Which one is the best 4 heroes group?

[Which one is the best 4 heroes group?]

 

 

In my opinion, the best group consists of Diala, Gideon, and then some combination of Gaarkhan, Verena (tho not both Gaarkhan & Verena), Fenn, or Mak (Jyn is close to making the cut but i find her too squishy, and Davith might make the cut but i dont have enough experience with him yet).

 

Why not Gaarkhan and Verena? Sorry for the silly question ,but I have never played Verena).

 

Are Biv and Saska so bad?

 

 

Gaarkhan and Verena are both (typically) melee characters that like to be beside multiple enemies.  So they'll be competing for space and melee weapon cards/mods from the supply deck.  Gaarkhan also has strain issues so simply isn't as good as Verena, so there is that too.

 

Biv and Saska are tier 2 heroes, Gaarkhan is too.  They're not bad, they're just not as good as alternatives.

 

Biv can do some great burst damage and hit single targets REALLY REALLY hard and if there were more really hard to kill enemies in the game he'd be better, but hitting a 3 wound trooper for 9 damage isn't really as useful as hitting 3 troopers for 4 at the same time.  Biv can also have some strain issues.

 

Saska's extra damage ability is probably a bit too weak and unreliable, and she's sort of hard to use, you really need to make the most of all of her abilities.  She really needs to be paired up with MHD-19 or maybe an aggressively played Murn.

 

I've played through Bespin with and against Davith and he seems like an under performer too.  I'm not going to completely write him off without playing a full campaign with him, I think he might just be harder to use like Saska, but he's definitely not a top shelf hero.

 

My experiences with Davith and Saska are really really good. On behalf of our IP, I can say those two might even belong to Tier A+. Davith's force speed let him move 2 spaces for 1 strain (this is slightly inferior to Diala with her 3XP ability, but she must get and spend 3XP first). So whole campaign long he has superior (early to mid campaing) to great (late campaign) objective control. Not to mention he has early access to a T3 weapon ( I don't intend to re-open the discussion on shrouded lightsaber really good or really bad) if you want to maximise your early damage output. But what surprisingly worked well, was Davith's "covert operative (1XP)" and Saska's "Energy Shield (2XP)". Davith is already hard to hit when hidden, but saving a couple device tokens in times of need, makes Davith practically untouchable (even without other abilities or items). Besides Saska has an innate 5 movement, so hardly any trouble to keep up with Davith. 

In my opinion Saska really shines late campaign when her abilities come online, either to support the rest of the team or become a beast herself. 

What most players tend to oversee, is you win most games with achieving your objective and not clearing up the board. And in that regard Saska is probably the best objective control character available (high speed and the best skill tester)

Personally I've rather a Davith in my team than Diala, because he is more an all-rounder and objective minded. While Diala could be nightmare for an IP in some situations, she is way more strain intensive than Davith, meaning she needs to rest more and therefore less actions available to complete objectives. (My opinion, surely not a fact!  )

I hope this will make people give a second thought on these characters

 

[Davith Build Advice]

 

If you got the Vibrosword, getting Shrouded Lightsaber is a huge mistake. Vibrosword w/ the pierce 1, balanced hilt & high impact guard is near T3 level dmg and only slightly less than Shrouded Lightsaber. You are much better off saving the xp for Davith's 4xp skills and holding out for Electrostaff or Ancient Lightsaber.

I like both 1 xp skills, both 4xp skills, and the skill that adds a yellow die (in whatever order you want).

I agree on Davith's skill list. The only ability I am not terribly keen on is Force Illusion, but not because it is bad. As to your advice, I have already picked up Falling Leaf (1 strain to add 1 yellow to melee, with exhaust), and Fell Swoop will be purchased at some point in the campaign. Not sure I am feeling Embody the Force, that much. It is nice to add some durability to Davith, or bit extra punch, but I am not sure I am willing to drop all the other abilities a second 4 xp ability would get me.

Regarding the pierce on the vibrosword, I like it and all, but in using Davith, do you not find you are straining out too fast or too often? Between straining for Falling Leaf and then a pierce, and often needing to strain to move into attack position (for those double attack activation turns), I have found that regaining a strain per attack is not quite enough. Is that just me?

 

It seems everyone is not so keen on Force Illusion. I wonder why? It's true that all his abilities are powerful, but so is Force Illusion in my opinion. Most people merely regard it as taking a strain and providing a surge for an ally. But how different is it, if you take a strain and prevent a ranged attack from connecting? It's a "while" ability, so you can bide your time and see if an attack would connect with 2 (or 1) less accuracy. If so, you prevent a whole attack for 1 strain and provide an on demand surge for your fellow player. If not, you still can decide to to spent 1 strain or not. Even if the imperial figure has the option to increase accuracy and you still decide to make the defender hidden, the IP is forced to use a surge on accuracy instead of a possible other powerful surge ability. To me, this sounds as a win as well.

Tho, that said, Davith has so many powerful abilities that cause this ability look a little less appealing.