Rex lead FOST Thrawn GK and DN

Well, i just tested a squad with Rex (L) g11, DN g10, Thrawn g9, Shore g11 and zKylo g10 and, at least on offensive, seems unstoppable. Let's see how this squad hold on defense. Probably will suck because my thrawn is only g9 e zkylo AI is just dumb.

I'm guessing because they have handy basic attacks. FOST = assists. Thrawn assist = ability block, DN assist = Dispel.. etc
Seems interesting.

How can it possibly be bad though?

#1 used toon DN
#2 used toon GK
#4 used toon Rex and #1 lead used by far
Thrawn is a beast and already #7 used toon
FOST is a solid taunting tank

Just another Hide the DN team variant with Rex / GK

Maybe cause it's the best all around team at the moment heh?

Check fost kit in detail, he is crazy good

This seems really vulnerable to a Tarkin lead DT / DN / Thrawn +5th lead

Put +1 CD on them with DT aoe leading off, that eliminates Rex ten up and FOST taunt for a while and FOST is slow - fracture GK round 1 ... destroy Rex and use DN to +1 them at the end of round 1 / early round 2. Tarkin will have neg effects on all of them.

Could probably use the 5th as EP or DK - EP shock spam all over the place - or use DK aoe and target Rex once GK is fractured by Thrawn so that DT dazes him. Fractured GK, +2 CD on FOST, and a dazed Rex with +1 CDs and no tank protection seems a pretty easy squad. Thrawn should also be on +2 CD and unable to use abilities until his 3rd turn.

"T4ct1c4l_J0k3r;c-1160915" wrote:
What makes fost formidable is his counter ability slows and when zeta'd consistently calls assists. Fost paired with a fast zylo and fracture isn't nearly as bad as it is on most other toons, zylo's tm boost helps fost recover tm pretty fast almost making it more like a slow than a stop. Palp is so squishy he is almost unusable now.

EP has never stopped being usable - if people can't use EP they don't have good mods or they construct teams poorly.

EDIT - I agree with you on FOST + Kylo overall viability - it's a great pair. That's not being proposed in this thread's squad however.

"T4ct1c4l_J0k3r;c-1160923" wrote:

"JohnnySteelAlpha;c-1160921" wrote:

"T4ct1c4l_J0k3r;c-1160915" wrote:
What makes fost formidable is his counter ability slows and when zeta'd consistently calls assists. Fost paired with a fast zylo and fracture isn't nearly as bad as it is on most other toons, zylo's tm boost helps fost recover tm pretty fast almost making it more like a slow than a stop. Palp is so squishy he is almost unusable now.

EP has never stopped being usable - if people can't use EP they don't have good mods or they construct teams poorly.

Even properly modded his armor and health are subpar to just about everyone else in game in comparison

He has more combined protection and health than Rex and similar armor, though it's less. Rex has a max health on leader, but EP also has what amounts to a 100% heal generally. Assuming just 80% heal if he's taken damage, his combined protection and health when paired with the heal is 42k total vs. Rex's 28k pre mods and pre leads (remember EP has a max health lead as well). If people can make Rex work there's no reason EP can't as well. He's much better offensively than Rex.

"T4ct1c4l_J0k3r;c-1160923" wrote:

"JohnnySteelAlpha;c-1160921" wrote:

"T4ct1c4l_J0k3r;c-1160915" wrote:
What makes fost formidable is his counter ability slows and when zeta'd consistently calls assists. Fost paired with a fast zylo and fracture isn't nearly as bad as it is on most other toons, zylo's tm boost helps fost recover tm pretty fast almost making it more like a slow than a stop. Palp is so squishy he is almost unusable now.

EP has never stopped being usable - if people can't use EP they don't have good mods or they construct teams poorly.

Even properly modded his armor and health are subpar to just about everyone else in game in comparison

I agree. He is waaaayyyy too squishy to be top 20 viable without getting wrecked on defense. Thrawn can 2 shot basic him. Zylo can 1 shot special him. Boba can execute easily with minimal buffs or debuffs, saber throw rocks him. Not to mention chirruts special that could 1 hit him easily.

And if you mod him for survivability he isn't super strong on offense. Which then is difficult to get over. And with all of the different styles of cleanse teams, and even just throwing Rex or GK in a comp, shock is utterly useless.

If you try and make it up with speed, then you are sacrificing something else. And while his kit is good. It's showing its age.

Palpatine is probably my second favorite character after thrawn.

"Skuddy;c-1160941" wrote:

"T4ct1c4l_J0k3r;c-1160923" wrote:

"JohnnySteelAlpha;c-1160921" wrote:

"T4ct1c4l_J0k3r;c-1160915" wrote:
What makes fost formidable is his counter ability slows and when zeta'd consistently calls assists. Fost paired with a fast zylo and fracture isn't nearly as bad as it is on most other toons, zylo's tm boost helps fost recover tm pretty fast almost making it more like a slow than a stop. Palp is so squishy he is almost unusable now.

EP has never stopped being usable - if people can't use EP they don't have good mods or they construct teams poorly.

Even properly modded his armor and health are subpar to just about everyone else in game in comparison

I agree. He is waaaayyyy too squishy to be top 20 viable without getting wrecked on defense. Thrawn can 2 shot basic him. Zylo can 1 shot special him. Boba can execute easily with minimal buffs or debuffs, saber throw rocks him. Not to mention chirruts special that could 1 hit him easily.

And if you mod him for survivability he isn't super strong on offense. Which then is difficult to get over. And with all of the different styles of cleanse teams, and even just throwing Rex or GK in a comp, shock is utterly useless.

If you try and make it up with speed, then you are sacrificing something else. And while his kit is good. It's showing its age.

Palpatine is probably my second favorite character after thrawn.

You're counting on stuff killing him that relies on specials - fast teams that take your cooldowns and also put you Offense down let EP live perfectly fine. EP against a cleanse team under zDV is extremely deadly as his bonus damage vs. all the rebels and Jedi removes TM. Great under Tarkin or Thrawn lead as well.

I've faced FOST a few times in arena and it always seems like there would be a better toon to be there. How in this specific squad would he perform better than a typical top tier performer like say R-2 or Baze. A 50 percent assist chance is nice but it isn't all that different than toons with assist specials on short cooldowns. But the people running this squad can run anything which just surprises me. I would figure r-2 would be much better in that spot but apparently not.