Been running 4 Clones and RG on a shard where people have been maxed for a while. Recently I've started slipping from the low 30s to the upper 50s... Do you think this is a product of my gear(Rex is 11 rest are low 9 or 10 echo is 8) or am I being targeted for running an out of meta team without Rey in it? I've had great success on offence with them, I purposely target droid teams since Rex lead ruins them and they do well vs Rey RG team ups too.. Where do you guys think I'm falling behind in rank, also do note I'm happy with my clone sqaud and am looking to make minimal changes so subbing out my whole sqaud I'd like to avoid.The character I question most is Echo, I don't feel like he pulls his weight, a this an undergeared issue or are there better alternatives such as swapping to Anakin led clones with RG leaving out echo... Thoughts welcome!

Hes undergeared, he become viable at gear 10

Anakin lead with an omega in his leader is amazing. It gives your clones and Anakin +30% offense and +20% critical damage.With the correct team surrounding him, Anakin becomes General Skywalker. I only wish there were more f2p clones than 5s and clone sergeant

"Durrun;53630" wrote:Been running 4 Clones and RG on a shard where people have been maxed for a while. Recently I've started slipping from the low 30s to the upper 50s... Do you think this is a product of my gear(Rex is 11 rest are low 9 or 10 echo is 8) or am I being targeted for running an out of meta team without Rey in it? Its not a product of anything its RANDOM team matching. Players are just choosing whoever they like or the highest rated team.. the game randomly selects teams with similar power to the player, so it could be you are getting randomly profiled.Clones are good, I run them myself but your defense is controlled by AI not you, there isn't going to be ANYTHING you can do to keep your rank from dropping.This week it dropped 30 pts, next week it may only drop 10.. its ALL random.And I *LOVE* Echo albeit mine is G10, but at G9 he hits hard and still does around 1700 damage, not bad, considering he gives turn meter to a random character under 50%.. AND he can attack at any time.. Echo is part of my 'A' Arena Team.. I get to low 20's with him, if I refresh I can be in the teens but I don't want to put any more effort or waste more credits \ crystal on this game until things get fixed or patched.

I ran all 4 clones + RG. Clones were mostly omega'd , all 7* and geared as much as possible. They fared well but their damage was poor. I swapped to Anakin lead and tried the clones w/ him. I ended up adding jedi and keeping only Rex. Anakin (L)AaylaQGJRexRGThis is the team I finally settled on. Was difficult to drop a maxed 5's for sure. Especially 1 w/ +30% offense and +20% crit dmg. But, he wasn't pulling bis weight. This team has 3x the damage output my clones had, can strip taunt, cleanse, has 2 ways to give the squad offense up. I have yet to be knocked below #15 on a Nov. shard and finish 1st or 2nd at payout daily.

"Poxx;543940" wrote:I ran all 4 clones + RG. Clones were mostly omega'd , all 7* and geared as much as possible. They fared well but their damage was poor. I swapped to Anakin lead and tried the clones w/ him. I ended up adding jedi and keeping only Rex. Anakin (L)AaylaQGJRexRGThis is the team I finally settled on. Was difficult to drop a maxed 5's for sure. Especially 1 w/ +30% offense and +20% crit dmg. But, he wasn't pulling bis weight. This team has 3x the damage output my clones had, can strip taunt, cleanse, has 2 ways to give the squad offense up. I have yet to be knocked below #15 on a Nov. shard and finish 1st or 2nd at payout daily.Ah so Anakin is finally viable, good to know.. Thanks for this update!

Clones VS The Meta (Round 1..."FIGHT")

NIckielll
9 years ago
Hes undergeared, he become viable at gear 10
Raz-Noom
9 years ago
Anakin lead with an omega in his leader is amazing. It gives your clones and Anakin +30% offense and +20% critical damage.

With the correct team surrounding him, Anakin becomes General Skywalker.

I only wish there were more f2p clones than 5s and clone sergeant
atlwitcher
9 years ago
"Durrun;53630" wrote:
Been running 4 Clones and RG on a shard where people have been maxed for a while. Recently I've started slipping from the low 30s to the upper 50s... Do you think this is a product of my gear(Rex is 11 rest are low 9 or 10 echo is 8) or am I being targeted for running an out of meta team without Rey in it?

