Savage or EP?

"Wearesyke;d-119918" wrote:
Going to have a 6* EP after this event is over. My current team is: DN lead, Vader, Maul, sith trooper, dooku.
Looking to replace Maul with EP or Savage.
I have enough Gear to get one of them to Gear 10 immediately. So the question is: 6* EP G10 or 7* Savage G10
Which is better for arena with my team?

Why Maul? Maul is really good, can go on killing sprees, and has an AOE daze attack. I would say replace Dooku with EP.

Of course zavage for maul and assa for vader (you need someone to clense) if you get kenobi hi is also very good option

Maul gets one shotted by wiggs all the time. I would probably use Maul for offense and savage for defense. Just need someone a bit tankier for defense. Dooku is staying. He is such a beast and I love him

Instead of replacing Maul, I would replace Dooku. Savage is great if you have him Zeta'd, otherwise I'd go with EP.

Sith is my specialty and I've run these variations well in arena for months:

My preferred setup is: ZZDN, Zavage, Dooku, SA, ST ...

I ran EP for a long time before I zeta'd Savage. He's fine, but his AOE is useless vs fast tenacity up teams (read: Chirrut, Rex). He's also squishy, so if you're in a shard full of Rex Chaze teams, EP isn't a good option IMO.

Zaul is only good as a lead IMO, and only in specific scenarios with all the Rex and R2 teams running around.

Zavage is dependable, takes a beating and has a lot of utility.

But note, if you don't have a Zeta on Savage, I wouldn't recommend using him until you get the zeta done. If you're going to run EP make sure he's uber fast so he can get ahead of the tenacity up, at least at the onset.

Note: After I got Thrawn I ran ZZDN, Zavage, ZThrawn, SA, ST. That team did rather well. But right now I'm running ZZDN, ZThrawn, ZR2, Chaze until I get my GK in order soon. I took Dooku out as soon as I got Thrawn ready.

The zeta on savage under dn lead is just for the cleanse on a crit though. He doesn't get the hots. Is the cleanse on a crit that important?
Also, I could get EP or savage to 200-210 speed which would be pretty fast for my shard.
I can't get sa until I unlock the last cantina nodes.
Maul is amazing if he can survive the first 2 rounds. But he will usually be dead by round 3.
I want a toon that can survive longer. And savage has the passive cleanse that I'm very interested in

"Rakim;c-1163582" wrote:

"Wearesyke;c-1163570" wrote:
The zeta on savage under dn lead is just for the cleanse on a crit though. He doesn't get the hots. Is the cleanse on a crit that important?
Also, I could get EP or savage to 200-210 speed which would be pretty fast for my shard.
I can't get sa until I unlock the last cantina nodes.
Maul is amazing if he can survive the first 2 rounds. But he will usually be dead by round 3.
I want a toon that can survive longer. And savage has the passive cleanse that I'm very interested in

It's also the guaranteed tm gain which is by far the most important part. The cleanse on crit does help though, it allows him to work around stuns, shock, etc which means he can attack and heal his life instead of sitting there doing nothing

Precisely. It's worth the tradeoff on the hots

Definitely did not read that lol. Since I'm only level 79, I can't zeta anyone. With that knowledge, who would be better?

Well if you're not close to Zavage then EP would be fine if you can make him fast enough to get past any potential tenacity up toons in the first turn

That is - based on the two choices you provided Savage and EP. Personally I'd get a Sith Assassin on your team in place of Maul.

"NightmareInVT;c-1163684" wrote:

Although you are going to run into healing immunities beating you. For what its worth I stay top 5 on my shard mostly running DN, Dooku, Emperor, Chaze

that is the same team i am using. constantly placing top 10.
i plan to replace ep with sa as soon as i can farm him.
i just don't know if it is a good idea to trade speed for shock.
ep is dying quite quickly. sa is also that squishy?