Boba (50)

-VI

-EU

-Gunner

-Inertial Dampeners

He is an ace/phantom hunter, also keeping him low on the actions so stress bots don't mess with him much. I don't know what else the list could use, double warthog perhaps? Palob to steal their action and give boba a nice ionised target to follow and hug range 1 of?

I like the idea of Palob flying with him. Not really sure about the Inertial Dampeners though, 1 use plus a stress, wondering if the points can be better spent.

What do you like to fly normally? I tend to prefer one or two elites and then a mini-swarm for extra bodies. I hate to fly 3 ship lists and see one die. They also tend to distract your opponent and dish out enough damage while lasting a while. It would let Fett do his thing while your distract the rest of his list.

Scyks would be good to swarm if you like Tie Fighters. If not, then Z-95s are fine. Go with some BTL Y-wings for tanky damage.

You want heavy hitters? Maybe Kavil w/ his Blaster Turret and maybe Laetin to snipe on the outside? I like Laetin w/ HLC or Mangler to sit in the rear and fire in for some damage.

It's not the most competitive list but I've had fun with Boba (different 50 pt build) and 2 Zs & a HLC scyk. The Zs block to help keep the scyk at range 3 to blast things with the HLC & by the time the scyk shoots most HPTs have used their defensive tokens.

Last night ran Boba and guri with bodyguard together. Both like to sit close to enemies and almost everyone focuses on Boba.

Not really sure about the Inertial Dampeners though, 1 use plus a stress, wondering if the points can be better spent.

It's a 1 point insurance policy against overshooting, setting up for a potentially devastating shot.

I very much like the Boba build

Palob does not sound like a bad idea, especially if you can't guarantee a focus for whatever reason but still need to keep Boba trucking. Stripping an offensive focus from the enemy is probably better than getting a defensive focus, anyway

Plus, Palob is ******* public enemy #1 for most players and will draw a lot of heat off of Boba. Problem is he's ******* expensive, and you're cutting down on a lot of offense if you bring an ICT on him. Blaster, Recon, Crow Palob runs 30 points and is very effective, but expensive. About the only effective ship you're getting with the remaining 20 points is LW N'dru (which might not be a bad idea) + some upgrade (trade dampeners for bodyguard on Palob, or just give him determination or something)

So, Blaster/recon/crow Palob + LW N'dru. Could be cool

Option #2: If you're splitting points equally between two ships, you can grab:

2 Blacksun Enforcers (no auto-thrusters makes me weary)

2 Unhinged Warthogs (great ships for shutting down jousters that make Boba sad, and Boba covers the phantoms that makes them sad) +2 points for something

2 Mangler + Shield + Cartel Scyks (long range firepower and decently survivable with A-wing stats) +2 points for something

4 Pirates + 2 points for something (becoming a theme, isn't it?)

Of the lot, the Warthogs probably offer the most well rounded complement to Boba's talents and vice-versa.

I run that exact Boba with IG-88B Mangler, Predator, dampeners, autothrusters. But I have been thinking that two warthogs will probably be a better fit due to the control they bring. And lets be honest 16 HP is huge.

So after much testing and hearing of sablegryphons success I'm sticking with the Boba and B list. I know that their are a few threads dealing with this out but do any of you original posters have any comments to add that have changed over the last few months?

I've recently faced this:

Boba (VI, Gunner, Inertial Dampeners, Engine Upgrade)

IG-88B (VI, HLC, Advanced Sensors, Inertial Dampeners, Autothrusters)

100 points

It was very strong. Boba was able to always be at range 1 of an enemy ship to trigger his ability and the Aggressor had many options with Advanced Sensors and VI.

Add another Mandalorian:

Boba strips the tokens, the Mandalorian follows up with a target lock, focus, evade (with push the limit) to land a crit.