All Classic Battlefront 2 Factions Ranked WORST to BEST With Pros And Cons 

I'd say Rebels are the worst on account of the AI's obsession with shooting corpses leaves them open to having entire groupa die to a single grenade. Honestly the amount of times ive seen nearly half a dozen rebels sitting around blasting a corpse with their heads all staring at me is endlessly hilarious

The fact droids can go out in Polis massa space and take no damage from it is HUGE. Easy flanks

First time I’ve seen the discussion of META in the old BF games

I am pretty sure Gunships have limited rocket ammo cos of that one line in Attack of the Clones: "We're out of Rockets Sir!"

another win for the confederacy of indipendant systems

It’s cool that this game is more about lore accuracy than balance

I hope you take it as the very best of compliments when I say that your video gives off youtube 2008 vibes, and I love it. Subbed

Respect for calling the Rebels space terrorists

I believe that CIS also have by far the best bomber in the game, while rebels have by far the worst one.

The rebels have a penchant for losing, because their coded to shoot at dead imperial bodies with their secondaries until the body prop despawns. Theyll acknowledge your there, and keep shooting at the body, like literally look at you as theyre shooting

I think the Republic gunship has limited missiles because of a line in Episode 2 where a clone pilot says 'We are out of missiles' or something like that to Anakin while piloting this type of gunship. Like, they tried to stay true to the source and added it as a mechanic to the game

1:00 Something about the basic storm trooper shooting off center really quickly is extremely fitting considering all the jokes about them missing all the time

“Stormtroopers also seem to shoot off center”. That’s not a con. That’s a massive pro for the game having lore accurate stormtroopers.

The combination of lofi beats, gameplay footage, and pretty funny commentary with no voice just text was a vibe gotta say

Another thing that I'd say gives CIS an advantage is their units have smaller frames. I don't necessarily think their hit boxes are smaller (or maybe they are?) but I think it just takes that extra millisecond to see them, especially on darker maps and at range. Was even worse on a traditional TV back in the day. Clones you can spot a mile away.

CIS absolutely destroys other factions in BF1 and 2. The Droideka is just too much, insanely overpowered.

I think you downplayed just how good the CIS are in Galactic Conquest since they start with SBD's for free

Rebelion is the dumbest faction in the game.

Jeez didn't know the Radiation Launcher was so good

I personally like the droids and the clones

On PS2 there’s a glitch with the Rebel’s LAAT where its particle cannon/torpedos aren’t sighted correctly, and don’t shoot where you’re aiming. Which is really weird since it’s the same ship the Republic uses, and the Republic version doesn’t have that issue.

CIS thanks you for such a high rating

As the emperor if you force choke and then while holding the force button alternate quickly between lightning and choking you hold the target in place and deal damage while not draining your stamina meter, its impossible to counter or break free of. The emperor is the most busted hero in the game because of that

The Emperor is an absolutely devastating hero if you know how to use him. Force choke is unblockable and completely disables any unit it catches, including other heroes, for the duration of the grip and a few seconds afterwards, allowing you to close the distance and get free hits with your lightsaber (his dash attack alone is enough to almost one-shot Luke). Force Lightning is a very powerful mid-range attack that damages multiple units without the cost of losing access to your saber, allowing you to switch between offence and defence safely and easily. Oh, and his jumping attack can also nuke an entire room of enemies.

IMO 1. CIS 2 Empire 3. Republic 4. Rebels The CIS and Empire have some of the best vehicles in the game. That the developers put ATRTs up against AATs is laughable to say the least. Plus the rebels only tank has rockets that go basically everywhere except where you are aiming. Maul and Jango are the best heroes in the game in my experience. Jango’s hitscan pistol is slept on, plus with his jetpack he can escape from bad situations easier than any other blaster hero besides his son. I don’t think Palpatine is quite as bad as you give him credit for being. His lightning slam explosion thing is beastly in small rooms like you see on Jedi Temple. I’d give worst hero to Chewbacca. The remote control rockets are cool but using it is just asking to slowly lose all your health while trying to find a target. Or dying because the enemy found you while you can’t defend yourself.

