Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes Darth Vader Review

General	Character Guide & Stats	Shard Location	Team Combo	Galactic War	Arena	Keycards
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Mace Windu	Jawa	Count Dooku	Hk-47	Old Daka	Darth Maul	Nightsister Acolyte
IG-86	IG-88	Luminara Unduli	Ahsoka Tano	Ewok Elder	Darth Vader	Lobot
Asajj Ventress	Nightsister Initiate	First Order TIE Pilot	Savage Opress	Poggle the Lesser	Dathcha	Royal Guard
Qui-Gon Jinn	Princess Leia	Obi-Wan Kenobi	Storm Trooper Han	Chewbacca	General Veers	Lando Calrissian
Aayla Secura	Boba Fett	Captain Phasma	Coruscant Underworld Police	CT-5555 "Fives"	Geonosian Soldier	Kit Fisto
Kylo Ren	Admiral Ackbar	Biggs Darklighter	Cad Bane	Clone Sergeant - Phase 1	Eeth Koth	Jedi Knight Guardian
Ewok Scout	Finn	First Order Officer	First Order Stormtrooper	Grand Moff Tarkin	Greedo	Jedi Knight Anakin
Hoth Rebel Scout	Hoth Rebel Soldier	Rey	IG-100 MagnaGuard	Ima-Gun Di	Nute Gunray	Grand Master Yoda
General Grievous	Magmatrooper	Resistance Pilot	Plo Koon

Darth Vader is a strong attacker with strong debuff abilities. Let’s take a look at what he has to offer to your team.

Type: Sith, Attacker

Side: Dark

Synergy: Anti-Jedi, AoE Damage, Ability Block, Turn Meter Reduction, Offense, Turn Meter Gain

How to Get[Shards]: Data Cards, Achievements

Skills and Abilities

Note: All skill descriptions are based at max level. The bracket denotes the level required to upgrade that skill.

Basic Ability: Terrifying Swing – Deal Physical damage to target enemy with 65% chance to inflict Ability Block for 1 Turn. Jedi targets cannot Evade or Resist the effects of this attack.

• LvL 2: +5% Damage(16)
• LvL 3: +10% Ability Block Chance(26)
• LvL 4: +5% Damage(36)
• LvL 5: +10% Ability Block Chance(46)
• LvL 6: +5% Damage(56)
• LvL 7: +5% Damage(66)
• LvL 8: +15% Ability Block Chance(76)

Special Ability 1: Force Crush – Deal Physical damage to all enemies and inflict 3 Damage Over Time effects for 2 rounds. (5 Turn CD)

• LvL 2: +15% Damage(18)
• LvL 3: +5% Damage(28)
• LvL 4: +5% Damage(38)
• LvL 5: Inflicts and additional Damage over Time effect(48)
• LvL 6: +5% Damage(58)
• LvL 7: +5% Damage(68)
• LvL 8: Add 50% chance to inflict Speed Down for 2 Turns(78)

Special Ability 2: Culling Blade – Deal Physical damage to target enemy and dispels all negative status effects on them. This attack deals 40% more damage for each effect dispelled and grants 100% Turn Meter on a finishing blow.

• LvL 2: +15% Damage(20)
• LvL 3: +5% Damage(30)
• LvL 4: +10% Bonus Damage(40)
• LvL 5: +5% Damage(50)
• LvL 6: Cooldown -1(60)
• LvL 7: +5% Damage(70)
• LvL 8: +10% Bonus Damage(80)

Leader Skill: Inspiring Through Fear – Empire allies gain 30% Offense and have a 25% chance to remove 10% Turn Meter on hit.

• LvL 2: +2.5% Offense(22)
• LvL 3: +5% Offense(32)
• LvL 4: +2.5% Offense(42)
• LvL 5: Add 25% chance to remove 10% Turn Meter on Hit(52)
• LvL 6: +2.5% Offense(62)
• LvL 7: +2.5% Offense(72)
• LvL 8: +10% Turn Meter Reduction(82)

Stat Growth/Increase Per Level Table

Base and Max Stats

Thoughts

Darth Vader becomes available to you after you have completed a lot of the mission objectives after you hit level 60ish. Darth is very tanky even at 4 stars when you gear him well.

His basic ability works great against Jedis since they cannot evade that. His AoE ability inflicts 3 stacks of damage over time, which is great when used alongside other AoE damage skills.

Culling blade deals bonus damage but removes any status effects. It synergizes well with his AoE ability if you use them on turn 2. If you enjoy using dark side characters, his leader skill will improve your damage significantly.

Unfortunately, there is no way of farming his shards aside from achievements. It will be 9000 years before you can get him to 7 stars.

Rating

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Verdict: Gear him well and he is a great addition to your squad.

References: SWGOH