Vader or Tarkin lead for tier 7?

I just don't think this can be done without Palpatine...what a bummer. On my best attempt R2/Old Ben/Chewie are all still standing strong.

So I just beat it at level 79 without EP. It was a royal pain, and you need good mods. TFP needs to be as fast as possible and have crit damage - I got him to 225 speed and used a 5 dot triangle with crit damage as primary. He needs to throw his anti-buff on R2 so R2 can't smokescreen itself. Tarkin and Vader also need to be fast, and crit chance/crit damage helps Vader. I used RG and Stormtrooper and threw as much protection as I could on them so they survived until R2 was dead, then I took out the rest. You're using Snowtrooper though, who will also probably need speed and crit damage.

At level 79 with no Omegas, it's possible. But it's not easy. You need to be fast, and you need to luck into great RNG.

"nobodyfromjakku;c-1504623" wrote:
So I just beat it at level 79 without EP. It was a royal pain, and you need good mods. TFP needs to be as fast as possible and have crit damage - I got him to 225 speed and used a 5 dot triangle with crit damage as primary. He needs to throw his anti-buff on R2 so R2 can't smokescreen itself. Tarkin and Vader also need to be fast, and crit chance/crit damage helps Vader. I used RG and Stormtrooper and threw as much protection as I could on them so they survived until R2 was dead, then I took out the rest. You're using Snowtrooper though, who will also probably need speed and crit damage.

At level 79 with no Omegas, it's possible. But it's not easy. You need to be fast, and you need to luck into great RNG.

Hmm, I've just about given up but your post is making me want to keep trying.

I Omega'd Tarkin's basic last night. I thought it would have a more dramatic effect on his survivability since it's supposed to add 50% potency (50% defense) per basic, but it doesn't seem to be working properly or something. I don't notice any difference in his survivability and the AoE damage is not that high. I also upgraded my Stormtrooper to gear 10. Unfortunately he is the only one I could upgrade to gear 10 until level 80.

This helped a bit, but still no success. On my best attempt, I still had R2/Old Ben/Chewie still standing, though they're a little more damaged than before. I don't know if I can swap around my mods any better. I have my TFP at 216 speed, with everyone else around 170-180.

So you killed R2 first? What was your kill order? That seems different than what is recommended usually.

"Fjreisat;c-1505137" wrote:

"nobodyfromjakku;c-1504623" wrote:
So I just beat it at level 79 without EP. It was a royal pain, and you need good mods. TFP needs to be as fast as possible and have crit damage - I got him to 225 speed and used a 5 dot triangle with crit damage as primary. He needs to throw his anti-buff on R2 so R2 can't smokescreen itself. Tarkin and Vader also need to be fast, and crit chance/crit damage helps Vader. I used RG and Stormtrooper and threw as much protection as I could on them so they survived until R2 was dead, then I took out the rest. You're using Snowtrooper though, who will also probably need speed and crit damage.

At level 79 with no Omegas, it's possible. But it's not easy. You need to be fast, and you need to luck into great RNG.

Hmm, I've just about given up but your post is making me want to keep trying.

I Omega'd Tarkin's basic last night. I thought it would have a more dramatic effect on his survivability since it's supposed to add 50% potency (50% defense) per basic, but it doesn't seem to be working properly or something. I don't notice any difference in his survivability and the AoE damage is not that high. I also upgraded my Stormtrooper to gear 10. Unfortunately he is the only one I could upgrade to gear 10 until level 80.

This helped a bit, but still no success. On my best attempt, I still had R2/Old Ben/Chewie still standing, though they're a little more damaged than before. I don't know if I can swap around my mods any better. I have my TFP at 216 speed, with everyone else around 170-180.

So you killed R2 first? What was your kill order? That seems different than what is recommended usually.

Yes, I killed R2 first. Once the Burning stops, it's a lot easier for your toons to survive. Plus R2 keeps giving himself turn meter with smokescreen. Once he's down, you can pick off the rest.

My understanding of Potency is that it increases the ability for your toon to land a debuff. In Tarkin's case, more Potency also results in more damage. I don't think it would affect his survivability.

I stopped Cantina farming and farmed nothing but Potency mods for a few days. I got a 30 speed arrow and a few good secondaries. It made a huge difference.

"nobodyfromjakku;c-1505593" wrote:

"Fjreisat;c-1505137" wrote:

"nobodyfromjakku;c-1504623" wrote:
So I just beat it at level 79 without EP. It was a royal pain, and you need good mods. TFP needs to be as fast as possible and have crit damage - I got him to 225 speed and used a 5 dot triangle with crit damage as primary. He needs to throw his anti-buff on R2 so R2 can't smokescreen itself. Tarkin and Vader also need to be fast, and crit chance/crit damage helps Vader. I used RG and Stormtrooper and threw as much protection as I could on them so they survived until R2 was dead, then I took out the rest. You're using Snowtrooper though, who will also probably need speed and crit damage.

