Hey guys, I'm level 71 but I've just sort of been cruising through at the moment but now im starting to build some teams properly rather than just heroes I like etc. Im working on Phoenix squad for my light side/GW etc but not sure what the best dark side team to build is? Im thinking Empire because it would help me with R2 etc when my team is good enough. Is this a good idea or is there a better team I should be building? I have a few fairly high dark side heroes already (Boba/DS/Vader)This is what I have at the moment to see who I have and what level etchttps://swgoh.gg/u/johnlove/collection/Thanks in advance for any comments!

Empire is the dark side squad but your focus for the moment has to palpatine and thrawn whose events are happening this month. Your goal is to unlock both at 5 star. For this you need a 5 star pjoenix squad. If you can get them to 6 or 7 star to pick up these characters it would be considered a win. After you have palpatine and thrawn you can run palpatien thrawn and vader as the core of an empire team.

I skipped Phoenix. I waffled for a while before deciding to go FO but they were my first synergy squad. Before that I was just running a squad specifically built to wreck Phoenix so climbing arena was easy since that’s all anyone does early game. I’d recommend farming them as soon as you unlock Emo Kylo’s cantina node. Wish I had!

Get Palp.And then run Palp (lead), Vader, RG, TFP and Snowtrooper.

"CoastalJames;c-1589831" wrote:Get Palp.And then run Palp (lead), Vader, RG, TFP and Snowtrooper.With the toons he has, he might get 5* palp and thrawn. You should do everything in your power to get 5 Phoenix characters to 5* by June 18th (last day of the Palpatine event). Palpatine is one of the top 5 characters in the entire game. Thrawn is one of the top 10 characters in the game so doing that will get you both of them. With your toons, once you get them, palp, thrawn, Vader, ds (since op has him at 6*) and enfys nest (whom they have at 4* if you are using the team in arena) OR Boba Fett (whom they have at 6*) until you get someone like tarkin or tfp powerful enough for synergy. Or you could build your dooku up from 3 star. But neither dooku or sideous are top flight characters, however they get synergy from Palpatine lead so work on that team. What is your goal of this Darkside squad? Arena? Dark side battles? Something to run on ds tb? All of the above?

"CoastalJames;c-1589831" wrote:Get Palp.And then run Palp (lead), Vader, RG, TFP and Snowtrooper.And I think royal guard would be a waste to farm as well. He isn't that great of a toon long term. Tfp is a good investment and Snowtrooper for an eventual Trooper team

Best Dark Side Team For Beginners?

naraiceylob
7 years ago
Empire is the dark side squad but your focus for the moment has to palpatine and thrawn whose events are happening this month. Your goal is to unlock both at 5 star. For this you need a 5 star pjoenix squad. If you can get them to 6 or 7 star to pick up these characters it would be considered a win. After you have palpatine and thrawn you can run palpatien thrawn and vader as the core of an empire team.
Winky456435e646
7 years ago
I skipped Phoenix. I waffled for a while before deciding to go FO but they were my first synergy squad. Before that I was just running a squad specifically built to wreck Phoenix so climbing arena was easy since that’s all anyone does early game. I’d recommend farming them as soon as you unlock Emo Kylo’s cantina node. Wish I had!
Player_7ctrhms9
7 years ago
Get Palp.

And then run Palp (lead), Vader, RG, TFP and Snowtrooper.
thedrjojo
Seasoned Newcomer
7 years ago
"CoastalJames;c-1589831" wrote:
Get Palp.

And then run Palp (lead), Vader, RG, TFP and Snowtrooper.

With the toons he has, he might get 5* palp and thrawn. You should do everything in your power to get 5 Phoenix characters to 5* by June 18th (last day of the Palpatine event). Palpatine is one of the top 5 characters in the entire game. Thrawn is one of the top 10 characters in the game so doing that will get you both of them.

With your toons, once you get them, palp, thrawn, Vader, ds (since op has him at 6*) and enfys nest (whom they have at 4* if you are using the team in arena) OR Boba Fett (whom they have at 6*) until you get someone like tarkin or tfp powerful enough for synergy. Or you could build your dooku up from 3 star. But neither dooku or sideous are top flight characters, however they get synergy from Palpatine lead so work on that team.

What is your goal of this Darkside squad? Arena? Dark side battles? Something to run on ds tb? All of the above?
thedrjojo
Seasoned Newcomer
7 years ago
"CoastalJames;c-1589831" wrote:
Get Palp.

And then run Palp (lead), Vader, RG, TFP and Snowtrooper.

And I think royal guard would be a waste to farm as well. He isn't that great of a toon long term. Tfp is a good investment and Snowtrooper for an eventual Trooper team
thedrjojo
Seasoned Newcomer
7 years ago
"thedrjojo;c-1590263" wrote:
"CoastalJames;c-1589831" wrote:
Get Palp.

And then run Palp (lead), Vader, RG, TFP and Snowtrooper.

With the toons he has, he might get 5* palp and thrawn. You should do everything in your power to get 5 Phoenix characters to 5* by June 18th (last day of the Palpatine event). Palpatine is one of the top 5 characters in the entire game. Thrawn is one of the top 10 characters in the game so doing that will get you both of them.

With your toons, once you get them, palp, thrawn, Vader, ds (since op has him at 6*) and enfys nest (whom they have at 4* if you are using the team in arena) OR Boba Fett (whom they have at 6*) until you get someone like tarkin or tfp powerful enough for synergy. Or you could build your dooku up from 3 star. But neither dooku or sideous are top flight characters, however they get synergy from Palpatine lead so work on that team.

What is your goal of this Darkside squad? Arena? Dark side battles? Something to run on ds tb? All of the above?

If we trust the gamechangers /CubsFanhan, thrawn is #1 and Palpatine is #9 for best characters in the game. So I stand corrected (maybe)...
Player_7ctrhms9
7 years ago
"thedrjojo;c-1590264" wrote:
And I think royal guard would be a waste to farm as well.

"Beginner" is the keyword in the thread title.

Agreed - Royal Guard is next to useless long term. But he is a reilable and dependable tank for most beginner Empire Squads.
thedrjojo
Seasoned Newcomer
7 years ago
"CoastalJames;c-1590354" wrote:
"thedrjojo;c-1590264" wrote:
And I think royal guard would be a waste to farm as well.

"Beginner" is the keyword in the thread title.

Agreed - Royal Guard is next to useless long term. But he is a reilable and dependable tank for most beginner Empire Squads.

Op is level 71. Royal guard is useless for level 71 player. Level 20 player, sure, use royal guard, but farm better toons.
bugdropsX
7 years ago
palp is horrible on his own because, u can 1-2 hit him. its about team synergy. problem is when u add sion and nihilus for example, because there are too many heroes to control for alot of teams, and that is there where he would shine. maybe for older shards, specifically. but fresh shards FO can hit top ranks. i hit 10 daily with FO, without panda. against ppl with alot better teams, i try to avoid some of them but. esp sion nihilus teams.
FREEDOMfrom
7 years ago
Curious no one has recommended Moff. I use Palp lead, Vader, Thrawn, Moff and Storm Trooper (waiting to bulk my TFP up)