Howdy yall, trying to make a new tournament squad to replace my current one. I was flying 3 imperial aces and loved it dearly, but tlts have melted it too many times. I tried tweaking it to a 2 ace/Palp list and did better, but not great. Had an interceptor with AT and phantom with sensor jammer and the whole game was wishing that there was a ship that could stack both upgrades. Well scum has two such ships lol. Trying to decide which ship to run, the idea being is I want to be strong against all squad builds (like my 3 aces had been) including the new tlt meta (unlike my aces). Boba HAS to be in the list, as he is my ace hunter. I've narrowed it down to 2 choices.

Boba Fett (47)

EU

VI

Recon Specialist

Guri (40)

Virago

AT

Predator

Sensor Jammer

Binayre Pilot (12)

99 pts

I went with Guri over Xizor because most tlt platforms are only ps2, the exception being miranda. But Boba can handle miranda and I'll have the z95 to help block. I would rather spend Guri's focus to avoid a hit then to use Xizors ability to push the hit onto a different friendly ship. I like this list because Guri is a small base ship, allowing him to follow closely to his targets, hiding in the tlt donut hole, earning an extra focus, and benefiting from the range 1 bonus. The con to Guri is lower hit points, and looks somewhat weak against other ships.

Boba Fett (47)

EU

VI

Recon Specialist

IG-88? (52)

AT

Predator

Sensor Jammer

HTC

99 pts

This list, the anti tlt ship is a bro bot, staying at far range to make use of hlc. This allows more room for Boba to maneuver in close to be super aggressive. IG also seems to be a bit tougher against other squad builds as well, with more green maneuvers to help against stress bots, and hlc. What is hlc NOT good against lol? I don't like the fact that it's another large base ship. This makes him inherently faster then a tlt platform that is potentially doing 1 maneuvers, forcing bumps or just making him over shoot his target. He also lacks Guri's barrel. And finally, if I run a bro bot, I lose the 3rd ship. So in the end, it looks like Guri is stronger against tlts, but the bot comes out stronger against other ships.

Your thoughts?

I really like the first list (love this Guri version!). For the second, I've had great success with the following variant:

Boba (VI, Gunner, Inertial Dampeners, Engine)

IG-88B (VI, HLC, Advanced Sensors, Inertial Dampeners, Autothrusters)

100 points (50 pts per ship)

I really like the first list (love this Guri version!). For the second, I've had great success with the following variant:

Boba (VI, Gunner, Inertial Dampeners, Engine)

IG-88B (VI, HLC, Advanced Sensors, Inertial Dampeners, Autothrusters)

100 points (50 pts per ship)

Is Guri over costed though? 40 points for 1 shield, really only shines against tlts and low ps ships. I want so bad to fly him (I've never had a reason to play with the star viper till now lol)

Unless you really want the 99 bid, I'd switch RecSpec with Tactician and add Glitterstim. Makes Boba a better ace hunter, if that's the goal (and it should be).

Engine Upgrade and RecSpec, many times, will clash with each other and the Firespray can't afford to waste any potential strengths. Since boosting will be your preffered action most of the time, action-independent crew choices tend to synergize better with Boba. Overall, I endorse Gunner on him, though. But that would cost IG its Sensor Jammer.

First list is crazy fun, second is overall more effective. Comes down to preference, really.

Here's a Boba + Xizor list that I speculated on, awhile back:

https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/199025-boba-and-xizor/

Here's a recent and similar thread where Blade_Mercurial briefly discusses flying the list from the above thread:

https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/204748-scum-firespraystarviper-z95/

Also, here:

https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/204380-star-viper-firefly-z-comments/

Hope this helps.

I like Boba Fett with Kavil, either with TLT or Dorsal Turret.

I want to test out a list with ordinance Dengar and Boba as well...not sure how it will work, but...seems solid enough.

Unless you really want the 99 bid, I'd switch RecSpec with Tactician and add Glitterstim. Makes Boba a better ace hunter, if that's the goal (and it should be).

Engine Upgrade and RecSpec, many times, will clash with each other and the Firespray can't afford to waste any potential strengths. Since boosting will be your preffered action most of the time, action-independent crew choices tend to synergize better with Boba. Overall, I endorse Gunner on him, though. But that would cost IG its Sensor Jammer.

First list is crazy fun, second is overall more effective. Comes down to preference, really.

I do want the initiative bid, wanted more then 1 point though. And Boba wants to be in range 1 when attacking, therefore tactician wouldn't proc all that often.

Unless you really want the 99 bid, I'd switch RecSpec with Tactician and add Glitterstim. Makes Boba a better ace hunter, if that's the goal (and it should be).

Engine Upgrade and RecSpec, many times, will clash with each other and the Firespray can't afford to waste any potential strengths. Since boosting will be your preffered action most of the time, action-independent crew choices tend to synergize better with Boba. Overall, I endorse Gunner on him, though. But that would cost IG its Sensor Jammer.

First list is crazy fun, second is overall more effective. Comes down to preference, really.

I do want the initiative bid, wanted more then 1 point though. And Boba wants to be in range 1 when attacking, therefore tactician wouldn't proc all that often.

Tactician is good on ships with auxiliary arcs. I'd encourage you to try it. Bobs Fett does not immediately want to be at R1 if it means fighting 3-4 ships who all get an extra attack die. Recon Spec is also decent, but it costs more and doesn't play well if you need to boost. Also, Soontir Fel and Glitterstim users hate Tactician.

Unless you really want the 99 bid, I'd switch RecSpec with Tactician and add Glitterstim. Makes Boba a better ace hunter, if that's the goal (and it should be).

Engine Upgrade and RecSpec, many times, will clash with each other and the Firespray can't afford to waste any potential strengths. Since boosting will be your preffered action most of the time, action-independent crew choices tend to synergize better with Boba. Overall, I endorse Gunner on him, though. But that would cost IG its Sensor Jammer.

First list is crazy fun, second is overall more effective. Comes down to preference, really.

I do want the initiative bid, wanted more then 1 point though. And Boba wants to be in range 1 when attacking, therefore tactician wouldn't proc all that often.

If you want a better init bid, more power to you. Drop Glitterstim and you get yourself a 98 bid. Should be enough against all but the most dedicated ace lists. Against which you'll want Tac anyway.

(Would still make a case for Gunner, though)

Boba Fett (59):

Veteran Instincts

Tactician

Glitterstim

Engine Upgrade

Slave 1 Title

Extra Munitions

Conner Net

Homing Missles

Guri (41):

Lone Wolf

Autothrusters

Virago Title

Sensor Jammer

Glitterstim

Boba Fett becomes a swiss army knife of ways to hurt an opposing ace... Moving after PS9s, missles that you don't have to spend your target lock on, large bomb tokens that ion and deny actions, stress from tactician...

Guri is there to clean up the filler and stick around to the end... 41 points in one ace will give you a modified win against most other aces if the game comes to that...

Boba Fett (59):

Veteran Instincts

Tactician

Glitterstim

Engine Upgrade

Slave 1 Title

Extra Munitions

Conner Net

Homing Missles

Guri (41):

Lone Wolf

Autothrusters

Virago Title

Sensor Jammer

Glitterstim

Boba Fett becomes a swiss army knife of ways to hurt an opposing ace... Moving after PS9s, missles that you don't have to spend your target lock on, large bomb tokens that ion and deny actions, stress from tactician...

Guri is there to clean up the filler and stick around to the end... 41 points in one ace will give you a modified win against most other aces if the game comes to that...