Hey everyone, so the other day in a Territory War I used my medium-gear phoenix against a medium-gear NS. I realized that Pheonix counters NS pretty well. Do most people use Phoenix to counter NS as higher levels? I know Phoenix isn't super meta, but NS can be annoying to go up against, and it seems most people use Imperial Troopers, but couldn't they use Phoenix instead, seeing as how they have already farmed phoenix?

At higher levels, almost no one uses Phoenix....for anything really. While there are some exceptions, many use troopers, palp lead + Vader or even CLS/Han + Chewie. You could even use JKR , but that's overkill. Triumvirate is also an option - it's always fun to watch Daka try to rez a NS that Nihilus just annihilateed.

Bounty Hunters are a much better investment if you are looking for a Nightsisters counter.

I would imagine even at g12 that spirit can 1 shot most of them?

"Lukeando93;c-2154501" wrote:I would imagine even at g12 that spirit can 1 shot most of them? If you try to use undergeared phoenix, yes. If you try G13 phoenix against G13 nightsisters they would have a chance

"jawa7778;d-234402" wrote:Hey everyone, so the other day in a Territory War I used my medium-gear phoenix against a medium-gear NS. I realized that Pheonix counters NS pretty well. Do most people use Phoenix to counter NS as higher levels? I know Phoenix isn't super meta, but NS can be annoying to go up against, and it seems most people use Imperial Troopers, but couldn't they use Phoenix instead, seeing as how they have already farmed phoenix?No, because such thing as high gear level Phoenix is rarely seen due to lack of their overall usefulness and pretty high rare gear requirements. At higher levels people tends to meet much better geared NS than they have Phoenix. Also they tends to have other counters which are basically mandatory in the game. For example, good BH squad is required for several events, and they also happen to be very solid NS counter.

Does anyone use Phoenix as a counter to NS?

Nikoms565
5 years ago
At higher levels, almost no one uses Phoenix....for anything really. While there are some exceptions, many use troopers, palp lead + Vader or even CLS/Han + Chewie. You could even use JKR , but that's overkill. Triumvirate is also an option - it's always fun to watch Daka try to rez a NS that Nihilus just annihilateed.
Rath_Tarr0
5 years ago
Bounty Hunters are a much better investment if you are looking for a Nightsisters counter.
lukeando93
5 years ago
I would imagine even at g12 that spirit can 1 shot most of them?
Sanderzas
5 years ago
"Lukeando93;c-2154501" wrote:
I would imagine even at g12 that spirit can 1 shot most of them?

If you try to use undergeared phoenix, yes. If you try G13 phoenix against G13 nightsisters they would have a chance
ildarz
5 years ago
"jawa7778;d-234402" wrote:
Hey everyone, so the other day in a Territory War I used my medium-gear phoenix against a medium-gear NS. I realized that Pheonix counters NS pretty well. Do most people use Phoenix to counter NS as higher levels? I know Phoenix isn't super meta, but NS can be annoying to go up against, and it seems most people use Imperial Troopers, but couldn't they use Phoenix instead, seeing as how they have already farmed phoenix?

No, because such thing as high gear level Phoenix is rarely seen due to lack of their overall usefulness and pretty high rare gear requirements. At higher levels people tends to meet much better geared NS than they have Phoenix. Also they tends to have other counters which are basically mandatory in the game. For example, good BH squad is required for several events, and they also happen to be very solid NS counter.
lukeando93
5 years ago
"Hortus;c-2154544" wrote:
"jawa7778;d-234402" wrote:
Hey everyone, so the other day in a Territory War I used my medium-gear phoenix against a medium-gear NS. I realized that Pheonix counters NS pretty well. Do most people use Phoenix to counter NS as higher levels? I know Phoenix isn't super meta, but NS can be annoying to go up against, and it seems most people use Imperial Troopers, but couldn't they use Phoenix instead, seeing as how they have already farmed phoenix?

No, because such thing as high gear level Phoenix is rarely seen due to lack of their overall usefulness and pretty high rare gear requirements. At higher levels people tends to meet much better geared NS than they have Phoenix. Also they tends to have other counters which are basically mandatory in the game. For example, good BH squad is required for several events, and they also happen to be very solid NS counter.

Do phoenix have that bad gear requirements for higher levels? Would have thought for an early team they wouldn't have been that bad or do they require a lot of stun guns? Mine are about g8 so I can't really say I've bothered with them!!
Sanderzas
5 years ago
I think you need 4 or 5 stun guns to get them all from G8 to G9. After that I don't know what gear they need
ildarz
5 years ago
"Lukeando93;c-2154556" wrote:

Do phoenix have that bad gear requirements for higher levels? Would have thought for an early team they wouldn't have been that bad or do they require a lot of stun guns? Mine are about g8 so I can't really say I've bothered with them!!

swgoh.gg have full gear list for every character so you can compare. Just for example, Kanan needs more Carbanti, stun guns and stun cuffs than Bossk.
ManlyVanLee
New Novice
5 years ago
G8 is pretty much the stopping point for Phoenix. You can unlock Thrawn and pretty much forget about them. The G8-9 gear level is pretty rough for all of them considering what you're getting out of the team, so that's where most people stop
ltswb1
5 years ago
I have all g12 Phoenix and they’re pretty much useless except as defensive fodder in GAC. I don’t think they would stand a chance against a similarly geared and fully zeta’d NS team.