General Grievous

General Grievous is a Separatist Hero in DICE's Star Wars Battlefront II. He arrived on October 30, 2018 as part of the General Grievous Update. He originally cost 35,000 credits to unlock but this cost was removed in the Capital Supremacy Update.

Overview
"Be Devious"

- Star Wars Battlefront II website

General Grievous can be a menace to behold. Grievous possesses a large health pool and health regeneration. His lightsabers were stolen from the Jedi he has slain, and their damage can be increased with a Star Card. Grievous can also inflict more damage from behind than some of the other lightsaber wielders. However, he is the least capable lightsaber hero when it comes to blocking enemy blaster fire, as it will drain his stamina greatly. While taking on large groups of enemies can be risky, Grievous excels when targeting enemies individually and enemies can be knocked down or finished off when Grievous focuses on them with his Thrust Surge.

General Grievous can also lead the charge with his Unrelenting Advance ability, inspired by the iconic movement of his lightsabers in Revenge of the Sith as he begins his duel with Obi-Wan Kenobi during the Battle of Utapau. The Unrelenting Advance ability blocks all attacks in front of him and damages enemies who are unfortunate enough to be caught in the spinning turbine of four lightsabers.

However, despite his intimidating appearance as one of the game's largest villains, General Grievous cannot always be a tank and is known to be devious. Just as seen in Revenge of the Sith, when the odds are turned against Grievous, he will be quick to escape. This can be seen in his Claw Rush ability, where Grievous goes down on his four arms and two legs and rushes forward in a rapid motion. Grievous's Claw Rush can also be used to knock down enemies. This is especially useful against enemy heroes that Grievous faces off with.

Weapon
Grievous' Lightsabers=

Lightsaber Deflection=

Combat Abilities
Thrust Surge=

Unrelenting Advance=

Claw Rush=

General
"All heroes can dodge or evade. Use this to avoid damage and open distance between you and your enemy."

- First hint

"Dodge is most effective at avoiding lightsaber attacks and opening space between you and the attacker."

- Second hint

"Heroes can only block attacks from the front. Try to position around them and hit them from behind to be effective."

- Third hint

"Each time a blocking hero deflects damage or swings their lightsaber, they lose stamina. When out of stamina, heroes are unable to deflect or trigger a closing strike."

- Fourth hint

"Heroes have strengths and weaknesses. Hone your skills by playing Arcade."

- Fifth hint

"Use Star Cards to ensure your hero experience is personally tailored."

- Sixth hint

"Heroes will only regenerate a limited amount of health after taking damage."

- Seventh hint

Specific
"General Grievous' THRUST SURGE is a great way to close in on your opponent before destroying them with UNRELENTING ADVANCE."

- First hint

"General Grievous' CLAW RUSH provides for a quick escape while also reducing damage when used offensively."

- Second hint

"General Grievous' UNRELENTING ADVANCE will hinder his movement but it makes him an impassable threat in close quarters."

- Third hint

Emotes, Quotes and related Audio
"You are a bold one."
 * -|Emotes=

- First emote

"Crush them! Make them suffer!"

- Second emote

"Surrender, and I promise you will die quickly!"

- Third emote

"Your screams are like music to my audio-receptors!"

- Fourth emote

"*Cough*"

- Fifth emote

"Hello there!"

- Voice Over "Another world to conquer!"
 * -|In-game=

- Upon spawning

"This will be easier than Dathomir!"

- Upon spawning

"Die, filth!"

- Upon using Thrust Surge

"Come here!"

- Upon using Thrust Surge

"Careful!"

- Upon using Thrust Surge

"I'm coming for you!"

- Upon using Claw Rush

"Hahaha! Please, try to run!"

- Upon using Claw Rush

"Where do you think YOU'RE going?!"

- Upon using Claw Rush

"Four times the fun!"

- Upon using Unrelenting Advance

"Four lightsabers, then!"

- Upon using Unrelenting Advance

"Show them the meaning of pain!"

- While in action

"I grant you a Jedi's death!"

- While in action

"The Kaleesh are not known for their mercy."

- While in action

"Make peace with the Force now, for this is your final outing!"

- While in action

"Temper, temper! You know where anger leads..."

- While in action

"I want to see them cry!"

- While in action

"Now. Devastation tactics!"

- While in action

"I am surrounded by idiots!"

- When outnumbered

"You should have retreated."

- When outnumbering the enemy

"Grievous: Master, I have instructed my army. Take. No. Prisoners. Dooku: I have taught you well, my apprentice."
 * -|Banter=

- Banter between Count Dooku and General Grievous

"Grievous: So Kenobi, is everything going as planned? Obi-Wan Kenobi: That depends on your point of view."

- Banter between Obi-Wan Kenobi and General Grievous

"Anakin: Consider this payback for all the Jedi you've murdered! Grievous: Perhaps you'd like to choose which of their lightsabers I kill you with."

- Banter between Anakin Skywalker and General Grievous

"The Jedi Grand Master, at last."

- Banter with Yoda

"They will speak of your death for generations."