Its not a product of anything its RANDOM team matching. Players are just choosing whoever they like or the highest rated team.. the game randomly selects teams with similar power to the player, so it could be you are getting randomly profiled.

Clones are good, I run them myself but your defense is controlled by AI not you, there isn't going to be ANYTHING you can do to keep your rank from dropping.

This week it dropped 30 pts, next week it may only drop 10.. its ALL random.

And I *LOVE* Echo albeit mine is G10, but at G9 he hits hard and still does around 1700 damage, not bad, considering he gives turn meter to a random character under 50%.. AND he can attack at any time.. Echo is part of my 'A' Arena Team.. I get to low 20's with him, if I refresh I can be in the teens but I don't want to put any more effort or waste more credits \ crystal on this game until things get fixed or patched.
Poxx70
9 years ago
I ran all 4 clones + RG. Clones were mostly omega'd , all 7* and geared as much as possible. They fared well but their damage was poor. I swapped to Anakin lead and tried the clones w/ him. I ended up adding jedi and keeping only Rex.

Anakin (L)
Aayla
QGJ
Rex
RG

This is the team I finally settled on. Was difficult to drop a maxed 5's for sure. Especially 1 w/ +30% offense and +20% crit dmg. But, he wasn't pulling bis weight. This team has 3x the damage output my clones had, can strip taunt, cleanse, has 2 ways to give the squad offense up. I have yet to be knocked below #15 on a Nov. shard and finish 1st or 2nd at payout daily.
atlwitcher
9 years ago
"Poxx;543940" wrote:
I ran all 4 clones + RG. Clones were mostly omega'd , all 7* and geared as much as possible. They fared well but their damage was poor. I swapped to Anakin lead and tried the clones w/ him. I ended up adding jedi and keeping only Rex.

Anakin (L)
Aayla
QGJ
Rex
RG

This is the team I finally settled on. Was difficult to drop a maxed 5's for sure. Especially 1 w/ +30% offense and +20% crit dmg. But, he wasn't pulling bis weight. This team has 3x the damage output my clones had, can strip taunt, cleanse, has 2 ways to give the squad offense up. I have yet to be knocked below #15 on a Nov. shard and finish 1st or 2nd at payout daily.

Ah so Anakin is finally viable, good to know.. Thanks for this update!
DarthxJay
9 years ago
I've used the 4 clones and RG even with 100% max gear and they don't defend well at all and they really lack a good burst damage dealer. You could try the same squad minus 5's and JKA lead and see how it goes. Overall I don't think Echo's AI isnt very good as he wastes his debuff on Rey's foresight 100% of the time.
Donisshane
9 years ago
"Darth_Jay77;543979" wrote:
I've used the 4 clones and RG even with 100% max gear and they don't defend well at all and they really lack a good burst damage dealer. You could try the same squad minus 5's and JKA lead and see how it goes. Overall I don't think Echo's AI isnt very good as he wastes his debuff on Rey's foresight 100% of the time.

I've been running JKA lead with maxed clones behind him (Cody, Echo, Rex, 5's all max gear, mods, and abilities). I feel bad Sarge can't join us but he lacks some of the utility that others do. I don't fall off the top too much despite not having someone to taunt and I don't fear any of the current meta comps (or droids for that matter) If the opposing team has incredible speed and they manage to take out JKA or rex first then I actually have to pay attention and it might be a coin toss if I win or not. I actually enjoy playing RG teams now as I will usually attack him with JKA first to keep him from being able to taunt and can easily pick off the damage dealers without having to think about him or hope echo's grenade doesn't miss.

All in I think this combo is VERY good and worthy of the investment if you enjoy playing a squad that doesn't look exactly like everyone else.
Vyrefire
9 years ago
I'm impressed you run Cody instead of sarge. He's insane damage (up to 16-17k basic ani led) and I love his TM reduc to stop ST Hans and Rey's so I get more damage before they act.
Kekattia
9 years ago
You have to remember that Cody calls all clones plus Ani to assist, that means they all use a basic that means Echo gets triggered to assist. I've had the CD be reduced from 8 to 2 because of all the crits.

Also if you can target his basic well he gains 60% TM
Vyrefire
9 years ago
Oh I know :) uou should check out the multiple weeks of talking about Cody and company and testing jay and I did in the Cody discussion, don't get me wrong he has potential but imo sarge is the only clone with real consistent and high damage, how do you do against 2 tank teams without him on team?