"Genius" astromech on Y wing with Proton Bomb

By Hexdot, in X-Wing

Simple and cuasi suicidal move. If facing low hull Aces...drop your bomb after your.move, and try to catch them. You are a 5 Hull tank, lets draw some Face Up damage cards.

Risky and dirty. Yesterday I did this and hit myself, a HLC Lambda and a Royal Guard Interceptor. Quite funny.

Add EU to be able to boost away.

Not a commpetative option, but hilarious in fun play is

Kavil

-Genius

-Proton Bombs

-Adrenilin Rush

-Engine upgrade

Go 4K, adrenaline rush to make it white, genius to drop bomb after move, boost out of bomb range.

I had this going for awhile, and it's pretty fun for a forward assault F-you. I recently changed it to Ion bomb in my list, becauce my Ywing gave no cares about going 1 forward while the enemy ship wasn't so thrilled.

The EU upgrade is, for sure, a good option. I simply opted for something weird. Main problem is not to damage myself. The 5 points cost is simply too much. Proton bomb, 5 points...buahhhhh. And Zuckuss is 1 point..

I experienced first hand this dastardly (and genius) move at a store championship. I had set my dials and hoped to expertly maneuver my t-70s to close in to range 1. The proton bomb wiped me out. Double hit took out Ello, 0ps crit on Poe. These two had autothrusters and my blue ace with IA managed to avoid the worst, but at that point it was too late for me.

Yes, the Genius/Proton Y-Wing is one of the most hilariously devastating options in the Scum arsenal. I like the Kavil version with Engine Upgrade as well (I usually deck him out with Predator and Autoblaster turret, since he wants to be moving in close).

Personal record is four hits from one Proton Bomb. Three TIE Advanced and one N'dru Suhlak (oops).