Ability
Zero Company Unstoppable
The Heavy's ability: stacks of Retaliation that counterattack each incoming hit.
- Confidence
- Confirmed
- Verified
- 14 August 2026
- Version
- pre-release (no retail build)
What it does
Grants 2 stacks of Retaliation. Each incoming attack burns a stack to counterattack the attacker. Ranks raise the counterattack damage to a maximum of +4, and the final rank allows it to be cast on an ally rather than the Heavy.
- Belongs to
- Heavy
- Cost
- Action Points
- Ultimate
- No
- Tags
- mitigation, taunt
Build value
Why it matters when you are planning a squad
The offensive half of the tank kit, and it only pays out when the enemy actually attacks the Heavy — which is what the Intimidating Posture taunt and Bulwark exist to arrange. Used without them it is dead weight. The final rank's ally targeting is the interesting one: put it on whoever is about to be focused rather than on the Operator already built to survive it.
Other Heavy abilities
Sources
- Is Z-COM our new X-COM? Star Wars Zero Company gameplay deep dive
ChristopherOdd · Tier 3 — Hands-on preview · accessed 11 August 2026
Supports: 2:13–13:51 — Sweeping Salvo at 4 Advantage with three uses per mission; Hawks granting an ally 1 AP for 3 Advantage; Combat Recon granting 1 Advantage per unit scanned; the Grit Talent's stacking invulnerability; Heavy attacks taunting; the droideka ray shield; the Scout's Spotted status; Defense as flat damage reduction
- Lead Zero Company To Victory on August 27
Electronic Arts · Tier 1 — Official · accessed 6 August 2026
Supports: Operator introductions; 3 Action Points per turn; Advantage caps at 10; the eight Specializations; Bonds in the Personnel Facility; Hawks' species options