Talk:Swarm Leader/@comment-30277232-20170104130755/@comment-454133-20170107184808

Ajones47: Haha, you can try. ;)

I do worry that at around 40 to 41 points, Echo is very delicate and a high priority target, both for the points and for the threat level. Make sure he is staying out of arc as often as possible, re-cloaking whenever you're not certain.

Another 2 point modification to consider is Lightweight Frame, as with your strikers. It won't feed Swarm Leader, but it's a relatively consistent boost to defense even when you can't pull off a cloak. But the particle accelerator is nice for the free evades for the swarm, and the synergy for the cloaking Echo wants to be doing regularly.

One last option is to deliberately use the phantom as a lure, directing attention away from sabacc. Consider this 100 point fleet:

Sigma Squadron Pilot + Intelligence Agent + Collision Detector + Lightweight Frame (28)

"Pure Sabacc" + Swarm Leader + Adaptive Ailerons + Lightweight Frame (27)

"Duchess" + Expertise + Adaptive Ailerons + Lightweight Frame (29)

“Night Beast” + Twin Ion Engine Mk. II (16)

Night Beast and Sigma both evade as their action, to survive and/or feed swarm leader. Sigma stays in the thick of battle, expecting to die but not giving too many points away for it. His job is to block foes with his low PS, and threaten with 4 to 5 attack dice so enemies are very worried about him, possibly drawing them away from the harder-to-kill Sabbac (and hitting hard if ignored). Night Beast can easily focus and evade every round, which keeps him alive and feeds swarm leader. The downside is this phantom has none of the fun tools of the Echo above; it's stripped down to bare essentials to act as a lure, and score some lucky hits. So, it's not necessarily a route you'd want to take.