Anakin Skywalker

Anakin Skywalker is a Galactic Republic Hero in 's. He arrived on February 27, 2019, as part of The Chosen One Update.

Overview
As the Chosen One, Anakin Skywalker is a powerhouse. A largely offensive hero, Anakin channels his emotions and inner conflict into his Force powers and abilities, and despite still being on the light side, Anakin can momentarily tap into the dark side with his unique ability Retribution.

Anakin's Passionate Strike ability deals high damage to any enemies hit by it. The Passionate Strike also breaks an enemy's guard, allowing Anakin to deal damage to lightsaber heroes blocking him.

Anakin brings enemies to him with his Pull Dominance, where enemies fall at his feet and take damage, allowing Anakin to finish them off with his melee attacks.

Anakin unleashes a massive burst of power all around him in a circular radius with his Heroic Might ability. Anakin can increase the range of Heroic Might with the more enemy players damage him (though Anakin also takes less damage while charging up Heroic Might), allowing Anakin to maximize its range affect more enemies.

Finally, Anakin taps into the dark side with his unique, fourth ability: Retribution. When he and nearby allies take damage, Anakin's Retribution charges up. When Retribution is used, Anakin uses the Force to grasp and choke all enemies around him, dealing a high amount of damage to those caught in his punishing grip.

Weapon
Anakin Skywalker's Lightsaber=

Lightsaber Deflection=

Combat Abilities
Pull Dominance=

Heroic Might=

Passionate Strike=

Retribution=

Known Issues
Heroic Might will always fail to hit enemies in range if Anakin uses it while his back is touching a wall, and there's a low ceiling above him. If you think you might be in such a spot, the easiest way to guarantee you'll hit enemies, is to quickly turn to face the wall instead, and then release Heroic Might as that makes it work. This is not the only case where Heroic Might fails, but it's the only one known to be 100% reproducible.

Also Heroic Might can be interrupted upon activation leading Anakin into a bad state where he can't sprint, jump, attack, or use abilities at all, leaving him defenseless. This effect persists for a short while, and after that he's back to normal and Heroic Might is refunded so it can be used immediately. If you die or respawn during this effect, when respawning Anakin will be back to normal.

Another one for Heroic Might, if you tap its button too quickly, Heroic Might might enter charge mode even if you aren't holding the button. If you tap the button again it'll release Heroic Might, so this issue isn't so bad (the same happens to Obi-Wan's All-Out Push).

Retribution can be interrupted upon activation leading Anakin into an even worse bad state where he stops being able to do almost anything. This is more notorious because it won't fix itself until you use Retribution again, which can take a really long while. Reports indicate sometimes not even that can fix the issue. Dying and Respawning fix this issue though.

Retribution and Heroic Might grant Anakin 90% Damage Reduction and immunity to forced movement effects, paralyzation and being knocked down. However, since 2019, these perks don't last as long as the abilities themselves, and they also have a small delayed start. This means that if enemies hit Anakin just as he activates the abilities, or in the final moments of the abilities' durations, they can take advantage to deal full damage to him, knock him down, push or pull him, immobilize him and even cancel the usage of the abilities altogether.

Pull Dominance, Retribution and Heroic Might, as many other abilities from other heroes, can fail to apply their movement/immobilization effects while still dealing damage, or fail to damage enemies while still applying the movement/immobilization effects, or even fail to both damage and apply effects to enemies in range. Besides the first issue mentioned in this list, no other specific situation is known to produce these undesired effects, so for now it's still a mystery and can be labeled as a random bug.

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
"Anakin Skywalker's ultimate ability RETRIBUTION charges up when friendly characters near him are defeated or damaged, as well as when he is injured."

- First hint

"Anakin Skywalker's PULL DOMINANCE can easily be combined with area of effect abilities from friendly characters."

- Second hint

"Anakin Skywalker's HEROIC MIGHT can be held down to highly reduce damage and increase its final effect."

- Third hint

Emotes, Quotes and related Audio
"This is where the fun begins."
 * -|Emotes=

- First emote

"You call this a diplomatic solution?"

- Second emote

"Obi-Wan's gonna kill me."

- Third emote

"A very wise Jedi once said, 'Nothing happens by accident.'"

- Fourth emote "I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating...and it gets everywhere."
 * -|In-game=

- Upon spawning on a desert planet

"Ignore ONE transmission from Master Windu... This is SO unfair!"

- Upon spawning

"I should've told R2 to keep the ship running!"

- Upon Spawning

"Not so smart, are you?"

- Using Pull Dominance

"Could I have a word?"

- Using Pull Dominance

"Here, take a load off!"

- Using Heroic Might

"Don’t get up on my account!"

- Using Heroic Might

"One lightsaber and they all start to scatter?"

- Outnumbering a group of enemies

"We've got superior forces and a Jedi. What do you have?"

- Outnumbering a group of enemies

"More trash for the compactor."

