Typically the swgoh meta will only include a very select few characters, most notably right now would be empire/triumverate with a small smattering of JTR squads simply because she's so OP and hard to get. Unfortunately it's simply too easy/common/ideal to follow the meta, after all why would someone go against the grain when it's much easier to follow it? I say unfortunately because mirror matches and playing against the same squads over and over and over again is mind numbingly boring.So with all that being said, what are some uncommon squads YOU are using or fighting against? I really started thinking about this after the recent thread where someone showed his cassian/K2SO rebel team cleaning up. Me personally I find Sidious to be highly underrated right now, there's a guy on my ladder who uses Sidious in the 5th slot where TFP/GMT would usually sit and man do those dots+exposes HURT!Another underrated squad, imo, is the previous meta champions from the rebellion. After the EP/Vader rework it seems like everyone just assumed EP's anti rebel abilities would render them weak/useless, but after this most recent CLS event there's been a couple rebel and titan squads pop up that I'm TERRIFIED of! So what are some non meta squads you are using/fighting against?

I get in the top 5 consistently with a full Jedi team, GMYoda (L), HYoda, GK, Ezra, Old Ben. I can’t tell you how much fun it is to destroy all the sith meta teams out there with my never used Jedi:)

There’s a team I face in Arena that’s an absolute nightmare, I run a KRU squad and usually I have good enough control to beat most opponents on offense, but I simply have no answer for it:AA lead, CLS, HY, GK, GAT.So many non-attack specials that CLS just goes ham, absolutely crushing opponents, with plenty of heals and cleanses and buffs goin on behind him in support. It’s a REALLY nasty team.

The team I'm working on right now is similar to Random9's, but instead of scavenger Rey, I'm using Resistance Trooper.With the Holdo/RT combo as the +2 on a Rey team, three members of the team can give RT 100% turn meter with a special. Rey, Holdo, and R2. As long as there's a debuffed target and RT can clear his debuffs, which there usually will be due to the amount of turn meter RT gains from expose being applied, he'll be able to use his special every turn to proliferate secret intel faster, drain the turn meter from other exposed enemies, and probably expose again, giving the whole team turn meter and get himself most of the way to another turn. Really quick, really brutal, and Holdo's daze can preemptively shut down a lot of defense against it.

Ewoks are savage on defense, because no one runs them in arena, so few people know what works well against them.

I love using rex, I was running rex (L), nest, talzin, EP and thrawn .. but since switched back to rex (L), CLS, sion, nihilus, thrawn

Rare and underrated characters that you use or fight in the arena?

Obi-six-Kenobi
7 years ago
I get in the top 5 consistently with a full Jedi team, GMYoda (L), HYoda, GK, Ezra, Old Ben.

I can’t tell you how much fun it is to destroy all the sith meta teams out there with my never used Jedi:)
dwinkelm
7 years ago
There’s a team I face in Arena that’s an absolute nightmare, I run a KRU squad and usually I have good enough control to beat most opponents on offense, but I simply have no answer for it:

AA lead, CLS, HY, GK, GAT.

So many non-attack specials that CLS just goes ham, absolutely crushing opponents, with plenty of heals and cleanses and buffs goin on behind him in support. It’s a REALLY nasty team.
BlueRoseBlade
7 years ago
The team I'm working on right now is similar to Random9's, but instead of scavenger Rey, I'm using Resistance Trooper.

With the Holdo/RT combo as the +2 on a Rey team, three members of the team can give RT 100% turn meter with a special. Rey, Holdo, and R2. As long as there's a debuffed target and RT can clear his debuffs, which there usually will be due to the amount of turn meter RT gains from expose being applied, he'll be able to use his special every turn to proliferate secret intel faster, drain the turn meter from other exposed enemies, and probably expose again, giving the whole team turn meter and get himself most of the way to another turn. Really quick, really brutal, and Holdo's daze can preemptively shut down a lot of defense against it.
MoroveusRen
7 years ago
Ewoks are savage on defense, because no one runs them in arena, so few people know what works well against them.
XxiCOLOSSUSxX
7 years ago
I love using rex, I was running rex (L), nest, talzin, EP and thrawn
.. but since switched back to rex (L), CLS, sion, nihilus, thrawn
SithTrio-PO
7 years ago
KRU is in my main arena team, and i somtimes use fost or hoda. but none of them feel "underrated" or rare. just not typical meta.
NicWester
7 years ago
I really like Holdo.

She gets off her AoE and dazes a good number, often all five since I've boosted her potency pretty well and no one bothers with tenacity, it seems, then taunts and eats fracture or whatever. If I get more use out of her than that, great, if not--she still served a valuable purpose. I made the switch from zeta Finn to Rey as my leader, so she'll often land a handful of Exposes that R2-D2 will break and land more.

She does her thing and then ensures Trooper, BB8, etc can survive to do their things.
devilock19888
7 years ago
Plo koon is like my favorite pilot right now. And I'm pretty sure I'm the only one near the top of my shard using him.
MoroveusRen
7 years ago
There's a Thrawn team on my shard that's absolutely nuts. The person uses Stormtrooper and Shoretrooper. Their dual taunt combines with Thrawn's Zeta leadership to add a sickening amount of protection regeneration. If I remember correctly, the other two toons this team uses are Krennic and Death Trooper.
DoM1NaNcE
7 years ago
Im using cls(l) r2, raid han, old ben, sthan.
Ive jumped from around 300 using ep/vader to holding around 60. The teams I struggle against are ones with a good sion as once he gets hatred I cant kill him.
On next thrawn event im hoping to swap out sthan so i can just fracture him