Chewbacca

Chewbacca is a Rebel Alliance Hero in DICE's Star Wars Battlefront. In Star Wars Battlefront II, Chewbacca returns as a Hero for all Light Side factions.

Star Wars Battlefront

Hero Chewbacca is a Rebel Alliance Hero in DICE's Star Wars Battlefront, available to owners of the Death Star expansion pack.

Overview

Chewbacca is extremely effective in close-quarters, as his Bowcaster bolts have large splash damage. His hero trait, Furious Firing, increases the amount of bolts he can fire from his Bowcaster at any one time from one at the base trait level to four at rank three.

Abilities

Chewbacca's trait entails more Bowcaster bolts accumulating with each kill.

• Multi-Bolts: Chewbacca's Bowcaster enables the ability to double his amount of bolts he was shooting for a limited time. For example, if Chewbacca at a given time has 4 Bowcaster bolts when this ability is activated, it will double, giving it 8 bolts. Chewbacca's Bowcaster will initially fire 1 bolt, so the ability will make it fire 2.
• Mighty Roar: Upon activation, Chewie leaves a loud roar that gives players around his radius an increased armor rating, suppressing enemy fire, as well as Berserker trait rank 3 giving a 50% blaster damage bonus while hip-firing.
• Ground Slam: Releases a ground slam which causes enemy players to die within his radius upon impact and stuns villains. Note that Chewbacca will briefly become immobile, and susceptible to enemy fire.

Updates

September 28, 2016 Update

• Chewbacca's Bowcaster - Cut the damage against AT-AT's by 75%.

Death Star Update

• Added.

Star Wars Battlefront II

Hero

"Chewbacca uses his Bowcaster to fire charged shots at his enemies and his physical strength to pummel and smash close targets. He is hardy enough to withstand even the most powerful attacks."

— In-game description

Chewbacca returns in DICE's Star Wars Battlefront II, as a Hero for the Galactic Republic and the Rebel Alliance.

Overview

Chewbacca is a ferocious hero, and can take on all types of enemy targets. His bowcaster is a hard-hitting weapon, as its able to one-shot any of the default trooper classes depending on where the shots land and how much the bowcaster is charged up. However, it does suffer at range and cannot fire as fast as other blasters. 

Although Chewbacca can dish out high damage, he is a very big target due to his size. He also does not have a Star Card to increase his health regeneration, so he is very susceptible to damage. Because of this and with him being more effective at close range engagements, Chewbacca can lose health quickly in situations.

Health and Movement

Health Statistics for Chewbacca
Base Health	700
Health Regen Rate	50 health/sec
Max Health Regen	200
Regen Delay	5 sec

Movement Statistics for Chewbacca
Sprint Speed	7 meters/second
Maximum Jump Height	2 meters
Number of Dodges	2
Dodge Length	4.75 meters

Weapon

• Chewbacca's Bowcaster
• Furious Bowcaster

Weapon Image
In-game Description	The bowcaster was a handcrafted projectile weapon commonly used by the Wookiees. While traditional bowcasters fire energized metal quarrels, Chewbacca unconventionally crafted his to fire pure energy.
Damage	Main: 40-35 (Explosion: 25) Scatter: 25-20 (Explosion: 10)
Rate of Fire	90 RPM
Range	Start damage drop-off: 30 meters (Main), 25 meters (Scatter) End damage drop-off: 50 meters(Main, Scatter)

Weapon Image
In-game Description	Chewbacca roars and overcharges his bowcaster, enabling him to fire fully charged shots with no charge time.
Damage	Main: 40-35 (Explosion: 25) Scatter: 25-20 (Explosion: 10)
Rate of Fire	90 RPM
Range	Start damage drop-off: 30 meters (Main), 25 meters (Scatter) End damage drop-off: 50 meters(Main, Scatter)
Heat Per Second	(25 seconds) 0.04 heat increase per second
Overheat	(Default max) 10 shots (0.075 heat per shot)
Overheat Penalty	0.5 seconds

Abilities

• Shock Grenade
• Furious Bowcaster
• Charge Slam

Ability Icon
In-game Description	Chewbacca throws a grenade which can be broken into a cluster of smaller missiles which electrocute enemies they hit.
Effect	Stuns targets
Ability Duration	0.75 seconds
Ability Cooldown	15 seconds

