Sensor Jammer, Elusiveness, R7's and their effect on Gunner and Fat Han/Falcons

By Englishpete, in X-Wing

So in these days of Fat Han and Gunner seeming to be everywhere in competitive play is the good old Sensor Jammer and Elusiveness a good counter on certain ships.

Let's start with Fat Chewie/Lando who pretty much always have gunner and pretty much never have a focus token (either evade or boost is used.)

Fat Falcon rolls their 3 dice (4 at R1) and gets 2 hits and a blank.

Now it is my turn to modify the dice.

I use Sensor Jammer to reduce this to 1 hit, a blank and a focus. I then use Elusiveness to have them reroll the hit, I get lucky and it comes up a focus, so now we have no hits.

"Gunner" cries my opponent.

He can perform another attack, but I can use Sensor Jammer again and I'll probably have an evade or focus to augment my defense.

On Fat Han specifically you can apply the initial use as with Fat Chewie/Lando.

When they Han the roll, they can only reroll the 1 original blank as Sensor Jammer does not permit that die to be rerolled and the Elusiveness die has already been rerolled and so cannot be done so again.

On the gunner attack follow the logic as for Fat Chewie/Lando with the sensor Jammer die not being rerolled by the Han reroll.

With normal single attack ships or other gunner ships, this works equally well, with standard ships being hard pressed to get hits through and if they burn a focus to get hits, they lose it for defense.

I'm not saying this is a miracle cure, but it could severely curtail damage output and on certain ships, the stress induced is useful or easily mitigated.

On certain ships that can also take an R7 unit and the above Jammer/Elusiveness combo you can mess up Fat Hans roll 1 by having a TL on him and forcing the original roll to be rerolled, thus denying Han his reroll, then use the Jammer/Elusiveness roll against Gunner.

If facing only a gunner or normal ship, you can mess with two attacks a turn.

The trade is potentially a small reduction in damage from your attack, but this may be effective.

Edited by Englishpete

I've been a big fan of Sensor Jammer for a long, long time. Totally an under-rated card.

If you really want to ruin someone's day, slap Sensor Jammer and Rebel Captive on a Phantom.

I've been a big fan of Sensor Jammer for a long, long time. Totally an under-rated card. If you really want to ruin someone's day, slap Sensor Jammer and Rebel Captive on a Phantom.

And if you really, really want to mess up their day, have someone else follow it up with Tactician at range 2. Things get progressively worse for the target the moment that they get double stressed.

So in these days of Fat Han and Gunner seeming to be everywhere in competitive play is the good old Sensor Jammer and Elusiveness a good counter on certain ships.

Let's start with Fat Chewie/Lando who pretty much always have gunner and pretty much never have a focus token (either evade or boost is used.)

Fat Falcon rolls their 3 dice (4 at R1) and gets 2 hits and a blank.

Now it is my turn to modify the dice.

I use Sensor Jammer to reduce this to 1 hit, a blank and a focus. I then use Elusiveness to have them reroll the hit, I get lucky and it comes up a focus, so now we have no hits.

"Gunner" cries my opponent.

He can perform another attack, but I can use Sensor Jammer again and I'll probably have an evade or focus to augment my defense.

On Fat Han specifically you can apply the initial use as with Fat Chewie/Lando.

When they Han the roll, they can only reroll the 1 original blank as Sensor Jammer does not permit that die to be rerolled and the Elusiveness die has already been rerolled and so cannot be done so again.

On the gunner attack follow the logic as for Fat Chewie/Lando with the sensor Jammer die not being rerolled by the Han reroll.

With normal single attack ships or other gunner ships, this works equally well, with standard ships being hard pressed to get hits through and if they burn a focus to get hits, they lose it for defense.

I'm not saying this is a miracle cure, but it could severely curtail damage output and on certain ships, the stress induced is useful or easily mitigated.

