so I've been building a lot of stuff for scum. much of the lists are based om pirates like vizor and 5 z95s, kavil and 5 pirates etc. has anybody tried to slap on a couple of procks on the mini swarm? i tried it and it really gave them some punch. all of the sudden the opponent has to rethink some classic swarm strategies. I'm not sure its worth it though.

Thoughts?

Had the same idea previously, but don't think it's a great investment. Seeing how you would already have 3 attack dice on range 1 with your primary, there's only a single bonus die. For those three points, you could also have bought a 'Hot Shot' Blaster - basically gives an extra attack dice at range 2 instead, can be used versus targets outside of arc and could be fired in a turn where you bumped (i.e. don't have an action).

that is actually a very good idea. Would that make sense then? i mean one of the lists is tanked Kavil and 5 pirates. 2 of them have procks. With hotshots, would that be viable? i actually think so.

Because you have the Hot shot blaster which works 360 for the same amount of points, but one less die of attack and 1 more range. Plus how many times is your Z going to get killed before it gets to range 1 and actually has a focus. not very often. So you just paid 3 points for something you might be able to use.

However, if you like it try and let us know how it works for you. The best test is in the heat of battle.