Star Wars: Galaxy Of Heroes Adds Grand Admiral Thrawn

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EA have released patch notes on the latest update to Star Wars Galaxy Of Heroes,  here are the details:

What’s New
• Grand Admiral Thrawn
• Grand Admiral Thrawn Legendary Event
• New Guild Banners
• Bug Fixes

Grand Admiral Thrawn arrives in Galaxy of Heroes!

It’s zero hour, and the galaxy sees its biggest threat yet! Will you be the architect of your own destruction?

Gather your Phoenix Squadron characters to defeat and collect Grand Admiral Thrawn in this very rare multi-tiered event!

  • Start: 06-15-2017 07:00 UTC | End: 06-22-2017 07:00 UTC
  • Each Tier will indicate the required Star Count of the Phoenix Characters

CHARACTERS

Grand Admiral Thrawn
• 5 Star Dark Side character with the Empire and Support roles
o The first Empire character who can dispel debuffs on allies and can create a new debuff, Fracture!
Basic: Manipulate
• Base: Characters: Deal Special damage to target enemy and grant them Speed Up for 1 turn. When this Speed Up expires, inflict Ability Block for 1 turn, which can’t be Resisted.
Special 1: Fracture
• Base: Deal Special damage to target enemy 4 times, dispel all buffs on them, remove 50% Turn Meter, and inflict Fracture until the start of Thrawn’s next turn, or until Thrawn is defeated. This Fracture can’t be Copied or Dispelled. This attack can’t be Evaded or Resisted.
Special 2: Grand Admiral’s Command
• Base: Swap Turn Meter with target other ally. Dispel all debuffs on Thrawn and that ally, and they recover 5-40% Protection.
Leader: Legendary Strategist
• Base: Empire allies have +5-15% Max Protection, +15-25% Offense, and gain 10-20% Turn Meter whenever they Resist a detrimental effect or suffer a debuff. Empire allies gain a new Special ability, Maneuver: Dispel all debuffs on this character and gain 50% Turn Meter.
Unique: Ebb and Flow
• Base: Thrawn has +50-100% Counter Chance, +50-100% Tenacity, and -50% Speed while any enemies are Fractured. Whenever another Empire ally uses a Special ability while Thrawn is active, that ally gains 3-15% Turn Meter and, if any enemies are Fractured, Thrawn loses 3-15% Turn Meter.

EVENTS

The Artist of War

• Start: 06-15-2017 07:00 UTC | End: 06-22-2017 07:00 UTC
• Recommended Level: 20+
• Required Characters: Any combination of Phoenix Squadron
• Structure:
o There are 7 Tiers of missions, each one consisting of 4 battles/encounters
o Each Tier will indicate the required Star Count of the Phoenix Characters for it
o Each Tier can only be completed once, which unlocks the next Tier
• Rewards: Shards for Grand Admiral Thrawn
o Tier 1-4 = 25 shards each, Tier 5 = 45 shards, Tier 6 = 85 shards, Tier 7 = 100 shards

OTHER
• Adding (10) new options for Guild Banners

Bug Fixes
• Boba Fett: “Bounty Hunter’s Resolve” now correctly indicates that it can’t be prevented.
• Emperor Palpatine: “Crackling Doom” will no longer score Critical Hits while “Lord of Hunger” (leader ability of Darth Nihilus) is in effect.
• Ezra Bridger: “Watch and Learn” will now correctly grant Ezra 100% Critical Chance.
• Hera Syndulla: “Backup Plan” now correctly indicates that it can’t be prevented.
• The Phoenix Flash events Bonus Tier requirements bug has been updated! There was a bug discovered where players would have five, 5* Phoenix members including Chopper and were unable to play the event. The requirements for the tier have been updated to accommodate for this bug. Requirements now: Hera Syndulla, Garazeb “Zeb” Orrelios, Kanan Jarrus, Sabine Wren, and Ezra Bridger (5-star or higher).

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