Effective Dark Side Healer?

good points all, thanks for the feedback !

"Qeltar;31518" wrote:
There are no good dark side healers. The best you can do is Old Daka with Talia. And you need both, because even in PvE the AI likes to target Talia and she can't heal herself fast enough to keep up.

I found using both to be a determent to 3 star because the AI always focuses on Talia and she dies without ever using her heal and Daka's heal is on cool down from trying to heal Talia.

Daka is actually a decent healer when she's maxed. With 12.5k health she's actually the health-iest of my 5 starters. Especially since healing is based on a percentage of her max health she actually does decently.

Will she ever compete with Lumi or JC as your top healer? Well no. But for those DS missions she's the best you'll get.

But as others have said, her big sell are her stun and revive powers. And you can't play the hardest missions with only one healer anyway, so yes you need Talia too.

"James_SWGoH;76844" wrote:
I reckon they will bring out YODA as a healer cos he is on the cover and he is my favourite star wars character by far

That'd be awesome. Yoda is a darkside healer huh? ;)

"Wazlinski;76939" wrote:

"James_SWGoH;76844" wrote:
I reckon they will bring out YODA as a healer cos he is on the cover and he is my favourite star wars character by far

That'd be awesome. Yoda is a darkside healer huh? ;)

Clouds everything, the dark side does.

I disagree with everyone. The best healer for dark side missions is... NO ONE! Daka doesn't provide enough damage in missions to be useful, she just wastes a spot. Talia's heal is much better, but once you hit levels 5 and 6, especially hard, you're in fights where every enemy has a group attack. So once you use Talia's heal, she's dead, and there goes your 3 star.

So, the best way to clear, at least past 6 hard, on dark side missions is to go no healer. I like to lead with my 7 star Sidious. The crit chance and damage is the key to my strategy. I also have lots of friends that use IG-88, which I select as my support leader. Then I have Phasma for his instant team advantage, my First Order Tie Pilot and Dooku for their multi attacks. My last spot, I change around between a few, but right now Assaj Ventress. Sure, her main special is useless in PvE for the most part, but her group attack with instant CD and Rampage make her amazing at group clears. I have a tendancy to lower everyone's health depending on turn meter, then use her to finish off, that way she's constantly doing a full group attack.

The key for dark side PvE is to end every battle so quickly that you don't need a healer. Light side fighting is much different, you can lead with Luminara and take your sweet time. You also have attack healers like Ahsoka which are awesome. But if you're playing through missions relying on Talia or Daka either one, you're probably going to have to replay several times for 3 stars.

I run Talia and Old Daka for dark side battles, but I have only cleared thru stage 6 Hard, haven't tried stage 7 yet.

Just Get your characters to level VII and you won't have problems until 7ish.

You don't need healers on ds. Use a Droid team w Poggle and phasma and you'll power thru any mission lol

Level 70, 4*, gear level 7 Talia + 4 glass cannons got me through all the darkside missions. Go for high DPS and you won't even need any heals.