Kylo Ren: The worst franchise character
Kylo Ren, the main protagonist of The Force Awakens and the leading villain for the current trilogy, is without a doubt the worst character in the game with respect to his notoriety and popularity in ...
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I have a lvl 72 gear IX 7 star Kylo, I use him in the with Phasma Lumi RG QGJ and I usually end up around 50 in the arena (in my server - top players are 79 lvl). I use him mostly because he's fun to use and not so much because I think he boosts my team. Still, even with Kylo I think I could get even higher if I bothered to refresh the attempts; and I mostly lose because of lack of gear/level in my team rather than due to lack of a good combo. I've beat up many ray-gs-rg-dooku teams with not much difficulty, and without dropping more than 15-20 positions overnight in the ladder.
Kylo doesn't seem to have enough potential to take you to the top 10 (or even top 20) nor did he meet the expectations I had from him, mainly because of his basic's damage which is underwhelming. His retribution is only useful for applying random healing immunities, and he is slow.
But still, he is strong: his outrage deals sick damage even without crit + usually calls a phasma assist + refreshes often enough that I use it on average 3 times in an arena battle, and often I end up using it more times than his basic (depends on how many times the AI will hit him). In the rare occasion where he has QGJ's offense buff + Phasma advantage + he has less than 50 % health, outrage means one hit KO. I also find his healing debuff very useful, at least in my server which is dominated by healers until the top 20, and it definitely applies more often than sidious's because of his potency. His lifebar is HUGE, and he is very versatile, mostly because there are many different scenarios in which his skills can be used.
Added to that, he is fairly easy to gear up, and VERY easy to farm by spamming the cantina battles (and using some crystals to refresh the energy).
Overall, Kylo is good in many things, he excels almost at nothing. Doesn't really add in a PvP squad but he is not a liability either unless you want to go for the very top. Surely you can substitute him for a more synergistic toon; as I said I mostly keep him for the fun and his cool sword. In any case, I don't want to judge the toons based on their potential to take you to the very top, otherwise we could narrow it down to 10-12 toons and throw all the rest in the trash.
Kylo doesn't seem to have enough potential to take you to the top 10 (or even top 20) nor did he meet the expectations I had from him, mainly because of his basic's damage which is underwhelming. His retribution is only useful for applying random healing immunities, and he is slow.
But still, he is strong: his outrage deals sick damage even without crit + usually calls a phasma assist + refreshes often enough that I use it on average 3 times in an arena battle, and often I end up using it more times than his basic (depends on how many times the AI will hit him). In the rare occasion where he has QGJ's offense buff + Phasma advantage + he has less than 50 % health, outrage means one hit KO. I also find his healing debuff very useful, at least in my server which is dominated by healers until the top 20, and it definitely applies more often than sidious's because of his potency. His lifebar is HUGE, and he is very versatile, mostly because there are many different scenarios in which his skills can be used.
Added to that, he is fairly easy to gear up, and VERY easy to farm by spamming the cantina battles (and using some crystals to refresh the energy).
Overall, Kylo is good in many things, he excels almost at nothing. Doesn't really add in a PvP squad but he is not a liability either unless you want to go for the very top. Surely you can substitute him for a more synergistic toon; as I said I mostly keep him for the fun and his cool sword. In any case, I don't want to judge the toons based on their potential to take you to the very top, otherwise we could narrow it down to 10-12 toons and throw all the rest in the trash.
