Most people are focused on DN, but Sith Trooper is destined to dominate the meta... Especially in a Zaul team.
His total HP is a bit below Shore, but beyond that he is better in every way. His taunt is not dependent on a special, he gets retribution and defense up, and in a Zaul team, he is almost certain to get his taunt up, if not retribution, before the opposing team takes a turn. On top of that, +20% evasion from the Zaul leader ability, bonus protection from his special and best of all, +100% defense, which easily pushes his total damage reduction above 50% (right around 55% with mods at 4*)
All in all, Sith Trooper is probably the best meat shield in the game, but hardly a mention of him on forums... of course that may be because he requires 5 sets of stun cuffs.
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I have trooper 3* g10 and he is pretty good and would be even better under a zaul Team.
I was actually running a double tank at a point in time and that was fun with sith trooper and shore
No one talks about him because he is low star yes, but because of the fact that buff immunity literally renders him useless. Most shards run TFP / B2, so literally it is 4v5 the whole game since Sith trooper is slow af and can't taunt lol
Yeah... no.
TFP doesn't remove buffs, and will go after EP in a decent Zaul team, so that taunt is up for 2 very slow turns... and it's only an 80% chance, reduced by the 22% chance to dodge. B2 will remove, but the odds of getting buff immunity up are lower than TFP, so later sith specials can just reapply, and the Sith Trooper aoe special throws out offense down... in any case he is far superior to Shore, who gets plenty of play at the top of most shards atm...
Oh and stop using the word "literally" forever... literally.
There are a few limited circumstances where I have to swap him for Shore (one dude had an insanely fast Wiggs duo), but for the most part he's been a fantastic replacement.
Hopefully, they won't put his shards in as... 'uncomfortable' a battle as the Shore ones when they make him farmable.
GK fam. Everyone will use B2 vs you and the cleanse is invaluable. Can't taunt if u have buff immunity on you.
Sith Trooper is good, but GK is GK. That's the end of the argument. Even a full-Sith team would probably benefit more from having GK cause... well it's GK for god's sake! He's like a raid-boss, but you can put him on your team!
BI only makes ST useless after his initial taunt is gone so he still is better than Sith trooper. Also sith trooper needs at least two other sith to be good while shoretrooper will work in any squad.
Sure. But GK can taunt and cleanse while SiT needs another toon on your team to cleanse. And they both taunt about the same amount. SiT benefits from maul lead sure but I don't think that justifies him.
Om the flip side, GK may never have the chance to cleanse... against a Zaul team, especially with DN, he will either get stunned turn 1 or have his CDs increased, and before his second turn, Vader may well ability block him with his basic which jedi can't resist (on defense this means Vader 's 3rd turn, which isn't that unlikely with the TM gains from Zaul 's leader ability. Same for 3Rd turn... then he's dead before he can do anything.
Not to mention that GK has nowhere near the damage mitigation that Sith Trooper does... and he takes double damage from Maul, so by comparison, he's pretty squishy... may not even make it 2 turns.
In other words, Darlex11 has a point.
Maybe not under maul but under nillus GK is useless as a taunter.
Either way they're both taunting, and GK can grant Foresight with his basic (and give it to himself as well) which works wonders in a zeta Maul squad. I think Sith Trooper is the best flat out meat shield for a sith team, but GK is still an arguably better character overall.
Can't wait till I unlock kenobi
I plan on switching shore for GK and run the following
Zader
Nihilus
Palp
GK
Sith trooper
Baze by himself is petty weak... he really needs Chirrut to shine.
I wish that was true.
This^^^
Just got him today and was able to dominate in every area (besides raids because he's 5-stars) in the game. He makes GW and SA a joke.