- Spotting enemies

"Time to mop the floor with these sleemos!"

- Spotting enemies. Notice that Anakin speaks some Huttese

"Anakin: My powers have doubled since the last time we met, Count! Dooku: Good! Twice the pride, double the fall."
 * -|Banter=

- Banter with Count Dooku

"Anakin: Finally decided to crawl out from whichever bounty hunter you were hiding behind? Dooku: Pawns in a game you have yet to start playing."

- Banter with Count Dooku

"You're gonna pay for all the Jedi you killed, Dooku!"

- Banter with Count Dooku

"General Grievous. You're shorter than I expected."

- Banter with General Grievous

"Hello, General. I've heard you're looking for a Jedi."

- Banter with General Grievous

"I...I know you somehow."

- Banter with Emperor Palpatine

"The dark side is so...strong! It's like...I'm drowning in it..."

- Banter with Emperor Palpatine

"There's something...wrong about you..."

- Banter with Darth Vader

"I will not give in to you! Ever!"

- Banter with Darth Vader

"This is some...Sith trick! It has to be!"

- Banter with Darth Vader

"No, no, no, no, NO!"

- Upon spotting Darth Vader

"Obi-Wan: Anakin, what are you doing here? You were supposed to report back to Coruscant! Anakin: I know you said not to wander off, but think of it more as a... reconnaissance. I'm back on Coruscant in spirit! Obi-Wan: [sigh] Why do I even try?"

- Banter with Obi-Wan Kenobi

"Anakin: I've got a very bad feeling about this... Obi-Wan: Yes, you and everyone else."

- Banter with Obi-Wan Kenobi

"Anakin: Feel like chipping in at all, master? Obi-Wan: Oh, no. Far be it for me to step between you and the endless rain of blaster-fire that follows you around."

- Banter with Obi-Wan Kenobi

"Ha ha... you're no Sith. You barely know how to hold a lightsaber!"

- Banter with Kylo Ren

"Chosen One: countless victims."
 * -|Announcers=

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

"Destiny proves no match for the villains daring to challenge the legendary Anakin Skywalker."

- Heroes vs. Villains anouncer, when an Anakin player gets the final game-winning kill

"We're getting Jedi support. Skywalker's here!"

- Republic announcer, when an Anakin player spawns

"Jedi Skywalker has joined us!"

- Republic announcer, when an Anakin player spawns

"Skywalker has joined us!"

- Republic announcer

"The clones are hoping Anakin Skywalker will help them."

- Separatist announcer, when an opposing Anakin player spawns

"The Republic forces have called in Anakin Skywalker."

- Separatist announcer, when an opposing Anakin player spawns

Trivia

 * Anakin Skywalker is voiced by Matt Lanter, who previously voiced him in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated TV series.
 * The Dark Side persona of Anakin Skywalker, Darth Vader, is already playable in the game as a separate hero for the Galactic Empire despite being the same person.
 * It was at one point believed by some that Vader's presence in the game meant that Anakin could not be in the game due to contradicting canon, but this theory was shot down by a developer.
 * Anakin Skywalker's attack animations were datamined from the game's files after the Battle of Geonosis Update and leaked by dataminers.
 * After the Darth Tyranus Update, more of Anakin's animations were also datamined, including updated attack animations and his front-end menu pose animations.
 * Anakin's emotes and their respective animations were also datamind prior to their official announcement. They were found to be called: "Fun Begins," "Diplomatic Solution," "ObiWanKill," and "A Wise Jedi."
 * Anakin's ability names were also datamined prior to their official announcement. They were found to be called: "Retribution," "Pull Dominance," and "Heroic Impact."
 * Anakin has the same walking and jumping animation as Darth Vader.
 * Anakin is one of the first heroes to have four abilities instead of just three.
 * He originally cost 35,000 credits to unlock but this cost was removed in the Capital Supremacy Update.
 * He was the first hero with temporary prices, his cost was 8,000/12,000 (dependent on era) Battle Points. However, this feature was removed in the Giants Above Kachirho Patch.

Updates
The Chosen One Update
 * Added.

The Chosen One Hotfix
 * Heroic Might - The max radius is now locked to 20 meters and max base damage to 450 points.

