Is a dispeller a must in arena?
June 21, 2016 7:02AM
edited June 2016
With taunts and other buffs being a huge thing in arena, is a dispeller a must? Like QGJ, ventress, or teebo etc
Is a dispeller a must in arena? 91 votes
Yeah
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No
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Droid team (no debuffer needed)
Clone team (sunfac or echo or Plo, as debuffer)
Jedi team (need QGJ for speed, and he is a debuffer)
Ackbar Leia team (not necessarily)
or...
1. Ben/Dook/Phasma lead
2. Rey is the one and only constant, must have toon.
3.Tank (if ben lead, use han. If dook or phasma, use RG)
4. Take your pick of QGJ/GS/5's/Daka/Phasma/second tank ; QGJ totally optional
5. Take your pick of QGJ/GS/5's/Daka/Phasma/second tank ; QGJ totally optional
So, no... debuffers are not needed. The only thing that is a must is to have Rey and to protect Rey. But the Ben/Han/Rey/GS/QGJ team seems to be the bestest of the F2P teams on my server. There are like 3 exactly the same team in my top ten every day, lately.
So much for a tank
Once Rey is there, you still need tank(s), but the primary purpose is to protect Rey until she gets off her two specials, it seems.
Why not bring a Dispeller instead of a Debuffer?
Any other Rey team with dual tanks or Dooks and RG, detaunter is not going to save the day. Between foresight and the screen that the tank provides unti you can detaunt, it's usually too late. With ben/han, your Teebo/QGJ/Assaj is usually going to be blocked. Best way to beat Rey is with one of the synergy teams or with your own Rey. Sadly, Rey is the must have toon. Not the detaunter. At this point on my server, anyway. Either you manage to wipe Rey before the taunt, or you finish her with AOE, or you manage to keep her debuffed.. But by the time you can detaunt, haha, that's the last ditch effort.
One day, I hope to try different combos. But this is what I see in my arena.
On an early server, the detaunt is key. As Rey takes over, it becomes way more effective to kill or debuff Rey before the taunt occurs. Again, that's my perception on my server. I see teams without a dispeller doing just fine. Using the aforementioned template.
I might add, I used to run a cheezy Droid team with Han, and even then I basically ignored QGJ. QGJ was a non factor. Even if he detaunted my Han immediately. No problem... if I had managed to kill Rey before/despite RG protected her.
I have dooku. I have ben, RG, han, GS, QGJ, Plo, and Phasma. I dont' have Rey. It's not evasion. It's not the tanks. I can't beat the Rey team with QGJ and/or Plo. It doesn't matter, if you don't have Rey. And if you have Rey, you don't need the detaunter (from what I see these teams achieving on my server).
The formula is simple. If you're F2P, you either use droids. Or you have Rey. Or you are content to be locked out of the top 50.
If you will ask about debuffer , the answer can be dieffrent.
Almost everyone runs RG, st Han or Sun fac. So u need qgj or other to dispel taunt. Otherwise will loose at least a whole turn trying to bring down the tank.
Other option is a squad with high health like phasma, fives, etc... In this case u don't need a toon to dispel, because your team can resist to a lot of hits and survive.
Qgj is a taunt remover!
I have found that the combo of IGD (defense buff) and Old Ben (offense/special debuff) can take away the need for a de-taunter. Even with Rey and QGJ on the other team, the damage is so mitigated that you can go after RG or STH first, then take down the DPS characters at will.
So it's not really a yes/no answer - it depends how high you're aiming.