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3f4def21e78464c
7 years ago

Old Ben Zeta - Thrawn Fracture

I had searched the forum for this and have found lots of complaints of Thrawn's fracture not negating Old Ben's devoted protector additional taunt. Many have said this is how it is intended to work, that Thrawn dispels buffs, then old Ben regains his taunt, then Thrawn places the fracture debuff negating future buffs.
Now I have the opposite complaint.

Excited that this could help my Bastila team against Thrawn decommissioning my tank, I just zeta'd Old Ben. To my horror, it does not work this way at all. Thrawn takes out Old Ben's taunt and the taunt does not reapply after.

I even tried adding General Kenobi with Old Ben. Going up against Thrawn/Traya, Traya will isolate GK and then Thrawn fractures Old Ben, and I am left tauntless with both tanks out of the fight.

Did they nerf Old Ben's zeta? If so it is useless now.
  • chionophobe's avatar
    chionophobe
    7 years ago
    The zeta doesn't apply to Bastila's forced taunt. Only when OB taunts on his own.

  • ChristophIV's avatar
    ChristophIV
    Hero+
    7 years ago
    Nope. It's not all taunts, just the taunt Old Ben gives himself through his second special. So the taunt gifted by Bastila's zeta leadership will not reapply on fracture.
  • 3f4def21e78464c's avatar
    3f4def21e78464c
    7 years ago
    I see, so I guess the only way it would work would be to increase Old Bens speed to surpass Thrawn's.

  • ChristophIV's avatar
    ChristophIV
    Hero+
    7 years ago
    I don't think you'll manage that, he's a slow guy, one of his better qualities as a tank. Thrawn's base speed is 162, Old Ben's is 130, so you'd need God mods and pray your opponent doesn't have any.

    I'm guessing the entire enemy team goes before you? You could try and land a debuff on their slowest member to try and get Thrawn to use his heal/tm swap over fracture.
  • Shadowscream77's avatar
    Shadowscream77
    New Spectator
    7 years ago
    There’s a video on YouTube showcasing Thrawn as the “solution” to Traya lead teams with either the Combo of Sith Trooper & Sion or Traya leads with an enemy Thrawn...
    Basically - Ezra dispels Sith Trooper then fracture Sion. Stops you getting caught behind a taunt wall.
    Also consider fracturing an Enemy Thrawn with your Thrawn.
  • chionophobe's avatar
    chionophobe
    7 years ago
    "Zephrus_Nalem;c-1623113" wrote:
    I see, so I guess the only way it would work would be to increase Old Bens speed to surpass Thrawn's.



    Jedi start with 15% TM under a zBastila lead. How are Traya and Thrawn going before you?
  • kevsmart75's avatar
    kevsmart75
    7 years ago
    "ChristophIV;c-1623115" wrote:
    I don't think you'll manage that, he's a slow guy, one of his better qualities as a tank. Thrawn's base speed is 162, Old Ben's is 130, so you'd need God mods and pray your opponent doesn't have any.


    It's possible. Bastila's lead gives 15% TM and LBM gives 6% TM to all Jedi allies at the beginning of her turn.

    EDIT: You can also use a fast GMY to remove TM from Thrawn if he is that much of an issue.
  • 3f4def21e78464c's avatar
    3f4def21e78464c
    7 years ago
    All really good ideas, thanks everyone. I need to get some better speed mods on ezra I think to dispel sith trooper before Thrawn can get his fracture off. The Thrawn I was going up against I didn't notice had +130 speed.

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