Thoughts on IG-100 Magnaguard?

"chuckwing;280194" wrote:
I have seen teams run him. He speeds up when not hit, and if you are running a droid team... unless someone aoe's you, he won't get touched because the focus is on 86 and 88. He attacks A LOT when paired with HK47 as leader. He will counter, has an aoe too so he will pick up crits and boost his turn meter.

As of this moment, can't see much of a use for him unless you are gonna go droid team. And if that is the case, then you should level him up. Droid teams are nice and can get you #1 in some servers. I run one and am frequently top 10.

I am sorry, but i disagree on recommending 100 for a droid team. He brings nothing to your team and forces you to give up a spot. The OP was talking about using 100 as a tank, that alone just wont work as he lacks a taunt. Heck, Daka makes a better tank than 100 as at least people will focus her first.

I run a droid team as well and can snipe #1 on good days. I run 47(L)- 86 - 88 - GS - Poe(sometimes i will use poggle instead of 47 as lead). The problem with 100 is that anything he does, the other droids are better at. AOE? 88 has it. extra attacks? 86 and GS generate them as assists and hit much harder. The droid team is a rough go now because we suck against all these speed teams. If you recommend using 100, who do you get rid of? You need 88/86, and you need, 100% need a tank, so either RG or Poe. And you need either Poggle or 47 as Lead. That leaves booting out possibly the highest damaging toon in the game in GS.

I am sorry, he looks good on paper, but i see absolutely no reason to level 100 past 4 stars and level 50'ish so you can use him on the tank challenge. All those resources could better be used starring up RG or Poe as they are needed in a droid team as real tanks and also work well in other teams.