I'll be going to my first tournament tomorrow and I'm undecided about which of these four squads I want to use.

I went with all small ships, as I'm a little out of practice maneuvering the large ones, and I've been using these ones a lot recently. I only just started playing at this LGS a few weeks ago so I don't know what the local meta is like yet. The tournament is capped at 16 players, if that helps.

#1

2x Cartel Marauder + Glitterstim

4x Binayre Pirate + Feedback Array

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#2

2x Cartel Marauder

2x Cartel Spacer + Mangler Cannon

1x Syndicate Thug + Autoblaster Turret

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#3

2x Syndicate Thug + TLT, R4 Agromech

2x Black Sun Ace + Crack Shot

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#4

2x Syndicate Thug + TLT, Unhinged Astromech, Bomb Loadout, Seismic Charges, Extra Munitions

3x Binayre Pirate + Feedback Array

I would go with #3 personally, seems like you have an answer for most things you could encounter. Crack shot pops soontirs and the TLTs will hammer bigger ships. The Kihraxz is steadily proving it's worth in my eyes as an excellent scum filler ship.

Thanks for the reply. I ended up using a variation on 3 & 4:

2x TLT thugs with R4 agromechs, 2x feedback binayres, and a cartel spacer. I won 3 out of 4 games, and got second place. The one I lost I think the Crack Shot kihraxz would've made the difference, but those Z95 helped a lot in all the other games.