"Leebo" (98)
Bistan (14)
C-3PO (12)
Outrider (14)

Kyle Katarn (38)
Perceptive Copilot (10)
Moldy Crow (12)

Total: 198

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I'm quite proud of myself for this one.

Kyle in the HWK hangs back, banks focus, and sends it to Leebo when the fur starts flying and Leebo gets in the rocks to clear stress / target locks / jam tokens while double tapping with Bistan.

I do have a 2-point bid, and I'm fine with adding a Talent on Kyle, but I'd appreciate input on that point. I'd plop an Engine Upgrade on Kyle in a heartbeat, but it's three points ?

Thoughts?

My only suggestion would be Trick Shot, definitely on Leebo. Overall, it looks really rather effective.

2 minutes ago, Greebwahn said:

My only suggestion would be Trick Shot, definitely on Leebo. Overall, it looks really rather effective.

Leebo can't take talents

Oh curses I had forgotten

Another take on the same archetype:

"Leebo" (98)
Bistan (14)
C-3PO (12)
Outrider (14)

"Dutch" Vander (42)
Expert Handling (2)
Proton Torpedoes (9)
R3 Astromech (3)
Shield Upgrade (4)

Total: 198

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After I drew up the first list I realized that the focus for Leebo may be overkill, since it really only works if you were to need three calculate tokens on attack or two on defense, since if he spends at least one on the attack he'll still have one on defense, which will still get him two evade results about half of the time.

What Leebo *doesn't* have ready access to, however, is target locks. With that in mind, I switched out Kyle Katarn for Dutch Vander. He's probably more survivable with almost double the health and definitely has more punch with the reloadable proton torpedoes. He also provides Leebo with something he otherwise lacks - easy access to target locks.

Thoughts?

Overkill or not, Leebo needs to be focused to trigger Bistan... ?

5 minutes ago, ryfterek said:

Overkill or not, Leebo needs to be focused to trigger Bistan... ?

Getting this from Kyle's ability right?

1 minute ago, FriendofYoda said:

Getting this from Kyle's ability right?

That was in regard to @knute's idea. That aside, I'm not a fan of this build where half of the damage output of the YT depends on the fragility of the 5HP HWK...

39 minutes ago, ryfterek said:

That was in regard to @knute's idea. That aside, I'm not a fan of this build where half of the damage output of the YT depends on the fragility of the 5HP HWK...

He can remove Perceptive and give the HWK an extra hull and extra shield.

So I realized the Leebo + Dutch list doesn't work because Bistan needs focus to work ?

The local TO ruled Dash gets to benefit from the entirety of the Outrider's ability, so I ended up running Dash + Kyle Katarn. I'll be posting about it in the BatRep forum. Suffice it to say that the list is strong, and resilient to pilot error, but I have a feeling the correct course of action for opponents is to vape the HWK first because lack of a focus battery significantly hampers Dash's combat effectiveness. Thankfully my opponent focused (pun not intended) on Dash and the HWK - miraculously - was able to bring Luke down to half health and win a narrow 159-140 victory.

I have a feeling the Leebo + Katarn list would be much more fragile since Leebo has no way to turn on Bistan if Katarn dies. I like Leebo+Threepio, but I think it needs a different wingman.