Torkil+ShadowCaster+Zealous Recruit+Zealous Recruit

By Greedo_Sharpshooter, in X-Wing Squad Lists

Torkil/Title (54)

Shadowcaster/Title/Perceptive Copilot (63)

Zealous Recruit (41)

Zealous Recruit (41)

TOTAL: 199

Firepower and beef. Im gonna give this a go. co-pilot gives durability to the caster letting it mod dice both on attack and defence in same turn or use two focus on defence when harassed by multiple enemies. Caster title strips defenders focus or gives -1def for followup punch from Torkil and fangs.

thoughts?

Edited by Greedo_Sharpshooter

Not really a fan of the lancer there, not only is it awkward to fly, and synchronize engagements with, but for its cost you could have two other good ships.

For example you could have Seevor and Autoblasters Sunny and still have points left over to give Torkil Zam Wessel crew.

Given the 3 die guns already there, Cerebrawl might be right about getting some pest in there instead of the Lancer. Especially with Zam.

But 63pt for a Shadowport, with PerCo and title, seems not bad to me. Particularly with Torkil around.

Could give yourself 2pt to put on the Crow by taking Sabine with IG and title. A lateral trade.

I like it and I'm curious to hear how it does on the table.

Torkil + Lancer with title and two Fangs to follow it all up seems like it could really lay the hurt on somebody. You'll have to fly it well though, higher initiative/more maneuverable ships are going to be trying to arc dodge so you'd better practice your blocking with the Fangs and positioning in general.

I like it so much I may need to try it myself ;)

On 11/29/2020 at 10:30 AM, Greedo_Sharpshooter said:

Firepower and beef. Im gonna give this a go. co-pilot gives durability to the caster letting it mod dice both on attack and defence in same turn or use two focus on defence when harassed by multiple enemies. Caster title strips defenders focus or gives -1def for followup punch from Torkil and fangs.

This is a good way to think about putting together a squad, great work. You've get a strategy and a simple, fairly easy-to-trigger synergy for beating up enemy ships. So, basically, I approve - you're thinking about squad building the right way. You haven't wasted points on stuff like asajj pilot or semi-useful upgrades.

In terms of fine-tuning, I'd suggest that perceptive copilot is not the best crew choice. The lancer is already your sturdiest ship and also the least valuable in the endgame due to its poor maneuverability. The second focus token will be wasted because opponents should not be shooting the shadow caster (and if they are, you can usually afford to just eat the damage and save your focus for attack).

So, who should you take instead? I really like 4-lom for making sure that tractor beam lands. Sure your opponent can keep their focus, but they have less dice to use it on. With your saved points you could add a bomb, falsified transponders, L337 (on torkil), or other toys. If you disagree and still want PerCop, try IG-88. It's nearly as good as PerCop and saves you enough points for a hull upgrade on torkil or the caster.

In terms of the meta, I worry that you will find yourself outgunned. The strongest lists right now are full of initiative 1 generic pilots (droids, scyks, tie/FO, etc) and these will happily ignore torkil and fly right at you. Perhaps you could upgrade torkil to palob for a token steal -> tractor -> kill? This depends on who you're flying against and how hardcore those other players are. For reference, I'm personally just building fun lists at the moment because I'm not prepping for a tournament and I don't feel like running a swarm right now.

On 11/29/2020 at 1:33 PM, Cerebrawl said:

Not really a fan of the lancer there, not only is it awkward to fly, and synchronize engagements with, but for its cost you could have two other good ships.

I think this lancer build (with 4-lom crew) is actually a pretty solid ship - but sadly Cerebrawl is till right. Scyk interceptors are just way too cheap and invalidate a lot of other ships. The lancer is good but it (and torkil) will struggle to compete with the underpriced generics that are roaming about

I think that Moldy Crow and Shadow Caster are the best carriers for Zam in SV, so I would try her instead of copilot.