GK seems to be the popular choice. Anyone doing well with Shoretrooper or Stormtrooper? I'd have thought Shore offers more versus NS because of his heal, but Stormtrooper could also help out Palp with his 40% defence buff. Plus staying with Empire increases Vader's speed.

Or SithTrooper for that matter.

"Sacull_Kinslayer;c-1462559" wrote:@Dryff Vader is sneaky in an ep squad. The turn meter manipulation he provides speeds the empire/sith up tremendously. And he lays the foundation for DN. Yes I would suggest fitting Vader in there over SiT. Start with crush and follow up with saber toss to clear some debuffs off a target and instant TM to your squad. Then your options become many. Well then, I'll have to work on getting Vader from G11 to G12 then :) This seems to be the exact Palp team that's taking over my arena shard. Though I gotta say, I love being THAT GUY who is one of only like 10 people in all of SWGOH with Sith Trooper on the squad :DThank you for the input @Sacull_Kinslayer @CleverWes

I'm sure next month they'll release an easy to obtain LS character that will completely negate the momentum that the sith/empire have gained... Probably will have an unique ability that starts all LS characters with unremovable tenacity up or something... But I'm going to enjoy playing DS as long as I can...

KRU I plan to test out early next week some. Won't be 7* but he is g11. My thought is with his pretaunt, retribution, and gaining taunt against debuffed targets he will provide consistent control for an EP squad. And he has his dispel/stun/taunt halt which is useful AF. Not as good as GK, unfortunately not sith/empire so won't get the bonus hp but imo better than SiT. Shoretrooper is probably still the optimal choice (other than GK or gk clone) but I think kru will be good.And for anyone who knows me... Kylo. The answer is always Kylo.

To your previous statement I wouldn't rush to zeta kru until you know you want to use him. You can also try a tankless empire putting tarkin in there. He's fun when he's geared and no slouch. Very tough and does good damage. Also deathtrooper and krennic are good too.

Best tank for Palp lead, Vader, Nihilus and Thrawn?

LordInuy
7 years ago
i play with both, thrawn palp vader shore and gk
Dark_Helmet152
7 years ago
GK
olddumper
7 years ago
ShT will gaurentee that NS teams will go around. Who exactly does GK keep you from attacking you?
Nikoms565
7 years ago
"Olddumper;c-1461299" wrote:
ShT will gaurentee that NS teams will go around. Who exactly does GK keep you from attacking you?

Granted, I've only been running the all g12 versions for a few days, but oddly (and sadly) it seems that my teams performs better on offense with GK. Some of it might have to do with the fact that GK can take the two Armatek g12 pieces which boost his health and resistance higher than Shore's. It also could simply be the cleanse.

ETA: There are only about 3 NS teams in the top 20 or so on my Nov. 2015 shard - so that might be it as well. I've been holding in 7 for almost 12 hours with GK (after getting bumped back a couple hours after payout - which is normal).
LordInuy
7 years ago
gk is great, give you retribution and with his special usually can one-shot one ns
Sacull_Kinslaye
7 years ago
I use GK currently. And unfortunately. I can't wait to run all DS. My plan is to use KRU once I got a few more stars on him. I have SiT but haven't used him yet. I will try him out soon. Shoretrooper seems to be very beneficial as well. Unfortunately I'm building my shore so he'll be a bit.

Now in no way am I saying they are better than GK. There is no DS tank that is good as GK but I think kru, shore, and SiT all can work well. SiT however probably brings the least to the team overall though. Other than just being a brute with tons of health, protection, and defense.
Nikoms565
7 years ago
"Sacull_Kinslayer;c-1462364" wrote:
I use GK currently. And unfortunately. I can't wait to run all DS. My plan is to use KRU once I got a few more stars on him. I have SiT but haven't used him yet. I will try him out soon. Shoretrooper seems to be very beneficial as well. Unfortunately I'm building my shore so he'll be a bit.

Now in no way am I saying they are better than GK. There is no DS tank that is good as GK but I think kru, shore, and SiT all can work well. SiT however probably brings the least to the team overall though. Other than just being a brute with tons of health, protection, and defense.

Don't get your hopes up with Shore. I have both he and GK at g12 now - and GK still seems to work better for a Palp lead team.
emvedebe
7 years ago
"Nikoms565;c-1462383" wrote:
"Sacull_Kinslayer;c-1462364" wrote:
I use GK currently. And unfortunately. I can't wait to run all DS. My plan is to use KRU once I got a few more stars on him. I have SiT but haven't used him yet. I will try him out soon. Shoretrooper seems to be very beneficial as well. Unfortunately I'm building my shore so he'll be a bit.

Now in no way am I saying they are better than GK. There is no DS tank that is good as GK but I think kru, shore, and SiT all can work well. SiT however probably brings the least to the team overall though. Other than just being a brute with tons of health, protection, and defense.

Don't get your hopes up with Shore. I have both he and GK at g12 now - and GK still seems to work better for a Palp lead team.

the difference doesn't matter though, you'll win with both on offence and lose with both on defence.
phatphil3
7 years ago
The problem with SiT is that once he has buff immunity he's not getting rid of it.
Sacull_Kinslaye
7 years ago
"phatphil3;c-1462389" wrote:
The problem with SiT is that once he has buff immunity he's not getting rid of it.

Ya. Thats my issue with him. You can say that about most tanks though. Thrawn will have to cleanse them. Except GK of course.