Hardhitting 7s Kath/Bossk

By Kurasaa, in X-Wing Squad Lists

This is a list I have been playing for awhile now, and I love it.

  • Kath Scarlet (38)
    • Lone Wolf (2)
    • Heavy Laser Cannon (7)
    • Engine Upgrade (4)
    • Recon Specialist (3)
  • Bossk (35)
    • Fearlessness (1)
    • Manger (3)
    • Zuckuss (1)
    • Dengar (3)
    • 4-LOM (1)

Total Points: 99

As one can guess, the idea of this list is that Bossk and Kath hitting as hard as possible at all ranges. Against most of my opponents they focus all of their firepower on Bossk, leaving Kath alone. While in the meta, most would use Boba Fett instead there is something magical about having all of your pilots at the same skill. My main problem is if Bossk dies too quickly, the gang up on my main girl is too much for her to handle even with lone wolf and recon specialist. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on how to improve this list. I have a open mind about changing any of the upgrade cards, just not the pilots.

Edited by Kurasaa

I fly a similar list. She's getting rerolls hopefully from Lone Wolf. Most of the time your boosting with Kath to get enemies in arc. Lose Recon Specialist, you're tying up 7 points when you've only got one action with her. She screams for the Tail Gunner which is essentially an HLC out the back. Bossk on the other hand, loves K4 security droid. You're going to most likely be slow rolling with him on the 1 moves and clearing Zuckuss stress anyway. This pretty much means you'll be focusing every turn when you aren't stressed. Fearlessness is nice but most decent players will never go near a range 1 shot, and you'll never get that set-up on Bossk's most critical enemy, higher PS aces. Perhaps Crack Shot instead, to get that all too vital hit on aforementioned PS8 or above aces? Those are the ones you have to worry about burning your ship down. This puts you at 98, which you could elect to keep if you think there alot of PS7. Otherwise, I know it sounds crazy, but I love Burnout SLAM on YV-666's. With those 3 turns, they get back into a fight quickly. Or get away when in desperate times.

Fun list to fly too. good luck.

You could also look into trick shot on Bossk, get that extra dice thru rocks when attacking someone .. he's got a wide arc to use for that card, and it works with mangler ...

One of the lists I'm looking at right now involving Bossk also has Kath and this is the one I'm thinking about.

Kath Scarlet (Scum) — Firespray-31 38
Push the Limit 3
Tail Gunner 2
Glitterstim 2
Proton Torpedoes 4
Engine Upgrade 4
Slave I 0
Ship Total: 53
Bossk — YV-666 35
Veteran Instincts 1
"Mangler" Cannon 4
Zuckuss 1
4-LOM 1
Dengar 3
Inertial Dampeners 1
Maneuvering Fins 1
Ship Total: 47

My theory is that Bossk is gonna be so stressed that there is probably no coming unstressed so no reason for any sort of action cards and with engine upgrade on Kath it seems like a must for PTL since it allows for many options and tail gunner goes so well with her ability. Now I'm not sure about the torpedoes it was just something I threw in due to the points!