Maul is also the best saber hero in the game with his throw hitbox being so wide as it is.

I kinda agree Darth Maul was just always s beast when you were using him. Also CIS had the best bomber out of all the factions. I loved it so much.

You're definitely using Palps wrong. His melee is a backup, his real weapon is force lightning. The man is basically a roided out dark trooper. Camp a corner or chokepoint and zzap entire waves of enemies. Easily the best hero that isn't 'press RMB to saber throw (win)'.

I think about this. How that attack of the clones line: "We are out of rockets sir" is the reason why Republic gunships are limited on missles

Id rank them like this: 1. CIS: SBD is super accurate but blaster fires too slow for my liking. Droideka is the single best unit in the game. Darth Maul is the best Force user by far, Dooku is the worst (even worse than Palpatine imo) but only appears in one map. 2. Republic: the hero’s do a lot of lifting here. Every single Jedi is at minimum an average hero. There are no bad Jedi hero’s. Jet trooper is based. Clone trooper has the best rifle imo, fires faster than the SBD, but is less accurate. Sacrifice I’m willing to make for rate of fire. 3. Rebels: tough decision to put them below the republic for me. The Republic and Rebels would be 2A and 2B, but the reason they aren’t, is that they stand around shooting dead bodies and that the republic’s Jedi are all so good. That’s why I’m giving the edge to the Republic. 4. Empire: Stormtrooper has the fastest ROF blaster among standard infantry units but is very inaccurate. Works best in close quarters maps such as the Death Star, Tantive IV and Jabba’s Palace. Dark trooper is really good. Vader, Anakin, Emperor, and Boba Fett are the worst lineup of hero’s for any faction by far. Anakin is the only average or above hero.

Doesn't the CIS also have the passive buff of not taking damage on the outside part of polis massa?

Brilliant video - CIS supremacy! I can't wait to replay Classic Battlefront / Battlefront II when the collection comes out

CIS for the win. They are the best faction in the game.

I wish this upcoming classic collection allowed us to have different factions going at it. Like the story did with the CIS vs the Empire, or Empire vs the Republic

Everyone also sleeps on the magnaguard's neuro posion ability too. That thing is op! If you land it on a group of enemies they're all going to die no matter how much health they have

I agree with putting the CIS faction at the top, but I tried to post on Twitter that the CIS are the best faction and Elon banned me for using a slur 💔

The fact that the main class would lose accuracy over time is lore accurate but it kinda makes you wonder if it makes the whole thing idk.... unbalanced?

Also the B1 battle droids of the CIS (heavy, enginer, sniper and marine) have a smaller hitbox compare to their counterparts.

Palpatine certainly isn't the greatest at fighting opposing force users like luke in regular saber combat, but his lightning attack chains, and can drop very large groups of enemies really quickly, especially for how quickly you can fire off that lightning and for how little energy. Also, his groundslam attack is one of the best hero attacks mid-jump, since it can OHKO a lot of enemies at once within an area, and it's pretty spammable.

You’re not using the Emperor correctly. While his saber is lacking, his force lighting can net you countless kills. It’s like mauls saber but at range. CIS is def the best though. Between Droidekas, B2s, their vehicles, Maul AND Grievous… you have everything you need to wipe.

Didn't want to believe this at first but you have very sound logic friend. Great video.

Very fair ratings. Apt analysis. Thanks for sharing!

Palpatine has an unblockable force choke for 1v1s, and Lightning for decent crowd control. But yeah, he’s not the best.

0:59 stormtroopers rifles have a accuracy decrease in comparison to other factions but the highest rate if fire 😱. So try to get more up close, if you can not firing in bursts should help increase your accuracy 🗿. Also the super battle droid balaster has a fire rate decrease but an accuracy increase 😱

The Emperor is genuinely terrible. He's pretty much the opposite of how he is in the lore. The only thing he has going for him is a glitch where you can force choke someone, then switch to force lightning while still choking to use both at the same time.

CIS main battle tank, the AAT, is my favorite ground vehicle, albeit clunky. Republic is a close second in terms of ground vehicles while the Empire is either fun on Hoth or copying Republic tanks. And rebel vehicles are somewhere between absolutely fun and trash. The rebellion cut funds on quality tanks in favor of mass peoducing rockets and spamming them all over the place. It's sheer devastation.

