Xizor Help

By Stubby, in X-Wing Squad Lists

I would love some critic on this:

Prince Xizor

Autothrusters

Tansarii Point Veteran (in Scyk Interceptor)

Bodyguard

Binayre Pirate x 4

I am thinking of dropping Autothrusters and putting in LoneWolf. ONce the Tansarii Poitn Vet goes down then then the Lonewolf will kick in.

Lone wolf would be hard to proc with 4 other ships on the board, I would stick with autothrusters. That way you can still pass off hits to the binayre pirates. I would probably drop the Tansarii altogether, I don't see Xizor being a target until he drops anyway, at which point bodyguard was useless. Maybe replace him with another binayre pirate or some more upgrades for Xizor? Xizor with lone wolf is OK, just usually all your other ships will have to die first. At which point you could still have a full health Xizor with LW, AdvSen, and Autothrusters

That is exactly true. No one would want to shoot at a Xizor with a focus, 3 agility, and autothrusters when he can shed damage to nearby ships...he is already not an ideal target. The veteran here is the low-hanging fruit because if he does use bodyguard he has no focus...and Xizor is already the least ideal target.

I would also consider how the Scyks and the Starvipers fly together. The Scyks cannnot do one straits, so it makes it hard when you want to slow roll with Xizor and the pirates. The Scyk just is not an ideal wingmate. The pirates on the other hand can slow roll and block and do all sorts of crazy good stuff.

What to do with the 19 points? A few options:

Suhlak + Lone Wolf - 19

Adv. Sensors and Inertial Dampeners on Xizor - 4, Hot Shot Blaster on each Pirate - 15 (or a mix of HSB and Ion Pulse Missiles)

Cartel Spacer + Heavy Scyk Title + Ion Cannon

I think the best bet, if you can do it, would be to put some more bling on Xizor and upgrade the load outs of the pirates (option 2). This makes each and every ship in the list more of a threat. Pirates are amazing at setting up as blockers and then busting out 3 out of arc damage via HSB, or even dropping some IPMs on key targets after the first pass.

The Cartel Spacer is also legit as this annoying type flanker who doesn't have to stick close to anybody and can just try to pin down some key targets that Xizor can get behind and finish off.

Edited by Deepspace5

Predator xizor is where its at unless you're desperate to chase whisper or soontir and need vi plus virago FCS

I like running him predator, thrusters, and virago sensor but I don't know how necessary sensors are.

On one hand, Sensors are amazing for flexibility (play bump o rama with your squad and still get focus, or focus before segnors) but on the other its four points.

Virago xizor can get you four blacksuns with feedback

Without, you can get five pirates with 2 feedbacks