Darth Vader

Details
Affiliation	Galactic Empire
Capabilities
Health	800
Weapon	Darth Vader's Lightsaber
Abilities	Force Choke Heavy Attack Saber Throw
Trait	Lord of the Sith
Behind the scenes
Voice Actor	Matt Sloan

Darth Vader as he appears in Battlefront II

Your destiny lies with me.Darth Vader in Battlefront II

Darth Vader, also referred to as Lord Vader, is a hero for the Galactic Empire in DICE's Star Wars Battlefront and Star Wars Battlefront II.

Star Wars Battlefront

You will know the power of the Dark Side.Intro Dialogue

Darth Vader is a Galactic Empire Hero in DICE's Star Wars Battlefront. He acts as the Empire's lightsaber-wielder, serving as the equivalent to the Rebel Alliance's Luke Skywalker.

Overview

Darth Vader as he appears in Battlefront

Darth Vader is a menacing presence to behold on the battlefield, the sound of his breathing apparatus combined with his lightsaber cutting down foes is enough to strike fear into any insurgent. Vader is a powerful, close quarters villain but can have trouble closing distances purely based on agility. His Flight plays an important role in closing the gaps between enemies. In close range, Vader's abilities are very destructive to his foes. However, he is much slower than other heroes.

Vader is considered to be a tank and is very resilient to damage. With his Lord of the Sith trait, which boosts up his defense, he has the capability to wipe out an entire rebel base without losing much health. Vader can take down strong heroes like Chewbacca while taking damage from other enemies. His Trait actually increases when hitting heroes and getting damaged. Vader has the capability to defeat Chewbacca with at least 40% health left.

Abilities

• Force Choke: Darth Vader uses the Force to choke enemies and suspend them in the air. This only targets one enemy at a time.
• Heavy Attack: A powerful sweeping attack, intended to strike down multiple close-ranged enemies at the same time, using this attack with Luke Skywalker will initiate a saber clash.
• Saber Throw: Darth Vader uses the Force to sling his Lightsaber across long distances, using it to cut down enemies. Saber Throw tends to throw from the hip, not the arm, so aim upwards or float a little.

Trait

Darth Vader's hero trait is called Lord of the Sith. Darth Vader's armor increases based on the number of enemies surrounding him. This only affects to blaster bolts and explosions and doesn't affect to melee attacks (lightsaber included) or force abilties. Heroes count as two enemies towards his trait progression. Armor is a bonus amount of health added to a player's health bar that not only grants the player an increased amount of health but a greater amount of damage resistance as well. Darth Vader's trait, like the other heroes in Star Wars Battlefront, has three levels, each more powerful than the previous. The bonuses given to Darth Vader for each level of his hero trait are defined below:

• Level 1: 20% for 1-2 enemies.
• Level 2: 50% for 3-4 enemies.
• Level 3: 80% for 5 or more enemies.

Quotes

Impressive. Most impressiveEmote

Your defeat is inevitable.emote

Feel the power of the dark side.emote

You will know the power of the dark side.Intro Dialogue

Witness the power of the Force.upon attack

You are nothing against the power of the Force!Upon Force Choking an opponent

Come to me.using Heavy Strike

You will die by my hand!using Heavy Strike

You are part of the Rebel Alliance and a traitor!Upon attacking Princess Leia

I sense young Skywalker's presenceWhen Luke Skywalker enters the battlefield

Trivia

• Darth Vader is voiced by Matt Sloan.
• Darth Vader's theme is the iconic Imperial March from The Empire Strikes Back OST.
• Vader's trait was originally bugged since it gave armor protection for enemy soldiers as well. This was corrected later on in a patch where it simply affected him.
• Vader is one of the only three characters who doesn't play like a soldier. The others being his master and his son.
• Darth Vader only has one version of his armor in the game, and that is his armor from The Empire Strikes Back. In the films, he has at least two sets of armor. When on the Death Star and on Scarif during the game, he is wearing the wrong suit of armor as in the films, the helmet has red eyes and the suit of armor looks different.

