Imperial Agent Operative Builds

Operative Builds (updated for 1.2)

Imperial Agents in SWTOR can become one of two advanced classes at level 10, an Operative (DPS / Healing Class) or a Sniper (Ranged DPS). The Operative is a ranged DPS/Healing class with light armor. Operatives have three trees to choose talents from: Medicine (Healing tree), Concealment (DPS tree) and Lethality (a shared DPS tree shared with the Sniper Class).

Below I will list the best operative builds to use for your imperial agent so you do not have to wastetime figuring out what operative builds work best.

If you wish to submit a operative build please email it to admin@operativebuilds.com, listing what it is for and any other relevant information I should know about this operative build.

A lot of this information was found in the SWTOR forums under a post made by AstralFire.

Changes made to the Operative class in 1.2:

•Debilitate's tooltip now correctly displays its stun duration.
•Players can now Crouch (but not roll into cover) while immobilized.
•Agents can no longer be pushed out of cover via the "cover integrity" mechanic, which has been removed from the game.
•Due to changes to Operative skill trees, Operatives have had their skill points refunded.
•Backstab now has a 12 second cooldown and deals approximately 5% more damage.
•Hidden Strike now has a 7.5-second cooldown.
•Sleep Dart now gives an appropriate error message if used on Droids.
•Tactical Advantage no longer triggers a laugh sound effect when it occurs.

Concealment
•Culling has been redesigned and is now a 2-point skill. It no longer increases damage dealt to poisoned targets, but increases the Energy gained by Stim Boost and the damage dealt by Laceration and Collateral Strike.
•Inclement Conditioning is now a 2-point skill.
•Flanking is a new 1-point skill located in Tier 3 of the skill tree. It reduces the Energy cost of Backstab by 5.
•Laceration now costs 10 Energy (down from 15) and deals approximately 10% less damage.
•Meticulously Kept Blades no longer increases Energy gained by Stim Boost. This effect is now part of Culling.
•Waylay now increases the damage dealt by Backstab. It is now located in Tier 5 of the skill tree and requires Flanking.

Medicine
•Medical Consult now also increases the duration of Tactical Advantage by 2 seconds per point.
•Medical Therapy now additionally reduces the Energy cost of Recuperative Nanotech by 2 per point.
•Patient Studies now additionally increases the speed at which Diagnostic Scan channels by 15% per point.
•Recuperative Nanotech has been rebalanced. It now has a 15-second cooldown, heals over 6 seconds, and heals for approximately 10% more than before.
•Surgical Precision now additionally increases the maximum stack limit of Tactical Advantage by 1.

Lethality
•Corrosive Microbes now functions correctly.
•Lethality now increases critical chance by 1% per point.
•Razor Edge now increases Shiv damage by 4% per point.
•Weakening Blast no longer has an Energy cost.
•Lingering Toxins is a new Tier 6 skill that reduces damage taken from periodic effects and gives Corrosive Dart and Corrosive Grenade a chance to apply a weaker version of the same effect when they end (even if they are cleansed).
•Vanish has been replaced by Escape Plan, which now additionally reduces the cooldown of Escape.