I decided to create a post where we could discuss droid comps and strategies for various comps and characters that are "Meta'The idea is for people to post their solutions for the various characters and combos that are notoriously tough for droids to beat.To make it a good strategy thread, i think a hood firms would be to start by naming the problem comp followed by either naming a droid counter or asking for one.I'll start with an example:Chirrut and BazeCounter I use is B2 and K2S0. Wait to tackle them until you have buff immunity on baze and daze on chirrut to take out chirrut. He's first unless you can't land buff immunity on Baze. Then Daze Baze and take him out first.

Wiggs + anything but chaseFor me what has worked by now is the great K2SO, some people daze Wedge I rather daze Biggs just to avoid the turn meter gain after crits too and since I run R2 I stun Wedge first and if I don't get to stun him is the first I take down with my first burstPS: Awesome idea man!

Zader + Sidious + Palpatine_____________________________I always Zerg down Sidious first. Palpatine second. Usually before either goes.Normally old Palps is first priority because droids seem to be extra susceptible to stuns (could just be in my head though). However, Sidious's fast AoE with DoTs just ends up being too much cumulative damage to survive with the Zader lead once his DoTs get added as well. There's no real required characters for this one outside of a faster than their Sidious Jawa Engineer for opening zerg and hk for tm shenanigans. No matter who is in the comp I AoE with B2 on cooldown. He's only necessary if they have taunters though. If Dooku is in the Comp K2 is a must. Other than those potential needs, just load up on heavy hitters.Zader is actually a relatively easy lead to take down in general.Zavage___________________________I personally have the best luck with this guy if I leave him for last. The trick to that is he has to be the last man standing while I have a full squad with most of their health and protection.Nihilus + Dooku + Sith Trooper__________________________Whenever Sith Trooper is in comp I always AoE with B2 on cooldown, along with any other auto taunter. Dooku is taken care of by bringing along K2S0 to Daze him. IG-88's healing immunity is another less effective solution to Dooku. IG-88 in general is great against Nihilus leads due to the massive damage and healing immunity. Both come in very handy against those massive regenerating health bars.@Chewie_says_Aaarww I know it's been a while, but didn't you used to beat Zeta Maul teams with droids under a Boba lead? Would you be up for sharing whatever you might recall of your strategies that worked with that comp?

Zeta QuiGon with GK_________________HK, B2, K2, 88, JEJE does the tm thing, and B2 wipes the foresight. (B2 is super clutch against Jedi as dodging an allies attack triggers the tm gain just like them getting damaged). K2 then dazes whoever needs Dazing. Dazing priority is Aayla, Anakin, GK. HK and 88 both AoE then. HK will get a followup single target attack, but 88 won't. I then proceed to AoE on cooldown and zerg GK down first. I use the opportunities of GK not taunting to reapply Daze, but GK is my main priority. By staying on GK I get to continue to crit as well as remove a whole host of problems that he represents: Crit immunty, Cleansing, retribution, massive assist. I can take a lot of Kenobis out before they get the assist off if I focus on him from the get go.After that, my kill order is JKA, Aayla, Yoda, QGJ, whoever...

"Woodroward;c-1194571" wrote:Zader + Sidious + Palpatine_____________________________@Chewie_says_Aaarww I know it's been a while, but didn't you used to beat Zeta Maul teams with droids under a Boba lead? Would you be up for sharing whatever you might recall of your strategies that worked with that comp?Jo, Boba lead was good, but it was more like a temporary fix, now with sith assassin in play it will be much harder to beat those squads. Back in the day, I used Boba(L), JE, 88, B2 and K2SO.

"Chewie_says_Aaarww;c-1208677" wrote:"Woodroward;c-1194571" wrote:Zader + Sidious + Palpatine_____________________________@Chewie_says_Aaarww I know it's been a while, but didn't you used to beat Zeta Maul teams with droids under a Boba lead? Would you be up for sharing whatever you might recall of your strategies that worked with that comp?Jo, Boba lead was good, but it was more like a temporary fix, now with sith assassin in play it will be much harder to beat those squads. Back in the day, I used Boba(L), JE, 88, B2 and K2SO. Right on. Thanks for responding. I think @Ig88isboss also said something about beating Zeta Maul teams after R2 came out, but I don't think he frequents these forums anymore. I'd really like to see some strats for all the droid problem comps and everyone's contribution helps. @Modulous @STRIKEBOMB Would you two be up for contributing?

