Scum and Villainy All Comers

By shakedown47, in X-Wing Squad Lists

Flew this tonight with a lot of success. The HWK is quickly becoming my favorite S&V ship, and the Starviper is a lot of fun to fly. I can see this falling apart against a well-flown swarm or 4 cannon-toting Scyks, but as an all-around list it feels solid.

Guri

-Predator, Autothrusters, Virago, Advanced Sensors, Inertial Dampeners

Palob Godalhi

-Calculation, Rec Spec, Blaster Turret, Moldy Crow

Binayre Pirate

-Feedback Array

Binayre Pirate

-Feedback Array

The Z's are of course great blockers and Feedback Array is just so, so clutch for putting the finishing touch on arc dodgers. At only PS 5 Guri can be a challenge to fly around high-PS opponents but that adds to her charm, and when she does line up a range 1 shot it's devastating. Torkil is great of course, but Palob shines a little brighter for me due to his board control aspect.

Just an update, more for people pondering Guri loadouts. I swapped Advanced Sensors for Sensor Jammer and, in conjunction with Palob's ability, she's borderline broken. I went 3-0 on Saturday with some friends playing normal tournament-level lists, and yesterday in a 3-way game Guri was the last ship killed by the winner. I mention that mostly to highlight her durability, as a 3-way game provides fewer opportunities for arc dodging. She's just tough as balls to kill.

The last thing I'd like to do is find a way to get Opportunist on Palob, but I don't want to change anything about Guri and I like the Feedback Arrays on the pirates, so I may have to just make do.

keep the sensors and get Xizor instead if you're concerned about durability. Never getting shot >>>>>> jammers any day, and sensors just skyrocket your offense by guaranteeing focus on bumps, obstructions, segnor's etc.

Personal bias, but I find SJ to be incredibly useless given that focus is the most ubiquitously useful and taken action in the game

I love advanced sensors with PtL, but IMO the starviper's dial doesn't have enough green to make me feel good about taking it.

I should have made it more clear, of course I fly Guri in close proximity to Palob so, in addition to dodging what arcs I can and trying to close to range 1 with Guri, Palob steals the Focus of anyone that might have a shot at her. I'm with you, I never thought much of Sensor Jammer before, but with Palob floating around it's a very solid choice IMO.