The fifth Era Character in Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes is here in the form of Inquisitor Barriss, and it is time to review mods for this new Era unit. During my time with Gaming Fans I 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. While my days with Gaming Fans are well behind me, I have been writing mod guides like this one since the early days of mods when they were added to SWGoH in 2018. Fortunately, writing these mod guides continues to be a way for me to continue to enjoy Galaxy of Heroes now that I have been playing this game for over a decade. I will seek to keep the same high quality content going as I continue the “best mods in SWGoH” series today with the Best Mods for Inquisitor Barriss.
The newest character in Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes, Inquisitor Barriss is an Era Unit Marquee character who joined the game in January 2026. One of 6 characters needed to unlock Spider Legs Maul, Inquisitor Barriss is a Dark Side Healer with a Leader ability who fits into the Inquisitorius, Empire and Unaligned Force User factions and is designed to be used with other Inquisitors. Let’s take a look at how we want to focus the mod stat gains for Inquisitor Barriss in Galaxy of Heroes.
Note that I have learned that I get a bit wordy in these Best Mods articles, so as a result the TL;DR on mods for Inquisitor Barriss is below. Also, I added a new(er) format on the recommendations below which I hope will help make these best mods articles easier to decipher.
Main Mod Stats to focus on…
Inquisitor Barriss is the fifth Era Unit in the new cadence of new character additions in SWGoH, joining Stormtrooper Luke, IG-90, Yoda & Chewie and Asajj Ventress (Dark Disciple). Used initially in the new Coliseum game mode, which limits players from using the character in any other game mode for months, Inquisitor Barriss is an Unaligned Force User & Inquisitorius lifter who is a dealer of Special Damage. Like Doctor Aphra and Supreme Leader Kylo Ren, Inquisitor Barriss is able to Siphon a stat, in her case Critical Damage, so any additional critical hits are important. In addition, her Flicker of the Light special passes 20% of her Critical Damage (stacking) to allied Inquisitorius attackers. But Inquisitor Barriss is a Healer who can dispel debuffs, equalize Health percentages and heal allies for both Health and Protection. With her role as a Healer and the aforementioned healing ability, and given the expected use with Ninth Sister in 3v3 Grand Arena, adding Defense and Tenacity will help as well because while Ninth Sister is taunting, Inquisitor Barriss and Second Sister gain 200% Defense and Tenacity. One stat that is key to her kit is Health. Her Patience unique grants Inquisitor Barriss +20% Max Health, Max Protection and Potency, while her leader ability grants Inquisitorius allies 20% Max Health and they heal for 8% of her Max Health at the start of every turn, so boosting her Health is key to the team’s success.
Which Mod Sets to use & Dev Recommendations for Inquisitor Barriss
The way these new Era Units are added to the game, we will not have any ability to use them for quite some time from the start of the Era outside of the Coliseum game mode. As a result of this, it will be at least a month into 2026 before Inquisitor Barriss is available to use in other areas of SWGoH, and we will not be able to add mods to this new character for quite some time. My plan was to use a Tenacity set and two Health sets on Inquisitor Barriss, but her reliance on Health is so high that I will only do that if I feel I have the perfect Teancity pair of mods to make this work. I am also tempted to try a Health primary on the arrow (Receiver) mod to see how that works if I end up using her in 3v3 GAC. For now, here are my recommendations for the best mods for Inquisitor Barriss:
- Transmitter (Square) – The Transmitter mod always has a primary focus on offense.
- Recommended Mod Type: Health
- Recommended Secondary Stats: speed, health, protection and defense or tenacity
- Receiver (Arrow) – The Receiver mod can have a primary focus on several stats including speed, critical avoidance, accuracy, health, protection, defense and offense.
- Recommended Mod Type: Health, Speed or Health focus
- Recommended Secondary Stats: health, protection, defense, and tenacity
- Processor (Diamond) – The Processor is always going to have a primary focus on defense.
- Recommended Mod Type: Health
- Recommended Secondary Stats: speed, health, protection and defense or tenacity
- 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.
- Recommended Mod Type: Health mod, Critical Damage focus
- Recommended Secondary Stats: speed, health, protection and defense or tenacity
- Data-Bus (Circle) – The Data-bus mod always has a primary focus on either health or protection.
- Recommended Mod Type: Health mod, Health focus
- Recommended Secondary Stats: speed, health, protection and defense or tenacity
- Multiplexer (Plus) – The Multiplexer (plus or cross) mod can have a primary focus on potency, tenacity, health, protection, defense or offense.
- Recommended Mod Type: Health mod, Health focus
- Recommended Secondary Stats: speed, health, protection and defense or tenacity
Inquisitor Barriss Mods TL;DR
- Square – Health mod with speed & health
- Arrow – Health mod, Speed or Health focus with health & defense
- Diamond – Health mod with speed & health
- Triangle – Health mod, CD focus with speed & health
- Circle – Health mod, Health focus with speed & health
- Plus – Health mod, Health focus with speed & health