Possible Squad Arena Team

Is your phoenix already at g11? If no, I'd say continue with them. bring them up to g11.
They are really good. I doubt that you get more viability from a wiggs team than from a phoenix team.

And dont forget to farm mods. They win the arena!

I suppose it is more a matter of being able to get some damage in. I sped up ezra and that has helped tremendously. The problem is he’s the only real source of damage and against teams that can stun/manipulate tm, i struggle to take anyone out. That’s one of the reasons I’m looking to change things up. I am working still on gearing ezra, but I’ve been told he’s the only one other than Sabine (who is a very slow farm) that is actually worth the effort to gear past g9. I’ve also tried to consider the gear redundancies in phoenix as kanan and zeb are nearly identical past g7 and those gear pieces mirror both ezra and hera at times. Basically, I’m working on getting a solid roster as well as continuing to place well in squad for the extra crystal. 50 crystal a day adds up in the long run. Would 5* Sabine as a replacement for 7* chopper be a viable solution to the damage problems?

"WhiteGold;c-1403108" wrote:
I agree with you on everything, the problem is that I'm looking for a something i can actually work on. I’ve considered farming chirrut since he’s in fleet, but baze is completely out of reach. I’m only level 72 so getting him even from hard battles is a long way off. I’ve been told chirrut isn’t worth having without baze. Is that true? I also agree r2 has great zetas. I just missed him this time around which sucks. Just not enough time to get a full 5* empire team around and keep up in squad. Obviously without r2 i won’t get cls either at least not for a while and i’m still quite far away from having the characters for him. Again i’ve only been playing for 2 months almost exactly now and I’m looking for a squad i can actually farm that will be viable for a few months till these legendary characters come back and I can add them to my collection. I’ve been considering getting jyn and cassian and possibly k2so (easy gw farm at 15 shards a day). Are those characters worth working on?

I fully understand you. Not being able to play the vital characters is one of the major frustrations for beginners. And I'm no expert I've played only for 4months now so I've been in your shoes until recently.

But there are characters that are easy to get and still viable. I'll answer to your questions one by one but these are just my opinions.

1. Is Chirrut not worth working on until Baze is unlocked?
Well Yes, he is worth it even w/o Baze. I'd say him alone might not make a huge difference right away. If Chirrut is without Baze, it is much easier to target him. But still need big hitter or Healing immunity to take him out with ease. So he is still viable alone without Baze. He hits very hard. With the highest armor penetration in game and high dps, he is one of those most insane hitters, let alone being one of the greatest healers.
So I suggest you could use Chirrut with Old Ben and Storm Han.
With Old Ben and StHan double taunting, enemy will have tremendous difficulty to target chirrut, unless he has CLS or Boba. For Boba teams, it's either win or lose depending on Whether he can take out chirrut with one-shot(execute skill) or leave him at 1 health. If chirrut dies, he might have chance to win. If chirrut survives, he screwed. So Chirrut along with sufficient tankers does enhance your team's competency a lot. Invest in him right away. Even if you are not convinced, at least keep collecting his shard so you get him to 7 star before Baze comes.

2. Am I far from getting R2 and other legendaries?
No. Might not be as far as you think.
I started this game in August. I had no idea. I didn't even know the existence of this forum until late September or so. I've wasted a lot of resources on wrong toons such as luminara, sidious, kylo etc. (I'm not saying they are bad, there are just better options for beginners)
But still, four months in, I got my 7* R2, 5* Solo, 106 shards of GK, 5* Palpatine(Will get him 7* when he returns), 5* Yoda, got some decent speed mods, cleared last tier of places of power, military might, and forest moon, do over 1.5 mil damage in heroic rancor, and most importantly, I am ready to get 7* CLS, which will return on 28th this month.
It all took just 4 month to get on track, and if you do right things, you can do it faster.

Phoenix is a 1 month farm for those who do 3 cantina refreshes everyday. Currently working on them.
Empire takes a bit but no longer than 2 months: I used Tarkin G10, TFP G9, Vader G9, RG G8, Storm G8.
Check one of my thread 'R2 event without Palpatine' to see how I did it without Palp. But Palp will definitely help a lot. But never ever use Magmatrooper, even though it is very tempting to farm him.
CLS toons take about 1 and a half months or so.
Just set priority in each farming sources.
I'll tell you.
in squad arena shop: StHan, Tarkin, Kanan, Leia,
in cantina shop: Boba, Chopper, Stormtrooper, Poe, FOO,
in cantina nodes: Wedge, Ezra, TFP, Hera, Old Ben, Farmboy, Finn, Kylo, Vets
in normal nodes: RG, FO stormtrooper,
in GW: Biggs, Zeb, Phasma
in fleet: Chirrut, Rex, Vader, Slave1/Vader Tie/Scimitar, FOTFP
in Guild shop: Rex, Resistance trooper, Rey, (Jyn)

Again this is just my recommendation and there can be better options. But what I had in mind in setting the farm order priority was this. 1st. working on a decent arena & fleet squad. 2nd working on phoenix which i believe to come in February. 3rd working on R2 empire which is likely to come back 2 months later, and again 4months later just before cls. 4th working on cls journey which is likely to come next april imo. 5th working on Resistance, 6th working on FO, 7th working on Jedi rey journey.

So if you follow that order your arena would change like this in time.
1.Wedge Biggs Boba Ezra StHan
2.Wedge Biggs Boba Chirrut StHan
3.Wedge Biggs Thrawn Chirrut OldBen
4.Rex Thrawn Chirrut OldBen StHan
5.Rex Thrawn Chirrut OldBen R2D2
6.CLS or Jedi Rey team.

3. Jyn, Cassian, K2 worth it?
Yes. But not in arena. They are worth in LS TB Rogue 1 missions. Jyn is also highly valuable in Rancor soloing, but CLS can solo it singlehandedly. Jyn is also used in HAAT P3 in Thrawn Lead, Tarkin, Krennic, Shore, Jyn team
But that's a long way to go anyway.

PS please tag me with @Anakin_Skywalker
So that I can notice easier when you reply

Insert Rex Chirrut Baze R2 Thrawn team in 5.5 between 5. Rex Thrawn Chirrut Old Ben R2D2 and 6. CLS team

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So I'm not really going to be following that list, mostly because I've currently solved my arena woes. My main question now is how long will it take before Sabine Wren is actually going to be viable for me in arena to replace my chopper, if ever? I'm able to dish out significant damage with Ezra as I've been able to mod him to 209 speed. Unfortunately against a Thrawn or anyone that can stun him first (If he doesn't go first) I can get screwed over. My currently problem again is not surviving damage but rather dealing it. I've just gotten Wren to 5* and she's my hard battles daily activities achievement.

She's currently the only hard battle I do daily. She's quite far behind the others in gear and abilities as there is no where else to get shards for her and it's a super slow grind for her. Once i have her geared up to their level, will she be viable before 6 or 7 stars? My thought is that with Ezra's watch and learn ability it gives her (as an attacker) 100% critical chance and I very well could take out a character right away with 1 turn (I've nearly done it with hera who doesn't do a ton of damage herself). My thinking is that she has the best zeta of all phoenix characters and, maybe I'm completely crazy, I think her zeta might be worth it especially to keep my phoenix/rebel squads viable in squad arena.

I tried a 4 star Sabine out the other day in arena (in place of a seven star chopper). During my climb I beat phoenix teams that normally stall me out and I lost to a non phoenix team I usually beat.

However I fell overnight outside top 20 while i usually stay top 10 in my arena. So chopper definitely holds better (although that could be the other players seeing a lower star as a target)

Sabine needs zeta