Finalizer tactics near endgame
So, I'm working with someone who is more-or-less endgame. They don't have any GLs, but are working hard on SLKR and aren't that far away. Part of the overall strategy is to improve in Fleet Arena at t...
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The possibility of getting into top-10 entirely depends on your fleet shard activity. On active shard you WILL fall low no matter what (unless you have established place in the shard chat). Finalizer on defense is just too easy target to ignore it.
Starting lineup - Kylos + FOSFTF. Bossk, Cassian and Plo is what I use in reinforcements, the reasons for each is pretty obvious. Fourth slot doesn't really matter much unless you can think out some utility ship which can be better than above in some situations - I can't.
The general strategy against Negotiator is to put Anakin in low health (but NOT trigger Unending Loyalty) and force Negotiator to use Republic Protection as first move while preventing tanks from taunt (stuns, FOSFTF ability block, dispel from Kylo shuttle). Then trigger Unending Loyalty on Anakin and use Cassian as first reinforcement to pull it out of stealth and kill. After that just pick the rest of ships one by one, the exact order depends on situation, there are just too many variables. Important note - Plo ship is the top priority after Anakin, enemy fleet will be basically invulnerable if Plo left uncheked.
If you triggered Unending loyalty on Anakin prematurely, he got it again from Republic Protection and you can't kill him straight out with Cassian then use Bossk as reinforcement instead. It will allow you to survive Mobilize (with some luck you even can keep Bossk alive) and continue to fight.
Use Plo reinforcement as answer to Mobilize. Having him at high gear level isn't required but helps because Plo is basically your offtank - AI puts him high in the priority list, also he have taunt which can be used on himself.
Can't say anything useful about Malevolence, I don't have high success rate against it (looks like my experience is somewhat reverse to poster above :)).
Starting lineup - Kylos + FOSFTF. Bossk, Cassian and Plo is what I use in reinforcements, the reasons for each is pretty obvious. Fourth slot doesn't really matter much unless you can think out some utility ship which can be better than above in some situations - I can't.
The general strategy against Negotiator is to put Anakin in low health (but NOT trigger Unending Loyalty) and force Negotiator to use Republic Protection as first move while preventing tanks from taunt (stuns, FOSFTF ability block, dispel from Kylo shuttle). Then trigger Unending Loyalty on Anakin and use Cassian as first reinforcement to pull it out of stealth and kill. After that just pick the rest of ships one by one, the exact order depends on situation, there are just too many variables. Important note - Plo ship is the top priority after Anakin, enemy fleet will be basically invulnerable if Plo left uncheked.
If you triggered Unending loyalty on Anakin prematurely, he got it again from Republic Protection and you can't kill him straight out with Cassian then use Bossk as reinforcement instead. It will allow you to survive Mobilize (with some luck you even can keep Bossk alive) and continue to fight.
Use Plo reinforcement as answer to Mobilize. Having him at high gear level isn't required but helps because Plo is basically your offtank - AI puts him high in the priority list, also he have taunt which can be used on himself.
Can't say anything useful about Malevolence, I don't have high success rate against it (looks like my experience is somewhat reverse to poster above :)).
