Thoughts on Darth Maul and Savage Opress

All I can say is... it takes great luck on the part of my opponent AI for a 4* Darth Maul to even get a single attack off before he is dead.
A level 45 Luminara can take out 3/4 of that health by herself with one crit on her special. Even if it doesn't kill him, he won't be able to use his special, and he'll be dead on the following round.
DPS of dead characters = zero. I am unimpressed with Maul. Maybe at higher levels but I think you'd have to star him up to be effective.

I REALLY want Darth Maul. My ideal team would be Old Daka, Talia, Asajj Ventress, Savage Opress and Darth Maul. But until Maul is farmable I can't see him in my best team. I may get lucky and pull him from a chromium, but even then 4* isn't enough.

I heard people mention about sith team synergies..anyone know what it means?

Example .. Sidous, Maul, Dooku, Opress (all Siths)... is there a boost for using characters of same race in a team?

Darth maul can crit over 10k with his Aoe attack !

Maul is such a snail and a glass cannon combined..
If you plan to use him(for pvp), you'll need to have other characters on your team that can buff his def up or Hp up or perhaps maybe even a taunt to divert your opponent's attacks away from him.

A 7☆ Maul with purple gear has 7.8k Hp and has abysmal speed. There's no way he could survive the first wave of nukes, unless assisted or revived. Hence, Savage would be a better alternative for now.

Sith synergies could mean a lot of things albeit there's no "sith supremacy boost" per se, one example would be to utilize a sith leader ability to help buff up your other sith characters.

Example:,
"Sigh. My Maul is such a glass canon, I feel like he needs extra defense..hmm let's see, oh look! As a leader, Savage adds +50 Defs to all Sith characters! Nice, imma put him up as my leader then my other Sith characters will benefit from him too! Nice..Time for pizza.etc"
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is +50 defs actually worth it? Anyone knows how much damage is mitigated for each point of defense?

just did a test..Darth Maul's speed is kind of slow to get things started...will test more.

My Darth Maul crits 5k-10k damage. (To all CHARACTERS on the field.) I would choose him. Hes the best dmg dealer, together with Tie fighter pilot.

They are completely different. Maul is a glass cannon who has to be dealt with immediately. Meanwhile, I use Oppress to farm cooldowns and HP on GW. I've never gotten what people see in him, I find him quite underwhelming compared to other options.