Kate Bishop/Patch History

June 1, 2015 Patch Notes
New Hero: Kate Bishop

Bio – Kate Bishop, the daughter of a wealthy publishing mogul, dedicated her time to local charities, soup kitchens, and women's shelters. After being attacked in Central Park, Kate sought therapy and began training in self-defense, vowing to never again be a victim. She attended the Hawthorne Academy and the Interlochen Arts Camp, where she learned archery (and how to shred the cello). While attending her older sister's wedding, armed thugs held the guests hostage and demanded that everyone turn over their valuables. A new group of young heroes, called "The Yound Avengers", attempted to put a stop to the villainous act, but when things didn't go according to plan, and the situation worsened. A quick thinking Kate provided an opening and rescues the would be heroes, earning her a spot on the team. Over time, Kate would show that she was more than good in the heat of combat, excelling at feats of self-defence and archery, eventually drawing the attention of the Avengers. Kate was given Hawkeye's original bow and arrows as well as a claim to his code-name. There have been two Hawkeyes ever since.

Speaking of: If you haven't read Matt Fraction's Hawkeye run where Hawkeye and Hawkeye fight crime, you should read it. No seriously. Go read it now. It's that good!


 * Class: Tactician
 * Passive
 * Boomerang Arrow
 * A Boomerang Arrow is fired before Kate Bishop's next action
 * The arrow targets the next enemy that takes an action
 * Hawkeye, Too
 * Attacks almost never miss
 * Attacks against marked targets are guaranteed to crit
 * Chance to gain an Extra Turn when attacking targets with Pinpoint Target
 * Team Hawkeye
 * Hawkeye and Kate Bishop gain a Follow-Up attack after the other performs a single target attack


 * Action 1: Improved Sure Shot
 * Unlocked at Level 1
 * Targets One Enemy
 * One Enemy
 * Pinpoint Target
 * Attacks against this target are guaranteed to hit
 * Attacks against this target are guaranteed to hit


 * Action 2: Quiver of Arrows
 * Unlocked at Level 2
 * Special Properties
 * Multi-Function
 * Can be used to perform different actions


 * Action 2A: Tranq Arrow
 * Unlocked at Level 2
 * Targets One Enemy
 * 2 Rounds cooldown
 * Special Properties
 * Bio Attack
 * Does not work against mechanical targets
 * One Enemy
 * Weakened
 * Attack reduced by 25%
 * Stun
 * Loses next turn
 * Reduced chance to dodge
 * Reduced chance to dodge


 * Action 2B: EMP Arrow
 * Unlocked at Level 2
 * Targets All Enemies
 * 2 Rounds cooldown
 * All Enemies
 * Obsolete Tech
 * Prevents Technology attacks
 * Removes beneficial Technology status effects
 * Fried Circuits
 * Stuns enemies with Mechanical Bodies, and leaves them vulnerable to critical attacks
 * Exposed
 * Defense reduced by 25%
 * Defense reduced by 25%


 * Action 2C: Putty Arrow
 * Unlocked at Level 2
 * Targets One Enemy
 * 2 Rounds cooldown
 * One Enemy
 * Adhesive X
 * Target enemy cannot dodge attacks
 * Prevents the target from Protecting and Countering
 * Chance to cause Immobilized, unable to use Melee abilities (reduced effectiveness against Bosses)
 * Winded
 * Removes and prevents Follow-Up attacks
 * Slowed
 * Evasion reduced by 25%
 * Evasion reduced by 25%


 * Action 2D: Sonic Arrow'
 * Unlocked at Level 2
 * Targets All Enemies
 * 2 Rounds cooldown
 * All Enemies
 * Distraction
 * Next single-target attack has a 50% chance to miss
 * Dizzy
 * Accuracy reduced by 25%
 * Incapacitation
 * Chance to lose a turn
 * Counts as Stun for actions that affect those targets
 * Counts as Stun for actions that affect those targets


 * Action 3: "Suck It, Domitian"
 * Unlocked at Level 6
 * Targets All Enemies
 * 3 Round Cooldown
 * Special Properties
 * Deadly Crits
 * Deals extra damage on critical hits
 * All Enemies
 * Fatal Blow
 * Defeats normal enemies with less than 20% health
 * Greatly damages bosses with less than 20% health
 * Greatly damages bosses with less than 20% health


 * Action 4: Kree Composite Soul Bow
 * Unlocked at Level 9
 * Targets One Enemy
 * 2 Round Cooldown
 * Special Properties
 * Ethereal Strike
 * Ignores Avoidance and Incorporeal effects
 * Exploits Shields
 * Bypasses and deals extra damage against targets that are protected by Shields
 * Exploits Stun
 * Deals extra damage against Stunned targets.
 * Paragon Exploiter
 * Deals extra damage against targets with Combo Setup, Dizzy, Exposed, Slowed, Stunned or Weakened
 * Deals extra damage against targets with Combo Setup, Dizzy, Exposed, Slowed, Stunned or Weakened