Gallery

A close up shot of Darth Vader's fear invoking helmet and mask.

Darth Vader leading an Imperial spear head charge.

There was a limited edition Darth Vader PlayStation 4 released alongside Star Wars Battlefront (2015).

Cinematic capture of Darth Vader using Force Choke on a rebel soldier.

Cinematic capture of Darth Vader killing a rebel soldier on Sullust

Cinematic capture of Darth Vader on Hoth

A front and back view of Darth Vader's suit.

Darth Vader in an intense lightsaber battle with his son, Luke Skywalker.

Cinematic capture of Darth Vader on Survivors of Endor

Cinematic capture of Darth Vader on Sullust

Cinematic capture of Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader clashing sabers on SoroSuub Pipelines

Cinematic capture of Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader clashing sabers on Sullust

Cinematic capture of Darth Vader on Sullust

Star Wars Battlefront II

Details
Affiliation	Dark Side, Galactic Empire
Battle Points	4,000
Capabilities
Health	800
Weapon	Darth Vader's Lightsaber
Abilities	Focused Rage Saber Throw Force Choke
Behind the scenes
Voice Actor	Matt Sloan

Darth Vader's high survivability and powerful Force powers enable him to stand on the frontlines and slowly advance on his enemies.

Darth Vader returns in DICE's Star Wars Battlefront II, once again as a Galactic Empire Hero.

Overview

Darth Vader on Hoth

Star Wars Battlefront II websiteBe Feared

Darth Vader is a tank. His lightsaber deals a considerable amount of damage, and he can sustain himself and his melee attacks and defenses even longer using his Focused Rage, giving himself bonus health, in addition to the massive health pool he already possesses, and slowing his stamina drain for a period of time. However, he plays similarly to other slow characters in the game, and his killer running speed and sprint attack have been removed.

While Vader is slow moving, unlike in the original Battlefront 2, he is not limited to his short range, and can launch his lightsaber forward at enemies using his Saber Throw. This ability is able to damage enemies twice, once when passing through them and a second time on the way back. Certain star cards buff the damage of the throw when passing through the same enemy twice, allowing for terrifying combos.

Vader's second ability is Focused Rage. Activating this ability causes Vader to pull on the force to enhance his own rage. This allows him to deal more damage against his target while also allowing him to take more damage in return. This proves especially helpful in one on one situations against an enemy hero. It allows him to deal with other heroes' large health pools.

Finally, Vader can use his iconic Force choke power to choke entire groups of enemies at once, lifting multiple enemies into the air and dealing damage over time. If an enemy is able to survive the initial suffocation, Vader can finish them off with his Saber Throw or basic melee attack.

Levels

Level	Reward Upon Reaching Level	XP to Complete Level	Total Skill Points
1	None	3,000	0
2	1 Skill Point Furious Resilience becomes available Bonus Health becomes available	5,800	1
3	1 Skill Point	10,200	2
4	1 Skill Point	10,540	3
5	1 Skill Point There Is No Escape becomes available Punishing Grip becomes available	10,976	4
6	1 Skill Point	11,400	5
7	1 Skill Point	11,836	6
8	1 Skill Point	12,280	7
9	1 Skill Point	12,736	8
10	1 Skill Point Surrounded By Fear becomes available	16,750	9
11	1 Skill Point	17,203	10
12	1 Skill Point Can now upgrade Star Cards to Rare	17,660	11
13	1 Skill Point	18,123	12
14	1 Skill Point	18,590	13
15	1 Skill Point Deflection Stamina becomes available Intensified Lightsaber Throw becomes available	19,063	14
16	1 Skill Point	19,540	15
17	1 Skill Point	20,023	16
18	1 Skill Point	20,510	17
19	1 Skill Point	21,003	18
20	1 Skill Point Last Gasp becomes available Fueling The Rage becomes available	21,500	19
21	1 Skill Point	22,003	20
22	1 Skill Point	22,510	21
23	1 Skill Point	23,023	22
24	1 Skill Point	23,540	23
25	1 Skill Point Can now upgrade Star Cards to Epic	24,063	24
26-37	1 Skill Point per level	24,417	36
38-40	1,000 Credits per level	24,417	36
Prestige: 41-1,000 (MAX)	None	25,000	36

