March 15, 2016 Patch Notes

Spec Op 33: Masters of Evil: Headhunting
S.H.I.E.L.D. finds itself confronted with byzantine machinations and the disappearance of the newest generation of heroes. Led on a wild chase, they must confront the dark question - if S.H.I.E.L.D. can't keep young heroes safe what else may have fallen through the cracks?

Features
Spec Op 33 features Cammi Benally.

Dates

 * Start: 3/11/2016
 * End: 4/11/2016 @ 14:00 Pacific (21:00 UTC)
 * Note: The game currently shows 4/7 as the end date. A patch will be applied to fix this so it will end on 4/11

Rewards

 * Cammi Benally
 * Deathlok Set

Spec Op 33 Reward Hero: Cammi Benally
Bio – Camille "Cammi" Benally was living with her alcoholic mother in Coot's Bluff, Alaska until Drax the Destroyer crash-landed on Earth in a prison ship. Drax protected Cammi from the escaped convicts attacking her town before taking her into space. Cammi stayed with Drax as he joined the Guardians of the Galaxy, but eventually, the two parted ways. Cammi started to fall in with the wrong crowd, committing various crimes across the Galaxy. She was eventually apprehended and exiled to Earth. Ever since her time in space, Cammi has been unable to return to a normal life and is continuously drawn into a life of superheroics.


 * Class: Tactician
 * Passive: Teenage Astro Girl
 * Gains Grit when Attacking
 * Counters with Reduced Potential & Shield Slam
 * Passive: Survival Training/Buff
 * Damage is reduced by 50% while Health is over 80%
 * Action 1: Plasma Shot
 * Unlocked at Level 1
 * Targets One Enemy
 * Type:, , ,
 * One Enemy
 * Radiation Exposure (3 rounds)
 * Deals damage every turn
 * Increases damage taken from energy attacks
 * Ionized (3 rounds)
 * Taking additional damage from Radiation Exposure
 * Action 2: Gadget
 * Unlocked at Level 2
 * Special Properties
 * Multi-Function
 * Can be used to perform different actions
 * Subtle
 * Does not trigger most status effects
 * Distraction
 * Targets One Enemy
 * 2 Round Cooldown
 * Type:, ,
 * Special Properties
 * Quick Action
 * Grants an immediate free turn after using
 * Does not trigger follow-up attacks
 * Can only use 1 Quick Action each round
 * Subtle
 * Does not trigger most status effects
 * One Enemy
 * Flanked (1 round)
 * Single-target attacks against this target grant a follow-up attack
 * Targeted (1 round)
 * Attacks against this target are guaranteed to hit and crit
 * Self
 * Grit
 * Increases Attack, Defense, Accuracy, and Evasion
 * Stacks up to 5 times
 * Gather Intel
 * Targets Self
 * 2 Round Cooldown
 * Type: ,
 * Special Properties
 * Quick Action
 * Grants an immediate free turn after using
 * Does not trigger follow-up attacks
 * Can only use 1 Quick Action each round
 * Subtle
 * Does not trigger most status effects
 * Self
 * Combat Expertise (1 round)
 * Counter-attacks when attacked by any attack
 * Dynamic Edge (1 round)
 * Attacks Gain Advantage, dealing extra damage against targets with Reduced Potential Debuffs
 * Defensive Matrix
 * Targets Self
 * 3 Round Cooldown
 * Type: ,
 * Special Properties
 * Grit Reserve
 * Consumes all stacks of Grit to gain Health
 * Quick Action
 * Grants an immediate free turn after using
 * Does not trigger follow-up attacks
 * Can only use 1 Quick Action each round
 * Subtle
 * Does not trigger most status effects
 * Self
 * Covered (1 round)
 * Taking 50% damage from all attacks
 * Shield (1 round)
 * Shield effect absorbs incoming damage
 * Action 3: Jet Pack Combo
 * Unlocked at Level 6
 * Targets One Enemy
 * Type: ,
 * One Enemy
 * Magnetized Blast Mine
 * Surrounded by blast explosives
 * Explodes when Magnetized or Detonated
 * Does not detonate on counter-attacks or follow-ups
 * Triggered Explosion gains Paragon Exploiter, Exploit Attrition, and ignores defense
 * Cluster Mines
 * Chance to apply Magnetic Blast Mines to all enemies
 * Reduced Potential (2 rounds)
 * Chance to Lock Out Melee, Range, Buff, or Debuff Abilities
 * Action 4: Charge Shot
 * Unlocked at Level 9
 * Targets One Enemy
 * 2 round cooldown
 * Type:, , ,
 * Special Properties
 * Detonator
 * Detonates explosives on enemy targets
 * Exploit Radiation
 * Deals extra damage against targets with Radiation Exposure, Irradiated, or Radiation Fatigue
 * True Grit
 * Consumes all stacks of Grit to deal extra damage
 * Self
 * Kicks Like a Mule (2 turns)
 * Lose next turn

