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6 years ago

Kit Reveal: Darth Malak



UNIT NAME: Darth Malak
ALIGNMENT: Dark
CATEGORIES: Sith, Sith Empire, Tank
Brutal Sith Tank who terrorizes and drains enemies to stay alive

ABILITIES:

Basic: Rend

FINAL TEXT: Deal Physical damage to target enemy and inflict Tenacity Down for 2 turns.


Special 1: Torture (Cooldown 3)

FINAL TEXT: Deal Physical damage to target enemy, dispel all buffs on them, and Shock them for 2 turns. If the target already had Shock or Fear, Stun them for 2 turns.


Special 2: Drain Life (Cooldown 4)

FINAL TEXT: Deal damage to target enemy equal to 100% of their Max Health, and gain a stack of Dark Infusion until the end of battle, which can't be copied, dispelled, or prevented. Then, recover Health equal to the damage dealt. This ability can't be evaded and starts on cooldown.

Dark Infusion: +35% Offense per stack (max 3 stacks). At max stacks, these bonuses are doubled and Basic attacks also inflict Healing Immunity for 2 turns.


Unique 1: Gnawing Terror
FINAL TEXT: (ZETA) Darth Malak Taunts for 1 turn whenever an enemy is inflicted with Shock or Fear. At the end of each turn, enemies who inflicted Damage Over Time on Darth Malak or critically hit him this turn are inflicted with Fear for 1 turn, which can't be resisted or evaded.


Unique 2: Jaws of Life
FINAL TEXT: (ZETA) Darth Malak takes reduced damage from percent Health damage effects, and at the start of battle he loses all Protection and gains that much Max Health.

Darth Malak gains 35% Critical Avoidance, Health Steal, Tenacity, and Defense while he has less than 75% Health, doubled while he has less than 50% Health, and tripled while he has less than 25% Health. The first time Darth Malak reaches each of these thresholds, he gains a bonus turn and the cooldown of Drain Life is reset.

218 Replies

  • "Gifafi;c-1846555" wrote:
    is malak broken? is there a reason why his suck life does nothing sometimes? um, asking for a friend


    It does very little if you use it on somebody who takes reduced damage from percent health attacks (opposing Malak or either Kylo).
  • "Roopehunter;c-1846603" wrote:
    "Gifafi;c-1846555" wrote:
    is malak broken? is there a reason why his suck life does nothing sometimes? um, asking for a friend


    Was he shocked/heal immune?


    VV

    "Liath;c-1846860" wrote:
    "Gifafi;c-1846555" wrote:
    is malak broken? is there a reason why his suck life does nothing sometimes? um, asking for a friend


    It does very little if you use it on somebody who takes reduced damage from percent health attacks (opposing Malak or either Kylo).


    it was this I think. ty
  • There is no strategy unless you have deep pockets boo Malek he sucks and i refuse to care about him or the crappy requirements for him the Kotor toons are boring the sad people crying about being ripped off because Anikin will beat him .. well Anikin should be able to beat him and nerfing Palpitine what a joke , he is the mastermind of the entire clone war , both sides and the creator of the Empire and should be the most powerful toon in the game this game has ruined some of the greatest characters in Star Wars history ie Mace Windu , Count Dooku , Kylo Ren , and the extremely hard to get Jedi Training Rey she isn’t even viable in arena which sucks
  • A brief serious illness meant I missed both announcement of and event for Malak. Now it appears that, like the Revans, he is basically a wall between haves and have nots. Last year I spent the equivalent of buying a Play Station2 on this game with nothing significant to show for it. I do not have these new characters who are pushing me to the bottom reward levels of of my arena and Grand arena shards. My feedback: you are in serious danger of ruining this game.
  • "Spirulina999;c-1849244" wrote:
    A brief serious illness meant I missed both announcement of and event for Malak. Now it appears that, like the Revans, he is basically a wall between haves and have nots. Last year I spent the equivalent of buying a Play Station2 on this game with nothing significant to show for it. I do not have these new characters who are pushing me to the bottom reward levels of of my arena and Grand arena shards. My feedback: you are in serious danger of ruining this game.


    That’s how every meta has worked for a while now, I’m sorry you had a serious illness.
  • "Spirulina999;c-1849244" wrote:
    A brief serious illness meant I missed both announcement of and event for Malak. Now it appears that, like the Revans, he is basically a wall between haves and have nots. Last year I spent the equivalent of buying a Play Station2 on this game with nothing significant to show for it. I do not have these new characters who are pushing me to the bottom reward levels of of my arena and Grand arena shards. My feedback: you are in serious danger of ruining this game.


    No wonder EA is so hated!
  • Thanks, I hadn’t compared this to the other metas because this one involves actually weakening my best DS weapon, Emperor Palpatine. After three years I had just decided to quit collecting every new shiny toy. I thought strengthening what I have would keep me viable in the second or third tier of my shard and useful to my guild. It is true that each new meta is marketed as the top dog must have, and that, in the past, patience could substitute for cash if we can tolerate losing. My first, valid objection, is the huge cost increase for this meta coinciding with the lack of skill required to dominate with it. Combine that with Dropping strength of established toons, This could ruin the game. I am preparing myself to deal with that if it occurs, so I am communicating my concern.
  • It is a good point that it occurs with each new meta and that it might work out well over time, leaving good play niches for all gamers. I don’t know whether voicing concerns makes that more likely, but one good thing about EA and Capital Games has been that they take Forum input into consideration. Thanks for providing balance.

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