Health and Movement

Health Statistics for Darth Vader
Base Health	800 Bonus Health Increases base health to 850 / 875 / 900 / 950 Focused Rage ability Temporarily adds 200 health
Health Regen Rate	50 health/sec Health on Elimination 20 for trooper elimination 100 for hero elimination
Max Health Regen	250
Regen Delay	5 sec

Movement Statistics for Darth Vader
Sprint Speed	7 meters/second
Maximum Jump Height	10 meters
Number of Dodges	2
Dodge Length	5.5 meters
Dodge Cooldown	1.1 seconds per dodge
All dodges grant 20% damage reduction throughout the animation

Weapon

Weapon Image
In-game Description	The red blade of Darth Vader's lightsaber reflects his fall to the dark side and his becoming a Dark Lord of the Sith.
Damage	130 160 (Rear) Focused Rage ability Damage increased to 145 175 (Rear) Fueling The Rage Damage becomes 134 / 136 / 138 / 140 164 / 166 / 168 / 170 (Rear)
Melee Attacks	10 swings possible Surrounded By Fear Replenishes 5% / 10% / 15% / 20% stamina with each kill
Blaster Deflections	2121 damage deflections possible Surrounded By Fear Replenishes 5% / 10% / 15% / 20% stamina with each kill Deflection Stamina Reduces stamina drain against blasters by: 10% / 15% / 20% / 25%
Deflection Spread (angle multiplier)	0.2
Melee Deflections	14 melee deflections possible Surrounded By Fear Replenishes 5% / 10% / 15% / 20% stamina with each kill
Stamina Regen Delay	2.25 seconds
Stamina Regen Speed (from empty)	3 seconds

Weapon Image
Damage	36-30
Range	Start damage drop-off: 20 meters End damage drop-off: 40 meters

Abilities

Passive Ability

Ability Name	Health on Elimination
Ability Icon
In-game Description	Darth Vader regains health for each defeated enemy.
Effect	Grants 20 health per defeated trooper, 100 health per defeated Hero.

Combat Abilities

Ability Icon
In-game Description	Darth Vader throws his lightsaber, cutting through and dealing damage to any enemies in the way.
Damage	130 (Initial throw) 130 (Return) Intensified Lightsaber Throw Increases return damage to: 145 / 150 / 155 / 160 if the initial throw connects Force Choke ability Damage decreases by 50% Force Choke ability Damage decreases to 65 65 (Return)
Area of Effect	20 meters There Is No Escape Increases throw distance to: 24 / 26 / 28 / 30 meters
Ability Cooldown	8 seconds

Ability Icon
In-game Description	Darth Vader channels the dark side of the Force and focuses his rage. The stamina cost of his melee strikes is halved and they deal bonus damage while he receives temporary bonus health.
Effect	Grants 200 Health to Vader +15 damage to Lightsaber strikes Slows stamina drain by 50% Furious Resilience Grants 8% / 10% / 20% / 25% damage reduction to Darth Vader with Focused Rage Fueling The Rage Lowers bonus damage with Focused Rage to: 4 / 6 / 8 / 10
Ability Duration	10 seconds Fueling The Rage Increases duration to 16 seconds
Ability Cooldown	12 seconds

Ability Icon
In-game Description	Darth Vader chokes a cluster of enemies ahead of him, dragging them off the ground and through the air to drop them into danger.
Damage	Damage per second: 86 Total damage: 130 Last Gasp Increases damage per second to: 103.2 / 111.8 / 120.4 / 129 if Force Choke affects 2 or more enemies
Effect	Grants 20% damage reduction to Darth Vader Lifts and drops enemies
Ability Duration	1.5 seconds Punishing Grip Increases Force Choke duration to: 1.65 / 1.8 / 1.95 / 2.1 seconds
Ability Cooldown	25 seconds

Known Issues

Darth Vader's Force Choke will sometimes release enemies the instant they are caught in the ability, resulting in them just falling to the ground rather than being choked.

