Finn

Finn is a Resistance Hero in DICE's Star Wars Battlefront II. He arrived on Tuesday, December 4, 2017, as part of the 1.0 Patch and The Last Jedi Season.

Overview
Finn is a support hero for his team. Although more vulnerable in close quarters, Finn can hold his own, and he works best when he sticks close to his squad and team. As a "highly-trained marksman," Finn can more easily take out enemies in close to medium ranges with his Deadeye ability that automatically locks onto enemies while firing his blaster.

His team support abilities extend from here with his Big Deal ability. Upon activating this ability, a massive circular radius opens up around Finn, and everyone within the radius, including Finn himself, is granted bonus health, damage reduction, no heat buildup for their blasters, and faster recharges for their used abilities.

Finn's final support-based ability is his Undercover Team. Best used for flanking and sneaking around enemy lines, Finn equips a Glie-44 blaster pistol for close quarters combat and hides his fellow teammates from enemy radars while also revealing nearby enemies. Those within the circular radius also run faster.

Weapon
Finn's EL-16=

Deadeye=

Undercover Team=

Combat Abilities
Deadeye=

Big Deal=

Undercover Team=

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
"Finn's BIG DEAL grants him more damage reduction the more allies are affected."

- First hint

"The EL-16 will continue target enemies until the active time is over."

- Second hint

"During UNDERCOVER TEAM, the range affecting enemies and friendlies is different."

- Third hint

Emotes, Quotes and related Audio
"Can someone please use the Force?"
 * -|Emotes=

- First emote

"I can do this, I can do this..."

- Second emote

"Uh, we better run!"

- Third emote

"You should know: I'm a big deal in the Resistance."

- Fourth emote

"Yeah, they call me Finn."
 * -|In-game=

- Spawning

"I used to be known as FN-2187... not anymore."

- Upon Spawning

"Don't be scared. Numbers aren't everything!"

- Upon spotting enemies

"Wow, there's a lot of you!"

- When outnumbered

"Oh, that's all you brought?"

- When outnumbering the enemy

"I can get us past them!"

- Upon using Undercover Team

"I think we could slip right by."

- Upon using Undercover Team

"I see how I can get this done."

- Upon using Undercover Team

"Just like in training!"

- Upon using Deadeye

"Blaster time."

- Upon using Deadeye

"Uh... dead center."

- Upon using Deadeye

"We can do this!"

- Upon using Big Deal

"Whoo! Feels like our lucky day!"

- Upon using Big Deal

"I'm goin' in!"

- Upon using Big Deal

"Bounty hunter! They taught us about these guys; not good!"
 * -|Banter=

- Banter with Boba Fett

"Kylo Ren! There's gonna be trouble!"

- Banter with Kylo Ren

"Bad news, Captain Phasma."

- Banter with Captain Phasma

"Is that a Trandoshan? Ohh man, it's a Trandoshan."

- Banter with Bossk

"Bad guy. Red face. Spikes. And a lightsaber - not good!"

- Banter with Darth Maul

"Incoming! Old guy in a cloak! Doesn't seem that tough!"

- Banter with Emperor Palpatine

"I don't think that's a Jedi."

- Banter with Darth Vader

"Finn's gone Raging Rathar on the villains!"
 * -|Announcers=

- Heroes vs. Villains announcer, when a Finn player gets a 5-player killstreak

"Enthusiastic newcomer Finn continues to make a name for himself, scoring the last kill."

- Heroes vs. Villains announcer, when a Finn player gets the final game-winning kill

"Finn just joined us! He knows all the tricks of the First Order!"

- Resistance announcer, when a Finn player spawns

"Finn is here! He'll help us win this!"

- Resistance announcer, when a Finn player spawns

"Finn has joined us! Follow his lead!"

- Resistance announcer, when a Finn player spawns

"The traitor calling himself Finn has joined the enemy. He must be neutralized."

- First Order announcer, when an opposing Finn player spawns

"The traitor Finn has been seen. He is to be executed on the spot!"

- First Order announcer, when an opposing Finn player spawns

"That traitor FN-2187 has been spotted. Hunt him down!"

- First Order announcer, when an opposing Finn player spawns

Trivia

 * John Boyega, the actor who played Finn in the sequel trilogy, reprises his role as Finn in the game.
 * John Boyega also narrated the first look of the Star Wars Battlefront 2 Game
 * The Big Deal ability and appearance is a nickname given by Han Solo to him on why he is wanted by the First Order.
 * One of Finn's emotes, "I can do this" is a reference to him and Rey trying to escape Jakku on the Millennium Falcon.

Updates
1.0 Patch
 * Added.

