Exactly as the title says, I'm trying to choose. The easy answer is Acolyte, because I have her fully starred and it's impossible to do the same for Spirit. Also, Acolyte cheese is GOOD cheese, especially in the Arena.But I've been reading that perhaps the optimal combination actually replaces Acolyte with Spirit (MT lead, Daka, Ventress, Zombie being the other team members). I only ever see Acolyte in Arena, but maybe no one's been willing to break with tradition? I dunno. I could gear spirit up good and proper and see what happens? But I'm already at G10 with Acoltye so it's a gamble Before I did, I figured I'd ask your thoughts!And thank you for them!SamUX

Not having geared spirit myself, I am only going off what I hear. But yes spirit will be a better toon for a NS team, although I see them as basically interchangeable with acolyte being over all more useful due to stars (TBs and such)

I would say spirit is a great choice. I have her 7 star and gear 11 and she hits like a truck. 25k crit on basic and usually around 35/40k on her special. Plus the turn meter removal is handy :)

If The NS team has spirit instead of acolyte, I win every time.. acolyte needs aoe to kill if zombie is present so makes it harder for me when there is no room for aoe characters on my meta team

I really like Spirits kit and was able to take out a 100k JTR team with a 66k under geared. I'm working on her now as a permanent replacement for NA.

https://i.imgur.com/YqIiInv.jpgPic is with a G11 MT (zeta lead), G12 Assaj (zeta unique), G10 Old Daka, G10 Zombie, G9 Spirit.

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NyKynoe
7 years ago
Not having geared spirit myself, I am only going off what I hear. But yes spirit will be a better toon for a NS team, although I see them as basically interchangeable with acolyte being over all more useful due to stars (TBs and such)
Mjudge5647
7 years ago
I would say spirit is a great choice. I have her 7 star and gear 11 and she hits like a truck. 25k crit on basic and usually around 35/40k on her special. Plus the turn meter removal is handy :)
JStenholt97
7 years ago
If The NS team has spirit instead of acolyte, I win every time.. acolyte needs aoe to kill if zombie is present so makes it harder for me when there is no room for aoe characters on my meta team
GoCubs8
7 years ago
I really like Spirits kit and was able to take out a 100k JTR team with a 66k under geared. I'm working on her now as a permanent replacement for NA.
GoCubs8
7 years ago
https://i.imgur.com/YqIiInv.jpg
Pic is with a G11 MT (zeta lead), G12 Assaj (zeta unique), G10 Old Daka, G10 Zombie, G9 Spirit.
szabot13
7 years ago
I started with Acolyte on that team, but now I’m running Spirit (4*), and it’s better.
VertigoBeast
7 years ago
Spirit is going to be better offensively, but Acolyte will basically negate anyone without strong AOE or an AOE dispel from going through you unless you have next no zetas in your team and your team is far worse modded than your opponents. Acolyte will guaranteed hold better on defense, but Spirit is definitely the better choice for an offensive team as the AI is dumb anyways and can't kill NS even without the cheese acolyte stealth.
billcarson1966
7 years ago
I personally think it depends on your leader....for Talzin lead go Acolyte...for Assaj go spirit. The extra damage from spirit boosted by the Assaj offense bonus is Big, plus it’s another stun. Foresight may not be as evasive as stealth, but it’s still nice.

I am tempted to buy spirit from shipments for crystals when she appears there as I run Assaj lead and I think she is a great fit.
scuba75
Seasoned Rookie
7 years ago
When I played around with spirit she was a Thrawn fracture magnet.
CLS would debuff zombie and then Thrawn would fracture spirit so she was useful for 1 attack.
Maybe now that Thrawn is dropping off more teams I might consider her again.
GoCubs8
7 years ago
I'm not sure why, but in 5 battles today against Thrawn he fractured Spirit every single time. Good catch on that one @Scuba. Him and DN are the 2 that give me the most trouble.