Counter Commander Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes

In Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, fan favorite heroes across the galaxy gather for one epic clash. One such character is a version of Luke Skywalker that is extremely powerful, and has gone down in notoriety due to his strength. Today, we’ll show you how to counter Commander Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes!

Best Counters for Commander Luke Skywalker

To begin, let’s have a quick overview of what Commander Luke Skywalker is capable of so that you know what you’re up against. The game refers to him as a “determined Rebel hero who can ignore debuffs or ignore Taunts,” and he definitely can do that thanks to his abilities.

• Basic: Destined Strike: Deal physical damage to target enemy and inflict Speed Down and Defense Down for 2 turns. If the target already had Speed Down, remove 30% Turn Meter. If the target already had Defense Down, inflict Stun for 1 turn.
• Special: Use the Force: Deal physical damage to target enemy, Dispel all buffs on them, remove 100% Turn Meter, and inflict Buff Immunity and Tenacity Down for 2 turns. Reduce the cooldown of this ability by 1 if the target didn’t have full Health.
• Special: Call to Action: Dispel all debuffs on Luke. Luke gains 100% Turn Meter and recovers 40% Health and 40% Protection. If Luke doesn’t have the Call to Action unique buff, he gains it until the next time this ability is used.
  • Call to Action: Luke ignores Taunts during his turn and has +50% Accuracy, +50% Critical Chance, and +50% Critical Damage. Can’t be Disepelled or prevented.
• Leader: Rebel Maneuvers: Rebel allies have +50% Counter Chance, +50% Defense, and +15% Offense. Whenever an enemy Resists a detrimental effect, Rebel allies gain 5% Turn Meter.
• Leader: Learn Control: While Luke doesn’t have Call to Action, he has +50% Counter Chance, +50% Critical Avoidance, +50% Defense, +100% Tenacity, and gains 10% Turn Meter whenever another Rebel ally takes damage.
• Leader: It Binds All Things: Luke has +40% Potency. Whenever Luke Resists a detrimental effect, he recovers 5% Health and 5% Protection. Whenever Luke inflicts a debuff he gains 10% Turn Meter and other allies gain half that amount.

Related | Best Counters for Mon Mothma in Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes

To summarize, Commander Luke Skywalker has a very powerful set of skills. He was actually considered to be the most overpowered character in the game upon his original release back in August 2017, and he’s still one of the strongest characters. Needless to say, he’s a popular character to use in PvP, so here are some potential counters to him.

• Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker
• Jedi Master Luke Skywalker
• Hermit Yoda
• Shaak Ti
• Obi-Wan Kenobi (Old Ben)
• Jedi Master Kenobi
• Ahsoka Tano
• Commander Ahsoka Tano
• General Kenobi
• Supreme Leader Kylo Ren
• First Order Stormtrooper
• Sith Trooper
• Kylo Ren (Unmasked)
• General Hux

After looking at community PvP data and rankings, these are the most commonly seen characters in team compositions that won against teams with Commander Luke Skywalker. These characters have ways to mitigate his troublesome debuffs and Turn Meter manipulation, and also get around the fact that he can ignore Taunts.

That concludes our guide on how to counter Commander Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. If you have any strategies you’d like to share, let us know in the comments below!