The Rise of the Empire Teams

"StormTro0p3R_H;622207" wrote:
Empire may beat Wiggs, but I see no way it can beat Ackbar blitz. Mods won't get those guys fast enough without Tarkin in the lead. And I'm not sure a Tarkin lead is very good. Emperor should be leader, but then it's too slow. Fun, but slow.

I think it actually depends on how much you tank up the Emperor. He has 15k hp and 10k prot when maxed. With his leader skill, that's equivalent to almost 20k hp before mods. Now if you add +15% hp from health mod set bonuses, we're at 23k hp. 3 health primaries will push it to 26.5k hp, which means you will have to do at least 13k damage in a hit to bring him down without procing RG heal, after getting through the initial 23k hp+prot.

And if he does manage to heal up after the first barrage, he'll get the benefits of RG's defense up & health up for the second go around. I think Rex still destroys him but I'm not so sure about Rebels (and to a lesser extent, droids) anymore.

"RAYRAY;622425" wrote:

"scuba;622412" wrote:
The answer to palp and Vader is fast Yoda or Rex.

Yes, that would probably make a difference for sure. However, I found that if I can keep Palpatine alive, he is begins to control the game in round 2+. Rex may be a hard counter but I am not sure Yoda is, after his tenacity buff wears off, a lot of stunning and TM happens.

"EscapeArtist51;622465" wrote:

"scuba;622412" wrote:
The answer to palp and Vader is fast Yoda or Rex.

Hahaha.. Not on defense. Any team can be beat. My g8 Palpatine led team beat the biggest whale on my server, who uses Rex lead, Anakin, rey, QGJ, and RG. The ai will botch anything up bro. Palp, Daka, RG will stun anything if they get the chance to go first.

Palpatine is an amazing toon, and I think he's better off without empire imo. I think the best core is the above mentioned Palpatine, Daka, RG stun lock squad, with whoever else you wanna use. Yoda or Rex can indeed counter your team as scoba just mentioned, however just because they can't get stunned doesn't mean they'll beat you..

My suggestions are never about defense, as the AI will always find a way to mess it up. IMO there is no defense there is just lucky RNG.

I also agree that Palps is gonna need to be mixed with none empire characters because they are just to slow overall.

Phasma might be a good option. Slows down the opposition, then cranks her own team up with VM.

Dooku & RG are almost a given...amd Vader? Daka? Thoughts?

"Nikoms565;622519" wrote:
Phasma might be a good option. Slows down the opposition, then cranks her own team up with VM.

Dooku & RG are almost a given...amd Vader? Daka? Thoughts?

I think you need a speedy STH, Rex, or Phasma in there to speed them up and get the party started, easier to do than getting high speed mods on all.

I am not sold on RG. BUt I think Vader for sure.