5 minutes ago, player3010587 said:

Spreading fire to buff your defense is a bad idea as you certainly need guns off the table. And they will probably get their shots before you can inflict that damage. And one thing at a time will typically be damaged. That's so weak and situational it might not count. Unless, of course, you're using a Swarm Leader Howlrunner, in which case you're on your way to making an Inferno squad instead of a squint squad. Maybe just take Inferno Squad and swap Iden for an Alpha and pray to Duncan the whole time?

4 Alphas with Howl could make sense, but at that point it starts to look a lot like the classic Fel/Howl/Iden/2xAlpha list, which is getting pretty far from an Interceptor Swarm.

You're getting one of them I-killed anyway, so even with Howl, you're only likely throwing out about 10 hits. Flying Interceptors in formation just sounds like such a suboptimal strategy for the chassis anyway.

My favorite list to fly right now is a spin off of Nathan Eide's Vader/Soontir/double barrage Scimitar, but instead of the two bombers, you have two Alphas, and Sense on Vader. (Vader also has afterburners, and Soontir has predator, of course.) Sense can help the Alphas know where to block, and you have a great flanker in Soontir, and helps your 6s deL with the inevitable bid loss. I have a feeling this list will not be legal when the new points drop, but that's a topic for another thread.

The interceptor is my favorite ship and I hate that we only got 4 pilots for it.

58 minutes ago, hotwookieluv said:

My favorite list to fly right now is a spin off of Nathan Eide's Vader/Soontir/double barrage Scimitar, but instead of the two bombers, you have two Alphas, and Sense on Vader. (Vader also has afterburners, and Soontir has predator, of course.) Sense can help the Alphas know where to block, and you have a great flanker in Soontir, and helps your 6s deL with the inevitable bid loss. I have a feeling this list will not be legal when the new points drop, but that's a topic for another thread.

The interceptor is my favorite ship and I hate that we only got 4 pilots for it.

Ooooh, cheap inquisitors with Sense could actually help with this! Or 7th Sister, that would work too.

Need cheaper missiles though