Droid strats and comps in the meta

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TheChampionBum
8 years ago
Just zeta'd BB8's unique "Roll with the punches" and it is definitely worth it if you use R2 in your droid team (which is pretty much required now to stay competitive). I finally managed to take out a meta team this time even though im pretty sure i got lucky with the good RNG for B2's buff immunity and 88's ability blocks. Im now sitting at rank 78 and out of battles. I'll update my answer and see how well I fared on defense throughout the night.
Luscious-Boooge
8 years ago
"STRIKEBOMB;c-1309584" wrote:
"HB0MBZ;c-1309557" wrote:
Hk(L) r2, ig88, bb8, chopper.

Chopper with added buffs on basic + extra attacks in between, will boost tm like crazy, also has a dispell that's not aoe and takes away tm. Good for teams with chirrut/Baze. Also chopper is one of the fastest characters in the game.

R2 for stealth and stun + number crunch added bonuses.

Ig88 damage/ heal immunity, aoe only after being stealthed by r2.

Bb8 takes JE spot. Gives potency to other characters like r2,ig88 and hk. Use r2 stealth on bb8 for a soft heal

Hi for debuff and leadership ability. Can also be used as a tank for stealth if bb8 is lacking health.

Ideal order:
Chopper, bb8,r2,hk,ig88

Chopper to dispell taunt right off the bat
Bb8 uses special
R2 stealth
Hk debuffs
Ig88 damage and debuff

If faceing a gk/Barris team use crit immunity to start to take out Barris and gk.

How well do you do with that strategy? If you use it at all lol. And also it would be best if BB-8 goes first so you can start spreading Secret Intel, otherwise you just wasted potential cooldown reduction for Illuminated Destiny. In theory it can be really good in some situations, but often times you need the buff immunity from B2. It definitely gives BB-8 more survivability since there's another taunter, but I'm not sure if that's enough.

It's a good team. It beats cls. But not zbarris gk team. I haven't had a good rex team to face but idk how it would do. It mostly counters the plague of cls
STRlKEBOMB
8 years ago
"HB0MBZ;c-1312081" wrote:
"STRIKEBOMB;c-1309584" wrote:
"HB0MBZ;c-1309557" wrote:
Hk(L) r2, ig88, bb8, chopper.

Chopper with added buffs on basic + extra attacks in between, will boost tm like crazy, also has a dispell that's not aoe and takes away tm. Good for teams with chirrut/Baze. Also chopper is one of the fastest characters in the game.

R2 for stealth and stun + number crunch added bonuses.

Ig88 damage/ heal immunity, aoe only after being stealthed by r2.

Bb8 takes JE spot. Gives potency to other characters like r2,ig88 and hk. Use r2 stealth on bb8 for a soft heal

Hi for debuff and leadership ability. Can also be used as a tank for stealth if bb8 is lacking health.

Ideal order:
Chopper, bb8,r2,hk,ig88

Chopper to dispell taunt right off the bat
Bb8 uses special
R2 stealth
Hk debuffs
Ig88 damage and debuff

If faceing a gk/Barris team use crit immunity to start to take out Barris and gk.

How well do you do with that strategy? If you use it at all lol. And also it would be best if BB-8 goes first so you can start spreading Secret Intel, otherwise you just wasted potential cooldown reduction for Illuminated Destiny. In theory it can be really good in some situations, but often times you need the buff immunity from B2. It definitely gives BB-8 more survivability since there's another taunter, but I'm not sure if that's enough.

It's a good team. It beats cls. But not zbarris gk team. I haven't had a good rex team to face but idk how it would do. It mostly counters the plague of cls

Thanks for the feedback. I'll have to try out chopper instead of B2 sometimes. He's only gear 10 though and about a month out from gear 11.
almightywood
8 years ago
So we have set up a chat for droid users on discord. If you have questions or ideas about droids, or just want to chat about them feel free to join:

https://discord.gg/58kBAZH
akalsaris
8 years ago
Any thouts on the new Imperial Probe Droid fitting into droid comps?
almightywood
8 years ago
General consensus on our discord channel is that he will be just what the Dr. ordered as far as droids go unless he is really slow and squishy.
TheChampionBum
8 years ago
I'm really looking forward to IPD but who will be taken out of the team for him? B2? BB8? 88 and HK are required. R2 is too good to not have in the team. My guess is it would be B2 but then there goes the buff immunity. I need to research IPD more as I haven't looked into his kit in detail but he is very interesting to say the least.
Grimboz
8 years ago
Target lock = kind of Buff immunity. B2 feed the cls train, the new one offers B2 dispel and DN kill. Clearly a good addition

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