Droids still viable?
Hey everyone,
Fairly new player here, I spent most of my playing time not in a guild and haven't been up to date on the meta or effective strategies. I was a fan of droids in the movies so luckily I aimed towards farming droids which turned out to not be a bad accidental choice and appeared to be the previous meta... however as I am only lvl 45 I was looking for some advice as to how I should proceed before it's too late.
Current arena team:
HK (L)
Jawa engineer
Nebit
Ig88
Ig86
All four star with Max gear for my level (one or two spaces below purple)
I place in top 100 in my shard but from what I understand droids are no longer as popular and there are much better routes to take. Other notable characters are Lando, tarkin, Zam, ackbar, Mace, boba and the usual characters like Chewy Talia JC etc. Should I forget about droids and farm a new route or are they still viable? (I am f2p)
Thank you for any advice
Fairly new player here, I spent most of my playing time not in a guild and haven't been up to date on the meta or effective strategies. I was a fan of droids in the movies so luckily I aimed towards farming droids which turned out to not be a bad accidental choice and appeared to be the previous meta... however as I am only lvl 45 I was looking for some advice as to how I should proceed before it's too late.
Current arena team:
HK (L)
Jawa engineer
Nebit
Ig88
Ig86
All four star with Max gear for my level (one or two spaces below purple)
I place in top 100 in my shard but from what I understand droids are no longer as popular and there are much better routes to take. Other notable characters are Lando, tarkin, Zam, ackbar, Mace, boba and the usual characters like Chewy Talia JC etc. Should I forget about droids and farm a new route or are they still viable? (I am f2p)
Thank you for any advice
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I run droids for the majority of GW. I find them to be a good fit there. They are also a required team for the AAT raid, so they are certainly viable there.
For Arena, they are somewhat viable but not as powerful as previously. However, note that droids have ALWAYS been a team to contend with in this game.
The current meta seems to be Rebels with Wiggs, Lando, and usually STH plus 1. The Empire is rising though, but you need Rebels to get EP AND you really need a shoretrooper, who is not farmable outside of tournaments. But there's no reason you can't be working to bring up these toons while keeping your droids on top.
The game really requires you to have several teams around G10 at this point, all centered around different factions. If I were you, I'd work on getting some rebels geared up as your 2nd team.
So yeah, I think droids are pretty good still. Keep in mind that I'm only lvl 73, though.
If anyone has tips, I'd appreciate it.
47, 88, 100, B2, JE
47, 86, 88, B2, JE
If you are f2p, gear will be a challenge as they want lots of carbanti sensors, stun guns and thermal detonators.
The best teams to pivot toward are the following:
Rebels w/Wiggs, Chaze is a bonus - actually, you will rule your shard if you have them
Empire w/Palpatine, Vader Zeta, TFP, and Shoretrooper
Boba Fett w/scoundrles and bounty hunters
This is all subject to change, but that is the current state of things.
They are quite good in GW especially with daka/ewok elder and good in some events, great for quests idk I would get them even now, but if you are a fresh player I would go for bigs lando wedge team since they will take roughly the same
If you don't have great speed mods, I recommend modding your droids so that the turnorder of your droids will be:
1. JE (with his turn meter up)
2. 47 aoe
3. 88 aoe
4. 86
5. Nebit triple assist
You can use this spreadsheet to calculate the turn order of your droids
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-RqMTNkj9If0f1Lr-Umv9BLsKKTRwF6GK4nDklAdDZ0/edit#gid=0
And the droid meta is great in GW as well
@RobbeRobbeRobbe also in order of turn.
Je
B2
Hk(L)
88
Gk.
Gk absorbs a crapton of damage. He also stops squishy je or 88 one shotted by wiggs as after the first crit lands crit immunity procs and the next two noodles hit. Then his taunt procs and he sponges. I've had a lot of arena battles where gk never gets a go. He is hammered into the ground from the get go. His taunt is insanely handy. But then you look at the rest of the team and hardly a scratch apart from some aoe. Palps is a pain with the stuns tho.
Gk's negotiator cleanse and then buff oh my once that is pushed its all over. I found out that with retribution in a leia triple tap JE threw 3 detonators back at her. That was kinda cool. Was a maxed 11 gw node. Not arena.
Gk is so good that im thinking of dumping je. With the amount of tfp going faster than my je anyway i think maybe k2 or a dps can go in instead. Dunno yet.
How fast is your JE mine is at 249+50.
I use a team of JE K2 HK(L) 88 B2 all @G11 except K2@G10
Gk Only 5* G5
Nice, you have a fast JE there. I run the old droid meta with 47(L), 88, 86, B2 and JE with 245 speed. The other guys have an average of +70 speed.
Are you able to beat General Kenobi with Barris Zeta squads with your setup? Or with your setup @NathanK?
Interesting to see that General Kenobi is viable with droids! Will definitely try him out in a few weeks, after I unlock him
You must not have any Chaze teams on your server.
@Drabik017 , wow, your JE is fast lol! Is that 267 his base speed without the droid bonus? For me, rex leads are a pain too
I made an alt account a long time ago with the sole purpose of creating a droid team. I'm happy that I did. They are much fun to play. I finish GW every day I choose to do it (rare). Before the AAT raid was nerfed, they ensured me a 1st rank in every AAT raid.
Long story short:
Yes, they are still viable. I don't think they will ever become useless.
Its the base speed, +114 from only mods
+1
I am only lvl 70 right now, but i have maxed STH from arena (for credit heist/crit chance mods), right now i am working on Tarkin(because my fleet) and then will be Leia (complete rebel team P4 AAT/Rebel B team)
Next will be focus on IG88 / HK47 / Nebit for AAT ...
I havent droid team in top 50 on my young shard i see
Ig100 is the hidden gem of droids. Max gear/level he can solo Baze or Fives and has single-handed won me matches of 1 vs 3 using his counters and AoE. If you aren't farming him you're making a mistake.
I have both of them maxed and i can't decide who's the best.. 100 has the aoe that work well with hk leader ability, but 86 can burst down a target..
1) Barris Zeta: each time on of my droids crits, the enemy regains 20% of their max health. Combined with General Kenobi, my droids don't do enough damage to kill them. If there's a droid players who can beat these squads, please let me know.
2) Maul Zeta: When a droid crits an Empire character (EP, Vader, Maul) they gain stealth and advantage. You can't hit them again, EP stuns everyone and you're gone.
This is not only applicable to droids. Biggs, Wedge and Lando also depend on critical hits. Unless droids get a Zeta upgrade soon, they are no longer viable in the arena.