After seen some videos i actually have doubts about the viability of darth vader. In most cases he simply walk slowly during 2-3 rounds to finally kill one trooper unit or something not relevant for the match.

I can't play until mid april and can't wait to use my favourite sith lord in the battlefield but i'm affraid about his usefulness.

I want to ear your opinions about vader gameplay and worth.

so far i have liked him, yes he is slow but when you craft the battlefield i try and get the deployment where we are in all 4 corners, it allows Vader to get into the fight faster, and Force Reflex is a must, with Deflect you gain def. surge and send a dmg back, combined with Red def. dice he is hard to take down. And use terrain since he can't be slowed down

3 hours ago, naitsirk said:

After seen some videos i actually have doubts about the viability of darth vader. In most cases he simply walk slowly during 2-3 rounds to finally kill one trooper unit or something not relevant for the match.

He also secures any objective he sets his eyes on. He also prevents your troops from panicking. He can also kill Luke/enemy Vader and sent enemy troopers fleeing with Master of Evil. He also allows Stormtroopers to push for objective/better chances to kill with New Ways to Motivate them.

And maybe that the one trooper unit he killed was the one holding the objective.

This game is not about killing stuff, it about securing objectives. Sure, to do that you'll likely have to kill some stuff. And Vader is THE best area denial piece in the game where you usually have to control certain areas to score/claim objectives. The only objectives where he's not great is Breakthrough, but you can use him to defend your own deployment