Operative Concealment Basics Guide

Recovers your health and energy over 15 seconds. This is only usable out of combat.

Regain health out of battle.

Increases the critical damage dealt by Veiled Strike, Backstab, Volatile Substance, and Laceration by 10%.

Increases the critical damage dealt by Veiled Strike, Backstab, Volatile Substance, and Laceration by 10%.

Increases the damage dealt by and critical chance of Volatile Substance by 5%.

Increases the damage dealt by and critical chance of Volatile Substance by 5%.

Increases the damage dealt by Veiled Strike and Overload Shot by 5%.

Increases the damage dealt by Veiled Strike and Overload Shot by 5%.

Increases the damage dealt by Backstab by 5% and reduces its energy cost by 5.

Increases the damage dealt by Backstab by 5% and reduces its energy cost by 5.

Increases the critical chance of Noxious Knives by 15% and its critical damage bonus by 30%.

Increases the critical chance of Noxious Knives by 15% and its critical damage bonus by 30%.

Shoots your rifle at the target, dealing weapon damage.

Shoots your rifle at the target, dealing weapon damage.

Stabs a target for kinetic damage.

Stabs a target for kinetic damage.

Blasts a target for weapon damage.

Blasts a target for weapon damage.

Reduces the cooldown of Revive by 100%.

Reduces the cooldown of Revive by 100%.

Increases critical hit chance by 5%.

Increases critical hit chance by 5%.

Deals kinetic damage to the primary target and kinetic damage to up to 7 standard or weak enemies within 5 meters of the primary target. If the primary target is a standard or weak enemy, it is knocked to the ground.

Deals kinetic damage to the primary target and kinetic damage to up to 7 standard or weak enemies within 5 meters of the primary target. If the primary target is a standard or weak enemy, it is knocked to the ground.

Heals a friendly target over 3 seconds.

Heals a friendly target over 3 seconds.

Fires a dart at the target that deals internal poison damage over 18 seconds.

Fires a dart at the target that deals internal poison damage over 18 seconds.

Activates your stealth generator, increasing your stealth level by 15 and making you and your companion difficult to detect. Movement speed is reduced to 85% of normal while in stealth. Most hostile actions and taking cover will break Stealth. Your companion will not react to enemy attacks while in stealth.

Enter Stealth to sneak around or sneak up to enemies. Stronger enemies can see you coming, but you can sneak past weaker ones. You can only enter Stealth when you are outside of combat unless you use your Combat Stealth ability.

Purges all incapacitating and movement-impairing effects.

If you are stunned and can’t move, you can use this ability to unstun yourself.

Ambushes an enemy for kinetic damage. Only usable while behind the target. If used from stealth, Backstab deals more kinetic damage and grants a Tactical Advantage.

Ambushes an enemy for kinetic damage. Only usable while behind the target. If used from stealth, Backstab deals more kinetic damage and grants a Tactical Advantage.

Summons a droid that helps you recover 50 energy over 3 seconds.

Summons a droid that helps you recover 50 energy over 3 seconds.

Executes your Tactical Advantage, lacerating the target for kinetic damage. Requires and consumes Tactical Advantage.

Executes your Tactical Advantage, lacerating the target for kinetic damage. Requires and consumes Tactical Advantage.

Inject yourself with a specially-engineered Imperial stim, immediately gaining Tactical Advantage and boosting alacrity by 10% and critical hit damage by 15% for 15 seconds. Does not break stealth.

Inject yourself with a specially-engineered Imperial stim, immediately gaining Tactical Advantage and boosting alacrity by 10% and critical hit damage by 15% for 15 seconds. Does not break stealth.

Defeating an opponent or activating Shiv puts you in a position of Tactical Advantage, enabling the use of executions for 24 seconds. Up to 2 charges of Tactical Advantage can exist at once.

Defeating an opponent or activating Shiv puts you in a position of Tactical Advantage, enabling the use of executions for 24 seconds. Up to 2 charges of Tactical Advantage can exist at once.

