Kylo Ren

Kylo Ren is a First Order Hero in DICE's Star Wars Battlefront II. He is the son of Han Solo and Leia Organa, the nephew of Luke Skywalker, and the grandson of Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker.

Overview
Kylo Ren is a standout hero on the battlefield. He is maneuverable, almost able to keep pace with Darth Maul. One of his more notable traits is his relatively high DPS. His Frenzy ability makes him strike quickly and can one-hit most of the default trooper classes or deal high damage to enemy heroes. His Frenzy can also chain to three separate targets. He can stop enemies in their tracks with Freeze and/or pull them to him using Pull. He works extremely well when applying his crowd control abilities to open up enemies for his allies.

Weapon
Kylo Ren's Lightsaber=

Lightsaber Deflection=

Combat Abilities
Pull=

Frenzy=

Freeze=

General
"All heroes can dodge or evade. Use this to avoid damage and open distance between you and your enemy."

- First hint

"Dodge is most effective at avoiding lightsaber attacks and opening space between you and the attacker."

- Second hint

"Heroes can only block attacks from the front. Try to position around them and hit them from behind to be effective."

- Third hint

"Each time a blocking hero deflects damage or swings their lightsaber, they lose stamina. When out of stamina, heroes are unable to deflect or trigger a closing strike."

- Fourth hint

"Heroes have strengths and weaknesses. Hone your skills by playing Arcade."

- Fifth hint

"Use Star Cards to ensure your hero experience is personally tailored."

- Sixth hint

"Heroes will only regenerate a limited amount of health after taking damage."

- Seventh hint

Specific
"Kylo Ren’s Frenzy automatically targets enemies around him with a flurry of devastating lightsaber strikes."

- First hint

"Players affected by Kylo Ren’s Freeze will be unable to perform any action for the duration of its effect."

- Second hint

"Kylo Ren is a powerful manipulator of his enemies for both himself and to aid his allies"

- Third hint

Emotes, Quotes and related Audio
"I will show you the dark side."
 * -|Emotes=

- First emote

"Do not oppose me."

- Second emote

"Cowards!"

- Third emote

"Bow... to the First Order."

- Fourth emote


 * (Also available is the "Showdown" Emote.)

"The blood of Vader flows through me."
 * -|In-game=

- Upon spawning

"First they die. Then we conquer."

- Upon spotting enemies

"The Knights of Ren come for you!"

- Upon spotting enemies

"I am a Knight of Ren."

- Upon spotting enemies

"Spotted something..."

- Upon spotting enemies

"I'll climb a mountain of your bodies!"

- Upon spotting enemies

"You have no destiny!"

- Upon spotting enemies

"Remain on guard!"

- Upon spotting enemies

"Stay in formation! We march as one..."

- Upon spotting enemies

"Close and surround!"

- Upon spotting enemies

"Let none survive!"

- Upon spotting enemies

"No prolonged battles."

- Upon spotting enemies

"Perhaps you'll kill me. Try!"

- Upon spotting enemies

"Come join me!"

- Upon spotting enemies

"Dare!"

- Spotting enemies

"Your heart beats swiftly!"

- Spotting enemies

"You're a speck!"

- Spotting enemies

"Do you weep?!"

- Spotting enemies

"Strike at me!"

- Upon spotting enemies

"Your technology will fail you!"

- Upon spotting enemies

"Come, Jedi! I am your death!"

- Upon spotting Jedi

"Jedi. The Jedi are here!"

- Upon spotting Jedi

"Hey Jedi!"

- Upon spotting Jedi

"Die!"

- Upon using Frenzy

"Rrrrragh! Die! DIE!"

- Upon using Frenzy

"Now die!"

- Upon using Frenzy

"Presumptuous!"

- Upon using Freeze

"Helpless!"

- Upon using Freeze

"Halt!"

- Upon using Freeze

"Enough!"

- Upon using Freeze

"Do you know what I am?!"

- Upon using Freeze

"The Force is strong, but you are not!"

- Upon using Pull

"The Force is strong!"

- Upon using Pull

"Witness power!"

- Upon using Pull

"Worthless!"

- Upon using Pull

"Twist and fall!"

- Upon using Pull

"You are an irritant!"

- Upon using Pull

"Submit!"

- Upon using Pull

"Submit to me!"

- Upon using Pull

"You've already lost!"

