501st zeta order

I run a 501st team. Rex(L), fives, echo, clone sarge, wampa.
My shaak is awful and Ashoka is gear 2
I highly suggest rex unique, fives TM (you'll always be keeping fives taunting no matter what. And then echo unique and then fives other unique.
You can switch between fives different unique if you want that's just what I'm going to be doing

Redit threads suggest Shaak Ti’s zetas first (provided shes at a competitive level), rex, 5 savior, then 5/echo synergies.

"Dinotank46;c-1957192" wrote:
I run a 501st team. Rex(L), fives, echo, clone sarge, wampa.
My shaak is awful and Ashoka is gear 2
I highly suggest rex unique, fives TM (you'll always be keeping fives taunting no matter what. And then echo unique and then fives other unique.
You can switch between fives different unique if you want that's just what I'm going to be doing

This.

Shaak ti unique is the first one because it makes the team stronger. Ct5 savior, after that ct5 turn meter gain is very important to get rex is flying kill attack as fast as possible.

Rex zeta do not affect himself. So this zeta is good for echo EMP and ct5 assist attack only (until we get another clone). It’s good but not as others.
Rex unique and shaak ti leader are the two last. You need 5 zeta to mostly complete them. Echo zeta is very random because it triggers on evade. So it is mostly designed for tbls i think and it is not very useful in GAC or tw.

"Dinotank46;c-1957192" wrote:
I run a 501st team. Rex(L), fives, echo, clone sarge, wampa.
My shaak is awful and Ashoka is gear 2
I highly suggest rex unique, fives TM (you'll always be keeping fives taunting no matter what. And then echo unique and then fives other unique.
You can switch between fives different unique if you want that's just what I'm going to be doing

Ahsoka costs like 3 pieces of sand to gear her up to G10 dw.

5s uniques seem to clash though with Rex added. Him taunting non stop with cooldowns and TM boosts surely renders his stat boost useless if he’s forced to always be killed first, no?

Feel like we have people saying rex first and rex last. Can we get any clarification ? I thought if any was luxury it would be Rex , I use Cody and shaak. Cody’s Cooldowns don’t seem like an issue due to other circumstances and you more often than not want to use shaaks basic frequently anyways. Rex doesn’t affect himself so that leaves just fives and echo. Seems a bit much for a zeta.

So what's the point of 5s suicide zeta if the enemy is forced to kill him first?

"Rake6;c-1957660" wrote:
So what's the point of 5s suicide zeta if the enemy is forced to kill him first?

Tanks are there to drive away fire from attackers. That's the exact point of the zeta. If you don't kill Fives first, you buff up Echo and Rex too much to deal with them.

"RandomSithLord;c-1957655" wrote:

"Charlo999;c-1957544" wrote:
5s uniques seem to clash though with Rex added. Him taunting non stop with cooldowns and TM boosts surely renders his stat boost useless if he’s forced to always be killed first, no?

Why would it? A maxed Fives has insane armor stats, it's a pain to work through. Rex can get his anihilate ready or close to ready by the time you get to target him.

There are plenty of teams that can work damage around defence. Still Either the AI or player is forced to kill fives first reducing the effectiveness of this zeta dramatically.
Personally I would’ve liked to see a mix of juhani and GG to aid this zeta. Fives loses taunt when protection is gone and the next healthiest clone is marked for 2-3 turns. Or simply have him take reduced damage from health based attacks like kylo/malak.

*Sigh* People really have a hard time grassping how that ability works. Good luck killing a G13 Fives with 70%+ damage reduction from armor before Rex starts one-shotting your team.
Especially when you used up your best counters elsewhere.