Glass cannons scum list

By Frostweasel, in X-Wing Squad Lists

This is my new fun scum list I'm trying out, I wanted to use some ships that I haven't used much/in a long time. I might try it out at a few casual tournaments if it continues to perform. It's pretty self explanatory Fenn rushes in whilst N'dru flanks. The Binayre pilot blocks and slices, while Palob hides behind roids and steals defence tokens from Fenn or N'dru's target.

Glass Cannons (99)

N'Dru Suhlak (25) - Z-95 Headhunter
Lone Wolf (2), Cluster Missiles (4), Glitterstim (2), Guidance Chips (0)

Binayre Pirate (13) - Z-95 Headhunter
Black Market Slicer Tools (1)

Palob Godalhi (27) - HWK-290
Trick Shot (0), Twin Laser Turret (6), Black Market Slicer Tools (1)

Fenn Rau (34) - Protectorate Starfighter
Push The Limit (3), Concord Dawn Protector (1), Autothrusters (2)

Have you considered playing around with Mindlink? :-)
Your list looks solid as is, but this is a suggestion to an alternative:

It gives you a lot of what you already want in your list; The focus/TL alphastrike with Ndru, the double action on Fenn, and Palob being palob.
It adds fun interaction with Kaa'to (steal a focus from an ally, who gets it back from mindlink), a possiblity for a re-do on the missiles due to scavenger crane, and I suppose thats it.

Other flavours you could add: Dropping scavenger/BMST for either moldy crow on the HWK (all those focus tokens!) or maybe even gonk for some regeneration.
Both adds a lot of 'aggro' to your HWK, making the targeting really hard; Do they shoot your focus stacked HWK (or shield stacked), your alphastriker or your Fenn?
Kaa'to is basically just an enabler of mindlink, and therefore you do not need the BMST on him. The point is better used on initiative for fenn.

N'Dru Suhlak (17)
Attanni Mindlink (1)
Cluster Missiles (4)
Scavenger Crane (2)
Guidance Chips (0)

Kaa'to Leeachos (15)
Attanni Mindlink (1)

Palob Godalhi (20)
Attanni Mindlink (1)
Twin Laser Turret (6)

Fenn Rau (28)
Attanni Mindlink (1)
Autothrusters (2)
Concord Dawn Protector (1)

Total: 99

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ModernPenguin makes very good points - Mindlink really is Scum's best trick. I'd add the suggestion of subbing in a Heavy Scyk or two. Ion Cannon can do some work for relatively cheap, or Mangler or HLC if you're feeling spendy. And the Scyk has decent enough greens if you do go the Mindlink route.

Scum has a lot of decent choices in glass cannons right now, ha ha. Can't really go wrong with any of them, as long as you practice up and recognize that the green dice *will* fail you. Good times.

I do enjoy mindlink but it's kind of everywhere at the moment, so wanted to avoid it if I could plus I currently only own the 2 copies. I don't currently own any scyks either and won't until the C-roc comes out but I'll definitely be introducing them when it does. I've never really been a fan of moldy crow for 6 points, not sure where I'd free the points from to get it. I do like K'aato though and never really flown him so I may try and squeeze him in. I'm going to get a few games in and see how it goes before making any drastic changes, I want the list to be fun but not ultra competitive.

I used to fly a lot of interceptors so I'm more than familiar with the fickle nature of the green dice lol.

If you.... Let's see. Drop the BMST all around, drop Glitter off N'dru, you could swap a Jakku Gunrunner with Tractor Array for the Pirate. Gets you a potential mini-Biggs; hits just as hard as the Pirate, has a little more health, and has a much stronger effect on the game. Only down side is the loss of Glitter on N'dru....