Everyone keeps referring to Wiggs as the "old meta" as if they're Rey or Poe. I'm playing on a shard from a few weeks after release, so it's basically as old as they get. There are three TI members, so it's not a weak shard or a shard that doesn't adapt. 9 of the top 10 run Wiggs, the one exception being a Zaul team, and without counting I'd estimate 40-45 of the top 50 teams run Wiggs. I get that Chaze is more OP than Wiggs, but there's no reason to shut down any "nerf Wiggs" comment just because Wiggs is "old meta" when 90% of top Arena teams still run Wiggs and the only way to beat g10 omega-Wiggs is to use g11 Zeta characters.

According to swgoh.gg the meta wiggs report is more like 45-46% with the zetas and way better teams out there they will go the way of Rey, old Ben and poe eventually. "He who is resistant to change is destined to perish " - hot rod

"DashRendar;859579" wrote:According to swgoh.gg the meta wiggs report is more like 45-46% with the zetas and way better teams out there they will go the way of Rey, old Ben and poe eventually. "He who is resistant to change is destined to perish " - hot rodThat hasn't happened at all on my shard. Zetas allow other teams to compete, yes, but they don't eradicate Wiggs. A Zaul or Zader team can beat a Wiggs team, but a Wiggs team can also easily beat a Zaul or Zader team, so nobody has any incentive to move on to one of those Zeta teams when they already have Wiggs.

"DashRendar;859579" wrote:According to swgoh.gg the meta wiggs report is more like 45-46% with the zetas and way better teams out there they will go the way of Rey, old Ben and poe eventually. "He who is resistant to change is destined to perish " - hot rodThat still is 1/2, which means extremely viable

Glad I am with a bunch of stubborn peeps like myself that try to be a little different. I still throw wiggs in from time to time to blast through some teams.

With teams like Kanobi zBarris, zQGJ rogue 1 rebels and empires teams they are now second class. The only reason so many people are stuck on them is because it is difficult to replace 2 toons at once.

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SWL1212
8 years ago
@Wildcats1203 we are in the same shard, my ign is "SW", what's yours?
And ya Wiggs is definitely not the old meta lol
emvedebe
8 years ago
because people feel superior once they've managed to move past the basic wiggs teams, referring to them as the "old meta" is basically just tooting their own horn.
Allenb60
8 years ago
There are a lot of anti-critical based teams now, and the auto-taunting tanks take their triple assist well?
pezz27
8 years ago
"Wildcats1203;860033" wrote:
"RebelBass;859644" wrote:
@Wildcats1203 Out of curiosity, who are the 3 TI on your shard? I'm in an early shard as well, and have noticed our Arena is... a little weird. Like the shard that the meta forgot, or something. Wondering if we're in the same shard :-)

ìN Darth JarJar

Bennett, A Diamond in the Rough, and MrRush @RebelBass
From what I hear, Bennett is a top player even in TI, so I'm assuming that he typically stays on the cutting edge and he's currently running Wedge (L), Biggs, Chaze, 7*GK.

Bennet is definitely one of our top players. He has some of the best mods on Wiggs you will find, so he has stuck with them in his Arena line-up. It's still a great offensive team. If you don't mind losing a few Arena spots and battling back near payout, no reason to abandon Wiggs. Bennet, like most of us, is saving resources as we wait for the inevitable changes DarkFeb is going to bring.
badsmack
8 years ago
"Wildcats1203;860033" wrote:
"RebelBass;859644" wrote:
@Wildcats1203 Out of curiosity, who are the 3 TI on your shard? I'm in an early shard as well, and have noticed our Arena is... a little weird. Like the shard that the meta forgot, or something. Wondering if we're in the same shard :-)

ìN Darth JarJar

Bennett, A Diamond in the Rough, and MrRush @RebelBass
From what I hear, Bennett is a top player even in TI, so I'm assuming that he typically stays on the cutting edge and he's currently running Wedge (L), Biggs, Chaze, 7*GK.

Yeah, not my shard, and all three of those guys are awesome players :-)
WTF-Holio
8 years ago
It's 'old' meta because so many people can counter it now. For months there weren't many answers for the combo.. EP, DV, TFP is pretty much the wiggs killer and loads of people have strong EP and DV since the Dec event.. It certainly doesn't mean they're not useful, or you can't win with them.. It just means there aren't a dozen of the same or similar teams beating up on each other for the top spots.. Rey and Dooku still hang around too, but they are very old meta.

Wiggs teams are being squeezed out of my arena top 50, the ones hanging around are running w empire teams or with baze..

New top 10 meta - in my shard - is zDV lead..
Stuartgold6
8 years ago
Wiggs are still META, they just have more counters now, but they also have more toons who can be added to their team to make them better.

Diversity, what's not to like :smiley:
darennewbury
8 years ago
I'm on bennetts shard too game name darenn67 still lots of wiggs teams about in there
DarthTargaryen1
8 years ago
Adapt or die.

I'm not at your level but I've had to adapt a couple of times now. At first it was when Wiggs wiped out my Jedi team. Now it's my Wiggs team stalling against Chaze with another tank/taunter. Farmed up B2 to beat the top player in my shard who was using Chaze, SF. Now farming TFP and Shore to have a strong empire team.
RoyalMosh
8 years ago
Hello there shardmates!

I'd subscribe goldman's words. Wiggs is awesome and fun to play. Excited what february brings!

Guess i'd try some other teams if RNGesus would let me farm some zetas :neutral:

Cheers
Diamond

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