Why is Savage Opress so strong?

Sagefire

Hello, I made a long break and returned a few days ago...I noticed that nearly every second team includes savage..what changed? why is he so strong right now? I have him at 7* and I'm thinking of gearing him.

Thanks

Zombie961

He along with Dooku, sidious, maul, Vader, got buffed:
Savage Opress
Basic: Staggering Blow
Now always has 50% chance to inflict Offense Down, doubled on Crit.
Damage increased.
Special: Overpower
Omega: Deal massive damage if the target has 50% Health or below, in addition to previous bonus
Leader: Pain is Weakness
Changed to % Defense. Defense maxes out at 75%.
Omega: +15% Defense and +30% Tenacity.
Unique: Brute
At the end of his turns, Savage dispels all debuffs from a random other Sith ally, and gains those debuffs.
ZETA: Gain Heal Over Time when damaged, Buff Duration + 1, +50% Turn Meter Gain Chance, Dispel all debuffs from Savage whenever he is Critically Hit
Whenever Savage takes damage, he gains Offense Up, Defense Up, and Heal Over Time for 2 turns and gains 30% Turn Meter. At the end of his turns, Savage Dispels all debuffs on a random other Sith ally, and gains those debuffs for 1 turn. Dispel all debuffs from Savage whenever he is Critically Hit.

Sagefire

is he viable without the zeta?

Gank_Killer

He only just recently got the rework. Not too many teams have adopted him yet.

AbyssalH

Gank_Killer wrote: »

He only just recently got the rework. Not too many teams have adopted him yet.

Rework? Lol

SikrouDeco

https://youtu.be/-hbL4-FzrDA

Sagefire

SikrouDeco wrote: »

https://youtu.be/-hbL4-FzrDA

thanks ..thats what i wanted to know

ritos

Eh. Savage doesn't seem to be too great whenever I use him as an ally and he's normally pretty easy to beat for my squads...

wisenuts

He should have a nightsister tag....

Bigboy2004

He's not a girl lol

ritos

Bigboy2004 wrote: »

He's not a girl lol

facepalm

stumpoman

How do you mod him?

ritos

stumpoman wrote: »

How do you mod him?

To be honest I'd just tell you don't waste your time, credits, and mods. Focus on better Sith characters like Dooku, Vader, Maul.

Malcadon

On the topic of Savage.... does Tenacity help in him resisting the gaining of debuffs from allies during his turn through his unique? Or does the "gain" process not do a resist check? Just curious on if modding Tenacity helps with him as a cleanser.

TristanKnight

stumpoman wrote: »

How do you mod him?

Hes like a tank so health/protection mods with offense as main stat. With palpatine as lead he always has a chance to heal so he can survive a bit longer

Xuichichi

SikrouDeco wrote: »

https://youtu.be/-hbL4-FzrDA

All I saw was

SWG Pre CU - Elder Jedi - Ahazi - Leader: Grey Area 51

and ignored everything else. Always makes me happy to see a fellow Galaxies vet, although I was on Tempest myself.

Josh_K

Malcadon wrote: »

On the topic of Savage.... does Tenacity help in him resisting the gaining of debuffs from allies during his turn through his unique? Or does the "gain" process not do a resist check? Just curious on if modding Tenacity helps with him as a cleanser.

The debuff gain from allies is unresistable. His tenacity will not help him here unfortunately.

KeKattia

ritos wrote: »

To be honest I'd just tell you don't waste your time, credits, and mods. Focus on better Sith characters like Dooku, Vader, Maul.

TBH under a Maul lead I would throw out Vader, Sidious, Dooku, Palpatine, Nihilus and Sith Trooper before I'd drop Savage, worth every single piece of gear and every mod I use on him.

For mods I use and offense and a defense set, Speed, Crit damage and offense primaries on the right side.

Bigboy2004

He's tough because witches lol

Krillion

zSavage is very useful on my Zaul,Zavage,ST,Nih,Palp team. Not many setups it cant beat. He has won me many matches just by himself. Most toons are screwed fighting him 1 on 1, even 2-3 on 1 ive won if they dont have a way to stop the healing. Plus modded right he hits as hard as maul does on non Jedi.

https://swgoh.gg/u/krillion/

WompWompRat

He's Maul's bro man .. he has it in his genes (and a little help from the nightsisters!)

Dark_Helmet152

If you don't have Boba, Zader or Nihilus he is **** near invincible.

mlb1399

I've never thought he was a big problem. Even against Zavage, it makes him more annoying to kill but not a game changer.

Zooey

KeKattia wrote: »

ritos wrote: »

To be honest I'd just tell you don't waste your time, credits, and mods. Focus on better Sith characters like Dooku, Vader, Maul.

TBH under a Maul lead I would throw out Vader, Sidious, Dooku, Palpatine, Nihilus and Sith Trooper before I'd drop Savage, worth every single piece of gear and every mod I use on him.

For mods I use and offense and a defense set, Speed, Crit damage and offense primaries on the right side.

Yeah exactly. He's the most valuable member of my Sith team, and far better than Dooku or Vader.

zombiwan_kenobi

How is he performing against EP under Nihilus lead ?
No TM gain, no health and he can't get rid of anything since no one crits him.

Dark_Helmet152

zombiwan_kenobi wrote: »

How is he performing against EP under Nihilus lead ?
No TM gain, no health and he can't get rid of anything since no one crits him.

He can't crit under Nihilus lead, opponents can crit him though.

Tatebomb

He doesn't work well in my shard. Too many DN running around.

Ig88isboss

Will be quite the waste of a zeta when zaul meta dies.

WompWompRat

Ig88isboss wrote: »

Will be quite the waste of a zeta when zaul meta dies.

Hence why I'm still sitting on my zeta. I'd rather wait to see how R2 impacts the field instead of betting on Zavage that might not be so useful in a few weeks

Tatebomb

Ig88isboss wrote: »

Will be quite the waste of a zeta when zaul meta dies.

You could say that for basically anyone though. Metas change and with them characters you've invested a lot of time in become weak. Almost like EA wants you to keep having to invest in new characters or something......

Holio

All of the top zMaul teams are doing it.. every single one of them on my shard.. all have nihilius, sith assassin and zSavage..