Shadow collective are honestly pretty bare bones, really feel they need a to be turned into a proper scum and villanry faction, make Jabba with some of his skimmers, give it transport to hold his gamorian guards, give him all the bounty hunters applicable, and if they want to do him right, you give him some wikwai pirates, as his core troops, with one being his commander, unless you go with old man boba, where he is able to a commander for the force
As a Shadow Collective player, I'll say this. If you're on a budget, just buy the Shadow Collective starter set. It will basically give you all you need for a 800 point army and you basically don't need to buy anything else. That starter set is super solid. Now, if you want to expand a little bit your army, you can get either just Gar Saxon, or Gar Saxon and a box of Super Commandos. With that, you'll have a solid army that can go against any army of Legion. Sure, it won't be the strongest and best for super competitive games, but it will be competitive, and you'll have fun and won't have to buy a lot. One of the reasons I love Shadow Collective besides having Mandalorians on it.
Great breakdown! I agree buying at least two starters is a must, I bought 4 (since you can only have 4 Mando's squads) then got individual boxes for the pykes and black suns. I agree I would recommend new players for the shadow collective to focus on pykes. Pykes with Bossk is a solid list.
Just ordered my shadow collective box with extra pikes. A friend had one unit of mauldalorians and Gar so I’m good to go 🦾. Let’s sieze what power we can!
This was a great foundation but it either needs to be expanded or made into another force. Hutts, gamorians, weequays, come on atomic mass… expand this into proper scum and villainy!!!!!
Crabbok mentioned the idea in a recent video of her being a battleforce leader for an all mandos list. That also be cool, and if they made the mini you might as well make a shadow collective alt card/clone wars era one to
I agree with the sentiment that we need more stuff for shadow collective. There are so many things to draw from, and even if you were to just add Hondo and his pirates i think that could flesh it out so much. New supports with a different style of bike, an actual tank, a new style of infantry and maybe spec ops depending on how it goes and of course the man himself. But well probably never get it because of shatterpoint and just gives me another reason to hate shatterpoint so🤷
there are a few episodes in The Clone Wars about the return of darth maul and his rise to the top among the criminal cartels towards the end of the conflict
WARNING: This is a long comment! I wasn’t expecting it to be but in my opinion it’s better than doing 8 or 9 separate comments!!! So if you don’t like long comments I would definitely recommend you skipping this one! If you choose to read it then reply crying about how long it is, you only have yourself to blame!!! I did give a warning!!! I wouldn’t really suggest this army to anyone unless they prefer Lord Maul over Darth Maul! Besides Lord Maul, Rook and (maybe) the commander of the Pikes the rest of the good and useful characters can be in other armies! I’m not much of a fan of them mainly because some of them can’t be used in other armies the way I wanted to and I didn’t really find that out until after I bought the starter set! Which is fine….. the models are still very cool and fun to paint! I don’t know about getting more than 2 starter sets though…….. You would definitely end up with a lot of characters that you can only use 1 in game!!! So unless you’re going to sell the rest to a friend or on eBay or give it to me for free 😉 lol!?! The only other thing you could do with them is use them as painting practice. The one thing that would definitely change my opinion about them though would be AMG coming out with more stuff for them sooner rather than later!!! I know there has been around 3 or 4 model sets that have come out in the past 4 to 5 months! But when it comes to stuff I actually want and would ever buy they haven’t came out with anything since the beginning of this year!!! And that kinda sucks! But if I would have to put all the armies in order of best to worst for enjoyment (at least for me and my play style) it would be this……….. 5) Rebels 4) Shadow Collective 3) separatist Alliance 2) Empire 1) Galactic Republic And 1 and 2 is kinda tied!!!
Savage oppress would a great addition to shadow collective
I feel like these guys should be expanded into a full faction.
Finally launching into this battle force. Great guide, Crabbok. Thanks
More dice is definitely a must. Sometimes you are rolling up to 20 dice, it’s a pain if you only have one set
Shadow collective are honestly pretty bare bones, really feel they need a to be turned into a proper scum and villanry faction, make Jabba with some of his skimmers, give it transport to hold his gamorian guards, give him all the bounty hunters applicable, and if they want to do him right, you give him some wikwai pirates, as his core troops, with one being his commander, unless you go with old man boba, where he is able to a commander for the force
I’m glad that they have kept the Shadow Collective battle force expansion less expensive than the others
Shadow collective is my second favorite battleforce after the Wookiee's. Thanks for showing them some love.
As a Shadow Collective player, I'll say this. If you're on a budget, just buy the Shadow Collective starter set. It will basically give you all you need for a 800 point army and you basically don't need to buy anything else. That starter set is super solid.
Now, if you want to expand a little bit your army, you can get either just Gar Saxon, or Gar Saxon and a box of Super Commandos. With that, you'll have a solid army that can go against any army of Legion.
