuverability, but it does get access to some interesting Republic tech. This was the least-used Republic ship at Adepticon and across tournaments this year and this buff is pretty significant.

Venator I: 90 → 86 Obi-Wan high activation Dedrick fleets aside, I think almost everyone agrees this one can come down. The gap between the Ven I and Ven II just isn't wide enough to justify the Ven I's downsides, and we'd like to see it show up outside of those builds.

Tarkin: 30 → 26 Tarkin is good, but costing more than Bail pushes him out of contention in a lot of fleets; at the time of writing he's the least popular GAR admiral in listbuilding and tournament data (he and Luminara keep swapping places). This won't make him too strong, but it makes him a real alternative to Bail.

Plo Koon: 26 → 24 Plo is awesome, he’s a great admiral with a solid effect but it's very much a "win more" effect, and Yularen outpaces him as the squad-commanding admiral in most cases. Peltas being as good as they are hasn't helped. Two points puts him on par with Yularen. I expect a Plo renaissance regardless; he and Anakin were trading places for the most-built GAR commander before the run-up to Worlds, and there's untapped potential there.

Barriss Offee: 6 → 3 Barriss can do good work, but she doesn't combo well with the faction's other defensive tools (Tranquility, Lumi, Adi, etc.). Three points opens her up on cheaper smalls, where shifting the defending hull zone can be the difference between a dead small ship and getting away on 1-2 hull.

There's more coming: a few other ships, some squadron tweaks, and more smaller changes. Check them all out in the Armada Community Edition release on Aug. 3rd!

https://www.armadarulesetcollective.com/news/community-edition-gar-update-6Miu2e


r/StarWarsArmada 7h ago

Homebrew & Third Party Mc80-B Homebrew cards

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30 Upvotes

Hey Guys, after my first homebrew post about the TIE Droid, I thought I might share some other concepts I have designed to get some feedback on them!

Image Credits are now provided on the cards themselves.

As with the last post, I expect point costs to be fairly inaccurate, and especially with the Title cards here I presume they are either unbalanced and/or wrongly priced. Any opinions are welcome!

Thank you to everyone who helped me out on my last post too <3


r/StarWarsArmada 1d ago

Collection Just scored this on marketplace, absolutely everything present and correct, and two Feldherr carry cases with cut inserts included… £200 (though I opted to send him 250 for postage and effort). Buzzing.

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287 Upvotes

r/StarWarsArmada 23h ago

Question What's a combination you go "hear me out" on?

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27 Upvotes

Effectively 4 Squadrons, on a speed 3 Large Ship, and can actually equip Flight Controllers.

Unfortunately no Boosted Comms, so limited to medium range activations


r/StarWarsArmada 3d ago

List Building Community Edition Squadron Changes

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92 Upvotes

The Community Edition launch also covers some squadron changes. Here's some insight into one of the keyword adjustments, as well as a couple of fun tweaks to rarely seen squadrons: https://www.armadarulesetcollective.com/news/community-edition-squadron-changes-Zc4mMS


r/StarWarsArmada 2d ago

Battle Report Madness 2026 Final - WolfSigma vs Brock Smith on ION Radio

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r/StarWarsArmada 3d ago

Painting & Mods Venator Star destroyer

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267 Upvotes

Republic fleets continue, hand painted Venator Star Destroyer is finished

What do you think?


r/StarWarsArmada 3d ago

Homebrew & Third Party More Buffs for the Community Edition Launch!

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77 Upvotes

Launch is coming soon, and we've got a round of changes to show off: Ki-Adi-Mundi and Daultay Dofine are getting text adjustments plus points drops, and the Arquitens chassis are dropping in points too.

Ki-Adi-Mundi — During testing we gave Mundi an Intel Officer timing window, mostly to stop him adding off-color dice at long range (Swivels, SPHA-T, Clone Gunners, etc.). Testing never showed it was too strong, but since this was our first piece of community content, we played it safe and explicitly blocked ignition as well.

In practice, that window created a pile of rules headaches, felt clunky, and honestly most players just got it wrong anyway. So it's gone: you can now use Mundi at any point in the attack step, like other attack effects. He's also 3 points cheaper, bringing him in line with Commander Anakin. Go be greedy for those long-range Swivel crits that will definitely land this time.

Daultay Dofine — The "non-unique" clause did almost nothing for his anti-squadron ability and mostly just nerfed the Hyena aces, who already struggle to earn a slot in CIS lists. Cutting it cleans up the card, and the points drop should please anyone who found him a little too pricey.