Short video with good information quality and chilling soundtrack... Nice one!

Edit: Just my opinion 4 = Rebels because of missions where vehicle advantage for Empire is numerous (Endor) allow to be pinned down very early in game. Y-Wing copilot has a minigun? 3 = Clones because they are easy to spot from distance and droid sniper has better range. LAAT is good but not better than droids. 2 = Droids for they are hard to spot from distance and droidekas can solo checkpoints. Space battles are very easy for them. 1 = Empire for multiple missions where they get clear vehicle advantage, allowing very aggressive early game rushes. ATAT only vehicle in game requiring dedicated teamwork to bring down. Jawas can heal them allowing them to hold positions longer. ATST has only threats in the form of dedicated rocket teams from Rebels and traps on Endor and no way to be killed at Mos Eisley (very hard to obtain and I forget which game). In maps where vehicles don't exist, dark trooper and Palps don't need grenades to squad kill with lightning and rebel sniper doesn't get many locations to hold positions. TIE Bomber can single-handedly crush positions with bombs and fighter primary hits hardest and has fastest fire rate. Some vehicles like ATST get homing missiles for copilot. Now if teams could fight each other in what-ifs like rebels v droids defending on Hoth: 4 = Rebels 3 = Clones 2 = Empire 1 = Droids

The rebels are visually unappealing, but CIS is definitely the best.

The CIS is also op in the first game.

First time I've watched a video after stumbling across your channel. I never played the originals but buzzed for the 14th of March. Love this video with some tranquil music and captions instead of other You Tubers that just scream at people

Droideka and B2 combo for the CIS is just unfair with the clones. But GAR is the favorite

Ive unironicly only ever played the CIS theyre so fun😌

One thing that I think you downplayed was the differences in blasters between the factions. The Clone Trooper seems to have the fastest firing blaster, the Stormtrooper has the next best one, the Rebel Soldier's is noticeably worse and the Super Battle droids wrist blaster is pretty bad due to its slow fire rate.

Idk why but I actually get great results from the Imperial officer’s Sonic blaster. It’s really good for bunched up troops in tight spaces like mustafar and Tantive. I tend to treat it like a magnum type pistol. High damage but unwieldy and slow. At mid range it shines and is one of my preferred weapons to use on the Wookies. His grenade launcher outshines it in my mind but I think the sonic blaster gets a bad rap

Always loved the CIS's aesthetic and they have the best vehicles

I'd say Republic personally. Their Hero selection is always a lightsaber user on each map and the special units are decent. Rebellion and CIS are great but sometimes you'll get blaster wielding heroes which are great but nowhere near as good as the force users

Given the remaster collection coming out soon, I don't want to get too imaginative since i'd rather see the core classic experience preserved first with online play, but it'd be great to see them add in cross era faction warfare to the game now that they have the chance, like droids vs imperials, rebels vs clones, or hell even clones vs Empire, they could totally do it without having to record new dialogue too since there are specific story missions in the game that do exactly that.

Loving the content 👍🏻 better than most RU-vidrs

I also remember the CIS having the best bomber ships, though maybe that was just personal preference?

Love this channel! You should rank heroes next!

Also has the balls to go into battle dressed as a blueberry tart. Thanks for making my day!

Man wish they just supplied the imperial officer with a pistol that'll take longer to overheat rather than it made in geonosis for some odd reason.

If you use the E-11 properly then shot for shot it can be incredibly deadly. I find myself tapping for single shots and doing short bursts with it. Once you get yourself into a habit of shooting like that you rarely ever miss.

2:45 I actually think Jango Fett is the best blaster hero in the game, not Han Solo (yay, more points for the CIS). Jango's pistol is essentially the OP award pistol. You can zoom in with it, and I think a headshot is an instant kill on anything except other heroes. And you can spam fire it SUPER quickly if you're fighting another hero or if you're dealing with a lot of enemies. I would also much rather have an ammo weapon than a cooldown-based weapon. Granted, if you're playing with the Award weapons enabled, then all the pistol units have access to this OP pistol, but still. And Jango's Time Bombs are the strongest tank buster in the game, even if they're harder to use.

