So what do you think?...CLS is falling out of favor... Jedi Rey has come in strong... shes the FOTM for sure But is she the “best”?...there’s so many other options...Nightsisters are strong vs most of the cliche meta teams (CLS & Jedi Rey) but they struggle vs Empire or really any team with some strong AOE. Some variations in NS teams but once you can bust em they are are super easySpeaking of empire... some solid options now with probe droid and Starck in the mix. Still a strong contender and can hold their own in high end arena for sure. There sooo are many options for them... even characters like...Wampa? Yeah he can make things interesting... I think he still has yet to be fully realized...And the other “guild events” character... Hermit Yoda... I’ve battled some amazing teams in TW that made me realize how awesome he can be in the right teamBut what about Ewoks? They beat all of the above easily but struggle on defense... still are super fun and highly effective... quite possibly the best player controlled team of all the others And yet there’s so many more... FO with new Kylo? Rex led teams are making yet another comeback... Zarriss and Kenobi are always a solid choice So who’s the best now?The best and greatest answer is all of them... it’s Rock Paper Scissors and I’m pretty happy about it :)So what are you running?...still holding on to CLS? Or finally realizing NS? Maybe Jedi Rey... or Empire even? Or maybe something completely different... I’m using Ewoks and they kick some serious butt...Arena is kinda fun again... its nice that no one team dominates them all :)

I’ve never seen an Ewok in the arena. It’s been a really long time since I’ve seen an Empire team. Nightsisters came and went. Right now, it’s all the same meta combinations in the arena. I don’t mind.That’s what the arena is all about. There are other sections of the game where I mix it up and play around with different teams and have fun. The arena is a source of crystals, where I play the most effective team during payout hour once a day, and if it’s the same team as everyone else—who cares? I just want to maintain my rank. If using a unique team makes me a target, then I’ll use my unique team in one of several other parts of the game, and stick to a carbon copy cookie cutter in the arena. I’m fine with that. There are other game modes that let me be creative.Right now, I’m using Jedi Training Rey, R2, BB-8, GK, and CLS. I’ve tried others in that final spot, which is the only real variety at the moment.

"dad2my3;c-1425279" wrote:I’ve never seen an Ewok in the arena. It’s been a really long time since I’ve seen an Empire team. Nightsisters came and went. Right now, it’s all the same meta combinations in the arena. I don’t mind.That’s what the arena is all about. There are other sections of the game where I mix it up and play around with different teams and have fun. The arena is a source of crystals, where I play the most effective team during payout hour once a day, and if it’s the same team as everyone else—who cares? I just want to maintain my rank. If using a unique team makes me a target, then I’ll use my unique team in one of several other parts of the game, and stick to a carbon copy cookie cutter in the arena. I’m fine with that. There are other game modes that let me be creative.You can be creative in arena... it might take some time and resources but it’s certainly an option (you might fail miserably but at least you tried something different)I thought the Ewoks would “maybe” work and so I focused on them for a while... and they are fantastic It’s been the same in the past with many teams... some failed but some broke the mold and held their own...My perspective might be skewed because I’ve been playing since pretty much the beginning and have seeen so many “meta” teams come and go... And I’ve always tried to find some alternative that can beat those teams... But there’s more options now to place in the top 10 than I can ever remember...It’s kind of what I’ve always wanted :)

Maybe run a super high potency bounty hunter team under boba with Zarriss... can they even be killed?(Outside of insta kills from someone like Nihilus) They might be awful but it’s possibly an unrealized super team....How many people have them at g12 with g12 gear on them?The regen from Zarriss would be insane... Might be my next project ;)

i think you can be competative with alot of teams if you've got the mods and go all in on a certain squad, you just have to refresh to make the climb each day.

"Mobewan;c-1425431" wrote:I didnt get JTR this time, but i have to say that JTR has a far more powerful kit than CLS. Surprisingly, of all of the 5th spot toons people have tried, CLS is the weakest.I just got CLS and am absolutely loving him. I cant auto arena battles like JTR or nightsister teams, but that would take the fun out of arena anyway.Wiith so many CLS teams around and Chaze, i think the reign of nightsisters is over. They are very easy to beat now by most shards, but can still climb on auto against most teams. Troopers can beat nightsisters too, but i dont want to gear up 5 toons to g12 just for them.using CLS as a plug 'n play character he's a whole lot weaker than with a team build specifically for him, that is very true. I also agree that auto-ing battles is overrated, it's fun 1 or 2 times just to be able to, then it becomes boring.I wish my leaderboard had many chazes, seems like they all benched them. NS galore though, undergeared ahol... kittens. For diversity it aint bad though.

