A Different Take on Scum

By 4fox100, in X-Wing Squad Lists

So most of us scum players hva been having a blast with our new toys. The UBoat, Zuckuss, all the new crew etc. Which is great i love seeing scum used and finally being recognized. But I'm kinda an out of left field list builder. I like running ships and pilots that are considered sub par. In short. I like winning by flying. So this was a list i cooked up. Not as out of left field as some of my lists but still pretty 'strange' in its own way.

4-LOM

VI

FCS

Zuckuss

Title / Tractor Beam

Torkil Mux

ICT

Tactician

3X Binayre Pirates

Feedback Array

100 pts

First thing i was unsure of was which turret to put on the hwk. I decided on ICT because Torkil wants to be in range 1-2. Plus a stress and ion combo is pretty nice.

How i like to fly this guy is by setting up yhe Zs in a far corner. The Hwk is set a bit to the side and does a 2 turn to bring him just behind and to the side of the formation. 4-LOM is set near to the HWK and facing the opposite direction and slow rolls until i can read where my opponent is going to be. I have found that flying this list is all in the approach. If you win with the approach and can burn down a ship and stress ion another you will be in good shap. Also keeping 4-LOM in the battle is crucial. He is the hammer of this list and without him you are not going to be doing very much consistent damage.

Now this list does have some bad match ups. The Wolf Pack will be hard to bring down (but with some clever flying it is doable). Corran has done some scary things to this list. It can also deal with alot of different things. Aces like soontir and vader can die very quickly if you are a good blocker. Big ships like the Decimator can burn down with the concentrated fire.

So there is my list. Tear it apart and pice it together again. Critique, commend or condemn it. As always any imput is welcome amd appreciated.

Have you tried 4-LOM with Wired instead of VI? Just wondering if it is more helpful for defensive dice mods versus pilot skill boost. Maybe 8 is good enough, but I was curious...

Haven't tried him with wired. I like VI cause alot of the aces used nowadays are ps 8. Even though i won't win the bid it is nice to be able to trigger simultaneous fire to get one last shot off. The other reason i haven't used wired is because it can be rather redundant with FCS. But with a different build it could be worth trying.

FCS is great offense. Wired is very useful for defense. You want to always have stress during the attack phase (and you can get it from the dial or from Zuckuss... just don't get greedy!) and then you hand off the stress. Very utilitarian defensive upgrade which helps offensively some too.