Nobody talks about Han

I'm with you. I don't have him unlocked, but I have an ally that has him 7* maxed (so I've used him a lot) and also have faced him in PVP. If you don't have dispel ready to remove his taunt, he can put you in the worst taunt trap of all time. Here's one setup where he was incredibly OP and I got whooped so bad like no other team - not even teams with like 23,000 power in PVP. The magic combo I'll note here is Han with Old Ben. Old Ben hits you damage down 2 rounds, so you are like throwing cotton balls at Han with little damage (any other damage down toon would work too). Han taunts for 2+ rounds - so Han you can't kill him just supported by one healer. Just 3 hits on Han though and you've now practically filled his entire team's turn meter and you're getting hit multiple times without getting a turn. Turn meter control is the best skill and toughest to deal with that I've seen so far. Toons that manipulate speed well are deadly. Han can manipulate speed better than just about any other hero with his taunt.

Han at his best can be more effectively used and deadly to an opponent than Sid. I've never had a Sid just entirely blow up my team and force me to completely alter my approach. Han's taunt + massive team turn meter gain though can be used tactically with other toons to be absolutely obliterating. He can be countered so he's not technically OP, but if you get caught in a Han taunt trap (can't see PVP teams) it's going to feel very OP and you'll look at Dooku / Barriss / Lumi / Sid, etc as lightweights.

Grats on your Han dude. He's a deadly weapon to pull out.

I am just now working on Han. I have him at 6* but not in the epic gear tier yet. I really feel his taunt and offensive up when paired with squishy murderers like Maul will form msny powerful team comps in the future.

Unfortunately I don't have old Ben, he's the hero I always wanted, tried 8 packs several times, but it feels like a blackhole, now I only have 10 shards of Ben, I just give up on him. However my current team is good enough, good attack , defend balance, some heal and revive, good Aoe and single target damage. Although my power is only 18k, usually 2-4 k less than other top 10 teams, I had no problem sitting as rank 1. I don't need Sid for heal debuff, I have him too, but just don't feel he's fitting well with my other guys. Han is too good .

"Coz;21514" wrote:
Unfortunately I don't have old Ben, he's the hero I always wanted, tried 8 packs several times, but it feels like a blackhole, now I only have 10 shards of Ben, I just give up on him. However my current team is good enough, good attack , defend balance, some heal and revive, good Aoe and single target damage. Although my power is only 18k, usually 2-4 k less than other top 10 teams, I had no problem sitting as rank 1. I don't need Sid for heal debuff, I have him too, but just don't feel he's fitting well with my other guys. Han is too good .

Plo is farmable in Cantina and has an offense down aoe - HK does as well and is farmable. Tarkin has it, but he's chrome. They are not as effective as Ben in that respect, but you only need a few of those on the enemy to land to let Han live through multiple hits and set your team up.

"DarthMasterShawn;21519" wrote:

"Coz;2787" wrote:
Everyone goes to get Sid from arena shipment, but nobody talks about Han. And I see I'm the only person using it in arena. My Han is only 5* working to get him to 7*. He's actually very unique and powerful tank. He can turn a battle around when other team can not attack because of losing turn meters. It's like turn meter aoe and when he taunt he adds trim meters to your team. Now I have phasma as leader, my kylo, vader can easily kill any one first without taking much damage (maybe only Sid can aoe my team in the beginning, but that's it) I have old daka as healer, not much as healing, but a stun helper and reviver. By the way, I'm not in a low new server, all top 200 are 60 or close to 60. When timing is right, I can easily get rank 1 and I actually was rank one three times last week with maybe two, three times rank two or three.
Feel the power of Han!

I do not have Han, I have borrowed him twice at LVL 50+ and he just did not do it for me. I have faced a team like yours on GW and in the arena. It was Phasma lead, Han, Daka, Kylo, and Lord Vader. Honestly the did not give me much trouble at all. I ran Sid(lead) Lum, Vader, Lando, and Leia. Sids AOE and Leia ended Daka, Lando AOE and Vader AOE plus a Lum hit took took out Han. I hit Kylo with Sid then Lando AOE again struck and I finished Kylo with his god, Lord Vaders Culling blade. Leia hit her 4x on Vader and I used Lum force blast and goodbye Vader. I then simply swarmed Phasma and by round 3 that team was done and my team was pretty full on health yet. Vader works best with a team that can add the buffs and make Culling blade hit hard. Leia, now that she is less squishy makes everyone hit harder. Her with Lando with his Crit increrase and DD ability to increase damage 50% and no cooldown makes fights go very fast. I just whipped a just a hair under 20K team level 60 in arena with my 16k lineup at lvl 53-55 in 2 rounds with that lineup.

Han on the right squad with his abilities though would be bothersome. Him with like Dooku, Phasma(lead) Sid and Vader. That stun and ability block with the heal immune and buff building for Culling blade with the slowdown could really make it tough on a team.

Your talk of Han though has me thinking I may have to go for him to test it out. I'd like to, for fun do a Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie, Lando team.

Happy Holidays

i think a DD toon like Old Ben + Han is where he's incredibly deadly to make a trap. Imagine a Jinn leader making Ben fast...with Han in the team as a taunt. Ben locks in the ability blocks + 2x damage down and now you're looking at the next 2+ rounds trying to kill Han with a gimped squad all while the other team's turn meter goes bananas.

That team above is a nice collection of toons individually that don't fit really well together. To utilize Phasma's speed manipulation properly you need a big hitter - Vader can be that guy with culling blade, but the AI is terrible using Vader. Ideally you want a big AOE bomb there to pull forward. Kylo and Vader don't have big AOE boms. Additionally, no damage down for Han in that setup to protect him and paired with a mediocre healer like Daka isn't the place to make him shine.

And Happy Holidays to you as well :)

I use 4 rebel team with han

Some of you got the idea wrong, Han doesn't need to stand until last second, that's why I use Daka ( if Daka rez him, would be better, it actually happens often) purpose is to trade him with two ( possibly be Sid and Lum). Usually what happens is opponent Sid AOE first, than maybe another guy hit, at this time, none of my guy may drop to below 50%, than Han taunts, add turn meters to allow my Phasma to cast speed down AOE, Vader and Kylo AOE ( Kylo can do normal attack for debuffs). Other team's turn to attack Han, even at this time Han is Killed, it's still fine. If not, Daka's heal can push him to next turn, and all guys in opponent team has no turn meter left, Vader and Kylo can kill Sid+Lum before any of them can react. Then it's 3v5 or 4v5 situation. Easy finish. I used to have Han as my leader, but now switched to Phasma, it procs a lot, make me attack multiple times per turn, Kylo's assistant can apply heal immune rebuff, Vader can do ability block, Daka can stun and empty target's turn meter. The team is pretty balanced. With higher star levels and better items, I don't see any team can not be defeated by mine. Kylo, Vader, Phasma are all very tanky and not likely be attacked first, u just need to utilize Han's turn to make good trade. The only weakness is maybe Vader, he's too hard to farm. Others are all easy to level up. I wish all people went to Sid in arena shipment, so they don't see how good Han is. :)

Thanks for comments and ideas,
Merry Christmas to all of you

Han is amazing but Poes debuff is just a big dps increase. Hard choice

I like to use Han as an off tank. Let him taunt after chewie has and after others have soaked up damage and then after a couple of enemies are dead taunt. Works most of the time haha