Tourney this Weekend: Boba & IG-88

By davidhaus, in X-Wing Squad Lists

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Hey everyone,

The kid in me has always wanted to field a squad that put Boba Fett and IG-88 together. I remember reading the EU books about them as a 9 or 10 year old and always being fascinated by their characters. So naturally, I've always wanted to try them out in X-Wing. We have our small monthly tournament this weekend, and I'd love some input on the squad.

For context, I recently read Sable Gryphon's store tournament report from March, and it's a little take on his approach with some minor changes. Here's the link to his report: http://teamcovenant.com/sablegryphon/2015/03/15/madness-store-championship-recap/

Total: 100

Firespray (50)

-Boba Fett (39)

-VI (1)

-Engine Upgrade (4)

-Tactician (2)

-Seismic Charges (2)

-Seismic Charges (2)

-Andrasta Title (0)

Aggressor (50)

-IG-88B (36)

-VI (1)

-Autothrusters (2)

-HLC (7)

-Advanced Sensors (3)

-Inertial Dampeners (1)

If you read some of Sable Gryphon's feedback at the end, he actually toys with the idea of doing 2 Seismic Charges instead of the Proton Bomb. I love this style, and love the way to affect the way my opponent flies around the Firespray with the threat of the bombs AND Tactician... If you're in range 1 or range 2 of Boba Fett, I get something out of it. I could probably be convinced to only take 1 Seismic Charge, but that's why I'm here in this forum! (BTW - If the K-Wing was already available, I'd DEFINITELY be taking a Conner Net!)

For IG-88, I wrestled hard between going with Advanced Sensors for 3 points, or doing Fire Control System and adding Inertial Dampeners to Boba Fett as well. I'm still on the fence, but I've seen most people go with AS on this type of build. What do you think?

Also, if you read the comment section on his post, there is a lot of interest in putting Autoblaster on Fett. I'm a little unsure myself. But if I dropped the 2 Charges and the Dampeners, I could do that easily. The idea is it's easy to get Fett at PS10 and Engine Upgrade into range 1. Add the re-roll ability and you could re-roll blanks and/or even a crit if you wanted to risk it.

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I can see the argument for either on IG88 B. I mean, advanced sensors goes best with predator (since you still get some dice modification with both shots), but even without predator, advanced sensors is really nice because it adds a level of unpredictibility that the aggressor doesn't otherwise possess (boost before your move can really surprise opponents). FCS means excellent damage output though, and that can be really helpful against certain ships (like interceptors with stealth & autothrusters). On the other hand, Boba at PS10 with tactician and a bomb is also a great counter to push the limit users, and I think this is the reason why you can get away without FCS on IG88B in this list---both ships cover each other's weaknesses (hopefully!)

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I feel like I'd prefer giving Boba the Slave 1 title and an Extra Munitions over the Andrasta title and a second Seismic Charge.
Yeah, it plays identically, but it puts him in his own $%^&* ship :D

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I feel like I'd prefer giving Boba the Slave 1 title and an Extra Munitions over the Andrasta title and a second Seismic Charge.

Yeah, it plays identically, but it puts him in his own $%^&* ship :D

Except Extra Munitions is not yet tournament legal till its release date.

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I'm looking at maybe running similar at my next tourny (which the prize is a raider :) )

Firespray (53)

-Boba Fett (39)

-VI (1)

-Engine Upgrade (4)

-Tactician (2)

-Seismic Charges (2)

- Autoblaster (5)

Aggressor (47)

-IG-88B (36)

-Lonewolf (2)

-Autothrusters (2)

-Ion canon (3)

-Advanced Sensors (3)

-Inertial Dampeners (1)

It's a little more control-y with ion canon and you lose out on that 2nd seismic charge. You do gain an autoblaster on bobba, and IG88 gets a lonewolf, which I think will I think will make him super durable.

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The three places I talked extensively about the list are my Store Championship recap, my Austin Regionals recap, and on the Nova Squadron Radio podcast.

http://teamcovenant.com/sablegryphon/2015/05/24/crashing-rebellion-fest-2015-austin-regionals-recap/

http://novasquadronradio.com/episode-28-list-tacticai-wsable-gryphon/

Thanks for the extensive thoughts on the list, SG. Did you ever test the Autoblaster theory?

I did. I found it made me a bit better against certain ships, such as Soontir and some variations of Corran, but weaker overall. The Proton Bomb has a psychological effect that I exploit.

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I'm wondering if it'd be worth it to drop 1 Seismic Charge and downgrade the HLC to a Mangler Cannon on IG... With the 5 points I could then throw the Autoblaster on Fett. Is it worth losing the firepower of the HLC? Fett's rerolls make big damage possible at range 1, plus the Mangler could come into effect with B's special ability as well at range 1, where HLC can't. I just don't know how much it's WORTH it.

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I'm wondering if it'd be worth it to drop 1 Seismic Charge and downgrade the HLC to a Mangler Cannon on IG... With the 5 points I could then throw the Autoblaster on Fett. Is it worth losing the firepower of the HLC? Fett's rerolls make big damage possible at range 1, plus the Mangler could come into effect with B's special ability as well at range 1, where HLC can't. I just don't know how much it's WORTH it.

No.

GOD no.

Don't take Autoblaster on Fett.

Fett's the best choice if you must use an Autoblaster, but Fett prefers to go without Autoblaster at all.

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If anyone is still following the thread, I dropped the 2nd Seismic Charges and Andrasta Title in favor of Intertial Dampeners on Boba... and so glad I did! Saved me a few times. 21 people showed up for the tournament, which is great to see in this community. The most shocking thing was that I went 5-0 in swiss before the top 4 cut, where I ended up winning the tournament. Thanks for all the help. It's always a nice bonus to put together a list for fun and see some success with it :) Thanks especially to SableGryphon for the inspiration!