At level 79 with no Omegas, it's possible. But it's not easy. You need to be fast, and you need to luck into great RNG.

Hmm, I've just about given up but your post is making me want to keep trying.

I Omega'd Tarkin's basic last night. I thought it would have a more dramatic effect on his survivability since it's supposed to add 50% potency (50% defense) per basic, but it doesn't seem to be working properly or something. I don't notice any difference in his survivability and the AoE damage is not that high. I also upgraded my Stormtrooper to gear 10. Unfortunately he is the only one I could upgrade to gear 10 until level 80.

This helped a bit, but still no success. On my best attempt, I still had R2/Old Ben/Chewie still standing, though they're a little more damaged than before. I don't know if I can swap around my mods any better. I have my TFP at 216 speed, with everyone else around 170-180.

So you killed R2 first? What was your kill order? That seems different than what is recommended usually.

Yes, I killed R2 first. Once the Burning stops, it's a lot easier for your toons to survive. Plus R2 keeps giving himself turn meter with smokescreen. Once he's down, you can pick off the rest.

My understanding of Potency is that it increases the ability for your toon to land a debuff. In Tarkin's case, more Potency also results in more damage. I don't think it would affect his survivability.

I stopped Cantina farming and farmed nothing but Potency mods for a few days. I got a 30 speed arrow and a few good secondaries. It made a huge difference.

I see. I will try focusing R2 first and see if I have any better luck.

As for Tarkin, his ability Callous Conviction says that Tarkin gains defense equal to his potency percentage. So I thought his basic omega would increase his defense 50%, since it increases potency 50% every time you use it....Butttt it turns out it's basically useless. Now I wish I omega'd Vader's choke for speed down, or Stormtrooper's basic for expose.

"nobodyfromjakku;c-1505593" wrote:

"Fjreisat;c-1505137" wrote:

"nobodyfromjakku;c-1504623" wrote:
So I just beat it at level 79 without EP. It was a royal pain, and you need good mods. TFP needs to be as fast as possible and have crit damage - I got him to 225 speed and used a 5 dot triangle with crit damage as primary. He needs to throw his anti-buff on R2 so R2 can't smokescreen itself. Tarkin and Vader also need to be fast, and crit chance/crit damage helps Vader. I used RG and Stormtrooper and threw as much protection as I could on them so they survived until R2 was dead, then I took out the rest. You're using Snowtrooper though, who will also probably need speed and crit damage.

At level 79 with no Omegas, it's possible. But it's not easy. You need to be fast, and you need to luck into great RNG.

Hmm, I've just about given up but your post is making me want to keep trying.

I Omega'd Tarkin's basic last night. I thought it would have a more dramatic effect on his survivability since it's supposed to add 50% potency (50% defense) per basic, but it doesn't seem to be working properly or something. I don't notice any difference in his survivability and the AoE damage is not that high. I also upgraded my Stormtrooper to gear 10. Unfortunately he is the only one I could upgrade to gear 10 until level 80.

This helped a bit, but still no success. On my best attempt, I still had R2/Old Ben/Chewie still standing, though they're a little more damaged than before. I don't know if I can swap around my mods any better. I have my TFP at 216 speed, with everyone else around 170-180.

So you killed R2 first? What was your kill order? That seems different than what is recommended usually.

Yes, I killed R2 first. Once the Burning stops, it's a lot easier for your toons to survive. Plus R2 keeps giving himself turn meter with smokescreen. Once he's down, you can pick off the rest.

My understanding of Potency is that it increases the ability for your toon to land a debuff. In Tarkin's case, more Potency also results in more damage. I don't think it would affect his survivability.

I stopped Cantina farming and farmed nothing but Potency mods for a few days. I got a 30 speed arrow and a few good secondaries. It made a huge difference.

Your strategy is sound. I just tried it and had my best attempt yet. Only one character standing in the end. Maybe, just maybe I can do this...

I beat it. It was all because of nobodyfromjakku. Thank you sir.

Glad you made it.

Congratulations. Very well written thread, kept me reading from start to finish. Glad you did it. I felt happy and relieved myself in the end.
You should write to Disney to hire you as one of their comic producers.
Also defense has a soft cap in this game too, as any other. As nobody really builds defense it's not known, but it's safe to say that after you hit 500 defense every 50 extra points will only improve it by 1%, if that. So your basic didn't feel all that good. It's meant to make your ultimate firepowa hurt.

"Fjreisat;c-1505657" wrote:
I beat it. It was all because of nobodyfromjakku. Thank you sir.

So glad to hear it! Congrats!