Sure, it won't be the strongest and best for super competitive games, but it will be competitive, and you'll have fun and won't have to buy a lot. One of the reasons I love Shadow Collective besides having Mandalorians on it.
Love this faction, actual reason why I started with Legion, hope they keep updating their roster
All my friends want me to play so this video was perfect lol thanks for the tips!
Great breakdown! I agree buying at least two starters is a must, I bought 4 (since you can only have 4 Mando's squads) then got individual boxes for the pykes and black suns.
I agree I would recommend new players for the shadow collective to focus on pykes. Pykes with Bossk is a solid list.
Excited to get back into Legion!
If you're in it for the painting, shadow collective is awesome
Just ordered my shadow collective box with extra pikes. A friend had one unit of mauldalorians and Gar so I’m good to go 🦾. Let’s sieze what power we can!
I got two of them for 45$ each on Amazon at one point, couldn't resist at that price.
This was a great foundation but it either needs to be expanded or made into another force. Hutts, gamorians, weequays, come on atomic mass… expand this into proper scum and villainy!!!!!
As a GM for the Star Wars RPG, getting more Hutt Cartels and Edge of the Empire mini modifications would be awesome.
@@justinvanvolkenburg5298 yes!!!!! you can never have enough tough thugs in a star wars rpg game!
Was waiting for this one, just in time for the BF sales 😊
Hello Hows it going Thought i'd mention love your content helped me figure out my republic list and help make sure i know what comes in every box
Nice intro, definitely gonna be a reference when I jump into these guys
hope they bring out more units for the shadow collective
Ah life day, the home of the greatest song in star wars history.
Bo katan was origionally in the shadow collective. Be nice to have her to play with.
Crabbok mentioned the idea in a recent video of her being a battleforce leader for an all mandos list. That also be cool, and if they made the mini you might as well make a shadow collective alt card/clone wars era one to
I’ll definitely be looking at getting this after I start my droid army
Awesome guide! thanks
Running 4 Mando units is a ton of fun.
I agree with the sentiment that we need more stuff for shadow collective. There are so many things to draw from, and even if you were to just add Hondo and his pirates i think that could flesh it out so much. New supports with a different style of bike, an actual tank, a new style of infantry and maybe spec ops depending on how it goes and of course the man himself. But well probably never get it because of shatterpoint and just gives me another reason to hate shatterpoint so🤷
This and count dooku and maul are my starting points for legion
I would like to see a very generic like hutt security unit for this faction. Make them whatever race Hondo is.
The Speeder truck is easy to find online in the UK for £30 or less
Good video, great content
I think the pirate tank that hondo had could be a cool addition and ALSO hando i would love to have him
Tuskian raiders should be here somewhere they are so iconic
I love legion
I do wish there were some new SC products...
🌠 comet!
Geez. Now I want to get into shadow collective. I need a go fund me.
Hey, first time Legion buyer here. I just bought one SC starter box and a mando expansion… have I wasted my money by not getting two starter boxes?
A second starter is generally a very good value. I’d still suggest getting another.
@@Crabbok cool I’ll have to save up. Can I still use the expansion in my game though?
@@CaptainPnut1 you can use up to 4 units of mandos.
I already have all factions except shadow
I’m not familiar if the Shadow Collective is an established part of Star Wars lore…is it just a generic name for “this is the outlaw faction”?
there are a few episodes in The Clone Wars about the return of darth maul and his rise to the top among the criminal cartels towards the end of the conflict
WARNING: This is a long comment! I wasn’t expecting it to be but in my opinion it’s better than doing 8 or 9 separate comments!!! So if you don’t like long comments I would definitely recommend you skipping this one! If you choose to read it then reply crying about how long it is, you only have yourself to blame!!! I did give a warning!!!
I wouldn’t really suggest this army to anyone unless they prefer Lord Maul over Darth Maul! Besides Lord Maul, Rook and (maybe) the commander of the Pikes the rest of the good and useful characters can be in other armies! I’m not much of a fan of them mainly because some of them can’t be used in other armies the way I wanted to and I didn’t really find that out until after I bought the starter set! Which is fine….. the models are still very cool and fun to paint! I don’t know about getting more than 2 starter sets though…….. You would definitely end up with a lot of characters that you can only use 1 in game!!! So unless you’re going to sell the rest to a friend or on eBay or give it to me for free 😉 lol!?! The only other thing you could do with them is use them as painting practice. The one thing that would definitely change my opinion about them though would be AMG coming out with more stuff for them sooner rather than later!!! I know there has been around 3 or 4 model sets that have come out in the past 4 to 5 months! But when it comes to stuff I actually want and would ever buy they haven’t came out with anything since the beginning of this year!!! And that kinda sucks! But if I would have to put all the armies in order of best to worst for enjoyment (at least for me and my play style) it would be this………..
5) Rebels
4) Shadow Collective
3) separatist Alliance
2) Empire
1) Galactic Republic
And 1 and 2 is kinda tied!!!