We've had two games, and I've been slaughtered each time. First time I had a mix of Scum and rebels, second time all Scum. My brother played Empire first time, Rebels second.

My problems are:

• I don't have enough units to block corridors and get loads of shots, like the other factions do
• I don't have a Vader equivalent
• Nexu are hard to get into the fight without blocking all my other guys from shooting
• I don't have lots of cheap, fast units who can quickly grab objectives like the rebels do

So, does anyone have some advice for making this faction work? Anyone else having problems with it?

I think those are my problems anyway, having played only two skirmish games I could be diagnosing the situation totally wrong.

I'd need to see your lists to give a good evaluation but here's my recommendation for scum.

-Go strain heavy, use IG88 and those trandos as often as possible to bleed off the top of their deck if you do they will start taking direct damage when they run out of cards.

-Pick up the ally packs they provide some essential cards for the Trandos and for IG88

I would try something like this:

IG-88

Reg. Trandoshan

Reg. Trandoshan

Elite Nexu

Reg. Nexu

Ally Card

Gideon

Use the Nexu's to flank the enemy team, make retreat not an option and this will give your trandos easy within 3 space targets, also swing with the nexu's often to push a lot of bleed out, they will either waste actions removing it or start the strain chain early.

Make sure gideon is focusing someone every turn, ideally IG88.

IG88 can attack twice a turn use this for bonsu strain.