STAR WARS Battlefront II: Best Weapons and Star Cards for Every Class and Hero

There are three blasters worth using:

• A280 – best choice; outclassed only at extreme long-range; use Improved Cooling and Improved Range
• CR-2 – extremely fast fire rate, can use at extremely close-range, but lacks versatility, so keep it to tight maps; use Reduced Recoil and Ion Shot
• EL-16HFE – superior at range but not worth it at mid/close-range; use Reduced Recoil and Improved Range

Star Cards:

• Toughen Up – always use
• Bounty Hunter – always use if interested in hero play
• Smart Ion Grenade – on maps with heavy ground vehicle use
• Bodyguard – everywhere else if grenades are a problem
• Assault Training- everywhere else if grenades aren’t a problem

Two blasters only:

• TL-50 – excels at close-range and useful at mid-range; use Improved Cooling and Reduced Spread
• T-21 – excels at long-range and useful at mid-range, but unforgiving at close-range; no attachments worth using

Star Cards:

• Bounty Hunter – if interested in heroes
• Improved Combat Shield – if not interested in heroes
• Ion Turret – vehicle hunting
• Ion Torpedo – vehicle hunting
• Detonite Charge – infantry hunting
• Bodyguard – infantry hunting

Two options:

• SE-44C – use with Improved Cooling and Rapid Fire; use 99-100% of the time
• S-5 – if you really want to try long-range but don’t want to switch classes; use Improved Recoil

Star Cards:

• Bounty Hunter – use if interested in heroes
• Officer’s Presence – use if interested in heroes
• Recharge Command – pick this (or Improved Battle Command) if interested in heroes
• Improved Battle Command – pick this (or Recharge Command) if interested in heroes
• Improved Flash Grenade – not interested in heroes
• Bodyguard – not interested in heroes

Two weapons:

• NT-242 – just want to snipe; use with Dual Zoom and Improved Cooling (can swap out Dual Zoom for Disrupter Shot for vehicle hunting)
• A280-CFE – want to do things other than sniping; use with Burst Mode and Dual Zoom

Star Cards to use with NT-242:

• Marksman – sitting back and sniping
• Survivalist – sitting back and sniping
• Personal Shield – sniping (either sitting back or attacking)
• Expert Weapons Handling – attack-sniping
• Hardened Infiltration – attack-sniping

Star Cards to use with A280-CFE:

• Stealth
• Personal Shield
• Brawler

Trooper gamemodes:

• Raw Strength
• All of Them
• Massive Strikes

Hero gamemodes:

• Raw Strength
• Attraction
• Steamroll – if you can survive
• Tenacious – if you don’t survive as well

Kenobi only has one card change between gamemodes:

• Jedi Resilience – Always use
• Safeguard – Always use; unless you’re in hero showdown and not surviving, then switch to Forward! or Quickened Focus
• Forward! – trooper gamemodes
• Perfect Defense – hero gamemodes

Yoda uses most of the same cards for both gamemodes:

• Agility – all modes
• Feel the force – all modes
• Jedi Mentor – trooper gamemodes; can be swapped out if you find another you like better
• Opposing the dark side – hero gamemodes

Luke’s cards have clearly-defined uses based on gamemode and map:

• Epicenter – all modes
• Intensify – all modes except hero showdown
• Jedi Reflexes – replaces Intensify in hero showdown
• Extended Push Reach – trooper gamemodes
• Rush Immunity – hero gamemodes on maps without ledge-kill potential
• Stronger Push – hero gamemodes on maps with ledge-kill potential

Mostly overlap between modes:

• Damaging Strike – all modes
• Focused Sight – all modes
• Resilient Dash – trooper modes
• Opportunist – hero modes

Trooper Modes:

• Flow Motion
• Lightsaber Defense
• Ranged Throw (pick one)
• Accelerated Throw (pick one)

Hero Modes:

• Flow Motion
• Ranged Throw – might swap out for the below cards
• Accelerated Throw – might swap out for the below cards
• Lightsaber Defense – swap one of the Throw cards out for this if facing many blaster heroes
• Forceful Thrust – maps with ledge-kill potential (swap one of the Throw cards out)

