Darth Hater

For players who prefer to jump into a fight head first and with reckless abandon, then perhaps the Sith Warrior is the class for them. Quick, powerful and ruthless, the Sith Warrior is a flurry of lightsaber slashes and stabs, leaving a trail of bodies behind him. The Juggernaut advanced class can withstand any attack unleashed upon him. In this article, we will look into the Juggernaut advanced class and explore his various skill trees, abilities and everything in between.

Note: This article may contain spoilers.

Attributes

Immortal Spec
Primary Attribute: Endurance
Secondary Attribute: Strength
Combat Ratings: Defense Rating (Defense Chance), Shield Rating (Shield Chance), Absorption Rating (Shield Absorption)

An Immortal Juggernaut can take damage for himself and his party members. Defense Rating affects Defense Chance, which is the chance to avoid incoming attacks. Your Shield Rating affects your Shield Chance, which is the chance that a successful melee or ranged attack will have its damage reduced by an equipped shield. Finally, Absorption Rating affects Shield Absorption, which is the percentage of damage lost when an attack is absorbed by a shield.

Vengeance and Rage Spec
Primary Attribute: Strength
Secondary Attribute: Endurance
Combat Ratings: Power (Bonus Damage [Melee and Force Abilities]), Accuracy Rating (Accuracy), Critical Rating (Critical Chance), Surge Rating (Critical Multiplier), Force Power (Bonus Damage [Force Abilities]), Alacrity Rating (Activation Speed)

A Vengeance or Rage Juggernaut can deal out a lot of punishment while taking a considerable amount of damage. A Vengeance Juggernaut specializes in lightsaber combat, while a Rage Juggernaut relies more on the Dark Side of the Force. As such, many attributes work the same for either spec. Power affects Damage Bonus, which increases the damage dealt to your basic melee attack and Force powers. Force Power only affects the Damage Bonus of Force abilities. Accuracy Rating affects Accuracy, which is the chance that a melee or offensive Force power will successfully hit the target. Critical Rating affects Critical Chance, which is the chance that a successful melee or Force power will deal critical damage. Surge Rating affects your Critical Multiplier, which is the percentage of increased damage done by your critical hits. Finally, the Alacrity Rating affects Activation Speed, which reduces the time needed to activate or channel abilities, so they can be executed more quickly.

Skills

Immortal - Tank Spec

The Immortal tree of the Sith Warrior is for those who want to fulfill the role of a tank. The tank will be focused on generating threat, keeping sunder armor stacked, and lowering rage cost. All three active skills gained from this tree work to that effect. Invincible is a quick shield that reduces all damage taken by 40%, useful if other stuns are on cooldown and the target is about to unleash a large attack. Backhand deals a lot of damage and generates a high amount of threat. Finally, Crushing Blow deals a massive amount of damage and adds three sunder armor debuffs. Other talents reduce the rage cost of some abilities, like Lash Out and Intimidation. Some skills also reduce the cooldown of some abilities, such as Unleashed, Thrown Gauntlet, Revenge and Ravager. Finally, skills such as Shield Specialization, Sonic Barrier and Dark Blood, help by maximizing damage mitigation and shield strength.

Vengeance - DPS Spec

A Vengeance Sith Warrior is all about melee combat. The linchpin of this talent tree is Shien Form, which increases all damage by 6%, refunds one rage when using abilities that fully expend rage, and generates one rage when attacked. Impale and Shatter are the two high damage abilities. All of the other skills either add to the damage dealt or reduces rage cost of some abilities, like Decimate, Ruin, Vengeance and Eviscerate.

Rage - DPS Spec

A Rage Sith Warrior focuses on using Force abilities to do damage. There are two active abilities you get with this tree. Obliterate jumps to a target and impales them for a high amount of damage. Force Crush slows a target significantly while dealing a considerable amount of damage over that period of time. Other talents enhance your Force abilities, such as Malice, Force Alacrity, Strangulate, Shockwave, Dominate and Dark Resonance.

Companions

Vette

Combat Style: Ranged DPS
Primary Attribute: Cunning
Secondary Attribute: Endurance
Primary Weapon: Blaster Pistol
Secondary Weapon: Blaster Pistol
Armor: Medium
Crew Skill: +5 Underworld Trading Efficiency, +5 Treasure Hunting Critical

Vette is a ranged DPS companion, similar to a Smuggler Gunslinger. She is fairly straight forward, providing a good amount of extra DPS, especially in the lower levels. Vette's AoE ability Excavation Charge is invaluable when facing large groups. Be prepared to tank most fights with her, as she does go down fairly easily.

