Scoundrel Scrapper Basics Guide

Allows you to catch your breath, recovering your health and energy over 15 seconds. This is only usable out of combat.

Regain health out of battle.

Increases the damage dealt by and critical chance of Blood Boiler by 5%.

Increases the damage dealt by and critical chance of Blood Boiler by 5%.

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

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

Increases the damage dealt by Bludgeon and Quick Shot by 5%.

Increases the damage dealt by Bludgeon and Quick Shot by 5%.

Increases the critical damage dealt by Back Blast, Sucker Punch, Blood Boiler, and Bludgeon by 10%.

Increases the critical damage dealt by Back Blast, Sucker Punch, Blood Boiler, and Bludgeon by 10%.

Increases the critical chance of Lacerating Blast by 15% and its critical damage bonus by 30%.

Increases the critical chance of Lacerating Blast by 15% and its critical damage bonus by 30%.

Fires a flurry of bolts from your blaster, dealing weapon damage.

Fires a flurry of bolts from your blaster, dealing weapon damage.

Strikes the target with your weapon for kinetic damage.

Strikes the target with your weapon 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 shot that causes the target to bleed, dealing internal damage over 18 seconds.

Fires a shot that causes the target to bleed, dealing internal 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.

Fires the scattergun point-blank into the target's backside, dealing kinetic damage. Only usable while behind the target. If used from stealth, Back Blast deals more kinetic damage and grants an Upper Hand.

Fires the scattergun point-blank into the target's backside, dealing kinetic damage. Only usable while behind the target. If used from stealth, Back Blast deals more kinetic damage and grants an Upper Hand.

Keeps a cool head, recovering 50 energy over 3 seconds.

Keeps a cool head, recovering 50 energy over 3 seconds.

Exploits Upper Hand to sucker punch the target for kinetic damage. Requires and consumes Upper Hand.

Exploits Upper Hand to sucker punch the target for kinetic damage. Requires and consumes Upper Hand.

Psych yourself up, immediately gaining Upper Hand and boosting alacrity by 10% and critical hit damage by 20% for 15 seconds. Does not break stealth.

Psych yourself up, immediately gaining Upper Hand and boosting alacrity by 10% and critical hit damage by 20% for 15 seconds. Does not break stealth.

Defeating an opponent or activating Blaster Whip gives you the Upper Hand, enabling the use of exploits for 24 seconds. Up to 2 charges of Upper Hand can exist at once.

Defeating an opponent or activating Blaster Whip gives you the Upper Hand, enabling the use of exploits for 24 seconds. Up to 2 charges of Upper Hand can exist at once.

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

Fire serrated slugs from your scattergun in a 10-meter cone in front of you, damaging up to 8 targets for kinetic damage and internal bleed damage.

Fire serrated slugs from your scattergun in a 10-meter cone in front of you, damaging up to 8 targets for kinetic damage and internal bleed damage.

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

Increases your critical hit damage by 20% while Pugnacity 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%.

Exploits your Upper Hand to heal the target immediately. Requires and consumes Upper Hand.

Exploits your Upper Hand to heal the target immediately. Requires and consumes Upper Hand.

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 6 seconds and lowers threat by a moderate amount. Does not break Stealth.

Increases your chance to dodge melee and ranged attacks by 200% for 6 seconds and lowers threat by a moderate amount. Does not break Stealth.

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

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

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

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

Sucker Punch's critical hit chance is increased by 10%. Activating Sucker Punch reduces Pugnacity's cooldown by 10 seconds.

Sucker Punch's critical hit chance is increased by 10%. Activating Sucker Punch reduces Pugnacity'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.

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

Sucker Punch triggers Flying Fists, dealing additional kinetic damage. Standard and weak targets are additionally stunned by Flying Fists.

Sucker Punch triggers Flying Fists, dealing additional kinetic damage. Standard and weak targets are additionally stunned by Flying Fists.

Increases the damage dealt by Vital Shot and the healing done by Slow-release Medpac by 5%.

