Obi-Wan Kenobi

Obi-Wan Kenobi is a Galactic Republic Hero in 's. He was added to the game on November 28, 2018, as part of the Battle of Geonosis Update. He originally cost 35,000 credits to unlock but this cost was removed in the Capital Supremacy Update.

Overview
Much like Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi is an expert at turning defense into offense, though in a different way. While Yoda's defensive strengths come in the form of his Unleash ability, where he absorbs blaster fire and propels enemies forward, Obi-Wan Kenobi's comes in the form of his high stamina, allowing him to deflect blaster bolts and other lightsabers for longer. He also possesses higher than average max health regen, which can be increased further with a Star Card.

Obi-Wan's defensive strength can also be seen in his right ability, Defensive Rush, where Obi-Wan lunges forward at enemies in a lightsaber rush, all the while accurately deflecting any attacks. You can shoot him from the back, though he takes reduced damage.

The Jedi mind trick is an iconic ability of Obi-Wan's. While Rey uses her mind trick to confuse enemies and invert their controls, Obi-Wan's mind trick prevents enemy players from using their abilities.

Finally, Obi-Wan has a powerful Force push inspired by his use of the Force as seen in particular in Revenge of the Sith. Obi-Wan is able to charge up this ability; the longer it is charged, the more powerful the blast is in terms of the range at which enemies are affected as well as the damage of the ability.

Weapon
Obi-Wan Kenobi's Lightsaber=

Lightsaber Deflection=

Defensive Rush Deflection=

Combat Abilities
All-Out Push=

Restrictive Mind Trick=

Defensive Rush=

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
"Obi-Wan Kenobi's RESTRICTIVE MIND TRICK will no longer prevent enemies from using their Dodge move."

- First hint

"Obi-Wan Kenobi's DEFENSIVE RUSH can be retriggered at any time by pressing the Attack button, unleashing a powerful ligthsaber swing."

- Second hint

"Obi-Wan Kenobi's ALL-OUT PUSH can be released at any moment if time is of the essence."

- Third hint

Emotes, Quotes and related Audio
"Hello there."
 * -|Emotes=

- First emote

"Only a Sith deals in absolutes."

- Second emote

"The strongest defense is a swift and decisive offense."

- Third emote

"Your move."

- Fourth emote

"Maul."

- Voice Over "This is the last time Cody takes a day off."
 * -|In-game=

- Upon spawning

"Some of you served with Rex in the 501st, didn't you?"

- Banter with allies

"There is no chaos, there is harmony."

- Reciting the Jedi Code

"There is no death, there is the Force."

- Reciting the Jedi Code

"There is no passion, there is serenity."

- Reciting the Jedi Code

"There is no ignorance, there is knowledge."

- Reciting the Jedi Code

"There is no emotion, there is peace."

- Reciting the Jedi Code

"Blasters? Well, no accounting for taste, is there?"

- Facing off against an enemy with a blaster weapon

"You want to rethink your actions."

- Using Restrictive Mind Trick

"So uncivilized..."

- In battle

"Army or not, you must realize you're doomed."

- In battle

"Obi-Wan: Why do I get the feeling you’re gonna be the death of me? Anakin: Don't say that, Master."
 * -|Banter=

- Banter between Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi

"Obi-Wan: I thank the stars Qui-Gon never saw what you've become. Dooku: Have you considered my old apprentice might have joined me as you should?"

- Banter between Count Dooku and Obi-Wan Kenobi

"Obi-Wan: Your master really should have taught you not to be so impulsive. Grievous: The way you have with young Skywalker? Obi-Wan: Touché..."

- Banter between General Grievous and Obi-Wan Kenobi

"Must we do this again, General?"

- Banter with Grievous

"Why is it I always seem to attract the bounty hunters?"

- Banter with Boba Fett

"So, tell me, Mandalorian... what clan are you from?"

- Banter with Boba Fett

"Oh, no. Fighting enemies in jetpacks never gets old."

- Banter with Boba Fett

"If I didn't know better, I'd say you'd undergone Clone training."

- Banter with Boba Fett

"Challenging a Jedi? You don't lack for confidence, I'll give you that."

- Banter with Boba Fett

"Shouldn’t you be off babysitting Boba Fett or something?"

