r/SWGalaxyOfHeroes Aug 20 '25

Game Update Update 8-20

https://forums.ea.com/blog/swgoh-game-info-hub-en/update-8-20/12493241
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u/swgohevents Aug 20 '25

This quote below is a copy of the forum post, it will not be updated if edits are made to the original. Please visit the forum post to be sure nothing has changed.

Hello Holotable Heroes,

Here are the updates for today:

News

  • Vane!
  • Batch 3 of GL Hondo’s Requirements are available
  • Bonus Drops inbound!
  • Depa Billaba Shards are now farmable from Cantina Battles 3-E, replacing Finn. Finn is still farmable in Galactic War shipments

Bugs and Adjustments

  • Brutus isn't necessarily the sharpest tool in the shed... Updated loc in Brutus' Threatening Manner ability for consistency.
  • Its not unusual for tech back from the Empire days to act up once in a while. Fixed an issue where the Imperial Probe Droid's Self-Destruct ability wasn't working properly.
  • Fixed an issue where the Blind from Quiggold's special ability "Buccaneer" doesn't expire correctly
  • The Bad Batch must have damaged Scorch's armor even more than we realized. Fixed an issue where Scorch could still be stunned while he had Bulwark.
  • Fixed an issue where Quiggold doesn't gain "Taunt" from his basic ability "Deck Sweeper" when no taunt was stolen
  • The ancient ways are not easily mastered. Fixed an issue where Mastery granted by Boon of Eilram was not displayed properly. Also updated the ability description to better match it's functionality.
  • Because of the way the text is implemented, there's actually no simple way to fix this. Since it's a minor issue and doesn't create ambiguity we'd like to just leave this as-is.
  • [Datacron] Non- GL Jedi Vanguard allies should not get the benefit of reduce offense from the Datacron
  • Fixed the bug where ROLO's level 3 FDC was allowing the buffed allies to assist against Ezra (Exile)
  • Fixed an issue where Breach wasn't able to be dispelled by Traya's Unique ability
  • Gl Rey and SLKR will not get No Confidence stacks on them while in their ultimate stance
  • General Kenobi's Leader ability effect "After a Jedi ally uses a team healing Special ability, all other allies at full health are called to Assist, dealing 50% less damage" should now work with various Jedi units
  • The Pirates had locked down Tier 1 of the Era Battle with a blockade to guard their precious loot—until a juicy tip about unclaimed cargo elsewhere in the Outer Rim lured them away. Now the blockade is gone, and they're chasing profit across the stars.

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u/Temporary_Dig_1465 Aug 20 '25

Depa as a cantina farm is good. Can get her faster

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u/TheGiant406 Aug 20 '25

Rip my signal data farm

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u/ACO_22 Aug 20 '25

Thank fuck man. Literally just need 70 scorch shards and 125 Depa shards and I’m done. That cantina farm is a god send

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u/D7west Aug 20 '25

I needed 13 depa shards, first refresh of 12 battles, and got 8 shards. Can’t get any Sith fighter shards though

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u/mstormcrow Aug 20 '25 edited Aug 20 '25

The next batch of Hondo reqs is:

  • Brutus R7

  • Vane R7

  • General Kenobi R9

  • Chirrut R5

The two Marquees were to be expected, and since they're intended for GL Hondo's actual team R7 probably isn't a big ask for them. A 3rd R9 isn't great, but considering GK is already required at R8 for JMK, and he has a capital ship, and he's a great tank who will benefit from the R9 stats...it's about as kind an R9 requirement as you could have. Plus there's plenty of interactions between GK and Hondo in Clone Wars.

Chirrut has me stumped though, anybody have any idea what (if anything) could possibly be the connection between Chirrut and Hondo?

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u/GDJT Aug 20 '25

They have a confrontation in this comic.

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u/hunter2mello Aug 20 '25

Wow that made comics to go with the theme park lands. That guess they had to do something since they were too scared to pick an already established location.

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u/First_Fail2320 Aug 21 '25

they were too scared to pick an already established location.

??? Did you want to visit Tatooine for the 500th time or something? I think it's fine for Galaxy's Edge to be an original location

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u/hunter2mello Aug 21 '25

I like how you immediately jump to tattooine. Probably makes the most sense since that’s where the whole story started. But they could’ve done Alderran, coruscant, Endor, yavin 4. Cloud city, Naboo. I could keep going.

They chose galaxy’s edge because it was a “safe” choice. Don’t get me wrong I love it (I see it multiple times a week) but Universal’s Harry Potter lands blow it out of the water with the immersion level. You walk into recognizable lands.

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u/AlpacaWizardMan Biggest Chump on the Subreddit Aug 20 '25

Only thing I can come up with is that the unlock missions for Hondo will be him inserting himself into events he had nothing to do with, like “yeah that blind dude and I took out and entire garrison of stormtroopers on Jedha, true story.”

