Heroic Battle
Defense of Dathomir (Heroic Battle)
Farm Mother Talzin shards + Zetas vs Grievous and Dooku
Complete guide to Defense of Dathomir in SWGOH — farm 20 Mother Talzin shards plus 750K credits in Tier I, and score 3.5M credits + 2-4 Zeta materials in the Bonus tier. The Nightsister gauntlet versus Grievous, Dooku and MagnaGuards.
- shards20
- crystals0
- credits4,250,000
Requirements
- 1Player Level 85 minimum. Tier I needs 5 Nightsister characters at 5★+. Bonus Tier requires 7★ Mother Talzin and any 7★ characters (Gear 10+ recommended, maxed 5-dot mods).
- 2Defense of Dathomir is a Heroic Battle — recurring roughly monthly. The Bonus tier is one of the most efficient Zeta sources in the game, do not skip a run.
Tier breakdown
Tier I — Three waves of Separatist droids. Wave 1: General Grievous (Gear X) leads B1 Battle Droids, a B2 Super Battle Droid, an IG-100 MagnaGuard and a Shield Generator Droid MK2. Wave 2: an Elite B2 (Gear X) flanked by B1s and B2s with a Shield Generator MK4. Wave 3: Count Dooku (Gear XII) backed by two Elite IG-100 MagnaGuards (Gear XI), a Shield Generator and B2s.
Bonus Tier — Same enemy composition at elevated Gear XI–XII with increased enemy counts. The Wave 3 Dooku now hits very hard — bring TM control or a tank to absorb his opener.
Strategy tips
- →Mother Talzin farms primarily from Defense of Dathomir. Tier I gives 20 shards per clear at monthly cadence — it is faster than the Squad Arena shipment shop.
- →Always burst Shield Generators FIRST. They cleanse Separatist debuffs and buff Critical Avoidance on every droid — leaving one alive doubles the fight length.
- →For Bonus, bring Sith Empire (Sion L + Nihilus + DR + BSF + Malak) or Geos (Brood Alpha L + Geo Soldier + Sun Fac + Geo Spy + Poggle) — both crush Gear XII Dooku in two rounds.
- →Bonus Tier is one of the two best Zeta sources in the game (alongside Endor Escalation Bonus). 2-4 Zetas guaranteed per clear — never skip a run.
- →Defense of Dathomir is a Heroic Battle, NOT the Dathomir Omega (Old Daka/Talia fight) or the Mother Talzin Legendary unlock. Each is a separate event on a separate rotation.
