Star Wars Zero Company: How to Use Trick’s Rocket Strike

Rocket Strike is Trick’s special action in Star Wars Zero Company, and it turns a cluster of enemies into an easy clear. The move fires a rocket at a marked spot on the battlefield, damaging everything in the blast radius and destroying the cover those enemies were hiding behind.

Quick answer: Select Trick, open his action wheel, choose Rocket Strike (costs 10 Advantage), place the red target circle over a group of enemies, and confirm to detonate.

What Rocket Strike costs and does

Rocket Strike runs on Advantage, not Action Points. Advantage is a squad resource you build by landing hits on enemies, and it caps at 10. Because the ability drains the full 10, you can realistically fire it once per fight unless you rebuild the meter back to maximum during a longer encounter.

The rocket hits everyone inside the target radius, not a single enemy. It also blows apart destructible cover, which strips the defensive bonus enemies rely on and exposes any survivors to follow-up fire from the rest of your squad.

Detail	Value
Ability type	Special action
Cost	10 Advantage
Action Point cost	None
Effect	Area damage, destroys cover
Fully upgraded bonus	Applies Vulnerable

How to fire Trick’s Rocket Strike

Make sure you have a full 10 Advantage before you commit. Land hits with your squad across the turn to fill the meter if it isn’t topped off yet, then select Trick to make him the active operator.

Open Trick’s action wheel and highlight Rocket Strike among his abilities. This is his special action, so it sits alongside his standard attacks rather than his basic blaster fire.

Trick's action wheel with the Rocket Strike special action highlighted on the tactics screen — The battlefield tactics screen with Trick’s Rocket Strike special action selected. Image credit: Bit Reactor

Selecting Rocket Strike brings up a red targeting area on the battlefield. Move that circle over the enemies you want to hit, positioning it so it catches a Separatist Enforcer or any group of foes bunched together.

Targeting prompt placing the Advantage 10 Rocket Strike circle over Separatist forces — The Special Abilities prompt for placing the Advantage 10 Rocket Strike over a Separatist target. Image credit: Bit Reactor

Confirm the strike by clicking the center of the targeting circle. Trick launches the rocket, and it detonates on the marked spot.

Special Abilities tutorial confirming Trick's Rocket Strike against Separatist forces — Confirming Trick’s Rocket Strike against the grouped Separatist forces. Image credit: Bit Reactor

How to confirm the strike landed

When the rocket impacts, you will see damage numbers appear over every enemy inside the radius. In a typical hit it deals enough to defeat clustered targets outright, and grouped enemies caught in the blast can be wiped in a single cast. Any cover they were using also breaks apart on impact.

If nothing happens when you try to select the ability, the usual reason is Advantage. You need the full 10 to activate it, so a partially filled meter will leave Rocket Strike unavailable until you land more hits.

When Rocket Strike is worth the Advantage

Because it drains your entire Advantage pool, save Rocket Strike for the moment it pays off most. It is at its best against battle droids, which tend to advance in large numbers and pack tightly together, letting a single rocket damage the whole formation at once.

Fully upgrading the ability adds Vulnerable to the enemies caught in the blast, so anything that survives takes extra damage from your follow-up attacks. Since Advantage does not cost Action Points, you can also fire it after Trick has already moved or attacked in the same turn, which makes it a strong finisher when a group of enemies has closed in behind cover.