Vader's Star Card There Is No Escape throws the lightsaber 45% further instead of 50% further when maxed out.

Boost Cards

Main article: Boost Card

Furious Resilience	Bonus Health	There Is No Escape	Punishing Grip	Surrounded By Fear
Deflection Stamina	Intensified Lightsaber Throw	Last Gasp	Fueling The Rage

Victory Poses

Give Yourself to the Dark Side	Dark Lord of the Sith	Anger	Lack of Faith

In-game Hints

General

All heroes can dodge or evade. Use this to avoid damage and open distance between you and your enemy.First hint

Dodge is most effective at avoiding lightsaber attacks and opening space between you and the attacker.Second hint

Heroes can only block attacks from the front. Try to position around them and hit them from behind to be effective.Third hint

Each time a blocking hero deflects damage or swings their lightsaber, they lose stamina. When out of stamina, heroes are unable to deflect or trigger a closing strike.Fourth hint

Heroes have strengths and weaknesses. Hone your skills by playing Arcade.Fifth hint

Use Star Cards to ensure your hero experience is personally tailored.Sixth hint

Heroes will only regenerate a limited amount of health after taking damage.Seventh hint

Darth Vader on Death Star II

Specific

Darth Vader’s Focused Rage increases the damage you deal as well as removing the Stamina cost of his lightsaber strikes.First hint

You can drag and drop enemies off ledges using Darth Vader’s Choke ability.Second hint

Darth Vader’s high survivability allows him to hold his ground against many attackers.Third hint

Emotes, Quotes, And Related Audio

You cannot hide forever.First emote

You are as clumsy as you are stupid.Second emote

I find your lack of faith disturbing.Third emote

Apology accepted.Fourth emote

This will be a day long remembered.Upon spawning

We would be honored if you would join us.Upon spawning

I'm not so easily injured!Upon using Focused Rage

Your life ends.Upon using Force Choke

Your hope has blinded you.Upon using Force Choke

Upon using Lightsaber ThrowNo escape!

These are the fruits of treason.In combat

The price of insurgence.In combat

Vader: You could not stop my master and you cannot stop me.
Yoda: Bold claims from an apprentice.Banter between Yoda and Darth Vader

Palpatine: Do not fail me, Lord Vader.
Vader: The battle will be ours, my master.Banter between Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader

Luke: Anakin is still a part of you.
Vader: Anakin Skywalker no longer exists.Banter between Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader

Vader: You can be replaced, bounty hunter.
Boba Fett: Not without cost.Banter between Boba Fett and Darth Vader

Vader: Demonstrate your worth, bounty hunter.
Bossk: I have nothing to prove to you!Banter between Bossk and Darth Vader

The girl, she carries a familiar lightsaber...Banter with Rey

Princess Leia is here. She is mine.Banter with Leia Organa

Boba Fett, do not disappoint me.Banter with Boba Fett

Solo's Wookiee is here.Banter with Chewbacca

Capture or kill Captain Solo.Banter with Han Solo

Calrissian must be punished.Banter with Lando Calrissian

Heroes vs. Villains announcer when Darth Vader player gets a 5-player killstreakAll hail the Dark Lord of killstreaks.

Intro: Outro:

Trivia

• He is voiced by Matt Sloan just like in the game's predecessor, Star Wars Battlefront.
• Vader has the same walking and jumping animation as Anakin Skywalker, his light side persona.

Updates

1.0 Patch

• Bug fix: Fixed an issue in Arcade where Force Choke would instantly kill an enemy who stayed near a wall.
• Buff: Force Choke is no longer canceled by Yoda's Presence ability.

