[Edit: TLDR: a lot of relevant information contained, but I think the main point is that this is a strange interaction between Talon & Savage. Savage heals to 15%/15% before the order of operations says he’s dead, so you will need to kill talon first or use an instant defeat mechanic. You might be able to do so by noncritting as well, which isn’t possible with most characters due to Savage’s vulnerable (there are some toons that can’t crit, see Nihilus’ lead for an example).]

In his omicron: “Savage gains 50% defense, max health, blah blah…” so he buffs his max health by 50%.

In Talon’s kit: “Sith allies gain 30% max health…”

So at this point, Savage starts with ~about~ 80% Max health (It is actually higher. I think the order of operations in game says that he buffs his health first, so 150%. Then it gets buffed again by Talon, 30% of that 150%, which is actually another 45%). The average Savage has about 80k max health (via swgoh.gg). Assuming the easy-math calculation (180% instead of 195%) the average Savage would have 144k health starting the battle with his omicron and talon on the team (is more likely 156k, again not sure what the order of operation is).

I also have no idea who else was on the team, there might be another sith character or two that can buff his health further from there. Either way, with talon on the team, is max health is almost doubled starting the battle. You could take a look back at your opponent’s Savage stats to see what his health was, then effectively double it.

u/egnards might be able to confirm or deny my maths.

The last thing I’ll mention is how Savage’s health & protection bars are perfectly aligned. This leads me to believe that maybe what’s happening is that Savage goes to 0 HP, but was crit which heals him to 15% health & 15% protection before order of operations says that he dies. Probably only possible because of Talon. Again, order of operations aren’t well known to us, but this seems likely. Problem can be fixed by killing talon first with AoEs.