Luke as the “best force user” in the game is kinda crazy to me. Especially with Maul in the exact same video, who I believe outshines Luke completely. Maul’s sprint rush can kill a lot more soldiers at once than Luke’s. And his primary attack finish has larger range of knock back than Luke’s; making for a far deadlier combatant against other force users. Force ability wise they’re the same, but dueling wise Maul takes it. Also, Han most def isn’t the best blaster user in the game 😂 Boba Fett outclasses him completely. At close range he can light you up with his flamethrower which slowly eats away at your health. At long range he and Han both have burst rounds in their guns (Han with a slightly faster fire rate), but Boba also has rockets with a small AOE. He’s instantly more versatile than Han at range and at close combat. Close range, Han only has detpacks, and considering Boba has a jet pack, the distance can be expanded very quickly to avoid any damage from it. Not to mention with the jet pack he just automatically has way better mobility than Han.

Emperor is a monster, if you use him right. Don't rely on the normal attacks, use the lightning slams and sprint attacks. You can also fly and use lightning at the same time. Lastly, I believe he can force choke individuals, which is deadly against other heroes. Unlike Darth Vader though, you don't have to be as precise with the sprint attack to capitalize on it. I will agree that Empire is probably the worst, in terms of infantry. However, their vehicles are awesome. As for CIS, they are the ROFL stomp faction. They are seriously broken. Literally the only way you can win against them normally is because the AI doesn't use their abilities properly. One such ability is to walk around in SPACE, but they RARELY ever use this on Polis Massa...and I think they only do if they abandon their vehicles that are too damaged.

Very solid list.

Droideka is so OP because of 2 things : - if u know how to play it it’s reallly good -but the biggest things is that once CSI got it, they MELT the clones like it’s not even funny 10 troopers can die on one of this guy if u don’t intervene

Rebels have good uniques, but I still think the tactical mobility of jet trooper and the clone commander NOT being a bad unit makes the clones #2

For standard units: The empire has the highest rate of fire, With both the rebels and the clones being on roughly equal footing, with the cis being the slowest. This means in tight spaces the empire has an advantage, but lose it when they have to do sustained fire at range. Magazine size is also a huge factor, with the empire and clones getting 50 shots before a reload, and with the rebels as well as the cis getting 100. The slow rate of fire and mag size makes it feel like the sbd can shoot forever. The sbd can partially overcome its slow rate of fire at close range with the tri-shot, which does kill very quickly, but also overheats quickly too. So the sbd can quickly dispatch a few troops that get too close, but can struggle if overwhelmed. I say can because the wrist rocket is also the best ''grenade'' in the game. The sbd is by far the best overall standard unit in the game, with the storm troopers being more niche than the clones or rebels..

Informative vid ! Once i told a guy who went 13-0 I would go deathless the next round..they said I wouldn't..if I recall. The more kills you get. The stronger your unit becomes..but you have to give the hero to someone else. I went 98-0 😎. Cant wait to experience this game again..and I may be the only person buying it regardless of all the nitpickin'.

The emperor has the best jump attack in the game. A complete AOE that devastates everybody!😂

For the emperor try relying on his lightning slam

Ngl I've always loved the rebels. For starters they got the only female unit in the game via the rebel marksman, and plus i love playing with the wookiee warrior.

I would have a different order: 1: CIS (simply the best faction, no downside) 2: GaR (second best as the heroes are awesome too, and they are perfectly balanced) 3: Empire (for me, the dark trooper is way too overpowered, able to destroy any unit in seconds (except for vehicules). imperial commander is a useless unit, except if you love to do suicide run with scout droid Last one: Rebels. bothan spy can be good, but their range is way too short, and they can still be killed quite easily by someone that knows how to spot them. wookie warrior is nice, but its reaction time is too big, leaving it exposed to fire too often. even though rebellion has heroes that are awesome, a single dark trooper can stun lock them into a death loop quite easily.

