Cold-Blooded
GamesRadar recommendationCreates a reliable Critical opportunity for the next attack. GamesRadar highlights it for Hawks, especially when the build can turn a guaranteed Critical into a decisive ranged or Repeater turn.
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Best Talents in Star Wars Zero Company
Use Talent functions to make a role more consistent. Current guides agree on several broad-use candidates, while exact ranks and final values still need game-screen verification.
External Guide recommendations, numeric details under review
§Hawks shortlist#
GamesRadar focuses on three Talents for Hawks. PC Gamer adds two flexible defensive options that can fit several Specializations.
A Life of Labor
Cross-source candidateAdds Health and Defense, with later ranks described as adding more offensive value. It is a practical candidate for Hawks when survival and broad usefulness matter more than a narrow combo.
Fortitude
GamesRadar recommendationImproves Defense after taking damage. GamesRadar places it among Hawks' useful choices and connects it to characters who must remain active after being hurt.
Anticipation
PC Gamer recommendationProvides an Evasion-style defensive window before an attack. PC Gamer treats it as a flexible option for several Specializations, especially when survival depends on denying the next enemy hit.
Grit
PC Gamer recommendationProvides an Invulnerable-style buffer and additional Health in the recorded guide data. It fits roles that must absorb risk, though the final values need panel confirmation.
§Candidate Talents by Specialization#
PC Gamer's list is a starting build map. It reflects the author's role assumptions and leaves room for mission, difficulty, and equipment changes.
| Specialization | Guide candidates | Build logic |
|---|---|---|
| Assault | A Life of Labor, Grit | Make a close-range role more durable while it moves into exposed positions. |
| Gunslinger | Anticipation, Grit, A Life of Labor | Protect repeated attack turns and keep a pistol-focused damage loop active. |
| Heavy | Taunt, Grit, Anticipation | Reinforce attention control, durability, and the ability to survive being targeted. |
| Medic | Anticipation, Espionage, Thievery | Choose between safer support turns and extra post-mission resources. |
| Scoundrel | Anticipation, Cold-Blooded | Protect the setup turn or increase the payoff of a vulnerable target. |
| Scout | Anticipation, Sabotage, Espionage, Thievery | Support reconnaissance and Advantage plans, with resource options for lower-pressure missions. |
| Sharpshooter | Cold-Blooded, The Bigger They Are… | Push reliable Critical turns or focus on Elite and Boss targets. |
| Soldier | A Life of Labor, Grit | Keep a generalist damage role stable while it uses weapons, melee, and explosives. |
§When to consider resource Talents#
A Talent that pays out after a mission can be useful, though it does not solve a dangerous combat turn immediately.
Thievery
External Guide candidateThe recorded guide data connects this Talent to extra Credits after combat missions. GamesRadar recommends holding it behind direct combat value during the early learning phase.
Espionage
External Guide candidateThe recorded guide data connects this Talent to extra Intel after combat missions. It becomes easier to justify when the squad already handles battles comfortably.
- Choose a combat consistency Talent first when a new squad is still losing turns to exposed positioning or missed setup windows.
- Revisit resource Talents after the squad can complete ordinary missions without spending every emergency tool.
- The right timing depends on mission pressure and campaign economy, so this is a prioritization rule rather than a fixed unlock order.
§Candidate Talent names#
PC Gamer records ten Talent names for future panel-level verification. The list is useful for search and planning while the final rank values remain open.
| Talent | Recorded function | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Bigger They Are… | Extra pressure against Elite and Boss targets | Candidate data |
| Anticipation | A defensive evasion window before an attack | Candidate data |
| Cold-Blooded | A reliable Critical opportunity | Candidate data |
| Taunt | Draw attention from a selected enemy | Candidate data |
| A Life of Labor | Health and Defense with later offensive benefits | Candidate data |
| Thievery | Additional Credits after combat missions | Candidate data |
| Sabotage | Trigger battlefield explosives | Candidate data |
| Espionage | Additional Intel after combat missions | Candidate data |
| Grit | An Invulnerable-style defensive buffer and Health | Candidate data |
| Fortitude | Defense after taking damage | Candidate data |
§What still needs a launch check#
Keep function-level advice public while treating exact Talent data as provisional.
- The final Talent descriptions, rank ceilings, values, and unlock requirements.
- Which named characters and recruited Operators can select or reset every Talent.
- Whether Cold-Blooded combines with Sharpshooter accuracy or other guaranteed-hit effects.
- Whether resource rewards, Talent ranks, or mission difficulty change the early priority order.
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§Related guides and references#
Sources
- The best talents for each specialization in Star Wars Zero Company, PC Gamer· checked August 28, 2026
- Best Talents in Star Wars Zero Company, GamesRadar+· checked August 28, 2026