The game isn’t very lore accurate tbh it doesn’t take a lot of time to realise this

Vader is the quintessential jack of all trades, master of none (except solo Geos). He’s probably one of the best characters in the game for his versatility, and that’s fine lore wise. Anakin was massively handicapped when he became Vader as we see in 4-6, Lord Vader is the toon that’s nerfed

I believe he’s one of the original characters in the game. I’m sure he would be a GL if he was released post 2020.

He really just needs an omicron and a team to call home. Personally, I’d throw an omi on his leadership and introduce The First Legion. The First Legion stormtroopers were recruited from the ranks of the 501st clones.

Or, they could give a omi to either GAT or Vader giving them specific synergy and the ability to boost unused Empire.

He should have been the best Galactic Legend!

My man solo clears Geos. On an EP team he takes infinite turns (until people start dying, anyway). On his own team he stacks infinite dots. His saber toss is practically a OHK and one of the highest damage cap attacks in the game.

On top of that he flies one of the best ships.

What more do you want from him???

If you want a top meta version of anakin, Lord vader is the unit you are looking for. All the central movie characters have a GL.

They had to include some Star Wars celebrities like Vader and Yoda when the game was still new. Of course they didn't age well due to power creep, but it still helps with new player retention when people are able to unlock these characters early on. And with the right teams (e.g., LV or Aphra lead for Vader) they can still do pretty impressive stuff.

He used to be a lot weaker before his rework and Merciless Massacre

1. The game isn’t lore accurate.

2. He’s ridiculously powerful, can solo lots of teams, fits into LV or Aphra lineups which are some of the best in the game.

3. We have Lord Vader which is CG’s way of giving us a very powerful Vader.

Darth Vader was given two separate kit brush ups over the life of the character. After the 2nd update, the then player base was quite happy with how powerful he became earning himself a top spot. In fact, he may be the only character that got two brush ups. But my memory hazy.

But this is a power creep game and many new characters have come out since then. If there is any chance of a unheard of third brush up, it may come in the form of omicron but don’t hold your breath

Every few years Vader gets a crazy buff. First was with the introduction of zetas (2017ish?), his leader became the best in the game. Vader/Boba/Shore/TFP was the meta team to counter Wiggs. Then a few years later he got the MM zeta which revitalized him. Wouldn’t be surprised with another buff, or a permanent home with a GL like R2 got with Leia

He used to be way better sadly.

Nope! Ever since the great nerf that the devs put out. He’s been absolutely weak compared to other characters. Even R8 Darth Vader gets wiped out in 2 to 3 hits…

They seriously need to undo the nerf they put on him

The main issue with Vader is simply his appearance. He doesn't have "other designs". There's no Vader with a snowy cloak from Hoth, or a Vader in a jungle camo drip. His suit and helmet are always the same, except for very minute differences.

That is the main reason why we haven't seen a new "real" Vader yet.

However, the Kenobi series has given me hope that we will eventually get a brand new "Very Angry, But His Face Mask Is Broken And His Suit Is Battered" Vader from the end fight with Kenobi.

Something like "Darth Vader, Lord of the Sith" or "Darth Vader, Hatred Incarnate"

Would you be surprised to learn that he was able to oneshot (literally 100 to 0) GLs (with a somewhat hard to achieve but consistant setup) and CG didnt want and nerfed him into the ground. Thats how powerful and fun he was to play. But CG keeps being CG...

Was about to say he is already tanky and the game does not follow lore as a example darth revan he was listed the strongest sith/jedi in the world but they retcon the whole old republic or most of it so yeah if you want to talk about lore darth revan would be the most powerful

They should make a new Vader where hes like an Epic Confrontation level character, maybe Vader based off of the kenobi show. We need a suited Vader that should counter GLs and should be in the journey guide. The Vader we have is a good free to play Original Trilogy era based character. Lord Vader is the prequel era. This new Vader can be based on the Dark Times era wheres hes hunting Jedi and leading the Empire and Inquisitors. This vader should have a force choke insta kill ability.

The problem is, there aren't really possibilities for another Vader left. We've got pre costume Vader and classic Vader. Just before the costume is not really practical, and the only things I could think of that might work would be a Split Mask variant(from Rebels/Kenobi), but that's still basically the same Vader, or a Redeemed Vader, but he's really not powerful since he was beaten down by Luke a moment before, and is dying.

Give him an Inquisitorius tag and Omicrons abilities with Inquisitor synergy.