Scum Boba needs....?

By Urrgok, in X-Wing

Anything? What do you see as mandatory upgrades for our favourite bountyhunter? What lists do you build around him?

Scum Boba needs... to switch abilities with Kath

Engine Upgrade. All Firesprays love Engine Upgrade.

VI and engine upgrade if u have Soontir Fel and Phantoms in ur area.

Tactician is what i run on him.

Autotblaster [edit] maybe although the jury is out how effective/reliable that is.

sort of depends what other ships he is accompanied by.

Edited by The_Brown_Bomber

VI

Engine Upgrade

Recon Specialist

Inertial Dampeners

Firesprays can't take Autothrusters.

I quite like tactician on Boba.

Recently been trying him out with veteran instincts, Tactician,inertial dampeners, engine upgrade And an ion pulse missile alongside IG88b as part of a 2 ship list. Done pretty nicely in my few test games.

Can't decide between two loadout in my list:

Lonewolf

Tactician

Inertial Dampeners

Engine Upgrade

or

Lonewolf

Recon Specialist

Engine Upgrade

For now I used him with Tactician and Inertial Dampeners. I love Inertial Dampeners, but had so-so results with Tacticians. Every game I know Recon Specialist paired with Lone wolf and Boba ability could have allowed me to punch one or two more damage through, or tank a little bit better, which is crucial in a 2 ship build. But Inertial Dampeners... hard to let it go....

I run Scum Boba with VI, Tactician, Autoblaster, EU. It's fun 1-shotting a turtled Soontir!

Veteran Instincts and Engine Upgrade go pretty far with him. Pick a cannon you like and ram him down your opponent's throat, and he's a nasty little piece of work. If you've got points to spare, there are some fun crew choices for him, too, but...they feel less of a "need" and more of an "icing," to me.

Edited by Critias

Firesprays can't take Autothrusters.

I quite like tactician on Boba.

Recently been trying him out with veteran instincts, Tactician,inertial dampeners, engine upgrade And an ion pulse missile alongside IG88b as part of a 2 ship list. Done pretty nicely in my few test games.

oops. typo. meant Autoblaster, edit made.

Take advantage of his pilot ability with Saboteur. Sprinkle in Experimental Interface and an EPT of your choice for good measure (Lone Wolf, Outmaneuver, Predator).

K4 security droid worked well for me I know when he's in a cluster he gets rerolls but there's gonna be times when nothing's at range one and having TL plus a focus is really useful.

All he asks is a tall ship, and a star to steer her by.

But if you can afford Veteran Instincts + K4 Security Droid + Engine Upgrade, that would be super too.

could try your hand at super Boba (PTL, Recon, EU) and see if it sticks

Take advantage of his pilot ability with Saboteur. Sprinkle in Experimental Interface and an EPT of your choice for good measure (Lone Wolf, Outmaneuver, Predator).

Not sure his pilot ability works there. His card reads, "when attacking and defending." Saboteur is rolling an attack die but isn't attacking or defending.

All he asks is a tall ship, and a star to steer her by.

But if you can afford Veteran Instincts + K4 Security Droid + Engine Upgrade, that would be super too.

Edited by AlexW

Take advantage of his pilot ability with Saboteur. Sprinkle in Experimental Interface and an EPT of your choice for good measure (Lone Wolf, Outmaneuver, Predator).

Not sure his pilot ability works there. His card reads, "when attacking and defending." Saboteur is rolling an attack die but isn't attacking or defending.

It definitely doesn't work, but Saboteur is there to be taken advantage of while you're at range one.

After running Gunner on Fett a ton, and K4 on Fett a ton, I have found much better and more consistent damage output with K4. TL/focus combo is so great compared to his sometimes-gets-rerolls passive. His passive is nice, but man I love K4 so much, I don't miss gunner at all.

Give him the Tactical Jammer so his escort Y-Wings can get that extra green die... that is greatness.

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After running Gunner on Fett a ton, and K4 on Fett a ton, I have found much better and more consistent damage output with K4. TL/focus combo is so great compared to his sometimes-gets-rerolls passive. His passive is nice, but man I love K4 so much, I don't miss gunner at all.

It's funny but I found the exact opposite. K4 is nice but Gunner keeps the dial open.

My favorite on him is Expert Handling

You want to be at Range 1. Large-Ship Barrel-Rolls fascilitate that better than any other upgrade.

You want added tankiness. The removal of one enemy Target Lock is huge, and of course there's the Arc Jumping.

It is better on Kath, who doesn't mind picking up a K4 Security Droid to boot...

Lovin' all the replies, thanks. What would you pair him with?

I should say that people tend to favour expensive, hi-ps ships (Falcon, Phantoms....yeah) over swarms in our little gaming group. That in itself makes Fett perhaps the less-than-optimal choice, but hey - it,s Fett! Speaking of which, has anyone ever seen a point in the title upgrade?

Edited by Urrgok

What scum boba really needs is a systems upgrade slot so that he can equip advanced sensors and keep his actions while in the furball getting tons of free rerolls.

Unfortunately if wishes were fishes we'd all be mon calamari.

I haven't tried it yet but I've been itching to play boba with autoblaster and Greedo, just for kicks. :)

Boba already has the 'all in one' ability, I'd play to this strength.

Boba Fett + Veterans Instinct.....done! Keep him affordable IMO.

Slave-1 title. That's mandatory. Everything else is flavour.

:)