This video provides an in-depth analysis of the standard farmable datacrons newly available in the recent Conquest update of Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. The presenter evaluates their usability, stat boosts, faction and class-related bonuses, and specific character synergies, emphasizing strategic choices for farming and application in battle.
Core Concepts and Key Insights
- Datacron Levels & Classes: Unlike previous sets, the level six datacrons are tied to unit classes (healers, tanks, support, attackers) rather than factions. This alters the usual farming difficulty, particularly making level 3 datacrons harder to obtain due to lack of faction locking, impacting targeting specific datacrons.
- Stat Boosts Overview:
| Stat | Boost Range / Notes | Use Case / Recommendation |
|---|---|---|
| Armor Penetration | 310% to 440% total across all levels | Most valuable stat, excellent for many attackers except those dealing special damage (e.g., Drogon, Fenic) |
| Potency | Significant boost but niche in practical use | Useful for specific teams relying on debuffs |
| Crit Damage | Moderate boost, niche usage due to anti-crit mechanics | Beneficial for crit-focused units but situational |
| Health | Solid boost, considered more valuable than protection | Supports health-based damage and healing synergy (e.g., Malgus, Bane, Kenobi buffs) |
| Protection | Good boost but less versatile than health | Useful for mitigating health-based damage effects or specific Jedi Master abilities |
| Crit Chance | Minor boost, less impactful overall | Not a priority |
- Faction Bonuses:
- Dark Side: Level 3 boost adds 2% max health damage on debuffs, useful but minor. Speed-up on basics is the most valuable.
- Light Side: More diverse and stronger options, including:
- 25% meter at battle start.
- Buffs on dispelling or managing debuffs.
- Offense increases stacking with dispelled buffs, synergizing well with Queen Amidala squads.
- Class-Based Level 6 Datacrons:
- Tanks:
- Abilities include damage immunity, taunt with defensive buffs, revival upon defeat with bonus turn, and health/protection recovery when critically hit.
- Some tanks reduce damage taken by 75% if turn meter >50%, complicating battles.
- Assist mechanics triggered by allies’ special abilities, with bonus damage on taunting enemies.
- Highly recommended for tanks like Ahsoka and Leia for survivability and durability.
- Attackers:
- Gain offense boosts when enemy debuffs expire or when inflicting marks.
- Bonus turns upon defeating enemies, synergizing with burst damage units like Drogon.
- Stacking offense and defense penetration, accuracy boosts, and true damage on attacks out of turn.
- Ability to ignore stealth and taunt if attacker has no debuffs.
- Excellent for offensive teams focused on rapid enemy elimination.
- Healers:
- Generally weak except for the “ward crown” datacron.
- Key abilities include inflicting healing immunity on enemies at turn start, cooldown reduction on allies when healed, mass healing and protection revival on first ally health drop or defeat.
- Healing immunity is a crucial and powerful effect.
- Healers also gain health and protection recovery on crits and grant heal-over-time effects.
- Support Units:
- Mostly underwhelming except the ward crown datacron.
- Notable abilities: buff dispelling on turn start, inflicting tenacity down on enemies, and granting evasion and tenacity up to allies.
- Can gain stealth on being critically hit or debuffed.
- Dispelling buffs on enemies is a highly valuable utility.
- Tanks:
Noteworthy Level 9 Datacrons & Character Highlights
- General Observation: Level 9 includes many so-called “meme characters,” some of which are less impactful or situational, while a few provide unique utilities.
| Character | Level 9 Key Effects & Utility | Commentary |
|---|---|---|
| CUP | Removes enemy turn meter on stunned enemies; grants bonus turns to allies; synergizes well with Queen Amidala | Potentially powerful with the right squad |
| Fives | Bonus damage on attacks out of turn; inflicts offense down and healing immunity; taunt removal reduces enemy turn meter | Moderate utility; good for banner sniping |
| Biggs & Wedge | Biggs gains health/protection with Wedge; Wedge has multiple assist chances with bonus damage; synergy with Mon Mothma or Saw | Could be strong with high relic investment |
| Shoretrooper | Grants health steal and taunt; recovers on losing taunt | Less useful now; lacks a clear team home |
| Ugnaught | Self-dispels debuffs, resets cooldowns, gains counters and crit chance; inflicts damage-over-time and dispels buffs from enemies | Mostly a meme, not recommended |
| Count Dooku | High crit chance/damage when debuffed; assists on special use; dispels buffs on enemies | Interesting but niche; self-buff mechanics |
| Gains heal/protection over time; inflicts protection disruption on enemies | Could help bypass protection buffs (e.g., vs. Treya) | |
| Royal Guard | Removes enemy turn meter on taunt loss | Replaced by clones; situational use |
| Luminara | Inflicts protection disruption on enemies; heals allies over time | Good utility in certain comps |
| Darth Vader | Resets cooldowns and gains bonus turns when allies defeated; health steal scales with defeated allies | More defensive/anti-offense potential |
| Talia | Self-heals and dispels debuffs under 30% health; gains meter on ally specials | Not impactful; rarely used |
| Baze | Equalizes health/protection on crits; deals damage to weakest enemy under 50% health | Moderate utility |
| Clone Wars Chewie & Admiral Ackbar | Grant turn meter on basic abilities to allies | Useful for turn meter control |
| Jedi Consular | Provides immunity to healing immunity; revives allies; heals on abilities | Strong utility, good synergy with Ray |
| Barriss | Revives allies with full health, meter, and offense on first defeat | Supports Ray squads effectively |
| Old Daka | Bonus turn and cooldown reset when ally defeated | Limited Night Sisters synergy |
| Resistance Trooper | Exposes enemies on basic, chance to attack again on exposed enemies, grants turn meter to allies | Good synergy with Finn and Resistance teams |
| Qui-Gon | Inflicts armor shred and exposure; gains protection on armor shred | Similar to Commander Luke’s style |
| Lando | Increased AoE damage | Useful if Lando survives long enough |
| Cad Bane | Multiple level 9 lines with assist damage, recovery, and turn meter removal | Unlikely to replace existing Hot Cartel squads |
| Sun Fac | Guaranteed counter chance; immune to daze/stun; dispels debuffs; boosts allies when debuffs dispelled | Moderate support character; better options exist |
Strategic Recommendations for Farming & Usage
- Prioritize Armor Penetration and Stacking Offense for attackers, especially on level 3 and 6 datacrons.
- Health boosts preferred over protection due to greater synergy with health-based damage and healing mechanics.
- Light Side datacrons generally provide more versatile and powerful options than Dark Side.
- Tanks with revive and taunt-related boosts (e.g., Ahsoka, Leia) benefit greatly from level 6 tank datacrons.
- Healers and supports mostly favor ward crowns, especially for healing immunity and buff dispelling.
- Level 9 datacrons are often niche; focus on those that complement your core squads (e.g., Queen Amidala with Cup, Biggs & Wedge, Jedi Consular with Ray).
- Consider specific synergies such as Lord Vader with max health damage datacrons or Kenobi squads using repost and bulk datacrons to maximize damage and survivability.
- Use the provided customizable farming list (available on the presenter’s website) to plan and tailor datacron farming to your roster and team compositions.
Conclusion
This new set of farmable datacrons introduces class-based enhancements alongside faction bonuses, creating fresh strategic layers. While some datacrons and characters offer exceptional boosts—particularly in offense, survivability, and utility—many level 9 options are situational or meme-tier. Effective farming and application will depend on focusing on armor penetration, stacking offense, and key class-specific benefits (especially for tanks and healers) to boost your core teams in Conquest and other game modes.