Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes: General Grievous Guide

To get the most out of General Grievous in Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes, deploy him as an offensive disruptor who suppresses enemy healing, removes turn meter, and punishes evasion-heavy targets. Because Grievous depends on sacrificing teammates to survive incoming burst damage, always field him alongside durable Droid allies capable of absorbing forced taunts.

Ability Breakdown and Tactical Priorities

Grievous relies on guaranteed physical hits and squad-wide debuffs to control the pace of combat. Managing his skill rotation requires tracking enemy turn meters, active cleansing abilities, and allied health pools.

How to Maximize Grievous in Combat

Bypass Evasion with Furious Assault

Opponents relying on dodge mechanics, foresight, or evasion-based leadership skills waste offensive turns when your attacks miss. Grievous's basic attack, Furious Assault, completely ignores evasion checks. Reserve this attack for finishing off fragile, high-dodge targets rather than gambling on a special ability that might miss.

Shut Down Sustain with Grievous Wounds

Grievous Wounds neutralizes teams built around passive regeneration, active burst healers, or health-steal mechanics by blanketing the enemy squad with Healing Immunity. Do not fire this skill into an opposing cleanser with full turn meter. Wait until cleansing abilities are on cooldown or enemy tanks have already committed their shields, ensuring the healing block remains active while your squad focuses down priority targets.

Control Momentum with Sinister Laugh

Sinister Laugh strips enemy turn meter while applying Potency Down and Health Down. Using this ability against enemies with empty turn meters wastes its primary control value. Hold the ability until several opponents approach full meters. The accompanying Potency Down drastically lowers the chance that enemies will successfully land crowd-control debuffs, such as stuns and ability blocks, on your squad.

Squad Building and Survival Strategy

Grievous cannot sustain direct focus fire on his own. His unique passive, Tactical Retreat, triggers when his health drops below critical thresholds, immediately granting him Stealth, clearing his negative status effects, and granting Taunt to a healthy allied Droid.

To prevent this mechanic from backfiring, follow these squad construction guidelines:

• Anchor with Durable Tanks: Deploy high-armor protectors such as IG-100 MagnaGuard or B2 Super Battle Droid. These units possess the armor and health pools required to survive forced taunts without disintegrating.
• Avoid Fragile Support Pairings: If Grievous is surrounded solely by low-health attackers, Tactical Retreat will force taunts onto your primary secondary damage dealers, crippling your squad's output.
• Evaluate Leadership Needs: Running Grievous under his own Daunting Presence leadership provides strong passive damage mitigation against critical-reliant squads. However, it offers no offensive speed or turn meter gains for your allies, meaning battles become wars of attrition where your tanks must outlast the enemy's remaining damage.