Rebel Leader - Ackbar or Lando

Why not Wedge?

I would go with Ackbar anyway, 6 speed is a lot to lose while being cruical and essential in Arena.

"BentWookiee;380474" wrote:
Why not Wedge?

I'm not saying i wouldn't, looking for conversation. :smile: My initial reaction to AA and LC are that they both give Speed which is really nice and they both increase damage in some way with AA's assist and LC's crit damage.

I think Rebel teams should be using Phasma most of the time (maybe not as leader). Phasma's Victory march is crazy good with Ackbar, so I'll vote him. But, Victory march is really good with 29% crit dmg also. Who knows. Good question!

"Darth_Jay77;36478" wrote:
With today's update Lando's leader now applies to Rebels too. Ackbar and Lando are both pretty cool. I think that begs the question though, who to use?

- Ackbar: 25speed / 10% Tenacity and the non-attack assist
- Lando: 15speed / 29% Crit damage

Looking for feedback because I may not be considering everything here.
- Ackbar
pro's: Assist and a little more speed
cons: Assist is limited to his own specials, Han's taunt, and Leia's stealth. Sure Rebel Soldier but who really uses him?

- Lando
pro's: More crit damage. Great for his AOE, good synergy with Wedge and Leia, guaranteed Crit on Biggs assist attack

cons: Less speed than Ackbar, lose the couple assist attacks

Hope this stimulates some good conversation about the two Rebel leaders.

Don't forget Ackbar clears the death marks in raids.

Wait, AA doesn't need to be leader for his dispel though, right? Or did I misread that?

Ackbar's assists calls from leadership aren't just for rebels, it's anyone using a special non attack skill. Like a heal or RG's defense up.

It depends on what team you are running. I run Ackbar lead, but I only use Leia as the second Rebel in my team. Due to the lack of furnaces for han and lando. So I could build a full rebel team. If you are building a full rebel team Lando is the way. Running Ackbar in a full rebel team distributes the assist attack to all four chars. Which other chars other than Leia just do okay damage compared to her. So the other chars other than Leia do around 3k average on basic. You would only get three assist to four assist a full game. Ackbar = two assists, RG or Han = 1 assist, If you have Leia = 2 assists. So it basically contributes 9k damage to 12k damage. While Lando gives 29% crit damage. If you have a built up REBEL team. Lando should be able to dish out 3 or more AOE in a game. I imagine his AOE does around 3k to 3.5k at gear 11. (mine is only gear 8) If he crits than his second AOE could do 100% more damage on next AOE. So imagine how much he does 7k + 29% = 9.03K on each toon. Its a increase of 2030 damage on each toon = 10150 damage. That is one AOE. So if you look at the long run it Lando benifits a lot more. Those crit damage on Leia on Ackbar HRS etc. Should be pretty scary.

I had started farming Akbar in the arena shop. Got 15 shards towards activation. Then yesterday I borrowed an ally Akbar. I had STHan and Lando in my group. When I activated Han's taunt, nothing happened. No assist. I have no clue why, but I decided his skill must be buggy and immediately decided to quit farming for him. Anyone have him? Is it buggy? Do taunts not trigger the assist? What's wrong?

"Teague;381362" wrote:
I had started farming Akbar in the arena shop. Got 15 shards towards activation. Then yesterday I borrowed an ally Akbar. I had STHan and Lando in my group. When I activated Han's taunt, nothing happened. No assist. I have no clue why, but I decided his skill must be buggy and immediately decided to quit farming for him. Anyone have him? Is it buggy? Do taunts not trigger the assist? What's wrong?

It is not buggy at all. I'm not sure for ally's. Mine works fine and super well in arena.