Welcome to the best mods for Mara Jade, The Emperor’s Hand, the latest article in our series about the popular game Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes where we take a look at the best mods for SWGoH characters. While I do not claim to have all of the answers in this game, I do my research and have used every character I write about extensively. These are mod recommendations based on the character’s kit and actual gameplay to help you in your quest to dominate the Galaxy of Heroes holotables.

Today’s character to review mods for will be Mara Jade, The Emperor’s Hand. Designed to assist Emperor Palpatine in his return to relevance in SWGoH while annoying JKLS, a look at her kit gives Palpatine fans reason for hope. She is one of the new December 2021 characters required to unlock Starkiller and it’s now time to review which mods will best fit her kit to maximize her effectiveness in Galaxy of Heroes.

Main Focus: Speed. With the 3rd highest non-Galactic Legend Speed in the game at a base Speed of 192, MJ is a great candidate for a set of four Speed mods. If she can get out ahead of the enemies and land Tenacity Down with her Ultimate Predator special, or just use a basic and get Emperor Palpatine to assist and land Shock, she can surely disrupt enemy teams, especially in Territory Wars where she is designed to shine. Note that when used in Territory Wars with her Omicron ability in place, if the enemy leader is not a Galactic Legend, Mara Jade, The Emperor’s Hand gains 100% Turn Meter and strips them of their Protection, so Speed in this situation, will not matter.

Additional Areas to Focus: Potency, Offense, Critical Chance, Critical Damage and survivability in the form of Protection. While Potency seems wise given her basic can apply the Daze debuff and her Ultimate Predator special lands several debuffs,  remember that under certain Sith leads all Sith allies gain significant Potency (see Sith Eternal Emperor, Darth Traya and Emperor Palpatine) and MJtEH herself grants all Empire & Sith allies +20% Offense & Potency when Palpatine is the leader. This does not mean to shy away from Potency as Mara Jade is a much more effective character with high Potency, but keep this in mind. On the survivability side, Protection is your best area to focus, especially if used in TW with the Omicron in place. All allies gain 20% Max Protection for each enemy that is defeated with that parameter in place. Finally, Offense, CC and possibly CD are definitely worth building on, but I lean more toward Offense given her unique grants all Empire & Sith allies +20% Offense & Potency when Palpatine is the leader, as mentioned above. Mara Jade gains CC, CD & Offense for each ally with Useful Pawn, which actually lowers their CC, CD & Offense in a somewhat confusing mess of text, but in the end I feel Offense is more valuable to enhance when looking at these three stats.

In-game Mod Recommendations: Speed & Critical Chance. I do not disagree with this recommendation as the devs are fantastic at evaluating their new characters and you cannot use both a Speed set and an Offense set. While Critical Chance is not a bad route to take, additional survivability with a Health set with high Speed secondaries and high Protection would be a good options as well, but I feel that a Potency set of two mods is the best way to go with your Speed set.

Ideal Mod Setup for SWGoH Mara Jade, The Emperor’s Hand:

The “ideal mod setup” can be interpreted a few different ways. If you target Speed, Potency, Offense and Protection through the mods you should be able to maximize Mara Jade, The Emperor’s Hand’s kit. Here are my recommendations for the best mods for MJtEH:

• Transmitter (Square) – Speed mod with offense primary and a secondary focus on speed, protection, potency and offense
• Receiver (Arrow) – Potency mod with speed primary and a secondary focus on potency, protection, critical chance and offense
• Processor (Diamond) – Speed mod with defense primary and a secondary focus on speed, offense, protection and potency
• Holo-Array (Triangle) – Speed mod with offense primary and a secondary focus on speed, protection, potency and offense or critical chance
• Data-Bus (Circle) – Speed mod with protection primary and a secondary focus on speed, potency, protection and offense or critical chance
• Multiplexer (Plus) – Potency mod with potency or offense primary and a secondary focus on speed, potency, protection and offense or critical chance