On certain ships that can also take an R7 unit and the above Jammer/Elusiveness combo you can mess up Fat Hans roll 1 by having a TL on him and forcing the original roll to be rerolled, thus denying Han his reroll, then use the Jammer/Elusiveness roll against Gunner.

If facing only a gunner or normal ship, you can mess with two attacks a turn.

The trade is potentially a small reduction in damage from your attack, but this may be effective.

A very interesting combo, I'll try it.

Yeah its a good set up. My buddy does that with Ibsi so that she can also reroll her agility die if needed. He adds an HLC to make it a hard to damage hammer, but I prefer it without the extra punch.

One thing I forgot to mention is if you use it with the R7 set up against an attack, you can sensor jammer after the reroll from R7 so if the reroll comes up with hits, you can turn one down.

I present, the Falcon Hammer:

Ibtisam (28)

Elusiveness (2)

Sensor Jammer (4)

Tactician (2)

B-Wing/E2 (1)

Keyan Farlander (29)

Elusiveness (2)

Sensor Jammer (4)

Tactician (2)

B-Wing/E2 (1)

Bandit Squadron Pilot (12)

Bandit Squadron Pilot (12)

Total: 99

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That was one of the squads I came up with :-)

I totally love sensor jammer. I have been using it on my phantom list.

Whisper + VI + Sensor Jammer + Intelligence Agent + Advanced Cloaking Device

Whisper + Outmanuever + Sensor Jammer + Intelligence Agent + Advanced Cloaking Device

Backstabber

I have torn Fat Han down with this list and it obliterates other Phantom lists. The only thing I have had a problem with is dual fat falcons.

I present, the Falcon Hammer:

Ibtisam (28)

Elusiveness (2)

Sensor Jammer (4)

Tactician (2)

B-Wing/E2 (1)

Keyan Farlander (29)

Elusiveness (2)

Sensor Jammer (4)

Tactician (2)

B-Wing/E2 (1)

Bandit Squadron Pilot (12)

Bandit Squadron Pilot (12)

Total: 99

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I kinda like that. I might use that with a little tweak: drop the tacticians and trade one of the bandits for a Green w/ Lone Wolf

I totally love sensor jammer. I have been using it on my phantom list.

Whisper + VI + Sensor Jammer + Intelligence Agent + Advanced Cloaking Device

Whisper + Outmanuever + Sensor Jammer + Intelligence Agent + Advanced Cloaking Device

Backstabber

I have torn Fat Han down with this list and it obliterates other Phantom lists. The only thing I have had a problem with is dual fat falcons.

How're you using two Whispers? I'm assuming the second one is Echo, but just checking...

I like using Sensor Jammer on Etahn, makes his ability hang out quite a bit longer

Etahn is the consummate pilot for the R7/Sensor Jammer/Elusivness set up.

Etahn is the consummate pilot for the R7/Sensor Jammer/Elusivness set up.

I like Knaves with Sensor Jammer. They're obviously a bit pricey at 31pts, but with the high agi they tend to shake those 1-2 hit attacks pretty easily, SJ just makes them so much more resilient.

If you're mean, add R7s and throw in Dutch.

Dutch + Ion + R7-T1

2 x Knave + R7 + Sensor Jammer

This is 97pts, which you could stay at and insta win initiative, or add Flachette Torpedos for 99pts.

Ive been using SJ on my ships for the same reasons. B Wings and E Wings are good fun with that card, as well as Whisper.

I totally love sensor jammer. I have been using it on my phantom list.

Whisper + VI + Sensor Jammer + Intelligence Agent + Advanced Cloaking Device

Whisper + Outmanuever + Sensor Jammer + Intelligence Agent + Advanced Cloaking Device

Backstabber

I have torn Fat Han down with this list and it obliterates other Phantom lists. The only thing I have had a problem with is dual fat falcons.

How're you using two Whispers? I'm assuming the second one is Echo, but just checking...

I like using Sensor Jammer on Etahn, makes his ability hang out quite a bit longer

Err Copypasta fail. Its Echo. :) (otherwise it would also be 102 points). :)