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SamuraiUX's avatar
7 years ago

NS Spirit vs. NS Acolyte

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
  • I wouldn't be too worried about not having Spirit. I know she hits hard. Yeah she is Han Solo for NS squad. But I like Acolyte better. Having a character that you know will never die (at least on offense) is always good. Not only that, she will call Talzin/Asajj/Daka on her basic after they are dead.
  • The stun, TM removal & clearing out buffs come in handy. I use/will use NA in TW because she does hold better on defense and can be a pain. The problem for me is I don't have her at g12, so R2's burn under JTR can take her out.
  • scuba75's avatar
    scuba75
    Seasoned Rookie
    "Go_Cubs;c-1431758" wrote:
    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.


    Thrawn AI will target a character with a buff.
    Spirit is fast and will most likely have fs buff when he is going to use fracture.
  • I have maxed nightsisters zzTalzin, ZAsajj, zDaka, acolyte all of them g12. My zombie is gear 6. I use acolyte. It’s better on defense. Which means you don’t move up in squad arena, people avoid your team with acolyte.

    While spirit may have a cool kit, Spirit is an easy target. Acolyte is better
  • Been able to take 1st with Spirit and the last couple of days I did fall into the upper teens (about the same as AA, Titans, or GK). I will test Acolyte on defense, but I'm the only one running NS in my shard so I'm a target sometimes due to the limited variety of teams.