IG-100 Magnaguard tips and tricks, with video
July 7, 2016 7:30PM
edited July 2016
I've been quite vocal about how valuable a droid team member 100 is, so I'm putting this up for later reference if I need it.
The first important point to note is that he's not the best at anything he does but he's good at everything he does. There are stronger AoE toons, better counter hitters and sturdier taunting tanks. But in a droid team it's hard to find anything that fits as well across all fields. For most of the below, assume he's under an Omega HK lead.
He'll hit for fairly regular crits around the 5-6K mark with his basic and 4-5K with his AoE. Each of those will bump his TM up by 50%.
His AoE gets bumped by 35% (+5% vs Jedi) if it misses. This equates to requiring either 2 crits or 3 misses to ensure he goes again.
An important step occurs here because if he gets that second attack then he technically hasn't been attacked since his last turn and his speed+ will trigger. Note that his basic can cause damage- on an opponent even if it misses.
Once in the mid game of the fight I've found that enemy AoEs will trigger his counter more than direct attacks (although that's possibly just my own perception). But when his counter hits and lands him another crit, he's back up another 50%TM. This high activity level keeps him relevant and throwing out lots of attacks however, he is often ignored for the most part at this stage of the fight.
Once in the end game, his AoE becomes less effective as there's less targets to reap TM from. It's at this point he starts to become a target and his counters really come into their own.
GG can force a taunt on him. This should be amazing as he gets to churn up the enemy with counter hits. The downside is that he will only hold this taunt for 1 turn so if he gets two crits from the first two counters, GG has lost his protection.
There are other small intricacies that having him present can produce: As another droid, he enhance's IG86's output and increase GG's hit points.
As I think of more benefits (and some down points, other than being stunned), I'll them here but for now take a look at how this fight went. It's against a rare Akbar lead but all the usual suspects are there. I didn't expect to win this one but I haven't faced this build much before today so I thought I'd record it for posterity. Enjoy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm9g8e2ageA&sns=em
The first important point to note is that he's not the best at anything he does but he's good at everything he does. There are stronger AoE toons, better counter hitters and sturdier taunting tanks. But in a droid team it's hard to find anything that fits as well across all fields. For most of the below, assume he's under an Omega HK lead.
He'll hit for fairly regular crits around the 5-6K mark with his basic and 4-5K with his AoE. Each of those will bump his TM up by 50%.
His AoE gets bumped by 35% (+5% vs Jedi) if it misses. This equates to requiring either 2 crits or 3 misses to ensure he goes again.
An important step occurs here because if he gets that second attack then he technically hasn't been attacked since his last turn and his speed+ will trigger. Note that his basic can cause damage- on an opponent even if it misses.
Once in the mid game of the fight I've found that enemy AoEs will trigger his counter more than direct attacks (although that's possibly just my own perception). But when his counter hits and lands him another crit, he's back up another 50%TM. This high activity level keeps him relevant and throwing out lots of attacks however, he is often ignored for the most part at this stage of the fight.
Once in the end game, his AoE becomes less effective as there's less targets to reap TM from. It's at this point he starts to become a target and his counters really come into their own.
GG can force a taunt on him. This should be amazing as he gets to churn up the enemy with counter hits. The downside is that he will only hold this taunt for 1 turn so if he gets two crits from the first two counters, GG has lost his protection.
There are other small intricacies that having him present can produce: As another droid, he enhance's IG86's output and increase GG's hit points.
As I think of more benefits (and some down points, other than being stunned), I'll them here but for now take a look at how this fight went. It's against a rare Akbar lead but all the usual suspects are there. I didn't expect to win this one but I haven't faced this build much before today so I thought I'd record it for posterity. Enjoy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm9g8e2ageA&sns=emJust because more people say it, doesn't make it more right.
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Thanks for the suggestions yesterday. I swapped ig100 in for 86 this morning, and have only lost one match on defense all day@SifuSteve
(Plus now I can use my next furnace on HK instead of 86 to have all my droids g9)
IMO no. RG or 100 in place of GS though.
GG takes forever to star up, but when I compare my 5* GG with my 7* 88, both gear 10, GG has more HP, hits harder, and IMO his utility is greater.
The stats are swgoh.gg are accurate: GG has the hardest hitting basic in the game (not counting crit boost or offense up or other boosts like being 86's assist), and the 4th hardest hitting AoE in the game after Darth Maul (who isn't playable anyway), snowtrooper (who is only playable on an empire team) and, as of this week, the new JKA. And by the way his basic can't be countered or evaded, and his laugh gives the entire other team health down and -30% TM, and is quite potent at gear 10.
Here's a longer analysis I wrote a couple weeks ago comparing GG and 88: https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com/discussion/comment/471447/#Comment_471447
This grinding meant spending about 300 crystals a day refreshing energy to complete all the hard mode battles that would get me shard shop currency and spending every Arena, GW and Cantina payment on toons I'd already maxed.
If Guilds hadn't have come along, I could justify it. But I now find myself with a serious deficit compared to my piers. I was already at 5* on GG when they were introduced so I resolved to stay the course. I'm not in a particularly active guild so I still hold my own but I could have been a top contributor to a top guild if I hadn't chased GG.
It's your call. I saved 50+ purple mats and 10 Omega mats + 3M creds and a whole bunch of training droids to get GG involved as soon as I unlocked him. But the truth is that you will have to endure that grind many times over to make him a top tier toon.
