IACP Mercenary List of the Week - 09/02/22 - Jake's Brawlers

The final list of the week is another Jake Petersen specialty, a Scum brawlers list featuring Tusken Raiders. Jake took this to a 2W-1L finish in the December 2021 Vassal tourney.

07 Tusken Raider (IACP) x2

06▪ Maul (IACP)

01▪ The Darksaber (IACP)

06▪ Mara Jade (IACP)

06▪ Jabba the Hutt

03▪ Bib Fortuna (IACP)

01▪ First Strike (IACP)

01▪ Black Market

01 Extra Armor

Command Cards

(2) ▪▪ Jundland Terror x2

(2) ▪▪ Parting Blow x2

(2) ▪ Worth Every Credit

(2) ▪ Dying Lunge

(1) ▪ Face to Face

(1) ▪ Deathblow

(1) ▪ Negation

(0) ▪ De Wanna Wanga (IACP)

(0) ▪ Take Initiative

(0) ▪ Looking for a Fight

(0) ▪ Planning

(0) ▪ Urgency

(0) ▪ Parry (IACP)

While Maul and Mara Jade bring some big damage attacks to break through hard-to-crack defenses, the Tuskens bring an efficiency package similar to Riot Troopers or Jet Troopers in an Imperial list. At 7 points for 2 and just a 3 point figure cost, they have great durability and offense for such a low figure cost. While their surge abilities are not great, that innate +1 damage on a red/green attack is already great by itself, and now in IACP they get the flexibility of keeping that +1 damage boost when they use their Tusken Cycler ranged attack, making them a lot more flexible than they are in normal Skirmish games. Jundland Terror functions similar to how Call the Vanguard might be played with Jet Troopers, allowing the Tuskens to get a quick tempo boost over an opponent between rounds, while Deathblow and Bib Fortuna are also available to help boost their damage output when they need it.

Jake's deck is stock full of movement cards in addition to Jundland Terror, including Urgency, Looking for a Fight, Face to Face, and Worth Every Credit. LFaF also pulls double duty when combined with Parting Blow to get 2 attacks out of 1 brawler activation. Jabba and Bib keep Jake's figures Focused up before they go into battle, and the combination of First Strike and Black Market help to keep his hand full after the early game as well.

It's a fun little list that's a lot different from how Scum normally rolls, especially from traditional FFG skirmish. You can see Jake's list in action here: https://youtu.be/x02dyQMl0Jw