Geared Magma Trooper Viable?

"Darth_L_Jackson;404939" wrote:
I actually love Magmatrooper! I've been using him since like level 74. Outside of an Empire squad he is pretty good assuming you can get the ton of stun cuffs that he needs. I eventually put together an Empire squad and this is where he shines. The 30% buff from Vader and the additional -10% TM from the leader ability makes him even better. His damage gets bumped to about 3k (critical hits are in the 5k).

He is also a great counter to Fives. When Fives attempts to constantly apply speed down on Magmatrooper it only speeds him up. One time Magmatrooper went like 4 times in a row because Fives kept trying to debuff him. Besides this being one of my favorite abilities, I absolutely love the fact that he has a ton of protection unlike his brother Stormtrooper. If Magma had a taunt that would be even better.

Only complaint I have is that his AoE does not do critical damage and sometimes the enemy resists his AoE TM reduction but it works for the most part. Even without the critical damage it still applies a good amount of hurting. I once used him with a Vader lead and a Poggle offense buff and it was almost applying 4k in damage per enemy. I would highly recommend him only if you have already gotten your Phasma, Poggle, Lumi, etc.

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I am building empire team I'm almost done well except for Vader who is In g9 at 5 star. The main thing I see with Magmatrooper is he needs potency that aoe needs to work on at least a couple enemy and I just don't see it. I been running Vader lead Stormtrooper Phasma RG ig88 and win for great percentage against meta teams but drop on defense pretty badly. Magma just don't cut The mustard right now can't even lick the jar. Stormtrooper gains potency up to 80 percent in g9 why so high for him magma needs that makes me wander if mistake and was intended for magma.