Ability Icon
Effect	Allows Chewbacca to fire fully charged shots instantly
Ability Duration	25 seconds (Default) 1.875 seconds reduced per shot
Ability Cooldown	20 seconds

Ability Icon
In-game Description	Chewbacca charges forward and slams his fists into the ground when retriggered, dealing high damage and knocking enemies off their feet. This ability can be activated from the air.
Damage	200 (Non-heroes) 150 (Heroes)
Effect	Grants 30% damage reduction to Chewbacca, knocks down opponents
Area of Effect	8 meters
Ability Cooldown	15 seconds

Boost Cards

Bonus Health	Echoing Roar	Extended Shock	Charging Frenzy	Multi-Shock
Impervious	Shocked And Vulnerable	Slammed	Furious Resilience

Appearances

Wookiee Smuggler (default)	Wounded (Common)	Vandor Heist (Epic)

Victory Poses

Where's My Medal?	The Wookiee Wins	Laugh It Up, Fuzzball!	This Carpet Shoots Back

In-game Hints

"If you need to focus on a single target, Chewbacca’s Bowcaster can fire a tighter spread of shots by using the alternate fire."

— First hint

"Chewbacca’s Slam can be activated at any time he is charging by repressing the ability button"

— Second hint

"Chewbacca’s high survivability and powerful abilities make him great in close quarters engagements"

— Third hint

Updates

October 2019 Patch

• Fixed an issue where Blaster-carrying Heroes would run at the same speed as regular Troopers.
• Chewbacca’s Furious Bowcaster animation has been tweaked:
  • Animation was sped up by half a second.
  • Chewbacca now goes out of the animation state half a second earlier.
  • Removed the additional camera movement during activation.

Cooperation Update

• Fixed an issue with Chewbacca's Impervious Star Card not stating that the ability resets after the Hero is defeated in a game.

Roger Roger Update

• Health on Kill Star Card has been replaced with "Impervious". Every time Chewbacca deals a threshold of 200 combined damage with any ability, he gains 2% damage reduction to a maximum. This effect resets after Chewbacca is defeated.

Siege of Kamino Update

• Increased base health from 650 to 700.
• Increased health regeneration from 150 to 200.

Capital Supremacy Update

• Fixed an issue where the Multi-Shock Star Card would have no functionality on Epic rarity.

Darth Tyranus Update

• Fixed an issue where Chewbacca would occasionally be able to use the Slam ability twice, when pressing the ability button at the end of the ability animation.

Elite Corps Update

• Fixed an issue where Chewbacca's Ground Slam ability could defeat an enemy inside the AT-ST or AAT

Hero Starfighters Update

• Fixed an issue where Chewbacca's Charge Slam could last indefinitely if the player rolled and fired at the same time while the ability was active

2.0 Patch

• STUN GRENADES can no longer be activated while other abilities are activating

1.2 Patch

• Stun Grenade - Reduced the shock time from 1.6 to 1 second
• Reduced Bowcaster side projectiles explosive damage from 25 to 21
• Reduced furious Bowcaster side projectiles explosive damage from 12 to 10

1.0 Patch

• Increased Bowcaster's fire rate from 80 to 90
• Increased Bowcaster's Power increase per second from 0.9 to 2.5
• Increased Bowcaster's number of blaster shot from 1 to 3 on the base power modifier
• The middle grenade of Shock Grenade is fired away from Chewbacca and not towards him
• Increased Charge Slam's radius from 3 to 6
• Multi-Shock Star Card now the correct description
• Multi-Shock Star Card now works as intended
• Bonus Health Star Card now properly reward health bonus
• Enemies defeated by Chewbacca's Charge Slam are now sent flying

Trivia

• In Star Wars Battlefront, Chewbacca is the only hero to use a Star Card as his primary weapon, that being the Bowcaster.
• Initially, Chewbacca's Mighty Roar was intended to act almost like the Flash Grenade, blurring enemy screens as if scaring them.

Gallery

Chewbacca as he appeared in Star Wars Battlefront.

Chewbacca as he appeared in Star Wars Battlefront II.

In-game icon for Chewbacca in Star Wars Battlefront II.