BB-8

BB-8
Details
Affiliation	Resistance
Battle Points	4,000
Capabilities
Health	650
Weapon	Shock Prod
Abilities	Rolling Charge Resistance Backing Cable Spin

"A brave and resourceful astromech droid, BB-8 accompanied Poe Dameron on many dangerous missions for the Resistance. Despite his modest appearance, he saved his friends multiple times, giving the saying 'never underestimate a droid' its full meaning."

— In-game description

BB-8 is a Resistance droid hero in DICE's Star Wars Battlefront II. He was added as part of the BB Update alongside the First Order hero BB-9E.

Overview

"Be Resourceful"

— Star Wars Battlefront II website

BB-8 is primarily an offensive hero. His Rolling Charge is similar to the Ovissian Gunner and Han Solo's charges, where BB-8 rushes forward and knocks back an opponent upon contact, dealing damage. It also deals damage through blocking opponents.

BB-8's Resistance Backing ability can be paired with Rey's Insight ability to reveal enemies to his allies. In addition to that, Resistance Backing causes enemies to take more damage, somewhat like Count Dooku's Expose Weakness ability, as well as scrambles enemy radar.

If he is in a sticky situation, BB-8 can use his Cable Spin ability to deal very high area damage. Cable Spin shines greatly in tight spaces with a group of enemies, especially when Spinner and Whirlwind Star Cards are equipped. As a trooper, you will have a hard time escaping his Cable Spin before you are defeated, but Heroes are able to escape it easier.

BB-8's passive ability Technical Support makes him count as two units, making him a vital unit in Supremacy, Co-Op and Instant Action. The ability also allows him to override objectives faster, and can be used in order to overcome an objective as quick as possible in intense zones. His second passive ability, Swift Reaction, increases the cooldown speed of nearby friendlies' abilities. When paired with Finn's Big Deal ability, surrounding allies will be greatly strengthened. BB-8 also has a flashlight that can be activated using the melee key.

Levels

Level	Reward Upon Reaching Level	XP to Complete Level	Total Skill Points
1	None	3,000	0
2	1 Skill Point Self Repairs becomes available Shielded Roll becomes available	5,800	1
3	1 Skill Point	10,200	2
4	1 Skill Point	10,540	3
5	1 Skill Point Headfirst becomes available Whirlwind becomes available	10,976	4
6	1 Skill Point	11,400	5
7	1 Skill Point	11,836	6
8	1 Skill Point	12,280	7
9	1 Skill Point	12,736	8
10	1 Skill Point Spared Batteries becomes available	16,750	9
11	1 Skill Point	17,203	10
12	1 Skill Point Can now upgrade Star Cards to Rare	17,660	11
13	1 Skill Point	18,123	12
14	1 Skill Point	18,590	13
15	1 Skill Point Spinner becomes available Trusty Droid becomes available	19,063	14
16	1 Skill Point	19,540	15
17	1 Skill Point	20,023	16
18	1 Skill Point	20,510	17
19	1 Skill Point	21,003	18
20	1 Skill Point Uncover becomes available Roll Together becomes available	21,500	19
21	1 Skill Point	22,003	20
22	1 Skill Point	22,510	21
23	1 Skill Point	23,023	22
24	1 Skill Point	23,540	23
25	1 Skill Point Can now upgrade Star Cards to Epic	24,063	24
26-37	1 Skill Point per level	24,417	36
38-40	1,000 Credits per level	24,417	36
Prestige: 41-1,000 (MAX)	None	25,000	36

Health and Movement

Health Statistics for BB-8
Base Health	650
Health Regen Rate	65 health/sec
Max Health Regen	300 Self Repairs Increases max regen to 325 / 350 / 375 / 400
Regen Delay	4 sec

Weapon

Shock Prod
Weapon Image
In-game Description	BB-8 shoots electricity with his SHOCK PROD, sustaining damage to enemies in front of him.
Damage	29/0.3 seconds Spared Batteries For every 3 troopers eliminated or 300 damage dealt to an enemy hero, increases the damage by one to a maximum of 31 / 33 / 35 / 36 every 0.3 seconds
Range	5 meters

Abilities

Passive Abilities

• Health on Elimination
• Technical Support
• Swift Reaction

Ability Name	Health on Elimination
Ability Icon
In-game Description	BB-8 regains health for each defeated enemy.
Effect	Grants 20 health per defeated trooper, 100 health per defeated Hero.

