What are the best Starkiller squads?

A very common Starkiller team I see is:
Palp (L), Mara, Starkiller, Visas & Juhani

I substitute Old Ben instead of Juhani since he’s a GL requirement anyways, plus Juhani isn’t all much of a threat outside of a Starkiller team so I don’t think she’d be worth the investment

"xpgammer;c-2389558" wrote:
Based on Starkiller's unique ability you want:
sith: darth vader because of debuff synergies
darkside unaligned: UKR because reliable taunt, counterattack, and heal
lightside unaligned: AF because she works the best by herself
jedi: any jedi that has buffs
why starkiller is difficult to build a team for is that his unique ability doesn't mesh well with most of other characters and the other characters don't mesh well with each other
you can try my idea but don't feel too pressured about it

I seriously doubt this person has SK, and doubt this person has ever seen this exact team in opposition. This is actually a terrible TERRIBLE SK team.

The “best” team depends on your usage. Using for offense, you can make subjective arguments, like the poster making the case for Plo Koon. Great option for a fifth for offense, bad idea for defense.

On defense, omicrons dictate the current “best” teams, which *may* shift as new compositions present themselves.

For TW, you want EP-Mara(omicron)-SK-Visas-Juhani(omicron). This is non-negotiable currently, the two omicrons make this team absolutely tough-as-nails.

For GAC, you need to have the “much conflict in you” omicron on SK at minimum for them to become a defensive juggernaut. Right now, the EP-Mara-SK-Visas-(Jedi) is vulnerable to General Grievous as a cheap & effective counter, unless you use General Kenobi as the fifth… this drastically cuts down on GG’s chances to beat the team.

As mentioned above, with Savage’s new(ish) omicron, new SK teams are being tested out, but none have nearly as much data as the traditional SK team with Palp and Mara. I’ve seen these new teams weak to other cheap counters, such as Bad Batch and Troopers.

In the end, the “best” team is opponent-dependent. If your opponent likes to place Rey on defense, then using SK composition to take out Rey is likely going to be the best use for the team. If your opponent *always* places GG on defense, then you can use a “cheap” Jedi as your fifth on defense to great use.

Once again, the best team WILL shift as new omicrons are rolled out… time will tell if Luminara’s omicron elevates the team once again or not.

Based on Starkiller's unique ability you want:
sith: darth vader because of debuff synergies
darkside unaligned: UKR because reliable taunt, counterattack, and heal
lightside unaligned: AF because she works the best by herself
jedi: any jedi that has buffs
why starkiller is difficult to build a team for is that his unique ability doesn't mesh well with most of other characters and the other characters don't mesh well with each other
you can try my idea but don't feel too pressured about it

"LendersQuiz;c-2389561" wrote:
A very common Starkiller team I see is:
Palp (L), Mara, Starkiller, Visas & Juhani

This, with omni for Juhani and Mara, would be ideal for TW imo.
Alternatives to use Palp elsewhere could be Malgus lead, that’s an annoying squad as well.

For GAC the standard Palp/Mara/SK/Visas/Juhani works just fine as well, especially for offense, but there are a deal of other popular combos.
Standard team can easily win mirrors, but much simpler if your Mara is faster (and currently can be a bit dependent on datacron).

In GAC I normally keep Starkiller for offense and put a GL on defense but in 3v3 Starkiller goes on defense. My usual lineup is Papa Palpatine lead with Mara, Visas, Starkiller and either Mace or old Ben. I’ve seen Barris used as lead for her healing but she doesn’t hit very hard and is very slow. The choices or unaligned force user aren’t the best so it’s tough to find a toon that isn’t already needed for their own squads like JTR or CLS. OGKYLO might be a possibility if not used in F/o squad.

"Salatious_Scrum;c-2389581" wrote:
I substitute Old Ben instead of Juhani since he’s a GL requirement anyways, plus Juhani isn’t all much of a threat outside of a Starkiller team so I don’t think she’d be worth the investment

She’s mostly for TW.

Luminara is now looking appealing for GAC if you’re swimming in Omicrons, but Barris was the pre-Juhani Jedi of choice.

Palp, SK, MJ, Visas, and any Jedi you have to spare.

Someone mentioned something about a como using KRU instead of MJ to prevent being Womped?

I’m assuming you’d also replace Palp if no MJ, though.

If we are not talking about variants like Traya lead SK team, the classic core team consists of PPT, Mara, SK and Visas as mentioned. The fifth Jedi is flexible depending on what counters you want to block.

For example, use GK as the Jedi can throw a wrench in Grevious counter because of the consisten taunt, the crazy mass assist and he can cleanse the target locks. Gives you around 10% more holds than Old Ben (according to swogh.gg statistics).

Old Ben has a better chance to get a hold against GAS or troopers (not saying these are natural good counters. They are not) because of the bonuses he gives out when he dies.

Mace has a chance to mess-up SEE counter because of his counter and ability block on basic.