What's your opinion of the following:

Zuckuss

Predator

Dengar Crew

Mist Hunter Title (W/Tractor beam)

Engine upgrade

39 points total...

Is there any sense to having predator and Dengar onboard or am I barking up the wrong tree entirely?

In my opinion, Dengar allows you to choose an EPT so you dont have to take Predator.

That build allows you to re roll 3 different dice, you cant re roll a die more than once. As the Mist Hunter gets 3 die, tractor beam gets 3 die, there is a lot of redundancy in the amount of rerolls you have. You need to play odds, ie hoping you hit at least with one shot per roll.

AKA dengar allows to you take VI to shoot before new PS 8 palp aces murder you

There is some sense in Dengar and Predator, but there are better options. Personally, I prefer K4 to either -- it limits your maneuverability a bit, but not too terribly much. Then you get focus + target lock combo for three points, instead of six. Engine upgrade might also be a bit much.

There are two Zuckuss builds that I like: Advanced Sensors + PtL + Mist Hunter + K4 (+ Engine) or VI + K4 + Mist Hunter (+ Sensor Jammer).

My friends build is VI, Dengar, Title + tractor Beam, advanced sensors ..

It's a beast of a ship..

I was thinking of running it with Serissu w/wingman and Manaroo with the Punishing One title,get Serissu tucked up nice and close to Zuckuss and use Manaroo to keep passing focus tokens off to Zuckuss.

I've not tried it yet but if I can keep him alive long enough it might to a tidy amount of damage, especially with Zuckuss' +1 red die...