Old Ben zeta - Devoted Protector
I am giving serious thought to putting a zeta on Old Ben's "Devoted Protector" in a week or so. I run a team of zzCLS/Zolo/R2z2/Leia/OB.
Any thoughts on using it or fighting against it?
I have two thoughts that give me pause. First, it's a zeta on a very single-use character. That said, arena is a pretty good reason to put a zeta on a character you really only use in one place. Second, even with great mods, Ben is a very slow toon. I don't have plans to put a zeta on CLS lead anytime soon just to speed him up. My concern is whether it's worth the zeta to preserve the taunt after dispelled by Thrawn/CLS/Nihlus if it takes him too long to taunt in the first place.
Even with those two concerns I may go ahead and do it - but I would be grateful for any observations you guys have.
Any thoughts on using it or fighting against it?
I have two thoughts that give me pause. First, it's a zeta on a very single-use character. That said, arena is a pretty good reason to put a zeta on a character you really only use in one place. Second, even with great mods, Ben is a very slow toon. I don't have plans to put a zeta on CLS lead anytime soon just to speed him up. My concern is whether it's worth the zeta to preserve the taunt after dispelled by Thrawn/CLS/Nihlus if it takes him too long to taunt in the first place.
Even with those two concerns I may go ahead and do it - but I would be grateful for any observations you guys have.
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It's partially dependent upon his potency rate, and in most cases we're looking at Thrawn and CLS. Still, good feedback if this is from experience - thanks!
The buff is reapplied through buff block and fracture. Would be thoroughly useless if it didn't.
Edit to answer the original question: I have been debating this being my next zeta for a while now (Finn won the last round). I may hold off again depending on how Phoenix pans out but it is an interesting zeta. I run zCLS zHan zzR2 OB GK and think the extra taunt would be REALLY annoying to deal with.
Checked your profile, really get your GK up and replace him with Leia. Old Ben is definitely one of the better tanks these days.
R2's Combat Analysis and CLS lead deal with that.
@Shankssempai - I thought that was the case with the OB zeta, but assumed @M_L knew something I didn't. It would be a tougher call if the zeta was nothing more than an anti-fracture tool.
But the question is; is your old ben's taunt uptime high enough?
still, with DNs aplenty in my shard, another cleanse is pretty easy to come by, so.... i dunno...
CLS cleanses Taunt
OB Zeta kicks in and replaces it
CLS applies buff immunity
So 2nd taunt is in place before the buff immunity is applied.
That's AFTER Ben taunted. They're talking about applying buff immunity before Ben uses his taunt which he won't be able to gain without a cleanse.
Certainly a valid point. However, I can't think of the last time I faced a team with CLS, Thrawn and Nihilus. Usually Nihilus runs with the Rex crowd, and Thrawn moves interchangeably between Rex and CLS leads. So most often you are only dealing with two of them. If a team has all three they usually lose the synergy and power that would otherwise make them difficult to beat and the zeta is a moot point as you win regardless.
Another factor to consider is the R2 stealth/foresight ability which will often negate an opening move by Thrawn or CLS. And if there are only normally two toons like that, then you're set for a few rounds as the combination of the R2 special and OB zeta keeps your taunt up after two dispels.
Stupid easy to dispel taunt twice. (How is that word censored? You guys are insane)
Not to mention killing OB doesn't do much these days. But it's pretty easy to dispel him twice and still save him for last.
But hey, I auto Arena unless they have DN on their team. OB is just one of the easiest toons to deal with.
Who is your team that you can auto meta teams on a regular basis?
This is my fear - and one of my two reservations referred to above. Great feedback - thanks!