4 arc caster scyks and ...eh....torkil mux

By Velvetelvis, in X-Wing Squad Lists

Sunny bounder-,heavy title,arc caster

3x those ps 2 things-heavy title,arc caster

Torkil mux-tlt, cloaking device and cilantro vizagro.

Just charge em on in there and wreck house.

Maybe permacloak the hawk until it needs to cleanup?

Maybe...emp device instead to control?

It seems like a list that will win or lose in two turns or so.decent anti Biggs and maybe manaroo lists?

Hmmm.

Issues:

  • Arc Caster is really only something you'll ever use on a Scyk because 4 dice at range 1 is no more than you'd get from anything with a 3-dice primary anyway (like, say, a PS2, 20 point Cartel Marauder)
  • Multiple ships with range 1 splash-damage weapons is likely to result in you having to take self-damage on occasions. If you've got biggs with enemies flying in close proximity, great, but otherwise it's not amazing. I think it's not an awful card to have, but I'm not convinced it's that great en masse.
  • Sunny Bounder's ability gets better the fewer dice she's rolling
  • Given the hoops you have to jump through to reload the arc caster, remember that for only a point more you could pack Guidance Chips and Proton Rockets - giving you a 5-dice attack with a free hit.

That said, it may work well in practice. Give it a try!

Edited by Magnus Grendel

I totally spaced out on the reload thing.

I was just excited to flop around in the new cards!

Used 3 Arc Casters (AC) last night (Serissu, Genesis Red & Inalda) and had Constable Zuvio with a Seismic Charge backing them up. Turned out that having that many ACs was too specialized/situational. Inaldra did smack Talonbane Cobra which gave the finishing damage to Fenn Rau but after that it was hard to find the right situations to use them so the girls were just throwing 2 red dice.

I think it would be a better fit to put an AC on Sunny Bounder with the expectation of only using it once or twice. Having her toss two red dice will pay off better than any other Scyk. So, my takeaway is to only have one or two ACs per list.