Scum Extended - Lando Slaver Combo

By Hoffburger, in X-Wing Squad Lists

Lando Dengar Slaver seems like a really good combo. You have the huge arc for Dengar and Lando is such an amazing combo piece with a low PS ship with reinforce. You can reinforce vs all the shots then shoot back with 2 rerolls.

YV-666 Light Freighter - Trandoshan Slaver - 70
Trandoshan Slaver - (56)
•Lando Calrissian (8)
•Dengar (6)

StarViper -class Attack Platform - •Guri - 73
•Guri - Prince Xizor’s Bodyguard (63)
Advanced Sensors (10)

Fang Fighter - •Old Teroch - 56
•Old Teroch - Mandalorian Mentor (56)

Total: 199/200

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This is nice - I like the basic idea. A couple of thoughts:

  1. Do you need Dengar on there as well? You kind of want your opponent to target the Slaver to get the most out of that combo. If they can get away with ignoring it and focusing on your other two ships you're only marginally better off than a Slaver with a TL but 14 points more expensive. The Slaver is absolutely not your end game ship.
  2. I think you need a bid, especially for Guri with Advanced Sensors

Your win condition here is where one or both of your aces survive to the end game. I'd be thinking about how I get my opponent to focus on the Slaver and how to get a bid for the aces for the end game.

I had similar thoughts about running a 7 point bid but then I realized that most PS5 aces are running much deeper bids than that (except for rebel XXAA I guess). It is also important for the slaver to have initiative to shoot last, so maybe Dengar is just being too cute and I cut him.

How about dropping Old T altogether? If you put Maul on the Slaver then you can have double modded shots and you make it a juicier target for someone to try going after. A quad jumper to mess with them and soften them up and then Guri to flank, bait, run away, and try and make it to the end game ...

Quadrijet Transfer Spacetug - Jakku Gunrunner - 32
Jakku Gunrunner - (32)

StarViper -class Attack Platform - •Guri - 79
•Guri - Prince Xizor’s Bodyguard (63)
Outmaneuver (6)
Advanced Sensors (10)

YV-666 Light Freighter - Trandoshan Slaver - 75
Trandoshan Slaver - (56)
•Lando Calrissian (8)
•Maul (11)

Total: 186/200

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I would probably lose Dengar for Predator on the aces - I just dig that way