Increases your weapon damage by 20%. In addition, the area damage dealt by Fragmentation Grenade has been increased by 50%, and Fragmentation Grenade now deals its area damage to any nearby enemy targets, even if those targets are stronger than weak or standard.

Increases your weapon damage by 20%. In addition, the area damage dealt by Fragmentation Grenade has been increased by 50%, and Fragmentation Grenade now deals its area damage to any nearby enemy targets, even if those targets are stronger than weak or standard.

Hurl envenomed knives in a 10-meter cone in front of you, damaging up to 8 targets for kinetic damage and internal poison damage.

Hurl envenomed knives in a 10-meter cone in front of you, damaging up to 8 targets for kinetic damage and internal poison damage.

Increases your critical hit damage by 20% while Stim Boost is active.

Increases your critical hit damage by 20% while Stim Boost is active.

Increases stealth detection level by 5 and chance to dodge by 2%.

Increases stealth detection level by 5 and chance to dodge by 2%.

Executes your Tactical Advantage to heal the target immediately. Requires and consumes Tactical Advantage.

Executes your Tactical Advantage to heal the target immediately. Requires and consumes Tactical Advantage.

Interrupts the target's current action and prevents that ability from being used for 4 seconds.

Every class has an interrupt ability that allows them to interrupt an enemy while they are casting. Enemy castbars that fill up from left to right are called casts and can be interrupted and the ability will be stopped, but castbars that go from right to left deal damage the entire time they are channeling. Using your interrupt in combat is very useful as it can prevent the enemy from damaging you, or sometimes even prevent them from stunning you or knocking you back!

Increases your chance to dodge melee and ranged attacks by 200% for 4 seconds and lowers threat by a moderate amount. Does not break Stealth.

Increases your chance to dodge melee and ranged attacks by 200% for 4 seconds and lowers threat by a moderate amount. Does not break Stealth.

Increases energy regeneration rate by 1 per second. In addition, Evasion will now purge all hostile removable effects when activated.

Increases energy regeneration rate by 1 per second. In addition, Evasion will now purge all hostile removable effects when activated.

Dealing damage with Laceration applies a Defensive Stance to you, increasing your damage reduction by 5% per stack. Lasts for 10 seconds and stacks up to 3 times.

Dealing damage with Laceration applies a Defensive Stance to you, increasing your damage reduction by 5% per stack. Lasts for 10 seconds and stacks up to 3 times.

Laceration's critical hit chance is increased by 10%. Activating Laceration reduces Stim Boost's cooldown by 10 seconds.

Laceration's critical hit chance is increased by 10%. Activating Laceration reduces Stim Boost's cooldown by 10 seconds.

General Suggestion: Being the only choice in this tier to upgrade your damage, this choice should be default in all scenarios. The cooldown reduction to your biggest buff is huge.

Laceration no longer costs energy, deals 10% more damage and slows the target by 50% for 6 seconds.

Laceration no longer costs energy, deals 10% more damage and slows the target by 50% for 6 seconds.

Laceration triggers a Collateral Strike, dealing additional kinetic damage. Standard and weak targets are additionally stunned by Collateral Strike.

Laceration triggers a Collateral Strike, dealing additional kinetic damage. Standard and weak targets are additionally stunned by Collateral Strike.

Increases the damage dealt by Corrosive Dart and the healing done by Kolto Probe by 5%.

Increases the damage dealt by Corrosive Dart and the healing done by Kolto Probe by 5%.

Overload Shot and Noxious Knives reduce the movement speed of targets they damage by 40% for 6 seconds. In addition, Noxious Knives deals 25% more damage.

Overload Shot and Noxious Knives reduce the movement speed of targets they damage by 40% for 6 seconds. In addition, Noxious Knives deals 25% more damage.

