Hey all. I've decided to make a helpline to help anyone who has questions about droids. I love droids so much that I have created a brand new account and played a droid team exclusively since that time. Now it's already been over a month and I'm consistently in the top 10 in my shard. I've also written a diary that outlines my adventure from account creation till today. Everything I did since making that account to my present current team. I have had a lot of help when I asked questions so I decided to help those who needs help. Just ask me anything to do with droids, their synergy, squad formation, etc. No question is too trivial, so feel free to ask anything.

I'll post here too if you dont mind, to share my own experience. I also play droids as arena since christmas

"Triqui;166937" wrote:I'll post here too if you dont mind, to share my own experience. I also play droids as arena since christmas@Triqui sure! We both share a passion for droids!

@Toolio I'm an advocate of GS. GS is a single hero who will improve every single match up you have, fits in almost any team, fast, and hits like an enormous truck.If you won't farm him then you have to find someone who can replace his spot.The current meta is speed and damage. Even whales also use many free heroes in their team because they are so good. Examples are that are GS, QGJ, Lumi, etc.When you go and fight them you need your droids to be able to withstand the first few moves. Therefore you need high health heroes. Usually in a fight vs QGJ team he will call an assist which will hit one of your team members. So if you have IG88 he will most likely die.At max gear lvl 70 the health is as follows.HK47 14916IG88 9048IG86 10961IG100 16053Poggle 12863Poe 13517As you can see IG88 has the lowest health. What you could change in your current line up is the former.Then your team will be HK-47 (L), Poggle, Poe, IG-86. Last spot will depend on your roster and who you really like.

"Toolio;166948" wrote:Is there a way without farming GS, to improve the viability of this team in high-end arena (I'm on a November server with a fair few whales).In my opinion, no, because:With the changes to Poe, this team just doesn't cut it in the speed meta.This is the reason. Even with GS, you are slower than true fast teams. You can overcome it because AI targeting sucks and dont kill GS first all the time. We would need a fast droid to be viable without GS

"Triqui;167010" wrote:"Toolio;166948" wrote:Is there a way without farming GS, to improve the viability of this team in high-end arena (I'm on a November server with a fair few whales).In my opinion, no, because:With the changes to Poe, this team just doesn't cut it in the speed meta.This is the reason. Even with GS, you are slower than true fast teams. You can overcome it because AI targeting sucks and dont kill GS first all the time. We would need a fast droid to be viable without GS@Triqui my guildmate just asked me a question about speed. With Lobot as leader droids gain 23 speed. So if we were to use IG88 who has a speed of 118, he will then have 141 speed. If Poggle buff adds 25% speed to droids then IG88 will have 141+35=176 speed. If that's the case it seems he would be faster than yoda under QGJ leadership 151+23=174 speed.

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DynasticRose84
9 years ago
@Pooket The info comes from secret droid informers.

"Bostonmess;167157" wrote:
Devs would be nuts to release him this way. Or his speed is below 110 to allow Dooku and QGJ to counter him before acting.
Otherwise droids rule arena

Droids could well become the new meta like before with Poe before the patch.
IG1066
9 years ago
Hello.
I too adore all things driod. I'm currently running a 4 driod set-up with HK as lead and poggle.
I will be putting Lobot in as leader once I've 6* him. I would've kicked HK out and had all 3 IG droids in, but since the update I think ig100 has lost his teeth.
Any pointers?
DynasticRose84
9 years ago
"IG1066;167162" wrote:
Hello.
I too adore all things driod. I'm currently running a 4 driod set-up with HK as lead and poggle.
I will be putting Lobot in as leader once I've 6* him. I would've kicked HK out and had all 3 IG droids in, but since the update I think ig100 has lost his teeth.
Any pointers?

@IG1066
Great to hear u adore droids too! What's your current four droids set up atm and at what stars? I would need more info in order to give you some pointers on what to do. What kind of opponents do you face and what rank are you usually?
ghallmark814
9 years ago
"Bostonmess;167089" wrote:
And what is the advantage? All the effort for a character, who has low speed, dmg and HP, the latter only slightly more than 88
Played with GG today. Lend him from a whale for a DS mission. Was fun but he aint worth it. Then you could also play 88 together with RG and hope that the one-shots on him fail
Or add Daka to the squad, as another focus fire for defense

Seriously? How can you decide he is or is not "worth it".

We only will start to see 7* GG drop today from NZ and AU. More tomorrow as the Time Zones catch up. He has to be geared and skilled up before anyone can make rational judgment. Remember, people thought Rey and Poe were not worth it, those "opinions" were soon proven very wrong.

