The poor astromech R4-B11.

By Flyingbrick, in X-Wing

Who uses him for scum and why don't you? For what he does he seems under appreciated.Just wondering the how and why he seems so under used for scum for now and how best this poor little forgotten droid can be used,

Cause zuckuss

Might have shenanigans with that targetingwhatsit from the UPS pack (quad can carry) but thats 6 stonking points

Edited by ficklegreendice

He featured prominently at Worlds in one of the Dengar lists, and was pretty impressive IIRC.

Certainly impressive enough to give him a go.

Seems i missed the boat some on him lol. But do like his ability under the right situations. Thanks :)

He does seem to fit with munitions on u boats.

A friend of mine has been using R4-B11 on Tel alongside a Party-Bossk for some time now, to double-down on the green dice rerolls, and has had great competitive success with it.

It's a solid upgrade that unfortunately has to compete with many other fantastic upgrades. Outside of Genius and Salvaged Astro, every single one of those mechs have very competitive and strong abilities.

Before Guidance Chips dropped, I had success with Torpedoboat Drea with R4B11 and an ion turret.

Pfft, no one likes him because he has a bad motivator.

A friend of mine has been using R4-B11 on Tel alongside a Party-Bossk for some time now, to double-down on the green dice rerolls, and has had great competitive success with it.

I wrote a few versions of a list like this recently.

Do you know the details of his build well enough to post them?

Mine was something like:

Bossk

Calculation

Homing Missile

4Lom

Zuck

Dengar

Damps

Chips

Tel

Predator

K4

R4-B11

Glitterstim

Title

But there were other builds (upgrade contenders included VI for Bossk, hull upgrade for Tel, maybe some stuff I'm forgetting)

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Kavil or Drea with TLT.

Edited by balindamood

A friend of mine has been using R4-B11 on Tel alongside a Party-Bossk for some time now, to double-down on the green dice rerolls, and has had great competitive success with it.

I wrote a few versions of a list like this recently.

Do you know the details of his build well enough to post them?

Mine was something like:

Bossk

Calculation

Homing Missile

4Lom

Zuck

Dengar

Damps

Chips

Tel

Predator

K4

R4-B11

Glitterstim

Title

But there were other builds (upgrade contenders included VI for Bossk, hull upgrade for Tel, maybe some stuff I'm forgetting)

Tel Trevura + Push the Limit + Dengar + R4-B11 + Glitterstim + Punishing One

Bossk + Crack Shot + Concussion Missiles + 4-Lom + Zuckuss + K4 Security Droid + Feedback Array + Guidance Chips

(100)

I think the biggest reason you don't see B4-B11 used much is that he requires spending a Target Lock to force the reroll, Rerolling evades (and maybe eyeballs) is probably a little better than rerolling your own red dice but I'm not sure if it is 3 points and an Astromech slot better.

Edited by WWHSD

R4-B11 should cost 1 point

Zuckuss should cost 3 points

FFG must have designed these cards on opposite day

Stopping defense is a good way to push through damage. Thing is though the meta is still in the kill cycle and not the tank cycle. When more matches go to time you might find that upgrade to be more useful.

I play this for month now and i can tell that it can work wonders like zuckuss .



Yes u cant spend the TL on attack modifcation but normally with focus due mindlink ,u get two or three hits , wait to see what the opponent rolls, always be patient and then u can punch these hits thru like Omega Leader , it feels like that, for me.



Dengar



Attanni Mindlink


K4 Sec.


R4-B11


Title



Tansarii P.V. x 2



Attanni Mindlink


Mangler C.


Title



100 p.


Edited by Smaeks

Dengar w/ Expertise, K4, R4-B11, and the title seems like a reasonable starting point for a list.

People rarely if ever use drea renthal, whom r4-b11 is great on, is why

People really underestimate her as a torp boat.

People really underestimate her as a torp boat.

Its a cheaper dengar with zuckuss that loses glitterstim and an ept (along with a stat line i wont go into) in exchange for re rolling their own dice along with being able to get her ordinance off (just don't give her blaster turret, you'll never fire it)