So which piece do YOU think is the best door control mini (be it, Satchel Charge, Door Gimmick, Over Ride or Shatter Beam) and why?

Outside of the almost required 3 point Uggie for Satchel Charge my favorite door blower has to be the Juggernaut War Droid, with Flight and Mobile he can open doors at distances uggies would never reach in a turn or two and open up shooting lanes for your squad...plus I think he's an underrated piece who can throw your opponent off if they aren't paying attention to the fact that you indeed DO NOT have any uggies on your squad and catch them off gaurd when they forget you can smash a door across the board they jsut set piece near thingking they were safe. Plus he is a decent shooter with Sonic Stunner too, which is a nifty SA to catch your opponent off guard too...
They're worth 6 uggies HP wise and only give up the cost of 3 (I rounded down) uggies add with that Mobile and I don't have to worry about an almost auto 3 points for my opponent after I blast the door. Typically 1 JWD is enough for blowing doors but running 2 can really open things up (see what I did there? lol), but I wouldn't put any more than that into MY squad. largest down side he is faction restricted unless you use Kazdan or Wat Tambor and roll those 5, 10, 15, 20's to bring them in, next is the droid SA which restricts his ability to benifit from CE's unlike the 3pt Evading Mobile Uggies I have come to love to hate! (blast you General Rieekan!) but otherwise for me I'd have to go with this mini for my #1 door control piece.

Still can't beat the ol' Uggie. We were worried about how the counter to Override was going to happen, but a 3 pt fig was the way to do it. Of course, that was when we only had to worry about Double Override. It can get a bit rediculous now, with the R7.

There's no reason not to have an Ugnaught in your squad ever - or at the very least the option to bring one in with Lobot. But it might as well be in your base squad, because I don't think there's any squad or map where an Ugnaught won't be potentially helpful. If you don't have one, you risk losing control of the game.

R2-D2 Astromech Droid is the best piece with door control though - a total bargain at 9 points, and helps define the way Republic plays.

"Shoot the blast doors, kid"

Anyway, door control is more then just locking a door closed. Doors were a unique aspect of the game, vs DDM. Keeping doors open is an important factor in the game, even without Override.

Imperial Engineer.


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R2D2, Astromech Droid by a landslide. His ridiculous utility and cost-effectiveness is rivaled only by Mas Ameda and Mouse Droids.

Exactly, Luke and Leia would never have jammed a door and hid behind it while trying to rope across the chasm, that would just be cowardly!

And Luke and Vader's fight in Empire definitely was not directed by door control!

There are many ways door control is used in the films so I wouldn't be so dismissive of it. Game mechanics aside (and Sithborg is right there) it had a big effect on the Star Wars storylines so should rightfully have a place in the miniatures game.

Now, all we need is some kind of mechanic/special ability to close a door when the rancor is standing in the doorway lol...

that would practically make satchel charge self-defeating for uggies and human engineers

"Close the blast doors! Open the blast doors!"

I'm gonna go with the the OP and say the JWD. Shatterbeam is so much more useful than satchel charge, and your piece won't get shot to bits after using it.

I like Doombot because of the added benefit of tow cable. Next I like the R-7 for the cost, Then Lobot , the Clobot. My Favorites.