June 16, 2016 Patch Notes

Spec Op 35: Stare into the Black Vortex

S.H.I.E.L.D. and their allies have never failed to keep Earth safe, but the sudden arrival of Mantis, Moondragon, and the artifact known as the Black Vortex, may finally tip the scales. The Black Vortex promises untold power to any who look into its depths. Cosmic power and clandestine antagonists promise a fierce fight between the forces of Earth and those from beyond.

Features

Spec Op 35 features Mantis and Moondragon.

Dates

Start: 6/16/2016
End: 7/15/2016 @ 14:00 Pacific (21:00 UTC)

Rewards

Mantis

Details

Spec Op 35 Reward Hero: Mantis

Bio – Mantis was raised by a secret sect of Kree living on Earth called the Priests of Pama. They trained her in the martial arts and unlocked her psychic potential, believing that she would one day fulfill a prophecy as the Celestial Madonna, the mother to the perfect being. Erasing her memories, they allowed her to return to the outside world to gain real life experience. She joined the Avengers but eventually left Earth to complete the prophecy. Mantis gave birth to a son and allowed him to be raised by the Priests of Pama while she explored the cosmos. She was imprisoned by the true Kree where she met Star-Lord, and together, they set the groundwork for building the Guardians of the Galaxy.

• Class: Scrapper
  • Passive: Cosmic Calculations
    • Chance to Counterattack actions with Disadvantage
    • Pre-counters enemies that have Impaired, Neutralized, Off-Balance, Winded, Exhausted, or Intimidated.
  • Passive: Premonition
    • Chance to apply Rising Up to alles before they attack
  • Passive: Psychic Warding
    • Taking less damage from Psychic attacks and effects
    • Removes one negative Psychic effect every round
• Action 1: Vital Strike
  • Unlocked at Level 1
  • Targets One Enemy
  • Type: Melee, Unarmed
  • Special Properties
    • Exploits Combos
      • Deals extra damage against targets with Combo Setup
  • One Enemy
    • Disadvantage
      • Creates a negative effect according to the class and beneficial buffs of the target
• Action 2: Telekinetic Shielding
  • Unlocked at Level 2
  • Targets One Ally
  • 2 Round Cooldown
  • Type: Buff, Psychic
  • Special Properties
    • Psychic Attack
      • Ignores most Avoidance, Shield, Counter, and Protect effects
    • Quick Action
      • Grants an immediate free turn after using
      • Does not trigger follow-up attacks
      • Can only use 1 Quick Action each round
  • One Ally
    • Psychokinetic Shield
      • Reduced damage from melee & ranged attacks
      • Performing non-psychic actions removes Psychokinetic Shield
• Action 3: Psychic Transferal
  • Unlocked at Level 6
  • Targets One Ally
  • 2 Round Cooldown
  • Type: Psychic Buff
  • Special Properties
    • Psychic Attack
      • Ignores most Avoidance, Shield, Counter, and Protect effects
  • One Ally
    • Extra Turn
      • Taking an extra turn
      • Only one extra turn may be taken each round
    • Potential Unleashed (1 round)
      • Raises all stats for one round
      • Removes debuffs when applied
• Action 4: Pama Strike
  • Unlocked at Level 9
  • Target One Enemy
  • Type: Melee, Unarmed
  • One Enemy
    • Rattled (2 rounds)
      • Taking extra damage from counter and follow-up attacks
    • Combo Setup (2 rounds)
      • The next unarmed attack against this target deals extra damage

New Boss: Moondragon

Heather Douglas possesses incredible psionic abilities, leading her to the Dragon of the Moon. Its corrupting influence invokes rash, arrogant, and prideful behavior, resulting in her adopting the name of Moondragon.

Fixes & Updates

Changes to Psychic and Radiation resistances

Psychic

• New Status: Psychic Suppression - Prevents Psychic resist and immunities from functioning while the debuff is active (2 round duration). Some exceptions include characters such as Magneto, Juggernaut, and mechanical enemies.
• Resist Psychic (Resist Psychic Buff) are now called Psychic Warding and function as other Warding statuses do. Damage from Psychic Attacks is reduced to 50% and one Psychic Debuff is removed every round.
  • E-Iso: Strong Will
  • Transcranial Stimulator
  • The Experiment
  • Cable - Passive
  • Colossus - Passive
  • Fantomex - Passive
  • Phoenix - Passive

Radiation

• Resist Radiation Effects is now Radiation Warding and follow the same uniform of reducing Radiation damage by half and removing a Radiation debuff each round.
  • Cybernetic Glaive
  • Nascent Glaive
  • Rune of Resolve
  • Radiation Suit

Undocumented

Effects

 Deep Thought

• Changed description from 'will cost' to 'costs'.

 Ionized

• Now works as intended.

 Psychic Vampire

• Changed description
  • From:
    • Steals health from an enemy. Steals more when the enemy has "weak mind"
  • To:
    • Steals health from an enemy
    • Steals more when the enemy has Weak Mind

 Psychic Warding

• Changed name from Mental Resilience to Psychic Warding
• Changed description
  • From:
    • Chance to block psychic attacks
    • Taking less damage from psychic attacks
  • To:
    • Taking less damage from Psychic attacks and effects
    • Removes one negative Psychic effect every round

 Radiation Suit

• Changed description
  • From:
    • Immune to harmful Radiation effects
    • Stealthy attacks cause Overexposure
  • To:
    • Taking less damage from Radiation attacks and effects
    • Removes one negative Radiation effect every round

 Radiation Warding

• Changed name from Resist Radiation Effects to Radiation Warding
• Changed icon from
  
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• Changed description
  • From:
    • Prevents new applications of Radiation Effects
  • To:
    • Taking less damage from Radiation attacks and effects
    • Removes one negative Radiation effect every round

Heroes

Death Locket

• Rapid Fire, Flamethrower, and Mega Blast added Tech type.

Deathlok

• Incinerator Ray added Tech type.

Omega Sentinel

• Plasma Knife added Tech type.

Rescue

• Flyby Attack added Tech type.

War Machine

• Blade Punch added Tech type.

Team-Up Bonuses

• Added Team-Up Bonuses
  • ZERO TO HERO - Hellcat
  • LOST AND FOUND - Drax
  • CLOSE COUNSEL - Star-Lord
  • CELESTIAL MADONNA

External Links

• Original Patch Notes on Playdom Forums.