Yeah, it might be a really bad idea to use it if Zuckuss is facing the Emperor.

Man, have I fallen in love with him in a Shuttle.

Yeah, it might be a really bad idea to use it if Zuckuss is facing the Emperor.

Man, have I fallen in love with him in a Shuttle.

That's gross. He's old, wrinkly and has bad mouth hygiene... I hope he didn't touch you in inappropriate ways in said shuttle XD

If the ability would be mandatory, there would be complains in the forums.

Like: "Why isn't his ability optional, it would have been so much better."

I haven't wrapped my head around Wave 7 yet and haven't even played vs the new Core Set stuff. Now you are digesting Wave 8? Ugh, I feel so behind.

Oh, and can't make game night again this week. Family stuff.

Thanks for the answers, but most of the reasons listed here are wrong in a statistical point of view

So has any math winger really dived deep into the numbers on when to not use his ability?

Offensive factors

Range

Target lock

Focus

Expose

Outmanuver

Defensive factors

Evade

Focus

Autothursters

So has any math winger really dived deep into the numbers on when to not use his ability?

Offensive factors

Range

Target lock

Focus

Expose

Outmanuver

Defensive factors

Evade

Focus

Autothursters

Zuckuss' ability allows a greater maximum and expected damage, but at the cost of a greater chance of dealing minimal damage as well.

If you only need to deal 1 damage to kill, I wouldn't activate his ability.

So has any math winger really dived deep into the numbers on when to not use his ability?

I did not dive too deep, but I found that if defender has 0 or 1 AGI + focus token, and Zuckuss rolls unmodified attack, than using his ability decreases the expected damage.

I would use it anytime if the defender has no focus token.