Hello all,

I'm considering the following 4 S&V builds for an upcoming tournament:

A) 100 points

Talonbane Cobra (Lone Wolf, Glitterstim, Engine Upgrade)

Guri (Predator, Virago title, Advanced Sensors, Inertial Dampeners, Autothrusters)

Syndicate Thug (Twin Laser Turret)

B) 100 points

IG-88B (Heavy Laser Cannon, Fire-Control System, Autothrusters)

Black Sun Ace (Predator)

Black Sun Enforcer (Autothrusters)

C) 100 points

Black Sun Ace (Predator) x 2

Black Sun Enforcer (Autothrusters)

Syndicate Thug (Autoblaster Turret, Unhinged Astromech)

D) 100 points

Black Sun Ace (Predator)

Cartel Marauder

Black Sun Enforcer (Autothrusters) x 2

Thoughts?

A.

Guri and the Starviper can be an absolute beast.

I like B best. A looks fun though. I worry that you'll lose Talonbane for little gain against a savvy opponent, though.

Thanks for the advice! After strongly considering lists A and B, as well as a variant of A (Talonbane+Crackshot/Glitterstim/Engine, Guri+Predator/Virago/Sensor Jammer/Autothrusters, Syndicate Thug+TLT/Unhinged Astromech), I decided to go with list D. The "little list that could" in the end, as I finished 3rd out of 20 players. I think the list mostly surprised my opponents, as many told me they didn't play or face Stavipers often. Maneuvering was key of course.

I was able to defeat three very different builds:

IG-88B + C (each with HLC, Feedback Array, FCS, Autothrusters, Crackshot)

Syndicate Thug (TLT, Unhinged Astro) x4

Dagger (HLC, Advanced Sensors) x2

Dagger (Mangler, Advanced Sensors

The two lists that defeated mine were:

Torkil Mux (TLT, Moldy Crow)

Tradoshan Slaver (Gunner, Tactician)

Binayre x3

Very cool list, nasty and efficient, as scum should be! :-) Still a close game.

Gold (TLT, R2 Astromech) x2

Blue (Advanced Sensors) x2

Brutal list. I could have flown better and my attack dice went cold for most of the game.