So with all the tank busting and taunt avoiding characters that are so commonplace nowadays...
Is it really worth running a tank anymore in arena?
It's almost gotten to the point where using a tank is a liability.. sure they theoretically serve their purpose and I guess they make you look tougher to your opponents... but what do they really do?
Get fractured immediately? ...or just get obliterated before they move by anyone who has a half decent team?
There's so many ways to nullify or avoid taunting characters now that they almost serve no purpose at all...
So tanks or no tanks?
What's your opinion?
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All were meta. Because you can't run 4 supports or 5 attackers. Can't do it. You need balance. Just started a thread because IMO, no team can survive as meta much if all from same faction.
You need the benefits from each type. Tanks have it perks, you'll need those, they'll continue to be. Maybe not the current tanks, but there is always a tank in the meta.
Why not just push the other team even more and ditch a tank character all together?
I'm actually a fan of the two tanks, especially if one is a soft taunt like GK or RG. With that said I feel we are still under the illusion that defence means something in arena. Perhaps in newer shards but shards older than a year the top 10 can all beat each other any time. I run tanks when they provide more than just a taunt. Right now I run Shore and Storm in a full empire squad. Both of these toons provide good utility beyond just a tank.
I do find it much more enjoyable to breeze to the top during my climb each day by running just a straight up offence team.
All I have to do is keep him from doing his thing and I can do my thing.
Pretty boring really.
I hope OT Rebels make things interesting in arena again.
To your point, when people fight my squad, they lock down my tank(s) and pick my squad apart.
Dropping tanks just keeps them from having to lock someone down. I don't think it will make much difference either way.
What good does a tank really do in today’s arena? Get stunned and buff blocked and fractured and then stand there while the rest of your team gets blasted?
I have just started messing around with it again... and it might be garbage honestly...
But here’s some (very) early videos of a “no tanks” team in action...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-GEYmVM-Rfc
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NdtuUkHWH5s
Tanked teams are easy to beat but tankless teams are easier
Are they really though?
You basically have to use one ability to nullify the tank (if there’s only one)
It seems like a single tank is borderline useless... two tanks might cut the mustard... 3 tanks??? (People are doing it)
How much do you sacrifice for the tank(s) on your team? Some of them bring some utility.
GK is a fantastic character for example... until he’s stunned and buff blocked and fractured...
I guess they have their moments l... but in today’s arena it seems like they have lost a lot of usefulness
but still it’s on full auto so any win is a great one
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b_7v1ehk8-g
Yeah but what difference does it make? Your non-useful character has been fractured vs you’re useful one?
If they’re all useful then what difference does it make?
Here’s another video... vs a different JRT team
Pretty ugly
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jP5Y0vJtn90
getting a tank fractured is much better than getting cls or Jedi rey fractured. so that's why tank matters
in your team i wouldnt bother fracturing tarkin or krennic
palpatine could be worthwhile to fracture if i really want him not to get a single turn. fracturing vader also would be good.
or thrawn as well. oh you dont use thrawn ok dt then.
but i think i would generally fracture vader and kill palp, and then kill death, then the rest
Is getting your useless tank fractured better than someone else?
Here’s another vs CLS...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3nDK0Q-5KV0
“Livin’ on the edge”
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2jxQELVnYo
ofcouse it's 100000000 times better off to get a tank fractured than getting a core character that makes the team work fractured
That’s why they are more useful. You get tabking and some kind of support function in 1.
I have to agree with OP and... Darth Bane -Think like a Sith would do-
I like this a little better than the Tarkin version from the videos. How does it handle NS?
But, while zombie is possibly the second best tank in the game - all that NS stuff is useless if it's not an NS team - no drag and drop.