Ranking all SABER heroes from worst to best!
I am going to be ranking al saber heroes from worst to best here, going into detail about each hero.
10. Rey
Oh, poor old Rey. At this point, there just wasn't another option for dead last. Let's start off with what is good about Rey. In trooper modes, she is strong, probably a spot or 2 higher. Her insight gives her wall hacks and double stamina which is brilliant in trooper game modes, her card that gives her 3 dodges means that she can dodge out of most situations with ease. Her stamina regen is also the fastest in the entire game. But her dash strike can be parried, without insight her overall stamina and health regen is just average, her saber damage is very low and her swing speed is just average, so every villian but Maul can out-damage her. I just couldn't justify putting her above anyone else.
9. Maul
Maul comes in next and honestly, he's not bad, but the competition is just so string at this point that he comes in 9th place. He has a great saber throw which can tear through troops like it's nothing and even break a hero's block on the way back. His choke hold is great for throwing enemies away if he needs some quiet time, particularly with the extra knockback card. His spin attack allows him to quickly run away out of sticky situations. His saber damage is very poor and his swing speed suffers a little as well, but they certainy get the job done when almost no-one on the enemy team can touch you. Although, if you come up against a good Luke or Obi-Wan, you aren't really going to be able to hold your own without some masterclass strategy techniques.
8. Yoda
Yoda is in P8 and what's so great about him is his very smal hitbox which makes him very hard for enemies to hit in trooper modes. That's why he is well above P8 for trooper modes, but in perhaps P12 or so for hero modes- he's not great because parrying is almost impossible with him because of how slow his swing speed is. His lightsaber damage isn't that great either, and while his stamina is pretty good, his dashes only deal 80 damage. Unleash is too short-range compared to Luke's force push so a downside there. Presence is a useful tool for sure, but give me Finn's Big Deal over presence any day of the week.
7. Dooku
Dooku is abslutely great for hero modes. He's almost able to keep up with Darth Vader in this regard, and he has more dodges than Vader, much higher lightsaber damage with the right setup and much higher stamina. However, in trooper modes, he is weak and very short range, unable to hit troopers from any kind of distance past about 10m. This really hinders him in galactic assault and capital supremacy. Regardless, he's great in hero modes. His 3 dodges are solid, his swing speed is really fast even without duelist, his lightsabae damage can be the highest in the entire game, and overall he's so fun to use.
6. Anakin
Coming in P6 is Anakin, who is a hero that is still good, but not nearly the god that he once was. What can I say, he is good in trooper modes, similar to Rey and Yoda. All 3 of his main abilities can 1-shot troopers with the right setup, he can sometimes even 1-hit reinforcements with passionate strike when they're even just a little bit weakened, or he can weaken them up, do 1 swing and they're dead. He can 1-shot troopers but... ahhh, ahhh, ahhh. We have problems here.
What really holds Anakin back in HVV and HS compared to his launch self and everyone else is his saber DPS. His massive strikes star card used to give him 25 extra damage from 140, making 165. Then it got cut to 20 and 130 base damage. Still 150. But then they give him a 25% stamina reduction with it on. And his stamina without it is quite decent for attacking and blaster blocking, but poor for saber blocking, and even worse, blocking only 8 swings before he runs out with the card on. Now 150 damage is a lot, but DICE decided to take that card overly into account and make his swing very very slow to overcompensate. He sometimes swings about 0.2 swings/s slower than most other saber heroes, not counting Yoda because he's just in an entirely different category of sluggishness. Anakin is now a middle-of-the-pack saber hero despite being one of the best overall back in 2019.
5. Grievous
Grievous is similar to Anakin in that his swing speed is very very slow, but he wrecks in HVV. 190 damage from the back- 2 swings and someone is heavily damaged. Hits like a truck. He, unlike Anakin, can use unrelenting advance to mitigate his terrible blocking stamina. Thrust surge locks on like a missile, claw rush allows him to escape sticky situations and not much more can be said. Anakin but a bit better in every possible way, is the best way to describe Grievous.
4. Kylo Ren
Kylo Ren is a very strong villian, he has ok damage and swing speed, but he really excels with star cards. Going with a full lightsaber damage build makes him wreck you in terms of raw damage (unless you're Luke, who is a great counter to Kylo). His frenzy is amazing, pull and freeze are great abilities, and he's a brilliant villian to use overall no matter the mode. Hitting from the back is super rewarding, he hits hard from behind. He also has a ton of stamina making that much less of a worry than with other heroes.
3. Obi-Wan Kenobi
Obi-Wan really doesn't have any weaknesses. He's one of the only saber heroes without a weakness. Part of why he ranks so high is people's playstyles these days. His stamina is obscene, and considering some of the spamming seems like people are channeling their inner sith lords, parrying someone to death is easier with him then with almost anyone else, as his swing speed is pretty fast. Regardless, he's great.
2. Darth Vader
Vader is brilliant. I mean, it's pretty hard to beat the choke + air attack + throw + ground attack combo in HVV, and his swing speed and damage are both very, very strong. However, Vader is quite reliant on his abilities. You'll spend a lot of time running away when they're on cooldown. Now you're sat there saying: "I'm Vader. I can just block until my teammates come to help me." Alas, you're dreadfully wrong. Vader runs out of stamina so incredibly quicklywhen blocking just like Anakin (okay makes sense they're the same person) so be careful. Also bear in mind that his hitbox is massive and he isn't fast like Grievous. He's also vulnerable when jumping as he glides rather than falls.
1. Luke Skywalker
Luke is just a beast in HVV. I mean, he has the fastest swing speed in the entire game, high saber damage with intensify, is maneuverable and has a strong set of abilities built to wreck you- and wreck you fast. He has great lunge tracking too, stamina isn't great but isn't as bad as Anakin or Vader, plus he has jedi fighter to improve his stamina by 35%. The best in HVV, top 4 for GA and CS, because of 200 heath regen, but still great nonetheless.
What do you think? Let me know down below!