So lets talk about Ackbar, Poogle & Poe...

"Lianara;33330" wrote:
I've been using Akbar as an anti-Sid/Vader/HK team member ... works like a charm - and his heal will exceed Lumi's initial heal when there are lots of dots (I got 3-4k heal once from him, 4*, gear4). I think once he's buffed the heal will be higher. Unfortunately he's a liability on offence. He has one special to pass control to a random squad member, otherwise that's it. Unlike Barriss, he can't heal unless there are dots so there are actually turns where he's a complete liability. I think he has potential, but he needs to be more than a one-trick pony. I actually have a squad of 4 regulars, with a 5th rotating spot - Akbar, Asajj, Ewok Elder, Ahsoka, and Talia - depending on situation, whether I need buff/debuff or dps.
Unfortunately, Akbar is awful in AI hands. I sometimes auto-play to see how AI handles him, and it will often blow his one useful skill - cleanse - on something trivial - after which it will blow the pass-turn ability, and Akbar becomes useless. So I'm conflicted, and I've gotten to the point where Sid's dots don't really scare me anymore, so Akbar is getting less mileage.
Also, it's possible he is bugged ... his cleanse does not appear to remove the heal-block most of the time - while it removes pretty much everything else. I wonder why that happens, since friendly toons should not have resistance to a cleanse. I suppose it may be related to potency of the caster that placed the buff.