I've been playing since mid Dec. I have 35-ish toons now but never had Barriss. Kept hoping to pull her from a Bronzium but best I ever got from that was Ahsoka a month back. Finally decided to go after Barriss strictly for GW and just to see what she was about actually using her vs. seeing her on defense. I know she hits like a wet noodle but that heal!
Just got her this morning. Leveled her up to 66 (my A and B team are 70) and got her to Gear 6 with 3 slots to go for 7. Abilities are 5, 5, 5, 3.
So a "mediocre" 4 star Barriss at Level 66 and blue gear...
Stuck her in lead with Lumi and JC. Added GS and RP. I nearly ran the full GW with zero retreats! From node 7 on I start seeing the Level 70 purple teams arrive. I have finished the majority of my GW's for a while now but that was with retreats, suicide squads, etc. My last few days I was down to a couple toons at the end of things. Today I only lost Barriss and that was at Node 11 and I knew I just had one node left (and it was a hard battle). The only thing I had to do was swap out RP for Dooku against the Jedi heavy teams.
One really nice added bonus. My last node was a 70, 7* purple team with Yoda and Rey. I used that as training since my entire roster minus Barriss was at full health! They both can give me fits with what feels like constant foresight up so I cant touch them. I actually still have that battle up so I can try more squads out. I got shredded more than a few times but that is why I am keeping the battle going.
So if you are on the fence about Barriss, go get her even for just GW! Triple heals with two DPS makes GW enjoyable again. I plan on at least getting her to purple gear but she is pretty viable just at 4*.
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I have lumi and JC aswell but I really prefer Barriss to JC.
She is also my last jedi to 7* for next YODA event. Currently on 35/85. I think I will make it in time.
On my side: 120 shards collected... still collecting... hoping to get her out of bronzium before I reach 330 shards ;-)
Bariss is a godsend.
FYI but a high crit team with a healer works wonders on the QGJ/Yoda/Rey/Dooku/RG squad. IG-88(l), IG-86, GS, Poggle, Luminari.
I dropped healers months ago but since nothing defends well anymore I said screw it and started using Lumi again. IG-88 is the only regular one-shot on my squad but it's strong enough it can survive losing anyone focus'd, get a heal from Lumi (or have 4 full fledge DPS ready), and clean up against all those fast glass cannons.
Give it a shot if you have them.
There are no detractors. Nobody disputes that Bariss is useful in GW. That said, I'm sitting on 300 shards, will activate her when the next Yoda event is near. I'll farm the remaining 30 shards to 7 stars in case she doesn't drop in Bronziums by then, haha. Fat chance, I know but I don't need her. Lumi, Dooku, Daka, JC and Sid here, can't remember when I lost a GW.
I am working with a sort of DPS team now. I also dropped a healer a while back as most matches are over in a few rounds at most.
Right now working with GS and RP as my two main guns. I have 86 at 5* and 88 is only 4*. Poggle is 6* since I used him a lot in the past.
My OK team is Sid, GS, RP, QGJ, Phasma. Sid for crit chance/heal block on teams with a healer, GS, QGJ assists, GS, RP for damage, Phasma for TM manipulation. QGJ also gives me offense up since I took Poggle out.
You gotta get that basic ability up; she heals so often in GW with ability 7.
I also use that exact GW squad. Still find some slightly tougher battles, but have won 23/24 GW. I still wish I had gotten Barriss sooner. Having my A and B teams pretty set in stone it's been fun mixing and matching for GW. Added a little something to do without mindlessly playing without enjoying the game. My LS squad has been woefully behind for most of the game so far, so she's become a total game-changer. I don't focus much on arena, usually finishing top 50 in a mid/late-December server.
TL/DR: she's junk in arena and a beast in GW and LS missions. Heal supersedes heal-block. Might as well be swinging a 4 foot uncooked sausage.
@KamikazeRhombus Thanks for the tip I just upgraded her basic to 7. I looked at my JC and I've upgraded him as well. He had abilities at 3/4 since I started playing two months ago.
I got her basic to 7 about a week ago and she heals everyone so often and for a big amount with her basic attacks. I go through GW with much less total heals, relying mostly on her lead ability and basic to heal everyone. Did 50 GWs without her and only got her for yoda for the next event which sadly might be a while from now. But I definitely don't regret it. She made GW much easier. Also more fun because I can test my Rey out in GW because barriss gives her enough HP to get through
But GW gets more and more frustrating recently. And I could really need those tokens, credits and most importantly ability mats.