Obi-Wan Kenobi (Old Ben)Old Ben Kenobi has been reworked with two unavoidable attacks and a new special ability: "Devoted Protector" which allows him to taunt at will, making him a threat from the very start of the battle. Old Ben now has the Rebel category tag!BASIC: Elegant Form Now grants Potency Up instead of Evasion Up Omega upgrade is now: "This attack can't be Evaded and inflicts Evasion Down for 2 turns"SPECIAL 1: Mind Tricks This ability can no longer be Evaded Omega upgrade now grants "Jedi and Rebel allies gain 3% Turn Meter for each effect Resisted" in addition to previous bonus of "+15% Turn Meter Reduction Chance"SPECIAL 2: Devoted Protector New ability! Fully Upgraded Without Zeta: "Old Ben gains Taunt for 2 turns. All allies gain Defense Up for 2 turns." (Cooldown 4) Fully Upgraded With Zeta: "Old Ben gains Taunt for 2 turns. When this Taunt expires, Old Ben gains Taunt for 1 turn. All allies gain Defense Up for 2 turns." (Cooldown 4)UNIQUE: If You Strike Me Down (REWORKED) Ability reworked, and gained a new ZETA upgrade: "+2% Turn Meter Gain, +20% Heal, +20% Protection Recovery, and the first time Old Ben is defeated all allies gain 25% Turn Meter" Fully upgraded, it reads: "Whenever another Jedi or Rebel ally takes damage, Old Ben gains 5% Turn Meter. The first time Old Ben is defeated, all allies gain Offense Up and Speed Up for 2 turns, recover 50% Health and 50% Protection, and gain 25% Turn Meter."General Strategy Now tagged as a Rebel, Old Ben fits perfectly under leads such as Jyn Erso. He is able to provide AoE Offense Down, Ability Block, and Turn Meter Removal all in one ability, Mind Tricks. We have changed the way his Unique, “If You Strike Me Down”, works, granting Old Ben 5% Turn Meter each time a Jedi or Rebel ally is damaged. Old Ben cannot be ignored as each strike against his allies gets him closer to ‘Mind Tricking’ you again. Old Ben Gains a new Special Ability, “Devoted Protector”, that grants Old Ben a Taunt for 2 turns that if dispelled or simply runs out due to its duration, grants Old Ben another Taunt for 1 turn.

Has anyone been bold enough to drop a Zeta on the taunt and confirm that it will throw up another taunt even through Luke's Debuff?Cuz I'm heavily considering it, but 20 Zetas is a lot to drop on an experiment that may backfire...and one of my guild's biggest theorycrafters is swearing it won't work even despite Dev confirmation of Fracture Taunting.

Thrawn's Fracture must dispel just before it applies Fracture, which is why the taunt can come back even though he's Fractured? Because he's not Fractured when the taunt is regained?

Does he still hit like he is swinging a wet noodle?

Can you clarify what is happening here @CG_Kozispoon since you cant gain buffs while Fractured, why is Old Ben still taunting?

Looks great, but I have one question: is old Ben receiving the rebel tag in addition to Jedi? Or in place of?

Forum Discussion

CG_Kozispoon

8 years ago

Character Strategy: Obi-Wan Kenobi (Old Ben)

Obi-Wan Kenobi (Old Ben)

Old Ben Kenobi has been reworked with two unavoidable attacks and a new special ability: "Devoted Protector" which allows him to taunt at will, making him a threat from the very start of the battle.

Old Ben now has the Rebel category tag!

BASIC: Elegant Form

Now grants Potency Up instead of Evasion Up
Omega upgrade is now: "This attack can't be Evaded and inflicts Evasion Down for 2 turns"

SPECIAL 1: Mind Tricks

This ability can no longer be Evaded
Omega upgrade now grants "Jedi and Rebel allies gain 3% Turn Meter for each effect Resisted" in addition to previous bonus of "+15% Turn Meter Reduction Chance"

SPECIAL 2: Devoted Protector

New ability!
Fully Upgraded Without Zeta: "Old Ben gains Taunt for 2 turns. All allies gain Defense Up for 2 turns." (Cooldown 4)
Fully Upgraded With Zeta: "Old Ben gains Taunt for 2 turns. When this Taunt expires, Old Ben gains Taunt for 1 turn. All allies gain Defense Up for 2 turns." (Cooldown 4)

