Poe vs. Chewy

Chewie for missions, as Poe will die from his taunts often and keep you from 3-star (and future sim'ing). Chewie is also a better leader. However, a L5+ gear Poe in PVP is great, especially if you combine him with big AOE dmg like Sid, Anakin, or Maul. Like most characters, the "who is better" question depends on the situation. Good luck!

Chewie isn't popular due to his low damage and 1 turn taunt. He may work for some arena teams though. Saw a pretty good Chewie team once.

Poe is allot better. I have him 5* and level VII gear which far surpasses my chewie. His taunt is 2 rounds and has Expose buff on team which Is a huge boost.

Any tank without taunt is not really a "tank". They are more "support" with AOE perks/blocks/buffs/debuffs ect

I have Poe and Chewy at 4* and purple gear. Poe is much better in Arena play. He has much better speed so he's able to get his taunt off early enough that he'll do a better job protecting sid/lumi/etc. who are normally targets for human players in the first round. Also his expose combined with a slower AOE char (Maul/Boba/Phasma) can dent the HP pool of the enemy pretty good. Poe dies by the second round more often than not but he holds the attention of the enemy long enough for me to usually knock two of their best chars out.

Chewy is on my A team in galatic war. His taunt is effective enough in GW and he can self-heal which is much more valuable in GW. In Arena he's very easy to work around and rarely effects a battle.

I have Chewie in 6 stars and I am the only one using him in top 10 of my server. Chewie acts as a health reserve for my team and he is rarely killed in his taunted turn. That being said, Chewie works seamlessly with barriss who also has many hp because their health can be equalized to all your glass cannons when needed. The typical scenario in arena is that the opponents severely injured -if not dead already- your glass cannons in the first turn, then chewie taunts, barriss equalizes, chewie self heals. Then you have undergone the hardest part of the match.
However, if you don't have barriss, I won't hesitate a second to swap Chewie out.

"DarthVanio;26728" wrote:
I agree with the posts above. But the problem is that the AOE teams are thing in the game and your team can be crushed inspite of taunt. Even if you are not dead, you will need 1-2 turns only to recover.

Which is why you have to have a 2-turn taunt. Chewy is worthless against AOE but Poe (and Han) still has his taunt active after the AOE onslaught. Assuming any of your toons are still alive they'll help keep them alive.

"Heronmar;26716" wrote:

"MasterTamias;26677" wrote:
I have Chewie in 6 stars and I am the only one using him in top 10 of my server. Chewie acts as a health reserve for my team and he is rarely killed in his taunted turn. That being said, Chewie works seamlessly with barriss who also has many hp because their health can be equalized to all your glass cannons when needed. The typical scenario in arena is that the opponents severely injured -if not dead already- your glass cannons in the first turn, then chewie taunts, barriss equalizes, chewie self heals. Then you have undergone the hardest part of the match.
However, if you don't have barriss, I won't hesitate a second to swap Chewie out.

But considering that both Chewie and Barriss are both slow toons compared to most DPS, how do you survive the initial onslaught sure after you taunt you probably can soak the damage but do you not lose an initial toon with the opening of your opponent or do you simply not run any glass cannons?

Yes that's exactly why this game is fun because no team wins every match. It has to be some sacrifices between tankier characters (but not really a tank) and glass cannons with awesome bursty power and of course tankier characters tend to do lesser damage. So it's really a problem of balancing but I find it working quite well as there's so few encounters in arena with high star leia or FOTP or some sorts.

"SaVaGeTnK;26750" wrote:
Poe in the other hand has the speed to attack early and more often in PvP, slightly better attack and great health. Not an easy character also to upgrade to purple gear.

FYI while he takes a lot (3 purples that require 20+ purples to craft) to get to 7 his upgrades at 7 are pretty tame. Much less time/resources to get the rest of his 7 closed out than it was to upgrade to 7. Only one that requires ~20 purples to craft. Also he only has one slot that requires >60 so he can have 5 of 6 filled at gear 7. And his level 7 gear is very helpful as it gives ~1k hp and 9 speed plus more potency and tenacity.

Poe is one of the best tanks in arena. Especially if you play a fast, high damage, glass cannon team. He has 138 speed maxed out so he gets his taunt off very early. Usually in enough time to protect your weakest teammates. He also does the expose which is amazing to help your team get the first couple kills. Another thing often over looked since sid leader is so popular now every time sid hits poe, poe heals him self from resisting the heal debuff so that is like 50% damage reduction.

"DarthVanio;26626" wrote:

"KTroy24;26585" wrote:
Poe is allot better. I have him 5* and level VII gear which far surpasses my chewie. His taunt is 2 rounds and has Expose buff on team which Is a huge boost.

Any tank without taunt is not really a "tank". They are more "support" with AOE perks/blocks/buffs/debuffs ect

I disagree with you. Tank is character who has plenty of HP. That a character doesn't have a taunt doesn't mean it is not a tank. Old Ben is tank but he doesn't have taunt. Taunt is not very helpful atm. Especially of you are above 40. Boba's spell block or Fives counter are more helpful than a taunt. Yes the taunt is annoying but that's all. These days with sid, kylo lumi and dooku, the taunters are not viable at high lvl. Just think about it - only taunt or some helpful ability with more damage. Taunt is overrated imo. I got DM and Sid and if I see chewy/poe team i bring my mace in - that means the opponent is with 1 char less than I am. QGJ is pretty common in my server as is Plo Koon. The AOE teams don't care bout the taunt. But the problem with aoe team is that they lack a bit of speed - that doesn't mean they are slow, not at all. And you can use this as your advantage. And using a taunt in that case makes you lose a char turn that is so important to you.

I don't know of a game where the roll of a tank wasn't to keep agro, take a beating, and not die.