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Jedi Survivor Holotactics guide: How to beat Tulakt, Skoova, Tulli, and the restHow to beat every round of Holotactics
How to beat every round of Holotactics
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Looking to beat every round of Holotactics in Jedi: Survivor?Holotactics has absolutely no right to be as fun as it is, but whoever thought up the idea of creating an autobattling minigame out of enemy units you’ve scanned throughoutStar Wars Jedi: Survivoris a genius.
Holotactics can be played at Pyloon’s Saloon once it’s unlocked, and there are eight opponents of varying difficulty to compete against. Be warned though: Holotactics can get very tricky on some rounds, and victory can sometimes feel like an impossibility. That’s why we’ve put together this Jedi: Survivor Holotactics guide, which will explain how to unlock the game and all its units, and how to beat every single opponent in the game, including Tulakt, Skoova, D-1N8, and even the mighty Tulli.
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How to unlock Holotactics in Jedi Survivor
Next time you’re back at Pyloon’s Saloon, head upstairs and go through the door next to the aquarium to find Bhima and Tulli around their newly set up Holotactics table. Interact with the table to start playing Holotactics!
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Jedi Survivor Holotactics guide
To beat an opponent at Holotactics, you need to survive every round of the match - if you lose a single round, then you lose the match. Each round you’ll see which units you’re up against, and you get to spend points to place your own units on the board from a list of enemies that you’ve scanned throughout your travels in Jedi: Survivor.
How to unlock units in Holotactics
Here are some easy places to find each of the Holotactics units to scan in Jedi: Survivor:
How to beat Holotactics
To do well at Holotactics you need to adapt your strategy for each opponent and each round. Units like theBedlam Smasher,Sutaban Alpha,Skriton, andDroidekaare extremely powerful in the right situations (and indeed we use each of them a lot below), but use them in the wrong fight and they’ll lose you the match.
It’s important to realise that there is a lot of randomness involved in Holotactics. As soon as you start the fight, units decide what they will or will not do, and you have no control over them. The units' choices will also differ from round to round, so a unit composition that won in a first attempt may lose on a second attempt.
The key to victory is to try to minimise the amount of randomness and chaos in each round. One of the biggest causes of chaos in Holotactics is explosives.Roller Minesare very strong if they get to explode on the enemy, but often they’ll backfire and destroy your own troops. The same goes for rocket launchers and grenades. So be very mindful of your explosive usage while you play.
You can watch the below video to see me beat all eight opponents in quick succession. For a more in-depth look at the strategies I used for each round, keep reading.
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Below you’ll find out exactly how to win each round and beat every Holotactics opponent inStar Wars Jedi: Survivor:
How to beat Turgle
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Turgle is the first adversary you’ll face in Holotactics, and he’s a bit of a pushover. You only need to beat two rounds against him to win, and his small groups of Scout Troopers won’t do much against a well-chosen selection of units.
To beat Turgle in Holotactics, here are the units you should use in each round:
How to beat Greez
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Greez is an immediate jump up in difficulty from Turgle, mainly thanks to his love of Stormtrooper Commanders who like to throw grenades at your foes. Whenever grenades are involved in a round, things can get chaotic and unpredictable very quickly. Fortunately, there’s an easy way around this issue.
To beat Greez in Holotactics, here are the units you should use in each round:
Distract those pesky Rawkas inRound 1with a couple of front-line Gorgers, while your Droideka picks everything off from the backline.Round 2is easy: just put a Bedlam Smasher on the front row, with one or two Stormtroopers behind him. And then repeat the strategy forRound 3. Not even the Security Droid in the final round has an answer to the immense damage output of that Bedlam Smasher.
How to beat Tulakt
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Tulakt is actually one of the toughest opponents in Holotactics if you don’t know what you’re doing. Her foot soldier unit composition is very simple but effective at dealing with lots of different types of attacks.
To beat Tulakt in Holotactics, here are the units you should use in each round:
Finally, inRound 3, put two Stormtrooper Commanders on the backline and shield them with two Rawkas. The Rawkas will almost always immediately kill off the Raider Veterans, and the combined force of the Rawkas and Troopers will make short work of the remaining BX Droid.
How to beat Merrin
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The lovely Merrin is up next, and she’s actually one of the easiest fights in the game thanks to the game’s leniency with point-spending. To beat her units, you just need to think big.