- Banter with Leia Organa

"A young Jedi, his weapon will be my trophy."

- Banter with Luke Skywalker

"Another lightsaber for my collection."

- Banter with Rey

"I shall eliminate this Wookiee."

- Banter with Chewbacca

"Not such a big deal, are you?"

- Banter with Finn

"Killing smuggler scum is beneath me."

- Banter with Han Solo

"So overdressed for someone about to die."

- Banter with Lando Calrissian

"How many arms does Grievous need?"
 * -|Announcers=

- Heroes vs. Villains announcer, when a Grievous player gets a 5-player killstreak

"Grievous makes today's Heroes suffer, as he delivers a crushing final blow."

- Heroes vs. Villains announcer, when a Grievous player gets the final game-winning kill

"Seems the arch-clanka Grievous has joined the battle."

- Republic announcer, when an opposing Grievous player spawns

"General Grievous has been spotted!"

- Republic announcer, when an opposing Grievous player spawns

Trivia

 * General Grievous is voiced by Matthew Wood, who previously voiced General Grievous in Revenge of the Sith and The Clone Wars as well as in the original Star Wars: Battlefront II.
 * Most of Grievous's emotes and quotes are from Revenge of the Sith and The Clone Wars. Furthermore, General Grievous was the first hero with more than four emotes, with a total of five.
 * His cough emote has 4 different coughs.
 * General Grievous's character model had actually been discovered in the game's files and leaked by "dataminers" multiple times prior to his official announcement. Additionally, some of his animations, abilities, and emotes were also datamined prior to their official announcements.
 * Upon release, voice lines were also datamined and leaked that hint towards two potential new heroes in the future: Padmé Amidala and Ahsoka Tano. However, they were never added to the game and with the August 26th Patch the live support for the game officially ended.
 * These voice lines included: "Tano, so it is to be a rematch then!" and "Senator Amidala, I presume."
 * Although General Grievous can block Force powers and deflect blaster bolts in the game, he is not a Force-user in the canon.
 * Also, he is the only saber user in the game without Force-sensitivity. The closest is the Commando Droid, because of the vibrosword.
 * According to Jay "Charlemagne" Ingram, Grievous took 8 months to create.

Updates
General Grievous Update
 * Added.

Battle of Geonosis Update
 * Shattered Armor Appearance added.
 * Increased Unrelenting Advance rotation speed.
 * Increased Unrelenting Advance damage from 75 to 110 points.
 * Increased rate at which Unrelenting Advance damage is applied by reducing the time between damage events from 1.5 seconds to 0.75 seconds.
 * Fixed an issue with Unrelenting Advance that would occasionally allow it to be re-triggered.
 * Fixed an issue with Unrelenting Advance where Grievous' hands would not be visibly spinning for other players.
 * Fixed an issue with Thrust Surge where Grievous would get locked into a spinning and running animation after activating the ability on a dead enemy.
 * Fixed an issue with Grievous' lightsabers where it would change halfway through the Thrust Surge animation.
 * Fixed a visual issue where Grievous' hand would be partially visible when observed from a distance.
 * Fixed an issue with Grievous' stun animation where it would last longer compared to other stunned heroes.
 * Fixed an issue with Grievous' Victory Poses where they would overlap with other heroes on the end-of-round screen.
 * Fixed an issue with the Line Up, Weaklings Star Card where upon equipping it Claw Rush would not deal damage to more than 1 enemy when playing on Arcade.
 * Improved the chances of Thrust Surge connecting with the enemy. Enemies who manage to get out of the way in a timely manner can still avoid Thrust Surge.
 * Improved reliability of Unrelenting Advance blocking incoming blaster shots from the front side. Unrelenting Advance will not be blocking explosive shots or special Hero abilities.
 * Improved Thrust Surge UI. The UI indicator comes up faster and more reliably when the ability is ready to be performed on an enemy.
 * Further iterated on the SFX, VFX, and animations of Grievous' movement, attacks, and abilities.

December Update
 * Fixed an issue where General Grievous would not deal additional damage when attacking from behind.
 * Fixed an issue where General Grievous would occasionally get stuck in an animation when hit by a Shock Grenade.
 * Fixed an issue where General Grievous would occasionally deal Unrelenting Advance damage by blocking.

Darth Tyranus Update
 * Fixed an issue where General Grievous could occasionally use Thrust Surge on a Speeder without animation or ability cooldown.

The Chosen One Update
 * Fixed an issue where General Grievous would get pulled farther than normal when affected by Force abilities.
 * Fixed an issue where the stamina bar for lightsaber heroes would not deplete when blocking Unrelenting Advance.
 * Added eye animatiosn to General Grievous when viewing him on the Appearances screen.

Capital Supremacy Update
 * Improved hero lightsaber combat in a variety of ways:
 * Removed staggering when a player attacks an enemy hero who is blocking.
 * A hero can no longer attack when they have no stamina.
 * Removed the stamina costs associated with pressing and holding block.
 * After being hit by a lightsaber, heroes and troopers will be unable to be staggered by a lightsaber attack for 0.8 seconds.
 * Fixed an issue where General Grievous would no longer be able to block projectiles when using Unrelenting Advance after previously holding the block button.

