Scum Y-wing Autoblaster spam

By Bipolar Potter, in X-Wing Squad Lists

Looking at:

27 N'Dru with Concussion missile, Lone Wolf, Hull Upgrade, Inertial Dampener
31 Kavil w/ Auto Turret, Unhinged, and Opportunist.
21 Syndicate Thug w/ Auto Turret and Unhinged x 2

Y's move in a blob with those oh-so-nice Green 3's bringing the unavoidable pain, N'dru wrecks the enemy flanker or hammers in from the side.

My undecided are the HU and ID on N'dru and Opportunist on Kavil. What other options can i look at for those two? I took Opportunist because i figured either N'dru could peel tokens with some R3 shooting, or high PS will have already shot and I can force them to either keep the token (weaker enemy shooting yay) or spend it (my shooting gets better yay). I also looked at Hotshot blaster for N'dru and keeping a point so my PS 2 got a bid but i've decided giving N'dru more surviveability is a better choice.

I wouldn't invest in Opportunist when N'dru is your only potential token-peeler. With his loner mandate it might become difficult to coordinate him firing on Kavil's preferred target, especially when Kavil has to hunt that range 1 zone to use his turret (meaning if you have a choice between banking left for the shot and getting too close to N'dru, or banking right and losing the shot, you're going to be compelled to violate N'dru's personal bubble).

Predator is nice on any auto- weapon, since you really need to make the shots count when you get into range (and even better on the auto- turret with it's low dice attack).

An extra hull on N'dru is totally worth it, imo, but if you decide to take it out you might want to put an Engine Upgrade on Kavil, to really maximize your chance of getting to range 1 when you need to, or getting out of arc for the extra die.

Edited by Gibarian

Excellent points. And yeah, i knew i was getting a little blinded by dreams of 4 Autoblaster hits, so i guess i'll go with Engine and i guess VI to put me up at 9 to get all fancy with those high PS guys. Will also help me get targets out of that forward arc so i can actually use Kavils ability. Thanks!