Advice against Rebel Nym with Trajectory Simulator, Proton Bombs, EM, and Genius?

It was a friendly game and I'm not bent out of shape, just seems like there might be a better way for me to go about it other than crying and setting myself on fire.

Out PS? Swarm? Splash acid on my face?

Not interested in Git Gud Metaspeak; thanks in advance for any help!

High p.s. missle,. And a good celebratory bourbon.

A swarm is most certainly not the way to go, as all it will take is a single Proton Bomb lobbed into your face to ruin your day. Your best bet would be to just try and out-health the potentially minimal damage from the Proton Bombs. In that vein, something like Double Ghosts + Ship, Double Decimators, or a pair/trio of Resistance Bombers would have more than enough beef to tank those bombs.

I'm going to ignore list options for the time being and just talk about piloting....

1 - You need to approach from an angle rather than head on. It is a bad situation if you come straight at him and give him the option of trajectory simming without genius.

2 - Some lists need to stick close together, but if yours doesn't splitting up and closing on Nym from different angles should give you good shots and keep you from getting more than 1 crit per bomb.

3 - Eat the crits and hit back harder. If he is flying towards you and launching bombs, come in as fast as you can and unload all your firepower. Scurrgs go down hard to concentrated fire and you can win by accepting a hit to raze it.

Was there any turret on the ship? If yes, it is more difficult to focus down due to the possibility of being ps kited, but it is an even juicier target pointwise. What are/were you using against it?

Its just two proton bombs you are worried about?

1 minute ago, Ohnoeszz said:

I'm going to ignore list options for the time being and just talk about piloting....

1 - You need to approach from an angle rather than head on. It is a bad situation if you come straight at him and give him the option of trajectory simming without genius.

2 - Some lists need to stick close together, but if yours doesn't splitting up and closing on Nym from different angles should give you good shots and keep you from getting more than 1 crit per bomb.

3 - Eat the crits and hit back harder. If he is flying towards you and launching bombs, come in as fast as you can and unload all your firepower. Scurrgs go down hard to concentrated fire and you can win by accepting a hit to raze it.

Was there any turret on the ship? If yes, it is more difficult to focus down due to the possibility of being ps kited, but it is an even juicier target pointwise. What are/were you using against it?

Exactly what I was after, thanks!

I did manage to spread out a bit, and even some of my positioning tempted him into not detonating his own bomb for fear of hitting himself.

My friend was flying Nym with a Resistance Bomber, so there was lots of incoming bombs; while I managed to avoid quite a few, by the time his silos were depleted it was an easy mop up for him. Nym had an ion turret but really was only able to use it a couple times.

5 minutes ago, wurms said:

Its just two proton bombs you are worried about?

Four, with Extra Munitions. :/ ...then silos on his Resistance Bomber.

Wait what. How does trajectory thingie work. Could I lob 5 proton bombs to someone’s face with punishers?

1 hour ago, Velvetelvis said:

High p.s. missle,. And a good celebratory bourbon.

Or a nice single malt Scotch?

Ionize him. He can't reveal a dial if he's ionized. No dial = no bomb drop/launch. Combo that with some kind of stress mechanic and now you're cookin' with gas!

Or just wait for the FAQ to say genius can't launch bombs, only drop them. Some TO's have been ruling it that way

6 hours ago, Blail Blerg said:

Wait what. How does trajectory thingie work. Could I lob 5 proton bombs to someone’s face with punishers?

4, but your Punisher dies before the second one :/