http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/108478/kookoo-for-dooku-puffs

Can you please review? Im struggling to make a competitive dooku build and could use pointers.

57 Count Dooku, Separatist Leader
37 Series II Destroyer Droid
20 General Whorm Loathsom
18 Lando Calrissian, Dashing Scoundrel
34 IG-86 Assassin Droid x2
10 San Hill
15 Mouse Droid x5
9 Ugnaught Demolitionist x3

I have modified the squad based on a few suggestions. I do like this build better, but dooku only has one body guard, lando, who i don't really want taking too much damage. Does anyone have any better suggestions?

The problem with "Dooku's bodyguard" is that they need to fill a number of roles: decent HP (to protect Dooku), decent damage output (to maximize Dooku's commander effect), relatively low cost (because they might not be able to maximize their own abilities on each activation due to enforced placement), and flexibility (hopefully, the option to actually DO something on their turn, regardless of what happens with Dooku).

In terms of balance, Lando IS one of the best bets, I think. For a few points more, Han Solo, Gambler is a decent option (more HP, but lower damage output, unless you can use Long Shot, but Evade and Accurate Shot might help balance things). The Talz Pirate has lower damage but higher HP and if someone is silly enough to get adjacent, you get Double Claw/Twin with Whorm. Dash Rendar (the original) and the Yuzzem are also reasonable options.

One thing you need to ask yourself, perhaps, is how the character(s) adjacent to Dooku will most often be used. What is their value? If you're looking for them to do a lot of damage, focus on that. If you're looking more to keep Dooku alive and the damage is secondary, focus on that. Point for point, the Gungan Bounty Hunter has the Hit Point ratio of the available pool, I think. This piece will do significantly less damage than Lando, but for the cost of Lando, you can get two of them (so, 80 HP vs 50). Much as I like the double IG Assassins, I could see dropping one of them out in favor of two Gungun Bounty Hunters, or something like that.

Maybe something like this?

http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/109751/bombad-dooku

I tried the B3 instead of the Destroyer Droid to get a few more points, and also went with Lobot for some flexibility. Something like this has two ranging attackers (one IG-86 and one B3), and also two shooters to stay near Dooku (Lando and a cheap Gungan BH). There are considerably fewer 3-point pieces, but you can bring either a bunch of them or a shooter via Lobot once you see what the opponent is playing.

Honestly, with Dooku's immediate reserves, I'm not sure that activation control will be much of an issue. I think you could even drop San Hill without much of a loss, and use those points to perhaps buy a few 3-pointers or to "upgrade" one of the shooters to something else.

If you're referring to gwek's squad, he didn't list his Lobot reinforcements, which would likely be more ugs/mice.

I guess thats the question... dooku has so many abilities... i guess its impossible to strongly utilize all of them. Just need to pick one and focus on it.

I like your suggestion, ill mess around with the Talz.

Honestly, I think Lobot, or another character with Reinforcements to offer similar flexibility, is key for a character like Dooku. Many of his abilities have a range of 6, so the squad your facing and the map your playing on have a HUGE impact on how to maximize Dooku.

The nice thing about the B3 vs a Mouse is that you don't have to worry about his attack! Just use Flamethrower or Missiles! (And, yes, the Destroyer Droid DOES have a +10 rather than a +8 attack, but that 2 point difference won't matter 90% of the time).

Although my initial instinct is that you might not need San Hill, I say go for it. With San Hill and Dooku, you have a 25% chance of pulling Reserves (which increases dramatically if you use Anticipation), so the chance of bringing in a BDO before you really need it is probably pretty good. (On the other hand, if you go with just Dooku, you can NEVER have San Hill, since Dooku's Reserves are for non-Uniques).

Unless you want to sub in Lobot or another character with Reinforcements for initial flexibility, I think what you've got right now is pretty strong. Might want to give it a little playtesting (both as is, and fine tuning with DD vs B3 and San Hill vs BDO) to see how it goes.

Good luck!

If you're doing a Reserves squad, Recon is pretty important. Recon+Anticipation (4 rolls) means you should get Reserves on average once per round if you also have San Hill. (It doesn't work out that way because you don't get double-reserves if both recon rolls get reserves, but it's a worthwhile investment.)