$Emperor Palpatine$

Emperor Palpatine Counter

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SWGOH Counters for GAC/Emperor Palpatine

The most reliable way to counter Emperor Palpatine in SWGOH is Lord Vader, which wins 100% of the recorded GAC battles. Below are all the best teams to beat Emperor Palpatine in 3v3 and 5v5, ranked by real win rate from thousands of battles.

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$Emperor Palpatine$ Emperor Palpatine $Mara Jade, The Emperor's Hand$ Mara Jade, The Emperor's Hand $Darth Vader (Duel's End)$ Darth Vader (Duel's End)

$Lord Vader$ Lord Vader

100%Win %57.9Banners avgReliability

$Lord Vader$ Lord Vader $CC-1119 "Appo"$ CC-1119 "Appo" $CX-2$ CX-2

99%Win %53.6Banners avgReliability

$Supreme Leader Kylo Ren$ Supreme Leader Kylo Ren $Rey (Dark Side Vision)$ Rey (Dark Side Vision) $General Hux$ General Hux

99%Win %55.7Banners avgReliability

$Jedi Master Kenobi$ Jedi Master Kenobi $Commander Ahsoka Tano$ Commander Ahsoka Tano $Padmé Amidala$ Padmé Amidala

98%Win %56.1Banners avgReliability

$Jedi Master Kenobi$ Jedi Master Kenobi $Commander Ahsoka Tano$ Commander Ahsoka Tano $General Kenobi$ General Kenobi

98%Win %55.9Banners avgReliability

$Jedi Master Kenobi$ Jedi Master Kenobi $Commander Ahsoka Tano$ Commander Ahsoka Tano $Wat Tambor$ Wat Tambor

98%Win %54.3Banners avgReliability

$Leia Organa$ Leia Organa $Captain Drogan$ Captain Drogan $R2-D2$ R2-D2

98%Win %54.5Banners avgReliability

$Jedi Master Kenobi$ Jedi Master Kenobi $Ahsoka Tano (Snips)$ Ahsoka Tano (Snips) $Commander Ahsoka Tano$ Commander Ahsoka Tano

98%Win %54.8Banners avgReliability

$Sith Eternal Emperor$ Sith Eternal Emperor $Darth Bane$ Darth Bane

98%Win %56Banners avgReliability

$Jedi Master Kenobi$ Jedi Master Kenobi $Commander Ahsoka Tano$ Commander Ahsoka Tano $Mace Windu$ Mace Windu

98%Win %55.6Banners avgReliability

$Supreme Leader Kylo Ren$ Supreme Leader Kylo Ren $Rey (Dark Side Vision)$ Rey (Dark Side Vision) $Kylo Ren (Unmasked)$ Kylo Ren (Unmasked)

98%Win %54.4Banners avgReliability

$Jedi Master Kenobi$ Jedi Master Kenobi $Commander Ahsoka Tano$ Commander Ahsoka Tano

97%Win %56.2Banners avgReliability

$Sith Eternal Emperor$ Sith Eternal Emperor $Darth Malak$ Darth Malak $Wat Tambor$ Wat Tambor

95%Win %49.9Banners avgReliability

$The Stranger$ The Stranger $Maul (Hate-Fueled)$ Maul (Hate-Fueled) $Starkiller$ Starkiller

95%Win %52.4Banners avgReliability

$Sith Eternal Emperor$ Sith Eternal Emperor $Darth Malak$ Darth Malak $Darth Malgus$ Darth Malgus

92%Win %49.1Banners avgReliability

$Baylan Skoll$ Baylan Skoll $Hondo Ohnaka$ Hondo Ohnaka $Shin Hati$ Shin Hati

85%Win %48.6Banners avgReliability

$Sith Eternal Emperor$ Sith Eternal Emperor $Wat Tambor$ Wat Tambor

82%Win %45.5Banners avgReliability

$Maz Kanata$ Maz Kanata $Hondo Ohnaka$ Hondo Ohnaka $Kix$ Kix

82%Win %45.7Banners avgReliability

$Sith Eternal Emperor$ Sith Eternal Emperor $Sith Empire Trooper$ Sith Empire Trooper $Wat Tambor$ Wat Tambor

