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Mainiach's avatar
Mainiach
9 years ago

Replace Chewie with....

I've been thinking about replacing Chewie on my arena squad and I've got four options. I know I could just try them all to see who works better but I don't have the resources yet to level and gear them all for that purpose. The other four current members of my team are:

6* Sid, 5* Luminara, 5* JC, 4* Dooku all level 58

My options to replace Chewie are:

4* Poe - Basically a better tank from what I've read
4* Phasma - She would take over leader spot from Luminara
4* Old Daka - Extra stuns/heals would be helpful but probably not best option
4* Vader - Just unlocked him, not sure how good he is

Thanks for any advice!
  • Mainiach's avatar
    Mainiach
    9 years ago
    Anyone? I'd like to give this a try with today's squad battles. Thanks!
  • Abyss738's avatar
    Abyss738
    9 years ago
    Basically u can close your eyes an point at the screen and find a viable replacement for chewy in an arena team.

    Tank + Arena = bad day for you when ppl atk you
  • Mainiach's avatar
    Mainiach
    9 years ago
    Thanks for the replies.

    I leveled Poe up to 55 and got him to gear level 6 and all his abilities to 5 (except leader). I'm not sure what to make of him. In the first battle he acted 2nd or 3rd but in the other 4 he went well after most of the other team. In all instances he was dead within a round or a little after from the start of his taunt. He's a little underleveled as my team is 58 but I wouldn't think that would be the main factor for his earlier demises. Is there something I'm missing?

    I did manage to win all 5 squad battles moving from 179 to 95.
  • Mainiach's avatar
    Mainiach
    9 years ago
    "Peanut;43690" wrote:
    While Poe is the man when it comes to the tank, I recently just dropped tanks all together and in the arena I'm doing much better.
    Dmg + turn meter = wins


    I'll probably still play around with Poe but I can afford to bring up one more character. If I were to go tankless who would you recommend to replace Poe, Vader or Phasma (again my other 4 are: 6* Sid, 5* Luminara, 5* JC, 4* Dooku) or is there someone else I should consider that would be better matched with my current team?
  • Mephisto_style's avatar
    Mephisto_style
    9 years ago

    I feel like between dookus damage, sids dmg and antiheal, and your healzs, more of that wiuld be good. Go phasma
  • Nits_neuron's avatar
    Nits_neuron
    9 years ago
    Poe I think in Arena is supposed to die. But if this taunt works, it exposes some of the enemies. Then with a high offence toon take either the healers or a game changer character like Kylo in the begnning. If you run two healers you can afford one heal for him. One of my friend runs Poe with Luke and Poggle. Poe exposes, poggle buffs offence, Luke does 2x damage to the game changer toon and boom, the game is all yours now.

    The problem can sometimes arrise if there is a fast toon in the opposing team.

    In GW, after exposing and kill, you can retreat on the second taunt.
  • BigDMufasa's avatar
    BigDMufasa
    9 years ago
    "HamZolo;5191" wrote:
    I've been thinking about replacing Chewie on my arena squad and I've got four options. I know I could just try them all to see who works better but I don't have the resources yet to level and gear them all for that purpose. The other four current members of my team are:

    6* Sid, 5* Luminara, 5* JC, 4* Dooku all level 58

    My options to replace Chewie are:

    4* Poe - Basically a better tank from what I've read
    4* Phasma - She would take over leader spot from Luminara
    4* Old Daka - Extra stuns/heals would be helpful but probably not best option
    4* Vader - Just unlocked him, not sure how good he is

    Thanks for any advice!


    I went back and forth on Chewie and for GW he's useful so keep him around. For PvP, I've been using Phasma more as my lead now and she is definitely worth investing. But if you really need a tank, than Poe is the best one now despite some his HP issues. I have Poe and once I've geared him to 7, I'll take him for a spin in PvP with Poggle and Geo. Other real tanks and useful ones would include Boba too!

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