Why isint him that good for new Clone team?

I am no clone expert, but based on the videos I watched tonight, he is necessary for the clone team.

If it is about Shaak Ti lead, then:It's because abilities on the other clones.Rex gives team cleanse and Tenacity up, plus turn meterCody gives a second full team assist plus self turn meter and AoEEcho gives health recover and cleanse enemies Fives gives assist, and is the only tankClone Sgt only gives Dmg, self TM and AoE TM reduction. If you remove any of the other clones in favour of Clone Sgt, the team will suffer.

You absolutely want Clone Sarge on the team. Without him, the damage is extremely sub-par.

But if you remove Sergeant then the team risks not having the DPS to fight its way out of a paper bag. Personally I think it’s going to be situational for each battle. Shaak Ti replicates a lot of the other Clones’ abilities (mass assist, dispel, cleanse etc.), so for any given battle you might not need multiple sources of a particular ability. (For example, i used to take on EP teams (pre-Sion) with my Clones which meant you needed a fast Rex. But if the opposition didn’t have big debuffs then I used to drop him out for Leia instead)My thought is that Sergeant will stay and I will drop either Rex or Cody depending on the opponent. Perhaps even drop Fives if massive early burst damage will swing the fight without the need for a tank at all.Tl;dr Don’t drop Sarge, drop the least useful utility character for that particular battle

Shakk ti gives cleanse so I’d drop Rex. Sarg is the main Damage and with stacking crit damage from shakk will be hitting hard and fast with his self TM.Also the best non faction leader for a cross faction squad is rex so it’s a win win.

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Player_7ctrhms9
6 years ago
I think loads will drop Rex from their Shaak team, and instead use Sarge. And have Rex go lead somewhere else because he's still a great plug and play leader.
tvsfrink
6 years ago
"Matu;c-1879476" wrote:
"VonZant;c-1879468" wrote:
I am no clone expert, but based on the videos I watched tonight, he is necessary for the clone team.

But he is not on that synergy pic, why?

Because that's just a suggestion. Doesn't mean it's optimal.
davenliterally
6 years ago
Drop Rex, use Sarge, gain an additional team.
SamuraiUX
6 years ago
So this is great, it reinforces what I came up with independently. Keep Serge and drop Rex. But my question is: everyone's talking about what a great cross-faction leader Rex is. With so many specific teams (Rebels, Geos, Seps, Galactic Repub, Phoenix, etc., etc.) what ragtag leftover bunch would I put Rex with? I'm NOT going to let him lead people who are better put with their natural leaders, so it will have to be extras. Anything come to mind?
Bilbo418
6 years ago
One more question - to they need speed???
DVZR
6 years ago
"Matu;c-1880127" wrote:
One more question - to they need speed???

Again, no expert, but damage first then speed secondaries would be my guess. The assists and counters reduce the need for speed.
YKMisfit
Rising Novice
6 years ago
"daveliterally;c-1879884" wrote:
Drop Rex, use Sarge, gain an additional team.

I've never run Clones, but this is exactly how I would do it if I did.
exiledstick
6 years ago
"VonZant;c-1880203" wrote:
"Matu;c-1880127" wrote:
One more question - to they need speed???

Again, no expert, but damage first then speed secondaries would be my guess. The assists and counters reduce the need for speed.

Listen to this guy. He knows how to read a characters kit like neo sees the matrix. Proof ? Any post he makes about teams that are not common or meta
exiledstick
6 years ago
"MasterSeedy;c-1879533" wrote:
Also note that Sarge doesn't have an out-of-turn attack. Shaak-Ti is designed to synergize best with out-of-turn attackers and with clones. If you're both (Fives & Echo) you're a must for Shaak-Ti. Cody doesn't have out-of-turn attacks, but does grant literally all others OOTs with the mass assist special. thus is also a must. Fives also grants an OOT to one other ally, but you don't get to choose which one and it's on a special, so ... it doesn't really count the way Cody's mass assist does. But since Fives already is a must (from counter and Clone), no biggie.
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All clones have an out of turn attack from retribution. So that doesn’t matter that Cody and Sarg have no out of turn attack. Agree with everything else.
BTTripleZero
6 years ago
"VonZant;c-1880203" wrote:
"Matu;c-1880127" wrote:
One more question - to they need speed???

Again, no expert, but damage first then speed secondaries would be my guess. The assists and counters reduce the need for speed.

Depends on what you are planning on facing them with. If you can get Cody to go first, I think I’d want to go max speed on him and get him to attack first. Then he can go again immediately after Shaak Ti calls her assist. Then he can potentially go a 3rd time after Rex.