- Upon using Pull

"The man who betrayed Vader!"
 * -|Banter=

- Upon spotting Luke Skywalker

"The girl... Rey..."

- Upon spotting Rey

"Rey. I know her!"

- Spotting Rey

"Rey!"

- Spotting Rey

"Rey: Quit chasing me, I got nothing to give you! Kylo: You'll be surprised!"

- Banter with Rey

"Rey: You think you're Vader's legacy? You're just a shadow! Kylo: Silence!"

- Banter with Rey

"Kylo: The Supreme Leader guided me! Rey: Too bad he's not here!"

- Banter with Rey

"Kylo: Surrender to me! Rey: I will not!"

- Banter with Rey

"Bring the smuggler to me!"

- Spotting Han Solo

"The smuggler comes to their aid!"

- Spotting Han Solo

"Run. Run, Solo."

- Unused banter with Han Solo

"Solo's Wookiee is here!"

- Spotting Chewbacca

"The Wookiee is here, beware his strength!"

- Spotting Chewbacca

"That creature possesses great power!"

- Upon spotting Yoda

"An ancient Jedi Master, he is here!"

- Spotting Yoda

"An ancient Jedi is here, but his time has passed."

- Spotting Yoda

"Show me, grandfather..."

- With Darth Vader

"Kylo: Your battle plan, your responsibility. Phasma: I will not fail."

- With Captain Phasma

"Kylo: Your armor's tarnished. Phasma: The term, is battle scars."

- With Captain Phasma

"Kylo: Why do they persist? Phasma: Easier to fight, than acknowledge defeat."

- With Captain Phasma

"The Raging Ren is on a Kylo spree!"
 * -|Announcers=

- Heroes vs. Villains announcer, if a Kylo player gets a 5-player killstreak

"Anger and hate seize the day, as Kylo Ren brings the match."

- Heroes vs. Villains announcer, if a Kylo player gets the final game-winning kill

"Kylo Ren has deigned to join us."

- First Order Announcer when a Kylo player spawns

"With a Knight of Ren fighting for us, we'll surely be victorious."

- First Order Announcer when a Kylo player spawns

"We have been joined by Kylo Ren."

- First Order Announcer when a Kylo player spawns.

"We have reports of Kylo Ren having joined the enemy."

- Resistance announcer when an opposing Kylo player spawns

"Kylo Ren has been spotted. Better watch it!"

- Resistance announcer when an opposing Kylo player spawns

"Kylo Ren has been seen. Watch out!"

- Resistance announcer when an opposing Kylo player spawns

Trivia

 * He is voiced in his mask by Matthew Wood, the same actor who voiced General Grievous and the battle droids, while unmasked he is voiced by Roger Craig Smith.

Updates
0.2 Patch
 * Fixed an issue where Kylo's Appearance would revert to the default version after he was eliminated.

1.2 Patch
 * Reduced Pull recharge time from 25 to 20 seconds.
 * Reduced Freeze recharge time from 25 to 24 seconds.
 * Frenzy now has 40% damage absorption (60% damage reduction) while Frenzy is active.

Han Solo Season Update
 * Polished the Scarred Appearance.

Elite Corps Update
 * Fixed a visual issue that would occasionally occur on characters affected by Freeze.

Squad System Update
 * Removed Hero Showdown-based challenges "Perfect Together" and "Vader and Kylo" based on player feedback that they are too hard to achieve in an online environment.

General Grievous Update
 * The Bloodletting Frenzy Star Card has been reworked to be more consistent with other health regeneration Star Cards available to other heroes.
 * Old Star Card Name: Bloodletting Frenzy
 * New Star Card Name: Frenzied
 * Old Star Card Effect: While Kylo Ren's health is below 25%, he will deal bonus damage with his lightsaber.
 * New Star Card Effect: Whenever Kylo Ren defeats an enemy trooper, he regains twenty health. Whenever he defeats an enemy hero, he regains even more.
 * Fixed an issue where Pull on hero characters would not track progress for the milestone "Make Them Come To You."
 * Added scoring event to Pull.

December Update
 * Fixed an issue where players couldn't see the lightsaber ignite animation while affected by Freeze.

Darth Tyranus Update
 * As a result of the Frenzy changes, the Bloodlust Star Card has now been changed so that it deals additional damage per strike, instead of increasing the amount of strikes. Additionally, the possible total amount of damage that can be inflicted on a target is now 360 points.
 * Fixed several issues that affected Frenzy.
 * It can now find targets better and attacks multiple times if only one target is available. If there are several targets, Kylo Ren will jump between them. A targeting system has now also been added for the ability.

