I've only found/seen a few ways.

One is IGG 88 B and Moralo Eval w/HLC
Very punchy and good for almost guaranteed damage if in arc.
Never played it but I've seen it around and looks effective, just suffers from the normal YV problems.

I've been running IG 88C w/HLC PTL, Adv S.
Manaroo w/ PTL, EU, Unhinged, Title.
Very mixed results, I can have games where the Aggressor is getting double evade/focus and lives the high defence dream but a string of bad dice rolls can end it all so fast.
Also finding that if I'm too sloppy or aggressive with Manaroo it doesn't end well.
Switched out Manaroo for Asaj with D/EU/PTL which added some control and is potentially better but I've only tried it once and I don't know if the synergy is really there. Didn't feel like I was boosting all that often.

What else do we have going for us on the IG 88 D crew card that people have used and is actually competitive?

IG88-B w/ HLC Kath PTL/HLC? 4 dice front and back?
All the small ships that can take it just melt in today's red menace meta.

Do I just need to give up my quest to make that card useful?

I like IG88c with Boba Fett (EU, Fearlessness, Autoblaster Cannon).

Boost to get into range one, get your evade token, as well as Boba's inherent defensive reroll shenanigans, coupled with a hell of a shot to the face. I am only about 50/50 with this, but it has often been straight up pilot error when I lose, (drove Boba off the map once lol) but is a hell of a lot of fun to fly.

Fett will be the first to die, but he hopefully wrecks as much **** as possible beforehand. The Agressor hangs in the back with an HLC and a Tractor Beam (one point, so why not?). The Agressor will have VI so they both move at PS8.

Leaves about 10 pts of wiggle room for choices of illicits, sytem upgrades, and bid.

IG-AR88

100 points

PILOTS

IG88-A (36)
Aggressor (36), Adaptability (0), Collision Detector (0), IG-2000 (0)

IG88-C (36)
Aggressor (36), Adaptability (0), Collision Detector (0), IG-2000 (0)

Manaroo (28)
JumpMaster 5000 (27), Trick Shot (0), IG-88D (1)

This seems fun

Bossk and IG-B has been making waves. See one example here.

Basically, Bossk has Predator, Mangler, Gunner, IG-D and Dengar, allowing him to shoot both his primary and cannon after missing a shot (and you use predator to make sure you miss). It's brutal and, so far, legal according to the latest FAQ. If you're going to an actual tournament, check with the TO for their view on it before showing up, it's only been confirmed by email by FFG staff that it works, so it could be a grey zone.

I tried a mirror match against my son, that was ridiculous!

4 hours ago, drjkel said:

Bossk and IG-B has been making waves. See one example here.

Basically, Bossk has Predator, Mangler, Gunner, IG-D and Dengar, allowing him to shoot both his primary and cannon after missing a shot (and you use predator to make sure you miss). It's brutal and, so far, legal according to the latest FAQ. If you're going to an actual tournament, check with the TO for their view on it before showing up, it's only been confirmed by email by FFG staff that it works, so it could be a grey zone.

I tried a mirror match against my son, that was ridiculous!

JEEBUS

I might have to finally go buy a YV, just to fly that list. That is some nasty nast right there.

I am just going to assume that build is illegal until I see something more solid. No matter how many times I read the cards, I can't see it that way even when I try.

It's been so far confirmed as legit by the powers that be at FFG. I asked the TO for our coming regional to precheck, should I go that way, and the response was that while he didn't agree with it actually working, he got confirmation that it's legit.

Though I love the YV, our regional is way too close to wave 10 dropping and a field full of Kylo (because it's the new toy) would suck for Bossk. Two blinded pilots is all that's needed for Chiraneau to get behind him unscathed.

It is the definition of scummy though, I love it!

I can see how that works, if the effects are within the same timing window you get to choose the order of resolution. Hah that is scummy for sure!
Might try that this weekend. Wouldn't Moralo Eval be a bit better because of that wide arc? or are we just looking at the crit to double hit Mong cannon?

Crit to double hit with a mangler means that letting one go through to avoid further shots is actually 2 hits (if you so desire).

I thought this seemed fun.

100pts

Unkar Plutt (22) - Quadjumper
IG-88D (1), Engine Upgrade (4)

IG88-C (39) - Aggressor
Snap Shot (2), Tractor Beam (1), IG-2000 (0)

IG88-B (39) - Aggressor
Snap Shot (2), Tractor Beam (1), IG-2000 (0)

Had some results with a Ventress Bot though it's no top list...

Ventress : ptl, ig-88d, title, eu

IG-88C : ptl, adv. s., hlc, dempeners, title, at

On 1/30/2017 at 7:33 PM, Elrodthealbino said:

I am just going to assume that build is illegal until I see something more solid. No matter how many times I read the cards, I can't see it that way even when I try.

Agreed. The "immediately" condition on Gunner should prevent it from triggering after a shot from IG-88B triggers, since you opted to not use the "may immediately perform a primary weapon attack" option.

11 hours ago, bigunb said:

I thought this seemed fun.

100pts

Unkar Plutt (22) - Quadjumper
IG-88D (1), Engine Upgrade (4)

IG88-C (39) - Aggressor
Snap Shot (2), Tractor Beam (1), IG-2000 (0)

IG88-B (39) - Aggressor
Snap Shot (2), Tractor Beam (1), IG-2000 (0)

Sadly I don't think you can tractor beam someone into a snapshot

I played around with some builds in theory when the card was new but didn't get a lot of chances to try them out. The Moralo/IG B and the IG C/Boba seem the most obvious synergies, while a lot of others would require a bit of effort to work out. One I want to try is:

IG C

PTL, Title, Advanced Sensors, Auto Thrusters and BMST (though that's totally optional, I was throwing that on a lot of builds for a while and don't acutally use it much)

Dengar

PTL, IG Crew, Engine Upgrade, Punishing One Title, R4 Agromech.

You may want to switch out the BMST to upgrade the astromech or try another mix. I'm sure there's better builds out there but I love both pilots so I'd like to give it a shot.