Ima-Gun Di [Leader] Talk Thread

I have Di at 6* halfway to 7* after many long weeks of farming. I get the most out of his ability when I stick him in with Kit Fisto who can already counter attack, but at a rather low rate. The way I've seen it, the counter attack chances add up (like 35+35=70% chance to counter). They don't stack, as in 2x separate 35% chances to counter.

I mostly use Ima-Gun Di against Phasma. It's a very decent response to Phasma's assist attack leadership. Also, ofc, any heavy AOE team. Not that I see too many of them around...

@Push2Stops So, not sure how defense will get better, but awhile back a dev made a comment that they were looking into it, since everyone had been talking about it being worthless (flat dmg reduction) vs the high amount of damage being done by some. 300 defense is 300 dmg reduced, from the 8k+ you just received. Ooohhh.

Now, any and all abilities or stats that are above cap are gotten from data mining. I personally get it from SWGoHCantina.com. It may not be 100% accurate since the devs can change or tweak when they want, but it's really close. Data mining was spot-on about Yoda. And the info says Ima Gun's leader adds +25% counter damage as well, which is great.

As for Ahsoka being under Ima Gun lead, I liked it. She's slow, and we all know it. The extra counters she receives help bring up her damage and keep her healed. He basic ability heal does activate on counters, just like all basic abilities can (Dooku stuns on counter as ex). With the changes to life steal, it's even better. Healing for 2500 (1500 from ability + 1000 from life steal) after attacking is great. Doing it after she's attacked because she got a counter is better. Helps keep her healed up.

As for Mace, his rework makes him better, but still not amazing. As always, with Ima Gun lead, he gets more damage. If he's below 50% health now, he will heal on counter. Not terrible.

All in all, Ima Gun makes Jedi teams better. Jedi already have really good leaders. Lumi, Bariss, Yoda, Ima Gun, Mace. Yes Mace Windu. I slotted Mace back in as my lead for my arena (top20-50, lvl 70s, max gear, blah blah) and its really nice. I've seen Lumi crit for 11k. Anakin aoe killed a guy, granting offense up. Mace lead offers 20% offence, 9% crit. QGJ called in Lumi as an assist for +75% more and she crit. Absolutely devastating.

Anyways, I like Ima Gun. His lead is great and kit is great. Sorry for the delayed response, hope it helps.

Edit: spelling

I cannot wait for the emergence of driod teams, Ima Gun Di will all of a sudden have a lot of attention :)

He is horrible and we should not speak of him... (Unless you want him to be Nerfed. :/ )
seriously.. Shhhhh, just enjoy him while you can! :)

Like many others I picked up him from a free pack as well and I have been more than pleased with him for now. I am currently level 51 and he seems like the best character I have right now. He dies last, hits hardest, very decent speed, great damage against Droids and his Jedi Strategist ability as a leader is unique. Once you boost it to 35%, it can get ugly for opponent.

It is really worth considering what's more useful in some particular areas of the game - % of counter attacks, higher speed or better (additional) healing? Personal preference I guess.

"TheVem001;141575" wrote:
I cannot wait for the emergence of driod teams, Ima Gun Di will all of a sudden have a lot of attention :)

The emergence of droids? You may be late.

@SamIAmx77 So, I run an Ima Gun lead all Jedi team. 6* Ima Gun (L) and Yoda, 7* QGJ and Lumi, 5* Anakin, all lvl 70 and maxed gear (I'd trade out my Lumi for Aayla if I could star her). On my server (I've been playing since Dec 1) I rank in the top 50 to 15. It is an awesome team and does great. His leader ability just makes a Jedi team, and at level 80, it can be upgraded to add +25% counter damage as well (in game, next level of leader is shown). More damage for those counters.

As for Ima Gun himself, I like him and his kit (defense up could use some work itself). And you're right, he destroys droids. QGJ or Anakin provide the offense up buff and he just smashes them, whether in counter or his turn. I saw him crit for 10k basic on an IG-86 before. Awesome.

Anyways, I like him. I've tested out a few other Jedi leads for arena (Lumi, Mace, Yoda, QGJ), and I just always go back to Ima Gun lead. Jedi counters for days...

"SamIAmx77;176757" wrote:
I didn't want to start a new thread on IGD, thought we could pick-up here. I'm thinking now that Yoda is out and QGJ is really a strong part of the meta now, that IGD could have a bigger role in an all Jedi team. Especially if the other team has one or more droids.

He has a nice defensive buff, top Jedi in-terms of base damage and special damage, and his speed is 119 but with a QGJ leader is obviously much better. If QGJ calls him for the assist that should be some pretty solid damage. I don't see much of him in the top-200 and there's not much talk about him 100 or below so nobody must be putting much time into him or he's just really useless. Thoughts?

It's not that he's no good, it's just that he's not a smart farm. I pulled him early on so he's been useful to me. Also, I'm about to need to rank him up (stars) and I just got to the level where he becomes farmable. If the timing didn't work out like this, I might have let him fall behind. But like I said, I got lucky, I saw a few others had to, so I started this Leader Talk Thread. :)

@SamIAmx77 I don't know, I push rank just fine. There's what, 25k+ people in each server (I'm guessing)? I rank between 20 and 15 each day, never being pushed out of top 50 (I started playing Dec 1st). I'm satisfied with that. I've been slowly pushing higher and higher. I'd say that's good. Not everyone can be rank 1, and I don't care to run s.t.u.pid little bugs and no named tie pilots. I love my all Jedi counter team, there's nothing better (an all Rebel team comes close though. Leia is only 5* though). Working on gearing and starring my Aayla to replace Lumi on my arena team (I've spent a lot and she's only just over 5* :neutral: ).

Obviously to each their own. Some people like running the meta, others don't. Ima Gun can provide great success and a lot of fun as well. At level 80, his leader can be upgraded to add +25% counter damage, which is even more deadly. Most people will shy away if they have aoe heavy teams. I rarely get attacked. Maybe 2 times a day on average, sometimes 3 (or maybe I win a lot, who knows. Would be nice to have stats).

He is a hard farm, but well worth it.

Depending on how you rate such things, Ima-Gun Di is one of the top (or THE top) characters for balanced damage and HP.*

I personally rank them from highest to lowest (74 is the best, 1 is the worst) then use the square root of the ranking.
The reason being that 1 + 73 =74 is not really the the same as 37 + 37 = 74.


* I am aware that Abilities and synergy are generally far more important than the raw stats. Just sayin'...

Also unfortunately Defense Up is literally THE WORST buff/effect/stat in the game. (Well, okay, Defense penetration is worse...but only because Armor or Resistance is useless already).

But at least when he applies Defense Up, he does amazing damage (only 25% to crit).