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, heroes and troopers will not be able to be staggered by a lightsaber attack for 0.8 seconds.
 * Improved the timing of Anakin's abilities to allow for more timely attacks after an ability is performed.
 * Fixed an issue where Anakin would be unable to attack or use abilities if he was stunned by an ability while Retribution was active.
 * Fixed various clipping issues with Anakin's Victory Poses.
 * Edited the description text of Anakin's Heroic Impact ability for clarity.
 * Edited the description text of Anakin's Pressure Star Card for clarity.
 * Adjusted the button placement for Anakin's abilities to allow for more intuitive controls.
 * Left trigger - Pull Dominance
 * Middle trigger - Heroic Impact
 * Right trigger - Passionate Strike

Capital Supremacy Hotfix
 * Reduced Retribution choke damage (86->75 points per second)
 * Reduced Retribution push damage (80->75 points per second)
 * Reduced Passionate Strike first damage (50->40)
 * Reduced Passionate Strike last damage (150->130)
 * Increased Passionate Strike cooldown (12->13)
 * Reduced Heroic Might base damage (100->70)

Giants Above Kachirho Update
 * Reduced Pull Dominance base range from 20 to 18 meters.
 * Reduced Retribution range from 20 to 15 meters.
 * Removed the push (stun) effect from Passionate Strike.
 * Fixed an issue where Retribution could be re-triggered too quickly, leading to unwanted cancelling.
 * Anakin's deflect stamina has been reduced from 14 to 10 melee attacks.
 * Fixed an issue where Anakin's Lightsaber would occasionally turn off during Passionate Strike.
 * Fixed an issue that could cause Anakin Skywalker to get stuck during the Heroic Might animation due to a bad connection with the server.
 * Fixed an issue where Anakin would not blink when performing an emote.
 * Fixed an issue where Anakin's eyelashes would stretch when performing the Grumpy Master emote.

Giants Above Kachirho Patch
 * Increased the recharge time of Heroic Might from 14 to 18 seconds
 * Reduced the friendly damage charge-up speed of Retribution from 2% per 100 damage to 1.33% per 100 damage.
 * Reduced the Health Increased stats of the Tenacious Star Card from 50-100-150-200 to 25-50-75-100.
 * Reduced Anakin's lightsaber damage from 140 to 130 points
 * Reduced the Massive Strikes Star Card bonus damage from 10-15-20-25 to 5-10-15-20.
 * Retribution now has a maximum value increase per damage event.
 * Fixed an issue where damage from sources other than enemy players caused Retribution to charge up.
 * Delayed the effect of Retribution by 5 frames.

Siege of Kamino Update
 * Fixed an issue where Anakin Skywalker would express his distaste for sand when playing inside the capital ships on Capital Supremacy on Geonosis.

June 11th Patch
 * Retribution does not charge up based on damage received during Heroic Might.
 * Increased base damage of Heroic Might from 70 to 90 against heroes.
 * Reduced base damage of Heroic Might from 130 to 120 against troopers.
 * Reduced the duration of the choking during Retribution from 4 to 2 seconds.
 * Heroic Might no longer deals increased damage as Anakin takes damage. The ability's radius still increases as Anakin takes damage.

Where are those Droidekas? Update
 * General Skywalker Appearance added.
 * Anakin is released from the Pull Dominance ability animation sooner.
 * Reduced the heal values of the Reprisal Star Card values from 30-60-90-120 to 40-60-80-100 in order to be more consistent with other hero health-on-kill Star Cards.
 * Fixed an issue where Passionate Strike would not cause lightsaber marks on objects.

Roger Roger Update
 * Anakin's health-on-kill Star Card named Reprisal has been replaced with Steamroll.
 * Anakin Skywalker now gains health from every kill automatically, no Star Card required.
 * Visual cues have been added to Heroic Might so that enemies can now predict the area of effect.

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 that would cause Passionate Strike to keep doing damage even when Anakin is defeated.
 * Fixed an issue with the Steamroll Star Card not stating that the ability resets after the Hero is defeated in a game.
 * Fixed an issue that would occasionally cause the Droideka to shake uncontrollably when affected by Retribution.

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.
 * Fixed an issue where Passionate Strike would not properly reset if the player was interrupted by an opponent.
 * Fixed an issue where Heroic Might was refunded when Anakin successfully triggered it, while no enemies are in range.
 * Retribution now ignores dodge immunity.
 * Pass on all of Anakin's abilities, allowing them to be used sooner during or after being staggered, depending on the ability.
 * Passionate Strike: Letting Anakin evade, move, and use his abilities 0.1 seconds earlier.
 * Retribution: Letting Anakin use their abilities 0.1 seconds earlier.

The Rise of Skywalker Update
 * Fixed an issue which caused Anakin's footsteps to be missing sound effect.
 * Heroic Impact and Pull Dominance now show the amount of enemies targeted.

BB Update
 * Pressure Star Card - reduced bonus damage to Passionate Strike from 10-20-30-40 to 10-15-20-25.
 * Reduced Passionate Strike first strike damage on troopers and reinforcements from 130 to 70.
 * Reduced Passionate Strike damage on troopers and reinforcements from 250 to 180.
 * Reduced the base damage of Heroic Impact to troopers and reinforcements from 120 to 100.
 * Massive Strikes Star Card - Added stamina penalty for each rarity.
 * Fixed an issue that could cause Passionate Strike to hit in the last place it was used.

The Age of Rebellion Update
 * Fixed an issue where the damage reduction from Heroic Might could occasionally remain after the ability was over.