Along with a lot of other characters, IG-88 got a sizable protection boost, but his was a whole 13000 protection increase, which is absolutely massive. This leads to my question, is IG-88 going to be a part of the main bounty hunter squad now? His issue was being too easily killed, but now that this is not an issue anymore, will he be better than other bounty hunters in the fifth slot?
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I don't assume so. He needs more of a rework to fit in with other bounty hunters. Aside from his low survivability, his main issue with just not having any real synergy with how other BHs operate. Others can do things like reduce TM, stun, apply thermal detonators, etc.. IG-88's real bread and butter currently lies with target lock. Because of that, IG-88 fits better in a droid squad since they're the faction that actually uses that mechanic. BUT with the GG reworks, you're definitely not gonna take away one of the separatist droids for IG-88... so he's just kinda there...
Greedy got around 14000 increase
He has a really good debuff package, heal immunity, and hits like a truck. Now that I found out he got a protection buff, I know just where to put him.
Thanks OP. IMO he works just as well under scoundrels as he Does BH or Droids. He should work on any BH squad or try him with Qira and Vandor if you have them.
Yeah he does have a nice kit, but I'm thinking in an optimal BH squad, even with the extra protection, he still doesn't bring quite enough to make the cut. Bossk, Boba, Jango, Embo, and Dengar are the presumed best 5. He's definitely not breaking that, even outside of that, Greedo and Cad would still give him a run for his money since they dispel and reduce TM.
I mean he's not a bad character, so if someone doesn't have the other BHs farmed, but has 88, then by all means they should use him. He's just not really that ideal on an all BH team... unless it's on a second full BH team.
Aw c’mon, can’t you give just a little love to your poor silver droid?
I got no beef with 88.
what? ....
for 88 i'm not convinced 13k xtra prot takes him out of glass cannon territory, should help a lot under bossk though. id remove dengar to put him in if i had dengar, which i don't not a fan
on another note, is there a list somewhere Showing the prot increases for each? is it across all gear levels so even g8 seis benefit?
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You messed up, yeah. As you zetaed another toon. 88's lead doesn't have zeta
It may have an use with separatist droids due to TL synergy. But who to drop to take him in?
I have found a use for IG88 in BH teams under a Jango lead. His AoE, while not ultra strong, still allows for the setup of Jango's contract getting filled. Pair him with Dengar, Zam and Bossk and on defense you have a team.
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i'm not able to post a link, but it's on reddit, link under arnold new video about maul and cody
I find myself having a lot of uses for him in my jack of all trade left over GA teams...
But then I have a lot of scoundrel/droids.
I play the game for fun, if you don't like content, don't like the game, then why are you here?
Yep, if you have 5 BH and 5 droids only if you have Ig88, then his plug and playness is very useful while you are getting Bossk's ship along with Jango.
That's my current situation.
Yep when I took him Chewbacca hunting I basically swapped his mods with Bossk. It worked out when I then gave Bossk Poe's mods
Although this last TW I accidentally put in Thrawn instead of Mission lol