Sabine, Mux and Ketsu

By JRMan, in X-Wing Squad Lists

Sabine / Mux / Ketsu (99)
Sabine Wren (Scum) — Lancer-class Pursuit Craft 35 Dengar 3 Glitterstim 2 Glitterstim 2 Gyroscopic Targeting 2 Shadow Caster 3 Ship Total: 47 Torkil Mux — HWK-290 19 Dorsal Turret 3 Latts Razzi 2 Moldy Crow 3 Ship Total: 27 Ruthless Freelancer — G-1A Starfighter 23 Ketsu Onyo 1 Collision Detector 0 Tractor Beam 1 Mist Hunter 0 Ship Total: 25

I have been having a lot of fun and success with the above list. There is some great synergy between the tractor beam from Sabine and Torkil's ability. The myst hunter with Ketsu riding shotgun means you can stack a couple tractor beam tokens and keep them there for next round. I take the largest asteroids and often can set up my first encounter to put an ace onto a rock after making him PS zero, thus removing their chance to attack. Glitterstim with Sabine's ability makes her really tough to take down. Most people who haven't faced the list before go after Sabine - next time around they realize how tough she is and go after Torkil first. Moldy Crow and Latts make it somewhat difficult to take down (for a hawk.)

Looking for any ideas to improve this list. Specifically I am wondering if anybody has other ideas for making a hawk tough to kill and what to do with the last point (or 3 if I drop one glitterstim)- I am thinking of a BMST on the crow or G1A. Other than that, do you think countermeasures is better than gyroscopic targeting for Sabine - that with her ability and glitterstim would make her pretty much invincible for one round and I find I don't move the arc much.

Cloaking Device makes it easier for you to get Torkil into position, or to have him bug out, while increasing his defenses. If you trade Moldy Crow for it, you free up a point.


Torkil Mux (19)

Dorsal Turret (3)

Latts Razzi (2)

Cloaking Device (2)


Total: 26

Agreed that cloaking device > moldy crow. If you're willing to give up a bid (and at PS 5, 4 and 3 it's rarely going to be worth the 2 points) you can use the 2 points you have to swap out Collision Detector for FCS. The other thing is without some way to give stress Latts doesn't seem all that useful a lot of the time. If you're going the Cloaking Device route then Stygium Particle Accelerator might be an option worth considering. [Of course, you could drop both Cloak and SPA and go for a TLT and Greedo. Makes Torkhil a legitimate target in his own right, and if they leave him alone then you get the awesome TLT + tractor beam synergy].