5 attack dice HLC shot with TL and focus.

You do know that you don't get a range one bonus with HLC, and, in fact, can only use the HLC at range 2-3, right?

He's talking about picking up an extra die from Opportunist.

5 attack dice HLC shot with TL and focus.

You do know that you don't get a range one bonus with HLC, and, in fact, can only use the HLC at range 2-3, right?

Opportunist, not range 1

Or you take Outmaneuver. So fly into their rear, Target Lock, Spend it, get 6 dice with rerolls against 0 agility. Really makes em scared. I love Vessery, and my opponents now gun for him hard. It makes using him as a diversion pretty powerful, as I tend to keep the focus for defense and use his ability on the offense.

I like to pair him with a Doomshuttle using FCS and a BH with a Recon. I've tried dropping the recon and putting Fleet Officer (I know....not viable yet) on the Shuttle, but makes for an expensive shuttle. I've found Vader is too good on the shuttle to take off.

I really want to try the build with Echo or Whisper paired with Vessery and OGP. I think that would be great. My BH usually does some serious work, but a Phantom would be killer.

I do have to be mindful that my meta area is rife with fat han variants. I need to always be mindful that I'll probably be facing Han, which makes me nervous using Phantoms. They seem so fragile vs a ship with 360 and rerolls and focus and all kinds of shenanigans. Saw an Opportunist Jan Ors build throwing 5 die turret shots.

My record though is almost 50/50 against the fat han lists though. If I can get the bead on him and stay on him, I can usually put enough hate there to take him out, then Vessery and whoever else is left can make short work of the escorts.

Here is my 100 point Vessery list.

Colonel Vessery + HLC = 42

Echo + VI + ACD + FCS = 37

Omicron Group Pilot = 21

My thought is putting a HLC on him with TL's and Focusing makes the 7 point cost of the cannon a no-brainer. Having VI on Echo instead of Vessery seems like the way to go with how ACD works too. I didn't really want to add too many points to the Shuttle and I had to make a decision of either a better target locking OGP or a harder hitting Tie Defender.