June 11 Bump...
My plan is to bump this every 2 weeks and then down the road as we sink deep in this meta maybe just once per month...but hit some big milestones on the meta report today that I thought were worth memorializing.
- Rex lead is now at 50% usage! Has any lead ever hit 50%? I don't recall Maul making it there - he was in the mid to high 40s at his peak I believe (someone can correct me here though) - that's up from 48% usage last week...there's no stopping the Rex train!
- Maul's leader usage is now sub-20% and sits at 19%...
- ....with Wedge!!! gaining fast at 15%! How's that for a meta shakeup from R2? So good he brought back Wedge as a lead and made Biggs viable again. Wedge is the 3rd most used lead now. Looks like it's inevitable that Wedge passes Maul in the next few weeks. Maul's usage likely is headed in the <10% range
- The Great Chasm of 2017 is in full swing with no signs of slowing...DN character usage is at 75%, GK is at 63%, Baze is 53%, Rex / Chirrut at 51%...and R2 has finally cracked 40% as expected and sits at 41%...the next highest usage character is Kylo at just 23%, then EP and DM at 20% each and sinking weekly
Now, unless Thrawn is really nasty The Great Chasm is only going to widen. We need to know more on his kit, but assuming Thrawn is good but not a gamechanger in arena like DN / Chaze / GK / Rex / R2 (so Tarkin-level arena), I think by the middle of July you'll likely see DN and GK both in the 70%+ usage range, Chaze will be 60%+, and R2 will be 50%+ ... Rex will hover in the 50% range and all except a handful of the rest of the roster will check in below 20% usage ... and nothing will slow this build's usage rate down unless a specific counter is released to address it. Drop in a jedi / rebel Luke in Aug with a great Jedi / LS / Rebel leader skill and you'll almost assuredly be looking at a locked-in meta of Luke/Chaze/R2/GK for 4-6 months after Luke's release. Quite possible we don't see any meaningful meta shift for another 6+ months until TLJ is released. Will be interesting to watch the numbers as always :)
