Which empire zeta first?

"jawa7778;c-2187322" wrote:

"Artumas;c-2187064" wrote:
Merciless -> Palp lead -> Vader unique -> Thrawn ebb and flow, imo.
If using Piett on a Vader team rather than troopers, throw that unique in after vader's unique. (vader's unique is needed to efficiently deal with geos due to spy's stealth)

Palp's unique and vader/thrawn leads don't make much of a difference. Palp's unique is something you'll eventually want, but it really isn't that much of a priority. Piett's suborbital zeta is the same deal as palp's unique - it's good, really good, but it's not nearly as strong as the others, and is also highly reliant on piett actually being geared enough to kill.

Why would you zeta Thrawn Ebb and Flow? Other than the +50% defense and tenacity, it only removes TM from fractured enemies but fractured enemies already have 0 speed and can't gain bonus TM, so it only works against raid bosses.

As for the original post, I would follow the above timeline. Merciless - Palp lead- Vader's unique - Vader lead
Unless there is a good reason I'm missing to do Thrawn zeta, I would do Vader lead. There is atleast 1 mission in Hoth DS TB where you have to use his lead, and I think some Galactic Legends Rey counters use Vader lead.

Imagine X character is at 90% TM when getting fractured, the initial hit removes TM, but the rest can still be remove via another empire allies abilities, what better than having the fractured enemy who starts moving again, with 0 TM

For the OP,

I would say Merciless zeta first, then Palp leader
Tbh, Vader lead is not tht useful (afaik) on early game, it's a must on the JKL event, and against GL Rey, but, that's not gonna happen in a while, so, probably after Merciless and Palp lead, you should go for either Vader's unique or Thrawn unique