Thweek your experiences - How good is he?

By IG88E, in X-Wing

Someone has experiences with Thweek? I have played him a lot in the last two weeks. He is good and fun at once, although interestingly most of the time I choose the PS skill ability. My favourite build is with FCS and Autothrusters (30 points).

Other opinions?

I am very curious how he is doing ;)

Meh. He’s only about as ok as a normal starviper. Not that crazy.

Have not run him yet, but from my experience running quite a bit of guri he is getting Sensor Jammer + Thrusters.

The response from my vassal going friends is a resounding 'meh'. Either he's too low skill to leverage the ability he's gained or he's a high ps generic.

I've only flown him twice so far. First time he mimicked biggs ability and died the first round of combat after rolling 0 natural evades. Second game he mimicked dengar. Game came down to just those two, final round ended up with dengar at range 1, killed thweek, thweek's revenge shot killed dengar, I won the final salvo

How valuable is having the ship that moves last? With a decent initiative bid that's what you get. FCS and a curved barrel roll seems good on a ship moving last.

I think he can be very good value as a <30 point ace. The ability to mimic is additional utility.

He is a 27 3 attack 3 Agi ship with an OK dial. I think he is good for the points you pay.

Fun. Also Average but still fun. Guri is awesome though with the new titles.

Edited by Boom Owl

The first time I used him, my opponent ended up flying three Cartel Marauders and two Cartel Spacers.

Nothing like using a guy who specializes in stealing either pilot skill or pilot ability, then facing down five PS2 generics. :(

43 minutes ago, Ohnoeszz said:

How valuable is having the ship that moves last? With a decent initiative bid that's what you get. FCS and a curved barrel roll seems good on a ship moving last.

I think he can be very good value as a <30 point ace. The ability to mimic is additional utility.

Pretty valuable given how Nym ignited a massive ps race

With a bid, theewk will move after EVERY ship your opponent has. Probably the best way to get to arcdodging with those curvy barrel rolls

Not sure which abilities will be worth stealing over the PS, though. Was going to Biggs, because thrusters + stims Biggs is utter hilarity, but he'll be rarer now

Adv sensors, autothrusters thweek is pretty boss. Let's you basically please your ship where you want.

22 minutes ago, Crimsonwarlock said:

Adv sensors, autothrusters thweek is pretty boss. Let's you basically please your ship where you want.

True, but my experience told me that I urgently need modifiers after the barrel roll. So he is best for me with FCS

I've been disappointed. With only one action even at PS whatever the highest is, he's generally pretty uninspiring.

I prefer Guri.

At our local last night there were a lot of him around. Saw him copy Soontirs PS, and copy Poe and Talonbane’s abilities. Much hilarity abounded.

Edited by Dr Zoidberg

He's as good as you are.

Have played him 3 times and all 3 games have copied an amazing ability. Poe, Dengar, and Rey. Of those Rey was far and away the best. 3 agility with 2 rerolls and autothrusters is virtually impossible to hit.

I feel like competitively you want to have him with at least a 3 pt bid to guarantee you can go second after the opponent's aces. Though I do think there are certain abilities to take over PS, I feel like his PS stealing is where he will shine. Being able to always go 2nd even after your opponent brings VI'd aces is going to be big, as I've only ever found problems with the starviper hunting stuff that's higher PS than it.

I've used him a few times with FCS and autos and have copied abilities mostly.

-Miranda's is actually better at PS 4, imo.

-He's absolutely nuts when mimicking Omega Ace. His 3-4 crits absolutely shredded kylo in the batmobile.

-Howlrunner is good. A more nimble and sturdy platform.

-He's also awesome with Omega Leader's ability considering the FCS.

I look forward to playing him more!

Always take the PS and a bid. I prefer him with Advanced Sensors and Autothrusters. No mods suck. Always.

So gets a meh. He looked scary when paired with pre nerf Dengar. That lasted all of a couple play tests lol

1 hour ago, Rinzler in a Tie said:

Always take the PS and a bid. I prefer him with Advanced Sensors and Autothrusters. No mods suck. Always.

So gets a meh. He looked scary when paired with pre nerf Dengar. That lasted all of a couple play tests lol

So you’re complaining about no mods, but taking advanced sensors over FCS...

5 hours ago, VanderLegion said:

So you’re complaining about no mods, but taking advanced sensors over FCS...

Complaining? Get a life. It's a statement.

Adv. Sensors is better in this situation (with a bid) imo. But then that leaves his dice unmodified..

3 hours ago, Rinzler in a Tie said:

Complaining? Get a life. It's a statement.

Adv. Sensors is better in this situation (with a bid) imo. But then that leaves his dice unmodified..

So why not take FCS, and accept you sacrificed agility for, you know, mods?

3 hours ago, Rinzler in a Tie said:

Complaining? Get a life. It's a statement.

Adv. Sensors is better in this situation (with a bid) imo. But then that leaves his dice unmodified..

Normally I would say yes. But with a curve B-Roll, you don't really need Adv. Sensor in my opinion.

Or you're running Manaroo with him.

His ship looks cool, that's my experience

12 minutes ago, Cerve said:

Normally I would say yes. But with a curve B-Roll, you don't really need Adv. Sensor in my opinion.

Or you're running Manaroo with him.

This. Adv. Sensors is a bit overdose here