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 Captain Ithano 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, especially Quiggold, the Pirate Tank.
Which Mod Sets to use & Dev Recommendations for Kix
The recommended mods for Kix by the devs are a Speed set of four and a set of two Health mods. While I do not agree 100% on this recommendation, I do trust the devs know more about these new characters than the rest of us, so I will not argue. Just be sure to look for CC and Potency in the secondary stats. 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, health, potency and critical chance 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 Kix, you have a couple of options. You could use an HEALTH mod here with a primary focus on speed and a secondary focus on health, protection, critical chance 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, health, potency and critical chance 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 Kix, you want to use a SPEED mod here with a primary focus on Health or Protection and a secondary focus on speed, health, potency and critical chance or protection.
- Data-Bus (Circle) – The Data-bus mod always has a primary focus on either health or protection, and for Kix go with a HEALTH mod with a Health or Protection focus for the primary. The secondary focus stats should be speed, health, potency and critical chance or protection.
- 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 Health or Protection, making sure to have your mod sets complete. For the secondary stats look to add speed, health, potency and critical chance or protection.
Kix Mods TL;DR
- Square – Speed mod with speed, health & potency
- Arrow – Health mod, Speed focus with CC, potency & health
- Diamond – Speed mod with speed, health & potency
- Triangle – Speed mod, Health or Protection focus with CC & health
- Circle – Health or Protection mod, Health focus with speed, health & potency
- Plus – Speed mod, Health focus with speed, CC & health
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