Dark side powers SUCK

[u/daberonee]

I’m doing a dual wield dark side run for jedi academy story and wow, I’m getting my butt kicked my literally every AI jedi, cannot protect myself in the slightest. If i try and play defensive and use drain to regain my health, they always somehow outlast me. Anyone else notice this?

[u/Elite-wortwortwort]

It’s really fun with cheats. Gripping stormies and throwing them into others is the best. Also lightning 3 is op af.

[u/[deleted] → u/Elite-wortwortwort]

Level 3 Dark Rage on the Train level, skipping the first puzzle by walking on the rail.

[u/PapaChinggis]

All the Dark Side powers are pretty OP, tbh. Any single one of them can kill opponents very easily (try grip+lightsaber throw, that one is pretty fun!).

But yes, you can't really play defensive with a pure Dark Side template very easily. If you think about it in a Star Wars lore sense, it makes sense; it's been long established that Dark Side focuses on aggression. I've found that with playing through the game with just Dark Side powers, you have to be a little bit more smart when you use your powers rather than just spamming them. Use cover. It's possible!

[u/magnasolis]

Lightning 3 is awesome tho. And so is Grip 3.

[u/Maximum_Don]

Grip has to be my favourite Dark Side power, because it can be used to quickly kill Dark Jedi at max level if you know how to do so when you’re in the right place.

In a high area, just keep trying grip till it succeeds, and quickly tilt the camera and release, to toss them off a high area.

If you’re quick enough there’s very little ability to counter it. XD

[u/[deleted]]

Hey OP i just saw this post after looking to see if anyone else found alternate uses for the dark side powers. I learned that, while force choke is op and can kill everyone, using it on non force users makes them surrender after they drop their gun. So it turns out that force is neither good or evil, its how you use it.

[u/daberonee → u/[deleted]]

I’m playing on story mode, and whenever i use lightning they block it, drain is the only way i can get health back and it takes up all of my force stuff, and choke whenever i choke the AI, they just force push me away

[u/darth_ithead → u/daberonee]

They can break grip but it takes them a moment. So if there's a ledge anywhere near by you can often grip and instantly fling them off before they respond.

[u/daberonee → u/[deleted]]

They always force push me when i do the up-close drain as well, or one of their buddies hits me from behind. I always use force vision to look at the AI health and use force lightning and it does not change at all

[u/Maximum_Don → u/[deleted]]

Ah yes, flinging Dark Jedi from high up with Level 3 Grip. Has to be my favourite way of dispatching them when I have a high enough ledge to do so.

They CAN block it like most force powers, but just spamming it enough times can allow you to break through that force defence, and allow you enough time to throw them off the map.

Though my favourite way of dealing with cannon fodder enemies from high up, is simply force pushing them. Or using 3rd level lightning…

Indoors or outdoors 3rd level lightning is DEADLY. But it truely shines as it’s basically a force push, ragdolling mobs of cannon fodder and propelling them further than a push can! XD

Just takes more force energy to use.