General Grievous comes to Star Wars Battlefront II next week

Finally another new hero is making their way to challenge the competition in Star Wars Battlefront II. Everyone's favourite Clone Wars era Kaleesh cyborg, General Grievous. This wonderful news is like music to my audio receptors.

General Grievous makes his way to Star Wars Battlefront II next week
General Grievous will finally be making his way to the Star Wars Battlefront II roster next week on October 30, after many weeks of teases from EA and even some image leaks of the character.

Earlier this week EA released a new community transmission on the games forums, revealing everything that you will need to know about the upcoming update that will add General Grievous to the expanding roster of heroes in Star Wars Battlefront II.

Below is a list of a few things from the community transmission that detail what you can expect when playing as General Grievous:

Abilities

  • Thrust Surge – General Grievous focuses on a target in front of him and rushes to them while doing a stab motion with all 4 of his lightsabers.
  • Claw Rush  General Grievous goes down on all 6 limbs and rushes forward, damaging and pushing away any enemies in his path.
  • Unrelenting Advance General Grievous spins two lightsabers over his head and can advance on his enemies. While this is active, Grievous blocks any frontal attacks and damages enemies in front of him.

Star Cards

  • Beating Heart
    • Effects: Increased Health Regeneration
    • Description: General Grievous has increased maximum health regeneration.
  • Cyborg Rage
    • Effects: Health Regained
    • Description: Whenever General Grievous defeats an enemy trooper he regains 20 health. Whenever he defeats an enemy hero, he regains even more.
  • Sith Trained
    • Effects: Increased Damage and Stamina Drain
    • Description: General Grievous deals extra damage with his lightsaber attacks but they drain more stamina.
  • Jedi Killer
    • Effects: Increased Reach
    • Description: General Grievous can target enemies further when using Thrust Surge.
  • Momentum
    • Effects: Increased Damage
    • Description: Thrust surge deals more damage to targets further than X meters.
  • Cowardly Retreat
    • Effects: Damage Reduction
    • Description: General Grievous has more damage reduction while Claw Rush is active.
  • Line up, Weaklings
    • Effects: Increased Damage
    • Description: After one enemy has been hit, Claw Rush deals more damage.
  • Ceaseless Assault
    • Effects: Increased Active Time
    • Description: Unrelenting Advance can stay active for a longer period.
  • Deadly Slashes
    • Effects: Increased Damage
    • Description: Unrelenting Advance deals more damage.

Voice Lines

  • “You are a bold one.”
  • “Your lightsabers will make a fine addition to my collection.”
  • “You must realise you are doomed.”
  • “I wield great power, Jedi fool.”
  • “The story of Obi-Wan Kenobi ends here!”
  • “Make peace with the Force now, for this is your final outing.”
  • “Your screams are like music to my audio receptors.”
  • “The Kaleesh are not known for their mercy.”
  • “This will be easier than Dathomir.”
  • “A general welcomes all challengers.”
  • “(laughing) This calls for a celebration!”
  • “Now! Devastation tactics!”
  • “Do not cling to me like a dianoga! Attack!”
  • “Temper temper! You know where anger leads…”

This announcement follows after being shown back in the beginning of October with an update to the games Roadmap, which details what improvements and add-ons are being planned for the game in the coming months. Another being the inclusion of hero Obi-Wan Kenobi and the new location of Geonosis sometime in November.

Star Wars Battlefront II is available now for PC, PS4 and Xbox One.

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