Could Grievous Droids Receive Tweaks?
As the title says. The separatist droids and GG are about 1000% better than they were before, but there are some very notable weaknesses, some of which were designed to fit around HK-47’s former leadership ability (such as B1 and droideka not critting). I’m not discussing whether I think the HK lead nerf was good or bad, I’m saying that now that it has been changed, there is no point in not changing the other droids as the team would no longer be broken.
Additionally, there are many glaring weaknesses in many of the separatist droid’s kits, especially B1. B1 is absolutely decimated by plague, and if he is targeted in a battle at any point by a mass assist (particularly with JKR lead), it’s pretty much game over. Some other examples would be the amount of damage GG does to droid allies (particulary B1) GG’s lack of anti-Jedi abilities, and pretty much IG-100’s entire kit.
I know all of these have probably been brought up at one point or another, but I’m merely listing some of them for those who are unaware. Regardless, the point still stands; now that HK’s “broken” leader ability is gone and we’ve had some time to look again at how disappointing this team is, what’s the possibility that they’ll be tweaked (assuming another full scale rework is out of the question) or that they’ll receive new additions to their ranks in the near future? (Looking at you commando droid)
Additionally, there are many glaring weaknesses in many of the separatist droid’s kits, especially B1. B1 is absolutely decimated by plague, and if he is targeted in a battle at any point by a mass assist (particularly with JKR lead), it’s pretty much game over. Some other examples would be the amount of damage GG does to droid allies (particulary B1) GG’s lack of anti-Jedi abilities, and pretty much IG-100’s entire kit.
I know all of these have probably been brought up at one point or another, but I’m merely listing some of them for those who are unaware. Regardless, the point still stands; now that HK’s “broken” leader ability is gone and we’ve had some time to look again at how disappointing this team is, what’s the possibility that they’ll be tweaked (assuming another full scale rework is out of the question) or that they’ll receive new additions to their ranks in the near future? (Looking at you commando droid)
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You are right about that, but BB-8 can be used much more efficiently in other teams (in game modes like territory war and GA). Even still, there remain huge design flaws in the droids kits which need to be (and also can easily be) addressed. Either way, I see no reason why a full squad of separatist shouldn’t be able to do well on their own.
Also this^^^
Edit; in case you're wondering if maybe my mods just suck, I intentionally put low speed mods with high hp on grievous and tried to stack as much offence and speed on B1 as possible.
Being immune to plague, GG not killing B1, B1 now being able to crit as HK has been reworked and Magna guard needs some serious love!
Also I've been using both Dooku and an underpowered Ventress under a grievous lead, works well enough. I also haven't unlocked him yet but Nute Gunray might work well in a grievous lead, especially with an added r2, although the latter is not a seperatist.
All in all I'm excited rather than unhappy with the rework, and clearly CG is not done with seperatists yet, they might very well become arena worthy down the road. Grievous' kit and seperatists in general have alot of potential, I feel they're just missing an essential toon or two. Commando droid maybe, or commando b1, or maybe even rocket b2.
Also GG's unique should have an exception so that it doesn't damage any of his allies, imo this is the most poorly designed aspect of his kit and it is what make the team so.... not good.