Early First Order team tips

"winky;c-1606364" wrote:
You have to ignore Executioner at first. The Kylos are too important and all 3 are cantina nodes. I made some early farming mistakes but have been farming only FO and pilots for the past couple weeks and am finally starting to get caught back up in arena with my FO squad.

Level 73
KRU 7* G8
Kylo Ren 5* G8
FOO 7* G8
Phasma 6* G7
FOSFTP 4* G7

Thats 2 Cantina Nodes, 1 Cantina Store, 1 Guild Store, 1 GW Store.

Late game FO I can't talk about yet, but early game 4 of your characters HAVE to be KRU, Ren, FOO, and Phasma, as they are the 4 that are fast to farm up. The 5th slot will be lagging behind no matter which other character you want to slot there as Hard Nodes and Guild Store are just slower.

Executioner is far more important than OG Kylo. I don’t even use him in my team.

Depends. Og kylo is a tm machine. He gives 25% tm every thrash and can do it every turn as long as the dot resets his cooldowns. The basic strategy with fo is to feed tm to your damage dealer while keeping him safe. Fost, foo, and og Ren all feed tm. You also get tm from crits from kru’s leader ability. Thus against certain teams og Ren is an absolute must. If you throw thrawn on the team you can literally give your damage dealer, whether it be foo or foe, turn after turn, after turn. For the start of fights it’s amazing. If your opponent doesn’t have a pretaunter, you can kiss any squishy goodbye before they get a turn. Defense however is another matter. Fo is horribad on defense.

Having come across a few KRU zetas now in GW, I have to say they seem very potent on defence at least.

KRU alone can really throw a spanner in the works.

Not sure about FOX though, I think many people overlook him.

I agree FO is bad on defense. The one character that crushes on D tho is KRU. A swoll KRU will prevent any weaker teams from overtaking you by himself. (Unless they're left with someone that can prevent heals once the dust settles). Prioritizing gearing him up first will shore up a lot of FO's weak spot on defense.

Thank you for the tips!!! Will unlock FOO after 2hours (refresh)

Roster as of now
KRU
FOE
FOST
Phasma(Temporary since she is easy to farm)
Tarkin (Filler; to be replaced by FOO)

Must admit I am having more fun with FO!!

Quick update! I have a complete FO roster and was able to climb back up averaging between 50-70 in arena rank. OG Kylo Ren also close to unlocking.

My team consists of:

KRU (lead)
FOE
FOST
Phasma
FOO

Should I switch out Phasma for OG Kylo Ren as soon as I gear him up? Thank you for the tips!!

Yes. Make him second fastest to FOO. FOO grants him a turn right off the bat, he does lash out and boom: all 5 characters are either 100% TM or really close to it and he's got retribution.

"Vendi1983;c-1615285" wrote:
Yes. Make him second fastest to FOO. FOO grants him a turn right off the bat, he does lash out and boom: all 5 characters are either 100% TM or really close to it and he's got retribution.

This. This is how you typically start fights. Foo should be your fastest character, casts marching orders on Ren, Ren uses lash out and gives everyone else 25% tm, filling up the the teams tm.

Or you could do it the other way. Give the TM to Phasma, who uses Victory March to give everyone TM and Advantage. Everyone gets a guaranteed crit on their first attack, and likely that you've just taken out one of their characters before they even get to start.

Downside to Phasma over Kylo is the cooldown on Victory March versus using Lash Out on almost every turn and gaining retribution, which inflicts DoT and Healing Immunity. He also hits massively harder than Phasma in general. If you have FOST you don't need Phasma for Speed Down either.