I didn’t know the factions have different spread for the main infantry unit, makes me sad the stormtrooper unit has worse accuracy because I really like role playing with the Empire

I think I’m the only person on earth that likes the empire

Great video you should keep doing OG BF2 content until it comes out

I think the Republic might belong in the number 2 slot just because every one of their heroes is an honestly really good lightsaber hero, making them an incredible choice for Galactic Conquest. I’d love to see a video where you compare more vehicles than just the dropship though. Because that would be interesting see how it plays into the rankings

From a purely statistical standpoint yeah id say this objectively correct. This is especially true in bf1 where the factions are far less balanced.

The Emperor has a bit of a different playstyle. One thing the emperor does have that's pretty good is the ability to block instantly while you are doing force lighting. So basically you shock your target once, then block and repeat that process until you are close enough to slash your enemy. I recommend only doing 2 slashes, the third slash is very slow and engineers and wookies can shoot you before you hit them with third swing. Also the sprint is pretty nice, since you can keep moving after a slash. If you encounter a lonely hero, you can choke and lightning them with the glitch.

I love how calm this music is 🫣🫶

Cis has always been the best faction since the original battlefront.

"inhales": FOR THE REPUBLIC!!!

I think with the Emperor you need to just get good tbh. He's not like most heroes with a focus on saber combat. His strength is in his force capabilities. Really I only use his saber when multiple enemies are present just because of how much of a range he has. You bring valid points though and I respect why the Empire is last. I can tell you really love the game, though. You've found how to skillfully use wookies and clone commandos. That's where I need to get good 😂

Hey brotha your content is great, enjoying the hell out of it. I’m getting into putting up some BF2 classic content here pretty soon, I was just wondering what program you use to produce your thumbnails? They’re freakin great.

I question sbd's being the best trooper unit actually. Sure they go hard offensively when they do, but defensively its probably the safest and easiest unit to headshot in the entire game. Their head being in their torso makes it childsplay to hit and thier wristrockets being a linear attack makes them rather predictable and only really good at chokepoints.

I agree with your rankings, but Republic is my favorite one to play as.

The emporer is better in this game than the new one. Basically you use him as an arch trooper lightning crowds the saber is just your shield. When fighting a force user use force choke and then slash them before jumping back and shooting lightning if they manage to survive. Hes hit and run not a lightsaber tank like Vader.

A lot of people don’t know that they can double shoot the dark trooper’s arc canister by using the jet pack after the first shot. If you’re on a map with a fairly low ceiling, you can literally shoot>jet pack>shoot and it’s similar to a double pump shotgun in fortnite. You need to know this for the upcoming re release. The Death Star is easily the best map to do this on

darth mail was so fun to play at mustafar

Here's my ranking 1: Obviously the CIS, they're so overpowered it hurts. Magnaguards are great at destroying stuff and Droidekas are both killing machines and grenade magnets, plus the infamous polis massa bonus, i love playing as Jango and Maul is super OP They also have the best bombers too 2: Empire, probably the worst ships but i love dark troopers which a lot of people underestimates it (his jet is really great for escaping grenades/spies and saving command posts), imperial officer sucks though (if only they replaced that blaster with the "Award Pistol", then maybe he'd be great), Sidious is actually pretty OP if you know what you're doing, though Boba feels like a downgraded Jango Rebels: The bothan spy is a hit or miss, they can be a huge beast or...a disaster, wookie warrior is crazy though. Luke and Han are also pretty great for hero units Republic: Hot take, but the Republic isn't that good, the commander is a bit underwhelmig and honestly i prefer BF1's Jet Trooper (they're pretty much the same, except for the EPM gun, but since BF1 is a more tactical and slow game, Jet Trooper is really handy.)

Hello. I enjoyed the music and on-screen text. It's a good change from ADHD personalities.

Empire actually my favorite faction lol

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Don't forget that the CIS has the bomber with the fastest proton bomb discharge

My favorite is the Republic, my second favorite is the Empire, and my third favorite is the CIS.

Can you rank each faction classes and explain which and why it's better

Empire and CIS have the best vehicles in my opinion. AT-AT for the win!!