Maul (L) is no longer meta and has passed

"Smithie;c-1026089" wrote:
On my shard none of these teams hold

Rex and Zaul all beat each other to a pulp.

Anyone can beat anyone why? Nihilus & Zylo.

Maul wasnt even Meta before Nihilus was around. So its a Zaul Nihilus Meta.

Rex teams use Nihilus mostly and Zylo alot of Zaul teams are the same.

Zaul is currently the most used team because of the opening tm gain.

Zaul beats Rex, Rex beats Zaul, why because we all use Zylo or Nihilus two of best two characters.

Is the Zaul meta dead? nope... Will it die? Depends what popular rework or new characters arrive that effects Maul Lead or Nihilus.

If Nihilus gets effected by a rework or new character, Zaul teams die instantly

I haven't offered insight as to what toons should be developed, as I was only commenting on my shard where maul is down to 20% usage in top 20, while Rex is at 50% usage. This suggests that maul might not be universal meta.

Now, if I were to offer advise, I would say, "know your opponents". Every shard is different, and what works for one, may not work for another. Especially when factoring mods into the equation. Maul is still great to develop a squad around, but as others have said, you almost need nihilus with him.

Now if you are maul heavy on your shard maybe Rex is better. Maul on maul is risky. Most times rng determines outcome. Rex is a good counter to maul.

If your shard is Rex heavy, there seem to be more options for you, R1, Jedi, Vader, zylo and more.

So my advisc is to know your opponents and then strategize around that.

Finally, in my opinion, if you're searching for the ultimate meta, maul is not it.