Why is everyone using Zarris with GK?

Example of crit immunity not working w/ Zarris- shoretrooper.

Shoretrooper makes the entire team crit immune, and then nobody can benefit off the heal

"GreyEminence;c-1749919" wrote:

"GhostTruckin;c-1749907" wrote:
Heals on crits and cleanses a random ally each turn are a couple popular reasons , plus her heal, goes around heal immunity because it’s an equalizer versus a regular heal.

Well that's what the Barris zeta does and it's awesome, no doubt, but having GK on the team prevents the healing from crits because of the crit immunity from GK unique.

But they only get that when his taunt goes up, and he doesnt get crit immunity.

That's not true. GK doesn't taunt if fractured or under buff immunity debuff but the allies still gain the crit immunity. As it is said in his kit: "Whenever another ally is Critically Hit, if General Kenobi is alive, they gain Critical Hit Immunity for 1 turn and General Kenobi gains Taunt for 1 turn."

"GreyEminence;c-1749933" wrote:
That's not true. GK doesn't taunt if fractured or under buff immunity debuff but the allies still gain the crit immunity. As it is said in his kit: "Whenever another ally is Critically Hit, if General Kenobi is alive, they gain Critical Hit Immunity for 1 turn and General Kenobi gains Taunt for 1 turn."

In GA, if my GK-Zarriss team makes you use your Thrawn, I’ve probably already won.

"Firebrigade;c-1749953" wrote:

"GreyEminence;c-1749933" wrote:
That's not true. GK doesn't taunt if fractured or under buff immunity debuff but the allies still gain the crit immunity. As it is said in his kit: "Whenever another ally is Critically Hit, if General Kenobi is alive, they gain Critical Hit Immunity for 1 turn and General Kenobi gains Taunt for 1 turn."

In GA, if my GK-Zarriss team makes you use your Thrawn, I’ve probably already won.

Very true.

You seem to be focusing solely on the crit immunity aspect and neglecting other parts of the kits that make it work. The +30% max health from the lead combined with the 20% heal on crit is another big part of the synergy.

Also, GK doesn’t give himself crit immunity. So unless you’ve got a plan to specifically deal with GKs taunt (Thrawn maybe), whenever you crit someone, they heal, and then you’re going to be bashing against a constantly healing GK taunt wall. It makes it difficult to focus down characters.

GK makes Zarriss more tanky, Zarriss makes GK more tanky, and both typically have to be taken out before dealing with the other 3 on the squad.

"Daishi;c-2015561" wrote:
Necro

Newer than I thought it would be when I saw the title.

Heals on crits and cleanses a random ally each turn are a couple popular reasons , plus her heal, goes around heal immunity because it’s an equalizer versus a regular heal.

The key to that combo is GK being lead. He gets defensive bonus, max health boost and her healing on crit helps make him very tanky.