Advice for a CLS Arena team.
Hello all. Up to this point I have not had much luck using CLS in my December 2015 shard Arena, mostly because I didn't have the proper supporting characters up to speed.
I unlocked General Kenobi last night and took him straight to G11. He's only 5-star but I imagine he's still viable at G11, full ability upgrades, and decent mods.
I'm also working on Chaze at the moment. Both are 6-star, G11, full ability upgrades, and decent mods.
I've got Nihilus in good shape with a zeta on his unique, and Thrawn at 6-stars in good shape with a zeta on Ebb and Flow.
Anyways, I would really like to incorporate CLS into my Arena team, either as a leader or support, but so far every attempt has resulted in me dropping 30-40 spots overnight. I have a zeta on It Binds All Things and his leader ability. He's also 30 pieces of gear from G12.
Any advice is great appreciated. I'm thinking about putting my next zeta on Bariss and throwing her in there, but I'm just not sure. Here's my crew, although it's probably not completely updated yet:
https://swgoh.gg/u/naidora/collection/
Thanks a ton!
I unlocked General Kenobi last night and took him straight to G11. He's only 5-star but I imagine he's still viable at G11, full ability upgrades, and decent mods.
I'm also working on Chaze at the moment. Both are 6-star, G11, full ability upgrades, and decent mods.
I've got Nihilus in good shape with a zeta on his unique, and Thrawn at 6-stars in good shape with a zeta on Ebb and Flow.
Anyways, I would really like to incorporate CLS into my Arena team, either as a leader or support, but so far every attempt has resulted in me dropping 30-40 spots overnight. I have a zeta on It Binds All Things and his leader ability. He's also 30 pieces of gear from G12.
Any advice is great appreciated. I'm thinking about putting my next zeta on Bariss and throwing her in there, but I'm just not sure. Here's my crew, although it's probably not completely updated yet:
https://swgoh.gg/u/naidora/collection/
Thanks a ton!
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Rex(L), zR2, GK, DN, and Thrawn
GK(L), zBarriss, Thrawn, DN, and zR2
zCLS(L), GK, zR2, Baze, and Chirrut
Any of these options is viable. Best from top to bottom.
The 2nd team you posted (using Shore instead of GK) is what I've been using for the last couple months. I had great success with it, finishing in the top 10 every day until the CLS meta hit. Now I manage to hang out between 20-30 during payout time, but I'll fall to 50-60 every night. Is that just par for the course for any of these teams now?
GK has a lot more utility than Shoretrooper. GK boosts offense significantly with his assist and retribution. He provides a recurring taunt and is faster than shore. He also cleanses. Players rely on buff immunity and stun to shut down your Rex, DN and Thrawn. When you toss in another cleanser, your team becomes shiftier and a less reliable win for any attackers.
Yeah, my plan was always to replace Shore with GK once I unlocked him. Now that I have, the Rex teams seem to be all but gone from my shard. Last night when I unlocked GK I threw him in my squad and got up to rank 28 with my Rex team. I woke up this morning at rank 69. It could be that I was targeted because he's only at 5-stars, but who knows? Anyways, today I'm running CLS, R2, Thrawn, DN, and GK as you suggested and things seem to be working well.
Of the teams you listed above, which do you think would hold best on defense in a shard where the top 50 is almost entirely CLS squads?
Here are some things to look for:
a) DN. If people are running DN under CLS and have the GKs and R2s to keep him safe, you want to go straight DPS. Run a CLS lead and play to strengths (i.e. offense boost, counter chance, TM gain). For this you need hard hitting rebels such as zRHan and Leia to fill the spots of your control toons like DN and Thrawn. The burst damage burns through tanks and shortens battles, which means less opportunities to get annihilate in for the opponent.
b) zBarriss. If people are running zBarriss under GK, then you need DN and Thrawn to control the flow of battle. The key is to get annihilate in as often as possible and keep the enemy team from annihilating you. This team eats crits, so toons like RHan and Leia are less useful.
c) RHan and Leia. If the enemy is relying on heavy crits and straight DPS to take out your toons quickly, switch to a GK lead with zBarriss. She will eat up the damage and protect toons like Thrawn and DN who will systematically take out key toons on the enemy team.
It really just depends on what kind of CLS teams everyone is running. Every shard is different.
Thank you, that's very helpful. You've given me some great stuff to think about. Seems likely that Bariss will get my next zeta then. I'll probably start gearing up Raid Han next, and by that time I might have another zeta for him saved up.
I feel like if my Kenobi had just a bit more survivability he'd be great, but as it stands he seems to be the weak link. Anyways, I know I have to practice more and learn how to use Kenobi properly and everyone in conjunction with each other, and I do appreciate the advice I got here.
I'm working on Chaze at the moment
If you're looking for the CLS lead with what you have right now, one of your best bets may be to go with
CLS
R2
Nihilus
Thrawn
GK
That being said, your toons seems more suited for a killer Rex lead than CLS but I understand wanting to find room for him. It took me about 15 different combos to find an effective way to function under CLS with my limited roster.