Who's the 5th in a rex lead team

Without dn the team doesn't work at all. There's not enough damage or control with anyone else. You could try zylo, but he won't be anywhere near as effective.

Why? What's DN role in the team to make it so night and day?

"JoseIrimia;1005807" wrote:
Why? What's DN role in the team to make it so night and day?

Reducing cooldown constantly, and annihilating. His basic attack dispel is also great.

DN is definitely the place to be right now. Can run Rex, GK, Palp, Kylo, DN for more firepower (my personal fave) or head the direction you are, but definitely include DN :/

Ok. I will start gearing DN up, although is only 3*. Thanks for the input. In the meantime I guess I will try the ones I mentioned I try to see the best solution

I've seen it work before with Aayla. Good damage, stun, etc.

DN has the following feats that imo are important in the following order:

1. CD up
2. Basic dispel
3. (if Zeta) the unique to give health down to everyone
4. Instakill

I have to say Annihilate is rarely of use to me, unless I play around with Nihilus lead I only get to use it about 50% of them time. The other abilities therefore have far more value to me.

I have a guy running the team with B2 instead of Nihilus and it's none of the most annoying teams I've ever faced. When using Rex lead no buffs stay and with Sith Trooper gains taunt 50 times but gets dispelled within 10 seconds. B2 certainly works, I've seen Zylo also do well.

The others you mention I haven't seen nor tried so I couldn't tell, though I think Boba could be a good fit with the unavoidable attack, especially when you face Chaze or Zavage.

Boba doesn't do that much damage (good damage, but not a ton). Zylo can do a lot of damage, but he needs to be hit (which is hard with 2 tanks there) and he can't get around a taunt. DN is solid because he can get around a taunt by dispelling it on his basic, provide irresistible/uncleansable ability block, and can use annihilate to take down the enemy team.

The AI will aoe w/ zKylo every opportunity it has, which is pretty much every turn. This feeds tm to zMaul leads that dodge and Rex leads that get critted. He is not a toon u want under AI control in the current Maul/Rex-heavy environment imo.

@Poxx I agree with zylo in the current meta, could be a liability.
@Juex777 I play for have some fun and being competitive. This is the reason now I run jedi. I love the characters and the mechanic. Exactly the opposite of dodge metas (b4 with old ben or dooku, now maul). DN is a toon doesn't really give any joy (mostly because I do not know his background). But I see is really usefiul as perfectly described by @KeKattia . So I prefer to use others I enjoy or like. For example, as soon as I unlocked GK, I maxed him in 2 mins and was using him in arena right away.
Eventually I will address DN, but I will give a try to B2 or Aayla.

Thank you all for the feedback and the explanations.