Vader feels left behind?

You say hes a monster, but how does he handle against say thrawn? what do you do in that matchup?

Ok guys... slightly reworked my previous proposed rework and came up with this build which I personally think is near spot on for Darth Vader as a character and would put him rightfully at the top tier of all around characters and a decent counter to new Rebels/CLS. What do you guys think... bit OP but that goes with the state of the game :)


Darth Vader

Terrifying Swing (Basic) Omega'd

Deal Physical damage to target enemy and inflict Ability Block and Defence Down for 2 turns. Jedi and Rebels cannot resist these effects. If the enemy is suffering 2 or more Damage Over Time effects, stun for 1 turn and remove 100% turn meter.

Force Crush (Special) Omega'd
'4 Turn Cooldown'

Deal Physical damage to all enemies and inflict Speed Down, Health Down and 3 Damage Over Time effects for 2 rounds. Any enemy that resists these effects loses all buffs on them and 50% Turn Meter. For each enemy that resists, deal +20% damage, recover 5% health and reduce the cooldown of this ability by 1.

Culling Blade (Special) Omega'd
'4 Turn Cooldown'

Deal Physical damage to target enemy and dispel all status effects on them. This attack deals 50% more damage for each detrimental effect dispelled and Darth Vader recovers 10% health for each positive effect dispelled. Grants 100% Turn Meter and recovers 50% protection on a finishing blow. This attack can't be evaded.

Inspiring Through Fear (Leader) Zeta'd

Empire and Sith allies gain 30% Offence, +50% Critical Damage, +15% Critical Chance and have a 70% chance to remove 25% Turn Meter on hit. This Turn Meter removal can't be Resisted. While Darth Vader is alive, enemies immediately regain Damage Over Time for 2 turns whenever Damage Over Time expires on them.

Overwhelming Force (Unique) Zeta'd

Darth Vader has +100% Defence, +30% Potency, +50% Tenacity and gains +5% Offence (stacking) for each enemy he applies detrimental status effects on. Darth Vader starts each encounter with 100% Turn Meter. If Darth Vader is stunned, he immediately cleanses himself of all negative status effects and gains 100% Turn Meter.

Empires Enforcer (Unique) Zeta'd

Rebel and Jedi enemies deal -25% damage to Darth Vader and grant him 30% Turn Meter whenever they attack him. If an enemy lands a Critical Hit on Darth Vader, he gains Offence Up, Speed Up and Critical Chance Up for 1 turn.

"Huatimus;c-1213722" wrote:
#MakeVaderGreatAgain

Yessss

"Dryff;c-1214898" wrote:
Y'all want a Vader rework when he's one of the top 5 used leaders in arena, and the 6th most used toon in Arena squads? Not to mention one of THE most useful characters for both raids.

Vader is currently one of the strongest characters in the game. Hands down.

I think you mean he should be one of the strongest in the game. He definitely is not or you are on a newer shard. I'm on a old shard and Vader hasn't been good or made an appearance in any team in top 50 in a long time. He's way way to slow and easy to shut down. I love Vader by far my favorite star wars character. Would love to see a rework that is long over due in my opinion. A pre-suit yellow eyed bad kitten looking anakin/vader would be cool to though

The community has accepted that CLS "should be a powerful character b/c he's the main character of the story." Well, at this point of the story (Ep V), Vader toys with him before soundly beating him 1v1. The least the devs could do is make sure Vader will routinely defeat an equally geared and modded CLS.

You know, for the story.

"Calx;c-1227445" wrote:
The community has accepted that CLS "should be a powerful character b/c he's the main character of the story." Well, at this point of the story (Ep V), Vader toys with him before soundly beating him 1v1. The least the devs could do is make sure Vader will routinely defeat an equally geared and modded CLS.

You know, for the story.

+1
I've said this before

"Rakim;c-1214566" wrote:

"Oh but he can solo rancor" is such a pathetic argument against improving Vader because at this point, who cares? Rancor is what, 2 years old now?

Just being that guy real quick, this game either didnt exist 2 years ago or was in beta(Really it still felt like beta 6 months after release), and raids didnt come out for quite a while after release.

Other than that, I agree Vader is underwhelming and has almost always been underwhelming in this game. I would love to see him improved, or maybe a new version of Vader somehow?

But my thoughts on this is that people want Vader improved because CLS is just soo much better. But what happens if they improve Vader, then later down the line we get an actual Jedi luke. People are just gonna be like fix Vader again, he should be similar or better than Jedi luke. Its never ending.

"PiffGuru;c-1227475" wrote:

But my thoughts on this is that people want Vader improved because CLS is just soo much better. But what happens if they improve Vader, then later down the line we get an actual Jedi luke. People are just gonna be like fix Vader again, he should be similar or better than Jedi luke. Its never ending.

It ends after the next iteration. Jedi Luke (Ep VI) > Vader > CLS (Ep V).

Movies are awesome.

With thrawn, SA, a taunter and DN, he still does well. There's one in my shard that moves up into the top 5 over rex teams and cls teams.

"Gank_Killer;c-1227467" wrote:
#sithlivesmatter

Lol!