81%Win %41.6Banners avgReliability

$Sith Eternal Emperor$ Sith Eternal Emperor $The Armorer$ The Armorer $Wat Tambor$ Wat Tambor

81%Win %41Banners avgReliability

$Emperor Palpatine$ Emperor Palpatine $Mara Jade, The Emperor's Hand$ Mara Jade, The Emperor's Hand $Starkiller$ Starkiller

$Jedi Master Kenobi$ Jedi Master Kenobi $Commander Ahsoka Tano$ Commander Ahsoka Tano

100%Win %58Banners avgReliability

$Darth Bane$ Darth Bane $Count Dooku$ Count Dooku

100%Win %56.3Banners avgReliability

$Jedi Master Kenobi$ Jedi Master Kenobi $Commander Ahsoka Tano$ Commander Ahsoka Tano $Mace Windu$ Mace Windu

100%Win %56.9Banners avgReliability

$Jedi Master Kenobi$ Jedi Master Kenobi $Ahsoka Tano (Snips)$ Ahsoka Tano (Snips) $Commander Ahsoka Tano$ Commander Ahsoka Tano

100%Win %57Banners avgReliability

$Darth Bane$ Darth Bane $Darth Sidious$ Darth Sidious

100%Win %56.2Banners avgReliability

$Darth Bane$ Darth Bane $Sith Assassin$ Sith Assassin

100%Win %56Banners avgReliability

$Jedi Master Kenobi$ Jedi Master Kenobi $Commander Ahsoka Tano$ Commander Ahsoka Tano $General Kenobi$ General Kenobi

99%Win %56.8Banners avgReliability

$The Stranger$ The Stranger $Maul$ Maul $Starkiller$ Starkiller

98%Win %55.2Banners avgReliability

$Supreme Leader Kylo Ren$ Supreme Leader Kylo Ren $Rey (Dark Side Vision)$ Rey (Dark Side Vision) $General Hux$ General Hux

98%Win %54.5Banners avgReliability

$Ahsoka Tano$ Ahsoka Tano $Huyang$ Huyang $Padawan Sabine Wren$ Padawan Sabine Wren

97%Win %51.4Banners avgReliability

$Darth Bane$ Darth Bane $Sith Empire Trooper$ Sith Empire Trooper

97%Win %55Banners avgReliability

$Ahsoka Tano$ Ahsoka Tano $Ezra Bridger (Exile)$ Ezra Bridger (Exile) $Padawan Sabine Wren$ Padawan Sabine Wren

97%Win %55.1Banners avgReliability

$Leia Organa$ Leia Organa $Captain Drogan$ Captain Drogan $R2-D2$ R2-D2

96%Win %53.6Banners avgReliability

$Third Sister$ Third Sister $Grand Inquisitor$ Grand Inquisitor $Seventh Sister$ Seventh Sister

95%Win %52.9Banners avgReliability

$Sith Eternal Emperor$ Sith Eternal Emperor $Sith Empire Trooper$ Sith Empire Trooper $Wat Tambor$ Wat Tambor

95%Win %50.1Banners avgReliability

$Jabba the Hutt$ Jabba the Hutt $Boushh (Leia Organa)$ Boushh (Leia Organa) $Krrsantan$ Krrsantan

95%Win %53.8Banners avgReliability

$Lord Vader$ Lord Vader $CC-1119 "Appo"$ CC-1119 "Appo" $CX-2$ CX-2

95%Win %50.6Banners avgReliability

$Sith Eternal Emperor$ Sith Eternal Emperor $Count Dooku$ Count Dooku $Wat Tambor$ Wat Tambor

