Rieekan: is blowing yourself up worth it?

By Blail Blerg, in Star Wars: Armada

So. How's everyone liking rieekan? I'm having trouble wanting to play him because it feels like you have die to win. And I like to win. By a lot.

Is rieekan worth it? If you're killed after you've activated really rieekan adds very little value to you.

In contrast let's say you use the ability twice: you gain what 5 dice off a CR90 double or mc30 single arc. And let's say you do get a double arc from another mc30. Well. Okay actually that might be worth it. Something like 12 dice there for 30 points. However it is also at the cost of having around 120 points of your list die. I don't think you can get better than like 8-2 with the new scoring system with that.

Anyone used the names fighter competitively with rieekan? Any really useful applications?

Also side question: your best double mc30 builds? With or without rieekan.