Solo Single-Enemy Suggestion: A boost to noxious knives' damage may be good for leveling or solo content where you can't rely on a better AoE teammate to do it for you, but if the extra AoE isn't needed you could also choose the Evasion passive for a better defensive or Debilitate for a useful 4 second stun.

Solo Many-Enemy Suggestion: A boost to noxious knives' damage may be good for leveling or solo content where you can't rely on a better AoE teammate to do it for you, but if the extra AoE isn't needed you could also choose the Evasion passive for a better defensive or Debilitate for a useful 4 second stun.

Deals energy damage and stuns the target for 4 seconds.

You can use your short stun on weaker enemies to stop them from running around, from casting abilities, to stop them from damaging you, or just to keep them out of the fight in general.

Reduces the cooldown of Evasion by 15 seconds. While Evasion is active, your movement speed is increased by 100% and the damage you take from area effects is reduced by 60%.

Reduces the cooldown of Evasion by 15 seconds. While Evasion is active, your movement speed is increased by 100% and the damage you take from area effects is reduced by 60%.

Flashpoint Suggestion: Adding a DR effect to your Operative in group content is by far the best choice here. This upgrade to Evasion makes you much easier to heal in group content!

Operation Suggestion: Adding a DR effect to your Operative in group content is by far the best choice here. This upgrade to Evasion makes you much easier to heal in group content!

Summons a droid that heals a friendly target over 18 seconds. Stacks up to 2 times.

Summons a droid that heals a friendly target over 18 seconds. Stacks up to 2 times.

Overloads your stealth generator, immediately exiting combat, purging all hostile removable effects and entering stealth mode. For 10 seconds, you become virtually undetectable.

Enter Stealth while you are in combat, either to run away, to sneak off and heal up, or to take advantage of stealth in the fight. If you enter Combat Stealth while you are alone or all your team mates are dead, the fight may reset.

Puts the target to sleep for 60 seconds. Damage will break the effect prematurely. Only usable from stealth and only usable on targets not in combat. Only one target can be incapacitated at a time. Does not affect droids.

Your crowd control (CC) is a special type of stun you can only use when your enemy is outside of combat. You use it before a fight, to temporarily knock an opponent out of the fight while you deal with the other enemies. Accidentally damaging your crowd control'd target will wake them up.

Slices the target low for kinetic damage and immobilizes it, preventing it from moving or turning for 4 seconds.

Slows slow the enemy down, making it hard for them to run away.

Collateral Strike immediately re-grants Tactical Advantage when hitting a poisoned target. This effect cannot occur more than once every 10 seconds.

Collateral Strike immediately re-grants Tactical Advantage when hitting a poisoned target. This effect cannot occur more than once every 10 seconds.

Throws a knife at the target, dealing kinetic damage and immobilzing it, preventing it from moving or turning for 4 seconds. Grants a Tactical Advantage.

Slows slow the enemy down, making it hard for them to run away.

Crippling Slice now steals life from the target, healing you for 100% of the damage it deals and causing the target to deal 20% less damage to you for 6 seconds.

Crippling Slice now steals life from the target, healing you for 100% of the damage it deals and causing the target to deal 20% less damage to you for 6 seconds.

Crippling Slice causes the next direct damage attack against the target to critically hit. This effect lasts 10 seconds.

Crippling Slice causes the next direct damage attack against the target to critically hit. This effect lasts 10 seconds.

General Suggestion: This choice provides a huge boost to your burst damage on a burst damage combat style and can't be missed. Always follow up crippling slice with Backstab with this choice! The cooldowns may not always line up, so some slices may need to be followed up with lacerate, but Backstab will do the most damage with it's buff.

Executes your Tactical Advantage to drop a canister that fills the vicinity with poisonous gas, dealing internal damage to up to 8 enemy targets within 8 meters over 6 seconds. The haze stuns standard and weak enemies for 6 seconds. Requires and consumes Tactical Advantage.

