SWGOH news: omicron

A new Light Side Support character, Hunter (Mercenary), is introduced with a Marquee event on February 11. He supports the Bad Batch and Mercenary factions by Marking enemies, which enables various team benefits, cooldown reductions, and debuffs on opponents. His kit focuses on synergizing with Attackers and building stacks to empower his special abilities, especially "This Will Hurt."

Jocasta Nu, a new Galactic Republic Jedi Attacker, is revealed as a Conquest lifter. She transforms into Jocasta Nu (Rifle) and features a new Jedi Vanguard faction tag, along with unique abilities like a rifle throw for a last-ditch effort and setting enemy health to 65.

Batcher, a new Bad Batch character, is revealed with abilities focused on debuffs, offense buffs for her allies, and ignoring enemy taunts and stealth. She will be available via a Marquee Event starting January 28, 2025.

A new Omega (Fugitive) unit is announced for Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, available via Marquee on January 14. This Light Side Support and Leader character introduces new Bad Batch squad mechanics including Captive and Rescue. Her kit focuses on timing and strategic ability use to maximize benefits.

The Era of the Cavalry begins January 14th, introducing Omega (Fugitive) and Batcher. Episode 1 offers shards for these characters through the Episode Pass and Episode Shipments, alongside other specific character shards and required characters for quests. Reward tracks for both free and premium pass tiers are detailed.

Today's update announces the new Galactic Legend Ahsoka Tano, Datacron set 19, a new monthly calendar, and changes to the Hyperdrive Bundle. It also fixes multiple bugs, including issues with The Scimitar, Master Qui-Gon, General Syndulla, and Queen Amidala. Bo-Katan (Mand'alor)'s Journey Guide is now permanently available.

Capital Games announced an Extra Life charity stream for UC Davis Children's Hospital on December 20th. Players can donate for individual rewards or contribute to community goals that unlock in-game events and gifts, planned for early February. Donations require an ally code to identify players for rewards.

The upcoming Episode 2 update will increase the Episode Currency cap to 100,000 and reduce the Episode Point requirements for the first four milestones. Recurring Episode Quests will be rescheduled, and new shipments will add more Omicron materials and Micro Attenuators. Galactic Challenges will revert to five feats, including the "Complete the battle" feat, with adjusted Episode Point rewards. Episode 2 character shards will focus on Hunter, Wrecker, Tech, Echo, Omega, Ahsoka Tano (Fulcrum), Saw Gerrera, Nightsister Zombie, and Ezra Bridger.

General Syndulla Oblongata is revealed as a new Light Side Leader and Support unit, introducing the "Perfect Defense" buff. She is acquired via a Marquee event and is a Relic 5 requirement for GL Ahsoka. Chopper and Ahsoka Tano (Fulcrum) will also receive the Spectre tag.

The Kessel Run event begins November 21st at 11:00 AM PST, replacing the 5% Webstore discount with a reward system. Players can earn Coaxium daily by logging into the Webstore and completing daily quests, or weekly by making Shipment purchases. Milestones are repeatable during the 28-day event period, offering various rewards.

Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes is celebrating its 9th anniversary from November 18 to November 24 with various in-game activities. Players can expect double drops for multiple battle types and an anniversary inbox gift containing various materials and character shards. Special crystal offers will also be available in-game and via webstore.

Rey (Dark Side Vision) is a new Dark Side Attacker, First Order, and Sith unit for Conquest, designed as a lifter for Supreme Leader Kylo Ren. Her kit focuses on multiple attacks, inflicting Fear, preventing First Order allies from being defeated in Grand Arenas, and includes mechanics related to Retaliate, Shock, and Turn Meter manipulation.

A new Light Side Attacker Droid, Huyang, is introduced as the first Marquee unit of The Era of Apprentices starting November 19, 2024. His kit focuses on buffing Jedi, Light Side Droid, and Spectre allies, with special synergies under a Spectre Galactic Legend leader and in Territory Battles. He can be used with 50R-T Droids or General Syndulla before acquiring GL Ahsoka.

The Galactic Chase Pass structure, particularly regarding its rewards, should be understood like the Conquest reward track. This comparison suggests that the paid track's rewards are cumulative with the free track, rather than separate, offering a combined total.

The Episode 1 rewards are detailed, listing contents for both the Free Track and the $20 Episode Pass Track. Available shipments are also outlined, including costs in Episode Currency for ability materials, character shards, relic materials, mods, slicing materials, and gear. Shipments refresh weekly.

Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes is introducing a new 12-week Era and 4-week Episode structure for character releases and events. Daily Activities become Daily Quests, and a new Episode Track with Free and Paid tiers offers rewards. Several events are becoming simmable.

This post answers community questions about Padawan Sabine Wren's kit and tag interactions. It clarifies how Off Balance stacks and functions, confirms the doubling of stats for Spectre allies, and details her synergy with Light Side Mandalorians and Unaligned Force Users.

A new character, Padawan Sabine Wren, is being introduced to Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. She is an Attacker and a prerequisite for Galactic Legend Ahsoka Tano. Her kit features a new debuff called Off Balance and mechanics that interact with Force Connection stacks and Spectre allies.

A Q&A clarifies Baylan Skoll's kit, team composition, and unlock. Event cadence is roughly every three months, unlock is at 7-stars, and full shards require completing the battle three times. Answers cover Soldier of Fortune stacking, Leader ability interactions, Mercenary synergies, and several specific ability rulings.

This update introduces Baylan Skoll, makes Marrok available in Chromium Packs, and adds Great Mothers to Cantina 8-E. IG-12 is now accelerated, and Galactic Legend tickets are no longer lost on a battle loss. Several bug fixes are included, and a known issue regarding TIE Dagger's ability description is noted.