Credible information is the best way to help people on these forums.
IG1066
9 years ago
I float about in the top 20 anywhere up to 2nd havent quite pinged 1st yet. All droids and poggle are 7* and Max kit/skill.
My team fails hugely with counter attackers and by the way I yo-yo defence must be very bad. I face alot of kylo, phantasm and Poe.
Hmmmm, suppose I could push for GS, but I'm trying to keep my squad themed and fluffy.
mattomabs
9 years ago
"Reyia;167053" wrote:
"DV_27;167048" wrote:
I saw on an older thread that @Triqui made, to get around their speed and use TM gains but it all starts with GS calling an assist. Can't quite remember but it can set off a chain reaction of sorts. Was a really interesting read

Yes, under a HK47 lead crits can often lead to devastating results! I use GS in my alt's team. He's a force to be reckoned with. GS calling a droid who crits and help droid allies gain 30% TM.

I could be wrong since my HK-47 is not arena ready but my understanding of his leadership ability was only the droid that crit got the 30% turn meter not all of the droid allies.
Bostonmess
9 years ago
"BentWookie;167194" wrote:

Credible information is the best way to help people on these forums.

Well, thx for the lesson!
Forgot to mention that the one I borrowed was six stars and well developed as far as the health bar suggested ...
Didnt say he is bad but compared to the effort ...
If you are not a whale ...
Why please should one get him, since you could have ten instead of him?
DynasticRose84
9 years ago
"IG1066;167200" wrote:
I float about in the top 20 anywhere up to 2nd havent quite pinged 1st yet. All droids and poggle are 7* and Max kit/skill.
My team fails hugely with counter attackers and by the way I yo-yo defence must be very bad. I face alot of kylo, phantasm and Poe.
Hmmmm, suppose I could push for GS, but I'm trying to keep my squad themed and fluffy.

@IG1066
If you could push for GS do so as he's a one of a kind bug who exterminates like there's no tomorrow.

Phasma has victory march which gives turn meter and advantage and fusillade which has a chance to slow your team down. Focus fire on Phasma and take her out first. With 25% more offense from Poggle u will have enough fire power to mow down the opposition. Poggle (leader), IG86, Poe, HK47, IG88 is what I suggest. I personally had no problem at all with Phasma teams. I prefer fighting them than QGJ speed teams.
DynasticRose84
9 years ago
"Satchel_Paige;167252" wrote:
Ah this is the thread I've been hoping for. I love droids, especially hk-47, but am having trouble cracking the top 200 on my server. My team is a 6* hk-47 lead, a 7* 86, a 5*poggle, a 4* 88 and a 7*maul. All of them are level 70 have Max gear and attacks to this point. I'm 2 days away from a 7*hk, 88 will be after that. and i am farming poggle and gs. My gs is currently a 5* but not maxed gear or attacks which is why I have maul in there at the time. Any tips for doing better in the arena? I also have ig-100 unlocked but haven't even considered him until now, would it be a more viable option then 88? Thanks much in advance

@Satchel_Paige I would suggest you get GS to 7*. Once you do u will easily crack top 50. 7* maul is great on offense but dies too quickly in defense so at the start you are 4 characters versus enemies' 5.

Do you have Poe or RG at high star? If you do, you can do this team: Poggle(leader), IG86, GS, Poe/RG, HK47.

If you don't then do Poggle(leader), IG86, IG88, GS, HK47.

To do better in arena concentrate on maxing your main team. Use your energy to farm gear and max your heroes. Use ability mats to upgrade key skills. Use the database to see whether a better skill is hidden behind the 5% increase in damage. Don't spread yourself too thin. Don't use energy on hard nodes to farm too many characters at once. And it's worth spending 50 crystals to get 5 more battles so that you can climb higher in the ranks.
ghallmark814
9 years ago
"Satchel_Paige;167252" wrote:
Ah this is the thread I've been hoping for. I love droids, especially hk-47, but am having trouble cracking the top 200 on my server. My team is a 6* hk-47 lead, a 7* 86, a 5*poggle, a 4* 88 and a 7*maul. All of them are level 70 have Max gear and attacks to this point. I'm 2 days away from a 7*hk, 88 will be after that. and i am farming poggle and gs. My gs is currently a 5* but not maxed gear or attacks which is why I have maul in there at the time. Any tips for doing better in the arena? I also have ig-100 unlocked but haven't even considered him until now, would it be a more viable option then 88? Thanks much in advance

Hey!

Welcome to the forum!