General Grievous Rework Gameplay Unveiling with Text! WE DID IT!
It is with great honor and privilege to share with you all the first look at the General Grievous rework! We've come a long way as a community on this guy and it is awesome seeing it all come together now! CG_Carrie was kind enough to get some devs together to speak with me this weekend to discuss the Grievous kit and how they designed him.
Today we are only talking about the Grievous rework and tomorrow we will wrap up with the Droideka and Magnaguard rework details. I wanted to make a post here as there may not be a forum post uploaded today showing the text of Grievous' new kit. The lingering question is whether Grievous will destroy Revan and I can confirm Grievous is very well equipped to handle Revan AND other teams out there. His kit is pretty broad that is also tied with HEAVY and frequent damage. He will not be invincible but I believe that 85% of the META pie that Revan owns will start to dwindle in the coming weeks. Grievous appears to be very good but also beatable on defense. He will probably start a new era of busting the Revan pie and start bringing back the rock, paper, scissor diversity in arena once more now that Revan's defense is more easily beatable.
Below you will find the text for Grievous' rework for those who prefer to read. However, the text does not do him justice in regards to his damage output shown in the video.
Furious Assault
Deal Physical damage to target enemy and inflict Healing Immunity for 2 turns. This attack can't be evaded or countered. If the target was already debuffed deal 30% more damage. Grievous' attacks deal damage based on his Max Health instead of his Physical damage.
Grievous Wounds (Cooldown 4)
Deal Physical damage to all enemies (based on Grievous' Max Health), inflict Target Lock for 2 turns, and remove 30% Turn Meter from them.
Skittering Horror (Cooldown 3)
Gain Health Steal Up for 2 turns, then deal Physical damage (based on Grievous' Max Health) to target enemy and Stun them for 1 turn. If the target was already debuffed they lose 10% of their Max Health (excludes Raid Bosses), which can't be resisted, and Grievous gains 10% Max Health for the rest of the encounter. This attack can't be evaded.
Daunting Presence (Leader)
All enemies have -40% Critical Avoidance and -50% Defense. Whenever a Dark Side Droid ally is resisted, that Droid gains 10% Potency (stacking) for the rest of the encounter. When a Target Locked enemy is damaged, each Droid and each Separatist ally gains 2% Turn Meter, doubled for Grievous. When damaged by an attack, Dark Side enemies lose 5% Turn Meter, and Light Side enemies lose 2% Potency (stacking). (Zeta ability is bolded)
Metalloid Monstrosity (Unique)
At the start of Grievous' turn, all other Droid allies take damage equal to 8% of his Max Health, doubled for Light Side Droids and he gains 5% Max Health and Potency for each other Droid ally for the rest of the encounter. This damage cannot defeat characters.
At the start of every character's turn, if Grievous is below 100% Health, he dispels all debuffs on himself and inflicts Marked on the other healthiest Droid ally until the end of the turn. Whenever a Droid or Separatist ally is defeated, Grievous dispels all debuffs on himself, resets all ability cooldowns, and gains 1 bonus turn. (Zeta ability is bolded)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=l-X1NwYcdEw
Today we are only talking about the Grievous rework and tomorrow we will wrap up with the Droideka and Magnaguard rework details. I wanted to make a post here as there may not be a forum post uploaded today showing the text of Grievous' new kit. The lingering question is whether Grievous will destroy Revan and I can confirm Grievous is very well equipped to handle Revan AND other teams out there. His kit is pretty broad that is also tied with HEAVY and frequent damage. He will not be invincible but I believe that 85% of the META pie that Revan owns will start to dwindle in the coming weeks. Grievous appears to be very good but also beatable on defense. He will probably start a new era of busting the Revan pie and start bringing back the rock, paper, scissor diversity in arena once more now that Revan's defense is more easily beatable.
Below you will find the text for Grievous' rework for those who prefer to read. However, the text does not do him justice in regards to his damage output shown in the video.
Furious Assault
Deal Physical damage to target enemy and inflict Healing Immunity for 2 turns. This attack can't be evaded or countered. If the target was already debuffed deal 30% more damage. Grievous' attacks deal damage based on his Max Health instead of his Physical damage.
Grievous Wounds (Cooldown 4)
Deal Physical damage to all enemies (based on Grievous' Max Health), inflict Target Lock for 2 turns, and remove 30% Turn Meter from them.
Skittering Horror (Cooldown 3)
Gain Health Steal Up for 2 turns, then deal Physical damage (based on Grievous' Max Health) to target enemy and Stun them for 1 turn. If the target was already debuffed they lose 10% of their Max Health (excludes Raid Bosses), which can't be resisted, and Grievous gains 10% Max Health for the rest of the encounter. This attack can't be evaded.
Daunting Presence (Leader)
All enemies have -40% Critical Avoidance and -50% Defense. Whenever a Dark Side Droid ally is resisted, that Droid gains 10% Potency (stacking) for the rest of the encounter. When a Target Locked enemy is damaged, each Droid and each Separatist ally gains 2% Turn Meter, doubled for Grievous. When damaged by an attack, Dark Side enemies lose 5% Turn Meter, and Light Side enemies lose 2% Potency (stacking). (Zeta ability is bolded)
Metalloid Monstrosity (Unique)
At the start of Grievous' turn, all other Droid allies take damage equal to 8% of his Max Health, doubled for Light Side Droids and he gains 5% Max Health and Potency for each other Droid ally for the rest of the encounter. This damage cannot defeat characters.
At the start of every character's turn, if Grievous is below 100% Health, he dispels all debuffs on himself and inflicts Marked on the other healthiest Droid ally until the end of the turn. Whenever a Droid or Separatist ally is defeated, Grievous dispels all debuffs on himself, resets all ability cooldowns, and gains 1 bonus turn. (Zeta ability is bolded)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=l-X1NwYcdEw
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Yep! Kind of a risky little unique ability!
yep
Then also those same whales once they burn their gear and money on Seps and Darth Revan/Malak release in March and change the meta again:
Finally... my time has come! I have been ready for over a year (Cough, Cough) when the separatists rework should have happened. I have 3 Zetas waiting for my droids.
Been n saving this mod just for Grievous. 😆 now just need it 6• for 16% Health.
B1 is constantly replenishing 5% of Grievous protection and health right? That’s on Basic. So I think the team wil still be very clutch in raids.
Now do you need 7 star b1 and 7 star droideka
With that stacking potency it ensures his lovely debuffs don't get resisted.
Let's not forget 20% offense per debuffed enemy (which looks like virtually all of them on this team) and +50% evasion against said Target Locked enemies.
Just sayin'. Give our assassin droid some love!
Wednesday, Feb 20th
So he is it who shares the awesome kit with us.
Btw: nice video AnhaldT
I'm happy for you and this very cool rework.