09-08-2016, 07:51 AM
January Update: Rougue One is here and the power creep of new characters comes with it. Jyn Erso, Baze Malbus, Chirrut, and Shoretrooper are all must haves if you can get your hands on them.
With Rancor raid completely farmed, I would not bother even working on any characters that are useful for it. Just get your damage on the boards and get some rewards. Focus should be more on AAT Raid now. And each phase of AAT generally requires a certain team.
NOTE: Credit heist event requires 5 scoundrels, it's a huge amount of money and you should probably always be working in the background at building a scoundrel team. My recommendation for a team would be Lando, Boba Fett, STHan, IG88, Greedo.
I would say right now, the two most important characters are Lando and STHan. Mostly for credit heist, but Lando works EVERYWHERE, and STHan is an arena must have (for now) and needed for credit heist.
Cantina battles:
Lando is probably the most important toon to work on right out of the gate. He is used for Scoundrels Credit Heist, also has the rebel tag for their events, and is very usefull in GW and arena. Work on him right away node 1-E
Tie Fighter Pilot - insane single target damage, gains foresight (automatic dodge) a lot, and has a great AoE that makes enemies immune to buffs. A great arena option, and anywhere else in the game
Wedge crazy AoE and Biggs synergy
B2 Super Battle Droid. Great defensive unit, removes buffs, AoE, super fast.
Anakin crazy AoE
Aayla Secura is a must have in p1 of AAT Raid
Royal Guard - Good defense unit
Scarif Rebel Pathfinder - jury is still out but looks like a good rebel tank
Geo Soldier battle 1-A great DPSer with assist attack that can be used everywhere. Though lower on the list now he might still be a good farm for newer players.
Chief Chirpa is now considered a must have for P3 of AAT raid IF and only IF you have Palpatine.
Cantina Shipments:
Boba Fett - has been reworked and is a must have for a great AoE, auto rez, and instakill shot. Probably more useful than QGJ in the late game
Qui Gon Jin...must have, useful everywhere. Complete focus should be here because the rest of the choices aren't great.
Jawa Scavenger must have for AAT Raid, his thermal detonator mechanic dishes out a ton of damage
CT-5555 (5s) useful in rancor raid for slow mechanic
Ahsoka had a rework and is useful with Anakin synergy now
Poe - been showing up in high level arena teams lately, need him for Speed mod challenge
Hoth Rebel Scout - good DPS, good Rebel team synergy
Old Daka - good dark side healer
Galactic War:
Biggs is a must have. great synergy with Wedge, best assist attack in game, great single target damage
Phasma great utility in all aspects
Datcha great DPS for AAt raid
Teebo is a MUST have for Rancor Raid.
Lumi is useful for mid levels but becomes useless at high level (probably do her first for a bit until 4 stars)
IG-86 ultimate glass cannon, great DPS, very squishy
Arena:
STHan very useful in arena and GW and must have for credit heist. By far the best Arena shipment farm.
IG-88 great AoE attack, very squishy a must for weekly credit heist event.
Ackbar must have for ship combat, good for AAT raid to clear debuffs and heal
Mace must have for ship combat
Nebit needed for new raid, good for droid arena teams
HK-47 must have if you run a droid team
Leia good DPS, used to be insane but was nerfed recently
Greedo if you need another for credit heist
Guild Store: Guild Store has changed a lot and is maybe the most important for characters now. Rey is now no longer a must have, she's still good but I never use her really.
Darth Maul has be retuned and rocks, especially with his zeta
Sun Fac is a must have tank with counterattack and self heals, a major nuisance.
Rex is a great arena option, he can clear debuffs and puts tenacity on everyone.
Ima Gun Di is a must have for AAT p1
Commander Cody is a great option for clone synergy and AAT raid.
Ewok Elder (must have for raids)
Rey
Jawa Engineer great for AAT and arena droid team
Dengar tenacity down in raids, need a scoundrel for Credit Heist
Fleet Shipments
Vader - here's the place to finish out your Vader shards
Darth Maul
Sun Fac
Shipments
Baze Malbus - This is the only place currently to get Malbus shards other than Chromium packs. If you have the extra crystals it's probably worth slowly working on him. He's a beast.
Chirrut
Shoretrooper
I would also say at this point I would only spend guild store currency on characters and not on raid gear. Since we are doing T7 raids we will be getting them a lot quicker.
