Talk:Trick Shot/@comment-82.26.141.127-20170103153616/@comment-454133-20170103164833

It's not OP; it takes up your elite slot, so you're likely only going to use it if you're out of points and don't care about your PS.

It only activates when your attack is obstructed, so when you're shooting through an asteroid/debris or a ship with Tactical Jammer. The opponent will be rolling 1 additional defense die, and you'll be rolling one additional attack die. Attack dice have a slight odds advantage over defense dice, and this advantage widens considerably if you can reroll/focus your attack but your opponent can't focus his defense roll.

So there are scenarios where it's decently helpful, but you have to do something like firing a focused attack through an asteroid at a ship with no focus token to get any sizeable bonus. That's not something you get to do often. Compare this with winning the PS battle with VI or Adaptability, for example, and you can see it's a gamble to take Trick Shot, but it could pay off.

See also Dice.