Royal Guard

Can taunt be ability blocked? If so Lumi's fblast would solve his taunt.

Are healers like Luminara redundant to RG? Seems like her heal paired with RG taunt could be a pain for opponent.

Just took #1 again today with a 4* RG. Never drop below 20. He's a true beast. At 4* max gear he has more HP than a 6* Poe. Can't wait till 5+*

Running 7* QGJ, Rey, Dooku, GS + 4* RG

"Ole_Man_Bourbon;209837" wrote:
Are healers like Luminara redundant to RG? Seems like her heal paired with RG taunt could be a pain for opponent.

I work this combo it works really well (on offense anyway) I like to think that it works on defense anyway.

I have QGJ(L), Lumi, GS, 86, & RG.

By the time Lumi's turn rolls up RG is already taunting and taking damage. That's the perfect time for her heal to keep his taunt going for at least one more round (my RG is only 5* and it's only gonna get better as I get him starred up with everyone else). I'm thinking the AI would work the same way.

Sometimes I end the fight with everyone still standing in a competitive arena.

I finished #1 today with RG. Swapped him in for STH, both 7* fully geared. I hold my place a lot better with him in

I run QGJ, ERG (5*), Rey, Yoda, Lumi. I rank top 20 most days; just finished first today. You can use ERG effectively at 4*+ for top 50; 5*+ for all else

"Galgenstrick;209194" wrote:

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"Awakened1130;209090" wrote:
Nice - I just got 6* Yoda myself. Working on gearing him up - he could be helpful in Arena against Dooku.

Yoda Helpful against Dooku? I thought it would be the other way around.

Ha! True - I guess it's a matter of who goes first. With QGJ as leader Yoda can do Battle Meditation giving the entire team Tenacity Up before Dooku can get off his stun.

True, but only on offense. He always does his basic attack on defense as his first move.

True, that is a sheer nerf to yoda on the hard coding, defence side. Not cool.

Why should sidious use his aoe on his first turn but yoda...

"Revenant;208925" wrote:
Does anyone know if a maxed out 5* Royal guard is worth using? Mines at 5 and gear 6 and I would invest the time to cap him if it's worthwhile

You'll do well with 5* RG - attacking especially. Your defense will not be as strong, but no question the update to RG made him one of the better toons tactically. He may not be "Poe" strong, but he's solidly in the meta teams and any team without him is much easier to take down. He's going to be coming up a lot now too - I'm starting to see him now pop up on non-"whale" teams as people have started farming him. Already my top 10 is pretty stocked with RG. He's getting to Poe-levels of usage. Again, he's not as OP as Poe was pre-speed change, but you gonna want you some RG :)

"RangerVortex;212793" wrote:
I finished #1 today with RG. Swapped him in for STH, both 7* fully geared. I hold my place a lot better with him in

I saw the same when I switched to RG. You get targeted less because anyone without RG is going to be hesitant to attack you over another target without RG.

The only strategy that works against RG is play with Poggle as leader, then with Geonosian Soldier and IG-86, thanks to Poggle, GS have +25% offense and a lot of times will kill Rey or QGJ at the beginning, and then use Poe to reduce the turn meters and with IG-86 (with offense up and Poggle as leader is +75% damage) kill RG. The 5th character can be another attacker, as IG-88, Rey or QGJ (not as leader), or Resistance Pilot or also HK-47 can be useful, but not as leader, because GS need the leader ability of Poggle.

I have RG and Poe in the same team, and the strategy it's the same, kill my IG-86 at the beginning, and then kill RG, kill Poe, and then GS and Poggle, but it's not easy, this night I only lost 7 positions, I only needed 2 battles to go back to the 1th position:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYvzJjtrC9g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24vdPnKg26E