A little puzzle of sorts - please help me design an as+V list suitable for a beginner to fly. It must conform to the following..

- I would like majority M3-a or at least a strong showing

- I am not buying the base set or Most wanted

- I don't want to buy card singles so, upgrades should be limited to what come in the boxes.

Please help, you are my only hope! *click*

Laetin /w Heavy title, Mangler Cannon

2 x Cartel Spacer /w Heavy title, Mangler Cannon

2 x Cartel Spacer /w Heavy title, Flechette Cannon

100 points

Swarm, so you can learn maneuverability. Mangler for secondary weapons rules, Flechette for 2nd weapons and stress applications. One Ace pilot in there to see how Pilot abilities can affect play.

You kind of need the base set for Damage deck, obstacle tokens, dice and maneuver templates don't you? Also, you are missing out on not having Most Wanted for Scum Firespray and Scum Y-Wing, but the decision is ultimately yours...

So that's just 5 m3-a boxes then, right?

I want to get acrylic rulers - and plan to ebay a damage deck, asteroids etc (unless I get some kindly gent from here l who bought X starter sets and wants to share the love to a new player...)

Leatin - is this flyer better than sirrisu?

So no core or most wanted - you're going to be running either all Scyks or several Scyks with an Aggressor or a Starviper. You're going to need to buy either all Scyk expansions (ie something like what Johdo posted above) or 2-3 Scyk expansions with either a Starviper expansion or an Aggressor expansion.

Two Scyks and a Starviper expansion would let you build:

Guri

- Bodyguard

- Virago Title

- Autothrusters

- Accuracy Corrector

- Inertial Dampeners

Laetin A'shera

- Heavy Scyk Title

- Mangler Cannon

- Stealth Device

Serissu

- Calculation

- Heavy Scyk Title

- Stealth Device

- Mangler Cannon

If you instead opted for two Scyks and an Aggressor you could swap out Guri for:

IG88-B

- Mangler Cannon

- Accuracy Correcter

Honestly you get a lot of good cards with the Starviper so that's the direction I'd steer you in.

And... How would that list play? Serissuvwants to play with friends right? So - fly as a 3? Can they keep up with the SV?

And... How would that list play? Serissuvwants to play with friends right? So - fly as a 3? Can they keep up with the SV?

Maybe drop the named Scyks for three generics with title and mangler. That would make the list a lot more simple to fly at the expense of an extra Scyk expansion. I was trying to give him options where he has as small of an initial investment as possible. Buying/flying all Scyks just seems boring and redundant to me.

What I'm worried about at the moment is..

Is the list effective?

Will I use the ships/cards as I develop and get better?

How about boba fett with Scyks?

TBH the Scyck is not the most effective ship the scum have, it's just a bit too fragile, and once you start giving it upgrades, just a bit too expensive

https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/181195-m3a-scyk-what-do-you-do-with-this-thing/

So basing a list around a core of Scyks might not be the best plan, unless of course you know how to fly them and get the best out of them.

Boba Fett or any of the scum Firesprays is a good option to take, of course to fly any of the Scum Firesprays you'll need Most wanted