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Welcome to The Council #7 - featuring Tass, Songeta and Vancele (Calvin is away for real life reasons). New DC's, new characters, power creep everywhere, time sinks expanding again, whatever can we do? Apparently take advantage (hah hah...) of the s16 First Order L6 to make some crazy team comps in 3v3. Lots of other interesting discussions in this episode, so join us! The members of the council: - Calvin: https://www.youtube.com/@CalvinAwesome - Kyn: https://grandarenascience.com - Songeta: https://www.youtube.com/@songeta - Tassenix: https://www.youtube.com/@tassenixgaming7285 - Vancele: https://www.youtube.com/@vancele3937

Welcome to the 60th episode of Meta Moments! We're nearly through the first attack phase and this episode is coming to you at this strange time due to work and a new time zone. Lots of new counters to comment on; Leia, Finn, Beq, Rey 2%, etc etc. Oh, and I didn't change from raid mods. Woops. This is a many-times-per-week podcast taking a quick peek into the meta of the current 24-48 hour window of PvP (mainly GAC) in Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. Tips, tricks, ideas, hottest trends - we talk about all of them!

Welcome to The Council #6 - featuring Tass, Songeta and Vancele (Calvin is away for real life reasons). Ships, omicrons, datacrons and the apparently "any day now" arrival of r10 or some other power creep mechanism. Let's dig into the details with this fantastic group of folks and see what we can find out. Thanks for joining us! The members of the council: - Calvin: https://www.youtube.com/@CalvinAwesome - Kyn: https://grandarenascience.com - Songeta: https://www.youtube.com/@songeta - Tassenix: https://www.youtube.com/@tassenixgaming7285 - Vancele: https://www.youtube.com/@vancele3937

Welcome to the 59th episode of Meta Moments! We are really in the era now of the most powerful teams NOT being GL's. Crazy. Let's dig into some of the specifics! This is a many-times-per-week podcast taking a quick peek into the meta of the current 24-48 hour window of PvP (mainly GAC) in Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. Tips, tricks, ideas, hottest trends - we talk about all of them!

Welcome to the 58th episode of Meta Moments! Week two: return of the defense meta... but why? I mean, I guess there are more and stronger defensive teams than in the past few seasons, but oh my gosh there are so many options on offense! I go over a bunch of different possibilities for offense and how it can shape your defense. There are a LOT of offensive tools this season! This is a many-times-per-week podcast taking a quick peek into the meta of the current 24-48 hour window of PvP (mainly GAC) in Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. Tips, tricks, ideas, hottest trends - we talk about all of them!

Welcome to the 57th episode of Meta Moments! How to kill GLs? Just send Bane! Or maybe Cere. Or Starkiller. They're all figured out (not really but go with me here). On the other hand, how often do you struggle with the non-GL teams and not quite sure what to use of your own non-GL teams? Let's go over about 10 very uncommon but quite reliable counters you may have missed! This is a many-times-per-week podcast taking a quick peek into the meta of the current 24-48 hour window of PvP (mainly GAC) in Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. Tips, tricks, ideas, hottest trends - we talk about all of them!

Welcome to the 56th episode of Meta Moments! Let's dive into the week1 data and see what teams held, what didn't, what DCs were good, what wasn't and all of the related tidbits. Most importantly, what's the best "trap" you can set with your front wall and bait for the back wall? In other words, WTF am I going to set on defense this week? Let's find out together! This is a many-times-per-week podcast taking a quick peek into the meta of the current 24-48 hour window of PvP (mainly GAC) in Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. Tips, tricks, ideas, hottest trends - we talk about all of them!

Welcome to the 55th episode of Meta Moments! Beq & GAS, Bane & Malak, Finn & Holdo, Finn and Zorii, Finn and Finn, oh yeah and Rey too. Resistance definitely seems like the most problematic faction so far in week 1, causing a bunch of problems with their new datacrons. Let's dive into some of the matchups and bugs (yes, sigh) and what to watch for. This is a many-times-per-week podcast taking a quick peek into the meta of the current 24-48 hour window of PvP (mainly GAC) in Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. Tips, tricks, ideas, hottest trends - we talk about all of them!

