3 years ago

Omicron Ability Update: Imperial Probe Droid

CHANGES MARKED IN GREEN

UNIT NAME: Imperial Probe Droid
ALIGNMENT: Dark Side
CATEGORIES: Dark Side, Empire, Droid, Support
Imperial Droid who reveals and tracks enemies with Target Lock

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Basic: PRECISION BLASTERS

FINAL TEXT: Deal Physical damage to target enemy with a 80% chance to Expose them for 2 turns.

Special: DETECT (Cooldown 4)

FINAL TEXT: Dispel all buffs on all enemies with a 75% chance to inflict Target Lock for 2 turns. Then, remove 5% Turn Meter from Target Locked enemies. This attack can't be Evaded.

Special: SELF-DESTRUCT (Cooldown 1)

FINAL TEXT: Imperial Probe Droid instantly defeats itself and can't be Revived. Deal massive damage to target enemy. Deal bonus damage to other enemies equal to 30% of their Max Health. Expose all Target Locked enemies for 2 turns. This attack can't be Evaded. While Imperial Probe Droid has full Health, or has no active allies, the cooldown of this ability is set to max and can't be reduced.

Unique: IMPERIAL LOGISTICS

Old Final Text (ZETA): Imperial Probe Droid has +50% Max Health. At the end of each Droid ally turn, at the end of each Empire ally turn, and at the end of each Rebel enemy turn, Imperial Probe Droid gains 3% Turn Meter.

While Imperial Probe Droid is active, Target Locked enemies have -25% Evasion and can't gain buffs.

New Final Text (ZETA/OMICRON): Imperial Probe Droid has +50% Max Health. At the end of each Droid ally turn, at the end of each Empire ally turn, and at the end of each Rebel enemy turn, Imperial Probe Droid gains 3% Turn Meter.

While Imperial Probe Droid is active, Target Locked enemies have -25% Evasion and can't gain buffs.

While in Territory Battles: At the start of battle, Imperial Probe Droid loses all Protection and gains that much Max Health. Imperial Probe Droid can be revived after using Self-Destruct and ignores Taunt. At the start of each encounter, Imperial Probe Droid is revived with 100% Health. Whenever Imperial Probe Droid uses Self-Destruct, the target enemy takes additional damage equal to 200% of Imperial Probe Droid's Max Health and other Empire allies gain Offense equal to 300% of Imperial Probe Droid's Offense (stacking) until they're defeated.

Basanovbeni
3 years ago
now that is dope. the offense increase, i gotta ask, does it last through encounters so it only resets on defeats or does it also reset on each encounter?
boomer8800
Seasoned Novice
3 years ago
what a waste of omicrons, DSTB is so easy who even uses IPD there. Should of made it for GAC or TW
Da_Bauers
New Spectator
3 years ago
"TargetEadu;c-2322549" wrote:
Will IPD self-revive with this ability if it uses Self-Destruct? That blocks him reviving normally.

It literally says in the green text "Imperial Probe Droid can be revived after using Self Destruct...", so I'll go with yes it can.
ChristophIV
Hero+
3 years ago
"MasterSeedy;c-2322553" wrote:
What? No.

It can be revived. That's not anything remotely similar to, "It automatically revives itself."

You'll need a DarkSide toon with the ability to resurrect other toons in order to gain any benefit.

It's revived at the start of each encounter (read: each wave of TB).
NotRealUltra
Seasoned Newcomer
3 years ago
"dgree;c-2322567" wrote:
Wow, really powerful. I wasn't planning on getting IPD and gearing him/her up but I'm totally gonna do it now.

People are saying this isn't a good ROI for an omicron ability and a character that isn't required for anything, but they could've made IPD's omicron specific to squad arena and have "unless a GL is present", so it could be worse!

Honestly, i don't think "it could be worse so be grateful for what we are getting" is a good argument

I was excited when I read IPD was getting an omicron, since he's a great unit that needs a touch-up to be relevant again

He's a rare empire unit that barely gets any usage (i know he worked well countering Rey at one point, and with droids)

Could we have gotten a worse omicron? Yes, but I never use IPD on TB to get 4/4 in every wave, so its just as non-existent / omicron-less unit to me
JakeBartuc
3 years ago
People should consider that the omicron for TB are more new-low players oriented. As a unit that you will unlock without farming, it provides a means for those players. If you have over 5 million GP, you really should not need that omicron.

For once there is new content not only for end-game.
ChristophIV
Hero+
3 years ago
"wqnxy;c-2322585" wrote:
"Sebek;c-2322557" wrote:
"MasterSeedy;c-2322553" wrote:
What? No.

It can be revived. That's not anything remotely similar to, "It automatically revives itself."

You'll need a DarkSide toon with the ability to resurrect other toons in order to gain any benefit.

Is there any other DS reviver than Daka?

visas?

She's LS
111Deep
3 years ago
Arguably the most useless omicron to date.

Who would waste 20 mats on a DSGEO unit? ?
firebrigade9
3 years ago
"chionophile;c-2322598" wrote:
"Firebrigade;c-2322592" wrote:
"Sebek;c-2322583" wrote:
"rocket1420;c-2322579" wrote:
"Sebek;c-2322557" wrote:
"MasterSeedy;c-2322553" wrote:
What? No.

It can be revived. That's not anything remotely similar to, "It automatically revives itself."

You'll need a DarkSide toon with the ability to resurrect other toons in order to gain any benefit.

Is there any other DS reviver than Daka?

It revives itself at the beginning of each wave.

Not the question, i was asking if there are any other DS revivers than Daka, not if IPD can revive itself.

Wat?

Wat is Seps only, though I guess he does technically count as a DS reviver. Not very useful here though.

Wat revives Seps or dark side droids…pretty sure IPD qualifies as a dark side droid.

Revive a random Separatist or Dark Side Droid ally at 100% Health and grant all allies Protection Over Time (30%) for 2 turns. Trigger the healing of all Heal Over Time buffs on allies and the damage of all Damage Over Time debuffs on enemies.
clarencetomas
New Spectator
3 years ago
"Kisakee;c-2322730" wrote:
"dgree;c-2322723" wrote:
The argument is as bad as my ability to convey sarcasm, and this is just DS factions remaining too stale (with some exceptions), and it's a shame because an outdated DS character got a rework and the effort was squandered on this irrelevant omicron.

Just because it's irrelevant to you doesn't mean that it's irrelevant to everyone.

@Sebek https://wiki.swgoh.help/wiki/Revive

I didn't say "irrelevant to me", I said "irrelevant." IPD's omicron is irrelevant. Omicrons are a scarce high-end resource, and empire DS TB fun and IPD gear are firmly in the luxury department. Just because you want to r9 every Tusken in the game doesn't mean it's relevant to gameplay for anyone outside of a tiny niche of players relicing an obsolete faction (raider for LV aside).

CG put effort into trying to make IPD relevant and it's a whiff. I hope whoever invests heavily in IPD has fun with him, but it's not a remotely smart use of resources.