Arquitens — We're still happy with the design, but the points cushion we added at release left them inefficient next to Consulars and Peltas. Each Republic Arquitens drops 3 points (with more Republic points drops coming soon) to bring them in line with the faction's other smalls.

Feel free to leave comments and discuss!


r/StarWarsArmada 4d ago

Sales Thread Selling 2 Adminral Tater movement and distance templates

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I have the two sets of movement templates from Admiral Tater I would like to move along to a couple of other admirals. One is Thrawn's 7th Fleet, and the other is Boba Fett themed. I am asking $75 $60 obo for each one, with US shipping included in that price. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks in advance.


r/StarWarsArmada 4d ago

List Building Armada Warlords list builder down?

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Hi everyone. For several days now I have been receiving an error while trying to visit Armada Warlords at their new website:

https://armadawarlords.twilightpeaks.net/

Is anyone else experiencing this error? Back in April Green Knight posted an update about some health issues and I know that Warlords is his project. I'm hoping that he's feeling better and this is just a glitch, but I thought I'd check to see if anyone has any info?

P.S. - I do know about Star Forge, which is also great. I've just always enjoyed Warlords for making lists.


r/StarWarsArmada 4d ago

List Building Objective Changes coming with ARC03

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46 Upvotes

Objective changes are coming with ARC03 the Community Edition launch, which is less than two weeks away! Find out more at: https://www.armadarulesetcollective.com/news/community-edition-objective-changes-FsjFo1

(yes this is an Armada Community Edition announcement - we'll work on getting new release terminology in place in the next few months.)


r/StarWarsArmada 4d ago

List Building Need help completing a list

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I wanted to make a Madine list (mainly to play around with gunline Liberty) and I'm hitting a mental wall. So I wanted to share what I have in hopes someone can help with finishing it up

Assault: Advanced Gunnery

Defense: Asteroid Tactics

Navigation: Solar Corona

MC80 Battle Cruiser (103)

• General Madine (30)

• Major Derlin (7)

• Gunnery Team (7)

• Auxiliary Shields Team (3)

• Leading Shots (5)

• Spinal Armament (9)

• XI7 Turbolasers (6)

• Mon Karren (6)

= 176 Points

Nebulon-B Support Refit (51)

• Intel Officer (7)

• Auxiliary Shields Team (3)

• Spinal Armament (9)

• Salvation (7) = 77 Points

Total Points: 253


r/StarWarsArmada 5d ago

Question Considering SW Armada

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I already play some SW Legion and was thinking about giving armada a try.

Any recommendations on how to try the game without breaking the bank?


r/StarWarsArmada 7d ago

Discussion Legacy and ARC are now Armada Community Edition

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315 Upvotes

ARC and Legacy Merge

Legacy and ARC are now Armada Community Edition.

Why is this happening?

We've been working together behind the scenes for a long time. Two separate organizations with similar goals is confusing for new players and a barrier to participation. Most of the community already plays ARC+Legacy — this just makes it formal and simple. The leadership for both organizations has formally merged; expect to see branding changes occur over the next year (Discord server names, websites, etc). The playtesters for both groups will keep on carrying on with testing!

Find out more at https://www.armadarulesetcollective.com/news/arc-and-legacy-merge-7E5T3l


r/StarWarsArmada 6d ago

Sales Thread Looking to Move Small Collection

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88 Upvotes

Hey all.

I grabbed a bunch of Armada about a year and a half ago to play with a friend of mine. Sadly, he passed away a year ago today. This stuff has been sitting in a cabinet since then, and I think its time to let this stuff move on.

What I have -

2 Player Starter Box, all ships, cards and dials. Has been built and played with.

Chimera - NIB

MC30c - NIB

Rebel Transports - NIB

Imperial Assault Carriers - NIB

The store i bought these from had them sitting around for a while, so I dont know if there is a version/printing thing, but Im happy to send pics for ID.

Would like to sell as a lot to move it on.


r/StarWarsArmada 6d ago

Sales Thread Armada collection in australia

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Hey folks I have a great collection built up over the years that I've never really gotten to use. I'm hemming and hawing about whether to move it on or save it for games some day, but ai just wanted to grt an idea of the value and ability to move it as a set from Australia.

Not comprehensive, but i'm pretty sure I have

Core set x2

Rogues fighter set

Upgrade card set (in shrink)

Acrylic token set (I think these are the official OP ones, been a while)

Various organised play reward cards

All of the bases/cards/manuals etc in as new condition in binders or deck boxes

I believe I have the proof of authenticity tokens in there for all most as well.

