Last week we featured Operation Metaverse’s video showcasing G13 Malak dominating several relic’d clone teams on auto. Other YouTubers such as The Robot Wizard and It’s Just Ian confirmed that this counter was as devastating as it was reliable. In AhnaldT101’s stream on October 8,2019 Ahnald wasn’t able to clear a single clone from the team, lost, and preloaded the clones. What Happened? What can you do to prevent making the same mistake? What can you do to encourage your opponent to making the mistake?

Firstly, we looked at Ahnald’s mods and they were all on point, and Malak was damaging as expected with his current modset. Ahnald’s strategy was on point and no obvious errors were made. It’s safe to say that no one’s Malak in the game could have defeated that Clone team. Why? The secret was how Fives was modded. Current modding practices favor Health over Protection with the mods 2.0 update, but his opponent, Gilly174, modded his Fives differently. By going heavier on Protection (91K) vs Health (48k), Darth Malak simply couldn’t do enough damage with his Drain Life which does damage equal to max health, in this case 48K*1.6 (Shaak Ti’s Leadership).

In conclusion, check your opponent’s Fives before attempting a Malak solo, and be sure to have your Fives with a very high Protection to Health Ratio by the start of the GAC Lock in Period to hopefully snare a defensive win by an unsuspecting victim.