Scum - control squad, is that a thing?

By flooze, in X-Wing Squad Lists

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Dear pilots,

I had a lot of fun with Ion Turret, in missiles and blocking z-95s recently. In the aftermath I have been tinkering with the Scyk and the Quadjumper and was wondering if some kind of control squad is a valid thing. I do not plan to get a tournament list here, but it should be fun to fly and give my opponents a hard time.

Have a look

Palob Godalhi — HWK-290 20
Attanni Mindlink 1
Ion Cannon Turret 5
Tactician 2
Ship Total: 28
Serissu — M3-A Interceptor 20
Veteran Instincts 1
Tractor Beam 1
"Heavy Scyk" Interceptor (Cannon) 2
Ship Total: 24
Old Teroch — Protectorate Starfighter 26
Attanni Mindlink 1
Concord Dawn Protector 1
Ship Total: 28
Unkar Plutt — Quadjumper 17
Ketsu Onyo 1
Spacetug Tractor Array 2

Ship Total: 20

I can imagine that this list will be a lot of fun against small ships - at least for me, what is your expectation? What is your expectation when facing large ships, what does this list lack (for example against double yt-1300)?

Any suggestions, like example the pulsed ray shield on the HWK or the Scyk...

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This is very very close to my old knockaround squad.

  • Sarco Plank - Attani Mindlink, Pattern Analyser, Spacetug Tractor Array (23)
  • Palob Godalhi - Attani Mindlink, Ion Cannon Turret (26)
  • Serissu - Attani Mindlink, Heavy Scyk, Tractor Beam (24)
  • Concord Dawn Ace - Attani Mindlink, Concord Dawn Protector, Autothrusters (27)

It was a bunch of fun and ripped up small ship lists. Hated seeing large ships as the Ion/Tractor got a lot less useful.

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What would you think of a Tractor Beam or tlt on the hwk instead of ion?

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59 minutes ago, Stay On The Leader said:

Hated seeing large ships as the Ion/Tractor got a lot less useful.

What did you do then? You think the stress from tactician will help?

@darkjawa103 is there tractor turret? I'm not sure if you mix something up there... TLT should work indeed, but then I lose my tiny bit of control I have for big ships :(

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50 minutes ago, flooze said:

What did you do then? You think the stress from tactician will help?

@darkjawa103 is there tractor turret? I'm not sure if you mix something up there... TLT should work indeed, but then I lose my tiny bit of control I have for big ships :(

Yup you're right. Total brain fart on my end.