3v3 Fleet arena meta?

It seems that capital ship speed is going a long way so far. Which means Chimaera is now quite possibly the worst one.

Tarkin is hugely improved. That TM gain is sexy.

"TVF;c-1557918" wrote:

"crzydroid;c-1557841" wrote:
It seems that capital ship speed is going a long way so far. Which means Chimaera is now quite possibly the worst one.

I won all my matches today using Chim, including a very easy one against Tarkin. No way Chim is the worst one now.

Are you going up against Tarkins with the TM gain upgraded? So far, as soon as everyones Tarkins are maxxed, he looks like he will be the best capital of them all

"synergy_inc;c-1557698" wrote:
Does anyone else feel like they nerfed Executrix and beefed Chimaera? Not that the latter needed any increase. I used to easily beat anyone, including 7* Chimaera fleets, but now I'm getting decimated.

After playing a couple days now and refreshing my tries several times, yeah, I agree. I’m trying to mix up my lineup and strategically use reinforcements, but if I don’t have TFP in the initial lineup to gain TM, Chimaera gets off his big one before I get off my big one. That pretty much locks up their win. (Chimaera’s cooldown is 4, Executrix is 5) And even when I DO get off my big one, it doesn’t always destroy everyone like before. Definitely feels nerfed. (But maybe that will change when I get enough materials for the last +30% damage ability level bonus)...and my Executrix is WAY faster than all the Chimaera’s.

I’m my shard, 98% in the top 50 had been using Chimaera. I was the only one in the top 20 using Executrix. I would consistently finish in the top 5 every day. And everyone running 7* Chimaera’s. Then they started jumping on the Tie Reaper band wagon. It was tough but I still managed to pull off a team who could beat them WITHOUT me using Tie Reaper. Now I feel stuck if I want to continue using Executrix. Almost everyone is using the Biggs/Vader +1 combo with Boba as first reinforcement. So damn boring. So much for diversity. I hate Biggs but can’t find a team who can beat them unless I do the same. So at the moment I’m stuck using that apparent meta and sitting between 10~20.

I’m still experimenting, but can’t figure out a team who will work with Executrix to knock down chimaera’s TM and be strong enough (yet not squishy) to quickly finish off Biggs. Umbaran Starfighter is a decent reinforcement, knocks of their TM (and I’m assuming TM of Chimaera) but he doesn’t hit hard. A maxed out Phantom could be helpful.

Those of you using a 7* Executrix against a 7* Chimaera with the Biggs/Vader +1...what are you using that works?

So yeah, I def think some parts of Executrix got nerfed

"Anakin_Skywalker;c-1557196" wrote:
And I prefer the older fleet battles personally. Things were much more simple, less time consuming. Or too easy. Now it is harder to beat the same opponents that I did easily until yesterday

I'm finding it the opposite. I've been able to crush my entire fleet for months by being far stronger and having a much larger fleet than anyone else on my shard. Now people are able to level and gear up a smaller number of ships/characters to be competitive.

Currently using TF, FOTF, and Biggs with Boba, Scimitar, and Vader reinforcements.
Seem to do well attacking, but I have been dropping more in the last two days then I used to.

Executrix capital.
Don't have all the Empire ships yet. Thinking that with only 3 starters, faction bonuses might be a bigger factor then previously.

"Trystan_Spyder;c-1556983" wrote:
He comes in with taunt, prot up, and retribution. Plus he can hit multiple times on his basic and can take a few hits. So yeah, he's a solid first choice, especially if Biggs is down.

Yeah, and all this time I've been farming other ships. My 7* G9 Boba should have had his Slave 1 by now, but I've been neglecting him. I'm only like halfway to unlocking it at all, so I know it's gonna be a while before he's viable. Sigh.

Still, I like the new options. Gotta rethink who to start with who to put on deck.

Having just finished a battle it feels as though the attack power of the Executrix - Imperial Assault was reduced.

They only had a damaged Umbaran Starfighter remaining when I called it and there was still a good 1/2 to 3/4 health left after.

I neglected Ackbar after getting Chimaera, but I remember that Biggs under Scimitar buff was insanely effective. With 3 starting ships, perhaps Scimitar might survive long enough to put it on Biggs. So could be Ackbar, biggs, scimitar + 1.

Another thought is to use poe under chimaera in starting lineup to oneshot tfp if he is there. I want to max chimaera passive to test if maxed poe kills tfp.

I've been having luck running Tarkin (upgraded) and spamming his AOE. Put in some hard hitting ships and just run over the opponent.