Welcome to the Best Mods for Lord Vader, the latest in my series of “best mods in SWGoH” articles, as we cover the Galactic Legend characters in Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes. It was mod articles like this one that put my old site on the radar of the community and with EA Capital Games. Over the years I have written literally hundreds of mod guides, including almost all of the original best mods guides over at Gaming-fans.com. Now that my days with Gaming Fans are behind me, I am working to keep the same kind of content going as I resume the “best mods” series today covering one of the most well-know Star Wars characters of all-time with the Best Mods for Lord Vader.
When he was released in September 2021, Lord Vader was the 6th Galactic Legend in Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes. A Dark Side Attacker, Galactic Legend and Leader, and a member of both the Empire and Sith factions, Lord Vader is likely the worst of all of the Galactic Legends with a variety of non-Galactic Legend teams that counter him. While a few different Datacrons have come along to help boost Lord Vader for a few months at a time, he is just kind of “meh” when compared to the other GLs. Either way, let’s take some time to review how to best mod Lord Vader and make him as strong as possible in SWGoH.
Note that I have been told that I can get a bit long-winded when writing these mod guides. As a result, if you simply want the TL;DR on how to mod Lord Vader, it is below.
Main Mod Stats to focus on…
My Lord Vader gets a lot of play in my game in the RoTE Territory Battle as multiple Dark Side battles are tailored to using Lord Vader and a team of Empire units with or without Maul. He also gets use in other game mods, but for Territory Wars and the GAC, he is usually kept off of defense because there are so many effective counters, and is usually pitted to counter non-Galactic Legends since he cannot handle the GLs himself. His base Speed is 390 (3rd highest in the game), Health is over 102k (3rd highest), Protection over 113k (1st), Physical Damage is 9,436 (1st), Armor Penetration of 537 (2nd) and his Physical Critical Chance and Potency are solid as well, but for some reason this character is just not great. He’s very good, but the Lord Vader teams are all lacking unless an awesome Datacron is in play. When it comes to mods, enhance Lord Vader’s strengths to make him as strong and durable as possible as we all hope a new lifter unit will be added to the game in the near future.
Which Mod Sets to use & Dev Recommendations
The developers at EA Capital Games are recommending Critical Damage and Health sets, but they do not have a lot of support in that recommendation. All Galactic Legends have nearly double the Speed of other characters, and with a baed Speed of 390, Lord Vader would get a 39 Speed boost from a Speed set of four mods. While the added CD would be nice, losing 39 Speed is a hard thing to make up for, and the Top players in the Kyber division of SWGoH agree with me. So giving all of this consideration, here is what I am recommending for the best mods for Lord Vader:
- Transmitter (Square) – The Transmitter mod always has a primary focus on offense. For Lord Vader, you want to use a SPEED mod here and be sure to closely look at the secondary stats to ensure that you get a heavy secondary focus on speed, offense, critical chance and potency, health or protection.
- Receiver (Arrow) – The Receiver mod can have a primary focus on several stats including speed, critical avoidance, accuracy, health, protection, defense and offense. For Lord Vader, you want to use a HEALTH mod here with a primary focus on speed and a secondary focus on offense, critical chance, health and potency or protection.
- Processor (Diamond) – The Processor is always going to have a primary focus on defense. For Lord Vader, you want to use a SPEED mod here with a secondary focus on speed, offense, critical chance and potency, health or 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 Lord Vader, you want to use a SPEED mod here with a primary focus on Critical Damage and a secondary focus on speed, offense, critical chance and potency, health or protection.
- Data-Bus (Circle) – The Data-bus mod always has a primary focus on either health or protection, so use a HEALTH mod with a focus on Protection because Lord Vader has the highest base Protection stat in the game. The secondary focus stats should be speed, offense, critical chance and potency or health.
- Multiplexer (Plus) – The Multiplexer (plus or cross) mod can have a primary focus on potency, tenacity, health, protection, defense offense. For Lord Vader, you want to use a SPEED mod here with a Protection or Offense focus, making sure to have your mod sets complete. For the secondary stats, look to add speed, offense, critical chance and potency or health.
Best Mods for Lord Vader TL;DR
- Square – Speed mod with speed, offense & potency
- Arrow – Health mod, Speed focus with offense, potency & protection
- Diamond – Speed mod with speed, CC & protection
- Triangle – Speed mod, Critical Damage focus with speed, offense & potency
- Circle – Health mod, Protection focus with speed, CC & potency
- Plus – Speed mod, Protection focus with speed, CC & potency