WonderWAAAGH suggested I do a writeup about this squad I ran in a few matches last night. My squad was as such:

Sigma + Stygium + Recon

Sigma + Stygium + Recon

Mauler Mithel + Swarm

Howlrunner + Swarm

WW had:

Etahn A'baht

Airen Cracken + Swarm

Biggs

Rookie

His was the TL passing crit machine theme and I was the heavy hitting jouster.

Both games I move the group 2 and the Sigmas would cloak. On turn 2 the Sigmas decloak and move 3 after the boost 2 and Mauler and Howl would move 5. Then focus for a total token count of two focus and one evade. One Sigma shoots at PS 8 and the other at PS 7. Rain down death, repeat.

In chosing this ship for this role it seemed to me to be a 17 point ship with a 7 point HLC that could crit and drop 5 dice at range 1. Two Sigmas came to 25 and with the necessary Recon crew I was forced to go Stygium, the total being 60 points. I know the ACD is the be all, end all of cloaking tech but I can assure you that having an evade and two focus makes that little ship last a few rounds.

Two ships firing 4 dice with foucs and Howlrunner reroll took the day. Biggs went down immediately. Howl and Mauler added their dice to the fray. Not much else to add, it was pretty brutal.

You inspired me to try this tonight =) Looks fun!

I'm drooling at a chance to try this!

I was considering this sort of list, as I've used howl with swarm and mauler with swarm and 3 interceptors to good effect

I also received my second phantom today heh.

Yeah, Howlrunner and Mauler with Swarm is like a staple for me. On a side note, I did not have good results with them paired with two OGP dog fighters.

Just to reiterate, I drove the Sigmas in with Howl and Mauler on their heels and just rained down death. This is not a squad to go toe-to-toe with and I can see it surviving an initial HSF pass as well. 12 dice of return fire (or initial fire) can be staggering when 10 of it gets the Howl re-roll and you have focus to spare. Get the Sigmas, or especially Mauler, up close and the damage potential goes way up. If you lose a Sigma then you have three ships shooting at PS8.

This is my before-they-fire B-Wing counter (hope it works, lol!!)