The final Pirate addition in Galaxy of Heroes is Conquest prize Max Kanata. 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 continue to attempt to keep the same kind of content going as I resume the “best mods in SWGoH” series today with the Best Mods for Maz Kanata.
Max Kanata, a Conquest prize and Pirate intended to work with Captain Ithano, Quiggold and Kix, was first unlocked in Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes in October 2025 giving players a second strong Pirate team alongside Pirate King Hondo Ohnaka. Maz Kanata is a Light Side Support character who is a member of the Smuggler, Scoundrel, Pirate and Unaligned Force User factions. Let’s take a look at how we want to focus the mod stat gains for Maz Kanata 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 Max Kanata is below.
Main Mod Stats to focus on…
Maz Kanata’s kit is built around NOT having a Galactic Legend in the battle – on either side. In addition, she seems to be built to counter Sith teams (with no GL included), with anti-Sith language in her basic and leader abilities. Because of her strong kit, which includes a full-team cleanse, Speed and survivability are the key stats you want to gain from mods.
Which Mod Sets to use & Dev Recommendations for Maz Kanata
The recommended mods for Maz Kanata by the devs are a Speed set of four and a set of two Health mods. This is a character that I cannot disagree on given the info we have. You want to have Maz Kanata taking turns and staying alive, so the old Speed/Health combo feels like the best option. With that set, here are my recommendations for the best mods for the Pirate leader Maz Kanata:
- Transmitter (Square) – The Transmitter mod always has a primary focus on offense. For Maz Kanata, 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, 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. For Maz Kanata, 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 Maz Kanata, you want to use a HEALTH mod here with a secondary focus on 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. For Maz Kanata, you want to use a SPEED mod here with a primary focus on Health or Protection and a secondary focus on speed, health, protection and defense or tenacity.
- Data-Bus (Circle) – The Data-bus mod always has a primary focus on either health or protection, and for Maz Kanata go with a SPEED mod with a Health or Protection focus for the primary. The secondary focus stats should be 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. For Maz Kanatax, 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, protection and defense or tenacity.
Kix Mods TL;DR
- Square – Speed mod with speed & health/protection
- Arrow – Health mod, Speed focus with health & protection
- Diamond – Health mod with speed & health/protection
- Triangle – Speed mod, Health or Protection focus with speed & health/protection
- Circle – Speed mod, Health or Protection focus with speed & health/protection
- Plus – Speed mod, Health or Protection focus with speed & health/protection
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