I think if you run a different or unique team it could be wise to switch to a meta team at the end. People want to fight different teams so you’d naturally stick out and be a target. If you fit in to the norm then you’re less of a target.
I used to. Since I don't spend a bunch of money on the game, I take a long time to farm up new teams when the meta shifts. Often my new team will be better than my old team on offense but terrible on defense, so I would do four matches with them and then the final match with my old team so I held ground a little better overnight.
Eventually the new team eclipses the old team and they stay in. Droids replaced my mish-mash from when I was leveling, jedi replaced droids, resistance replaced jedi. Currently working on Luke-led rebels to replace resistance, and the world just keeps turning.
I do, but I think the effect is more psychological than anything else. Like someone else said earlier, no team really holds on defense, but I think there are definitely teams that people look at and think "I can beat that, but it'll be annoying / take a long time." Those are the ones I try to leave on defense.
A team that you think is more likely to hold on defense because it's hard for other people to beat. There was a time when this was a big strategy, putting in teams known as "timeout" teams because they didn't do much damage but were really hard to beat in 5 minutes. That was before we got 4x speed and some really high damage characters.
With Titans, I used zolo vs. other CLS teams and DN against GK/Zarriss. I found on my shard that leaving zolo in tended to hold better. Now I run JTR and switch around my back two quite a bit for testing/fun, but I try to fight with double-Kenobi as my last battle of the day.
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No, I don’t change teams. Put your best/fastest offensive squad in and leave it.
If there was a defensive squad that actually worked, everyone would run it and ranks wouldn’t change ;-)
Eventually the new team eclipses the old team and they stay in. Droids replaced my mish-mash from when I was leveling, jedi replaced droids, resistance replaced jedi. Currently working on Luke-led rebels to replace resistance, and the world just keeps turning.
This. Same thing with switching mods. Generally the only time I do that is if needed to beat an event for the first time.
A team that you think is more likely to hold on defense because it's hard for other people to beat. There was a time when this was a big strategy, putting in teams known as "timeout" teams because they didn't do much damage but were really hard to beat in 5 minutes. That was before we got 4x speed and some really high damage characters.