Party Bus and Shadowcaster

By Darth Tam, in X-Wing Squad Lists

List idea: Party bus Bossk and Shadowcaster

The idea is that you have a mangler party bus Bossk, and you cover its rear with the Shadowcaster, keeping people off the YV's tail. Ketsu with title can also help your party bus push damage through, by giving other ships tractor tokens, and use the mobile arc to keep people off the back of the YV.

Basically, you have Ketsu abd Bossk, and then salt the rest of the list to taste.

Bossk

Mangler cannon

Zuckuss

4-LOM

Dengar

Ketsu Onyo

Shadowcaster title

That's the first 85 points, i'm not sure about the rest.

Fearlessness on Bossk is pretty fun.

I usually add K4 security droid, VI, and a couple other things on the Caster to help it with a bit more punch. I do like the Bossk though!

I faced this recently:

Asajj (Push the Limit, Latts Razzi, Shadow Caster, Gyroscopic Targeting)

Black Sun Soldier (Proton Torpedoes, Black Market Slicer Tools, Guidance Chips)

Trandoshan Slaver (4-LOM, Tactician, Dengar)

100 points

It was quite solid and annoying, to say the least! I only managed to destroy the YV.

Ketsu works really well with VI, Engine, and Glitterstim. I normally have Dengar as crew on Ketsu, so I'd probably say K4 Security Droid on Bossk and Dengar on Ketsu since you want to keep Ketsu unpredictable.

A composition similar to what admat posted is what I've tried in terms of partnering a YV-666 with a Shadow Caster. Went well, but so far I just enjoy Ketsu more than Asajj.

Edited by RStan

Ketsu works really well with VI, Engine, and Glitterstim. I normally have Dengar as crew on Ketsu, so I'd probably say K4 Security Droid on Bossk and Dengar on Ketsu since you want to keep Ketsu unpredictable.

A composition similar to what admat posted is what I've tried in terms of partnering a YV-666 with a Shadow Caster. Went well, but so far I just enjoy Ketsu more than Asajj.

I faced this recently:

Asajj (Push the Limit, Latts Razzi, Shadow Caster, Gyroscopic Targeting)

Black Sun Soldier (Proton Torpedoes, Black Market Slicer Tools, Guidance Chips)

Trandoshan Slaver (4-LOM, Tactician, Dengar)

100 points

It was quite solid and annoying, to say the least! I only managed to destroy the YV.

I usually add K4 security droid, VI, and a couple other things on the Caster to help it with a bit more punch. I do like the Bossk though!

Thanks for all the answers guys! I just had an idea for that, and i'm happy that people have experience (good and bad) with this type of list. As i said, it's just an idea, and the last 15 points are up to taste. If you REALLY wanted to, i guess you could add the tirle on the YV. If you end up with 6 points lying around.

I ran a similar list in a tournament a couple weeks ago and went 3-1.

Bossk

Fearlessness

Mangler cannon

Zuckuss

4-LOM

Dengar

Inertial dampeners

Title

Assaj

VI

Shadowcaster title

Gyroscopic targeting

BMST

Rigged cargo

K4 security droid

Now I have modified the list to swap the Hounds Tooth title for cluster missles and guidance chips, VI for adaptability for more freedom of movement, and Rigged cargo for glitterstim because the debris really didn't seem to do much and I hardly ever bothered to drop it.

I am still debating between cluster missles and concussion missles though...

Edited by Roland006

I ran a similar list in a tournament a couple weeks ago and went 3-1.

Bossk

Fearlessness

Mangler cannon

Zuckuss

4-LOM

Dengar

Inertial dampeners

Title

Assaj

VI

Shadowcaster title

Gyroscopic targeting

BMST

Rigged cargo

K4 security droid

Now I have modified the list to swap the Hounds Tooth title for cluster missles and guidance chips, VI for adaptability for more freedom of movement, and Rigged cargo for glitterstim because the debris really didn't seem to do much and I hardly ever bothered to drop it.

I am still debating between cluster missles and concussion missles though...

Sorry, i'm too lazy to do the math, but if you can find the points, maybe a himing missile? In the age of x7 defenders (and with the Biggs FAQ), it might be nice to push a lot of damage through on an x7. But with the FAQ, other missiles are still good. I think that it might matter more on your local meta and what you like to play.