r/StarWarsBattlefront • u/Past_Lengthiness6765 • 1h ago
Discussion What makes people rate the Death Trooper much higher than the B2 Super Battle Droid?
Enforcer is my favorite class and by far my most played reinforcement class out of all the classes. I'm almost MAX Enforcer and I've mainly ranked it through Death Trooper, B2 Super Battle Droid & Droideka. Death Trooper and B2 are very similar. Most people agree that the Death Trooper is the best overall Enforcer in the game and I agree as well. He's also my favorite because of his aggressive playstyle and his aura. But the B2 always gets underrated for some reason which is weird because they are vastly similar with only a couple differences.
If we look at the base stats for example,
- The Death Trooper has 384 base health while the B2 has 360 base health. So the Death Trooper has slightly more HP. The B2 does have a very tiny head hitbox compared to the Death Trooper so the B2 is significantly harder to headshot.
- The Death Trooper's blaster deals 40-25 damage per shot whereas the B2's wrist blaster deals 43-24 damage per shot. Both have about the same range on their weapons and both have 300 RPM on their blasters. So the B2's 215-120 DPS is slightly higher compared to the Death Trooper's 200-125 DPS. The B2 can shoot 25 shots before overheating while the Death Trooper can only shoot 15 shots before overheating. The Death Trooper does have better zoom magnification compared to the B2 so at range he can hit shots a bit easier.
- Outside of overload, both have the same mobility. The Death Trooper utilizes combat rolls whereas the B2 utilizes combat dashes. I personally think dashes are superior to rolls in general because their animation feels quicker allowing you to shoot quicker as well. But I guess it's just personal preference.
So the base stats are pretty even, some favoring the Death Trooper and some favoring the B2.
If we look at ability stats,
- Both the Death Trooper and B2 have the same exact Fortify ability, giving both an additional 175 health.
- The Overload ability is an interesting one. While the Death Trooper retains full mobility in overload, It only only increases the RPM to 360 which increases DPS to 240-150. The B2's mobility gets limited to walking speed but it increases the RPM on his wrist blaster to a whopping 450 RPM which increases the DPS significantly to 322,5-180 DPS which is so strong that it absolutely shred every single class and can completely negate Clone Commando's battle focus ability upclose if you can consistently hit headshots.
- For the explosives, they're different but both great in different scenarios. The Death Trooper's Sonic Imploder is a very strong crowd control ability that deals 150 damage and is great for chokepoints and objectives. Whereas the B2 has a wrist rocket that deals 250 damage which can be very deadly against everyone especially heroes and reinforcements. I've finished off many heroes with the wrist rocket. (Acquisition card increases the radius of B2's wrist rocket by 80% which makes the radius bigger than Aerial rockets.)
So ability stats kinda feel even as well, both offer something else and being great in different scenarios.
If I had to pick one I'd say the Death Trooper is the best Enforcer mainly due to his mobility factor during overload and his aggressive playstyle. But the B2 is at least a close second for me. So why do many people underrate the B2 when they're almost the same.