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Daphna1
7 years ago
I keep 3 maxed teams for arena. Sisters to fight jrey. Jrey to fight cls and troopers to fight sisters. I just keep switching between battles and once I get to 1st I'll switch to sisters if I'm not with them even if I have to refresh. They drop the least overnight
Amartell44
7 years ago
"Optimus11;c-1431057" wrote:
I keep 3 maxed teams for arena. Sisters to fight jrey. Jrey to fight cls and troopers to fight sisters. I just keep switching between battles and once I get to 1st I'll switch to sisters if I'm not with them even if I have to refresh. They drop the least overnight

I remember saying a long time ago that this is what arena should be like...

If you have several teams available and can adjust to match up better against your opponents team and prevail then you should be able to rank higher in arena. It rewards the players who have invested into various different teams and characters rather than the player with limited options.

You could argue that this would favor the people who have been playing longer or have sunk more money into the game... but that’s pretty much already the case (to some extent at least)

I’m hoping with future reworks and new character introductions that it will only broaden the list of viable teams... rather than refocusing the meta on one particular squad that is superior to all the others
Tenticled
7 years ago
"Smapty;c-1433518" wrote:
"Optimus11;c-1431057" wrote:
I keep 3 maxed teams for arena. Sisters to fight jrey. Jrey to fight cls and troopers to fight sisters. I just keep switching between battles and once I get to 1st I'll switch to sisters if I'm not with them even if I have to refresh. They drop the least overnight

I remember saying a long time ago that this is what arena should be like...

If you have several teams available and can adjust to match up better against your opponents team and prevail then you should be able to rank higher in arena. It rewards the players who have invested into various different teams and characters rather than the player with limited options.

You could argue that this would favor the people who have been playing longer or have sunk more money into the game... but that’s pretty much already the case (to some extent at least)

I’m hoping with future reworks and new character introductions that it will only broaden the list of viable teams... rather than refocusing the meta on one particular squad that is superior to all the others

Completely agree with the above. A sensible post on this forum for a change!
Hootanholler
7 years ago
"Optimus11;c-1431057" wrote:
I keep 3 maxed teams for arena. Sisters to fight jrey. Jrey to fight cls and troopers to fight sisters. I just keep switching between battles and once I get to 1st I'll switch to sisters if I'm not with them even if I have to refresh. They drop the least overnight

And there is your answer, Nightsisters are the meta.

Empire is not the meta. They are only used to fight the Nightsisters. They are anti-meta.

The empire characters required to fight the Nightsisters are almost as inaccessible as the Nightsisters, so you aren't seeing much of them either.

Jrey and CLS are the best thing available to those that didn't spend $600+ dollars on 7 starring Talzin and Zombie. Not to mention any gear they may have purchased to beef them up.
ShaunyVee
Rising Newcomer
7 years ago
To the guys who were spruiking ewoks.

What happens when a wild Zarriss appears?
JohnnySteelAlph
7 years ago
"Smapty;c-1433518" wrote:
"Optimus11;c-1431057" wrote:
I keep 3 maxed teams for arena. Sisters to fight jrey. Jrey to fight cls and troopers to fight sisters. I just keep switching between battles and once I get to 1st I'll switch to sisters if I'm not with them even if I have to refresh. They drop the least overnight

I remember saying a long time ago that this is what arena should be like...

If you have several teams available and can adjust to match up better against your opponents team and prevail then you should be able to rank higher in arena. It rewards the players who have invested into various different teams and characters rather than the player with limited options.

You could argue that this would favor the people who have been playing longer or have sunk more money into the game... but that’s pretty much already the case (to some extent at least)

I’m hoping with future reworks and new character introductions that it will only broaden the list of viable teams... rather than refocusing the meta on one particular squad that is superior to all the others

if the Rose and Holdo rumors and their kits I've seen are true that's going to create a very small meta ... NS probably shut out and CLS will have big problems as well. No NS would make Troopers useless.
Tenticled
7 years ago
The developers should be concentrating on improving the Dark side (New Zeta for EP & Vader + adding Jabba) not making the Resistance unbeatable.
JohnnySteelAlph
7 years ago
"Tenticled_Major02;c-1434712" wrote:
The developers should be concentrating on improving the Dark side (New Zeta for EP & Vader + adding Jabba) not making the Resistance unbeatable.

Agree - but if you've been around for a while you see that the devs meant it when they said Star Wars was a story about Rebels and a Rebellion....They cheat for the LS and bias the game toward those characters. We're playing a Disney commercial about SW and sadly not a tactical turn-based game about SW. Hence the forced CLS meta, the now forced RJT meta, before that the R1 movie Chaze meta.
billcarson1966
7 years ago
Yup....I’ve said it before. The person(s) responsible for deciding who is allowed to be in this game comes from Disney and is under the age of 35. No doubt in my mind.
HermeticOath
7 years ago
The real meta is collusion. Any of you taking first without being part of your shard gang?

Area is not about competition anymore, and unless they do something to break the gangs it will kill the end game. Especially as the game becomes more balanced and more people max their toons.

It they don't fix it, people will leave and the game will die. I hope they don't let that happen.