- Banter with Bossk

"Trandoshans... always so touchy."

- Banter with Bossk

"Another hired gun. Typical."

- Banter with Bossk

"Your perversion of the Force ends here."

- Banter with Emperor Palpatine

"You're more machine than man."

- Banter with Darth Vader

"Hmm... if I had to say... special forces?"

- Banter with Iden Versio

"Used to be so easy when you knew the good guys wore the armor."

- Banter with Iden Versio

"Yes, yes, yes, I know... you're just following orders."

- Banter with Iden Versio

"When I cut you in half, I should have aimed for your neck instead."

- Banter with Darth Maul

"I defeated you before, and I will defeat you again!"

- Banter with Maul

"Maul. Perhaps this time will be the end of it."

- Banter with Maul

"I didn't realize they came in silver."

- Banter with Captain Phasma

"Goodness... you're not one to trifle with, aren't you?"

- Banter with Phasma

"It'll take more than a helmet and a cape to intimidate me."

- Banter with Phasma

"Kenobi brings the Death Sticks."
 * -|Announcers=

- Heroes vs. Villains announcer, when an Obi-Wan player goes on a 5-player killstreak

"A surprisingly civilized climax, as Obi-Wan Kenobi proves once more why triumph is his specialty."

- Heroes vs. Villains announcer, when an Obi-wan player gets the final game-winning kill

"A Jedi has been spotted. Looks like... Kenobi."

- Separatist announcer when an opposing Obi-Wan player spawns

"Master Kenobi is now fighting with the Clones."

- Separatist announcer when an opposing Obi-Wan player spawns

"Kenobi has joined the Republic forces."

- Separatist announcer when an opposing Obi-Wan player spawns

"Kenobi is here to support us!"

- Republic announcer when an Obi-Wan player spawns

"We're getting support from Master Kenobi!"

- Republic announcer when an Obi-Wan player spawns

"Master Kenobi has joined us!"

- Republic announcer when an Obi-Wan player spawns

Trivia

 * Obi-Wan Kenobi is voiced by James Arnold Taylor, who previously voiced the young Kenobi in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated TV series as well as in the original Star Wars: Battlefront II.
 * One of Obi-Wan Kenobi's running animations had been discovered by dataminers prior to his release. It is similar to his running animation from the original Star Wars: Battlefront II.
 * Additionally, Obi-Wan Kenobi's emotes had been discovered by dataminers prior to their announcement. They were found to be respectively titled: "Hello There," "Your Move," "Strongest," and "Absolutes."
 * Obi-Wan's All-Out Push voice lines are lines from the Jedi Code. In canon, sometimes Obi-Wan used the Jedi Code as a mantra, iterated the code mentally.

Updates
Battle of Geonosis Update
 * Added.

December Update
 * General Kenobi Appearance.
 * Obi-Wan no longer receives enemy lightsaber damage during Defensive Rush.
 * Fixed an issue where a fully charged All-Out Push would not deal damage to enemies that are in the second half of the ability's area of effect.
 * Fixed an issue where the UI lines of All-Out Push would not be completely visible if the player didn't charge up the ability.
 * Fixed an issue where players could not cancel Defensive Rush by dodging.
 * Fixed an issue where players couldn't see the lightsaber ignite animation while frozen by Kylo Ren.
 * Fixed an issue where Emperor Palpatine's main attack would show on Obi-Wan Kenobi's body instead of his lightsaber when blocking it.
 * Fixed an issue where Obi-Wan Kenobi's "Your Move" and "Absolutes" emotes would be swapped in-game.
 * Moved All-Out Push to the left ability slot and Defensive Rush to the right one in order to address player feedback and improve consistency with other Force heroes.

Darth Tyranus Update
 * Fixed an issue where Emperor Palpatine's Chain Lightning could damage Obi-Wan Kenobi even when he is blocking.
 * Fixed a visual clipping issue with Obi-Wan Kenobi's fingers in the "Fighting Stance" Victory Pose while the General Kenobi Appearance was activated.
 * Fixed an issue where Obi-Wan Kenobi's "Your Move" emote would play out-of-sync, when playing in a language other than English.
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi is not always able to block attacks from Count Dooku when his Duelist ability is active.

Darth Tyranus Hotfix
 * Fixed an issue that would occasionally cause camera stuttering if Obi-Wan Kenobi was interrupted during All-Out Push.