Ability Name	Technical Support
Ability Icon
In-game Description	BB-8 counts as two units when capturing a point and activates objectives faster.
Effect	Captures objectives faster

Ability Name	Swift Reaction
Ability Icon
In-game Description	BB-8 passively increases the cooldown speed of friendly characters around him.
Effect	Boosts cooldowns of allies by 5% Roll Together Increases cooldown boost to allies to 10% / 14% / 17% / 20%
Area of Effect	7 meters surrounding BB-8

Combat Abilities

• Resistance Backing
• Cable Spin
• Rolling Charge

Ability Name	Resistance Backing
Ability Icon
In-game Description	BB-8 scrambles enemy radars while revealing hostiles to himself and his allies. If attacked, revealed enemies will take increased damage.
Effect	Reveals opponents, scrambles enemy scanners, and revealed enemies take 5% more damage Trusty Droid After defeating an enemy revealed by this ability, heal friendly allies within 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 meters by 5 / 7 / 10 / 12 health Uncover Increases damage to enemies revealed by this ability to 10% / 12.5% / 15% / 17.5%
Area of Effect	20 meters surrounding BB-8
Ability Duration	12 seconds
Ability Cooldown	18 seconds

Ability Name	Cable Spin
Ability Icon
In-game Description	BB-8 deploys his cables and lashes out with a spin, inflicting high damage to all close by enemies.
Damage	45/0.3 seconds Whirlwind Increases damage to 47 / 49 / 51 / 53 every 0.3 seconds
Effect	Damages enemies close to BB-8, additionally grants 30% damage reduction to BB-8
Area of Effect	5 meters Whirlwind Increases radius to 5.50 / 6 / 6.50 / 7 meters
Ability Duration	8 seconds
Ability Cooldown	25 seconds Spinner After affecting 4 / 3 / 2 / 2 enemies, the resulting cooldown is reduced to 21 / 19 / 17 / 15 seconds

Ability Name	Rolling Charge
Ability Icon
In-game Description	BB-8 charges forward to knock down and damage the first enemy standing in his path. If blocked, the enemy is still staggered and damaged.
Damage	200 (Non-heroes) 150 (Heroes) Headfirst Increases damage to: 220 / 225 / 235 / 240 (Non-heroes) 170 / 175 / 180 / 190 (Heroes)
Effect	Knock down enemy upon contact, dealing damage Shielded Roll Reduces damage received by 30% / 40% / 50% / 60%
Ability Cooldown	10 seconds

Boost Cards

Self Repairs	Shielded Roll	Headfirst	Whirlwind	Spared Batteries
Spinner	Trusty Droid	Uncover	Roll Together

Victory Poses

Image	Name
	Sided
	Thumbs Up
	Wired Parade
	Cables Out

In-game Hints

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

"BB-8 is extremely agile on the battlefront. Use this edge to zip between multiple hot zones and help your allies."

— First hint

"BB-8 has several passive abilities. Position yourself on the battlefront to make the most of them."

— Second hint

"Enemies affected by BB-8's RESISTANCE BACKING will get misleading data on their radar."

— Third hint

Emotes and related Audio

Emote	Name
	Excited
	Thumbs Up
	Angry Beeps
	Twist

Hero Themes

Intro

Outro

Trivia

• BB-8 is the only droid hero for the Light Side.
• Older Heroes were released with a credit cost of 35,000, but BB-8 and BB-9E were both made available for free for everyone.
• Unlike previous heroes, whose emotes and victory poses were unlockable using Credits or Crystals, BB-8 and BB-9E's emotes and victory poses are currently obtainable exclusively through milestones.
• His intro music is a portion of the track "Follow Me" in The Force Awakens soundtrack.
• When brainstorming ideas for what hero abilities BB-8 could have, the developers considered the move he did in The Last Jedi where he shot casino coins out of himself.

Updates

BB Update

• Added.
• Known issue: Audio is not played when previewing BB-8's emotes in the Collection menu.

February 12th Patch

• Bug fix: Fixed an issue where spamming both the main fire and secondary fire keys for BB-8 would drain the stamina quickly without dealing the appropriate amount of damage.
• Bug fix: Fixed an issue where the Spinner Star Card would grant 20 seconds of cooldown reduction, instead of 10, at Epic rarity.
• Bug fix: Fixed an issue where no audio would play when inspecting BB-8's emotes in the Collection menu.
• Bug fix: Fixed an issue where BB-8 would eventually play the wrong voice lines when they were disrupted.

The Age of Rebellion Update

• Bug fix: Fixed various visual issues with the trail left behind by BB-8.
• Bug fix: Fixed an issue where casting certain effects on BB-8 while using their abilities could cause the death of seemingly random AI players.
• Bug fix: Fixed an issue where placeholder voice lines would trigger when BB-8 would encounter an enemy hero.
• Bug fix: Fixed an issue where BB-8's moving animation could break if he was interrupted after using Rolling Charge.
• Bug fix: Fixed an issue where a BB-8 milestone would reward the wrong emote.
• Bug fix: Fixed an issue where AI would not spawn as BB-8 and BB-9E as frequently as other heroes.
• General: Increased the support ability score reward from 2 to 4.

Battle on Scarif Update

• Bug fix: Fixed an issue where the "Twist" milestone did not track score accurately.
• Quality of life: Added in-game messaging for enemies when they are taking increased damage from Resistance Backing.
• Quality of life: Rolling Charge now follows the direction of the camera instead of BB-8's character model.

Gallery

Pre-release look at BB-8.

A promotional image of BB-8.

In-game icon for BB-8.

BB-8 faces off with BB-9E