I think I like VI Jake more than Outaneuver Jake personally. Especailly if you can fit in 1 or 2 point initiative bid to make sure you choose what Jake does.

You can choose if you want to shoot before a Whisper shoots, you can choose to maneuver AFTER Soontir... so it saves you with all the PS9 oriented opponants that you'll likely face in any competitive situation.

Except soontir/whisper builds often feature an initiative bid too. Can you afford to go down to 98? If you have 2 PS9 then it might be worth it, but depends on the list and the local meta, of course

I think I like VI Jake more than Outaneuver Jake personally. Especailly if you can fit in 1 or 2 point initiative bid to make sure you choose what Jake does.

You can choose if you want to shoot before a Whisper shoots, you can choose to maneuver AFTER Soontir... so it saves you with all the PS9 oriented opponants that you'll likely face in any competitive situation.

Except soontir/whisper builds often feature an initiative bid too. Can you afford to go down to 98? If you have 2 PS9 then it might be worth it, but depends on the list and the local meta, of course

He does. He has a VI Jake and Han. Both PS9. If he bumps down to VI Jake then that's 2 points off of his list so he's going to have a shot at the initiative bid. The meta in my area tends to be that people still end up going 100 points and a couple guys go 97 points. So with a 99 point bid, you may be able to get most bids or at the very least, a dice roll to decide initiative.

Though I think with the Jake/Han combination it gives you more flexibility of flying for how they choose. If you have initiative, then you shoot first. If they have initiative, then you get to position better.

VI on Jake puts me at 97 points actually. So I should pretty much always have the initiative bid.

That's my opinion, my opinion soley. I tried the outmaneuver Jake but the VI Jake gives more flexibility on how you approach each given match. But the only way to know what works best for you is to try both.

Ended up running Jake with VI.

Went 2-1, losing to a Brobots list since I'd yet to actually fly against one before. I got tabled by it, but I had one down to one hull. I beat another Brobots list and a Boba+3Z list (Zs with hot shot blaster and munitions failsafe making mini turret ships). I think with more practice this list will do nicely. I need to be more patient with firing Jake's Prockets, waiting till I can target lock and focus. Thanks again for all the help everyone!