Royal Guard viable in pvp now?
With the rework of his special taunt being a guarantee, along with his turn meter gain every time someone else gets hit, can he be a viable Dps stopgap for pvp matches? He's got a nice deep health poo...
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I for one will be happy to try out my new shiny 7* crayola next week. ^^
The HP removal made me sad. But the 5% speed buff whenever an ally is attacked translates into a whole lot of extra speed, especially since so many attacks nowadays can trigger ally assists or double attacks. Not to mention AOE.
Let's say the opponent throw out one Sid AOE and one GS assist attack. That's +30% turn meter right there, which brings Royal Guard to act next (he's at 75% turn meter when GS acts), with a decent chance to stun the next attacker (even more importantly, he'd act before Poe), possibly changing the entire dynamic of the battle.
Many mention QGJ being a problem. Yeah, sure. QGJ is always a problem. But there are options for counters, of course. Dooku can rather reliably ability block, for instance.
Or if you are feeling like walking off the beaten track and adding Asajj Ventress, now that her ability is fixed and ERG will make it at least somewhat harder to one-shot toons. If she's been badly beaten, nothing would be better to remedy that than a fully buffed opponent team.
I can see good things coming out of this.
The HP removal made me sad. But the 5% speed buff whenever an ally is attacked translates into a whole lot of extra speed, especially since so many attacks nowadays can trigger ally assists or double attacks. Not to mention AOE.
Let's say the opponent throw out one Sid AOE and one GS assist attack. That's +30% turn meter right there, which brings Royal Guard to act next (he's at 75% turn meter when GS acts), with a decent chance to stun the next attacker (even more importantly, he'd act before Poe), possibly changing the entire dynamic of the battle.
Many mention QGJ being a problem. Yeah, sure. QGJ is always a problem. But there are options for counters, of course. Dooku can rather reliably ability block, for instance.
Or if you are feeling like walking off the beaten track and adding Asajj Ventress, now that her ability is fixed and ERG will make it at least somewhat harder to one-shot toons. If she's been badly beaten, nothing would be better to remedy that than a fully buffed opponent team.
I can see good things coming out of this.
