How are people Darth Vadering?

"Regeneration;11092" wrote:
I have Vader at 5*, honestly i only use him for PvE , sure stacking his Culling Blade with Old ben's mind tricks + sid's aoe is nasty, but after that one big hit he's pretty useless until his cooldown's done, don't trust this game's AI to time his Culling blade correctly either when in Defense pvp.

Did you get Vader 5* just through achievements alone? That's pretty awesome. Any tips on getting there?

Regarding your Vader comment - you don't find his ability block to be useful? I find an ability block team including him to be fantastic vs. Ben / Barriss / other healing team in PVP.

"RAMifications;11067" wrote:

"JohnnySteelAlpha;11029" wrote:

Have to time it when the neg effects are stacked - like after you use Obi Wan's mind tricks and Vader's DOT special...you can get 5-8k damage out of that hit pretty easy in round 2 with all that stacking. That move is top tier.

I know how to time it, but with a 5 turn cooldown, the possibility of wiping an abilitylock, and the timing of those stacking as you describe, is not that useful. Now if it reset the cooldown on killing blow too...............

I set that move up specifically to kill my early target toon. Especially if there is a Barriss or other healer I'm trying to avoid in round 1. I can keep the target toon at 50% health or so to avoid triggering the healer and then have Vader finish the target toon off on his second turn. The 3x DoTs stacking on the other toons also start to add up. 250+ damage x3 over 2 rounds = 1500+ health removed in total.

Having Vader built up was also big to get through the level 5 Dark maps (normal and dark) for me - he's a tanky toon unlike many of the darks toons I have.

I originally made this thread about how people had gotten enough achievements to get him already but this is some good discussion. I still don't have him. I play daily maxing out what I can do and I just passed the half way point of his shards...looks like another few weeks for me.

Just got him yesterday. Unless you have a super studded team in both name and stars, he is very useful. You kinda need sid on your team tho for the debuffs. Culling blade crit for 6k yesterday (non crit for 2 to 3.5k)and he is tanky with ability block. I like him

"Regeneration;11443" wrote:

"JohnnySteelAlpha;11261" wrote:

"Regeneration;11092" wrote:
I have Vader at 5*, honestly i only use him for PvE , sure stacking his Culling Blade with Old ben's mind tricks + sid's aoe is nasty, but after that one big hit he's pretty useless until his cooldown's done, don't trust this game's AI to time his Culling blade correctly either when in Defense pvp.

Did you get Vader 5* just through achievements alone? That's pretty awesome. Any tips on getting there?

Regarding your Vader comment - you don't find his ability block to be useful? I find an ability block team including him to be fantastic vs. Ben / Barriss / other healing team in PVP.

He was something i didn't plan to get but got anyway while i was dropping mad $$ for my 6* obi darth/lando team. (The more money you drop the faster his achievements are done for him)
His abil block is a nice perk but old ben's is enough for my team

lol dropping mad money.....even with full time and benefits I find it hard to do.

Vader shards can also drop randomly in Galactic War battles. As can shards for any character.

"VersionsOfViolence;11754" wrote:
Vader shards can also drop randomly in Galactic War battles. As can shards for any character.

Wow, I haven't gotten any. Every reward is the same per box