1.1 Patch
 * Reduced Finn's EL-16 base damage from 65 to 45.
 * Reduced Finn's EL-16 cooldown delay from 3.5 to 1.5 seconds.
 * Reduced Deadeye damage per shot from 40 to 30.
 * Fixed a bug where both the Officer's Recharge Command and Finn's Big Deal abilities were not affecting Heroes or Reinforcement troopers properly.

1.2 Patch
 * Fixed an issue with Deadeye where the targeting crosshair would not disappear after using the ability.
 * Deadeye's targeting crosshair can still persist after using the ability.

2.0 Patch
 * Fixed an issue with Deadeye where the targeting crosshair would not disappear after using the ability.
 * Fixed an issue where weathering effects would not appear on Finn.

Han Solo Season Update
 * Dodge speed and dodge distance between all blaster heroes have also been made the same.
 * Dodge behavior of heroes and troopers has been changed so that stagger immunity and lightsaber damage immunity is applied at the start of the dodge animation, rather than in the middle of the animation.

General Grievous Update
 * The All Together Star Card has been reworked to be more consistent with other health regeneration Star Cards available to other heroes.
 * Old Name: All Together
 * New Name: Covert Leader
 * Old Effect: The radius of UNDERCOVER TEAM is increased if two friendlies are affected.
 * New Effect: Whenever Finn defeats an enemy trooper while UNDERCOVER TEAM is active, he regains twenty health. Whenever he defeats an enemy hero, he regains even more.

Capital Supremacy Hotfix
 * Fixed an issue with Undercover Team where its ability UI would not always appear upon activation.

Siege of Kamino Update
 * Increased Finn's EL-16 base damage from 45 to 52.
 * Increased Finn's EL-16 long-range damage from 40 to 45.
 * Increased Finn's Glie-44 base damage from 35 to 42.
 * Increased Finn's Glie-44 long-range damage from 25 to 30.

Where are those Droidekas? Update
 * Removed sprint prevention during Big Deal.

July 2019 Update
 * Community Request: Changed the Covert Leader Star Card to take effect whenever Finn defeats an enemy.

Roger Roger Update
 * Finn now gains health from every kill automatically, no Star Card required.
 * Finn's health-on-kill Star Card named Covert Leader has been replaced with In Charge.

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.
 * The health bonus from the Officer's Battle command, Yoda's Presence, and Finn's Big Deal will no longer stack.
 * If the player has health bonus active from the Officer and Finn or Yoda's is applied, the Officer's health bonus will be removed.
 * If the player has Finn or Yoda's health bonus active and the Officer's health bonus is applied, the Officer's health bonus will be ignored.
 * If the player has Finn or Yoda's health bonus active and Finn or Yoda's health bonus is applied, the new health bonus will be applied and the old one removed.
 * If Yoda has his Presence health bonus active and Finn applies his Big Deal health bonus to Yoda, Finn's health bonus will be ignored.
 * If Finn has his Big Deal health bonus active and Yoda applies his Presence health bonus to Finn, Yoda's health bonus will be ignored.
 * If Finn has Yoda's Presence health bonus active and activates Big Deal, Yoda's Presence health bonus will be removed and Big Deal will be applied.
 * If Yoda has Finn's Big Deal health bonus active and activates Presence, Finn's Big Deal health bonus will be removed and Presence will be applied. This was a huge balance feedback and frustration especially in big game modes. it should lower the impact of bonus health when both heroes are present.

October 2019 Patch
 * Fixed an issue where blaster heroes would run at the same speed as regular troopers.
 * Fixed an issue where Undercover Team would not grant increased speed to troopers.

Another Night on Endor Update
 * Hero abilities will not get canceled when heroes are hit with melee attacks. Additionally, a melee attack right after a lightsaber attack should not stagger the hero.
 * Heroes and troopers are now immune to staggers for 0.7 seconds after having been staggered. This is applicable to staggering abilities, melee attacks, as well as lightsaber attacks.
 * Heroes and troopers are now able to move and use abilities after having been staggered 0.15 seconds earlier.
 * Reduced the time length of staggers when hit from behind by 0.15 seconds for all heroes and troopers.
 * Fixed an issue where health-on-kill would occasionally award the wrong amount of health when killing troopers.

The Celebration Update
 * Fixed a visual asset clipping issue at the end of Finn's "I Can Do This" Emote.

The Rise of Skywalker Update
 * Resistance Hero Appearance added.

BB Update
 * "Thumbs Up" Emote, available through milestones.
 * Fixed an issue with Finn's "A Fight You Can Win" milestone not tracking progress in Co-Op when eliminating First Order troopers.

The Age of Rebellion Update
 * Added dual zoom to Finn's EL-16.