Omicron materials and abilities are the newest addition to Start Wars Galaxy of Heroes. Unlike Zeta materials before them, which were effective in all aspects of the game, Omicron abilities are, at least to start, situational, thus enhancing specific characters in specific game modes. While this may change over time, we have now had them in the game for over a month and all indications are that this is how Omicrons will work moving forward. Last month’s article reviewed what we knew at the time – Captain Phasma, Dash Rendar and Rose Tico. But with many more Omicron abilities having been added in the past few weeks and the addition of Boba Fett, Scion of Jango in the game in now less than a month, it is time to start prioritizing these strong enhancements and ranking them to make a determination as to where to use them. Here is a look at the best Omicron abilities in SWGoH, as we see it “on paper” to this point:
Best Omicron Abilities – December 2021
Captain Phasma‘s leader ability upgrade grants her +100 Speed, grants additional chance for an ally to assist, adds Health & Protection recovery and adds stacking Offense in Territory Wars. Sign me up!
Dash Rendar‘s leader ability is quite simple – “While in Grand Arena: If an ally loses Prepared, they gain Prepared.” While this will likely be an effective use of a Omicron, there are not a lot of players who have invested heavily into the Prepared team in SWGoH and as a result I doubt this will ever gain the attention it deserves.
Qui-Gon Jinn‘s leader ability was, at least “on paper,” the best of all of the Omicron abilities to-date. But reading something and implementing it can prove to be a bit different, so time and testing will tell on this one. By now many of us have seen the SLKR video hitting QGJ and causing JKA to blow up the battle after it made the rounds on Reddit, Twitter and Discord, but when a non-Galactic Legend counter is used the Qui-Gon Omicron looks to be quite tough.
Zam Wesell‘s Shapeshifter unique reads “While in Grand Arena: Zam instead gains 60% increases to her Offense, Max Health, and Max Protection. Zam gains 5% Speed for each other Bounty Hunter ally. Bounty Hunter allies gain 20% of Zam’s current Offense, Max Protection, Max Health, and Speed until the first time she is defeated.” This means Zam gains a lot of Speed on top of the other stats, which makes a 300+ Speed Zam Wesell very difficult to outspeed for the first turn in any GAC battle unless a Galactic Legend is used against her.
Worst Omicron Abilities – December 2021
Darth Talon‘s Omicron in the GAC is all about being used with the Sith Triumvirate and some of the online reviews have not been very positive. While it may work well in time, for now it stays near the bottom based on this info and because there are so few 7-star Darth Talons out there to use and get a clear picture of the value of this one.
Kyle Katarn‘s unique, Blue Milk Run, reads “While in Territory Battles: Enemies can’t gain bonus Turn Meter and Force Influence can’t be resisted. When Kyle Katarn attacks out of turn, he gains an additional stack of Force Connection, and the bonuses of Jedi Knight also apply to other Jedi allies. At the start of each encounter, all Jedi and Rebel Fighter allies gain 75% bonus Protection until the end of the encounter. At the start of each encounter, Kyle Katarn gains 10% Turn Meter for each other Jedi ally.” This Omicron sounds great, like really, really useful. There are just two words that ruin it – “Territory Battles.”
Rebel Officer Leia Organa – Leader – Another Territory Battles Omicron and it is clear that I do not like them at all. This all depends on how TB factors into your game today and in the near future, but let’s just say this makes prioritizing these important materials much easier for me…
Rose Tico always gets a raw deal in Star Wars, so much so that even in SWGoH it appears that her Omicron upgrade is at the bottom of the list. Kelly Marie Tran will likely get hate mail and negative tweets even for this…
Omicron Upgrades where we need more data…
Boba Fett, Scion of Jango is less than a month away now and he has three Omicron upgrades all in Territory Wars. For players in Top 10 guilds like myself, having BFSoJ is a near must-have to stay competitive and I will have at least two if not all three Omicrons on him right away. Time will tell how they perform, but like others, “on paper” they look to be very strong.
Starkiller has three Omicron upgrades all in the Grand Arena, and the There is Much Conflict in You ability looks like it will be quite a game changer. That having been said only the top of the game’s big spenders have Starkiller unlocked, let alone with three Omicrons, so this goes in the Top Be Determined category.
