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Skirmisher

Star-Lord

Duelist

Skirmisher

Star-Lord functions as a mobile skirmisher Duelist built around mid-range pressure, evasive reloads, and aerial repositioning. His value comes from taking off-angles, forcing attention, dodging burst with Stellar Shift, and cleaning fights with Galactic Legend. He fits tempo comps that want mobile DPS pressure without fully committing like a pure assassin.

Dive DPSHit and RunChanneled DPS Ultimate
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Combat Profile

Base Health: 250Base Movement Speed: 6 m/sPrimary Fire: HitscanUltimate Cost: 3400

Burst Damage

6 / 10

Pick PotentialOff-Angle PressureBurst DamageFlank PressureDive Pressure

Sustained Damage

7 / 10

Sustained DamageBrawl PressureArea of Effect Damage

Effective Range

5 / 10

Aerial PressurePoke PressureHitscan Primary Fire

Burst Healing

1 / 10

Sustained Healing

1 / 10

Self Sustain

1 / 10

Effective Health Pool

4 / 10

Low Health Pool

Self Preservation

8 / 10

Grant Self Bonus Health

Invulnerability

5 / 10

Grant Self UnstoppableInvulnerability

Ally Protection

1 / 10

Threat Presence

7 / 10

Frontline DisruptionBackline DisruptionThreat Presence

Space Control

3 / 10

Enemy Debuff

1 / 10

Interruption

2 / 10

Displacement

1 / 10

Movement Speed

8 / 10

Grant Self Increased Movement Speed

Verticality

8 / 10

Free FlightTemporary Flight

Rapid Relocation

9 / 10

TeleportDash

Team Buff

1 / 10

Information Gathering

1 / 10

Team Enablement

4 / 10

Fight Winning

7 / 10

Channeled DPS Ultimate

Combo Potential

5 / 10

Disruption Ultimate

Ultimate Economy

7 / 10

Objectives

  • Coordinate Ultimates
  • Counter Ultimate
  • Punish Ultimate
  • Bait Ultimate
  • Follow Up Dive
  • Coordinate Dive
  • Solo Dive
  • Bait Cooldowns
  • Disrupt Backline
  • Disrupt Frontline
  • Disrupt Marksman
  • Disrupt Artillery
  • Disrupt Flier
  • Control Space
  • Break Shield
  • Suppression Fire
  • Focus Fire
  • Focus Frontline
  • Focus Support
  • Focus Flier
  • Focus Flanker
  • Focus Marksman
  • Focus Artillery
  • Focus Skirmisher
  • Focus Lifeline
  • Focus Playmaker
  • Focus Combatant
  • Remove Threats From High Ground
  • Chase Down Flanker
  • Chase Down Skirmisher
  • Prevent Escape
  • Enable Dive
  • Enable Poke
  • Secure Pick
  • Confirm Elimination
  • Contest Objective
  • Zone Objective
  • Clear Angle
  • Hold Angle
  • Force Rotation
  • Punish Rotation
  • Interrupt Channel
  • Mark Priority Target

Strengths

  • Excellent evasive uptime through Stellar Shift reloads and invulnerability windows
  • Strong mid-range tracking damage with very high fire rate
  • Rocket Propulsion gives strong off-angle access, chase, retreat, and vertical repositioning
  • Blaster Barrage punishes clustered enemies and close-range dives
  • Galactic Legend creates reliable lock-on pressure during cleanup or exposed support windows
  • Can pressure fliers better than most short-range Duelists
  • Network Leapspider team-up gives strong teleport reset value
  • Low mechanical floor but strong ceiling through route planning, cooldown baiting, and timing

Weaknesses

  • Low health makes sniper, burst, and crowd-control punishment dangerous
  • Damage falloff limits true long-range poke value
  • Lacks hard crowd control, team protection, cleanse, or direct utility
  • Stellar Shift invulnerability is very short and timing-dependent
  • Rocket Propulsion uses a limited resource and can leave him exposed if overused
  • Blaster Barrage and Galactic Legend can be interrupted or denied by shields, cover, stuns, and focus fire
  • Struggles into mines, turrets, traps, and disciplined peel
  • Can feed quickly if he plays like a full dive assassin instead of a mid-range skirmisher

Synergies

Strong Against

Hard Counters

Soft Counters

Strong Maps

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Weak Maps

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Recommended Comps

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