IG-88 at level 70
So I read somewhere that IG-88 falls off relative to other characters when level cap is increased to 70. I spent a little bit of time looking at him and I'm not clear why. His health is still awful but on par with Maul who's a similar major AOE force.
When the level cap goes up he instantly gets two pieces of gear that will give him damage and crit damage boosts. I think he speed is still sufficient, particularly with a Poggle speed boost. He doesn't need to get out of round 1 to be able to influence a battle. He just needs his one attack.
So am I missing something or is there a reason why he will lose power relative to others? Is it simply because so many other characters will be getting a damage boost that ANY low health chars are persona non grata?
When the level cap goes up he instantly gets two pieces of gear that will give him damage and crit damage boosts. I think he speed is still sufficient, particularly with a Poggle speed boost. He doesn't need to get out of round 1 to be able to influence a battle. He just needs his one attack.
So am I missing something or is there a reason why he will lose power relative to others? Is it simply because so many other characters will be getting a damage boost that ANY low health chars are persona non grata?
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This. Strange as it sounds I'm building a team around him...haven't decided if I'm going to bust him out yet...he's only 5*
His value as an equal opportunity AOE attacker when you can get dots on 4-5 enemy toons before 88 pops with a Poggle buff is without equal. I have him at 4* now and use him in GW even though he dies quite frequently just because it's fun to watch. I can't afford to sub him into Arena until he's at least 6* and maybe not until he's 7*. Way too easy to kill.
I'm thinking of just pooping Lumi's heal second round no matter what...use Blast for block first round, then just let 88 heal two rounds if possible.
People are gonna say what they say, no one actually know how each characters will play out long term, but if you read the description of the characters, no matter the lvl or progression they will serve their purpose. The description does not change.
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Pretty much everyone maxes out at 7.
He's on a level playing field right now. The only character that I know of who will fall off is JC.
As far as IG-88, I use SID + Poe, and can generally hit for a really large amount with his AOE. He is hella squishy, so if they can kill him before POE then you are jacked.
It does feel good to see the opponent be at 20-30% on all characters before they even have a move
Yeah same, I've rarely seen him dodge.
@EA_Jesse @CG_JohnSalera @CG_AaronNemoyten according to its description, ig88 should be character with high dodge. But I seldom see him dodge too. I wonder if the CG devs can look into this? Thanks
I Read the new Stats on SWGOH Cantina and he seems to do the same at LvL 70. His Playstyle i would say is the same on 70 as on 60. Big Damage Numbers but 0 Health.
Why do you run a daka in that team? Just curious, im about to make a droid team myself.
If they have hk47 as leader, yes they will be fast
But with hk47 and poggles speed boost they are very quick
Even so, he has a chance for multiple crits with his AOE attack and hits hard with the Pog offense and speed up buff. Each crit fills his turn meter 30% and he gets multiple crits a lot, which lead to him getting to go twice in a row. The heal immunity is nice too. Will often cause the AI to waste a heal.
Do yourself a favor and ignore any speculation. No one really knows anything yet.
That wouldn't be wise. I'm FTP and I have enough crystals saved up and resources to be able to level/gear up a primary set of 5 reasonably fast though I'm sure I'll lag behind a few spenders. I have several options but bringing up even a single toon that will become ineffective at 70 will be such a huge waste of resources it'll take a long time to recover if I'm even able.
I've done some of the legwork myself and think I'm going to be able to make something workable but if there is something I missed this is one of two places I can go to see if people have found something I've missed.
IG-88 is a huge risk/reward toon. I'm certain that his HP pool relative to damage (as well as Poe's) will make both less effective at 70. However I believe AOE toons will be more effective at 70 for the same reason that low HP cannons will lose their effectiveness.
While Sid and Poe are still the primary focus of my arena builds and will remain at 70 the rest of the arena team have question marks.
But if people just want to wait until 70 goes live then more power to them. It certainly is possible that the game developers will tweek all the toons to prevent what I think will happen from looking at the data. I just doubt they'll do anything drastic until it becomes obvious what the problems are to everyone.
He gains a lot more then most others, including aoe defense down