So just pondering on the best builds for my Striker and i want to try Pure Sabacc. Question is what is the best EPT for dis guy?

Probably Veteran Instincts. He's going to draw a crudload of fire if people get the choice - because they only need to do a couple of hits to seriously reduce his threat level.

Spending extra points to increase his firepower is not ideal because at PS6 he's liable to get whomped before he shoots. VI might let him arc-dodge a bit with his adaptive ailerons, and means he shoots before, rather than after, PS6s and PS7s, regardless of initiative.

Think of his ability as "I have a 4-dice missile that I can only fire if I get to shoot it before I get shot" - getting his shot off first is therefore the most important ability you can give him, and PS8 is fairly respectable.

Something cheap like VI. He's a Quasi-Biggs, so make sure to bring ships that are equal to or more of a threat that him to make your opponent make tough choices. It might be tempting to out Predator or Expertise on him for that added offense, but like Magnus said, if he's attacking at PS 6, you might not get to use that added offense very much.

He is a short-living, but bright light: I recommend Veteran Instincts (or Crackshot)

I saw this days back posted by pkreynolds (I think was his call-sign), and I d like to fly it. No Striker however. Haven't seen one. No idea when......but:

Pure Sabacc

title, Swarm Leader, Lightweight Frame

Countess Ryad

PTL, x7, TIE mkII

Colonel Vessery

Juke, x7, TIE mkII

I saw this days back posted by pkreynolds (I think was his call-sign), and I d like to fly it. No Striker however. Haven't seen one. No idea when......but:

Pure Sabacc

title, Swarm Leader, Lightweight Frame

Countess Ryad

PTL, x7, TIE mkII

Colonel Vessery

Juke, x7, TIE mkII

Swarm Leader just guarantees that Pure Sabacc will be the first ship your opponent kills. You don't want to make Pure look like even more of a threat.

Lone Wolf

I saw this days back posted by pkreynolds (I think was his call-sign), and I d like to fly it. No Striker however. Haven't seen one. No idea when......but:

Pure Sabacc

title, Swarm Leader, Lightweight Frame

Countess Ryad

PTL, x7, TIE mkII

Colonel Vessery

Juke, x7, TIE mkII

Swarm Leader just guarantees that Pure Sabacc will be the first ship your opponent kills. You don't want to make Pure look like even more of a threat.

With two D's and the potential slippery-ness of a Striker; why not??

Swarm leader for sure. I faced one with 4 tie's and Countdown and Sabaac with Swarm leader and Targeting Computer, He rolled 6 dice and got 6 hits on my tie sf. Yikes that is nasty.

In my Sabacc/Ryad/Glaive list I gave him Expertise, but really only due to having points left over. Does mean he can use his actions for pure defence though, which should help him.

With less point to use, I'd defo go VI or Lone Wolf, depending on the rest of the build around him.

Shot'a Crack orVi

Aint gonna last long enough to make anything else worthwhile

Unless you support the CRAP outta him

I saw this days back posted by pkreynolds (I think was his call-sign), and I d like to fly it. No Striker however. Haven't seen one. No idea when......but:

Pure Sabacc

title, Swarm Leader, Lightweight Frame

Countess Ryad

PTL, x7, TIE mkII

Colonel Vessery

Juke, x7, TIE mkII

Swarm Leader just guarantees that Pure Sabacc will be the first ship your opponent kills. You don't want to make Pure look like even more of a threat.

With two D's and the potential slippery-ness of a Striker; why not make him a target?

I'm buying what you're selling, "Swarm Leader just guarantees that Pure Sabacc will be the first ship your opponent kills." But if he ends up being a Biggs with a big-*** stick; what's the problem? Looks like a win-win in my humble opinion.

Outmaneuver, if I'm feeling brave/silly.

Funny thing about the "biggs with a big ****ing stick" comment. First game i used Sabaac he oneshotted Biggs lol

His name is Pure Sabacc....Trick Shot is the only way to go

I saw this days back posted by pkreynolds (I think was his call-sign), and I d like to fly it. No Striker however. Haven't seen one. No idea when......but:

Pure Sabacc

title, Swarm Leader, Lightweight Frame

Countess Ryad

PTL, x7, TIE mkII

Colonel Vessery

Juke, x7, TIE mkII

Swarm Leader just guarantees that Pure Sabacc will be the first ship your opponent kills. You don't want to make Pure look like even more of a threat.

With two D's and the potential slippery-ness of a Striker; why not make him a target?

I'm buying what you're selling, "Swarm Leader just guarantees that Pure Sabacc will be the first ship your opponent kills." But if he ends up being a Biggs with a big-*** stick; what's the problem? Looks like a win-win in my humble opinion.

4 hull; no r4d6

Given how,easy he is to kill, he will probably still be biggs if you build him more cheaply anyway

Plus you wpnt have to build your squad around swatm leader

snap shot. more dice. more dice! Throw some threats at your opponent that they won't want to ignore and let Pure Sabacc go to town

Snapshot is actually bad on strikers. Theyre one of the oddball ships that find it difficult to be in the right spot for snapshot to work.

Pure Sabaac is probably a place to try Determination again.
Rage will be fun to try - as it can shut down your adaptive ailerons, especially if you have space for an inspiring recruit somewhere.
Lightning Reflexes allows for a swap in direction on the adaptive aileron movement - so that's worth exploring, since you'll likely have only 1 chance to use it.

Snap shot Sabac!

Snap Shot Rhymer!

Snap Shot Mithel!

And have 25 points left over for Zeta Leader snap shot? Omega Leader comments relay debt to pay?

Is Lightweight frame worth it on him or does he die too fast for that?

Better to keep him cheap?

(Planning to play him with veteran instincts)

On 2017-1-3 at 1:10 PM, clanofwolves said:

I'm buying what you're selling, "Swarm Leader just guarantees that Pure Sabacc will be the first ship your opponent kills." But if he ends up being a Biggs with a big-*** stick; what's the problem? Looks like a win-win in my humble opinion.

The key difference is that biggs is biggs until he's dead whereas sabaac is only biggs until you hit him a single time.

Just now, force kin said:

The key difference is that biggs is biggs until he's dead whereas sabaac is only biggs until you hit him a single time.

Yes, but Biggs is always sitting on a platter, Sabaac is on a fast drone flown by a drunk guy.

4 minutes ago, force kin said:

The key difference is that biggs is biggs until he's dead whereas sabaac is only biggs until you hit him a single time.

Pretty sure the key difference is that Biggs forces you to take inferior shots and Pure Sabacc doesn't. Plenty of people state things like "oh, <insert deadly ship here> is Biggs-lite" but at the end of the day, Biggs is the only one that redirects your fire. When you have Sabacc at R3 obstructed, and Fel at R1 without tokens, you're going to take that shot on Fel, even if Sabacc is within R1 of Fel. And that's what makes Biggs special - you're still forced to take that pathetic shot on Biggs instead of the juicy one on the real threat in the list.

Veteran Instincts.