February 7, 2013 Patch Notes

Improved PVP Armory:

 * The amount of bonus stats that players get from slotted Armory items has been increased. Players will notice now a considerable difference in character stats between players who have a high armory bonus and those who do not.
 * We also resolved an issue that was preventing players from receiving the full bonus listed on preview screen.

PvP Tournament 5:

 * PvP Season 5 is right around the corner
 * New hero reward for PvP Season 5, X-23
 * Diamond League Reward - Chakra Strike
 * Customized
 * Pressure Points - Has a chance to cause Dizzy, Exposed, Slowed, or Weakened
 * Chance for Follow-up attack
 * Successful Follow-up attacks cause Paragon Exploiter - Dealing extra damage against targets with Bleeding, Burning, Chilled, Combo Setup, Dizzy, Exposed, Poisoned, Slowed, or Stun.
 * Vibranium League Reward - Blueprint: Tactician’s Power Armor
 * A research for characters level 60 and above unlocks the Tactician’s Power Armor
 * This is a trenchcoat-style uniform with 8 sockets that confers the Tactician class
 * Grants Optic-Camo
 * Agent gains Truestrike
 * 50% chance to trigger Optic-Camo Engaged, making the Agent’s attacks Stealthy for one round
 * Adamantium League Reward - New Hero! X-23

Adamantium Reward Hero: X-23

 * Class: Bruiser
 * Passive - Healing Factor
 * Gradually restores Health during combat
 * Reduces durations for Bleeding and Poison
 * Chance to survive fatal damage
 * Passive - Weapon X Programming
 * Attackers have a chance to gain Trigger Scent
 * Trigger Scent
 * Opposing characters with Berserker Rage must attack this target
 * Grants Berserker Rage when an enemy gains Trigger Scent
 * Berserker Rage
 * Damage increased against enemies with Trigger Scent
 * Chance to perform a follow-up attack against bleeding targets
 * Level 1 - Snikt!
 * Single Target
 * Slashing, Melee
 * Adamantium
 * Attacks ignore the defense stat
 * Bleeding
 * Taking damage every round or after performing hostile actions
 * This effect can be applied 3 times
 * Shred
 * Applies Shred to targets immune to Bleeding
 * Reduces Defense
 * Counts as Bleeding for the purpose of attacks
 * This effect can be applied 3 times
 * Ravaged
 * Takes increased damage from Bleeding
 * Level 2 - Blades of Rage
 * AOE
 * Slashing, Melee
 * Adamantium
 * Attacks ignore the defense stat
 * Hemorrhaging Attack
 * Causes all applications of Bleeding to trigger
 * Bleeding
 * Taking damage every round or after performing hostile actions
 * This effect can be applied 3 times
 * Level 6 - Made For Walking
 * Single Target
 * Slashing, Melee
 * Adamantium
 * Attacks ignore the defense stat
 * Exploit Bleeding
 * Deals extra damage against Bleeding targets
 * High Crits
 * Increased chance of critical hits
 * Level 9 - Assassin’s Strike
 * Single Target
 * Slashing, Melee
 * Adamantium
 * Attacks ignore the defense stat
 * Brutal Strike
 * Damage cannot be prevented by resurrection effects
 * Fatal Blow
 * Defeats normal enemies with less than 30% health
 * Greatly damages bosses with less than 30% health

Limited Edition PVP Items

 * We have removed the Ruby Quartz Fragment for sale this week, but it will be making a return when Season 5 begins along with the Terrigen Crystals.

Bug Fixes:

 * Added mission progress bar back to the mission map screen
 * Magik’s AI has been adjusted so that her other moves are utilized more often in defensive PVP battles
 * Psylocke’s Psionic Shadow no longer allows her opponents to dodge her Mental Coordination attack
 * Psylocke’s Psionic Shadow will no longer dodge Catastrophic or Psychic Energy Attacks
 * Cable’s Distress Call now uses his Bodyslide ability
 * Punisher’s The Migrant is now tagged appropriately
 * Valkyrie’s AI should now allow her to attack Blasters and using her at level one will not result in her recharging
 * Colossus and Kitty Pryde’s Team Up Bonus “Hard and Soft” description text has been corrected
 * Kitty Pryde’s Shadowcat uniform passive description has been corrected
 * Weak Mind should no longer apply on characters with Mechanical Body, Robots, or Magneto
 * Bane no longer procs on healing effects or shield effects

Reference

 * 2013-02-07 Patch Notes