95%Win %49.1Banners avgReliability

$Maz Kanata$ Maz Kanata $Hondo Ohnaka$ Hondo Ohnaka $Kix$ Kix

95%Win %52.9Banners avgReliability

$Queen Amidala$ Queen Amidala $Master Qui-Gon$ Master Qui-Gon $Padawan Obi-Wan$ Padawan Obi-Wan

94%Win %53.5Banners avgReliability

$Emperor Palpatine$ Emperor Palpatine $Royal Guard$ Royal Guard $Darth Vader (Duel's End)$ Darth Vader (Duel's End)

$Lord Vader$ Lord Vader $CC-1119 "Appo"$ CC-1119 "Appo" $CX-2$ CX-2

100%Win %53.7Banners avgReliability

$Jedi Master Kenobi$ Jedi Master Kenobi $Commander Ahsoka Tano$ Commander Ahsoka Tano $General Kenobi$ General Kenobi

98%Win %55.8Banners avgReliability

$Maz Kanata$ Maz Kanata $Captain Ithano$ Captain Ithano $Kix$ Kix

98%Win %54Banners avgReliability

$Jedi Master Kenobi$ Jedi Master Kenobi $Commander Ahsoka Tano$ Commander Ahsoka Tano $Mace Windu$ Mace Windu

97%Win %55.4Banners avgReliability

$Leia Organa$ Leia Organa $Captain Drogan$ Captain Drogan $R2-D2$ R2-D2

95%Win %52.8Banners avgReliability

$Jabba the Hutt$ Jabba the Hutt $Boushh (Leia Organa)$ Boushh (Leia Organa) $Krrsantan$ Krrsantan

95%Win %52.7Banners avgReliability

$Maz Kanata$ Maz Kanata $Kix$ Kix $Quiggold$ Quiggold

91%Win %51.1Banners avgReliability

$Maz Kanata$ Maz Kanata $Quiggold$ Quiggold $SM-33$ SM-33

89%Win %49.9Banners avgReliability

$Maz Kanata$ Maz Kanata $Captain Ithano$ Captain Ithano $Quiggold$ Quiggold

89%Win %49.6Banners avgReliability

$Jedi Master Luke Skywalker$ Jedi Master Luke Skywalker $Jedi Knight Cal Kestis$ Jedi Knight Cal Kestis $Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker$ Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker

88%Win %48.4Banners avgReliability

$Baylan Skoll$ Baylan Skoll $Marrok$ Marrok $Shin Hati$ Shin Hati

87%Win %49.7Banners avgReliability

$Sith Eternal Emperor$ Sith Eternal Emperor $Sith Empire Trooper$ Sith Empire Trooper $Wat Tambor$ Wat Tambor

84%Win %44.1Banners avgReliability

$Maz Kanata$ Maz Kanata $Hondo Ohnaka$ Hondo Ohnaka $SM-33$ SM-33

83%Win %45.9Banners avgReliability

$Maz Kanata$ Maz Kanata $Captain Ithano$ Captain Ithano $SM-33$ SM-33

81%Win %44.5Banners avgReliability

$Darth Nihilus$ Darth Nihilus $Darth Traya$ Darth Traya $Savage Opress$ Savage Opress

78%Win %42.2Banners avgReliability

$Dark Trooper Moff Gideon$ Dark Trooper Moff Gideon $Moff Gideon$ Moff Gideon $Scout Trooper$ Scout Trooper

71%Win %40.9Banners avgReliability

$Third Sister$ Third Sister $Grand Inquisitor$ Grand Inquisitor $Seventh Sister$ Seventh Sister

65%Win %36.1Banners avgReliability

$Darth Malgus$ Darth Malgus $Darth Malak$ Darth Malak $Darth Revan$ Darth Revan

62%Win %33.6Banners avgReliability

$Boss Nass$ Boss Nass $Captain Tarpals$ Captain Tarpals $Jar Jar Binks$ Jar Jar Binks

59%Win %34.2Banners avgReliability

$Admiral Raddus$ Admiral Raddus $Cassian Andor$ Cassian Andor $Jyn Erso$ Jyn Erso