Welcome to the 54th episode of Meta Moments! The Sith have made their return to the meta and it's no longer just two of them you have to worry about. Darth Sidious, Bane, some really interesting s14 L6 tech and so much more. Fun times! This is a many-times-per-week podcast taking a quick peek into the meta of the current 24-48 hour window of PvP (mainly GAC) in Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. Tips, tricks, ideas, hottest trends - we talk about all of them!

Welcome to the 53rd episode of Meta Moments! I'm back! But that doesn't mean I've been able to do any sort of research or planning for the first week of defense at all. In this episode I'll go over my "defense setting strategy for people with very little time" or in other words, time to put my brain to work. I'm not sure this is the best strategy but let's see how it goes! This is a many-times-per-week podcast taking a quick peek into the meta of the current 24-48 hour window of PvP (mainly GAC) in Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. Tips, tricks, ideas, hottest trends - we talk about all of them!

Welcome to The Council #5 - featuring Tassenix & Songeta (Calvin & Vancele are out for RL reasons). We discuss a lot of the current meta, K1 "top 50" (which is really top 10) rankings mess, the meaning of competition and somehow throughout it all we manage to continually bring up set14. We're all pretty excited for this DC set, it's pretty crazy. Join us and let's talk!

Welcome to the 52nd episode of Meta Moments! Does anything hold on defense? It shouldn't but there are some crazy things you can do on offense! And people (especially including myself) make mistakes all the time. Let's go over some of them. :-) This is a many-times-per-week podcast taking a quick peek into the meta of the current 24-48 hour window of PvP (mainly GAC) in Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. Tips, tricks, ideas, hottest trends - we talk about all of them!

Welcome to The Council! This is our fourth episode and it's a doozy. This upcoming season, even if it's 3v3, is going to be crazy with the excellent datacron set 13 available. We also discuss lessons learned from the past DC, the "tipping point" of offense vs defense in GAC and lots more. Join us and enjoy! The members of the council: - Calvin: https://www.youtube.com/@CalvinAwesome - Kyn: https://grandarenascience.com - Songeta: https://www.youtube.com/@songeta - Tassenix: https://www.youtube.com/@tassenixgaming7285 - Vancele: https://www.youtube.com/@vancele3937

This is a version of The Meta, looking specifically at trends after week1 to try and capitalize on for week two and week three. Teams, datacrons, units, strategy, etc - let's see what we can cover and discover! I'm always interested in opportunities for improvement, so please let me know if you have any ideas or comments. Feedback is very welcome!! You're welcome to join our community on discord if you have any further questions or want to chat about this or anything else GAC-related; https://discord.grandarenascience.com.

Welcome to The Council! This is our third episode and there is a lot to cover - recent GAC lessons, speculation on the upcoming season, gaming regulations, the "offense meta" and lots more. This show is focused purely on competitive PvP in SWGOH, both GAC and TW. Thanks to Calvin, Songeta, Tassenix and Vancele for participating. We'll do introductions around the group and then jump right into it. The members of the council: - Calvin: https://www.youtube.com/@CalvinAwesome - Kyn: https://grandarenascience.com - Songeta: https://www.youtube.com/@songeta - Tassenix: https://www.youtube.com/@tassenixgaming7285 - Vancele: https://www.youtube.com/@vancele3937

Welcome to the 50th episode of Meta Moments! I can't believe we're at 50 already, amazing! Anyway, let's dig into the nitty-gritty about turn order, GLs, Raddus killing everything and so much more. This is a many-times-per-week podcast taking a quick peek into the meta of the current 24-48 hour window of PvP (mainly GAC) in Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. Tips, tricks, ideas, hottest trends - we talk about all of them!

Welcome to the 49th episode of Meta Moments! Some tidbits from the last match of week2. Then I dive into my recommended roster/datacron changes before the next week, as well as a somewhat introspective review of things I've learned overall this season. This is a many-times-per-week podcast taking a quick peek into the meta of the current 24-48 hour window of PvP (mainly GAC) in Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. Tips, tricks, ideas, hottest trends - we talk about all of them!