Giants Above Kachirho Update
 * Unrelenting Advance will now not be interrupted by opponents using Force powers.
 * Fixed an issue where rocket missiles and the ARC Trooper's Power Blast shots would occasionally pass through Unrelenting Advance.

Siege of Kamino Update
 * Increased rate at which Unrelenting Advance damage is applied by decreasing the time between damage events from 0.5 seconds to 0.45 seconds.
 * Note: in a previous update it was stated that the time between damage events was 0.75 seconds, not 0.5 seconds.
 * Increased damage per second of Unrelenting Advance by 10%. The value of the initial damage remains the same as the base damage.
 * Fixed an issue where the time between the first and second damage event during Unrelenting Advance could be longer than intended.
 * Fixed an issue where Unrelenting Advance wouldn't register if General Grievous wasn't very close to the target.
 * Tweaked values for Unrelenting Advance to make it more effective.

Where are those Droidekas? Update
 * Fixed an issue where General Grievous was no longer able to block with the Unrelenting Advance ability if activated after holding the block button.

July 2019 Update
 * Animated Victory Pose "Duelist" and Voice Over "Hello there!" added, available by completing limited-time special event challenges.

Roger Roger Update
 * General Grievous now gains health from every kill automatically, no Star Card required.
 * General Grievous is now immune to pushes and staggers during Claw Rush.
 * Community Request: Jump gravity and speed has been improved for General Grievous.
 * General Grievous' health-on-kill Star Card named Cyborg Rage has been replaced with Flesh Is Weak.
 * Fixed an issue with Claw Rush where General Grievous would occasionally get stuck in the animation when performing the ability against a moving or dying opponent.
 * Fixed a spelling mistake on the description of the Deadly Slashes Star Card.
 * There can be occurrences where General Grievous is still affected by pushes or staggers during Clash Rush if a related ability is used at the same time as Claw Rush.

Cooperation Update
 * When hero abilities are interrupted by another ability, the interrupted ability will become instantly available so it can be used again. Before this, the interrupted ability would enter its cooldown despite not triggering.
 * Fixed an issue where lightsaber deflect VFX would not always appear when using Unrelenting Advance on a blocking lightsaber hero.

Another Night on Endor Update
 * Hero abilities will not get canceled when heroes are hit with melee attacks. Additionally, a melee attack right after a lightsaber attack should not stagger the hero.
 * Heroes and troopers are now immune to staggers for 0.7 seconds after having been staggered. This is applicable to staggering abilities, melee attacks, as well as lightsaber attacks.
 * Heroes and troopers are now able to move and use abilities after having been staggered 0.15 seconds earlier.
 * Reduced the time length of staggers when hit from behind by 0.15 seconds for all heroes and troopers.
 * Unrelenting Advance now drains lightsaber stamina equal to 7 blocked lightsaber attacks.
 * Fixed an issue where health-on-kill would occasionally award the wrong amount of health when killing troopers.
 * Fixed an issue with Thrust Surge where it could sometimes be refunded, despite hitting enemies.
 * Fixed an issue with Thrust Surge where if used on a moving target,it would occasionally cause General Grievous to spin.
 * Fixed an issue with Unrelenting Advance that would cause General Grievous to get stuck after using the ability.
 * Fixed an issue with Claw Rush where it could be reset when activating it when falling from certain heights.
 * Fixed an issue with Unrelenting Advance where it could get cancelled by melee attacks.
 * Pass on General Grievous's abilities, allowing players to regain control over the character earlier after the ability animation has ended:
 * Thrust Surge: Letting Grievous evade 0.3 seconds earlier. Grievous can move and use his abilities 0.15 seconds earlier after hitting a target.
 * Thrust Surge: Letting Grievous evade 1 second earlier and use his abilities 0.4 seconds earlier after not hitting a target.

The Celebration Update
 * Changed the stamina reduction of the Sith Trained Star Card from 40% to 25%.

BB Update
 * Fixed an issue with Unrelenting Advance that would cause General Grievous to drain too much stamina from an opposing player.

February 12th Patch
 * Fixed an issue with Claw Rush where it could completely drain the stamina of an opponent.

The Age of Rebellion Update
 * Fixed visual issue with the footprint of General Grievous.
 * Fixed an issue with Unrelenting Advance where the animation would sometimes not be visible to other players.

Battle on Scarif Update
 * Claw Rush now follows the direction of the camera instead of the character model.
 * With the above changes, Grievous can now turn rapidly during Claw Rush allowing him to rush over an enemy multiple times, dealing damage each time.
 * Fixed an issue that would cause General Grievous' abilities to be interrupted by abilities and melee attacks of other players.
 * Fixed an issue that would allow the player to trigger the Unrelenting Advance ability twice, causing Grievous to repeat the animation endlessly.

August 26th Patch
 * To address how Claw Rush has been used since its changes in the Battle on Scarif Update, General Grievous can now only hit an enemy once with a single use of Claw Rush.