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?

Wedge is in fleet store which you unlock at lvl 60, if you make him 1st priority there you can farm him quickly. Wiggs is F2P's best friend.
Wedge lead biggs, Leia, STH (stormtrooper Han) Lando would be a great team, or switch out lando if you going against debuff teams and go with ackbar.

For Jedi to unlock yoda aayla and old ben are good, 3 would be qui-gon jinn since he is one of the best, would make him leader too. 4 i would take ezra and 5 kanan (if you want Thrawn), Jedi knight Anakin, Ahsoka, Barris of Luminara. Also you might want to make empire team for R2-D2, i would use Vader, royal guard (stun+auto taunt), tie fighter pilot (buff immunity, really fast, heavy damage and Tarkin (decent and easy farm) or magma (bad but really easy farm). As a 5th you would want to get the Emperor (also lead) by getting five 5* star rebels. If you dont have him use both magma and tarkin and vader lead

Make sure you can do the highest credit heist tier, Lando (lead), STH and Boba make great beginning, then I would grab IG-88 and Cad Bane (easy farm) or Chewie. For mods speed is most of the times key. Try to give most of your attackers an arrow with speed and the other 5 speed secondaries. On triangle you want mostly offence, crit chance or crit damage, but health and protection are fine. On cross potency for debuffs, otherwise offence, crit chance of crit damage.
Good luck!