As more characters are added to SWGoH, we cannot ignore how older characters are impacted and how the game continues to evolve. Today I take a look at an older character in Galaxy of Heroes, Jedi Master Plo Koon. Years ago I launched Gaming-fans.com and started the “best mods” series of articles which turned out to be what put the site on the radar of the community and with EA Capital Games. As a member of the SWGoH GameChangers, the Website got even more attention as I attempted to expand into other areas of the game and even other games, constantly struggling to find the balance in the Force needed to do so. While my days with Gaming-fans.com are now behind me, I am working to keep building on what I saw as my strength all along – the “best mods in SWGoH” series as today I review the Best Mods for Plo Koon in SWGoH.
Here is the SWGoH explanation of Plo Koon: “Jedi Tank with Clone synergy, reliable enemy Dispel and anti-Stealth.” A Jedi Master and General who was part of the Jedi Council during the Clone Wars, Plo Koon in SWGoH has a very unique leadership ability, Overwatch, which reads “Each ally has a 55% chance to remove Stealth from each enemy at the start of their turn. If they dispel any enemies, they gain Offense Up for 1 turn.” While interesting, this leadership is very rarely used and the synergy with Clones is pretty much worthless. The Jedi Master has never had a massive role in SWGoH, peaking when General Kenobi’s Negotiator was atop the Fleet Arena META. That having been said, Plo Koon does have some decent versatility in the game and I have had him at Relic 5 for a couple of years now, utilizing his ship of course, Plo Koon’s Jedi Starfighter, and using the character alongside Jedi Master Kenobi in various game modes. In late 2024, the addition of the Battle of Naboo Raid brings value to Plo Koon, if even for just 8-9 months.
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Main Mod Stats to focus on…
Plo Koon is a Jedi tank with moderate Health and Protection, a rather low Armor and Tenacity stat and a strong Resistance stat. He benefits most from added survivability stats, so beefing up his Health, Protection and Defense is key if he is used significantly on your roster. In addition, Plo Koon’s basic dispels all buffs on the enemy and grants him Defense Up if any effect is dispelled and you cannot ignore the fact that the Defense Up buff is built into his kit twice, so a rare focus on Defense first is a good route for Plo Koon. One note is that in the Naboo Raid I have Plo Koon used on a leftover Galactic Republic team at the start. One thing I lack in my standard modding of Plo Koon is speed as his ability to dispel on basic, grant turn meter and defense up are valuable and could be even better with more turns.
Which Mod Sets to use & Dev Recommendations
As I have said many times before, the developers and I tend to agree on new characters. However, with older characters the devs went through and made 100+ recommendations at once, and it is clear on some that they did not do their homework. Plo Koon is one of those disappointing recipients of not getting much attention, likely due to his lack of use in-game. The devs says Health & Potency sets for Plo Koon, but he does not have Health-focused gains in his kit other than in his leadership, which is practically irrelevant. In addition, Potency is only needed to apply Offense Down on his AoE attack, the least valuable of Plo Koon’s three attack/turn options. Plo Koon represents one of the many sub-par attempts at mod recommendation made by EA Capital Games and the worst part is that they have allowed this to be in-game for 3+ years. As I said in the past, trust those of us who play the game daily and actually use and study the characters instead.
Here is what I am recommending for the best mods for Plo Koon:
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- Transmitter (Square) – The Transmitter mod always has a primary focus on offense. For Plo Koon, you want to use a DEFENSE or TENACITY mod here and be sure to closely look at the secondary stats to ensure that you get a heavy secondary focus on health, defense, speed and protection or potency.
- Receiver (Arrow) – The Receiver mod can have a primary focus on several stats including speed, critical avoidance, accuracy, health, protection, defense and offense. For Plo Koon, you want to use a or DEFENSE or TENACITY mod here with a primary focus on speed and a secondary focus on defense, protection, health and tenacity. You could also take an even more survivability-focused approach and go with a Defense, Health or Protection main focus on the arrow mod.
- Processor (Diamond) – The Processor is always going to have a primary focus on defense. For Plo Koon, you want to use a DEFENSE mod here with a secondary focus on health, defense, speed and protection.
- Holo-Array (Triangle) – The Holo-Array is a very specialized mod that can have a primary focus on critical chance, critical damage, health, protection, offense and defense. For Plo Koon, you want to use a HEALTH mod here with a primary focus on Defense (see above) and a secondary focus on defense, speed, protection and health or potency.
- Data-Bus (Circle) – The Data-bus mod always has a primary focus on either health or protection, and Plo Koon benefits from both stats, so use a HEALTH mod with the best survivability secondary stats possible.
- Multiplexer (Plus) – The Multiplexer (plus or cross) mod can have a primary focus on potency, tenacity, health, protection, defense offense. For Plo Koon, you want to use a DEFENSE mod here with a focus on Defense, Health or Protection, making sure to have your mod sets complete. For the secondary stats, look to add defense, speed, health and potency or protection.
Best Mods for Plo Koon TL;DR
- Square – Tenacity mod with speed & defense
- Arrow – Tenacity mod, Speed focus with defense
- Diamond – Defense mod with speed & health
- Triangle – Defense mod, Health focus with speed & defense
- Circle – Health mod, Health focus with speed & defense
- Plus – Health mod, Defense focus with health & protection
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