Double Shadowcasters?

By NomadMatt, in X-Wing Squad Lists

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I went out and bought me some wave 9, decided to get two shadow casters just because. Was wondering what you guys thought of this list:

Ketsu Onyo

Veteran Instincts, Dengar, Glitterstim, Rigged Cargo Chute, Shadow Caster, Engine Upgrade

Asajj Ventress

Push The Limit, Latts Razzi, Black Market Slicer Tools, Rigged Cargo Chute, Engine Upgrade

Ideally, Ketsu charges in and tries to drop two tractor beams, Asajj pushes in as well, cleaning up the first strike, laying down as much stress as possible and taking it back for dem sweet evades/slicer tools.

Let me know what you think or how I could make this better, it's right at 100 and I'm pretty keen on trying to roll two together if it's possible to be effective. Thanks!

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I'm right there with you. I bought two, so I don't care how awful it is I'm running them together at least a couple of times. Might be pleasantly surprised though; I bought 2 Ghost and ran them together not expecting much and it worked out really well.

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If it were me, I might try to double down on my stress inducing abilities. Maybe like this:

Ketsu Onyo (38)
Veteran Instincts (1)
Tactician (2)
Glitterstim (2)
Glitterstim (2)
Engine Upgrade (4)
Asajj Ventress (37)
Push the Limit (3)
Dengar (3)
Rigged Cargo Chute (1)
Burnout SLAM (1)
Engine Upgrade (4)
Total: 98
Ketsu will be short on actions, since she has VI and Tactician, but the Glitterstim can help her out with that for a couple rounds. Tactician with a 180 degree arc is bound to do some work, especially at PS9 with a 2pt bid. Combine it with the coverage that Ventress provides, and you'll shut down Manaroo, Soontir and Inquisitor before they ever get going.
I think that these are the correct EPTs and crew, but there's probably a bit of wiggle room in terms of Ketsu's engine, and what illicit upgrades to take.
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Here's an alternate Ketsu setup which might be okay, if you really want the title:

Ketsu Onyo (38)
Veteran Instincts (1)
Tactician (2)
Glitterstim (2)
Glitterstim (2)
Gyroscopic Targeting (2)
Shadow Caster (3)
Asajj Ventress (37)
Push the Limit (3)
Dengar (3)
Rigged Cargo Chute (1)
Engine Upgrade (4)
Total: 98
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I ran this tonight at my local FGS:


Ketsu Onyo

Veteran Instincts, Dengar, Glitterstim, Rigged Cargo Chute, Shadow Caster, Engine Upgrade


Asajj Ventress

Push The Limit, Latts Razzi, Black Market Slicer Tools, Rigged Cargo Chute, Engine Upgrade


Messed up round one and ran in to a six ship tie crack swarm. My Asajj left the battle with only 2 hull, and then thanks to the dial I survived for TWO HOURS without either ship dying. We just kept going, I got him to two ties left, then finally he got me.


This list felt pretty great, but I think moving forward I'll put Gyroscopic Targeting on Asajj instead of Engine Upgrade.

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I got to use Ketsu today for the first time and was very impressed with the Lancer. I ran her with PTL,Dengar,Gyroscopic Targeting, title, and Glitterstim.

Her dial is amazing and the GT mod worked great for keeping enemies in my mobile arc.

I'm definitely buying a 2nd one asap.

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Ketsu and Asajj certainly look interesting and viable. Anybody tried downgrading one ship to the PS2 generic? Leaves room for a Z -95 blocker with slicer tools or feedback array. Too bad I only preordered one Shadowcaster.