Thermal detonators need to be reworked

I think the most exciting thing to do with detonators is make them "risky" (since they can be dodged, resisted, or cleansed) but with a worthy cost. Make them do more damage or inflict a powerful debuff like stagger or something. Then use characters like zam to help trigger them.

Btw I think the devs changed the offense stats to give bonus potency to detonators. Should really help them land(?). And also worth noting, bounty hunter detonator teams arent too bad as they are anyway.

Are they really as bad as you say? Nudge that 50% down to 15-20% unless you're throwing them at the rancor. They're essential for jawas because scavenger can AoE pop them and inflict debuffs, and bounty hunters can have them popped one after another and have incredible potency for them to stick, so for these two teams that need them the two turns for damage is a moot point. They can't be countered and do more damage to high health toons (pretty much the two types of toons that you'd want to save for last). Every debuff other than zVaders dots can be cleansed.

Obviously they aren't the greatest attack, but you guys are making it seem likes its Barris' basic. They are no where near as bad as everyone makes them out to be

Totally agree with OP. Been running boba lead with zam and greedo and sometimes adding jawa e as he can add thermals every turn. They need a little more oomph...