These are some awesome ideas and I really appreciate it. Kind of opened my eyes to the usefulness of this pilot. I have a StarViper now so I can run the build including autothrusters and either PTL + VI or PTL + Calculation. Tough choice. I think maybe Outmaneuver is the best choice (though it costs more) but I don't have that one yet.* Looking forward to trying this guy out.

* - It will come from the E-Wing because I don't see any possible use for the Defender. 30 for the cheapest one? I'd rather have two TIE/FOs.

I think the important part is that you're free to get as aggressive as you want with Jake without really fearing for his safety unless someone reaches for the really, REALLY big guns. I'm talking 5 or more red dice. Any less than 5 and their chance to hit you even with a single damage falls below 40%. Significantly more often than not, you won't take any damage if less than 5 red die is thrown your way.

So do as much as you can to ensure that you're going for range 1 engagements out of their firing arc. Be the annoying fly that gives a nasty bite but that they can't pin down. Target lock early so that when the time comes for fire to roll in against you, you can focus, BR/boost out of arc, then PTL for the evade for anything left that can still shoot. Then clear it next turn because everything on an A-Wing dial is green, pretty much.

No Star Wars character should be named Jake...

No Star Wars character should be named Jake...

Because Wes, Luke and Tycho are so exotic? I mean Tycho maybe, but Tycho Brahe was an Astronomer before he was a comic strip character.

No Star Wars character should be named Jake...

Because Wes, Luke and Tycho are so exotic? I mean Tycho maybe, but Tycho Brahe was an Astronomer before he was a comic strip character.

Or should we stick to names like Jar Jar, Talonbane Cobra, and Salacious Crumb?

That's Salacious *B* Crumb to you, sir!!

Elan Sleezebaggano.

Elan Sleezebaggano.

I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly groaned in disgust and were suddenly enraged.

While Outmaneuver is good on Jake, I prefer to see him with VI at PS 9 to help combat other aces. This leaves me with the tough choice of Outmaneuver versus PTL. I ran a store championship with the Outmaneuver version and got it to trigger only a few times over the entire tournament (before Autothrusters was out). Now that AT is out, I would have to recommend PTL for the added durability. As good of a player you are, there are times when you will be taking shots from someone, even if they are weaker ships spreading their arcs. You cannot arc dodge everything 100% of the time so PTL gives you that added durability when you need it most. My main problem with Outmaneuver (besides not being defensive here) is that it has no effect on Decimators, which may or may not be 'everywhere'.

What about PTL, awing test pilot title, juke(when its released) and autothrusters on jake?

So focus, evade and free barrel roll/boost most turns.

This gives both you some very nice defensive AND offensive options.

I love Jake.

Currently use him with Han Solo.

On Jake my personal preferance is:

A-Wing title

Homing Missile - for high damage in the opening move. At range one he gets 3 dice anyway, so i prefer a good opening move at stand-range.

Push the Limit

Lone Wolf

Autothruster

This setup works great. Lone wolf works multiple times during a round and works on both defence and offence. With this setup i feel i get the most out of my dice. Homing missile with TL+Focus is always good and once i get in range one- lone wolf makes sure i get the most out of my dice. On defence this build is almost impossible to hit at range 3 and with all his movement- arc dodging is a piece of cake. Getting into range one is a piece of cake.

The main issue here is to make sure it doesn`t get close to friendlies. I typically play with 2-3 ships, so there`s not a lot to keep track of. With 4 or more ships on the table, "Lone Wolf" will often be useless..

Because Wes, Luke and Tycho are so exotic?

Wes is pretty exotic when it's not short for Wesley.

Because Wes, Luke and Tycho are so exotic?

Wes is pretty exotic when it's not short for Wesley.