Everybody knows about Nom-bombs correct? Well I was just looking at the Gonk Power Droid, wondering how I could turn it into a bomb in the midst of my enemy's. After a little thought it occurred to me that I could try several strategies. So I'm wondering if anyone had tried this yet?

Walk a Gonk into and enemy formation and then blow it up. Get it adjacent to one, or more than one enemy character then target said enemy with a grenade. If your attack hit's then the Gonk would have to make a save or self destruct causing an additional 20 points of damage to said enemies.

Now I realize that an experienced player might figure out what your attempting and kill it before you can get it in place. However I think this could be doable. Now I realize they only have 4 speed. Marching it into the enemies squad would take a long time. So maybe use a Rebel Troop Cart to transport it across the map. You could use the Nikto Gunner on Desert Skiff and set 2 of them within walking distance of the enemy. Then shoot something that does splash damage to set off the Self Destruct 20.

Anyway, I was just curious if anyone ever tried this or not. So if you have please share your Gonk Bomb story and tell us how it worked out for you.

I'm thinking I will try this strategic dirty little trick on my son or brother the next time we have a match.

I prefer Kel Dor Bounty Hunters. They have Stealth and 40 HP so they can get there quicker and alive-er :) SD 40 is also that little bit sweeter....

quicker and alive-er Ya I figured it would work better with Kel Dor's. Plus the damage output would be higher. I was thinking that with the Gonk's, your opponent might not be as suspicious of them. If he or she see's Kel Dor's they could guess your strategy right away. But if they see Gonk's they might not give them a second thought Or might not see them as a threat. You could play it off like your using the Gonk's Power Coupling. (Extra attack SA) Then spring the self Destruct 20 on them. Cost wise they aren't that effective. But maybe as a secondary strategy they might have a chance. Kel Dor's are way better choices by far. My main thought was finding a second purpose for a mini that isn't used that often.

@ swinefeld, "Levitate to place the Gonk, then follow up with some type of area damage."
Now that's an idea, I like that one.

Ugnaught Boss Bomb's. I forgot about that CE, thanks EmporerDragon! I now have visions of my next swarm squad. I'll name it Uggie Death! Muawhahahaha

Ya this strategy can easily backfire, no doubt's there. You'd have to be smart in the placement of Gonk's. Keeping them in cover until the time is right. Kel-Dor's are the way to go for sure. Though the Ugnaught swarm bomb squad might have a decent chance. I'll try all three out just for the fun of it. But the Kel-Dor squad definitely has the best chance of success and the highest output damage wise.

Oh ya, it's always about the fun. Awesome, Thanks a lot for the strategy tips hothie! Excellent idea's, I like your thought process.

Sweet! Thanks for the idea huk.

Another thing to consider:

with any "Bombs" strategy, the one thing that many people forget is that they have to have a "trigger." If your opponent can just run away from your bomb and take an aoo, they likely will in order to set the bomb off without taking the SD damage. Especially if you're trying to use a Gonk as a bomb, your opponent will run away from it without any consequences because it doesn't do any damage, so it can't make an aoo. Grenades, Missiles, Flamethrower, various Force Powers, Muun Tactics Brokers are all devices that can be used as triggers, which is another reason I included Nym before, his Grenades act as a trigger to set the bomb off before your opponent can run away from it.

Yes thanks hothie, that has been a nagging doubt for me. What trigger I should be using. With Grenades 10 there is still the chance that the Gonk makes a save of 11 and doesn't detonate thus giving the enemy a chance to out distance the limited speed of the Gonk. And run for the hill's evading my Gonk Bomb. :( And then the fact that Gonk's don't have an attack. Much less and AoO.

For a Gonk Bomb squad, I'm thinking that with my opponent distracted by trying to avoid my Gonk's. That they will be using up activations. And that I should have a second or third fall back strategy in place to take advantage of any misplay's they might make. So even if the Gonk Bomb's don't cause any significant damage they might at least give me a chance to position better attacking mini's. Who could be doing lots of damage!

Consider using Tarpals in Republic combined with Cesta, Missiles, Grenades, and Flamethrower.
I personally perfer Flamethrower. Reason being, I created a squad using Kel Dors and old Boushh. I placed two Kels next to my opponents main threat and got Boushh within 6 for the grenades. The main threat took the damage but both Kels made their saves! The threat then backed away and blasted the one Kel, blowing them both up.
So...lesson learned: do not rely on saves! Use old Bossk with Flamethrower instead.

Cool, thanks for the tip's and strategy suggestions guys! Please keep them coming fella's.