General grievous

My maxed GG doesn't seem to do as well as 86 for the sheer stopping power that seems to be more valuable than any of the other abilities that GG can offer... it's a shame and I hated dropping him from my team.

As of tomorrow I'll be 40 shards away. In the mean time I've been using B2. He's just absurd.

The biggest benefit for having GG in my squad is that he can apply two types of AoE debuff. This means I can keep everyone uper fast and not worry about slowing 88 down to fire after 47. Even if RNGesus gives 88 the first turn, I don't lose out too much anyway because the defense-down he applies helps GG's AoE and the ability-block can stall Wiggs, Lando and Palpy.

That sounds almost sac religious to cut JE but I dunno since I'm still gearing my droid team.

"opu120;735530" wrote:
@SifuSteve what squad are you running these days? I recently geared up my 100 (inspired by you) and am deciding who to sub out on my squad for him. I'm currently running hk, je, gg, 88, b2. Just hit level 83 and got hk and 88 up to gear 11. I'm tempted to sub out je and go tanky...is that crazy? Can't get je to gear 11 till level 85 so the little guy is at a slight disadvantage right now.

Would I be better off subbing out 88 and having GG as my only dps? I have b2 and 100 modded for damage (200% crit damage, +450 offense) so I'd still pack some punch.

Have you had success running pure droids without je? Problem is when on defense gg or 88 is dead before they go.

For context, there are a lot of Rex leads on my shard, some with palp/jka, some with Wiggs. And several other droid teams, none of whom run 100 (competitive advantage?). Thanks for the tips!

Sorry for the late reply - been out of town. I'm currently running:

47, GG, 88, B2, JE for most Wiggs teams and for defence.
47, GG, 88, 86, JE for trouble teams with only one taunter and Lando or Palpy.
47, GG/88, 86, B2, 100 for droid teams with a faster JE than me and Rex leads (that I still have trouble with)

You've modded B2 and 100 exactly as I have although I found that I needed to give 100 a crit chance boost to keep him reliably fast.

May latest experiment is to run the following against Rex leads:
47, B2, 86, Poggle (!), Sun Fac

This team cuts out most of the AoEs that feed Rex teams and gives a real damage boost to 86, B2 and Sun Fac's counters. I'm enjoying moderate success but I think with a few mod changes I might have a semi-droid solution for Rex leads that doesn't require me to farm another flavourless meta.

I stay top 5 nearly every pay out with HK, 88,100,2 and JE. IG100 is much better vs wiggs Meta because you will face 3 AoE enemy Toons and stupid mechanics like Anakin or Biggs that disrupt you like upgraded B2 "Bombers". Often my IG100, B2 and sometimes HK left on the field thanks to a bunch of HP. IG100 basic Attack with Offense Down is really strong if only 1-2 hard hitters are left.

Most Matchups against top Wiggs Teams JE is the first target which happens right after your first AOE thanks to Biggs Ability. If JE survives it is good to heal / reanimate IG88 as the other low HP target that will die (too) soon. Bombs are also nice vs Biggs and Anakin since they gain TM and Turns that it explode nearly at instant speed.

IG88 is only here to get out 1 AOE and 1 Basics Attack, he will die before it (lucky if JE isn’t Dead) or soon after it since his Attacks will trigger Biggs and Anakin.

@opu120 My order for your nightmare opponent:
Lando - I'll fire off GG and 88's AoEs and basics just to get 4 hits on him. The only exception is if 88 lands an ability block at which point I'll move on. I basically accept that Wiggs will land their combo and delete either 88 or JE.
Wedge - I remove him as priority two as he makes Biggs's assist a lot less punchy.
Ani - By the time I get to him, he's usually caused carnage but he'll have used his AoE so he just becomes a tank I need to grind out.

After that it's cleanup on aisle 5...

I've found that having 86 in place of 88 gives a slower, grindier squad which has served me well for Wiggs teams. The most recent change I've seen though is Shoretrooper turning up. He basically guarantees that I have to bring B2 and that limits my options somewhat...

How did you mod 100? I have found him hit or miss sometimes.

Hi guys, running a droid team on a Fresh shard. Hk lead, 88, 86, JE, RG.

Some whales at level 63 to 67. I'm at level 62 but due to maybe good timezone I constantly take number 1 in arena payout. Payout is at 6pm so I can effectively take out anyone in the final hour.

Just wondering, while at level 62 should I transition to rebels, wiggs Lando etc?

Seems at level 80+ droids not necessarily take #1 all the time?

I'm struggling against rex leads as they get so much TM from my crits.

I have a 7* Lando and a 5* rex. I could possibly transition to a rex Lando plus RG or sth if that has greater success in higher gear and levels. What do you guys think?

Thanks for the discussion in this thread. Very informative. Final question, how do you guys farm GG? Just concentrate on getting shards for the characters that you have already seven starred? Heard the exchange rate to shard shop shards is horrible.

@Rotor My IG100 has 4x Mods with +Critical Damage and 2x Mods with +Crit Chance, and additional +Crit Chance (since his basic is low compared to other IGs) on the triangle Mod. Arrow + Circle Mod have +Protection, Cross Mod has +Potency (to stick his Offense Down and TM reduction).

Currently with Level 83, Gear X (and he gets another Grind for his Gear XI...working as intend on this guy^^...) HP+Prot around 64k which is enough to soak up some attacks and he will get a nice Protection upgrade with his next gear to get more tankier! Crit Damage 180%, Potency 56%, Crit Chance 42%, he still lacks speed (only 94) because a) i have no super Mods around me with high 2nd Speed Stats (and it is more important to get JE fast enough) and IG100 still get enough turns thanks to his counterattack and the current AoE Meta, mix it up with HK Lead and enough crits and IG100 grind out enough battles and i have the feeling he will trumph IG86 once both have the same gear level.

@opu120

Depends on the opponent (and Speed Mods^^...)

You start with JE - fill TM, than a) you maybe ahead and in my Case and Turn order HK goes first with his AoE to get Debuffs and if you are lucky Ability Block against the enemy team - now Biggs will trigger and fire of his attack which means in most cases JE or IG88 dies - both is ok, because if JE dies he has done his job with speeding up your team or if IG88 dies JE will bring him back // case b) JE starts but Biggs (thanks to overload high level Speed Mods ...) goes right after it and kill JE/IG88 or damage the meatballs (HK,100, B2). This situation is more critical because if Biggs goes with insane Speed before you trigger him he gets another turn if you fire off your first AoE means he has his Assist ready after it which means for me and top5 Arena:

Kill Wedge first! My 2nd Target depends if Lando is ability blocked (or at least i have him hit with Offense Down) i will kill Biggs (because he is such a pain with his endless disruption and devastating Assist) otherwise Lando and than Biggs. Afterall i have to deal with Anakin and St.Han and if everthing works as intend i have (HK), B2 and IG100 left on the field - IG100 can seal the deal with Offense Down and Counterattack.

I win most matchups this way, if something goes totally wrong say: IG88 and JE die before IG88 gets a turn (can happen if Biggs goes right after JE and kill one of them and than thanks to insane Speed and Crits the other target dies to AoE from Wedge, Lando etc.) than it means lights out but if IG88 is at least in the position to fire of his first AoE and one basic attack right after it than it is ok because both teams have lost 1-2 team members at this point.