Darth Tyranus Hotfix
 * Fixed an issue where trying to activate Frenzy without a target in-range would trigger the related VO prompt, making it seem like the ability triggered.

The Chosen One Update
 * The ability successfully remains on the same target until they are defeated. It swaps to a new target upon original target defeat.
 * Increased basic attack damage from 100 to 125.
 * Increased basic attack extra damage when attacking from behind from 20 to 40.
 * Increased base Frenzy damage on heroes from 80 to 125.
 * Increased base Frenzy damage on troopers from 80 to 150.
 * Decreased Bloodlust extra damage on Frenzy from 10-20-30-40 to 5-10-15-20.
 * Fixed an issue where reactivation of Frenzy would be blocked for a short time if it was activated with no target.
 * Fixed an issue where the first hit with Frenzy would not stagger targets, making it look like the attack had missed.
 * Fixed an issue where Frenzy could be activated mid-air.
 * Fixed a visual issue where the duration of Freeze would not be synchronized with the grayed-out screen effect from the affected enemy.

Capital Supremacy Update
 * Improved hero lightsaber combat in a variety of ways:
 * Removed staggering when a player attacks an enemy hero who is blocking.
 * A hero can no longer attack when they have no stamina.
 * Removed the stamina costs associated with pressing and holding block.
 * After being hit by a lightsaber, players will not be able to be staggered by a lightsaber attack for 0.8 seconds.
 * Fixed an issue where Pull would occasionally activate twice when an enemy is in the same place since the last time the abilities were used.
 * Fixed an issue where a combination of Kylo Ren's Freeze and Pull ability would cause the blocking functionality of other lightsaber heroes to break.

Siege of Kamino Update
 * Fixed a visual issue where it would look like Kylo Ren had no face under the mask when inspecting his appearance in the Collection menu.

Where are those Droidekas? Update
 * Fixed an issue where Kylo Ren could inflict damage on enemies who are blocking with lightsabers when he uses Pull.
 * Various visual improvements to the lightsaber blades for all heroes, adding pointed tips and improving their brightness.

July 2019 Update
 * Pull can interrupt Obi-Wan's All-Out Push.

August 2019 Patch
 * Pull can no longer interrupt Obi-Wan's All-Out Push.

Roger Roger Update
 * Kylo Ren's health-on-kill Star Card named Frenzied has been replaced with Power Of Darkness.
 * Kylo Ren now gains health from every kill automatically, no Star Card required.
 * Fixed an issue where using Freeze along with Darth Maul's Choke Hold would occasionally cause Choke Hold to do no damage.

Cooperation Update
 * When hero abilities are interrupted by another ability, the interrupted ability will become instantly available so it can be used again. Before this, the interrupted ability would enter its cooldown despite not triggering.
 * Fixed an issue where the lightsaber deflect VFX would not always appear when using Frenzy on a lightsaber hero who is blocking.

October 2019 Patch
 * Reduced the damage caused by the Power Of Darkness Star Card to 5-8-11-14.

Another Night on Endor Update
 * Hero abilities will no longer get canceled when heroes are hit with melee attacks. Additionally, a melee attack right after a lightsaber attack should not stagger the hero.
 * Damage reduction for the Resilience Star Card has been reduced from 10-13-16-20 to 4-6-8-10%.
 * Players affected by Force Pull can now move 0.1 seconds earlier.
 * Resilience now states that it has damage reduction.
 * Added UI elements for increased lightsaber damage when Kylo Ren has the Power Of Darkness Star Card for Frenzy equipped.

The Celebration Update
 * Added ability crosshair for Frenzy.

The Rise of Skywalker Update
 * Supreme Leader Appearance.
 * Pull and Freeze now show the amount of players targeted.

BB Update
 * "Showdown" emote, available by completing a milestone.
 * Added ability crosshair for Frenzy.

The Age of Rebellion Update
 * The last hit of Frenzy will now apply damage, even if a lightsaber hero is blocking.

Battle on Scarif Update
 * Reforged Appearance.
 * Fixed an issue where Freeze would invert the movement direction of a player who is rolling or dashing.
 * Fixed a clipping issue on "Power Of The Darkness" Victory Pose.

May 28th Patch
 * Lowered base damage of Frenzy from 125 to 115.