Stormtrooper Han

"garublador;331023" wrote:
He also has the chance to reduce enemy turn meters at the beginning of his turn and when he's hit, so if you leave him alone there's a better chance of him reducing your turn meter and even without his taunt he can reduce your turn meter. If they also have RG then you have to decide if you want to spend the attacks to kill Han and not risk losing turn meter that way or kill Han and let RG get more chances at a stun.

Even if you do dispel Han's taunt he's granted 50% turn meter to his team (I think his team gets the TM on the attack that dispells his taunt) plus any of his passive that proced against your team.

I'm glad I posted the original post. Definitely giving me a few things to think about. I'm assuming I'm not facing max ST Han so it's swaying my opinion on him.

ST han for offense, RG for defense

"MrClean621;331028" wrote:
I have been running Han since way before the update even when damage was much higher. Originally I thought the same thing... That he was too squishy to do his job, but I was wrong. He is even better post update. I literally never saw anyone towards the top end of my server running him except for me and my squad used to hold on defense incredibly well. Now he is slowly popping up everywhere.

Some people are sticking him behind Dooku which makes me laugh. When he is dodging every other attack you are not getting the additional TM gain every turn. You only get the initial boost from his taunt. It's the only time I don't mind seeing this elevated dodge rate. When I'm forced to attack him I would rather have him dodge!

At any rate... I'm working on a new build now that more people are starting to run him. I have an idea for an anti- Han/RG squad.

What lead are you using with him? I've seen a ton of Phasma.

The team I'm running has a combination of Han and HK-47 as lead and once it gets rolling properly my 88 and 86 just start flattening people. It's pretty sick.

@Kumquatv1
Personally, I would ditch hk. He doesnt bring home the bacon when it comes to damage. I work with another leader. imo

I had used ST Han before and after the update. As others have stated he died far too quickly prior to the update. Now, he not only gets a chance to initiate his taunt, but I also get a chance to heal him in the process, making him far more effective. I use him with Boba Fett as leader and with Greedo, Phasma & Poggle to do very high damage to the enemy team whIle under Hans protection.

@Kumquatv1 I saw some people role poggle as lead. Might want to try him instead

"garublador;331023" wrote:
He also has the chance to reduce enemy turn meters at the beginning of his turn and when he's hit, so if you leave him alone there's a better chance of him reducing your turn meter and even without his taunt he can reduce your turn meter. If they also have RG then you have to decide if you want to spend the attacks to kill Han and not risk losing turn meter that way or kill Han and let RG get more chances at a stun.

Even if you do dispel Han's taunt he's granted 50% turn meter to his team (I think his team gets the TM on the attack that dispells his taunt) plus any of his passive that proced against your team.

This is all true, but the chance of good RNG is too low. A 25% chance to remove 30% TM at the start of his turns just isn't comparable to RG's 80% stun chance. And I'd generally recommend you don't attack Han unless you've left him to last or are planning on ability blocking/stunning prior to taunting or dispelling his taunt.

I'd say the tank order still hasn't changed much post update: RG>Poe>STH>Chewie

(Poe>STH because of speed, health+expose)

I have him gear 9, he is a beast with 14116hp and 10728 protection and he is the reason I'm Top 5.

I run him on my First Order team. Before Han, my Arena rank topped out at ~250. Replaced 5* FOST with 7* Han and now I can climb up to ~25. Have to be careful going up against QGJ, be sure to take him out before taunting. I think he's great.