Guri mercs and pirates

[Kaimuund 59]

Thinking of some scum. Been trying to work this list. So far only played with my buddy and some test lists.

Guri starviper 30

Lone wolf 2

Auto thrusters 2

Firespray mando merc 35

Predator 3

Tactician 2

Ion bomb 2

Binayre pirate z 95 12

B pirate z 95 12

What do you think of the ion bomb? Should I do glitterstim instead? What about a feedback array on a z?

[Sierra Romeo Charlie 250]

I like this list a lot.  Good flanker with Guri, a pretty stout anvil with the Mando Merc, and 2 blockers.

 

The only suggestion I would have is swap Tactician / Ion Bomb for Recon Spec and Inertial Dampener.  I think the guaranteed 2 Focus a turn plus the opportunity to do a hard-stop with the Merc outweighs the possible bomb drop and stress only at range 2.

 

Other kind of wild idea is keep Tactician but swap Ion Bomb for Feedback Array on the Merc.  You aren't actually ionized until you take 2 ion tokens, so you can use the Array if someone gets in your blind spot on the sides of the Merc, and only suffer the damage and not the ion movement effects the first time you use it.

[Kaimuund 59]

I'm a huge fan of tactician, they seem to get in a lot of my lists. I think its because I see a lot of range 2 shots, and that it works front and back of the Firespray on top of the 'not having to hit' thing just means that its an easy to add control effect. I like Recon Specialist a lot, but I find that I don't use it as often as I'd think. I'm going to try both loadouts and see. 

 

Ion bomb is nice, but still, just a nice to have. 

 

I was thinking feedback array, but the Merc almost always has a shot. 

 

I'll use the Recon and Inertial in a test game, as I havn't played the list in a while, and see what traction I can get. 

 

One thought was to swap the Z's for a TLT Y wing, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that my Z's pull a lot of weight in this list when I fly it. They are bait, blockers and they actually tank a lot of damage. I feel I would be too conservative with the y wing, and the Firespray would get shot to pieces instead. 

 

Lone Wolf is an odd one too. I've had games where it made a HUGE difference, and some where I can't keep her and the Merc from hugging all game. That's probably a practice issue. Pregnant wife and full time job make X Wing a low priority....very sad.