1.2 Patch

• Buff: Focused Rage grants 200 temporary bonus health.
• Nerf: Reduced Vader's max health from 900 to 800.
• Bug fix: Fixed an issue where the camera would enter a bad state when being the target of Force Choke.
• Bug fix: Fixed an issue where Vader would not take any damage from Luke Skywalker's Push if standing near a wall.
• Known issue: The Punishing Grip Star Card effect is not applied when Force Choke is used.

2.0 Patch

• Bug fix: Fixed an issue where the Punishing Grip Star Card effect wasn't applied when Force Choke is used.
• Bug fix: Fixed an issue where Saber Throw could go through a wall on Takodana.

Night on Endor Update

• Bug fix: The Dark Lord Star Card now applies the proper bonus.
• Bug fix: The Bonus Health Star Card now applies the proper bonus.
• Bug fix: Fixed an issue where Vader would stay in the Force Choke animation when that ability was used in the air.
• Bug fix: The Furious Resilience Star Card is now giving the proper, listed damage reduction. Previously the damage reduction was higher than stated.

Han Solo Season Update

• Bug fix: Darth Vader's "All Too Easy" milestone should now progress properly.

Han Solo Season Update 2

• Bug fix: Fixed an issue on PS4 where Light Side heroes could lose the functionality of their basic attack if they were caught in a Vader and Palpatine ability chain.

Hero Starfighters Update

• Bug fix: Fixed an issue where Darth Vader's Intensified Lightsaber Throw Star Card displayed wrong information about the bonus damage granted.

Elite Corps Update

• Bug fix: Fixed an issue where players could occasionally remain stuck in the Force Choke animation.

Squad System Update

• Quality of life: Removed Hero Showdown-based challenges "Perfect Together" and "Vader and Kylo," based on player feedback that they are too hard to achieve in an online environment.

December Update

• Bug fix: Fixed an issue where Darth Vader would occasionally remain stuck in the Choke animation.

Darth Tyranus Update

• Bug fix: Fixed several issues with Darth Vader's abilities not always registering due to map geometry factors.
• Bug fix: Fixed an issue where Darth Vader was able to jump twice if Focused Rage was used mid-air.
• Bug fix: Fixed an issue where Darth Vader was unable to move players around while they were being affected by Force Choke.
• Known issue: Obi-Wan and Rey are not always able to block attacks from Darth Vader.

The Chosen One Update

• Quality of life: Made improvements towards issues with camera shaking when a player was being choked by Darth Vader. The camera of the target player being forced to look at Darth Vader when being choked was removed.

Capital Supremacy Update

• Mechanics change: Improved hero lightsaber combat in a variety of ways:
  • Removed staggering when a player attacks an enemy hero who is blocking.
  • A hero can no longer attack when they have no stamina.
  • Removed the stamina costs associated with pressing and holding block.
  • After being hit by a lightsaber, players will not be able to be staggered by a lightsaber attack for 0.8 seconds.
• Buff: Focused Rage now gives 50% reduced stamina costs when active.
• Buff: Increased Darth Vader's lightsaber damage from 120 to 130. Attack from behind bonus damage was increased from 20 to 30.
• Bug fix: Fixed an issue where Deflection Stamina would have not work at Epic rarity.
• Known issue: The ability description for Focused Rage has not been updated with the latest stamina changes.

Giants Above Kachirho Update

• Buff: Increased Darth Vader's attack stamina by 2 lightsaber strikes, to a total of 10 strikes.
• Quality of life: Darth Vader can now jump as high as other Force heroes.
• Quality of life: Force Choke will now not be interrupted by opponents using Force abilities.
• Bug fix: The ability description for Focused Rage has been updated with the stamina changes made in the Capital Supremacy Update.
• Bug fix: Fixed an issue where Darth Vader's lightsaber would get stuck spinning when thrown against an enemy turret.

Siege of Kamino Update

• Buff: Increased Vader's lightsaber damage from 120 to 130.
• Buff: Decreased Darth Vader's stamina regeneration delay from 3 seconds to 2.25 seconds.
• Nerf: Damage inflicted by Darth Vader during Force Choke is now reduced to 10% of its value.