My honest advice would be to max out 100. You'll see the benefit in a very short time by comparison to GG. By the time you have, B2 will be farmable and R2D2 will be available which will change the droid squad dynamics considerably. It is fair to say that GG is a rich man's 88 and you already have that base covered.
Good luck. If you're on my server, I expect to see you soon. (",)
EDIT: Apologies. By the time I'd spewed all that out, two posters had already given solid advice. That'll teach me for frothing.
With HK lead, JE and 86 you'll get much more benefited from ig100 than GS. That should be your first move. I'd only go after GG if you have all the GW toons you want.
Against other teams though the tag team AoE really shines, and a 47 88 100 JE B2 (or GG) team can end opponents before they even get a chance to move.
+1 @SifuSteve excellent analysis, totally agree about the grind. For me it's also about the cool factor: GG is a strong addition to a droid team, but he's also super fun to play.
Now let's just wait till we can use mods to increase 88's HP and B2's damage...this is gonna be fun!
Same problem but I am from south america.
Dusted off my old photobucket account and popped it on there. Sorry for the mess around. Sony can fellate me...
I just got my IG 100 at Gear level IX and oh Boy he needs another bunch of hard to farm pieces... I will get him to 7* the next days and will save my next Omegas for him, hope he will do well enough. My Plan is to switch my RG with him.
My current Team is HK47, IG88, IG86, JE and RG and I am top 20 most of the time, sometimes payout works fine enough for top5. Most Teams around me have 39k power so I am still the underdog (under 35k) and feel that most players will chose me as a opponent over the common full powered "Meta Teams". How good is IG100 at Defense? I feel nobody will touch him unless he is the last Droid on the field.
What is the best Ability for the first Omega? I think first Basic, than AoE than Counterattack, right?
For Omega, I actually went basic, counter, AoE. Basic and Counter work well together and the real bonus from his AoE is that it gives him a second shot. His counter isn't especially reliable but is a really effective way to boost his speed, therefore you want it maxed to increase its frequency. As you've also alluded to, he gets most of his fighting done in the end game and with less toons on the field, his AoE is obviously less effective.
Let's get the obvious suggestion out of the way first: HK and JE for your front and back. Then it comes down to how well kitted your IGs and GG (I hope you saved a lot of mats for him!) are.
At 4* GG is still a force to be reckoned with as long as he's at gear VIII and you have all his skills (except leader) at lvl6. Prioritise his basic for raw damage and his unique for hit point bonuses, which he'll really need. When I first ran him at 4*, there was no JE so I had 5 droids. That gave him a workable amount of hit points (and at the time, there weren't many players out there with all 5 droids, so I enjoyed the kudos!).
If you're not going to go all-droid then Grievous is comparable to 88. You don't want both of those in the same team as they'll be too squishy. I would recommend:
1: HK, GG, 100, B2, JE
You have three tanky droids in that lineup that can weather the storm after your initial barrage. B2 is the key to hitting the top tiers as he'll stop those pesky taunters soaking your blows.
Alternatively, if your B2 isn't up to scratch, go with:
2: HK, GG, 100, 86, JE
100 and HK can both tank a lot of damage in case GG commands them to taunt. 86 hits like a freight train and there's a chance he'll call in GG to deliver the strongest basic in the game (gaining him further TM on a crit).
Use GG's and JE's basics against counter fighters to hurt them with impunity and use 100's basic against heavy hitters to try and inflict damage-down.
I run the first lineup with only 6* on GG and B2 and as of 20 minutes ago, was sat at #4.
My guys are geared thusly:
HK47 7* gear 8
Ig88 7* gear 9
Ig86 7* gear 8
Ig100 7* gear 9
B2 7* gear 9
JE 6* gear 10
GG is in process so I'll probably need about a week or so to get him to gear 8 and lvl 7 abilities. But it sounds like you're saying is that I should run HK, 100, b2, GG and JE (as soon as GG is ready).
Update: I was off on my timeline. GG is now lvl 70 4* gear 8. His basic is lvl 7 and his special is lvl 6, the 2 aoes are lvl 5.
EDIT for some reason my video got hijacked...
Let's try again.
Welcome to the grindous club, @UlicQ !
I agree with most of what @SifuSteve wrote, but I prefer to run GG and 88 simultaneously. At gear 10, neither is very squishy, and with my JE at 7* gear 10 too, he has enough HP+protection (25k total) that he sticks around to revive one or both if necessary. The key is to make sure your JE has more HP+protection than GG or 88 so that he's not targeted first by AI.
IMO it's best to run as many AoE toons as possible to maximize the utility of HK lead, so I made the tough decision to bench my IG-86 after gearing him to 11 and throwing 10 omegas at him.
I run HK(L), B2, GG, 88, JE. All 7* except GG (5*), and all maxed on gear (all gear 10 with additional gear toward gear 11 as much as possible), all omegaed on every ability (except mortal wound and grievous wounds cause who cares about healing immunity). I get #1 on my Nov launch shard when I feel like sniping, top 5 when I'm lazy. Haven't dropped out of the top 15 in months, even when I was on vacation for a week. My shard is still heavy on the meta: OB(L), QGJ, Rey, RG, Sth. They have almost no chance against a fully geared droid team, even when I'm on defense.
So what you're saying is regardless of anything else 86 is out.
I guess I'll just swap 88 and 100 in and out as I see fit.
I refer to him as the droid equivalent of Fives. He has the same effect in battles.
Works for me... Strange.
Photobucket's changed a lot since I last used it and isn't very user friendly any more. But if this keeps happening I may need to look into an alternative video hosting site with less fierce copyright police...