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AttilatheStun
Seasoned Newcomer
6 years ago

Quick and Easy Dark Side Team

So, I'm fairly new to the game and still getting my first couple teams up and running. Currently focusing on farming phoenix squadron for thrawn/palp, planning to transition to farming jedi/old republic for GMY and JKR.

The problem with this is that it leaves me for a long time without a solid dark side team for the dark side nodes. My current dark side team is a mishmash of starting characters and whatever I've been lucky enough to unlock. It includes Tarkin, Talia, Dooku, Royal Guard, and Snowtrooper. I recently hit level 50, but I'm having trouble getting past dark side normal node 5-i. This is especially an issue since i'd like to be able to get a head start on farming Bastila from dark side hard node 5-B. My question is, what could I do quickly and cheaply (trying to stay mostly or entirely FTP) to improve my dark side team without distracting too much from my main character farming objectives? Any suggestions?
  • AttilatheStun's avatar
    AttilatheStun
    Seasoned Newcomer
    6 years ago
    I have been working on farming Boba Fett, but that's going to be a bit of a slog. Vader will definitely help when I can add him in. Unfortunately I probably won't be able to get Thrawn during the current event and there's no telling when Palp will be available. Any quicker options you might suggest?
  • AttilatheStun's avatar
    AttilatheStun
    Seasoned Newcomer
    6 years ago
    Unfortunately, pretty much all of my farm is still tied up in Phoenix - they're all 4* currently, though Zeb is about to hit 5* after the next store refresh. What I'm getting is that it's better to just make do for the moment until I can finish up my current squad?
  • YKMisfit's avatar
    YKMisfit
    New Spectator
    6 years ago
    I agree with LordGrahck above, only I would probably just plug Boba Fett into the team instead of farming Tie Pilot simply because you'll probably want to use your cantina energy in other areas early on. He's really only any good for the ship, and you can get by with him simply being unlocked early on for that (which will happen for free). Boba is a character you'll absolutely want to have for down the road (BHs, ships, etc) and he's a good enough stand alone toon to be able to plug into another team without needing to be part of the faction.
  • YKMisfit's avatar
    YKMisfit
    New Spectator
    6 years ago
    "LordGrahck;c-1948841" wrote:
    Sorry, YKMisfit, but I have to disagree. Tie Fighter Pilot has a higher base speed (190 compared to Boba's 167), inflicts tenacity down, ability block, and buff immunity, which not only feeds turn meter to himself through his own unique, but feeds turn meter to the rest of the team through Palpatine's lead. Not only that, but he gains foresight to help him survive. Plus, he has the Empire tag, which Boba Fett doesn't. TFP has far more synergy and brings far more to the team than Boba Fett. Don't get me wrong. Boba Fett is awesome, but doesn't fit in this team as strongly as TFP. If you build him right, TFP will be attacking more often than anyone else on that team due to his own speed and turn meter gain, plus the turn meter being fed to him via Palpatine and Tarkin. Boba Fett will miss out on all that juicy turn meter goodness.


    There's no question TFP fits better in an Empire lineup than Boba Fett, but farming him interferes with a very long list of players that you'll want to farm from the cantina early on. And if the goal is just to have a DS team that gets you through the nodes, I'd use the toons that I'll be farming anyway (there isn't a lot of early game competition for Cantina Store currency once you get Chopper out of the way).
  • Vaderizer's avatar
    Vaderizer
    Seasoned Newcomer
    6 years ago
    "LordGrahck;c-1948841" wrote:
    Sorry, YKMisfit, but I have to disagree. Tie Fighter Pilot has a higher base speed (190 compared to Boba's 167), inflicts tenacity down, ability block, and buff immunity, which not only feeds turn meter to himself through his own unique, but feeds turn meter to the rest of the team through Palpatine's lead. Not only that, but he gains foresight to help him survive. Plus, he has the Empire tag, which Boba Fett doesn't. TFP has far more synergy and brings far more to the team than Boba Fett. Don't get me wrong. Boba Fett is awesome, but doesn't fit in this team as strongly as TFP. If you build him right, TFP will be attacking more often than anyone else on that team due to his own speed and turn meter gain, plus the turn meter being fed to him via Palpatine and Tarkin. Boba Fett will miss out on all that juicy turn meter goodness.


    Boba Fett's lead also gives its crit chance/damage bonuses to any allies, which makes him handy early on when you don't have a ton of dark side characters and even fewer with good leadership abilities.

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