Most cards stay the same:

• Sith Control
• Balanced Duelist
• Last Seconds – trooper modes
• Masterful Duelist – hero modes
• Finesse – can swap Sith Control out for this if you prefer Stamina over Health

Grievous has many great Star Cards so it’s hard to choose:

Trooper gamemodes:

• Line Up, Weaklings
• Flesh is Weak
• Sith Trained – pick this or Beating Heart
• Beating Heart – pick this or Sith Trained

Hero modes:

• Line Up, Weaklings
• Flesh is Weak
• Beating Heart
• Jedi Killer – can be useful and swap out Beating Heart

Vader has many great Star Cards as well so it can be hard to choose and you can’t really go wrong:

• Furious Resilience
• Bonus Health
• There is no escape – trooper modes
• Punishing Grip – hero modes

Kylo has two separate set-ups for trooper vs hero modes:

Trooper modes:

• Closing in
• Harsh Pull
• Power Reach

Hero modes:

• Power Reach
• Bloodlust
• Power of Darkness – against blaster heroes
• Solid Freeze – less/no blaster heroes

Chewie has lots of cards to pick from:

Trooper modes:

• Impervious – better than Bonus Health; swap for Bonus Health if it’s not working for you
• Bonus Health – swap for Impervious when you feel comfortable
• Charging Frenzy
• Slammed – pick this or Echoing Roar; better for charging
• Echoing Roar – pick this or Slammed; better for less charging and more shooting

Hero modes:

• Extended Shock
• Bonus Health
• Impervious – swap out if you’re not surviving, especially in hero showdown
• Shocked and Vulnerable – replaces Impervious

Han doesn’t have many cards worth using:

• Heavily Modified Blaster
• Air Burst
• Broad Shoulders – trooper modes (but can use in hero modes)
• Smuggler’s Wits – hero modes

Like Han, Leia doesn’t have many cards worth using:

• Relentless Firing
• Rebel Heart
• High Spirit
• Laser Brain – only if sniping her secondary fire in trooper gamemodes

Another hero with not many cards to pick from:

• Hot and Cold
• Wide Eyed
• Maximized Efficiency – trooper modes
• Quick Shock – hero modes

For Finn, it’s not about mode but about what you’re planning to do:

Trooper modes:
Kill hunting:

• Stay Calm
• No More Running
• Raised to do one thing

Support role:

• Stay Calm
• Beacon of Hope
• One Resistance

Hero modes:

• No More Running
• In Charge
• Raised to do one thing – can swap for the next card
• Beacon of Hope – can swap for the previous card

Not many cards worth using, but priority depends on mode:

Trooper modes:

• Whirlwind
• Spinner
• Spared Batteries – can swap out for the next card
• Self Repairs – can swap out for the previous card, but Spared Batteries is better

Hero modes:

• Self Repairs
• Whirlwind
• Spared Batteries – Heroes and Villains
• Headfirst – Hero Showdown

Not a lot of cards worth using:

• Full reconstruction
• Linked systems
• Faster, faster! – everything but Hero Showdown
• Swift Power – Hero Showdown

Two Star Cards should always be used, with just the third changing:

• Not Hard Enough
• Safety First
• Laser Wall Durability – trooper modes
• Easy Shots – use in Co-Op only
• The More the Better – hero modes

Not many Star Cards worth choosing:

• Born to Fly
• Focalize
• Acute Concussion

Bossk has many Star Cards worth using, but this narrows it down based on mode:

• Multi-traps – all modes (except Co-Op)
• Trap Arming Speed – all modes (except Co-Op)
• Lingering Dioxis – trooper modes
• Name your poison – hero modes and Co-Op
• Ultimate Predator – Co-Op only
• Unrelenting Predator – Co-Op only

Iden has a clear best loadout:

• Alternative Methods
• Droid Batteries
• Cooled Blaster

Another straightforward set of choices:

• In Full Control
• Show No Mercy – every mode except Hero Showdown, then swap out for The Rule of Two
• The Rule of Two – Hero Showdown only
• Lightning Reach – open areas (most of the time)
• Surge of Lightning – close quarters (more rare situations)