I‘m looking forward to the upcoming Director Krennic Crewcard and hope that he will help phantoms a bit. I think the Decimator is a good carrier for Krennic.

I want to fly the standard whisper build: VI, FCS, Kallus, ACD (41pts.)

Oicunn is a bit tricky. I have 4 builds but I’m unsure which one is the best...

1. Bump Build (59pts. = 100 pts. total)

Captain Oicunn (42)
Daredevil (3)
Director Krennic (5)
BoShek (2)
Inspiring Recruit (1)
Engine Upgrade (4)
Dauntless (2)

Flying right into the opponent and hit him twice with daredevil. Loose double stress with I. Recruit. High mobility build.

2. Support Build (58pts. = 99 total)

b]Captain Oicunn (42)[/b]
Intimidation (2)
Director Krennic (5)
BoShek (2)
Intelligence Agent (1)
Engine Upgrade (4)
Dauntless (2)

Combination between Boshek and intel could be really powerful to make good use of intimidation.

3. Bomb Build (58pts. = 99 total)

Captain Oicunn (42)
A Score to Settle (0)
Extra Munitions (2)
Director Krennic (5)
Intelligence Agent (1)
Cluster Mines (4)
Anti-Pursuit Lasers (2)
Dauntless (2)

I‘m unsure with this because I think it’s hard to setup. But it could be really funny when bumps and bombs working together.

4. Palp build (58pts. = 99 total)

Captain Oicunn (42)
Determination (1)
Emperor Palpatine (8)
Director Krennic (5)
Dauntless (2)

Helps Whisper a lot. Determination can be swapped out for a score to settle. But I don’t like the missing Engine Upgrade.

What Build do you prefer? Do you have other ideas?

Thanks!!

I'd really be nervous about A Score to Settle on Oicunn. With high hull and no agility, it'll mean eating a lot of crits, which can often be nasty.

I've flown Daredevil/IR, and enjoyed it at times.

For the Palp-Oicunn, I think I'd go with Ion Projector instead of Dauntless. If they bump you, you can Palp the Ion Projector die to a hit or crit, to lock them into a 1-straight. Dial in the 1-speed maneuver which will cause you to bump them. Repeat when they bump into you on their Ion move.

I'm kind of interested in finding a way to bring Kylo Ren. Whisper needs some amount of protection, and using I'll Show You The Dark Side seems like a decent way to get there. Plus, higher-PS ships than Whisper frequently rule the skys in X-Wing. Being able to try to force a PS-0 crit onto an enemy Nym can go a long way towards keeping Whisper alive.

The other thing I want to bring up is the concept of going Gunner on Whisper. It'd be easy to use the Optimized Prototype to spend a hit to ensure a miss, then have a TL on the second shot for a stronger attack. Kallus is certainly going to be stronger on defense, and that likely will go a long way, though, on a Whisper which, while she becomes 25% healthier, is still quite fragile.

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One more one last thing: I don't think it'd be too bad to save the points and go for a Patrol Leader. Emperor/Krennic/Engine seems like it'd be reasonable.

BUMP BUILD. Bump build bump build bump build. That is, in my opinion, far and away the most effective of your options here.

Though...Fig's suggestion of Gunner (Buzzsaw) Whisper with the Condition is v e r y tempting. You could use that build, plus RAC with Kylo, Krennic, and VI. That could be very fun