8 or 7 ship z-swarm

By AtomicFryingPan, in X-Wing Squad Lists

In your opinion what do you think would be better. An 8 ship z95 swarm with 1 packing ion pulse and munitions failsafe. Or a Cracken led 7 z95 swarm. With Cracken I have 9 points left over for upgrades. I could throw some ion missles, I could up the bandits up to talas, I could put an ept on cracken. Any thoughts?

In your opinion what do you think would be better. An 8 ship z95 swarm with 1 packing ion pulse and munitions failsafe. Or a Cracken led 7 z95 swarm. With Cracken I have 9 points left over for upgrades. I could throw some ion missles, I could up the bandits up to talas, I could put an ept on cracken. Any thoughts?

I think 5 Bandits and Etahn with R2-D2, Advanced Sensors and either DTF or VI would make for a more effective swarm.

If you go with 7, I'd give cracken a hull/shield upgrade and keep him in the back as he's gonna be target number 1 and could go down fast. With the leftover points maybe give him cluster missiles and hope he survives to the second round of combat to shoot them off and give out two free actions that round.

Binayre Pirate (12)
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Binayre Pirate (12)
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Binayre Pirate (12)
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Binayre Pirate (12)
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Binayre Pirate (12)
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Binayre Pirate (12)
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Binayre Pirate (12)
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Edited by darthjeff81

Not a fan of massive Rebel Z swarms although pairing them with a certain E-Wing gives them some potential. I like a smaller, alpha strike swarms.

I want to fly the Mad Bombers list. It is seven Binayre Pirates with Deadman Switch upgrades. :D