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7 years ago

Darth Nihilus Arena

For top-level arena, just wondering if in the current meta there is anybody competing in the top ranks of arena using a Darth Nihilus lead. I know, I know, Sith suck and all, but I'm sticking with them.

I'm currently running zzDN (L), Dooku, Sith Trooper, Palpatine, and zThrawn. I can get under 100 if I do my 5 battles, but definitely drop like a rock on defense (sometimes to 170 or worse). Pretty easy to climb because I can target Rex, zBarriss, Chaze, and GK teams for easy wins.

So basically, is there anyone running Nihilus at the top of a squad arena? Who do you use? I feel like Palpatine is the weak link, and I'm thinking of slotting in GK when I unlock him (CLS just puts buff immunity first thing on Sith Trooper and it makes him worthless).

Ideas?

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  • On goh.gg, there are about 300 out of 50k that have a top 100 dn lead team... The fact that they dont crit under dn lead means they need offense to do well, and the 2 best sith for that are maul and savage, neither of which is in your team... Also, assassin is a must for any top level sith teams to compete in high arena...
  • "Osik;c-1395536" wrote:
    On goh.gg, there are about 300 out of 50k that have a top 100 dn lead team... The fact that they dont crit under dn lead means they need offense to do well, and the 2 best sith for that are maul and savage, neither of which is in your team... Also, assassin is a must for any top level sith teams to compete in high arena...


    I found that Sith Assassin did a lot less for my team oddly enough than Palpatine, though it was 5* at the time. I'm 60/100, so I might try to put Sith Assassin back in when she hits 7*. Zavage is the same story, since he dies too quickly under Nihilus without his HoTs.

    I'm thinking maybe replacing Palp with CLS, because he's just that OP...
  • I’m one of those 300. ZzDN,zooku, zavage, Palp, and zzr2. All g12. I’m in the same boat can sometimes get in top 75, then drop 75 overnight. The fight is for 100 and even 150 in just a few days after JT Rey has been released. Last time I saw a drop like this was when CLS was released. Palp is a weak link for sure. I’ll be replacing him with Han once I get my 7 stars and more gear on him. I seriously doubt there is anyone in top 20 in any competitive shard with DN lead. I didn’t like Maul or SA on the team because they get killed by one shot way too often.
  • Honestly Id switch to CLS(L) Thrawn Nihilus R2 and Raid Han. Throw the Zeta on Han and you'd be good to go
  • I used to run Nihilus lead too but I switched to Zthrawn and my arena improved soooo much
  • The best DN team is zzDN, SA, SiT, CD, and Zavage or sometimes EP depending on who you are fighting. And no, they can't really hang with the big boys anymore.

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