Dace Bonearm + Mandalorian Mercenary + Greedo + ????

By Comradebot, in X-Wing Squad Lists

Idea I've been toying with, but no clue how to get the best out of it or if it's even remotely viable. Seen a few folks talk about running Greedo on Dace Bonearm, which can be amusing but given his single shield is bound to be suicidal. But if you run Dace along with the much beefier Mandalorian Mercenary who has Greedo in his crew slot, along with his own Ion Cannon, you can take advantage of Dace's ability without putting the fragile HWK at risk from Greedo.

But that leaves me with:

Mandalorian Mercenary: Greedo, Ion Cannon

Dace Bonearm: Veteran Instincts, Ion Cannon Turret

And I'm already at 68 points, which should probably be my first warning that this is too gimmicky. Still, let's see what I could do...

A pair of Binyare Pirates and then load down Dace and the Merc with some more upgrades (but that I'd wager leaves me far too light on actual firepower)

A Binyare Pirate along with a Cartel Spacer decked out with a Mangler Cannon (or Ion Cannon, if I just want to ionize everything).

A single ship, likely Kavil with an Autoblaster, who I should be able to reliably send into range one to dust up ionized ships. Maybe Drea Renthal with an Unhinged Astromech and Autoblaster w/ Title?

Bonus Points:

Having flown him now (w/ Serrisu, Warthog Ion Y, generic StarViper), I have to say that having someone with Wingman nearby really makes Dace's life easier, as you're far less limited by the HWK's awful dial

Kavil with Opportunist could also be amusing, but Ions don't set it up without stress to boot so maybe it's a waste of points. A nice counter to other folks using Opportunist, however.

So yeah, that's what I'm at the drawing board with right now. And, like I said, I'm fully aware that it may not be practical, and combining Dace with Greedo simply may remain a dream for the time being. My only other thought would be to keep Greedo on the HWK, give it a Stealth Device, and fly it with Serissu and someone with Bodyguard to make actually hitting Dace as difficult as humanly possible, minimizing his Greedo risk.

I'd consider putting K4 Security Droid on Dace since you'll need to be ditching stress with green moves and you'll still be able to modify your attacks even if your predictable moves are blocked.

merc+ion+greedo

Dace+k4+ict

kaa'to+wingman

binyare