Hi, soon we will start a Escalation League, but I don´t have any idea how to build competitive lists. The rounds will be 60, 90, 120 and 150 points.

I was thinking something like Kath Scarlet with K4 and hlc and a Bynaire Pirate, or 2 Trandoshan Slavers, one of them with Bossk.

But I need advices and some example lists, I will wait for your feedback!

I came in second place in a escalation tourney today with a list comprised of Xizor with predator and adv sensors(and auto thrusters), torkil mux with TLT, recspec and title, two binarye Pirates and two Warthogs with ion and aggromech. Worked out great for me, only lost to a TLT list with some bad luck and minor misplays. It can straight up joust most aces lists and against swarms torkil is invaluable, as he basically removes a ship from the game a turn without it ever getting to fire.

I approach from two angles, initially.

Your starting list must:

• Contain two ships
• Fit in 60 points
• Contain the core of your win condition (as you play with your first-wave ships 4 times)
• Be viable vs 5-4 ship Swarm, Alpha Strike, and Mitigation Tank (Soontir Fel, for instance).

Your final list must:

• Fit in 150 points
• Contain a degree of unfairness
• Contain countermeasures against fleets that don't care about your unfairness
• Have NO fluff-upgrades or pilots.

This is a difficult balance, but once you have, the final step is simply curving between the two.

SO

What does that mean for you?

Whelp: You've not got an archetype; you've got a faction. Narrow it down a bit: What does SCUM mean to you?

Give us a ship (not necessarily a pilot) you want to have be key to your success, and I'll get back to you