To unlock Grievous at 4* you need 18,000 shard shop currency. That's 1,200 shards traded in.- If you finish GW every day and finish in the top 200 of arena, you can earn 25 shards per day. It will take you 48 days to unlock him. To get him to 7*, another 198 days (6.5 months).- If you also farm (8-energy) Cantina nodes for him you will cut that by about 20% per refresh. If you refresh twice, that's another 15 shards per day or around 30 days, with another 4 months to 7* him.- If on top of that you use Cantina shipments too, cut it by another 10% per refresh. On a double-refresh, you total on average 47.5 shards per day, or 25 days for 4*, 104 more for 7*.Of course, by the time you 7* him, he'll be out of the meta and average at best. Guaranteed.I'm just feeling grateful that he's a character I hate. My sympathies to fans of Grievous with sane spending habits.

3,300 shards to unlock and get him to 7*. To put it into perspective, that's the same as unlocking 10 other 4 star characters, then getting them all to 7*.His speed is atrocious btw.

"Gurley30;148141" wrote:OP complains so much in every thread. Good godLol - like 90% of the op is math - very little complaining, if any. And at least he is contributing something....rather than just jumping into a thread to piss all over it.

I know he has an interesting skill set, but his max stats are >10K hp AND > 100 speed. I don't see him being a true game changer ....

"Baggodix;148097" wrote:Or you wait a while and he goes into circulation like lando and qgj. That's why I'd never spend to get him. With my luck I'd buy him and he'd be farmable in a week. Lol.That will not happen as he is somehow available free to play. Chromium toons will be made available before him.

From the day 1 release of this game until today has been approximately 3 months. I have a 5* Vader. I may have a 7* in another 3 months if achievements are added.Grevious is going to be the same way. Just keep farming for the other characters you want, and in 6 months, you'll have everyone except Vader and Grevious complete. At that point, all of your shards will become shop currency anyway.

Non-whales: here's what it will take to get Grievous

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Killgore1981
10 years ago
3,300 shards to unlock and get him to 7*. To put it into perspective, that's the same as unlocking 10 other 4 star characters, then getting them all to 7*.

His speed is atrocious btw.
Nikoms565
10 years ago
"Gurley30;148141" wrote:
OP complains so much in every thread. Good god

Lol - like 90% of the op is math - very little complaining, if any. And at least he is contributing something....rather than just jumping into a thread to piss all over it.
smooth2772
10 years ago
I know he has an interesting skill set, but his max stats are >10K hp AND > 100 speed. I don't see him being a true game changer ....
dfde9646975df31
10 years ago
"Baggodix;148097" wrote:
Or you wait a while and he goes into circulation like lando and qgj. That's why I'd never spend to get him. With my luck I'd buy him and he'd be farmable in a week. Lol.

That will not happen as he is somehow available free to play. Chromium toons will be made available before him.
PilotRice
10 years ago
From the day 1 release of this game until today has been approximately 3 months. I have a 5* Vader. I may have a 7* in another 3 months if achievements are added.

Grevious is going to be the same way. Just keep farming for the other characters you want, and in 6 months, you'll have everyone except Vader and Grevious complete. At that point, all of your shards will become shop currency anyway.
smooth2772
10 years ago
"Willkimm98;148215" wrote:
"JoshG;148207" wrote:
I know he has an interesting skill set, but his max stats are >10K hp AND > 100 speed. I don't see him being a true game changer ....

<10k and < 100 speed

97<100

Thanks math police. U get my point...
US_Underdog
10 years ago
Am I the only one thinking that his basic is an Anti Dooku attack. It can't be countered. Also GG is way to hard to get, especially since he is Shard Shop exclusive, at least make him a Chromium toon too.
DynasticRose84
10 years ago
Thanks for the calculations. Personally I won't farm him, I'll go after Yoda instead. In 7* five Jedis I'll get a free Yoda. Besides QGJ and Lumi are pretty solid characters anyways.
smooth2772
10 years ago
"Willkimm98;148241" wrote:
"JoshG;148233" wrote:
"Willkimm98;148215" wrote:
"JoshG;148207" wrote:
I know he has an interesting skill set, but his max stats are >10K hp AND > 100 speed. I don't see him being a true game changer ....

<10k and < 100 speed

97<100

Thanks math police. U get my point...

Next time it is math prison, aka cube roots!

Lol
upoopedupants
10 years ago
"Pilot;148221" wrote:
From the day 1 release of this game until today has been approximately 3 months. I have a 5* Vader. I may have a 7* in another 3 months if achievements are added.

Grevious is going to be the same way. Just keep farming for the other characters you want, and in 6 months, you'll have everyone except Vader and Grevious complete. At that point, all of your shards will become shop currency anyway.

If I wait for them to be last...
It will take me about:
121 days to run out GW shipment heroes
254 days to run out of Cantina Mission heroes
269 days to run out of Arena shipment heroes
365 days for Cantina shipment heroes
541 days for regular energy heroes

So in 6 months, ~183 days, I wouldn't even have him unlocked.

"Killgire1981;148137" wrote:
3,300 shards to unlock and get him to 7*. To put it into perspective, that's the same as unlocking 10 other 4 star characters, then getting them all to 7*.

His speed is atrocious btw.

uhhh no its worse than that. Normal hero is 10 to 1, Grievous is 15-1.