To beat Merrin in Holotactics, here are the units you should use in each round:
It’s always fun to plop down an AT-ST inRound 1of a Holotactics match, and it’ll make very short work of Merrin’s Bramliks and DTSentryDroid. To winRound 2, place down two Sutaban Alphas on the frontline and back them up with a Heavy Assault Trooper to soften up Merrin’s own Sutaban on the other side.
ForRound 3, the trick is to go for heavy melee attacks against the Skriton. 3 Sutaban Alphas will nearly always make mincemeat of the Skriton, winning you the match with ease.
How to beat Caij
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Caij is another foot soldier-heavy opponent who can pose quite a threat to improperly chosen unit compositions. The key is to pick aggressive melee units who will close the distance and end the fight fast, so that Caij’s ranged troops don’t have time to react.
To beat Caij in Holotactics, here are the units you should use in each round:
InRound 1, simply line up your 2 Sutaban Alphas and your Magnaguard on the frontline, and there’s not much Caij’s units can do to them. To best the tricky pairing of Shield Trooper and DT Sentry Droid inRound 2, put down a Bedlam Smasher right in their face, and then far off to each side place a Stormtrooper to provide backup fire.
Round 3seems like it could pose a threat, until you realise that not even a Purge Trooper Commander and 2 Magnaguards stand a chance against a group of Murder Chickens. Line up 5 Rawkas on the front row and the fight will be over in seconds.
How to beat Skoova
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Skoova is possibly the toughest opponent in all of Holotactics. He uses a variety of powerful units and shakes up his strategy with each round, so you’ll need to have a solid plan to reliably defeat him and take his mustache.
To beat Skoova in Holotactics, here are the units you should use in each round:
How to beat T-1N8
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The secret to dealing with T-1N8’s massive creatures is a huge amount of firepower. You know what that means: Droidekas.
To beat T-1N8 in Holotactics, here are the units you should use in each round:
InRound 1, place a Droideka in the back corner and put a Gorger in the enemy Gorocco’s face. One clip from the Droideka should finish it off, so the Gorger is just there as fodder. ForRound 2, do exactly the same thing, but put two Droidekas in the same back corner and they’ll tear through both the Bilemaw and the Gorocco in no time. Droidekas really are that strong.
WithRound 3you need to contend with T-1N8’s own Droideka, so bring out the bullet-resistant Skriton again and back it up with a Heavy Assault Trooper on the backline to help the Skriton deal with those two Sutaban Alphas. And inRound 4, use the points you’ve saved in previous rounds to place down a Droideka in each back corner, and then a Shield Trooper front-and-centre and a Stormtrooper behind it. That Shield Trooper will save your life, distracting the Rawkas and the Bedlam Smasher long enough for the Droidekas to do what they do best.
How to beat Tulli
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The very last Holotactics opponent you’ll face is Tulli, the game-runner herself. She makes use of some very powerful units, but she’s actually easier than Skoova and even Tulakt thanks to just how many points you’re given to set up your own units. Tulli simply doesn’t have an answer to the heavy-hitters you can bring out with so many points.
To beat Tulli in Holotactics, here are the units you should use in each round:
Two Bilemaws will handily clean up all 7 foot soldiers inRound 1, even with the Stormtrooper Commanders throwing grenades from the back. InRound 2, replace those Bilemaws with 2 Skritons, and watch them stomp right through Sulli’s troopers.
Round 3is the hardest round in Tulli’s match, but thanks to your incredible wealth in points, you can purchase 2 Skritons again, and back them up with a Purge Trooper Commander who can pick off the Bedlam Smasher and the BX Droid with those devastating charged shots. And inRound 4, the AT-ST may appear scary, but it turns out all you need are a couple of Droidekas in the back corners and something (a chose a Roller Mine) to tank those first shots and prompt the AT-AT’s defensive mine-drop attack instead of going straight for the Droidekas.
And that’s how to reliably beat every opponent in Holotactics in Jedi: Survivor! If you’re gearing up to go scan some new creatures and enemies for your Holotactics fighting, then make sure you go prepared with our guide on thebest stance in Jedi: Survivorand thebest perks in Jedi: Survivor. We also have guides on collectible locations inKoboh,Jedha,Coruscant,Shattered Moon, andNova Garonif you’re in a completionist mood.