Here's a spreadsheet that someone from the subreddit put together, looks very helpful:
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With Rancor raid completely farmed, I would not bother even working on any characters that are useful for it. Just get your damage on the boards and get some rewards. Focus should be more on AAT Raid now. And each phase of AAT generally requires a certain team.
NOTE: Credit heist event requires 5 scoundrels, it's a huge amount of money and you should probably always be working in the background at building a scoundrel team. My recommendation for a team would be Lando, Boba Fett, STHan, IG88, Greedo.
I would say right now, the two most important characters are Lando and STHan. Mostly for credit heist, but Lando works EVERYWHERE, and STHan is an arena must have (for now) and needed for credit heist.
Cantina battles:
Lando is probably the most important toon to work on right out of the gate. He is used for Scoundrels Credit Heist, also has the rebel tag for their events, and is very usefull in GW and arena. Work on him right away node 1-E
Tie Fighter Pilot - insane single target damage, gains foresight (automatic dodge) a lot, and has a great AoE that makes enemies immune to buffs. A great arena option, and anywhere else in the game
Wedge crazy AoE and Biggs synergy
B2 Super Battle Droid. Great defensive unit, removes buffs, AoE, super fast.
Anakin crazy AoE
Aayla Secura is a must have in p1 of AAT Raid
Royal Guard - Good defense unit
Scarif Rebel Pathfinder - jury is still out but looks like a good rebel tank
Geo Soldier battle 1-A great DPSer with assist attack that can be used everywhere. Though lower on the list now he might still be a good farm for newer players.
Chief Chirpa is now considered a must have for P3 of AAT raid IF and only IF you have Palpatine.
Cantina Shipments:
Boba Fett - has been reworked and is a must have for a great AoE, auto rez, and instakill shot. Probably more useful than QGJ in the late game
Qui Gon Jin...must have, useful everywhere. Complete focus should be here because the rest of the choices aren't great.
Jawa Scavenger must have for AAT Raid, his thermal detonator mechanic dishes out a ton of damage
CT-5555 (5s) useful in rancor raid for slow mechanic
Ahsoka had a rework and is useful with Anakin synergy now
Poe - been showing up in high level arena teams lately, need him for Speed mod challenge
Hoth Rebel Scout - good DPS, good Rebel team synergy
Old Daka - good dark side healer
Galactic War:
Biggs is a must have. great synergy with Wedge, best assist attack in game, great single target damage
Phasma great utility in all aspects
Datcha great DPS for AAt raid
Teebo is a MUST have for Rancor Raid.
Lumi is useful for mid levels but becomes useless at high level (probably do her first for a bit until 4 stars)
IG-86 ultimate glass cannon, great DPS, very squishy
Arena:
STHan very useful in arena and GW and must have for credit heist. By far the best Arena shipment farm.
IG-88 great AoE attack, very squishy a must for weekly credit heist event.
Ackbar must have for ship combat, good for AAT raid to clear debuffs and heal
Mace must have for ship combat
Nebit needed for new raid, good for droid arena teams
HK-47 must have if you run a droid team
Leia good DPS, used to be insane but was nerfed recently
Greedo if you need another for credit heist
Guild Store: Guild Store has changed a lot and is maybe the most important for characters now. Rey is now no longer a must have, she's still good but I never use her really.
Darth Maul has be retuned and rocks, especially with his zeta
Sun Fac is a must have tank with counterattack and self heals, a major nuisance.
Rex is a great arena option, he can clear debuffs and puts tenacity on everyone.
Ima Gun Di is a must have for AAT p1
Commander Cody is a great option for clone synergy and AAT raid.
Ewok Elder (must have for raids)
Rey
Jawa Engineer great for AAT and arena droid team
Dengar tenacity down in raids, need a scoundrel for Credit Heist
Fleet Shipments
Vader - here's the place to finish out your Vader shards
Darth Maul
Sun Fac
Shipments
Baze Malbus - This is the only place currently to get Malbus shards other than Chromium packs. If you have the extra crystals it's probably worth slowly working on him. He's a beast.
Chirrut
Shoretrooper
I would also say at this point I would only spend guild store currency on characters and not on raid gear. Since we are doing T7 raids we will be getting them a lot quicker.
Here's a spreadsheet that someone from the subreddit put together, looks very helpful:
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10vG3ISzz6hIvQpCj13WxhkvvpDqGCAX7zwj0i7EnEw8/edit#gid=0">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... edit#gid=0</a><!-- m -->