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Zair_Zetross's avatar
Zair_Zetross
8 years ago

Krennic or should I say Zrennic lead advice.

Was thinking of running a Krennic lead in arena. Not shooting for top 10 of course, if I was I'd pick a different meta.

With Krennic as leader, and DT and SHT being staples for a Krennic lead, that leaves two more spots. TFP's an obvious fourth, so that leaves a fifth spot open to an Empire character. I was thinking Magmatrooper as a fifth. I know his damage output is not great, but he'd be a pretty good utility character for the squad.

I've used Magma under Zader lead before, he works as a good counter to the faster TFP's and Boba's on my shard. They inflict a debuff on him, he goes right after with his AoE TM reduction. I learned however after his initial AoE, he's a wasted spot that could go to a fast Zidious. Under Krennic lead however, it would be Zidious as a wasted spot seeing as he's not an Empire character.

The plan would be to pump Magmatrooper with as much crit chance as possible, since crit damage would be wasted on him. With him ideally scoring critical hits on the main target and a second target, he'd be ability blocking two enemies per turn.

Thoughts on this squad? Wouldn't say no to mod advice either.
  • DarthxJay's avatar
    DarthxJay
    8 years ago
    Consider using Palp for 5th. Turn order should be TFP, DT to get rid of any taunts, buffs, unstealth Maul squads, and possibly get some ability blocks going if TFP landed some buff immunities, Krennic (AOE), and then follow-up with Palp. Palp has a chance to stun and also hit any remaining Staggers that Krennic afflicts the other team with. You'll kill a bunch of TM and if you're lucky you'll get some stuns and ability blocks (DK's lead). Not to mention Shock is pretty solid against Maul squads. Possibly not top-10 material but it should be fun.

    I'm not a fan of Magmatrooper. At some point you still have to kill somebody and his damage is garbage. Palp gives you damage and utility.
  • Zair_Zetross's avatar
    Zair_Zetross
    8 years ago
    "Darth_Jay77;965606" wrote:
    Consider using Palp for 5th. Turn order should be TFP, DT to get rid of any taunts, buffs, unstealth Maul squads, and possibly get some ability blocks going if TFP landed some buff immunities, Krennic (AOE), and then follow-up with Palp. Palp has a chance to stun and also hit any remaining Staggers that Krennic afflicts the other team with. You'll kill a bunch of TM and if you're lucky you'll get some stuns and ability blocks (DK's lead). Not to mention Shock is pretty solid against Maul squads. Possibly not top-10 material but it should be fun.

    I'm not a fan of Magmatrooper. At some point you still have to kill somebody and his damage is garbage. Palp gives you damage and utility.


    EP's a good choice, but he's squishy and people have learned to Ability Block and then let AoE's finish him off. Plus Boba after some debuffs have landed on EP can execute him even with SHT or another tank taunting. He really needs his own lead for survivability or Zader for that extra offense and TM manipulation.

    Magmatrooper on the other hand has a lot of Health and Protection that he'll potentially be recovering 20% of every turn with his basic. EP would also be recovering Protection every turn, but his naturally low protection won't equate to the same level of survivability.

    If I were to abandon the Magmatrooper idea it would probably be to add Vader.
  • DarthxJay's avatar
    DarthxJay
    8 years ago
    "Ig88isboss;965878" wrote:
    You will get utterly destroyed by zaul.


    He said he's not necessarily looking to make top-10, sounds like trying to have fun. But, MT is just so awful and unfortunately the YouTuber Ahnald's one video makes him look like a rock star. Anybody that's watched many of his videos, has seen some of the comps and mods he goes against and the competition is rather poor. He could run a QGJ zeta with strong mods and never leave first place on that server.
  • thecoolig88's avatar
    thecoolig88
    8 years ago
    "Darth_Jay77;965908" wrote:
    "Ig88isboss;965878" wrote:
    You will get utterly destroyed by zaul.


    He said he's not necessarily looking to make top-10, sounds like trying to have fun. But, MT is just so awful and unfortunately the YouTuber Ahnald's one video makes him look like a rock star. Anybody that's watched many of his videos, has seen some of the comps and mods he goes against and the competition is rather poor. He could run a QGJ zeta with strong mods and never leave first place on that server.


    Zqgj can get first on any server. And why don't you make vids then instead of hating on someone who takes the time to show us content?
  • DarthxJay's avatar
    DarthxJay
    8 years ago
    "Ig88isboss;965922" wrote:
    "Darth_Jay77;965908" wrote:
    "Ig88isboss;965878" wrote:
    You will get utterly destroyed by zaul.


    He said he's not necessarily looking to make top-10, sounds like trying to have fun. But, MT is just so awful and unfortunately the YouTuber Ahnald's one video makes him look like a rock star. Anybody that's watched many of his videos, has seen some of the comps and mods he goes against and the competition is rather poor. He could run a QGJ zeta with strong mods and never leave first place on that server.


    Zqgj can get first on any server.


    That's cool, wish I had more diversity on my server. QGJ can't crack our top-5 unfortunately, it gets rather boring facing Maul variants all day.
  • thecoolig88's avatar
    thecoolig88
    8 years ago
    "Darth_Jay77;965923" wrote:
    "Ig88isboss;965922" wrote:
    "Darth_Jay77;965908" wrote:
    "Ig88isboss;965878" wrote:
    You will get utterly destroyed by zaul.


    He said he's not necessarily looking to make top-10, sounds like trying to have fun. But, MT is just so awful and unfortunately the YouTuber Ahnald's one video makes him look like a rock star. Anybody that's watched many of his videos, has seen some of the comps and mods he goes against and the competition is rather poor. He could run a QGJ zeta with strong mods and never leave first place on that server.


    Zqgj can get first on any server.


    That's cool, wish I had more diversity on my server. QGJ can't crack our top-5 unfortunately, it gets rather boring facing Maul variants all day.


    ... I'm on a Nov 15 server with 90% zaul teams. There's still a couple zqgj teams that are competitive tho. They can still beat any team.
  • Zair_Zetross's avatar
    Zair_Zetross
    8 years ago
    @Darth_Jay77 Like I said before I've ran Magmatrooper, he's actually not as bad as people make him out to be. Zidious was simply an easy replacement option under Zader lead. With a Krennic lead I definitely need to drop Zidious for an Empire character and I'm weighing my options. Also I have a geared and modded Magmatrooper on standby so it's not like I'm starting from scratch and throwing millions of credits at him.

    I actually have every Empire character, Stormtrooper and Veers included, geared and modded ready to be added as fifth. Just looking for some suggestions. Right now it's between Magma and EP.
  • jadrian94's avatar
    jadrian94
    8 years ago
    The only problem w krennic lead is that you'd need two very fast empire characters to pull of a first turn ability block.. there's already a fast toon who ability blocks, it's boba. Just run zader w krennic and deathtrooper and you will be happier lol

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