5/15 bump - Monday Edition since weekend was busy with Mother's Day! Hope all the moms out there had a great weekend! :)
Pretty big changes are afoot in the Galaxy of Heroes....
Headlines & Hot Takes:
- R2MFD2....less than 2 weeks old and not an easy gear for many, the little droid cracks in the top 10 (#10) in character usage, passing Sith Assassin, Boba, and Vader at 19% usage. Definitely see R2 pushing to #6 most used eventually, moving past Kylo, Savage, and EP. This one will be fun to watch. He's already had a tremendous impact on the game and has actually brought back WIGGS to a degree - Wedge is the big winner in leader usage trend this week as noted below and that's all due to R2D2
- 3x Cleanse is still far and away your most used individual comp
- The components of 3x cleanse (DN, GK, Chaze, Rex) comprise your top 5 most used characters and the dropoff from them to zDM is getting very large (43% vs. 28%) - the game is opening up a chasm in terms of tiered character usage
- Rex leader usage is actually UP from last week at 42% (vs. 40% last week) - so even as DM plummets in to oblivion (down to 28% from 36% last week) Rex is GAINING share! Never doubt THE REX - he's been breaking backs for over a year now. Farm that man!
- Pure dark side is really on the ropes here - they are in terrible need of a strong Tarkin rework, a Thrawn release, or....I don't know :) If Luke's arrival is upon us.....turn out the lights...the party's over!
Arena Leaders:
- zDM continues his hard slide, now down to 28% usage - he's losing support daily and this number probably goes below 10% at some point not too long from now
- Rex is maintaining and modestly gaining support even as zDM fades away in to eventual irrelevance
- WEDGE!!! Yes, his orange pajama pants are back! His trend is on a huge uptick at the moment, going from irrelevance in the past months to the clear #3 leader at 7% usage. No other lead under the zDM / Rex era has been able to crack 5% that I've noticed, which is where DN and Jinn are currently. Absolutely Wedge is a direct benefactor of R2 and the huge stat push and smoke screen ability.
Rank 1 Squad Comp
- 3x Cleanse + DN is still far and away the #1 overall comp at 336 counts / 64%...those numbers are actually UP from last week, so this team is still pushing up
- zDM squad is 2nd at 85 counts / 16%
- Rex led squads make up 3 of the top 4 builds
- The top non-Rex / zDM lead is a wedge comp with GK / R2 and Chaze - 55 counts and 11% - 6th most popular overall
- R2 impact: 4 of the 10 most popular individual builds have R2 in the team - huge impact from R2
Character Usage
- DN still far and away #1 used character at 76% - his support has held above 75% for weeks now
- GK holding strong at 51% usage - steady from last week
- CHAZE - as expected, the dynamic duo continue to gain usage and are up to 44/43% compared to 39/38% last week. This number has potential to go much higher, but is just restrained to the extent more players can readily farm / build the duo, but this usage rate I would expect to get over 50% easily with legit upside even after 50%. These guys are solidly above the remainder of the roster and any player really serious about ranking 1 for now and in the long-term would do well to have them farmed and built.
- Rex rounds out the top 5 at 43% usage tied with Chirrut
- Your 6-10 are Maul, EP, Kylo, Savage and.....R2!!!! Impressive TOP 10 standing for the droid that's less than 2 weeks old. Already blew past superstars like Sith Assassin, Boba, and Darth Vader!!! Wow - huge release right there and for free to a large % of the playerbase.