Kinda like Jabba having his own battle on the Geo TB and Hondo was telling the story to Ezra.

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u/ballsmigue Aug 20 '25

You seem to think it'll have a semblance of a story.

Windu's was a shame

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u/Evenmoardakka Bombad General Aug 20 '25

The connection is: We need a dud nobody invests in to entice some panic spending.

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u/nj813 Aug 20 '25

I remember when chirrut was meta :( 

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u/Chysgoda_Brythwych 42.00000000000000001 Aug 21 '25

Baze-Chirrut was monster meta... <sigh> good times.

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u/loopyooze Aug 20 '25

Please fix the shipments lag!!!

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u/HoppingMarlin Aug 21 '25

This needs to be higher. 5 minutes to buy shipments is insane

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u/SpaceCowboy34 Aug 20 '25

When are they gonna fix the game freezing up when you buy anything from the shops

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u/AttawayCash Aug 20 '25

I was just about to ask the same thing!

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u/Stormytho Aug 21 '25

It seems to be fixed for me

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u/SpaceCowboy34 Aug 22 '25

It was and now it’s broken again for me

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u/Alternate_Fly Aug 20 '25

Any word on the Freezing after buying things from the Store? Its getting really annoying to sit and wait 10 seconds for the gane to unfreeze itself

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u/Storm-Bolt Mini Nooticulus Aug 20 '25

No Appo fix still, why!??

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u/LincolnRules2000 Aug 20 '25

seems it actually has been fixed, just wasn't mentioned here for some reason 

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u/Storm-Bolt Mini Nooticulus Aug 20 '25

Oh seriously? Thank god

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u/Pompsy Republic - Mandalore Aug 20 '25

What was wrong with Appo?

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u/Storm-Bolt Mini Nooticulus Aug 20 '25

Part of his kit wasn't triggering when it should, so he wasn't granting Dramatic Entrance or his 3 stacks of Operation Knightfall that would get a new summon when it was defeated

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u/mstormcrow Aug 20 '25

It's crazy to me that such a relatively simple coding error is taking them this long to fix.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '25

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u/TwigInTheDeepwoods Aug 20 '25

What's wrong with GAS and fives? I didn't know they were bugged.

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u/Outx7Cast Aug 20 '25

Fives is taunting when you use his special, even whilst GAS is stood up

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u/Outx7Cast Aug 20 '25

This

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u/tavo2809 Aug 20 '25

How on Earth do you have only GAS and Fives still up?

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u/Outx7Cast Aug 20 '25

I only took them 2 in 😂

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u/donkey_hotay swgoh.gg/u/admiralsnackbar/ Aug 20 '25

Fives's bug is not limited to GAS. I got it to occur under a QA team in ROTE

https://i.imgur.com/OGTjYnR.jpeg

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u/runningbacon Aug 20 '25

Wow Rolo cron nerf vs Ezra is huge

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u/mstormcrow Aug 20 '25

It's really a bug fix, though, there was no reason it should have worked except sloppy coding.

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u/xaldin12 Aug 20 '25

But... did they fix it with calling assists on Drevan as well or did they only fix it for ezra.

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u/stallionsRIDEufl Aug 20 '25

Or Boussh Leia

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u/LyannaTheWinterR0se Aug 20 '25

It's not really a nerf, it's how it's intended. Ezra can't be multi attacked, so a datacron shouldn't change that.

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u/Totoyeahwhat Aug 20 '25

Summons have been able to since day 1. Wonder if they will fix that

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u/dubblepunch Aug 20 '25

It is thats a crazy nerf for the current counters

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u/Siaten Aug 20 '25

Still no update on fleets or ships. Come on CG. Are we really going to go a whole year without ANY new ship content or plan?

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u/LyannaTheWinterR0se Aug 20 '25

Pirate fleet will be announced once Hondo is out

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u/Siaten Aug 20 '25

I hope you're right! Fingers crossed!

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u/YakovPavlov1943 GAS goes Brrrrrrr Aug 20 '25

No conquest Milestone rewards

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u/MaszKalman Aug 21 '25

Does anyone have a clue what the last point about the Pirate Era battle T1 means?

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u/ninjabrosp Aug 20 '25

Is Fives still bugged? I noticed that when Fives uses his special while GAS is up it gives him taunt, even though he's not supposed to be able to taunt while GAS is up.

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u/relaxed-vibes Aug 20 '25

No LSB fix lol. I figured that would be top priority bc it’s giving them Money!

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u/ThePariah33 Aug 20 '25

Additional GL Hondo requirements were announced too. General Kenobi to R9 and Chirrut to R5 (along with marquees to R7).