"Mauler Mithel" (17)
Swarm Leader (3)

"Howlrunner" (18)
Crack Shot (1)

Black Squadron Pilot (14)
Crack Shot (1)

Black Squadron Pilot (14)
Crack Shot (1)

Black Squadron Pilot (14)
Crack Shot (1)

"Youngster" (15)
Rage (1)

Total: 100

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I guess you're planning to Rage Mauler at Range 1 of a target. If you Rage any of your other ships, then you're limiting your ability to set up Swarm Leader.

Rage AND Howl? I don't get it.

Rage AND Howl? I don't get it.

Redundancy is not always a bad thing; especially with a swarm. No matter which ship dies first, you have a source of rerolls.

Redundancy is not always a bad thing; especially with a swarm. No matter which ship dies first, you have a source of rerolls.

Especially since they will likely target Mauler first. I would fly him away from the rest of the swarm TBH. Make the opponent choose who they want to go after. If they ignore him, he makes them pay for that. If they ignore the rest of the swarm, it does what swarms do.

Maybe instead of Mauler take Scourge instead. same dice at R1 on a damaged target, but you get the increased die on any damaged target, so you don't have to worry about flying so close. If Raging Howlrunner gets damage in on a pure hull ship, you're golden.

Also - remember that Howlrunner only gives you a one-die reroll. Awesome for TIE fighters, not so great for a many-dice Mauler shot.

Howl and the Crack Shot Party can operate as a mini-swarm, with Howl and Youngster evading to fuel Mauler Mithel's extra attack dice. As noted, Mithel can fly free - Youngster's range 1-3 ability is nice support, and for that matter is nice to have in your pocket if a black squadron pilot gets a range 1 shot.

Should work well.

If you think you can manage with just Youngster, another option is taking scourge as the swarm leader and taking mauler with Snap Shot - he becomes a rather tasty ace hunter with that ability.

nice one,

i know its not very fluffy, but think about including epsilon leader, that way you can quickly lose the rage stress,

also as said above, scourge is a more reliable hitter than mauler