So a couple of friends and I are playing and we've been playing almost every day. I've also looked into tournaments and i'm becoming very familiar as to what is "meta", considering my friends run it as well.

Now I do have a "meta" build but I want to run something a little out of the ordinary but still be competative. I mostly own scum ships so this is what i came up with:

Any input is greatly appreciated!

How are you trying to play your Guri?

I prefer Guri with Predator, AutoThrusters, Virago Title and Sensor Jammer, but I'm putting her in the thick of the fight where I know bad things can happen and the Predator and Sensor Jammer allow dice modification even when blocked. If I have the points, I'll also add in Glitterstim, but she really becomes points heavy with all of that.

Your Predator and FCS are essentially doing the same thing, modifying attack dice. Is one better than the other? That's up to you. If you really like FCS on her, you might look at Lone Wolf for a little defensive help. She can use it.

On Palob Godalhi with a Blaster Turret, you may want to think really hard about swapping Dengar for Recon Specialist. You have to spend a focus to fire your turret and you still want to have one for defensive modification. Not to mention with the Moldy Crow title, you can stack a few before combat and spend one on multiple defensive rolls.

In this list Kavil is not bad and you can afford him that way. You are screwed if you ever get blocked and you really can't move like you would if you had Unhinged Astromech or Engine Upgrade, but you don't have the points for that here. Kavil is usually the first thing I chuck from a Scum list. I like the other two ships but find him hard to keep cheap and effective. For that same 30 points, you can have two blockers or a different ship.

Grayfax makes some really good points!

Guri is an excellent choice for a star viper, but unfortunately, requires a lot of careful planning to get the most out of her (and so she's not very forgiving if you make a mistake!)

I agree that Kavil, Palob & Guri together in one list is trying to do too much and you end up compromising each ship's effectiveness in some way.

Here's a list that, while not meta, can be very dangerous:

Guri w/ predator, virago, sensor jammer & autothrusters = 40

Palob w/ crack shot, moldy crow, blaster turret, recon spec & engine = 35

N'dru w/ lone wolf, cluster missiles, glitterstim & guidance chips = 25

100

If you don't like N'dru (he's good against some things and meh against others) you can drop him for a pair of Blacksun Soldiers. Just put Lone Wolf on Guri instead of predator and run her as a flanker (keep the z-95s close to Palob).

Thanks for the reply! the biggest problem is guri moving first because of the low PS. I have experimented with this build:

Palob Godalhi — HWK-290 20 Blaster Turret 4 Recon Specialist 3 Moldy Crow 3 Ship Total: 30

Prince Xizor — StarViper 31 Veteran Instincts 1 Sensor Jammer 4 Autothrusters 2 Virago 1 Ship Total: 39

Kavil — Y-Wing 24 Crack Shot 1 Blaster Turret 4 R4 Agromech 2 Ship Total: 31

thanks blade_mecurial! Ill try something like that out and see how it goes

StarVipers with Autothrusters and Sensor Jammer makes it VERY hard for turrets to deal with them.

Alternatively if you want to have a bit of fun with movement shenanigans, I've run Guri with Outmaneuver and Advanced Sensors allowing her to Boost/Roll + S-Loop, Focus+Red, banking Boost + 4 forward. She becomes VERY unpredictable and if they guess wrong, you've outmaneuvered them. I've had a tournament match where this just about solo'd a 4 TLT Y-Wing build as they shredded her 3 escort Kihraxz (Autothrusters, luck and VERY careful planning with constant target bouncing for positioning/outmaneuvers saw me through that game, it quickly became the game to watch that round).

I actually prefer to keep Guri on the cheaper side - I find her to be effective with just Crackshot (or Predator) + Autothrusters. I also like to pair her with Palob + Zuckuss + TLT + Wired to take the heat away from Guri. Typically with the 39 remaining points I like Xizor + Virago + VI + FCS + Autothrusters with a 2 point initiative bid to allow Xizor to move last. I could also see Kavil + Dorsal Turret + PTL + Unhinged + EU and giving Guri FCS + Cloaking Device to go along with Crackshot and Autothrusters.

Hmm Gajavi i do agree guri needs to be on the cheap in order to make her effective.

Ryan thats a pretty interesting build, though i unfortunately dont have 2 starvipers