A new Era is here and we have our second character in the Era of Andor in Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes with Vel Sartha joining the game, and it is time to review mods for this new Era unit. 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 my days with Gaming Fans are well behind me, I have been writing mod guides like this one since the early days of mods when they were added to SWGoH in 2018. Fortunately, writing these mod guides continues to be a way for me to continue to enjoy Galaxy of Heroes now that I have been playing this game for over a decade. I will seek to keep the same high quality content going as I continue the “best mods in SWGoH” series today with the Best Mods for Vel Sartha.
The newest character in Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes, Vel Sartha is an Era Unit Marquee character who joined the game in late February 2026. Vel Sartha is a rebel operative in the series Andor who plays a key leadership role in early missions against the Galactic Empire, helping organize covert operations and build trust among disparate resistance fighters. Beneath her composed exterior, Vel struggles with the personal sacrifices required by rebellion, highlighting the emotional cost of fighting for freedom. For the purposes of SWGoH, Vel Sartha is a Light Side Support character who fits into the Rebel and Rebel Fighter factions. Let’s take a look at how we want to focus the mod stat gains for Vel Sartha 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 Vel Sartha is below. Also, I added a new(er) format on the recommendations below which I hope will help make these best mods articles easier to decipher.
Era of Andor Characters:
- Kleya Marki
- Vel Sartha
- Cinta Kaz
- Dedra Meero
- Major Partagaz
- KX Security Droid
- Cassian Andor (Undercover)
Main Mod Stats to focus on…
Vel Sartha’s SWGoH kit, despite being a Support character, she operates more like a Tank. While her base Health & Protection are just above average and her base Defense is a bit below average, her One Path One Choice unique grants her +100% Critical Avoidance, Counter Chance and Defense when she has Resilient Defense. This makes these average stats significantly impactful as she looks to protect her Rebel teammates. As a result, boosting Vel’s Defense, Health and Protection will be helpful, but the Defense is the stat I would lean hardest on given the ability to gain Entrenched as well. Potency will help her land the Blind debuff with her AoE attack, but Vel’s main job is to protect her team, so slicing your mods for high Defense and survivability stats are the main areas of focus through mods. It is also worth noting that all Rebel Fighters gain 8% of Vel Sartha’s CC, CD, Defense Penetration and Offense on her turn until her next turn, so boosting each will help the team, but I still see more emphasis on the survivability stats as being most important.
Which Mod Sets to use & Dev Recommendations for Vel Sartha
Just like with the Era of Anniversary, these new Era of Andor units are added to the game, we will not have any ability to use them for quite some time from the start of the Era outside of the Coliseum game mode. As a result of this, it will be May 2026 before Vel Sartha is available to use in other areas of SWGoH, which honestly is a huge buzz kill. My initial thoughts are to go with three Defense sets and then add Health, Protection and Tenacity from the secondary stats, but when the devs chime in with their mod recommendations, I will gladly compare and make any needed adjustments. Until then, here are my recommendations for the best mods for Vel Sartha:
- Transmitter (Square) – The Transmitter mod always has a primary focus on offense.
- Recommended Mod Type: Defense
- Recommended Secondary Stats: speed, defense, potency and 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.
- Recommended Mod Type: Defense, Defense or Critical Avoidance focus
- Recommended Secondary Stats: speed, defense, potency and health or protection
- Processor (Diamond) – The Processor is always going to have a primary focus on defense.
- Recommended Mod Type: Defense
- Recommended Secondary Stats: defense, health, protection and tenacity or 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.
- Recommended Mod Type: Defense mod, Defense focus
- Recommended Secondary Stats: defense, health, protection and tenacity or potency
- Data-Bus (Circle) – The Data-bus mod always has a primary focus on either health or protection.
- Recommended Mod Type: Defense mod, Protection focus
- Recommended Secondary Stats: defense, health, protection and tenacity or potency
- Multiplexer (Plus) – The Multiplexer (plus or cross) mod can have a primary focus on potency, tenacity, health, protection, defense or offense.
- Recommended Mod Type: Defense mod, Defense focus
- Recommended Secondary Stats: defense, health, protection and tenacity or potency
Vel Sartha Mods TL;DR
- Square – Speed mod with speed & offense
- Arrow – Health/CC mod, Speed focus with offense & critical chance
- Diamond – Speed mod with speed & offense
- Triangle – Health/CC mod, CD focus with speed & offense
- Circle – Speed mod, Health focus with speed & offense
- Plus – Speed mod, Potency focus with speed & offense