Increases the damage dealt by Vital Shot and the healing done by Slow-release Medpac by 5%.

Quick Shot and Lacerating Blast reduce the movement speed of targets they damage by 40% for 6 seconds. In addition, Lacerating Blast deals 25% more damage.

Quick Shot and Lacerating Blast reduce the movement speed of targets they damage by 40% for 6 seconds. In addition, Lacerating Blast deals 25% more damage.

Solo Single-Enemy Suggestion: A boost to lacerating blast's 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 passive buff to Dodge for a better defensive or Dirty Kick for a useful 4 second stun.

Solo Many-Enemy Suggestion: A boost to lacerating blast's 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 passive buff to Dodge for a better defensive or Dirty Kick for a useful 4 second stun.

Reduces the cooldown of Dodge by 15 seconds. While Dodge 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 Dodge by 15 seconds. While Dodge 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 Scrapper in group content is by far the best choice here. This upgrade to dodge makes you much easier to heal in group content!

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

Stuns the target for 4 seconds and deals kinetic damage.

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.

Injects the target with slow-release medicine that heals over 21 seconds. Stacks up to 2 times.

Injects the target with slow-release medicine that heals over 21 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.

Fires a close-up scattergun shot at the target's shank, dealing kinetic damage, and immobilizing the target, preventing it from moving or turning for 4 seconds.

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

Flying Fists immediately regrants Upper Hand when hitting a bleeding target. This effect cannot occur more than once every 10 seconds.

Flying Fists immediately regrants Upper Hand when hitting a bleeding target. This effect cannot occur more than once every 10 seconds.

Blasts the target, dealing kinetic damage and immobilizing it, preventing it from moving or turning for 4 seconds. Grants Upper Hand.

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

Shank Shot 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.

Shank Shot 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.

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

Shank Shot 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 shank shot with back blast with this choice! The cooldowns will not always line up so some shots will need a sucker punch, but back blast will do the most damage with the buff.

Exploits Upper Hand to call in droids that fill the target area with spinning blades, dealing internal bleed damage to up to 8 enemy targets within 8 meters over 6 seconds. The blades stun standard and weak enemies for 6 seconds. Requires and consumes Upper Hand.

Exploits Upper Hand to call in droids that fill the target area with spinning blades, dealing internal bleed damage to up to 8 enemy targets within 8 meters over 6 seconds. The blades stun standard and weak enemies for 6 seconds. Requires and consumes Upper Hand.

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

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

Operation Suggestion: The flat increase to criticals that this gives is great for longer fights.

Gaining an Upper Hand 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 Upper Hand 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 Pugnacity, Blood Boiler, Back Blast, and Defense Screen and increases your Mastery by 20% for 15 seconds.

Resets the cooldown of Pugnacity, Blood Boiler, Back Blast, and Defense Screen 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 Upper 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 Upper Critical becomes as a choice, however.

Increases the damage dealt by Sucker Punch and Flying Fists by 5%. In addition, when Flying Fists damages a target, you recover 2 energy.

Increases the damage dealt by Sucker Punch and Flying Fists by 5%. In addition, when Flying Fists damages a target, you recover 2 energy.

Summons a probe that boils the blood of the target for a few seconds, after which, damage dealt by one of your bleeds will trigger an explosion, dealing internal damage and making the target assailable for 45 seconds. Assailable targets take 7% more damage from elemental and internal attacks.

Summons a probe that boils the blood of the target for a few seconds, after which, damage dealt by one of your bleeds will trigger an explosion, 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 Pack, Back Blast, and Point Blank Shot by 15%.

Increases the critical chance of Kolto Pack, Back Blast, and Point Blank Shot by 15%.

Projects a defense field around yourself for up to 10 seconds, which absorbs damage. Does not break stealth.

Projects a defense field around yourself for up to 10 seconds, which absorbs 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.

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

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

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 Scar Tissue.

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 Scar Tissue.

