why is GS better than Fives?
January 28, 2016 10:17PM
edited January 2016
Fives also has an assist call and has more hp - thus can assist more often. Am I missing the point of GS? I see he is usually run without other geonosians...
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This.
They are two different types of characters that have their own advantages and disadvantages. GS is a heavy damage dealer that is also squishy. Fives has a lot less damage, but is tanky.
Even at 3 stars he fit in well with my 6 star Phasma, Lumi and Sid and did more damage than most of them. He'll get taken down quick no matter what so his health isn't quite as important and his damage is still great. In the time it takes to get to 5's turn, GS will have had a bigger effect on the round than 5's will make in all of his turns combined. Partially because of his damage and partially because the other team is forced to deal with him right away, allowing Sid to heal block, Lumi to ability block, and Phasma and Han (don't have Poe yet) to take control of the turn meter and taunt, thus saving Sid and Lumi even longer.
THIS
Fives is SO much slower and lower damage. He is tanky, but that doesn't really matter for anything right now since damage is all so high. Take GS in a fight against a poe/FOTP/QGJ team (current meta) and he can hit fast still, and hard, and call in an assist. He can possibly OHK QGJ or a lower star FOTP. Meanwhile Fives will probably go once by the time the enemy team has done 2 entire turns of attacks. Fives is usually one of the last people targeted because his slow speed and mediocre damage make him a non-threat.
Which is so sad, because he has so much potential in many different setups. He's no threat when controlled by the AI, and his kit is so much fun too
Slap together 3 Aoe heroes plus Poe and Poggle, profit.
Well, his basic is the source of his offense up buff, so unless someone else has gotten him to proc it off their assist calls, it'd still get used for the buff (it's a significant difference-maker).
So is GS really only valuable in Arena? And, I assume with Sid as lead? Who usually shows up on the team to benefit GS the most? ty again.
Fives is a tank. He's designed to take hits and counter with his devastating counter attack (it does nearly double the damage of his basic) and spread his slow debuff to the whole enemy team. I find he's a great counter to Dooku and Sidious
They're really not comparable at all
His basic does a multiattack on anyone with speed down at lvl 76.
Pair him with Phasma and his basic/counter's gonna hit for twice most of the time.
Im loving my fives with phasma. He has helped me win fights easier in arenas, but sucks on defense so my ranks fall back pretty far throughout the day.
He also is very fun and effective in GW. Got him at 5 stars now with purple gear. Stopped farming him to go after QGJ however, because... it's QGJ
Yeah same here. He sucks on defense right now. I'm halfway through bringing him to 6* so I'll switch to QGJ after that.
I just feel he's gonna be a beast with the next level cap increase
Great comments on this thread as well. Really solid arguments for GS. I'll go star him after I unlock Kylo.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: You can't be a tank without taunt. If you're not drawing fire, you're not a "tank" in the gaming sense.
GS works better with Sid in the lead, for big crits. Fives, arguably, is better with a phasma-led team.
Removed my 6 star lvl 66 5s from my Phasma build and got Poggle 6 star instead. Too slow and I would get pushed way down. Doesn't really contribute in attacks too as most games are over inside of 2 turns.
He was good when the level cap was 60, now meh... I use him in GW and LS missions though.
7 star Phasma, Sid, Lum and Kylo.
Working on doing the same thing right now. He's okay, but he just doesn't affect the game as much as he used to. Still incredibly helpful for galactic war and light side, but his damage and slow down aren't as impactful in arena with my lineup. I can still beat most teams on my server, but I get kicked back down to the 20's at night.
I have the same lineup as Azraelrulez. Planning on replacing 5's with QGJ and Lumi with Poggle.
Geo is one of the fastest, hardest hitting hero's.
Fives has the highest health and low everything else.
There you go.