Clone Sergeant phase 1
Why isint him that good for new Clone team?
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But he is not on that synergy pic, why?
It's because abilities on the other clones.
Rex gives team cleanse and Tenacity up, plus turn meter
Cody gives a second full team assist plus self turn meter and AoE
Echo gives health recover and cleanse enemies
Fives gives assist, and is the only tank
Clone Sgt only gives Dmg, self TM and AoE TM reduction.
If you remove any of the other clones in favour of Clone Sgt, the team will suffer.
Tnx alot
Personally I think it’s going to be situational for each battle. Shaak Ti replicates a lot of the other Clones’ abilities (mass assist, dispel, cleanse etc.), so for any given battle you might not need multiple sources of a particular ability. (For example, i used to take on EP teams (pre-Sion) with my Clones which meant you needed a fast Rex. But if the opposition didn’t have big debuffs then I used to drop him out for Leia instead)
My thought is that Sergeant will stay and I will drop either Rex or Cody depending on the opponent. Perhaps even drop Fives if massive early burst damage will swing the fight without the need for a tank at all.
Tl;dr Don’t drop Sarge, drop the least useful utility character for that particular battle
Also the best non faction leader for a cross faction squad is rex so it’s a win win.
Then you get to Rex & Sarge. If Shaak-Ti is in the leader slot, well you only have a 5-person squad, so there's only one slot left. Which is the better character? Most would say Rex. Sarge does more damage, of course, but with offense up and retribution from Shaak-Ti that's not quite as important. Also, remember that Rex's cleanse grants minimum 60% (max 100%) TM to each clone ally, where Sarge reduces enemy TM by only 50%, but this does not apply if the attack is dodged and can be resisted. Sarge does damage while while reducing TM, Rex cleanses while gaining TM. I'm not sure that the loss of AoE damage really brings Sarge even since you don't have to worry about dodge/resistance.
It's a closer call than some might assume, but they're probably right that of the two, Rex is better.
Keep in mind though, that with a close call like that the toon you have better geared/starred should probably win out. Cody, Fives & Echo are the only absolutes, and they might even drop out once we get new toons, depending on those kits.
Because that's just a suggestion. Doesn't mean it's optimal.
Again, no expert, but damage first then speed secondaries would be my guess. The assists and counters reduce the need for speed.
I've never run Clones, but this is exactly how I would do it if I did.
Listen to this guy. He knows how to read a characters kit like neo sees the matrix. Proof ? Any post he makes about teams that are not common or meta
All clones have an out of turn attack from retribution. So that doesn’t matter that Cody and Sarg have no out of turn attack. Agree with everything else.
Depends on what you are planning on facing them with. If you can get Cody to go first, I think I’d want to go max speed on him and get him to attack first. Then he can go again immediately after Shaak Ti calls her assist. Then he can potentially go a 3rd time after Rex.
@Bulldog1205 Did you whale on Shaak? Was wondering if somone was going to do some raid testing. I'm no raid theory crafter but the team seems like it could be fun in a few spots.
Anyway, again my clones blow so I can't even test her at low star, but since she is so fast and can call a mass assist seems like that with good damage mods they might be able to instagib some attackers. With her speed bonus lead will Cody out-speed her?
And I didnt finish the podcast and my kids were crawling all over me but I swear Carrie dropped a hint when talking about Shaak like "read between the lines here but there might be missing pieces kinda like when we revealed Anakin touch up with no zeta." Or something like that. So maybe something else soon-ish.
@Stick not sure if you are being serious but thanks I think. Ive had plenty of failed theories though.
Totally serious. Your talk of scoundrels made me get a scoundrel team. And your talk of utilizing characters that you have also is inspiring.
No, unfortunately not. I wish I had the money to do so, because this team looks like fun. Don’t have the zetas anyway though, so it’s not even tempting.
Forgot to respond to this part. Max Cody with the speed bonus is 162. Shaak Ti is 170. So he’s a little slower but the gap is small enough it can be made up, and it’s not unreasonable for a 162 speed character to go first in battle.
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