Increases damage reduction by 5%.

Increases damage reduction by 5%.

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

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

Loads your shotgun with flechettes, causing Back Blast to deal an additional internal bleed damage over 6 seconds and increasing armor penetration by 30% for 15 seconds.

Loads your shotgun with flechettes, causing Back Blast to deal an additional internal bleed damage over 6 seconds and increasing armor penetration by 30% for 15 seconds.

Bashes the target with the scattergun's butt for kinetic damage, granting an Upper Hand. Replaces Blaster Whip.

Bashes the target with the scattergun's butt for kinetic damage, granting an Upper Hand. Replaces Blaster Whip.

Sucker Punch deals 10% more damage to targets affected by your Flechette Round.

Sucker Punch deals 10% more damage to targets affected by your Flechette Round.

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. Scamper 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. Scamper has 2 ability charges and recharges one charge every 8 seconds.

Your Defense Screen heals you for 5% of your maximum health when it collapses.

Your Defense Screen 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 Keep Cool, but it is there if you are having troubles.

Cool Head now immediately restores 15 additional energy.

Cool Head now immediately restores 15 additional energy.

When activated, Disappearing Act grants 2 seconds of Dodge.

When activated, Disappearing Act grants 2 seconds of Dodge.

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.

Lobs a flash grenade that blinds the target and up to 7 nearby enemies for 8 seconds. Damage causes this effect to end prematurely. When Flash Grenade 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.

Override your stealth generator, generating an Upper Hand 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.

Override your stealth generator, generating an Upper Hand 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: Trick move generating an Upper Hand 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: Trick move generating an Upper Hand 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: Trick move generating an Upper Hand 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: Trick move generating an Upper Hand 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 Scamper, you dodge or resist all incoming attacks for 1.5 seconds.

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

Exploits Upper Hand to Stack the Deck for you and your Operation Group members within 40 meters, increasing critical chance by 10% for 10 seconds. Does not break stealth. Those affected by Stack the Deck become Short on Luck and cannot regain Stack the Deck for 5 minutes.

Exploits Upper Hand to Stack the Deck for you and your Operation Group members within 40 meters, increasing critical chance by 10% for 10 seconds. Does not break stealth. Those affected by Stack the Deck become Short on Luck and cannot regain Stack the Deck for 5 minutes.

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

Flashpoint Suggestion: Scramble provides the best benefit over the duration of a fight for your survivability. Back at Ya may be helpful for some extra damage but trying to reflect damage can be risky on a scoundrel in group content.

Operation Suggestion: Scramble provides the best benefit over the duration of a fight for your survivability. Back at Ya may be helpful for some extra damage but trying to reflect damage can be risky on a scoundrel in group content.

Activating Dodge grants Back At Ya, returning 150% of direct single target tech and Force damage taken back to the attacker while Dodge is active.

Activating Dodge grants Back At Ya, returning 150% of direct single target tech and Force damage taken back to the attacker while Dodge is active.

When used from stealth, Back Blast and Point Blank Shot 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, Back Blast and Point Blank Shot 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 Scramble 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 Scramble as it will provide the most defense over time.

Damage dealt Blood Boiler marks the target with Hot and Ready, allowing your next Back Blast against the target to be useable while face-to-face with the target and treated as though you attacked from stealth.

Damage dealt Blood Boiler marks the target with Hot and Ready, allowing your next Back Blast against the target to be useable while face-to-face with the target and treated as though you attacked from stealth.

Back Blast grants Rolling Punches, which increases ranged and tech critical chance by 10% for 15 seconds. In addition, damage dealt by Bludgeon causes the target to become susceptible for 45 seconds. Susceptible targets take 5% more damage from tech attacks.

Back Blast grants Rolling Punches, which increases ranged and tech critical chance by 10% for 15 seconds. In addition, damage dealt by Bludgeon causes the target to become susceptible for 45 seconds. Susceptible targets take 5% more damage from tech attacks.