Are DK, DT and ShT arena viable for long?
I’m currently running EP L, DV, Thrawn, TFP and GMT in arena and I’m solidly in the top 20 due to good gear. I just hit lvl81 and I’m considering what to do once I am level 82/83. I enjoy empire chara...
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"WhiteGold;c-1469272" wrote:
Would DK, DT, Thrawn and EP work well under a Zader lead? I’m curious as that is going to be my first zeta and having hit 82 yesterday I’m well on my way to getting DK and DT arena ready ASAP. My thought is that this is a very well rounded squad with area damage being dished out by everyone but thrawn, a dispel, a 1 toon+ally cleanse, good debuffs with daze and stagger and dots/speed down all over the place, not to mention fracture and shock/stun, all adding up to lots and lots of tm reduction.
My shard is now filling with EP lead Empire teams and I’m struggling to stay top 10 with my current squad. Not being able to daze Biggs makes wiggs chaze teams nearly impossible because he just gains tm ever time I hit him so all my area damage hurts me big time.
Would ShT be a better option instead of EP just for survivability or is EP essential for a squad like this? I’m currently farming both ShT and DK from hard battles (DK from guild events as well) so its a slow grind that I’m going to be working on for a very long time. Since ShT has a taunt at the start of every encounter and a taunt/heal/buff, I feel he can really help my squad and protect DT, DK, DV, and Thrawn...maybe I’m wrong and its a bad idea. As always your thoughts are greatly appreciated.
If you’re just looking for Arena gain you’re better off zetaing EP lead with your first zeta, switching him to lead and replacing DK with Shore as soon as he’s viable.
Shore is an absolute monster of a tank in an Empire squad. He can take a ton of punishment, builds up TM for all, hands out Crit Immunity, passively self heals, and has a group heal on taunt that he can basically use every other turn. He is really, really difficult to kill when given protection mods and paired with Thrawn.
Not saying Krennic is bad, he’s my current gear project in fact, but Shore and a zeta EP lead will do so much more. Since basically every Culling Blade gives everyone 100% TM, and everyone after the first turns into a kill shot; it matters less whether there is 5 DoTs or 50 DoTs. The guaranteed TM gain from Shore and Palps will far outrace the chance at TM reduction Zader lead provides.
