Want to make this into 2 questions and see everyone's thoughts on survivability in this game. The thought came up with the new energy shields (very excited about these) but in the current core and expansions available what does everyone think is the most "survivable" imperial class deck? As in, which boost units defense, healing, health, or anything that helps them last longer.

Additionally, what Rebel heroes do you think are the most survivable and with what items/skills contribute to that?

Military Might has the most buffs (Assault Armor, Combat Veterans, Combat Medic).

The survivability of heroes is a complex thing affected by their ability to get imperial figures off the board efficiently. Armor, evades, and MHD-19 make heroes more survivable.

This card from Tech Superiority can help a ton with survivability, too. It's also great for bosses, if you swarm them with droids.

I don't know if Imperial assault really anticipated droids becoming as prominent as they are now. We used to just have Iggy and the probe droids. For 1XP, a smart Imperial player could presumably fill out his open groups with only droids (HKs, comics droids, sentry droids) and have hordes that are able to focus and heal each other. That could be brutal.