Droid strats and comps in the meta

"Koreial;c-1307670" wrote:
I almost have BB8 to G11 and he's been a wonderful addition to my arena team (HK/88/86/R2/BB); I especially love that I can have a proper turn order now too. I start with BB8 to get Secret Intel rolling, R2 for burn and/or stealth (depending on the team) then the normal HK, 88, 86. https://swgoh.gg/u/koreial/

So my question is, what's the current consensus on his taunt? I held off on picking it up after reading some of the regrets in this thread but now I was thinking about getting the taunt once he hits G11. It seems like I usually either win or lose before I even get the chance to cast Illuminated Destiny anyway; or, I get to cast it when there's 1 enemy left which is practically useless. Most of my losses seem to come from 88 or 86 dying too early from a Wiggs triple shot so the taunt might help with that as well. I'm thinking the taunt will also increase my damage quite a bit and add more turns/cooldown reduction for BB8 with all of the counters and crits.

Are people still regretting picking up the taunt? I plan on getting both of his Zetas (i'm thinking the assist one first?); should I wait until I have one of his Zetas?

I'm kinda on the fence about his taunt. Sometimes it's really good since he counters (R2 assists and stuns) and heals everyone, but sometimes he gets 1 shot or he gets stunned and then he can't dodge anything while he's stunned. Against GK and barriss teams his taunt is great. But against teams with OP raid Han it can be terrible because Han will do 25k with his special attack, gain 100% TM then hit twice with his basic for 15k each, and BB-8 gets destroyed. I try not to use his Covert Data Transfer after the 1st turn so BB-8 doesn't die, but sometimes it's choose to taunt or attack CLS, Leia, Han, Wedge, etc and get countered for 15-20k. Against any team other than CLS lead it's great though