Malavai Quinn

Combat Style: Ranged DPS/Healing
Primary Attribute: Cunning
Secondary Attribute: Endurance
Primary Weapon: Blaster Pistol
Secondary Weapon: Vibroknife
Armor: Medium
Crew Skill: +10 Armstech Efficiency, +10 Diplomacy Efficiency

Malavai Quinn is your healing companion and arguably one of the best companions Sith Warriors receive. He is irreplaceable for those leveling as an Immortal Juggernaut, although this combination will spend more time dispatching enemies. Malavai carries several healing abilities as well as some crowd control abilities, like Carbonized Stream. Malavai has two stances, Med Watch and Officer's Instinct. Med Watch is his healing stance while Officer's Instinct is his DPS stance. Malavai is capable of substantial DPS while in Officer's Instinct, which provides this companion with some utility.

Jaesa Willsaam

Combat Style: Melee DPS
Primary Attribute: Willpower
Secondary Attribute: Endurance
Primary Weapon: Polesaber
Secondary Weapon: Focus
Armor: Light
Crew Skill: +5 Archaeology Efficiency, +5 Synthweaving Critical

Jaesa Willsaam is a very interesting companion. Depending on your morality choices during the mission where you get her, she will either be light side or dark side. If you go light side, she will behave like a Jedi Consular Shadow. If you go dark side, you will have a Sith Inquisitor Assassin. Statistically, they are identical. Though she mostly uses her polesaber, she does have a couple of Force abilities. She is a good melee alternative to Vette and provides a nice amount of extra DPS.

Lieutenant Pierce

Combat Style: Ranged Tank
Primary Attribute: Aim
Secondary Attribute: Endurance
Primary Weapon: Blaster Rifle or Blaster Pistol
Secondary Weapon: Shield Generator
Armor: Heavy
Crew Skill: +10 Cybertech Efficiency, +2 Investigation Critical

Lieutenant Pierce is a ranged tank akin to a Trooper Vanguard or a Bounty Hunter Powertech. For a Juggernaut, Pierce is a bit of armor overkill and is more appropriate for Marauders. However, Vengeance or Rage Juggernauts who require an AOE tank will find Pierce quite useful. His EMP Blast is an AOE attack that generates a high amount of threat while his Flaregun is an AOE taunt.

Broonmark

Combat Style: Melee Tank
Primary Attribute: Strength
Secondary Attribute: Endurance
Primary Weapon: Vibrosword
Secondary Weapon: Shield Generator
Armor: Heavy
Crew Skill: +10 Scavenging Efficiency, +2 Bioanalysis Critical

Broonmark is the melee tank of the group, similar to a Jedi Knight Guardian or Sith Warrior Juggernaut. Similar to Lieutenant Pierce, Broonmark carries many threat generating abilities and shields. However, Broonmark is better tuned for one on one tanking. Again, Broonmark is more appropriate for a Marauder or a Vengeance/Rage Juggernaut.

Crafting Skills

Artifice

Artifice crafts weapon crystals, lightsaber mods, and enhancements. They also craft relics at end-game. Juggernauts benefit greatly from this crew skill as they can mod their armor to their liking and have access to relics. Not to mention, artifice has high profit potential in the Galactic Trade Network.

Biochem

Biochem crafters can make stims, implants, and medpacs. This is a basic crew skill that any class will benefit from. Juggernauts can make use of the various stims to enhance their stats even further. They will also have access to implants they can use to add stats they want or supplement stats they are lacking.

Cybertech

Cybertech has schematics for armoring, modifications, ear pieces, ship and droid parts, and various grenades. Again, Juggernauts can benefit greatly from crafting armoring and modifications. Ear pieces will also help greatly.

Synthweaving

Synthweavers can craft armor for Force users. Obviously, the Juggernaut will be able to craft his own armor with this crew skill. You will also be able to craft armor for your fellow Marauders and Sith Inquisitors as well. With the capability to craft modifiable armor, you can choose armor by looks and then by the mod pieces to stay current.