Deathtrooper in empire squad
Hey all, read somewhere that deathtrooper helps with the awful chaze plague. I run a palpatine lead with Vader, shore, TFP, and boba. I often swap in B2 to beat chaze teams and it helps some, but I feel he's like dead weight and would prefer someone who hit harder and helped much more. I am currently at ground zero on deathtrooper. No shards. I don't have the cantina node unlocked. I'm level 79 almost 80, I was wondering if you all thought the deathtrooper pack would help. Gearing him won't be an issue. I'm pretty maxed on my arena teams gear for what I have unlocked. I currently place around 40-20 in my arena, but at 30 and up to 1 there's a wall of teams that have a bad a** chaze duo that I can't seem to get past. Let me know what you all think.
0
Replies
imo deathtrooper is diffidently worth it.
zVader (maxed out)
Emperor (maxed out)
TFP (maxed out)
Shoretrooper (maxed out)
Boba Fett (maxed out)
So should I max out Deathtrooper and put him in instead of Fett?
I'm on a launch shard and usually battle for low 40s in Arena.
Vader (L+Z), Palpatine, Tie Fighter Pilot, Shoretrooper, B2 (Also have a maxed Bobba and zeta Sidious I can swap in, but I still find the B2 to be the best choice) Just begun starring up Nihilus, but maybe Deathtrooper would be a better choice?
on a June or July 2016 shard. I rank top 10 or 20 every day with this squad, and it seems to be mostly down to RNG, and speed mods against the maul teams I face. Been avoiding the Baze and Cheirut teams, and Jedi tend to be very easy.
My profile
https://swgoh.gg/u/mzee/
DT, Krennic and Veers can also AoE debuff, providing each other additional chance to AoE ability block. Snowtrooper will use his devastating AoE everytime since his cooldown will reduce at each turn. Veers will call 3 toons using his special, Krennic and DT synergies allows multiple attacks, and Imperial troopers bonuses ensure 4 toons to have more Health Stealth, Crit. Damage and Max Health.
EDIT: they will also recover a lot of protection due to Krennic's lead but also Veers' unique (+60% max protection if Veers, DT or Snwotrooper use their AoE).
It's not rocket surgery.
You cannot triple cleanse if you are ability blocked.
Correct, all you need to do then is keep all 3 main characters completely ability blocked... whilst they run two auto-taunting tanks (GK and Baze). Good luck.
It's not rocket surgery.
And this is the purpose of an AoE ability block which can bypass the taunt. Also, you act as you find this triple cleanse at each rank. There is now more variety in arena than just Rex, Chaze, DN and GK. Also, snowtrooper can AoE and easily crit (+55% crit chance using CC mods) at each turn, AB which cannot be resisted.
The only remedy I can see for this is to make some debuffs unable to be cleansed while the character is alive like Zader's damage over time. Otherwise I see us stuck in this rut for a long time.
Every once in awhile his basic will be useful but being so slow he needs real fast mods or will never get more than 2 or 3 turns. And it's not easy to do since your fastest mods will be on other toons.
I like his kit a lot but unfortuantly in top of arena he basically just sits there and procs triple cleanse and taunts so he just makes it easier to not win over other toons.
Maybe zetaed under Gar lead with Krennic for the extra attacks he'd be viable. I've yet to see that in action. Then you're sacrificing potentially better toons for those two. And of course no one would purposely hit Krennic while DT is alive so defense wouldn't be so great.
I'm now eagerly awaiting the tarkin rework. Not sure what is going to happen, but farming/gearing DT might pay off later when Tarkin's lead gets a zeta for example. Who knows, DT seems good enough on paper to be an essential part of a tarkin lead empire team.
Under Vader DT is much more useful than boba but start working on DN 1st and then either DT or Zid.
That is a very good idea and I have one close to it. Try DK, DT, TFP, Veers, SnowT. Make DT fast he does aoe and removes taunt + CD on all others. He crits and all enemy toons go next with Rex lead but none can use Tenacity buff cause all are on CD. Gk will loose his taunt and all will loose their Crit immu. Next TFP does aoe and buff immu all. No crit immu on anyone. Then next out can be DK, Veers, or SnowT all have aoe and high crit. With enemies debuffed and all get crit hit then all get ability blocked. Haven't been able ro try this myself so just an idea.
So I'm having the same question... Can I milk a little more mileage out of this team with a minor tweak (Death Trooper I guess), or do I have to make a U-turn and focus on something else entirely (or not that entirely, if I go Maul). Death Trooper certainly seems tempting, until, as @warmonkey puts it...
Yes I kind of remember seeing one in my Arena a while ago who was there, got stunned or something, didn't move a finger as I killed the other 4, and then was left standing as a wall protecting nothing at all. I have him 6 stars and G7 or 8, and am still very hesitant to put that last slice of investment in him. Will read this thread with the highest interest.
The stun is applied if Daze is already there and it can be resisted.
Hmmm doesn't seem like Death Trooper is as useful as I thought he would be... especially if stun can be resisted even though daze is present. I was hoping DT would be my answer to the Chaze plus GK combos but doesn't seem that way after real world testing.
His grenade will clear buffs, but if any buffs are triggered because of the hit, like GK's buffs, those don't get cleared.
Like every toon applying debuffs, he needs Potency. DT is a good answer to Chaze imo. EP's lead gives him +32% potency.