Executes your Tactical Advantage to drop a canister that fills the vicinity with poisonous gas, dealing internal damage to up to 8 enemy targets within 8 meters over 6 seconds. The haze stuns standard and weak enemies for 6 seconds. Requires and consumes Tactical Advantage.

Critically hitting with a direct damage attack applies Tactical Critical to you, which increases your critical hit chance by 2% per stack. Stacks up to 5 times and lasts 8 seconds. Activating Stim Boost purges movement based effects and grants 5 stacks of Tactical Critical.

Critically hitting with a direct damage attack applies Tactical Critical to you, which increases your critical hit chance by 2% per stack. Stacks up to 5 times and lasts 8 seconds. Activating Stim Boost purges movement based effects and grants 5 stacks of Tactical Critical.

Flashpoint Suggestion: The flat increase to criticals that this gives is great for longer fights. If your team is going through the flashpoint extremely quickly, you may see better results with Tactical Overdrive instead.

Operation Suggestion: The flat increase to criticals that this gives is great for longer fights. If your team is going through the flashpoint extremely quickly, you may see better results with Tactical Overdrive instead.

Gaining an Tactical Advantage with an attack that breaks stealth applies Active Stealth for 6 seconds. While you are in Active Stealth your chance to dodge melee and ranged attacks is increased by 200% and your next direct damage attack critically hits. Dealing or taking damage breaks Active Stealth.

Gaining an Tactical Advantage with an attack that breaks stealth applies Active Stealth for 6 seconds. While you are in Active Stealth your chance to dodge melee and ranged attacks is increased by 200% and your next direct damage attack critically hits. Dealing or taking damage breaks Active Stealth.

Resets the cooldown of Stim Boost, Volatile Substance, Backstab, and Shield Probe and increases your Mastery by 20% for 15 seconds.

Resets the cooldown of Stim Boost, Volatile Substance, Backstab, and Shield Probe and increases your Mastery by 20% for 15 seconds.

Solo Single-Enemy Suggestion: For very short fights in solo content, you can get more damage out faster with this extra buff reseting your cooldown on every major attack. The longer the fight drags on, the better Tactical Critical becomes as a choice, however.

Solo Many-Enemy Suggestion: For very short fights in solo content, you can get more damage out faster with this extra buff reseting your cooldown on every major attack. The longer the fight drags on, the better Tactical Critical becomes as a choice, however.

Increases the damage dealt by Laceration and Collateral Strike by 5%. In addition, when Collateral Strike damages a target, you recover 2 energy.

Increases the damage dealt by Laceration and Collateral Strike by 5%. In addition, when Collateral Strike damages a target, you recover 2 energy.

Injects a substance into the target that, after settling in for a few seconds, will react when the target takes damage from one of your poisons, dealing internal damage and making the target assailable for 45 seconds. Assailable targets take 7% more damage from elemental and internal attacks.

Injects a substance into the target that, after settling in for a few seconds, will react when the target takes damage from one of your poisons, dealing internal damage and making the target assailable for 45 seconds. Assailable targets take 7% more damage from elemental and internal attacks.

Increases the critical chance of Kolto Infusion, Backstab, and Lethal Strike by 15%.

Increases the critical chance of Kolto Infusion, Backstab, and Lethal Strike by 15%.

Summons a probe droid that projects a shield around you for up to 10 seconds, absorbing damage. Does not break stealth.

Summons a probe droid that projects a shield around you for up to 10 seconds, absorbing damage. Does not break stealth.

Cleanses a friendly target of up to 2 negative tech or physical effects.

Your cleanse can help remove harmful effects from you or other players.

Increases movement speed by 15% and effective stealth level by 3.

Increases movement speed by 15% and effective stealth level by 3.

Solo Single-Enemy Suggestion: As a stealth combat style, this may speed up your grindable solo content farms a little bit. For real tangible benefit in combat, take Chem-resistant Inlays.

Solo Many-Enemy Suggestion: As a stealth combat style, this may speed up your grindable solo content farms a little bit. For real tangible benefit in combat, take Chem-resistant Inlays.

