Here is some general information about the Borrow-A-Hero mechanics and how to progress in difficult LS/DS/Cantina battles: It is more important to look for quality over quantity when it comes to adding allies. If you're stuck on the later campaign missions it can be very helpful to borrow a maxed out character from one of your allies. If you don't have any strong allies, you can look for some players to add here and here. The most recent leader you used to complete a battle within an area (LS/DS/Cantina/Challenges) will be the leader that your allies can borrow from you for their respective areas. For example, if you complete a Light Side mission using Qui-Gon Jinn as your leader, your allies will be able to borrow your Qui-Gon the next time they attempt a Light Side battle. The system does have bugs as occasionally it will offer you a leader to borrow that your ally doesn't even use or have. You can only borrow characters which were not a part of your team in your most recent battle within that area. For example, let's say you complete a Dark Side battle with Sidious, Royal Guard, Geo Soldier, Phasma and IG-86. None of those 5 characters will be available to borrow as a leader the next time you go into a dark side battle. Since Sidious & Phasma are the most common dark side leaders, you will likely not see a lot of your allied leaders to borrow. Usually after borrowing a hero from an ally there is a 4 hour cooldown before you can borrow a hero from the same player again. However, if you complete a gear challenge (AGI, INT, STR Gear Challenges) then that cooldown is reset, allowing you to borrow a leader from the same user repeatedly until you run out of challenges. This is especially useful if you have few allies with strong heroes worth borrowing. In my opinion the best Dark Side heroes to borrow are Old Daka & Royal Guard and the best Light Side heroes to borrow are Barriss Offee, Ewok Elder & Old Ben. Also taunting characters are good to borrow as well, since your borrowed leader can die during a battle and as long as the rest of your team is alive at the end of the fight you will still 3-star the battle. Basically any character that helps your characters survive a round of attacks from the enemy. Unless of course you already have a tanky team composition that can survive a long time in which case you should be borrowing the highest damage dealer. You can 3-star a mission without a full squad of 5 players. This is beneficial if you have 2-3 really strong characters on your LS/DS teams but a big power gap between your next most powerful characters. You actually only need 1 character on your team to three-star a battle. I completed areas 1-3 on my alt account using only a single tanky leader and an OP maxed out character borrowed from my main account.I hope this helps, if you're stuck on a specific battle, post your roster and what level you're having issues with and I will try to give you some advice on how to beat it. Here is a video I created of me doing this exact process to complete the Hard Area 7 Dark Side Battles:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp26niibV3Y

Nice post TM. A lot of great answers to common questions that many people have here.

To bad they don't pin well written guides like this in the guides section. Unfortunately in a couple weeks it will be buried and questions will repeat again.

Thanks Great tips! I've already 3-starred everything but this will be super helpful when they unlock the next set of levels.Again - thank you!

I didn't know you couldn't borrow any of the toons you've used in your last mission. I thought it was just the leader. Good to know. Thanks for the effort! This should come in handy for most players.

"jkdmike;190298" wrote:I noticed characters without leader abilities never come up as options to borrow. I was under the impression that if you put for example...IG86 in your leader position just so others can use him...that he won't show up as an option because he doesn't have a leader ability. Anyone know if this is true?False, I have the option to borrow a JC from one of my allies.

oTradeMarko

9 years ago

Borrow-A-Hero Tips & Mechanics Explained

Here is some general information about the Borrow-A-Hero mechanics and how to progress in difficult LS/DS/Cantina battles:

It is more important to look for quality over quantity when it comes to adding allies. If you're stuck on the later campaign missions it can be very helpful to borrow a maxed out character from one of your allies. If you don't have any strong allies, you can look for some players to add here and here.
The most recent leader you used to complete a battle within an area (LS/DS/Cantina/Challenges) will be the leader that your allies can borrow from you for their respective areas. For example, if you complete a Light Side mission using Qui-Gon Jinn as your leader, your allies will be able to borrow your Qui-Gon the next time they attempt a Light Side battle. The system does have bugs as occasionally it will offer you a leader to borrow that your ally doesn't even use or have.
You can only borrow characters which were not a part of your team in your most recent battle within that area. For example, let's say you complete a Dark Side battle with Sidious, Royal Guard, Geo Soldier, Phasma and IG-86. None of those 5 characters will be available to borrow as a leader the next time you go into a dark side battle. Since Sidious & Phasma are the most common dark side leaders, you will likely not see a lot of your allied leaders to borrow.
Usually after borrowing a hero from an ally there is a 4 hour cooldown before you can borrow a hero from the same player again. However, if you complete a gear challenge (AGI, INT, STR Gear Challenges) then that cooldown is reset, allowing you to borrow a leader from the same user repeatedly until you run out of challenges. This is especially useful if you have few allies with strong heroes worth borrowing.
In my opinion the best Dark Side heroes to borrow are Old Daka & Royal Guard and the best Light Side heroes to borrow are Barriss Offee, Ewok Elder & Old Ben. Also taunting characters are good to borrow as well, since your borrowed leader can die during a battle and as long as the rest of your team is alive at the end of the fight you will still 3-star the battle. Basically any character that helps your characters survive a round of attacks from the enemy. Unless of course you already have a tanky team composition that can survive a long time in which case you should be borrowing the highest damage dealer.
You can 3-star a mission without a full squad of 5 players. This is beneficial if you have 2-3 really strong characters on your LS/DS teams but a big power gap between your next most powerful characters. You actually only need 1 character on your team to three-star a battle. I completed areas 1-3 on my alt account using only a single tanky leader and an OP maxed out character borrowed from my main account.

