Star Wars: Squadrons/TIE Defender

The TIE Defender is a variant of the TIE Fighter. The TIE Defender is highly adaptable, featuring extremely powerful shields rivaling that of the Y-wing. At only 400 hull, however, the TIE Defender has the least amount of health of any Imperial ship, including the TIE Interceptor. The TIE Defender relies heavily on its shields for survival, and can thus fall quickly to ion weapons.

Offensively, the TIE Defender is a mix of the TIE Interceptor and the TIE Fighter's anti-starfighter loadout. Unlike the TIE Fighter, it cannot equip torpedoes, so it fares poorly against capital ships unless you equip Onslaught Rockets. Like the TIE Reaper, the Defender cannot shunt power between engine and weapons. It instead can be equipped with the Advanced Power System, which overcharges whichever subsystem has the most power.

Official Description: Based on prototype blueprints, this experimental TIE Defender's systems offer amazing performance to pilots skilled enough to manage them.

Components
For specific component numbers and statistics, see the Components page.