Reduces the cooldown of Cloaking Screen by 30 seconds and activating Cloaking Screen increases movement speed by 50% for 6 seconds.

Reduces the cooldown of Cloaking Screen by 30 seconds and activating Cloaking Screen increases movement speed by 50% for 6 seconds.

Increases damage reduction by 5%.

Increases damage reduction by 5%.

Flashpoint Suggestion: It will make your healers very happy to see a less squishy Operative. Take this by default.

Operation Suggestion: It will make your healers very happy to see a less squishy Operative. Take this by default.

Coats your instruments in acid, causing Backstab to deal an additional internal poison damage over 6 seconds and increasing armor penetration by 30% for 15 seconds.

Coats your instruments in acid, causing Backstab to deal an additional internal poison damage over 6 seconds and increasing armor penetration by 30% for 15 seconds.

Strikes the target for kinetic damage, granting a Tactical Advantage. Replaces Shiv.

Strikes the target for kinetic damage, granting a Tactical Advantage. Replaces Shiv.

Laceration deals 10% more damage to targets affected by your Acid Blade.

Laceration deals 10% more damage to targets affected by your Acid Blade.

Roll forward 12 meters. While rolling, your chance to dodge melee and ranged attacks is increased by 30%. Does not break stealth. Cannot be used while immobilized or hindered. Exfiltrate has 2 ability charges and recharges one charge every 8 seconds.

Roll forward 12 meters. While rolling, your chance to dodge melee and ranged attacks is increased by 30%. Does not break stealth. Cannot be used while immobilized or hindered. Exfiltrate has 2 ability charges and recharges one charge every 8 seconds.

Your Shield Probe heals you for 5% of your maximum health when it collapses.

Your Shield Probe heals you for 5% of your maximum health when it collapses.

General Suggestion: This is definitely the best defensive bonus on this tier. You shouldn't have energy problems so bad as to need Endorphin Rush, but it is there if you are having troubles.

Adrenaline Probe now immediately restores 15 additional energy.

Adrenaline Probe now immediately restores 15 additional energy.

When activated, Cloaking Screen grants 2 seconds of Evasion.

When activated, Cloaking Screen grants 2 seconds of Evasion.

Cloaks all group members within 10 meters of you in a temporary stealth field that lasts 15 seconds. Cannot be used in combat. Only usable while in stealth mode.

Cloaks all group members within 10 meters of you in a temporary stealth field that lasts 15 seconds. Cannot be used in combat. Only usable while in stealth mode.

Detonates a flash bang that blinds the target and up to 7 nearby enemies for 8 seconds. Damage causes this effect to end prematurely. When Flash Bang ends it leaves behind Flash Powder that reduces the target's accuracy by 20% for 8 seconds.

Stuns allow you to knock enemies out of the fight temporarily. Some stuns break on damage - so if you attack the enemy while they are stunned with any type of attack, they will no longer be stunned.

Supercharge your stealth generator, generating a Tactical Advantage and quickly moving you to a friendly or enemy target and increasing your movement speed by 75% for 3 seconds. Can be used while immobilized and purges any movement impairing effects. Does not break stealth. Cannot be used against enemy targets in cover.

Supercharge your stealth generator, generating a Tactical Advantage and quickly moving you to a friendly or enemy target and increasing your movement speed by 75% for 3 seconds. Can be used while immobilized and purges any movement impairing effects. Does not break stealth. Cannot be used against enemy targets in cover.

Solo Single-Enemy Suggestion: Holotraverse generating an Tactical Advantage makes it rotationally important right off the bat. The mobility component is a cool bonus too! Definitely take this by default unless you really need an AoE stun for something.

Solo Many-Enemy Suggestion: Holotraverse generating an Tactical Advantage makes it rotationally important right off the bat. The mobility component is a cool bonus too! Definitely take this by default unless you really need an AoE stun for something.