UNIQUE: If You Strike Me Down (REWORKED)

Ability reworked, and gained a new ZETA upgrade: "+2% Turn Meter Gain, +20% Heal, +20% Protection Recovery, and the first time Old Ben is defeated all allies gain 25% Turn Meter"
Fully upgraded, it reads: "Whenever another Jedi or Rebel ally takes damage, Old Ben gains 5% Turn Meter. The first time Old Ben is defeated, all allies gain Offense Up and Speed Up for 2 turns, recover 50% Health and 50% Protection, and gain 25% Turn Meter."

General Strategy

Now tagged as a Rebel, Old Ben fits perfectly under leads such as Jyn Erso. He is able to provide AoE Offense Down, Ability Block, and Turn Meter Removal all in one ability, Mind Tricks.
We have changed the way his Unique, “If You Strike Me Down”, works, granting Old Ben 5% Turn Meter each time a Jedi or Rebel ally is damaged. Old Ben cannot be ignored as each strike against his allies gets him closer to ‘Mind Tricking’ you again.
Old Ben Gains a new Special Ability, “Devoted Protector”, that grants Old Ben a Taunt for 2 turns that if dispelled or simply runs out due to its duration, grants Old Ben another Taunt for 1 turn.

yetanotherscott
8 years ago
Question @CG_Kozispoon - does his AI prioritize taunt or mind tricks?
benacrow
8 years ago
"CG_Kozispoon;c-1205341" wrote:
"scuba;c-1205302" wrote:
So it looks like if old ben has taunt and is fractured he will be taunting while fractured.

This...this is a weird gif. We're looking to replace it with something more clear to better showcase the ability. Cheers!

We were discussing this in our guild chat just now, and it wouldn't follow the rules of fracture if he were to gain a buff after being fractured. I hope that gif is not a correct representation of what will happen though.
noobiestrikesba
8 years ago
"scuba;c-1205302" wrote:
So it looks like if old ben has taunt and is fractured he will be taunting while fractured.

This contradicts fracture because fracture means you cant gain buffs
speedo256
8 years ago
Time to gear up Fulcrum. Under Jyn, bring Old Ben back to get struck down again?
Devian_Ers
New Rookie
8 years ago
seems like trouble
Pantry_B0y
8 years ago
"Jamesm;c-1205343" wrote:
They took a lot out of mind tricks though

How so? They only added to it
WhySoKitch
New Spectator
8 years ago
Showing this in a 1v1 situation results in a confusing gif.
NTQ03
8 years ago
Lol at the Jedi tag questions.

I thought his lead would get reworked. Was also hoping his strike me down would still work if he was killed and then revived and killed again. At first I didn't like the non auto taunt; but since he meow gains 5% tm when Rebels or Jedi are attacked; he'll get their faster. Also he combos very well with CLS (as was intended) by adding +3% tm gain on mind Tricks for each effect resisted, so if say Rex has applied tenacity up and mind tricks is all resisted that's 30% tm gain, add that to the 50% CLS gives and it's meow 80% tm gain!
NicolBolasX
8 years ago
"ZaulLover;c-1205354" wrote:
hahahaha here i come HAAT p3, here i come.
love this. love the taunt, love the taunt after the taunt, love the TM gain when not hit.
im sure he still doing like... 0 damage, but im kinda fine with it, his job is crowd control and take hits. gonna be great with r2d2, enemy will have to atc obi!
but very important - can we get the IYSMD description without the zeta ? im having hard time understand its level 7 @CG_Kozispoon or anyone else that understood.

Just minus the stats from the zeta upgrade?

"Whenever another Jedi or Rebel ally takes damage, Old Ben gains 3% Turn Meter. The first time Old Ben is defeated, all allies gain Offense Up and Speed Up for 2 turns, recover 30% Health and 30% Protection."
jjldb80
8 years ago
"DatBoi;c-1205359" wrote:
"Jamesm;c-1205343" wrote:
They took a lot out of mind tricks though

How so? They only added to it

No more crit chance, crit dmg and def penetration up