Help a newb pick his squad!

"wvuparker;c-1226522" wrote:
When Akbar calls an assist, is it completely random which Rebel attacks or is is based on speed? I ask because Leia always seemed to assist, which was awesome because she is the backbone of my offense. Then when I added Jyn, who is just as fast, it was usually a toss-up on who would assist.

I'm definitely aware that I needed I needed some harder kitting toons. That's why I started farming Lando in the first place. I a borrowed him and used Double Down twice in a row ... and I was sold on him lol. But he would really be a better leader than Akbar? At this point, I don't see how that's possible. Akbar has the awesome leader ability, gives a % of health for each debuff he cleanses, and isn't the worst damage dealer in the world (especially with Leias X2 Crit hit). I might be missing something though, I am new after all.

About Biggs, I wasn't even going to bother with him until I got Wedge. And I think that's far in the future. At this point I can only buy shards of his for 50 crystals each, and that's not consistent. I was planning on Lando picking up the offensive slack until I could get Wiggs (if they are still viable at that point). But if Biggs is honestly good enough on his own I'll unlock him.

Aayla is probably going to get some love too, simply because I'd also like to get a decent Jedi team going. I already have a decent start with her and Old Ben. Once I get her geared up I'll try subbing her into the arena team. Any suggestions for Jedis that I could start on now?

Thanks for all the help guys. If anything, it's nice to hear that I might have an idea of what I'm doing judging by some of your responses. As far as Mods, I've read that it's usually best to play to your characters advantages and instead of trying to make up for their flaws. Has that been your guys experience or is it really different for every toon/team?

Start farming qui-gon from shipments; he's probably the best Jedi besides GK imo. Anakin is also excellent, but you may not be able to get him atm. You can start farming him from hard nodes and then finish him in cantina once you unlock stage 7. Yoda is good too but he won't be attainable for you for awhile. Ezra and Aayla would be great as well; they're both excellent Jedi that generate extra attacks via assist and counter, respectively. Luminara is decent for beginning players, but Biggs is more important to have later.

Regarding mods, I haven't spent much time on them yet. That's what I'm doing after deathtrooper. From what I gather, the most important thing is getting speed secondaries for your damage dealers. Critical chance is also very good for characters like lando and Anakin, whose abilities add buffs or debuffs (expose on Anakin) depending on how many critical hits they get. It really depends on the character and how you want to use him/her. Here is a link on how to mod each character:
http://apps.crouchingrancor.com/Mods/Advisor