Flashpoint Suggestion: Holotraverse generating an Tactical Advantage makes it rotationally important right off the bat. The mobility component is a cool bonus too! Definitely take this by default unless you really need an AoE stun for something or are helping your less sneaky group members get around enemies.

Operation Suggestion: Holotraverse generating an Tactical Advantage makes it rotationally important right off the bat. The mobility component is a cool bonus too! Definitely take this by default unless you really need an AoE stun for something or are helping your less sneaky group members get around enemies.

Increases your effective stealth level by 2. In addition, when you activate Exfiltrate, you dodge or resist all incoming attacks for 1.5 seconds.

Increases your effective stealth level by 2. In addition, when you activate Exfiltrate, you dodge or resist all incoming attacks for 1.5 seconds.

Executes your Tactical Advantage to grant Tactical Superiority to you and your Operation Group members within 40 meters, increasing critical chance by 10% for 10 seconds. Does not break stealth. Those affected by Tactical Superiority become Agitated and cannot regain Tactical Superiority for 5 minutes.

Executes your Tactical Advantage to grant Tactical Superiority to you and your Operation Group members within 40 meters, increasing critical chance by 10% for 10 seconds. Does not break stealth. Those affected by Tactical Superiority become Agitated and cannot regain Tactical Superiority for 5 minutes.

Every time you get attacked, the active cooldown of your Evasion is reduced by 3 seconds. This effect cannot occur more than once every 1.5 seconds.

Every time you get attacked, the active cooldown of your Evasion is reduced by 3 seconds. This effect cannot occur more than once every 1.5 seconds.

Flashpoint Suggestion: Evasive Imperative provides the best benefit over the duration of a fight for your survivability. Blow for Blow may be helpful for some extra damage but trying to reflect damage can be risky on an operative in group content.

Operation Suggestion: Evasive Imperative provides the best benefit over the duration of a fight for your survivability. Blow for Blow may be helpful for some extra damage but trying to reflect damage can be risky on an operative in group content.

When used from stealth, Backstab and Lethal Strike interrupt and knock down the target for 3 seconds. Player targets are immobilized for 3 seconds, rather than being knocked down.

When used from stealth, Backstab and Lethal Strike interrupt and knock down the target for 3 seconds. Player targets are immobilized for 3 seconds, rather than being knocked down.

Solo Single-Enemy Suggestion: So long as your enemy isn't immune to the effects, the stuns resulting from this choice may help some tough solo fights to be easier at the start. If they're immune anyway, go ahead and take Evasive Imperative as it will provide the most defense over time.

Solo Many-Enemy Suggestion: So long as your enemy isn't immune to the effects, the stuns resulting from this choice may help some tough solo fights to be easier at the start. If they're immune anyway, go ahead and take Evasive Imperative as it will provide the most defense over time.

Activating Evasion grants Blow for Blow, returning 150% of direct single target tech and Force damage taken back to the attacker while Evasion is active.

Activating Evasion grants Blow for Blow, returning 150% of direct single target tech and Force damage taken back to the attacker while Evasion is active.

Damage dealt by Volatile Substance marks the target with Revealing Weakness, allowing your next Backstab against the target to be useable while face-to-face with the target and treated as though you attacked from stealth.

Damage dealt by Volatile Substance marks the target with Revealing Weakness, allowing your next Backstab against the target to be useable while face-to-face with the target and treated as though you attacked from stealth.

Backstab grants Calculated Frenzy, which increases ranged and tech critical chance by 10% for 15 seconds. In addition, damage dealt by Veiled Strike causes the target to become susceptible for 45 seconds. Susceptible targets take 5% more damage from tech attacks.

Backstab grants Calculated Frenzy, which increases ranged and tech critical chance by 10% for 15 seconds. In addition, damage dealt by Veiled Strike causes the target to become susceptible for 45 seconds. Susceptible targets take 5% more damage from tech attacks.