47%Win %27.1Banners avgReliability

$Emperor Palpatine$ Emperor Palpatine $Mara Jade, The Emperor's Hand$ Mara Jade, The Emperor's Hand $Darth Vader$ Darth Vader

$Third Sister$ Third Sister $Grand Inquisitor$ Grand Inquisitor $Seventh Sister$ Seventh Sister

100%Win %55.3Banners avgReliability

$Leia Organa$ Leia Organa $Captain Drogan$ Captain Drogan $R2-D2$ R2-D2

100%Win %55.6Banners avgReliability

$Boba Fett$ Boba Fett $Dengar$ Dengar $Zam Wesell$ Zam Wesell

100%Win %55.9Banners avgReliability

$Jedi Master Kenobi$ Jedi Master Kenobi $Commander Ahsoka Tano$ Commander Ahsoka Tano $General Kenobi$ General Kenobi

100%Win %57Banners avgReliability

$Dark Trooper Moff Gideon$ Dark Trooper Moff Gideon $Moff Gideon$ Moff Gideon $Scout Trooper$ Scout Trooper

97%Win %54Banners avgReliability

$Admiral Raddus$ Admiral Raddus $Cassian Andor$ Cassian Andor $Jyn Erso$ Jyn Erso

85%Win %47.9Banners avgReliability

$Dash Rendar$ Dash Rendar $Chewbacca$ Chewbacca $Han Solo$ Han Solo

41%Win %23.3Banners avgReliability

$Wampa$ Wampa $Emperor Palpatine$ Emperor Palpatine

$Mara Jade, The Emperor's Hand$ Mara Jade, The Emperor's Hand $Starkiller$ Starkiller

83%Win %48.6Banners avgReliability

$Mara Jade, The Emperor's Hand$ Mara Jade, The Emperor's Hand $Darth Vader (Duel's End)$ Darth Vader (Duel's End)

47%Win %28.1Banners avgReliability

$Emperor Palpatine$ Emperor Palpatine $RC-1262 "Scorch"$ RC-1262 "Scorch" $Darth Vader (Duel's End)$ Darth Vader (Duel's End)

$Maz Kanata$ Maz Kanata $Quiggold$ Quiggold $SM-33$ SM-33

92%Win %51.3Banners avgReliability

$Dark Trooper Moff Gideon$ Dark Trooper Moff Gideon $Moff Gideon$ Moff Gideon $Scout Trooper$ Scout Trooper

58%Win %33.7Banners avgReliability

$Emperor Palpatine$ Emperor Palpatine $Mara Jade, The Emperor's Hand$ Mara Jade, The Emperor's Hand $Royal Guard$ Royal Guard

$Admiral Raddus$ Admiral Raddus $Cassian Andor$ Cassian Andor $Jyn Erso$ Jyn Erso

99%Win %56.4Banners avgReliability

$Dash Rendar$ Dash Rendar $Chewbacca$ Chewbacca $Han Solo$ Han Solo

95%Win %54.1Banners avgReliability

$Lord Vader$ Lord Vader $Emperor Palpatine$ Emperor Palpatine

$Mara Jade, The Emperor's Hand$ Mara Jade, The Emperor's Hand $Darth Vader (Duel's End)$ Darth Vader (Duel's End)

100%Win %57.9Banners avgReliability

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$Fifth Brother$ Fifth Brother
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$Grand Inquisitor$ Grand Inquisitor

How to beat Emperor Palpatine — FAQ

What is the best counter for Emperor Palpatine in SWGOH?

Lord Vader is the most reliable counter for Emperor Palpatine, winning 100% of the GAC battles we track. Open the matching defense above to see the full team, mods and exact win rate.

How do you beat Emperor Palpatine in Grand Arena (GAC)?

Pick the exact Emperor Palpatine defense you're facing above, then use the highest win-rate counter for your format. We rank every Emperor Palpatine counter for both 3v3 and 5v5 from thousands of real GAC battles, updated weekly.

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