Droid builds?
Been experimenting with two primary droid setups, looking for some thoughts on the better focus.
HK/Leader
88
86
Poggle
Poe
Poggle/Leader
88
86
Poe
Daka
Yes, very minor change to the lineups.
Poggle still gives damage and speed buffs. You lose HK's turn-meter creation. Poggle adds additional basic damage to 88/86. Daka revives, sometimes.
Am I splitting hairs or is there legitimacy to both builds?
HK/Leader
88
86
Poggle
Poe
Poggle/Leader
88
86
Poe
Daka
Yes, very minor change to the lineups.
Poggle still gives damage and speed buffs. You lose HK's turn-meter creation. Poggle adds additional basic damage to 88/86. Daka revives, sometimes.
Am I splitting hairs or is there legitimacy to both builds?
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The other one is the cookiecutter droid squad, everybody runs that team.
this.
switching daka for GS seems to be the only other solid option at this point if you want full synergy/boosts from pggles leadership to make up for lack of crits/turn meter for not having hk.
I've read that a bunch, the cookie-cutter comments. I started a droid team before coming to the forums. Scrolling through the leaderboards show only 2 droid squads in the top 100. One of them is top 10, one of them is me (70-80, typically. Been focusing on gear/shards/abilities before taking a run at the Arena)
Anxiously awaiting General Grievous, I suppose. Maybe another generic droid or two that allows for some more specific targeting (anti-Jedi, maybe a repair-bot)
I've found the Poggle-lead team seems to wipe out of threat of the Poe surge pretty quickly with all the extra damage.
Obviously droid threads are cookie-cutter at this point, so thanks for your time!
My GS is so far behind I'm not sure he's worth the time and resources right now to boost another glass-cannon. Thinking it might be better to wait and see who the next droid/genosian is.
The cookie cutter comment isn't criticism, I run the same droid team myself on my second account. It's cookie cutter because it's proven itself already and many players run it with succes. (I get top 5 everyday while 5 levels below the others)
Someone posted about two droids being added with the new update. Dont know if it was true, but he said no general grievous this update.
You can get GS up in no time to 7 stars, maybe a couple weeks.
Hence, go with the first line-up; Poe taunts, Poggle buffs and let the firework begin.
Forget Daka, add Geonosian Soldier to secobd build, and we got winner
I suppose when two of the biggest names in Droid-threads say so, it's probably a good idea to listen.
Thanks again and in advance!
HK lead, Poggle, Poe, 86, 88
HK lead , Geo, Poe, 86, 88
Poggle lead, Geo, Poe, 86, 88
Up until level cap was raised and Poe got to 61, I used HK, 86, 88, Poggle, Geo. Once Poe got to 7th round speed I switched him in and dropped Poggle and ran that until I hit level 70. When I hit 70, Geo went to 7th round and I swapped him back in and dropped Poggle.
I finish first in my timezone pretty much every day. There is another guy that runs the HK, Poe, Pog, 86, 88 team that has been at the top of the leaderboard since I started. As well as two other HK lead teams that have been showing up at the top recently.
Both of the HK lead comps are good. Geo might be a little better than Poggle due to his first turn chance and his huge damage on his assist. Usually can kill, or almost kill an enemy toon in one shot. He edges Poggle out slightly on power rating too.
Haven't experimented with the Poggle lead yet because His leader ability is only at level 3 right now. Will test it out when I get it leveled up some.
Good info, what do you mean by 7th round speed? speed at 7th star? equipment?
i am in the exact same spot. keep us updated with what you find out
The game add your speed to your turn meter (the blue bar) each "tick" of time. When a character adds 1000 turn meter points, he acts. All characters with speed 143+ reach the 1000 bar at the same time, in 7 ticks. So all chars with 143 speed or more are actually just as fast. Dooku has 166 speed, and reach 1000 in 7 ticks, just like Poe, who has 143 and has 1001 turn points in tick 7. No character is fast enough to act in tick 6 yet, so being above the 143 breakpoint means you are just as fast as the fastest characters. Those are often called "turn 7 characters" or similar.
Poe has 143 speed at level 61+ if you max his gear, so does Geonosian Soldier at lvl 70 when full geared.
Excellent. I've been meaning to start a thread for terminology. Most of it is obvious, this particular one escaped me. Thanks!
With the new update, and leader skills now working from round one, I am very interested in seeing what Lobot can do. Been working on his shards for a bit and I'm only at 28. Been working on IG-100 in cantina and have him at 4* and twenty something shards towards 5*. I am hoping to field a Lobot lead all droid team in a couple weeks.
I have a 5* IG-100 and sadly he really has no place on my team. I've used him once or twice against Jedi squads with decent results, but the benefit of my other options outweigh what he brings to the table. I've never seen anyone really have anything positive to say about him. I'd be interested if anyone out there does like him.
You just posted a pic of yourself using droids
He might become viable with a Lobot lead. Lobot will jump him up from round 11 to round 9. He also gives Lobot 6% speed bonus. He has life steal as well now.
There may be a place for him in the new meta, don't write him off yet.