Where are those Droidekas? Update

• Bug fix: Fixed an issue where the Fueling the Rage Star Card would put Focused Rage on cooldown when the user eliminated enemies faster than the ability timer could indicate.

July 2019 Update

• Bug fix: Fixed a visual issue where impact VFX would incorrectly trigger when playing as Vader and attacking while holding the Block button.
• Bug fix: Fixed an issue where Vader's lightsaber would stop being visible when switching the lightsaber off before throwing it against an opponent.

Roger Roger Update

• Mechanics change: Vader's health-on-kill Star Card named Dark Lord has been replaced with Surrounded By Fear.
• Mechanics change: Darth Vader now gains health from every kill automatically, no Star Card required.

Cooperation Update

• Quality of life: The word Resistant will now appear above Vader when he uses Force Choke to properly convey to other players that he cannot be affected by Force abilities during Force Choke.
• Quality of life: Clarified the effect of the Punishing Grip Star Card by changing the effect description from "TIGHTER GRIP" to "INCREASED ACTIVE TIME".
• Bug fix: Fixed an issue that would prevent players from dodging out Force Choke's area of effect.

October 2019 Patch

• Nerf: Removed the damage reduction during Force Choke.
• General: Changed the description of Fueling The Rage to "FOCUSED RAGE has an active duration extended by 6 seconds but its bonus damage is reduced."

Another Night on Endor Update

• Mechanics change: Hero abilities will not get canceled when heroes are hit with melee attacks. Additionally, a melee attack right after a lightsaber attack should not stagger the hero.
• Quality of life: Focused Rage has been changed so it allows players to move 0.4 seconds earlier after the animation has completed.

The Celebration Update

• Mechanics change: Force Choke can only be used if an enemy is in its area of effect.
• Buff: A 25% damage reduction during Choke has been added.
• Quality of life: Players can now see the number of enemies targeted by the ability.

The Rise of Skywalker Update

• Mechanics change: Force Choke can be used even if there's no enemies in its area of effect.

BB Update

• Mechanics change: Buff: Vader is now able to attack and block while using Force Choke.
• Bug fix: Fixed an issue that would prevent Darth Vader from throwing his lightsaber during a voice line action.
• Bug fix: Fixed an issue where Darth Vader would remain stuck in the Force Choke animation if he used Choke and then dashed immediately after.
• General: The intro animations for Darth Vader in the spawn and Collection menu screens have been improved.

The Age of Rebellion Update

• Redundant change: Mechanics change: Force Choke can be used even if there's no enemies in its area of effect.

February 12th Patch

• Nerf: Lowered the damage reduction on Darth Vader while using Choke from 75% to 20%.
  • Note: Vader never had 75% damage reduction, rather 25%. It is possible that the hero designer mistook the "0.25" damage reduction value in the game files as the amount of damage Vader took as a whole.
  • Unlisted: Buff: Due to a mistake in coding, the damage reduction value of Darth Vader while in Choke was actually increased to 80% from 25%; a server-side update on the 18th changed it back to its intended value of 20%.

May 28th Patch

• Nerf: Reduced Darth Vader's Lightsaber Throw damage from 150 to 130.
• Nerf: Reduced the effectiveness of the Force Choke and Lightsaber Throw attack combo. Enemies who are being affected by Force Choke will now only receive half the damage from Lightsaber Throw.
• Nerf: Reduced the values of the Intensified Lightsaber Throw Star Card to 15-20-25-30.

August 26th Patch

• Bug fix: Fixed an issue that allowed Darth Vader to receive significant damage reduction, making him nearly invincible.

Gallery

Luke & Vader clashing on the Death Star.

Concept art for Darth Vader in Battlefront II

Promotional clip of Darth Vader.

Cinematic capture of Darth Vader among stormtroopers in an imperial hangar

In-game icon for Darth Vader in Star Wars Battlefront II.

External links

• Anakin Skywalker on Wookieepedia