Kit Reveal: Moff Gideon

UNIT NAME: Moff Gideon
ALIGNMENT: Dark
CATEGORIES: Dark Side, Support, Empire, Imperial Trooper, Leader
Empire Leader that can lead a fireteam into battle and punish enemies with the Leader tag

ABILITIES:

Basic: DISRUPTIVE SHOT

FINAL TEXT: Deal Physical damage to target enemy and gain 1 stack of Insight, which can't be copied, dispelled, or prevented. If Moff Gideon has at least 4 stacks of Insight, he gains the Special ability Subversive Volley. Insight stacks last until the end of the encounter.

Insight: At 4 or more stacks, gain the Special ability Subversive Volley

Granted Ability: SUBVERSIVE VOLLEY (No cooldown, Requires 4 stacks of Insight)

FINAL TEXT: Deal Physical damage to all enemies and Daze them for 2 turns. This Daze can't be resisted by enemies with the Leader tag. Moff Gideon loses all stacks of Insight and this ability is removed.

Special 1: DARKSABER LUNGE (Cooldown 4)

FINAL TEXT: Deal Physical damage to target enemy and inflict Armor Shred for the rest of the battle.

Special 2: (ZETA) CONTROL THE SITUATION (Cooldown 6)

FINAL TEXT: Call all Imperial Trooper allies to assist, dealing 30% less damage. All units lose 100% Turn Meter, which can't be resisted. Then, allies gain 25% Turn Meter. Tank allies Taunt for 2 turns, Attacker allies gain 50% Offense for 2 turns, and Support allies gain 100% Protection Up.

Leader: (ZETA)TACTICAL DEPLOYMENT

FINAL TEXT: At the start of battle, if Moff Gideon has exactly one Dark Side Tank ally, two Dark Side Attacker allies, and one additional Dark Side Support ally, all Dark Side allies gain 30% Max Health and Max Protection. If all allies are also Imperial Troopers:

Whenever an enemy with the Leader tag uses an ability, Imperial Trooper allies gain 10% Offense (stacking) until the end of the encounter
Whenever an enemy with the Leader tag takes a turn, Moff Gideon gains 1 stack of Insight
Imperial Trooper allies gain 40% Offense and revive with 50% Health and Protection the first time they are defeated each encounter

Unique 1: KNOW YOUR ADVERSARIES

FINAL TEXT: At the start of Moff Gideon's first turn of each encounter, he inflicts Demoralized on all enemies (excludes raid bosses) until they are defeated, Moff Gideon is defeated, or the end of the encounter. Demoralized can't be copied, dispelled, or resisted.

Demoralized: -50% Offense, -25% Critical Chance, -25% Critical Damage; does not stack with other debuffs

Aceantarctic22
4 years ago
Does Demoralised's -50% Offense, -25% Critical Chance, -25% Critical Damage stat debuff effect enemy Galactic Legends? It'd be good to get an official statement from the Devs on this interaction
TargetEadu
4 years ago
"Fizz_El;c-2198312" wrote:
So given he needs 4 IT's to be really effective, is he useless in 3v3 GAC?

He won’t get the 30% Max Health / Max Prot. The rest of his Lead still applies.
TrevorOO11OO
4 years ago
"jrodfantastic;c-2198311" wrote:
Imperial Trooper allies gain 40% Offense and revive with 50% Health and Protection the first time they are defeated each encounter

Do each one of these revives count as a “defeat” to trigger the Wall of Stormtroopers zeta?

Yes, the way it's worded it sounds exactly like with the Nightsisters, it still counts as a death and then immediate revive.
clarencetomas
4 years ago
Since Gideon doesn't have a GL tag you can throw him under SLKR and he works great there (gets huge TM gain fast, then uses Control the Situation and SLKR can do mad damage). And you can't really use him effectively vs SLKR. Nasty.

