Yet another new Pirate unit joins Galaxy of Heroes and it is time to review the best mods for Kix. 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 I enjoyed our brief time with a communicative Capital Games consistently working 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 are well behind me, I will seek to keep the same kind of content going as I resume the “best mods in SWGoH” series today with the Best Mods for Kix.
The newest character in Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes, Kix is a Marquee character who joining the game in late July 2025. A member of the new Pirate faction, Kix is one of nine new Pirate characters, starting with SM-33 and culminating in the release of Galactic Legend Hondo Ohnaka. In the game, Kix is a Dark Side Healer who is a member of the Clone Trooper, Scoundrel and Pirate factions. Let’s take a look at how we want to focus the mod stat gains for Kix 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 Kix is below.
Main Mod Stats to focus on…
While we do not yet know what stats will be enhanced by Pirate King Hondo Ohnaka, we do know that Kix can be built up nicely by the stats mentioned in his kit. Looking at those, Speed will enhance Kix as his unique, Republic Medic Corps, can grant him Speed Up and Turn Meter and he gains +20 Speed for each Pirate ally below 100% Health. Potency helps Kix’s special, Explosive Response, inflict Healing Immunity. Scoring Critical hits is important to Kix as it helps his basic cleanse or heal his Pirate teammates.
Which Mod Sets to use & Dev Recommendations for Kix
At the moment, Kix does not have recommended mods by the devs as he has not yet been unlocked. Once he is available in-game this will be updated. As I have said before, as more Pirates are added to SWGoH, we will know more about how they work together, but so far Kix seems pretty straightforward. Here are my recommendations for the best mods for the Pirate Clone Kix:
- Transmitter (Square) – The Transmitter mod always has a primary focus on offense. For Kix, 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, potency or 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 Kix, you have a couple of options. You could use an POTENCY/CRITICAL CHANCE mod here with a primary focus on speed and a secondary focus on offense, health and potency.
- Processor (Diamond) – The Processor is always going to have a primary focus on defense. For Kix, you want to use a SPEED mod here with a secondary focus on speed, offense, health and potency.
- 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 Kix, you want to use a SPEED mod here with a primary focus on Critical Damage or Offense and a secondary focus on speed, offense, defense and potency or health.
- Data-Bus (Circle) – The Data-bus mod always has a primary focus on either health or protection, and for Kix go with a POTENCY/CRITICAL CHANCE mod with a health focus for the primary. The secondary focus stats should be speed, offense, defense and potency.
- Multiplexer (Plus) – The Multiplexer (plus or cross) mod can have a primary focus on potency, tenacity, health, protection, defense or offense. For Kix, you want to use a SPEED mod here with a focus on Offense or Health, making sure to have your mod sets complete. For the secondary stats look to add speed, offense, defense and health or potency.
Kix Mods TL;DR
- Square – Speed mod with speed, offense & potency
- Arrow – Potency/CC mod, Speed focus with offense & health
- Diamond – Speed mod with speed, offense & potency
- Triangle – Speed mod, Critical Damage focus with speed & health
- Circle – Potency/CC mod, Health focus with speed, offense & potency
- Plus – Speed mod, Offense focus with speed, offense & health
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