Unorthodox Separatist list . . . Thoughts?

By stormblest, in X-Wing Squad Lists

Maul/Chertek/Grievous

(44) General Grievous [Belbullab-22 Starfighter]
(6) Afterburners
(6) Outmaneuver
(6) Soulless One
Points: 62

(39) Chertek [Nantex-class Starfighter]
(10) Ensnare
(5) Gravitic Deflection
Points: 54

(67) Darth Maul [Sith Infiltrator]
(8) Perceptive Copilot
(9) Hate
Points: 84

Total points: 200

I don't think it's to bad but I would drop afterburners, and Outmaneuver on Grievous and give him impervium plating. I would also drop Gravitic Deflection on chertek and either put on something else like Treacherous or just use all the extra points to up Maul.

@Greebwahn , what sayest thou?

I'm also in the "cut Outmaneuver" crowd. I'd rather grab something cheaper like Crack Shot, and maybe toss a Tractor Beam on Darth Maul. Having a backup way to trigger Chertek's ability seems OK for the price, and Maul can still do a bonus primary attack.

GravDef is probably OK on Chertek, but not vital. Crack Shot is also pretty nice on them.

I might run a game or two with GravDef, see how it feels for you. Mathematically, you'll get back most of the value of 3 green dice while tractored, and maybe it'll trigger sometimes when you've offloaded the tractor token on someone else.

I'm also of that mindset with Afterburners and Impervium Plating. Impervium is solid, but I can see a benefit to Afterburners. Grievous has weak blue moves, so being able to boost and focus without stress could be really nice sometimes, and having only S-Loops can sometimes be awkward for flip moves. I'd give Afterburners a game or two, see how it feels, but it'd be totally fine to cut it for Impervium.