March 23, 2015 Patch Notes

Spec Op 25: Runaways
Under the careful watch and guidance of Agent Coulson, Maria Hill, and Hawkeye, the Runaways embark on an undercover operation in the criminal underworld, searching for answers to the coded message left behind by the missing Director Fury.

Features
To maintain their cover, the Runaways are used for nearly every encounter in Spec Op 25. They appear as playable characters, even if players do not yet own them. This also provides a sneak peek at Victor Mancha, the upcoming PVP Season 20 Reward Hero!

Spec Op 25 also features three new Heroic Battles, with exclusive Empowered Iso-8 rewards.

Dates

 * Start: 3/23/2015
 * End: 4/16/2015 @ 11:00 Pacific (18:00 UTC)

Rewards

 * Chase Stein & Old Lace
 * New Empowered Iso-8
 * Wayward Gear Set

Spec Op 25 Reward Hero: Chase Stein & Old Lace
Bio – Chase Stein was an average high school student who was good at sports and even better at slacking off, much to the chagrin of his genius-level inventor parents. Chase and his friends ran away from home when they found out that their parents were part of a murderous super villain group known as The Pride. While investigating his parent's workshop, Chase came across many of his parent's inventions, including a pair of X-Ray Goggles and a set of weaponized Fistigons. A while later, Chase's girlfriend, Gertrude Yorkes, died in his arms… twice, bestowing upon him her Empathic Link with Old Lace, a genetically engineered dinosaur from the 87th century. They fight crime!

Class: Scrapper
 * Passive: Empathic Link
 * Chase Stein and Old Lace are Empathically Linked
 * Attacking grants a stack of Empathic Bond
 * Talkback
 * Chance to counter:
 * Melee actions with Fistigons: Firestarter
 * Buff & Debuff actions with Fistigons: Shock of the Lightning
 * Range actions with Fistigons: Boom Boom pow
 * Runaways Rallying Cry
 * All allies gain "Try Not To Die" when two or more Runaways are present at the beginning of combat

Action 1: Fistigons
 * Unlocked at Level 1
 * Multi-Function

Fistigons: Firestarter
 * Targets One Enemy
 * Type:, ,
 * One Enemy
 * Burning
 * Taking damage every turn
 * Defense reduced
 * Cancelled by chilled
 * Immobilized
 * Unable to use Melee abilities

Fistigons: Shock of the Lightning
 * Targets One Enemy
 * Type:, ,
 * One Enemy
 * Static Charge
 * Nearby electric attacks may chain to this target, causing extra damage
 * Flustered
 * Unable to use Buff abilities
 * Perplexed
 * Unable to use Debuff abilities

Fistigons: Boom Boom Pow
 * Targets One Enemy
 * Type:, ,
 * One Enemy
 * Brittle Armor
 * All attacks against this target ignore defense
 * Shaken
 * Unable to use Ranged abilities

Action 2: "Get 'em Old Lace!"
 * Unlocked at Level 2
 * Targets One Enemy
 * Type: ,
 * One Enemy
 * Flanked
 * Single-target attacks against this target grant a follow-up attack
 * Disadvantage
 * Creates a negative effect according to the class of the target

Action 3: X-Ray Goggles
 * Unlocked at Level 6
 * Targets One Enemy
 * Type: ,
 * One Enemy
 * Special Properties
 * Subtle
 * Does not trigger most status effects
 * One Enemy
 * Targeted
 * Attacks against this target are guaranteed to hit and crit
 * Deinonychus Denouement
 * Old Lace joins in with attacks against this target

Action 4: Team Rocket
 * Unlocked at Level 9
 * Targets All Enemy
 * 1 Round Cooldown
 * Type:, , ,
 * All Enemies
 * Pressure Points
 * Has a chance to cause Dizzy, Exposed, Slowed, or Weakened
 * Intimidated
 * Reduces Attack, Accuracy, and Evasion
 * Shell Shocked
 * Takes damage after using an offensive action

New Villain: Flag Smasher
Morgenthau, Thierrault, some guy named Carl: Many have taken up the mantle of Flag-Smasher, leader of the Underground Liberated Totally Integrated Mobile Army To Unite Mankind (U.L.T.I.M.A.T.U.M.), an enemy to nationalism and displays of jingoism.

New Villain Faction: The U.L.T.I.M.A.T.U.M.
Underground Liberated Totally Integrated Mobile Army To Unite Mankind.

Heroes

 * The rest of Runaways heroes added.
 * Changed uniform name from Classic Karolina Dean to Original Karolina Dean
 * Changed uniform name from Classic Molly Hayes to Original Molly Hayes
 * Changed uniform name from Classic Molly Hayes to Original Molly Hayes
 * Changed uniform name from Classic Molly Hayes to Original Molly Hayes

Effects

 * Reduced Potential effects have been renamed
 * From Butterfingers to Immobilized
 * From Too Far to Shaken
 * From Unhelpful to Flustered
 * From Unoffensive to Perplexed
 * Reduced Potential now gains debuffs at the time
 * Reduced Potential no longer stacks
 * Reduced Potential no longer stacks
 * Reduced Potential no longer stacks