The Chosen One Update
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi now receives 80% damage reduction while performing All-Out Push.
 * Fixed an issue where All-Out Push could be instantly reused by the player.
 * Fixed an issue where lightsaber audio would play even while Obi-Wan's lightsaber is turned off during "Strongest Defense" emote.
 * Fixed an issue where Count Dooku's voice lines would overlap with that of Obi-Wan Kenobi.
 * Updated the German voice lines with the original German voice actor for Obi-Wan Kenobi, Philipp Moog.

The Chosen One Hotfix
 * Fixed an issue where the damage reduction during All-Out Push remained active after the ability was completed.

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 be unable to be staggered by a lightsaber attack for 0.8 seconds.
 * Increased active duration of Restrictive Mind Trick ability from 3 to 4.5 seconds.
 * Fixed an issue that would prevent certain heroes and troopers from using their secondary fire when affected by Restrictive Mind Trick.

Giants Above Kachirho Update
 * Fixed an issue where the button prompt to perform the final move for Defensive Rush would not appear.
 * Community Request: Adjusted Obi-Wan Kenobi's primary attack sequence animation so that it feels faster.
 * Community Request: Brought back Obi-Wan Kenobi's air attack animation, but adjusted so that it feels faster.

Giants Above Kachirho Patch
 * Fixed an issue that prevented Darth Maul from blocking when affected by Restrictive Mind Trick.

Siege of Kamino Update
 * Increased the duration of Obi-Wan Kenobi's Restrictive Mind Trick from 4.5 to 5.5 seconds.
 * Fixed an issue that could cause Obi-Wan Kenobi to get stuck during the All-Out Push animation due to a bad connection with the server.

Where are those Droidekas? Update
 * Fixed an issue where Defensive Rush would not inflict lightsaber marks on objects.
 * Fixed the delay between the animation of the Defensive Rush and the VFX when attacking an enemy who is blocking.

July 2019 Update
 * Added "Body and Mind" animated Victory Pose and "Maul" Voice Over, available by completing July 2019 limited-time challenges.
 * Community Request: Obi-Wan Kenobi is now immune to enemy Force abilities while performing All-Out Push.
 * Kylo Ren's Pull can still interrupt OAll-Out Push. This will be changed in the next update.

August 2019 Patch
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi is no longer affected by Kylo Ren's Pull during All-Out Push.

Roger Roger Update
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi's health-on-kill Star Card named Jedi General has been replaced with Safeguard.
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi now gains health from every kill automatically, no Star Card required.
 * Fixed an issue where enemy lightsaber heroes would be unable to block after blocking Defensive Rush.
 * Improved Obi-Wan Kenobi's Dodge animation.

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 Defensive Rush end attack causing all enemy stamina to drain.
 * The animation of Obi-Wan Kenobi's Defensive Rush ability has been improved for speed and accuracy.

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.
 * Fixed an issue where health-on-kill would occasionally award the wrong amount of health when killing troopers.
 * Fixed an issue where Obi-Wan Kenobi would get damage reduction and immunity to enemy Force abilities, when trying to use All-Out Push at the same time as attacking with his lightsaber or using another ability.
 * Fixed an issue where All-Out Push would get activated but not trigger any animation or push if used at the same time as a lightsaber strike.
 * 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.
 * Pass on Obi-Wan Kenobi's abilities, allowing the player to regain control over the character earlier after the ability animation has ended:
 * All-Out Push: Letting the player evade, move, and use other abilities 0.1 seconds earlier.
 * Defensive Rush: Letting the player evade and move 0.15 seconds earlier. Other abilities for Obi-Wan Kenobi can be used 0.1 seconds earlier.

The Celebration Update
 * Fixed an issue where All-out Push would not affect enemies if the player was attacked while activating it.

The Rise of Skywalker Update
 * Restrictive Mind Trick no longer prevents dodges.
 * Restrictive Mind Trick now shows the number of enemies targeted.

BB Update
 * The intro animation for Obi-Wan Kenobi in the spawn and Collection menu screen have been improved.

Battle on Scarif Update
 * Improved audio effects for Restrictive Mind Trick.
 * Defensive Rush now follows the direction of the camera instead of the character model.