I had a crazy idea, but what if you stuck autoblaster on an outrider dash? Everyone is used to how to get within range one of dash, but how easy is it to escape range 1 of dash with his barrel roll and then unblockable damage?
I haven't tested this madness yet, but the idea seems crazy enough to work.
I think lists like BBBBZ, Thug Life, or Panic Attack will give Autoblaster Dash fits.
I think lists like BBBBZ, Thug Life, or Panic Attack will give Autoblaster Dash fits.
That does not seem like an unreasonable assessment; the Y based lists he might be able to dodge around, but BBBBZ will likely be super murder.
Dash has alot of options. I'm going to run:
Outrider
Recon Spec
Mangler Cannon
VI
Hull Upgrade(had points to fill since i'm not using HLC)
Edited by ishikabeI went up against this a couple weeks ago. He ran a Han shoots first/Fat Han with super Dash and completely destroyed me. I think it worked well.
The HLC Doughnut is completely meaningless vs. most ships. You have large ship boost and barrel roll, you can pretty much move wherever the hell you want.
The ability to just stay at range 3 and ALWAYS be behind someone's ships at some super dumb un-approachable no matter what angle while throwing 4 dice and robbing their ships of an extra agility because cannons is way better than the ability to make hit focus blank at range one be unavoidable.
The donut hole doesn't look as bad on paper, but I've seen good pilots get into the hole and just never leave. It also helps if you can box Dash in a corner or lock him down with stress so he can't boost/barrel roll away. It does help if you have a pilot that can move after Dash and has boost.
Edited by Jo JoI have been messing with
Dash
Outrider
Mangler
VI
EU
+ AAA, or Luke, or wedge.
No real conclusions yet other than missing PTL.
the problem with auto-blaster Dash is that you counter the high PS arc-dodgers that give his HLC variant fits, but you worsen his match-up against high PS arc-dodgers with primary turrets (dat range 1 bonus, for some stupid reason) and against the aforementioned BBBBZ, which he is uniquely capable of easily dealing with compared to the other large base turrets
Edited by ficklegreendice