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I ran Sable's build over the weekend at a tournament and end up 3rd overall. Went 3-1 in 4 rounds and made the cut to the top 4 in 3rd place. Lost to 2nd which was the same guy I lost to in the swiss.

In the 4 Swiss rounds the Proton did the follow;

Killed a scum Z-95 with a direct hit while also giving a y-wing a pilot crit.
Turned Col. Jendon in a PS0 while also hitting Darth Vader for a Direct hit.

3rd didnt get used due to hot dice wipping an Imperial triple 9s off the board in about 30mins. (Fel, Turr, Darth Vader)

Killed Arvel with a direct hit and hitting Lando as well (forget the crit here)

in the 2nd vs 3rd(me) match;

Hit 2 y-wings and killed a Z-95 while hitting my IG-88B for a minor crit as well.

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I ran Sable's build over the weekend at a tournament and end up 3rd overall. Went 3-1 in 4 rounds and made the cut to the top 4 in 3rd place. Lost to 2nd which was the same guy I lost to in the swiss.

In the 4 Swiss rounds the Proton did the follow;

Killed a scum Z-95 with a direct hit while also giving a y-wing a pilot crit.

Turned Col. Jendon in a PS0 while also hitting Darth Vader for a Direct hit.

3rd didnt get used due to hot dice wipping an Imperial triple 9s off the board in about 30mins. (Fel, Turr, Darth Vader)

Killed Arvel with a direct hit and hitting Lando as well (forget the crit here)

in the 2nd vs 3rd(me) match;

Hit 2 y-wings and killed a Z-95 while hitting my IG-88B for a minor crit as well.

Made my day to read that Proton Bombs are regularly blowing stuff up... Just the beginning...

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Heavyguard - That is awesome. I'm definitely considering the change to Proton Bomb. The best moment for me with Seismic Charges on Fett this weekend was playing against 4 Tie Advanced with Accuracy Correctors and a Dark Curse. Laid the bomb and hit ALL FIVE of his ships, who were all in range 1 of the bomb. Not kidding when I say that was probably the move that won me the game.

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Heavyguard - That is awesome. I'm definitely considering the change to Proton Bomb. The best moment for me with Seismic Charges on Fett this weekend was playing against 4 Tie Advanced with Accuracy Correctors and a Dark Curse. Laid the bomb and hit ALL FIVE of his ships, who were all in range 1 of the bomb. Not kidding when I say that was probably the move that won me the game.

Did they at least call the list AC/DC?

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If anyone is still following the thread, I dropped the 2nd Seismic Charges and Andrasta Title in favor of Intertial Dampeners on Boba... and so glad I did! Saved me a few times. 21 people showed up for the tournament, which is great to see in this community. The most shocking thing was that I went 5-0 in swiss before the top 4 cut, where I ended up winning the tournament. Thanks for all the help. It's always a nice bonus to put together a list for fun and see some success with it :) Thanks especially to SableGryphon for the inspiration!

I ran Sable's build over the weekend at a tournament and end up 3rd overall. Went 3-1 in 4 rounds and made the cut to the top 4 in 3rd place. Lost to 2nd which was the same guy I lost to in the swiss.

In the 4 Swiss rounds the Proton did the follow;

Killed a scum Z-95 with a direct hit while also giving a y-wing a pilot crit.

Turned Col. Jendon in a PS0 while also hitting Darth Vader for a Direct hit.

3rd didnt get used due to hot dice wipping an Imperial triple 9s off the board in about 30mins. (Fel, Turr, Darth Vader)

Killed Arvel with a direct hit and hitting Lando as well (forget the crit here)

in the 2nd vs 3rd(me) match;

Hit 2 y-wings and killed a Z-95 while hitting my IG-88B for a minor crit as well.

Congrats to both of you. I'm happy to hear my list is still out there, causing chaos and despair. :)

Proton Bombs are hilarious on a PS10 ship.

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If anyone is still following the thread, I dropped the 2nd Seismic Charges and Andrasta Title in favor of Intertial Dampeners on Boba... and so glad I did! Saved me a few times. 21 people showed up for the tournament, which is great to see in this community. The most shocking thing was that I went 5-0 in swiss before the top 4 cut, where I ended up winning the tournament. Thanks for all the help. It's always a nice bonus to put together a list for fun and see some success with it :) Thanks especially to SableGryphon for the inspiration!

I ran Sable's build over the weekend at a tournament and end up 3rd overall. Went 3-1 in 4 rounds and made the cut to the top 4 in 3rd place. Lost to 2nd which was the same guy I lost to in the swiss.

In the 4 Swiss rounds the Proton did the follow;

Killed a scum Z-95 with a direct hit while also giving a y-wing a pilot crit.

Turned Col. Jendon in a PS0 while also hitting Darth Vader for a Direct hit.

3rd didnt get used due to hot dice wipping an Imperial triple 9s off the board in about 30mins. (Fel, Turr, Darth Vader)

Killed Arvel with a direct hit and hitting Lando as well (forget the crit here)

in the 2nd vs 3rd(me) match;

Hit 2 y-wings and killed a Z-95 while hitting my IG-88B for a minor crit as well.

Congrats to both of you. I'm happy to hear my list is still out there, causing chaos and despair. :)

Proton Bombs are hilarious on a PS10 ship.

Thanks for coming up with a great list! I've done Brobots and found the same issues that you mention in your posts so this is a good change up.

Ya the Proton Bomb got 2 of the players who thought it was just a seismic charge and that the shield/hull loss was worth getting into a good firing position on Boba.

Think I'm going to stick with playing around with it abit as well. Looking forward to trying out some of the new ordnance too on this build.