SLAM and shoot? Yes, I'll have my cake and eat it too!

By nitrobenz, in X-Wing Squad Lists

So here's My thought: what if you could shoot and SLAM at the same time? Been thinking about a way to get actions after attacking and all I can think of (that works for K-wings) is Airen Cracken, Paired with Miranda. since they're at the same PS, Miranda can opt to shoot first, then Airen who passes a free action to Miranda who uses it for an Adv. SLAM to get one more action (I like the Idea of Saboteur at the end) and finally the weapons disabled token is discarded at the end phase as normal; leaving you free to do it all over again the next turn!

Here's the List I came up with to test my theory: "SLAMfire"

Miranda Doni (39) K-Wing (29), Twin Laser Turret (6), Saboteur (2), Advanced SLAM (2)

Airen Cracken (26) Z-95 Headhunter (19), Push the Limit (3), Engine Upgrade (4)

Poe Dameron (35) T-70 X-Wing (31), BB-8 (2), Stay on Target (2)

As I think about it a crew is the best way to give Miranda another action since between her normal action and SLAM she probably already used all the actions you want off her action bar. TLT is almost obligatory, I guess it could be any turret though. Airen will probably need EU to help keep up with Miranda, the green bank 2 is surprisingly fast combined with boost so it might work as long as Miranda isn't doing 3's, and PTL so Airen can still take an action for himself. Poe is just here to be 35 points of crazy filling out the list at PS8 and confusing target priority for my opponen, also considered some version of Psycho Tycho or a Stresshog.

Any thoughts on having your cake and eating it too? Is there another way to get actions during combat that I missed?

pretty sure you can't slam as a free action

check the reference card to be sure

Ah! you're right, it's down there at the bottom "A ship cannot perform SLAM as a free action." Oh well, guess they were already one step ahead of me :(

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