## The Imperial Trooper Counter: Outspeeding the Sith Empire Imperial Troopers are one of the most reliable non-Galactic Legend counters to Darth Revan. This strategy relies entirely on outspeeding the enemy team to start a turn-meter train. * **Key Characters:** General Veers (Leader), Admiral Piett, Moff Gideon, Dark Trooper, and Range Trooper. * **Speed Strategy:** Your Moff Gideon or Admiral Piett must be faster than the enemy's fastest character (usually Darth Revan or Bastila Shan Fallen). Moff Gideon has a high base speed of 198, making him an excellent choice to secure the first turn. Admiral Piett has a base speed of 179. * **Modding Requirements:** Equip Gideon or Piett with a four-piece Speed set and your highest speed secondary mods. Target a minimum speed that exceeds the enemy Darth Revan's speed by at least 1 point. * **Execution:** Once Gideon or Piett takes the first turn, use Gideon's "Control the Situation" to reduce enemy turn meter or Piett's "Imperial Ambition" to start stacking "The Emperor's Trap." This generates continuous turn meter for your team, allowing you to defeat the enemy before they take a single turn. ## The Jedi Knight Revan Counter: Turn Order and Tenacity
Jedi Knight Revan (JKR) teams can defeat Darth Revan by utilizing smart turn order and Tenacity to resist debuffs. * **Key Characters:** Jedi Knight Revan, Grand Master Yoda, Bastila Shan, Jolee Bindo, and General Kenobi. * **Speed Strategy:** Jedi Knight Revan must be faster than the enemy Bastila Shan (Fallen). This allows JKR to use "Direct Focus" on her immediately, marking her and increasing her cooldowns. * **Modding Requirements:** * **Jedi Knight Revan:** Mod for maximum Speed. A Speed set with high speed secondaries is mandatory. * **Grand Master Yoda:** Mod for high Offense and moderate Speed. He needs to take his turn immediately after JKR to spread Tenacity Up. * **Bastila Shan:** Mod with high Tenacity and Speed to ensure she can resist any early debuffs and pass buffs to Yoda. * **Execution:** JKR uses "Direct Focus" on Bastila Shan (Fallen). Grand Master Yoda then uses "Battle Meditation" to grant Tenacity Up to the entire team. This completely blocks Darth Revan's ability to apply Fear, neutralizing the team's primary control mechanism. ## The Padmé Amidala Counter: Surviving the Initial Onslaught If you cannot outspeed the Darth Revan team, a Padmé Amidala squad is a viable alternative that thrives on being debuffed.
* **Key Characters:** Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knight Anakin, General Kenobi, Ahsoka Tano, and a fifth Galactic Republic ally. * **Speed Strategy:** Speed is less critical for this counter, though moderate speed is still necessary. The focus shifts to defensive stats. * **Modding Requirements:** * **Padmé Amidala:** Mod for high Health and Protection. Her leadership converts debuffs and out-of-turn attacks into Protection Up, which then turns into Courage. * **General Kenobi:** Mod for maximum Health and Defense. He must survive the initial attacks to taunt and protect the team. * **Jedi Knight Anakin:** Mod for high Offense and Critical Damage to capitalize on the Courage stacks. * **Execution:** Allow the Darth Revan team to take the first turns. As they apply debuffs, your team will gain Protection Up. When your characters take their turns, use the accumulated Courage to quickly eliminate Darth Revan or Bastila Shan (Fallen). ## Key Modding Principles for Countering Sith Empire To optimize your rosters for these matchups, keep these general modding rules in mind: * **Speed Sets:** Always use a four-piece Speed set on your primary turn-meter generators (Piett, Gideon, JKR). Ensure the remaining two slots have high speed secondary rolls. * **Tenacity Crosses:** For teams relying on resisting Fear, equipping a Tenacity primary multiplexer (cross) can prevent the Sith Empire from landing critical debuffs. * **Health Primaries:** Darth Revan's Deathmark and flat damage bypass protection under certain conditions. Modding characters like Padmé and General Kenobi with Health primaries rather than Protection primaries ensures better survivability.
