IPD combat section is rediculous

I roll in there with 2 gear 12s Death and Shoretrooper,with Veers at gear 9,stark gear 8,and maybe magma whos gear 9 and I still get blasted.At this point I refuse to put a zeta on Veers due to the fact there getting harder to come by and Im literally done spending money on this game.

"jjkriv;c-1495154" wrote:
I roll in there with 2 gear 12s Death and Shoretrooper,with Veers at gear 9,stark gear 8,and maybe magma whos gear 9 and I still get blasted.At this point I refuse to put a zeta on Veers due to the fact there getting harder to come by and Im literally done spending money on this game.

Well the main problem there is the distinct lack of Snowtrooper. He's probably the second most important Trooper, behind only Veers himself.

either you gear them and Star them or you mod them very well. It is fairly easy once you pick your path.

I plan to use my imperial soldiers on this mission for the first time as they are not quite finished yet:
ZVeers, 5* (almost 6...), g10, 189 speed
Starck, 7*, g9, 217
Shoretrooper, 6* (almost 7...), g9, 131
Snowtrooper, 7*, g10, 136
Deathtrooper, 6*, g11, 174

Before even tackling the second part of the mission, what would be the correct strategy for phase 1? Those rebel soldiers make me nervous about using Snow’s AOE. I’m affraid my Shoretrooper will get crushed by their retributions if the Deathtrooper fails to stick daze on them.

Shoretrooper will get blasted by counters, but nothing is as pleasing as watching snowtrooper AOE, AOE, AOE, AOE and the first round is wiped.

Just gotta have shores crit immunity up, obviously have him geared enough (disclaimer: mines G9 and didn't survive the wave) but managed to get through for some ipd shards

Problem is counters will wipe somebody every time snow uses an aoe so I think you have to ham min g11 tanks or zveers or you won't get past wave 1. 6 and 7 * has no chance to survive.

"Luniz;c-1519689" wrote:
Problem is counters will wipe somebody every time snow uses an aoe so I think you have to ham min g11 tanks or zveers or you won't get past wave 1. 6 and 7 * has no chance to survive.

First time I completed this mission was with a g9 Stormtrooper tank. Yes, with arena quality mods, but still: Less than g11 will do.

I was just about to note that Storm is a pretty terrific damage sponge in this round. Veers, Starck, Snow, Storm ... what could go wrong?

"gufu21;c-1495186" wrote:
After watching a lot of videos of this mission, my conclusion is that to have a chance, you need at least one of the following:

1. zeta Veers
2. Deathtrooper
3. Mostly g10/11 or better gear

I've seen people with only one of these three pull off a win. But without at least one, don't try.

Yes, zeta Veers is probably the most critical. But I'd argue that you can do it without Deathtrooper and he can be hived off to platoons if you need to. In fact you can do without DT up to and including P6 CM in a IT team provided your core is G11 plus.

I did the IPD SM yesterday with the only hits being taken counters from some rebel troopers and CLS.

I used zVeers and Shore at G12; Starck, and, Snowy at G11; and Magma at G8. G11 Stormy could have subbed in for Shore.

Veers, Starck and Snowy are modded for speed and CC,CD and/or offence; and Shore modded for speed and health/protection. Magma is meh and just a spare tyre.

Try and stockpile your specials as you close to the end of phase 1 so they can be used in wave 2.

Kill order in wave 2 is CHS, ROLO then CLS.

Just pull the trigger and gear them all up, veers/Stark/death/shore/snow.

Drop a zeta on Veers.

Even though it's not 100% necessary just for the IPD shards as others have said, this squad is super fun to play, spamming snowtroopers AOE is something to behold.

You won't regret it, and you'll have a set & forget squad which can fully ace a combat mission in every phase of the ds TB.