I've always played Rebels and Imperial and have only recently started playing with Scum, so I need tips. I've always wanted to use Palob because I think his ability is really good but I don't know which turret to use. TLT seems like it has imperfect synergy as his ability works at range 1 and 2, Synced Turret could use the focus he steals but only if I also use Deadeye, and even then his primary is only 1, and my thought process goes on and on like this. What do you guys use?

As someone who uses TLT on Palob, the way I view it is a "d@mned if you do, d@mned if you don't" scenario. You wanna stay out of range of Palob's ability? Fine, I'll poke you to death. You wanna get in my range bubble? Okay, I'll take what green tokens you leave lying around. And there is also the range 2 butter zone where I can do both.

That said, if that style is not for you, I'd honestly suggest the Synched turret. With Deadeye, I believe it to be far superior to the blaster turret on the basis of not having to spend the focus token to fire alone. Even if you never use the arc clause on the synched turret, I still think it is a better investment.

For the same price, an Ion Turret might be an interesting pick in this meta, but he won't be contributing much to raw damage output.

I really like the Ion Cannon Turret on Palob. I've been pretty successful with it over the years, under various combinations of EPT and crew. It makes him a fantastic control piece, and can really mess up the target priority, and action economy, of a two ship list.

TLT is still a good choice, regardless of the R1 bubble. At R3 he's a threat, and at R2 he's a bigger threat. I think if you're flying him with TLT, you just want to keep him relatively close to a buddy to cover him.

Synced with Deadeye is fine. I'm just not crazy about losing the EPT opportunity to make it work at it's best though.

The rest I have very little time for. The HWK is too fragile (and undergunned) a frame to go using an AB turret effectively. Dorsal is just poor value here, and Blaster is outclassed by Synced.

TLT pretty much is the best for consistent damage.

But I wouldn't mind seeing the occasional ion turret show back up. Might be interesting.

If you want a really janky Palob build, try him with Intensity, Recon Spec, Blaster Turret, Vectored Thrusters, and Moldy Crow, Illicit-to-taste.

First few rounds are spent gathering focus, and then he just turns into a barrel-rolling monster.

It is like Ion Cannon Turret for Horton Salm. The Ability is good but you end up losing a lot of it.

Now if you are looking for synergy just the fact that Palob can take focus and evade tokens from any enemy range 1-2 means you can use it defensively and use TLT offensively. However if you are going for pure offense than Torkil Mux with TLT and hotshot co-pilot might be better at striping away tokens.

Cloak and Autoblaster are a fun if expensive and unreliable combo. TLT is the way to go so your ship is effective at all range bands, there are few things worse than being unlikely to dish out any damage while taking all of it.

TLT. Not just because it's the best turret, but because it compliment's Palob threat range. Range 3? Get TLT'd. Range 1? Lose your token. Range 2? Rekt.

Poor Blaster Turret, no one loves you. Even tho it's just fun to suck up someone's focus and shoot then in the face with it.

TLT on a HWK unless you don't have the points or your last name is Bonearm. Synced has replaced BT and dorsal is only for truely cheap builds. ABT is married to AC at the moment and it's still their honeymoon.

TLT.

It's just better than everything else available by so much it's not funny.

dorsal, blaster, or if you wanna spend a little more, ion. TLT is too expensive and half the time, if you're shooting it, it means you didn't fly palob right.

My money is on Torkhil Mux instead of Palob, with TLT and Dengar crew. For 28 points you have an almost guaranteed 2 hits per round against Nym or Miranda and they really don't want to be PS0 so that 1-2 range exclusion range keeps the bombs away as well.

What tlt to use in the tlt slot?

Personally I would go with tlt or tlt

6 hours ago, Crabbok said:

But I wouldn't mind seeing the occasional ion turret show back up. Might be interesting.

Ion cannon turrets are old favourites of mine.

6 hours ago, Innese said:

If you want a really janky Palob build, try him with Intensity, Recon Spec, Blaster Turret, Vectored Thrusters, and Moldy Crow, Illicit-to-taste.

First few rounds are spent gathering focus, and then he just turns into a barrel-rolling monster.

That's insane in the most wonderful way.

Am I missing something about deadeye? I thought it was used for missiles and torps, I didn't think you could spend a focus to re.roll dice, or am I opening up something that people don't agree on ...

1 hour ago, JediRush24 said:

Am I missing something about deadeye? I thought it was used for missiles and torps, I didn't think you could spend a focus to re.roll dice, or am I opening up something that people don't agree on ...

Not for rerolls. The Synched Turret requires a target lock to fire. Deadeye can change the "Attack(Target Lock)" requirement to the "Attack(focus)" one. The rerolls come from the Turret itself.

I've been using the following list for casual play around my local stores for a while.

For the first few rounds you want to focus battery with Palob but after that I've very rarely had a problem with running out of focus tokens for the blaster turret.

Aww crap ... I need to rtfc better about synced turret, and need to apologize to the guys in my league for playing that card wrong .. ugh thank you tho!

1 hour ago, Lonestar83 said:

I've been using the following list for casual play around my local stores for a while.

For the first few rounds you want to focus battery with Palob but after that I've very rarely had a problem with running out of focus tokens for the blaster turret.

Kavil — Y-Wing	24
Predator	3
Twin Laser Turret	6
Unhinged Astromech	1
Vectored Thrusters	2
Ship Total: 36
Dace Bonearm — HWK-290	23
Adaptability	0
Ion Cannon Turret	5
Dengar	3
Ship Total: 31
Palob Godalhi — HWK-290	20
Predator	3
Blaster Turret	4
Recon Specialist	3
Moldy Crow	3
Ship Total: 33

I've won a few tournaments with a very similar list!

Drop Vectored Thrusters on Kavil, give him Bomb Loadout, Extra Munitions, and Prox Mines.

Swap Dace out for Torkil with Dengar & TLT.

Palob gets TLT, Moldy Crow, Predator, and 4-LOM.

6 consistent damage every round.

Palob shouldn't even have a turret.. he needs a canon.

29 minutes ago, That Blasted Samophlange said:

Palob shouldn't even have a turret.. he needs a canon.

Ion Cannon Turret.

Sorted.

1 hour ago, NakedDex said:

Ion Cannon Turret.

Sorted.

I take it you didn't catch my spelling of canon. This was a subtle reference to Palob Godalhi being an anagram for Pablo Hidalgo.

Opportunist, Sync Turret, K4 Droid, Moldy Crow, Engine Upgrade.

Enjoy!

49 minutes ago, That Blasted Samophlange said:

I take it you didn't catch my spelling of canon. This was a subtle reference to Palob Godalhi being an anagram for Pablo Hidalgo.

Dictionary

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can·on¹

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noun

1. 1.

   a general law, rule, principle, or criterion by which something is judged.

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   synonyms:

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2. 2.

   a collection or list of sacred books accepted as genuine.

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Truthfully, I didn't. I'm mid way through a 12 night shift after only 2 hours sleep from my previous one. My perception is less than stellar right now, and I still have 6 hours to go...