During my time at Gaming-fans.com 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 I enjoyed our brief time with a communicative Capital Games consistently working with myself and the other SWGoH GameChangers, there was an inability to support that level of community engagement from within CG, so I became just another member of the community, only with a bit more of a public voice. Now that my days with Gaming-fans.com are behind me, I am working to keep the same kind of content going as I resume with the best SWGoH mods of 2024 series today with a much more recent version of the Best Mods for Darth Malak.
I selected Darth Malak as one of my early new mod guides here at StarWars-fans.com because I feel like I have a very good, strong mod build on my Malak. Yes, I do have him at Relic 9 and upgraded him very early after Relic 9 was available, but I have historically used Darth Malak a lot in the game. I use him extensively in the Grand Arena Championships, Territory Wars, Territory Battles, Conquest and in the Galactic Challenges as well. I have a philosophy that if I am going to use a character in that many game modes, I should look to upgrade them sooner rather than later, which is why my Phoenix squad characters or Wampa are always tougher to justify.
Added to the game in April 2019 through the Star Forge Showdown event, Darth Malak has proven to be one of the most powerful non-Galactic Legends in the game over the past 5 years. But with all of this having been said, what are the best ways to mod Darth Malak in SWGoH in 2024?
Main Mod Stats to focus on…
I am not going to talk about Speed. At least not yet. I tested a few mod builds for Darth Malak and eventually settled in on Protection being the key stat to gain from mods back in 2019 and 2020, but I eventually got pointed in the direction of Tenacity mods to achieve the stats needed and I have not been disappointed. Thus, I am recommending three Tenacity sets with Protection primaries whenever possible – more on that below. When possible look to get % gains in Protection from the secondary stats. Added Health and Speed will also help, but above all else look to get three sets of Tenacity mods with as much Protection as possible.
Which Mod Sets to use & Dev Recommendations
The developers did not give mod recommendations until the game was several years old, then they went through their entire lineup of 150+ characters and made mod recommendations. When that happened, due to the mass number of characters they had to review, they got sloppy (in my opinion). I will follow that by saying I think almost every new character added in SWGoH since that time has been much, much better and I rarely disagree with the mod recommendations now, due in large part to the fact that they can give these new characters individualized attention.
For Darth Malak, the dev recommendations are Tenacity, and as I said above, I fully support this. Darth Malak is so effective with high Tenacity (mine is around 150%) and crazy high Protection (over 200k here). With this in mind, here is what I am recommending for the best mods for Darth Malak:
- Transmitter (Square) – The Transmitter mod always has a primary focus on offense. For Darth Malak you want to normally use a TENACITY mod here and be sure to closely look at the secondary stats to ensure that you get a heavy secondary focus on speed, protection, tenacity and health.
- Receiver (Arrow) – The Receiver mod can have a primary focus on several stats including speed, critical avoidance, accuracy, health, protection, defense and offense. For Darth Malak, you want to use a TENACITY mod here with a primary focus on protection and a secondary focus on speed, potency, health and defense.
- Processor (Diamond) – The Processor is always going to have a primary focus on defense. For Darth Malak, you want to use a TENACITY mod here with a secondary focus on speed, protection, tenacity and health.
- 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 Darth Malak, you want to use a TENACITY mod here with a primary focus on protection and a secondary focus on speed, protection, tenacity and health.
- Data-Bus (Circle) – The Data-bus mod always has a primary focus on either health or protection, and Darth Malak benefits more from a high Health stat, so use a TENACITY mod with a Protection primary. The secondary focus stats should be speed, protection, tenacity and health or defense.
- Multiplexer (Plus) – The Multiplexer (plus or cross) mod can have a primary focus on potency, tenacity, health, protection, defense offense. For Darth Malak, you want to use a TENACITY mod here with a Protection focus, making sure to have your mod sets complete. For the secondary stats, look to add speed, protection, tenacity and health.