Full update - 8/19 - last full update was July 22 with a few mini bumps in between
Unlike last update, we have seen tremendous changes in the meta over the last 4+ weeks. Mainly, Rex has now given up his most used leader status to CLS and...DN is no longer the most used hero in the game - in fact he's now no longer even the 2nd most used. That honor belongs to R2! Speaking of R2 - he's now achieved hall of fame usage status and is in 70% of all rank 1 squads. Since tracking the report, only DN and GK have been able to cross the 70% usage mark. Go little droid go! We've also seen the Classic Cleanse team of Chaze / GK / DN / Rex displaced by a Thrawn + R2D2 version. Huge meta shifts here across the board.
Leads:
- CLS at 42% with 1198 counts is now the #1 most used lead in the game per GG - displacing Rex is impressive and shows how strong a character release this was
- Rex at 40% (that's down from 49% last update) with 1161 counts is now the #2 most used lead - likely this pushes down a bit more still as CLS continues to take hold, but expect Rex to maintain a solid hold on the #2 most used lead .. none of the other leads are even close and don't bring as much to the table
- Wedge is 3rd at 8% with 242 counts, QGJ 4th at 7% with 203 counts, and DM users are hanging on for dear life at 7% with 194 counts
- GK is of interest as a lead combined with zeta Barris to counter rebels and is the 6th most used lead with 190 counts
- The 8th most used lead - Thrawn - is incredibly powerful when zeta'd and what I've been using with 100% success against all CLS-led teams ... definitely think that's the most underutilized lead in the game.
Character Usage
- Most used character is... GK! 74% usage for GK, that's up from 70% last update
- Second most used is... R2 and he has done it in style hitting that legendary 70% usage mark - that's up from 46% from July; huge move by R2
- DN ... now falling like a rock in this fast speed Rebel meta ... relegated now more to a counter squad tactic, he's still at a respectable 62%(down from 78% last update) .. but expect that to continue to drop.
- Thrawn is 4th most used at 51% followed by CLS at 50%. Thrawn's value should still hold, I don't see him dropping or jumping up a lot from here - CLS though should continue to push up in usage.
Rex is fully out of the top 5 and stands at 7th now, behind Baze at 6.
Of note, Han and Leia are at 9th and 10th most used respectively as a result of CLS and the strong updates they received. Overall, huge Rebel pass that pushed CLS to #1 lead and brought 2 more classic rebels in to the top 10 and...helped R2 break 70% usage.
Teams
- Most used team is Rex lead, R2, Thrawn, DN, and GK - this team has 117 counts and displaced the long-standing classic cleanse, which is still at #2
- At 72 counts, second most used is the Classic cleanse squad - that's a huge drop from the 169 counts in the last update - the Thrawn meta shift from before combined with the in-progress CLS meta shift has finally eroded the viability of this comp that roamed free of threat for months
- CLS-led teams make up the 3/4/7/8/9 most common teams
- First DS lead is at 10, Thrawn + Shore +GK +DT +DN with 19 counts --- DS users trying to hold strong but it's a tough hill to climb
- No specific Maul team even registers in the top 25 for individual teams
Big Winners:
- REBELS! CLS takes over #1 lead, Han and Leia enter top 10 in usage, R2 breaks 70% mark usage and passes the long-standing king of SWGoH DN - 6/10 of the top used characters are rebels, 1 Sith, 1 Clone, 1 Jedi, and 1 Empire
- Thrawn - still a key piece in top-tier meta teams and also in counter-Rebel comps
- zeta Barriss - She will be critical for many players as a counter to these very powerful crit-based Rebel squads
- GK - still a staple with Rebles, now also a key cog in the counter to them with zBarriss (or also with Shore in a Thrawn led team) -
Big Losers:
- Rex ... huge hit to his usage and it's reflected in the #s pretty clearly - still viable but definitely steps down a notch from before
- QGJ / Jedi - CLS teams can hold on D vs. non-CLS Jedi squads - CLS+Thrawn+GK+R2+zSolo in particular is tough for a Jedi comp to get past - Luke wants to eliminate the Jedi in TLJ moving coming up so it seems...and he's helped do just that in GoH as well
- DN - massive drop in his usage from almost 80% down to 62% - the game sped up a lot and makes it more of a challenge to utilize his slow wind-up annihilate
- Tanks - pew pew pew - without proper support a lone Baze / GK defending an entire team won't cut it anymore as they can get burned down pretty fast vs. these high damage rebels .. additionally, with Han and CLS you now have two pretty high damage dealers that can avoid taunts completely, which limits their effectiveness