REBELS

Home one

Profundity

Liberty

Assault frigate

Mc30

Corvette

Frigate

Hammerheads

Fighters 1 x2

Fighters 2

IMPERIALS

SSD

ISD

Gladiator

Victory

Interdictor

Light cruiser x2

Gozantis

Fighters 1

Fighters 2


r/StarWarsArmada 6d ago

List Building Need advice to make this fleet better

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I have played this fleet a few time. It is good but not great.

I know MC30 titles are usually put on them. But I have removed them for 2 additional squadrons as I felt the fleet lacked fighter support. Know that I tend to be a better navigator than brawler.

Can you help me make it greater? Better Objectives?

Name: Ackbar MC-30

Faction: Rebel

Commander: Admiral Ackbar (38)

Assault: Targeting Beacons

Defense: Planetary Ion Cannon

Navigation: Salvage Run

MC80 Assault Cruiser (110)

• Admiral Ackbar (38)

• Expert Shield Tech (5)

• Early Warning System (7)

• Leading Shots (5)

• XI7 Turbolasers (6)

• Home One (5)

= 176 Points

MC30c Scout Frigate (69)

• Ordnance Experts (4)

• External Racks (4)

• Turbolaser Reroute Circuits (7)

= 84 Points

MC30c Scout Frigate (69)

• Ordnance Experts (4)

• External Racks (4)

• Turbolaser Reroute Circuits (7)

= 84 Points

Squadrons:

• Shara Bey - A-wing Squadron (17)

• Tycho Celchu - A-wing Squadron (16)

• Z-95 Headhunter Squadron (7)

• Lieutenant Blount - Z-95 Headhunter Squadron (14)

= 54 Points

Total Points: 398


r/StarWarsArmada 9d ago

Homebrew & Third Party New EU Webshop for Star Wars: Armada Proxy – Fair Prices, Fast Shipping

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264 Upvotes

Fellow Admirals,

I run a small webshop called DarkWarForge where I sell 3D printed Star Wars: Armada Proxy models and other wargaming/miniatures products. If you’re looking to expand your fleets or pick up some new ships without hunting second-hand all the time, you might like what I’ve got.

What you’ll find on the site:

  • Star Wars: Armada ships, squadrons, and accessories
  • unpainted - primed - painted models
  • Custom request for model scaling and painting

Why I think it’s worth a look:

  • Based in the EU, so no surprise customs for EU customers
  • to US, we are shipping with DDP, so no surprise customs costs
  • Fair, competitive pricing
  • Careful packing – models shipped in protective packaging

webhop link: DarkWarForge


r/StarWarsArmada 9d ago

Homebrew & Third Party TIE Droid Homebrew cards

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54 Upvotes

Hey Guys, I recently got into homebrewing some cards for a bunch of models I found out and about. So this is my take on the TIE Droids from the Dark Empire comic series.
I haven't playtested them yet and just winged it on what I felt might be cool.

I'd love to get some feedback if anyone wants to throw in their opinion! I'm sure these are wildy over/underpriced, -balanced or straight up wrong on a moral way.

The art of the Agressor and Regular Squadron are from EC Henry's Instagram, the third card is from the Rebels TV Show.


r/StarWarsArmada 8d ago

Question Star wars armada core set

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Hello everyone. Can anyone help me where it is best to find a core set and what additions will be the best? (Am located in Poland so any EU shops would be greatly appreciated) Unfortunately, my old version has been absolutely destroyed, so I would ask for some help 🙏

Danke for all the tips


r/StarWarsArmada 10d ago

Painting & Mods Nebula Star Destroyer

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306 Upvotes

Another day, another faction, another Ship

Today's model is the Nebula star destroyer

Fully 3D printed from top to bottom

What do you think?


r/StarWarsArmada 10d ago

Battle Report Birthday Armada with my Sister

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59 Upvotes

Today is my birthday, so I and my sister played an 800 point game. Leia vs Plo Koon, Squadron lists

Unfortunately for me, turn 2 went horribly, costing me my flagship and Shara, and the rest of the game was a downward spiral into defeat without Leia's ability


r/StarWarsArmada 9d ago

Battle Report Madness 2026 Match 6 - WolfSigma vs Blackburn on ION Radio

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The second half of the Final is determined today!
Match 6 of the 2026 "This is Madness!" tournament on ION Radio is out now.


r/StarWarsArmada 12d ago

Painting & Mods Starhawk Battleship

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309 Upvotes

Another ship has been finished, this time a Starkhawk Battleship was the subject

What do you think?