Welcome to the 48th episode of Meta Moments! Lord Vader has so many potential buddies! 50RT, Malicos, Reva, 7th Sister and many more. I saw a lot of these fights in the last ~48 hours so let's chat about them. We also finally have some Beq footage, so let's dive into that a bit too. This is a many-times-per-week podcast taking a quick peek into the meta of the current 24-48 hour window of PvP (mainly GAC) in Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. Tips, tricks, ideas, hottest trends - we talk about all of them!

Welcome to the 47th episode of Meta Moments! Dark Gideon, Kelleran Beq, the end of Leia on defense? Solo Jabba on offense? What a crazy start to the second week! Let's dig in. This is a many-times-per-week podcast taking a quick peek into the meta of the current 24-48 hour window of PvP (mainly GAC) in Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. Tips, tricks, ideas, hottest trends - we talk about all of them!

This is a version of The Meta, looking specifically at trends after week1 to try and capitalize on for week two and week three. Teams, datacrons, units, strategy, etc - let's see what we can cover and discover! - - text from my show notes are below - - Let's start with my own approach for deciding my defense in w2 + w3. What GLs held consistantly in w1? - Nothing. Okay, that's objectively not true, but it sure seems like it. - Lots of GLs held vs non-GLs, but all of the GLs have at minimum one highly reliable counter... and worst (best?) of all there are no overlaps. - Starting with Rey. Just mirror, not worth the hassle otherwise - Vader. JML or JMK. I prefer JML with a decent s11 +prot DC. - Vader + Malicos is interesting. Makes things a bit more spicy! - Leia. SLKR+KRU+Malicos or Leia. Orrrrr Jabba! Some tricky bits in there though. Jabba the DPS team! - Jabba. Still JMK. SLKR or Aphra in a pinch. - SEE. + Armorer/tank. Or Savage? Sort of not bad-ish? - JML. Sorry, JML lovers. SK, Reva or Malgus rips him up, plus virtually any of the GLs. - Ooooops, JMK too. Sort of shuts down Reva if you don't know the counter, but SEE, JML, mirror, Leia and Vader still squish it. So where's the magic juice with the GL combinations? - As always, something with the front and back walls. - The two key GLs seem to be Vader and Leia. Where your opponent thinks they are vs where they actually are is key. - Vader Malicos is interesting, but you have to keep it in the back wall or your opponent knows you don't have Jabba on D or are keeping Leia for O. - Not a lot of juice to squeeze from this GL onion. Non-GL teams and where can I find some gems (on defense)? - Lots of interesting things here, however! - First things first, Iden is probably off the board for anyone with Dark Gideon. Or she can be Wampa'd again if she gave up Scout. How to deal with Dark Gideon on defense? No clue here, that's gonna be interesting. - Jawa! ... sad trombone. Wampa/Malak bait. And a lot of other stuff. Oh well. - Chief Warrior Raider (L6 only). Best team on defense? Expect it to be overkilled. - EP MJ SK + riposte. Not too bad. Reva ad SK mainly. - DR Savage FBS. Very good! Unfortately mirror-able pretty easily but quite powerful otherwise. - Ewoks? Too many things kill them. Pretty great for banner stripping though. - Dash + L3 + L3DC? Sort of good a bit? Vandor or Hondo for 3rd can change thing up. - Anything else pop into my mind? What's my strategy for defense vs offense in w2 and how does it relate to w3 and w1? - Always change. This week will be my easiest matches of the season. Against opponents who don't scout, this week means nothing. Against those who do, I can play around a bit. - Less time, more match wins. Practice offense for w3. - Don't give away everything I know. A few other (mostly offensive) notes; - Hux Trooper FOTP is fantastic - Wedge Han Chew +Wedge L9 is SO MUCH DAMAGE - Bast + JKC is best combo, NOT JKL! - Any other contributions, brain?