Will be interesting, though, to see SLKR be not only the best Sith leader but also show off his powers as the best Empire leader.
Decadoxxx
4 years ago
"Ravens1113;c-2198368" wrote:
If he pushes JML and SEE lineups, I don’t want to hear anyone say that those two don’t need buff to their kits.

Gideon looks like a fantastic character, and will likely be a good addition for SEE, but even better for SLKR which is the issue with SEE in his current state. Anything useful for SEE other than specifically something that synergises with him, will just be better for SLKR due to the general power level of SLKR by comparison and his catch all DS lead.
ZanirN7S
Rising Traveler
4 years ago
Oh my. Empire is getting a lot of love.

For CG standards, this is the 3rd time this year that Empire got a serious boost. Vader rework speaks for itself. Piett took Troopers from a C level team to a DR/SEE counter, and now this guy. I actually like how specific the conditions of his lead are for the extra stat boost, because it's pretty clear we are being encouraged to build 2 Trooper teams and it seems obvious to me what they should look like.

Squad 1: Veers lead, Starck, Piett, Snowtrooper, either tank (I'd slot Shoretrooper in with this squad, I'll explain my reasoning in a bit).

Squad 2: Moff Gideon lead, Range Trooper, Magmatrooper, DT, Stormtrooper.

Squad 1 is all about stacking maximum offense quickly. They don't need as much crowd control (such as DT's buff cleanse) because once The Emperor's Trap is high enough (and Veers+Starck+Piett ensure the tm train gets going and keeps going) it doesn't really matter who you're hitting first. Shoretrooper provides healing, Veers provides prot recovery, multiple AOEs on the team, Snowtrooper to bring the pain.

Squad 2: Gideon modded for speed/potency. Magmatrooper provides a bit of utility with his tm removeal grenade, but mostly gets a huge offense boost. DT provides health steal (replacing Shore's healing), Range Trooper provides prot recovery. Stormtrooper--if you go for his zeta, which I did lmao--seems like he would benefit from those revives. If AV stacks offense from Zombie dying over and over, I don't see why Stormtrooper wouldn't benefit from his buddies eating the dust one time per battle, but I could be mistaken.
MikKro_Z
4 years ago
Mass TM removal with no restrictions... What could go wrong
NyKynoe
4 years ago
"Starslayer;c-2198415" wrote:
Question about Swgoh math:

Gideon gives a -50% offense debuff.

If a character has +30% offense due to a leader buff or watnot, with Gideon's debuff, it's now a +30-50= -20% offense debuff instead, correct ?

From my understanding, yes.
chionophobe
4 years ago
"Zanir;c-2198389" wrote:
"Jenoke76;c-2198383" wrote:
He has a powerful kit, but be is a huge disappointment to me.
I hoped he will bring into play unused Empire characters like Krennic, Tarkin, Saxon, Royal Guard

Empire will have exactly 20 toons with Gideon.

2 Trooper squads. An all-star team of Palp, Vader, Thrawn, TIE, Tarkin.

What's left is Krennic, IPD, ISC, Gar Saxon, Royal Guard. Could make for a back row team that people might underestimate. But really, you can mix and match whatever you like. Vader/Palp might go with other Sith, Thrawn is plug'n'play...

We could use another capable Trooper to replace DT, so you can put him with Krennic. Krennic/DT/Gar/ISC/+1 would be an interesting team if they weren't so terrible. It'd be nice if they were made useful for once, although I don't have any of them geared up (except DT).

I love the Empire faction, so I welcome Gideon's addition, he'll make toons like Stormtrooper and Magmatrooper useful, and when was the last time you heard "Magmatrooper" and "useful" next to each other?

Way back when I needed a Traya counter, and Magma/Thrawn answered the call.
NyKynoe
4 years ago
"Bulldog1205;c-2198338" wrote:
Does he have to have 4 stacks of insight AND use his basic to gain access to the special ability? It sounds like it does if you read the basic, but it sounds like you don't have to if you read the insight description.

No, once you have 4 or more stacks the ability is granted, no need to use his basic.