The Empire Strikes back! (Empire squads on newer shards)
I've seen a lot of threads from people asking about the viability of their empire squad on newer shards that are plagued with phoenix and rebel squads so I figured we needed a centralized thread where we can all share our transitions into empire. So if you've recently swapped over to empire please post the details or if you have questions please feel free to ask! I've had amazing success these last few days so I'll start!
Mid January 2018 shard
Original squad 7* phoenix level 70
Highest arena rank with phoenix was 48, lowest was at the end when I dropped to 102
Current empire squad (lvl 71) Went from rank 102 back up to 42 currently
6* EP gr8 (l)
5* Thrawn gr7
5* Vader gr7 (almost 6*)
5* Tarkin gr7 (almost 6*)
5* Stormtrooper (almost 6*)
My mods are about what you'd expect at level 71. I do have quite a few 5 dot but they aren't all ideal speed secondaries.
As of now I focus exclusively on fighting phoenix. I can easily beat a phoenix squad that is 15k-20k+ GP over me. This may be largely in part due to Thrawn so if anyone out there is running this comp minus Thrawn I'd love to hear your success stories!
My strategy is to start by AB Chopper, fracture Kanan, kill chopper, kill Ezra, kill Kanan, kill Hera, kill Zeb. I try to keep Hera ability blocked when I'm close to finishing someone so I don't have to kill them twice. I also try to use my debuffs such as Tarkin before I start chipping away at their health and then again after kanan is dead. You can choose to kill Kanan first, with his triple tag he dies pretty quickly, I just prefer Chopper as he is squishier and his health regeneration will work against the dots you'll have going. I also focus Ezra early on to remove their entire squads DPS and with the ease in which he dies.
I've also heard success with TFP in this squad, I'm just not sure what I would sacrifice for him. At this point I would say stormtrooper possibly as he is pretty gimp at this point in the game and his taunt is removed immediately against Phoenix, but I still prefer having it as backup. Tarkin could also possibly be swapped for TFP, mine is pretty weak as I've given preference to everyone else. The buff immunity and higher damage might be worth it, but Tarkin does bring potency down.
So I'd love to hear your stories and questions!
Mid January 2018 shard
Original squad 7* phoenix level 70
Highest arena rank with phoenix was 48, lowest was at the end when I dropped to 102
Current empire squad (lvl 71) Went from rank 102 back up to 42 currently
6* EP gr8 (l)
5* Thrawn gr7
5* Vader gr7 (almost 6*)
5* Tarkin gr7 (almost 6*)
5* Stormtrooper (almost 6*)
My mods are about what you'd expect at level 71. I do have quite a few 5 dot but they aren't all ideal speed secondaries.
As of now I focus exclusively on fighting phoenix. I can easily beat a phoenix squad that is 15k-20k+ GP over me. This may be largely in part due to Thrawn so if anyone out there is running this comp minus Thrawn I'd love to hear your success stories!
My strategy is to start by AB Chopper, fracture Kanan, kill chopper, kill Ezra, kill Kanan, kill Hera, kill Zeb. I try to keep Hera ability blocked when I'm close to finishing someone so I don't have to kill them twice. I also try to use my debuffs such as Tarkin before I start chipping away at their health and then again after kanan is dead. You can choose to kill Kanan first, with his triple tag he dies pretty quickly, I just prefer Chopper as he is squishier and his health regeneration will work against the dots you'll have going. I also focus Ezra early on to remove their entire squads DPS and with the ease in which he dies.
I've also heard success with TFP in this squad, I'm just not sure what I would sacrifice for him. At this point I would say stormtrooper possibly as he is pretty gimp at this point in the game and his taunt is removed immediately against Phoenix, but I still prefer having it as backup. Tarkin could also possibly be swapped for TFP, mine is pretty weak as I've given preference to everyone else. The buff immunity and higher damage might be worth it, but Tarkin does bring potency down.
So I'd love to hear your stories and questions!
