Totally Syck

By nigeltastic, in X-Wing Squad Lists

I'm very intrigued with the idea of Syck interceptors with cannons as they are incredibly cheap for a gun platform. The first list I'm thinking of is

3x Cartel Spacer (14)

Title (2)

Fletchette Cannon (2)

2x Cartel Spacer (14)

Title (2)

Heavy Laser Cannon (7)

For 100 points total. I don't know if it's viable, but it certainly seems like it could be fun to play. Thoughts?

If I were doing five cannons I'd go straight Manglers.

Problem with flechettte cannon is that its dead weight vs. push the limit users and they are becoming more common. If you include any in your list, I would not put more than two...

I was planning similar squad, but not only with M3-A Interceptors.

Kath Scarlet

-Opportunist

-Recon Specialist

-Inertial Dampeners

M3-A Interceptor x3

-''Heavy Scyk''

-Flechette Cannon

Not super interesting build, but might be still fun to play with small Scyk swarm and let Kath Scarlet hammer enemy ships with her massive damage. With all that stress from Flechette Cannons will give more chance to Kath Scarlet to use Opportunist against enemy. Optional build is taking just four normal Scyks with nothing special.

I'm with StevenO on this one. The only time I don't run Mangler on a Skyk is when I decide to use an ion cannon. Three dice at range 1-3 with an auto-crit is basically a no brainer.