I hope this helps, if you're stuck on a specific battle, post your roster and what level you're having issues with and I will try to give you some advice on how to beat it. Here is a video I created of me doing this exact process to complete the Hard Area 7 Dark Side Battles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp26niibV3Y

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TelaanLightwave
9 years ago
Nice post TM. A lot of great answers to common questions that many people have here.
scuba75
Seasoned Rookie
9 years ago
To bad they don't pin well written guides like this in the guides section. Unfortunately in a couple weeks it will be buried and questions will repeat again.
awakened1130
Seasoned Newcomer
9 years ago
Thanks Great tips! I've already 3-starred everything but this will be super helpful when they unlock the next set of levels.

Again - thank you!
Azraelrulez
9 years ago
I didn't know you couldn't borrow any of the toons you've used in your last mission. I thought it was just the leader. Good to know.

Thanks for the effort! This should come in handy for most players.
GizTwo
9 years ago
"jkdmike;190298" wrote:
I noticed characters without leader abilities never come up as options to borrow. I was under the impression that if you put for example...IG86 in your leader position just so others can use him...that he won't show up as an option because he doesn't have a leader ability. Anyone know if this is true?

False, I have the option to borrow a JC from one of my allies.
scuba75
Seasoned Rookie
9 years ago
I "think" it limits the number that show up. Leave and go back in and sometimes it shows new ones.
HappyFeetBaller
9 years ago
"oTradeMark;19343" wrote:
Here is some general information about the Borrow-A-Hero mechanics and how to progress in difficult LS/DS/Cantina battles:

You can 3-star a mission without a full squad of 5 players. This is beneficial if you have 2-3 really strong characters on your LS/DS teams but a big power gap between your next most powerful characters. You actually only need 1 character on your team to three-star a battle. I completed areas 1-3 on my alt account using only a single tanky leader and an OP maxed out character borrowed from my main account.

I hope this helps, if you're stuck on a specific battle, post your roster and what level you're having issues with and I will try to give you some advice on how to beat it. Here is a video I created of me doing this exact process to complete the Hard Area 7 Dark Side Battles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp26niibV3Y

Regarding this point - don't you mean you can 1 star a battle without a full squad? I know you can lose the borrowed ally and still get 3 stars but lose one of your team and you lose a star, lose 2 and you lose 2 stars.
And you can't enter a battle without a full squad of 5 if you have 5+ available
oTradeMarko
9 years ago
"Telaan;189975" wrote:
Nice post TM. A lot of great answers to common questions that many people have here.

Thank you

"scuba;189986" wrote:
To bad they don't pin well written guides like this in the guides section. Unfortunately in a couple weeks it will be buried and questions will repeat again.

I think the issue is people only go in General rather than sub-sections. I try to reference previous guides I've written as responses to commonly asked questions.

"Awakened1130;190103" wrote:
Thanks Great tips! I've already 3-starred everything but this will be super helpful when they unlock the next set of levels.

Again - thank you!

You're welcome
fantazhi
9 years ago
"scuba;189986" wrote:
To bad they don't pin well written guides like this in the guides section. Unfortunately in a couple weeks it will be buried and questions will repeat again.

we would end up with too many pins. I wish they would pin 1 thread linking ALL the guides in some sort of orderly form.

they need to hire a secretary for this forums, it definitely lacks.

Nice post OP, learned things I did not know!! thanks for it.
scuba75
Seasoned Rookie
9 years ago
"Fantazy;192701" wrote:

we would end up with too many pins. I wish they would pin 1 thread linking ALL the guides in some sort of orderly form.

they need to hire a secretary for this forums, it definitely lacks.

There would definitely need some deciding by a sec or mod as to what should get pinned but guides on mechanics of the game is what I would pin, especially since can't get an official response or guide.

A guide of this is how you get number 1 or this is how you beat GW I would not expect to be pinned as they are very subjective.

@oTradeMark I now refer anyone to this thread that asks questions.