New Villain: Death Locket
A failed assassination attempt on Rebecca Ryker's father by rebels from the future left Rebecca seriously injured. Using his knowledge of cybernetics, Rebecca's father turned his daughter into a Deathlok in order to save her life.

Updates and Improvements
The following changes have been made to balance immunities and resistances in the game in order to allow a more diverse playing field.


 * A Resist Stun status has been added. This status has a chance to remove a stun effect from a character before their turn begins.
 * Molly Hayes' Determined is now a stun resist rather than stun immunity
 * Relentless Empowered Iso-8 is now a stun resist rather than a stun immunity
 * The following gear pieces have been given stun resist to replace their stun immunity: Pulse Blade, Scythe of Atum, Uterpendragon, Menacing Pulse, and Monstrosity
 * Some changes to Magic Warding have been made. Magic Warding and similar passives and effects no longer make characters immune to magic effects. Instead, characters who are receiving the benefits of Magic Warding (and similar statuses) will receive half damage from magic (type) attacks and debuffs, as well as remove one negative magic effect each round.
 * Heroic Age Iron Fist's Pure of Spirit has been changed to a magic reduction passive
 * Black Knight's Pentecostal Oath has been changed to the new version of Magic Warding
 * Doctor Voodoo's Houngan Supreme has been changed to the new version of Magic Warding
 * Elsa Bloodstone's Bloodgem Choker has been changed to the new version of Magic Warding
 * Hexenjaeger, Skeptic, and Lantern of Doom now apply the new version of Magic Warding

New Empowered Iso-8

 * Complex Maneuver Empowered Iso-8
 * Rock Star Empowered Iso-8
 * Tranquil Senses Empowered Iso-8

New Augmented Iso-8

 * Ailing A-Iso-8
 * Bolstering Fortitude A-Iso-8
 * Burdening A-Iso-8
 * Collapsing A-Iso-8
 * Disseminating A-Iso-8
 * Lethal A-Iso-8
 * Mending A-Iso-8
 * Mauling A-Iso-8
 * Steely A-Iso-8
 * Volatile A-Iso-8

Features

 * Max featured items, heroes, and gear display increased to 24, from 12, 4, 12, respectively

Effects

 * Vampiric tooltip updated from 'Agent' to 'Hero'
 * Unpossessed no longer procs on bypass lockout effects
 * Deflector Shield now has resistant to stun effects
 * Blast Wave damage reduced
 * Blast Mine reduced in 20%
 * Magnetized Blast Mine reduced in 40%
 * , that increases by 25% of Health, now has animation when attacked

Heroes
Angrir, Breaker of Souls
 * Succubus: Dominatrix has its cooldown increased by 1 round.
 * Succubus: Mort Douce and Succubus: Act of Darkness has its cooldown decreased by 1 round.
 * Succubus: Dominatrix, Succubus: Mort Douce and Succubus: Act of Darkness no longer have a shared cooldown.

Team-Up Bonuses

 * Added: Arena Survivor, Stupid. Weak. Slow., Space Hulk
 * Wonder Man removed Famous
 * Satana removed Hell Sister
 * Daimon Hellstrom removed Hell Bound

March 16, 2016 Undocumented
Special Operations - Masters of Evil: Headhunting and Deathlok Fist extended expiry date from 04/07/2016 @ 9:00pm (UTC) to 04/18/2016 @ 9:00pm (UTC)

Dialogues

 * Updated dialogue from Hawkeye:
 * From:
 * A teenage girl version of Deathlok? So, like, Death Locket?
 * To:
 * A teenage girl version of Deathlok? So, like, Death Lockette?