New to Scum, need tips/help

By JarJarBot, in X-Wing Squad Lists

So scum in general where I play and with myself is very rarely used. In fact, I'm usually then only one running it, rarely, and it's always Brobots so I wanted to move away from them and try other ships out. So my general first idea;

Talonbane

Engine upgrade

Glitterstim

Crackshot

Kavil

TLT

Unhinged Astromech

Marksmanship

N'Duru

Glitterstim

Cluster missiles

Lone wolf

Hull upgrade

That's what I'm looking at now. Any suggestions or help? I also really like the look of the Starviper and want to fly it but really have no idea about a squad with one at the moment. Thanks all!

Theres tons of info on starvipers around here. Generally people go for guri except when rolling with swarm in which case xizor allows for a hard version of sensor jammer at the expense of his minions. Be aware that his ability does not effect replacement effects like TLTs.

On your list I think it should function, more ways to skin a cat and all. However I tend to prefer VI on cobra if running EU and missiles without. Crack is still gold though.

Kavil needs to lose marksman it literally does nothing. Predator however is awesome with his 4 shot TLT and I'll add EU to that list. Now hes a bonafide arc dodger that will ruin arc dodgers. Still fragile though.

N'dru should lose hull upgrade. He hits incredibly hard with clusters and lonewolf compliments his innate ability well, if you can keep it active. Other alternatives are VI to get the lock easier, dead eye to not worry about locks. Another missile choice would be homing missiles + crackshot which hits about as hard as anything in the known multiverse with longer range. Clusters were my go-to and recently I've been liking homers more. It varies depending on your target. AGI 1 maaaybe 2 clusters with active LW are better. Otherwise you'll get better mileage from homers.

Edited by Carnor Rex

Lose marksmanship and hull upgrade. I like VI on Kavil,personally.a TLT with PS 9 has been pretty sweet for me.

Thanks for the suggestions guys. Plus I think I found a Starviper I like;

Guri — StarViper 30

Predator 3

Sensor Jammer 4

Inertial Dampeners 1

Autothrusters 2

Virago 1

Ship Total: 41

Kavil and N'Dru can fit in the list with it too!

Kavil — Y-Wing 24

Veteran Instincts 1

Twin Laser Turret 6

Unhinged Astromech 1

Engine Upgrade 4

Ship Total: 36

Talonbane Cobra — Kihraxz Fighter 28

Veteran Instincts 1

Glitterstim 2

Engine Upgrade 4

Ship Total: 35

N'Dru Suhlak — Z-95 Headhunter 17

Lone Wolf 2

Cluster Missiles 4

Glitterstim 2

Munitions Failsafe 1

Ship Total: 26

Updated. Thoughts?

I like your latest list. Swap VI for predator I kavil and he's perfect. The other two I'd keep your eye on, we'll N'dru in particular. LW you can pull off once fairly often for his payload turn but beyond that it's difficult with other less mobile ships. Alternate suggestions here would be VI and homing missile. Either way I think failsafe is going to be worthless most of the time. If you scrape enough points I'd put a missile on cobra too.

Guri — StarViper 30

Predator 3

Sensor Jammer 4

Autothrusters 2

Virago 1

Ship Total: 40

Kavil — Y-Wing 24

Veteran Instincts 1

Twin Laser Turret 6

Unhinged Astromech 1

Engine Upgrade 4

Ship Total: 36

Binayre Pirate — Z-95 Headhunter 12

Ship Total: 12

Thoughts?

X2 the headhunters

My list is similar to this:

Kavil

Veteran Instincts

TLT

Unhinged Astromech

N'Dru

Lone Wolf

Cluster Missiles

Hull Upgrade

Glitterstim

Talonbane Cobra

Predator

Engine Upgrade

Glitterstim

I just picked up a starviper so might try it instead of the Kihraxz but not sure how to fit it / best build.

Edited by echarlie

I played with the viper last night using Guri with Predator, Title, SJ, Glitterstim, and AT and I liked it a lot. Though Glitterstim didn't do much for her so Id drop that to save points.

Also, how's Kavil without the EU? I'm thunking of dropping that then I can change the 2 pirates back in N'Dru, used him with my first edited list last night and one shoted my opponents Kavil with clusters.

Edited by JarJarBot

That puts Guri at 40 pts. Which is 3 more points than my Kavil. Hmm...

I basically run what you do but minus the hull upgrade on N'Dru which frees me up 4 points, once I get his Missles off he's usually just a blocker for me so the extra hull never seemed to matter.

No that's still 102 points.

The SV just doesn't work in my list.

Yup just noticed I had to equip N'Dru with either lone wolf or Glitterstim not both. Thinking maybe glitter and VI plus my 40 Guri and 36 Kavil makes 100 even.