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maybe it's mistake, but the preview clearly only shows the -1 ps adaptability card, giving a pretty strong indication that the +1 is on the other side.

also, I can't wait to give mara jade her stress back with 4-lom

So people are bemoaning the Zuckuss Pilot ability, but I think combined with the YV-666 pilot Latts Razzi, you can get the benefit without any negative and make his pilot ability much better.

I was thinking about a list like this
Zuckuss 28 points
-Veteran Instincts 1 point
-Fire Control Systems 2 points
-Stygian Particle Accelerator 2 points
-Cloaking Device 2 points
-Mist Hunter 0 points
-Tractor Beam 1 point

Latts Razzi 33 points
-Weapons Engineer 3 points
-Bossk 2 points
-Gunner 5 points
-Hounds Tooth 6 points

Binyare Pirate 12 points
-Feedback Array 2 points

That's 99 points. The last one can put Inertial Dampeners on the Hound's Tooth or 4-LOM crew in the Mist Hunter

Razzi's pilot ability lets you decrease the agility of whatever zuckuss is shooting at so he gets his extra die but the enemy doesn't get theirs. While Weapons Engineer, Bossk and Gunner make sure Razzi hits whatever she shoots at and keeps tossing out target locks for Zuckuss to use. The Hound's Tooth means she comes back after you kill her to keep supporting Zuckuss with her pilot ability. She's much less effective at it but still gets to take a target lock every turn and spend it on Zuckuss's attack to keep him operating as long as possible.
Zuckuss gets free target locks on whatever he's shooting, and a free evade whenever he cloaks or decloaks to add to his tankiness. The tractor beam will hardly ever get used but could change the game especially at PS9, and having the barrel roll action can mean the difference between life and death
And we all know how Bugzapper Zs work.

 bocatt wrote:
So people are bemoaning the Zuckuss Pilot ability, but I think combined with the YV-666 pilot Latts Razzi, you can get the benefit without any negative and make his pilot ability much better.

Err, no. You're still giving your opponent an extra green die because they would have even fewer dice if you just used the -1 agility effect and ignored Zuckuss' ability. Your combo does nothing.

Red dice, generally speaking, are better than green dice by one face. So giving your opponent an extra green to roll an extra red isn't a bad trade off. It's an optional ability, so you can always wait to use it until you have a more ideal shot (such as, you have a focus token and your opponent doesn't). Keep in mind that his ability is used "when attacking" not "when attacking with your primary weapon", so if he's flying the Mist Hunter and has a Tractor Beam, you can roll an extra die for that also. Or a Hot-Shot blaster, if for some reason you actually used that card.

 streamdragon wrote:
Red dice, generally speaking, are better than green dice by one face. So giving your opponent an extra green to roll an extra red isn't a bad trade off. It's an optional ability, so you can always wait to use it until you have a more ideal shot (such as, you have a focus token and your opponent doesn't). Keep in mind that his ability is used "when attacking" not "when attacking with your primary weapon", so if he's flying the Mist Hunter and has a Tractor Beam, you can roll an extra die for that also. Or a Hot-Shot blaster, if for some reason you actually used that card.

Fortunately, Scum have a lot of ways to deny their opponent focus tokens.