Anyone run the falcon in ship arena?
I just got it to 5* seems a decent jump in power from 4* but haven’t seen it other than a very soft 4* version. Worth persevering with other than for platoons?
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"Thraxus;c-1446281" wrote:"Minowara;c-1446137" wrote:"Thraxus;c-1446071" wrote:"PrideOfTheWicked;c-1445137" wrote:
I run a 7* Falcon, pilots G12. It's a great offensive weapon that has amazing synergy with BUW. It's got a glass jaw and can't take a hit though. Having a damage redirector is probably a good idea
It’s useless on anything but a new shard. You get better Biggs usage (i.e. target locks for insta-shields and insta-taunt) from dark side ships. I like seeing someone running any rebel or clone ships: they’re going to get squished on defense in short order even if they mak it into the top 10.
LOL. I have a number of whales on my shard running falcons, and they all finish at the top at their payout. Don't be so quick to dismiss other lineups. There are quite a few that do pretty well.
Not wth any real viability. The Biggs / Empire mix is too effective to pass up. Running a Rebel mix Biggs doesn’t get enough target locks to recharge shields quick enough. The Clone squads tanking get one or two shield ups max on their tanks per complete round on average. Compare that to Biggs / Empire which can easily get 4. TS has speed up and stun, FOSFTF has a protection ignoring attack, ITF grants TM to cap ship and lots of locks, FOTF lots of TM with repeated strafes and target locks, Gauntlet has buff immunity other bonuses, TA target locks (with auto re-lock on expire) and kill enemy ITF, TR enemy cap ship TM reduction, target locks, and buffs, S1 has a protection ignoring attack and multi-attack with target locks. Done right the enemy has a heck of a time getting through the shields and three target locks (easy to do) means full shields again. Heck, Scimitar in the mix makes target locks easy on reinforcements, with auto lock recharging Biggs shields and auto-taunting right before they attack.
Umbaran has some utility due to sheer HP but it’s special is only useful with multiple target locks at higher levels, and if Biggs is doing his job the enemy won’t have many. Heck, they might only have one TL on Biggs.
Combine that with Tarkin/Thrawn AOE attack’s and Biggs / Dark Side outclasses anything else.
I don’t care if it’s 7*, with good crew, if they don’t have a Biggs getting regular target locks it’s toast quicker than an Umbaran with a Falcon. If you have a high level Biggs, you might as well run Dark Side. Maybe if you’re missing something above, or you want to run it for fun, you can run the Falcon.
That only matters if the match drags on... Who cares if Biggs doesn't last more than 1-2 rounds when the entire enemy team is dead in 1-2 rounds.
I am in a new shard AND don't have Biggs yet, and I am killing people as much as 80k higher than me within 3 rounds...
Unfortunately we don't have stats on how many successful defenses we have, but I can say that after 24h of not swinging I had only been knocked back from 12 to 27...
