The Scum Bomber overlords?

By Admiral Deathrain, in X-Wing Squad Lists

Captain Nym (Scum) (30)
Veteran Instincts (1)
Bomblet Generator (3)
Fire-Control System (2)
"Genius" (0)
Havoc (0)

Contracted Scout (25)
Adaptability (0)
Extra Munitions (2)
Cad Bane (2)
R5-P8 (3)
Cluster Mines (4)

Syndicate Thug (18)
Autoblaster Turret (2)
Bomb Loadout (0)
Extra Munitions (2)
Unhinged Astromech (1)
Cluster Mines (4)

Total: 99

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Not sure on the exact ship setups, but this list seems pretty good!

The scout minus R5 will find a place in many lists for sure.

Nyms setup might not be ideal, but he looks good. Weak link of the list seems to be the Y-Wing.

Consider dropping R5-P8 for Burnout SLAM and Advanced SLAM (3 pts) or Experimental Interface (3 pts). Not as consistent overall but will give you more places to drop the bombs. A lot more places.

Stolen from the Krayts: this is where you can put Clusters with Experimental Interface on a Scout

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Edited by Polda

I like it! I might be inclined to drop the extra munitions from the Y-wing though, and give Nym an auto blaster turret. Prevent him from being outflanked as easily. Or drop VI for it.

But, that's just me. On the other hand, VI is great as it allows to drop the bomb late in the stage, so that might work better. And the extra clusters can serve as more obstacles, so...yah, it might actually be just fine as is.

I know the ywing moves a bit better, but the quadjumper could throw some bombs out for cheaper than a Y-wing as well.

9 minutes ago, buckero0 said:

I know the ywing moves a bit better, but the quadjumper could throw some bombs out for cheaper than a Y-wing as well.

What would you do with the freed up points, though? Nym already s on the expensive side, no need to bloat him more. Upgrade the scout to a different ship?

4 hours ago, Admiral Deathrain said:

What would you do with the freed up points, though? Nym already s on the expensive side, no need to bloat him more. Upgrade the scout to a different ship?

Nym isn't THAT expensive. You could give him Accuracy Corrector, especially if you're giving him Autoblaster. And maybe change VI to something like Predator -- VI has its place, but a bombing ship doesn't actually mind being lower PS.

32 minutes ago, ArbitraryNerd said:

Nym isn't THAT expensive. You could give him Accuracy Corrector, especially if you're giving him Autoblaster. And maybe change VI to something like Predator -- VI has its place, but a bombing ship doesn't actually mind being lower PS.

Since in this setup he has an on reveal bomb, the higher PS the better. I may of course be wrong with this, but my feeling is that a 10 hp 1 agi ship should not stray from 33 points too far. I'd go for FCS as system as a compromise between utilizing the primary and ABT.

1 hour ago, Admiral Deathrain said:

Since in this setup he has an on reveal bomb, the higher PS the better. I may of course be wrong with this, but my feeling is that a 10 hp 1 agi ship should not stray from 33 points too far. I'd go for FCS as system as a compromise between utilizing the primary and ABT.

33 is definitely a good amount, especially as he doesn't have native defense, and he's pretty much the number one target.

You could do a Zuvio bomber, with a reveal or action bomb and Scavenger Crane. He's a nasty little pest, and can make sure your bombs go off by tossing people into them, or into rocks.

I think I have a good Quadjumper for this:

Captain Nym (Scum) (30)
Veteran Instincts (1)
Autoblaster Turret (2)
Bomblet Generator (3)
Fire-Control System (2)
"Genius" (0)
Havoc (0)

Contracted Scout (25)
Adaptability (0)
Extra Munitions (2)
Cad Bane (2)
R5-P8 (3)
Cluster Mines (4)

Jakku Gunrunner (15)
Cikatro Vizago (0)
Cluster Mines (4)
Pattern Analyzer (2)
Cloaking Device (2)
Spacetug Tractor Array (2)

Total: 99

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Brings Captain Nym up to 38, though. The Quad swaps Cloaking Device for Scavenger Crane and tries to be as obnoxious as possible while being protected by 4 green dice

I screwed up, Cluster Mines are no good with Cad, use Proxies instead.