Agatha Harkness & Scarlet Witch
Flexing their mystic prowess along with Morgan Le Fay, Doctor Strange (Heartless), and Wong, are the battlefield-warping witches Agatha Harkness and Scarlet Witch. To prepare for their role on the Darkhold team, Scarlet Witch will be receiving increases to her base stats, as well as moderate updates to her abilities. But first, let's meet the Darkhold figure most likely to turn you into a newt…
Agatha Harkness
Agatha Harkness was born many centuries ago (or so she claims) and settled in the English colony of Salem, Massachusetts. There she formed her own coven of witches, hoping to freely practice magic in the New World. Agatha and her group were eventually driven out of Salem following the Salem Witch Trials and they settled in the town of New Salem, a secret magical community in what would eventually be known as Colorado. Agatha Harkness is one of Earth’s most powerful witches and through the years has often served as a tutor to humans and mutants endowed with magic or great power, including Franklin Richards (the son of Reed and Sue Richards) and Scarlet Witch.
Agatha has the ability to tap the universe's infinite store of ambient magical energy and manipulate it to a variety of effects. Through magical spells and phrases, Agatha can control the elements, project energy, manipulate dimensions, fly, and create force fields, just to name a few. She's assisted Doctor Strange, Scarlet Witch, and other protectors of the Darkhold in assaults against Morgan Le Fay and some of Earth's greatest mystic threats.
Agatha is a Support for the Darkhold team and her stats feature high Focus and Resistance to reinforce her abilities. She fortifies her teammates with Deflects, Barriers, and Heals. But Agatha can also reliably stop enemies in their tracks with Stuns from her Special ability, "Binding Enchantment," and her Ultimate ability, "Runescape." And take note that the Stun inflicted by her Ultimate ability specifically targets a Hero Mystic Controller and a Hero Mystic Blaster, which can come in handy in Arena. In fact, her kit features a lot of anti-Mystic bonuses, so keep that in mind if you're looking to mix and match characters on your Arena teams.
Hold your enemies' feet to the cauldron fire with Agatha Harkness:
Traits: Villain, Global, Mystic, Support, Darkhold
Basic - Witchcraft
- Attack primary target for 275% Piercing.
- If the primary target is MYSTIC, deal 5% of the target's Max Health.
- Apply +1 Deflect, up to a maximum of 3, to self and all DARKHOLD allies.
- Call 1 random adjacent DARKHOLD ally to attack the primary target. Called ally attacks for 50% Damage.
- In ARENA, call 2 random adjacent DARKHOLD allies to attack the primary target instead.
Special - Binding Enchantment
- Energy Cost: 4/4
- Attack primary target for 250% damage + apply Slow.
- If the primary target has Slow, Bonus Attack for 180% damage + apply Stun.
- If the primary target has Stun, Bonus Attack for 180% damage + prolong the duration of all negative effects, excluding Ability Block and Stun, by 1.
Ultimate - Runescape
- Energy Cost: 10/10
- Attack all enemies for 100% Piercing + Bonus Attack 2 times for 100% Piercing.
- Apply Heal Block for 2 turns + Offense Down for 2 turns to all enemies.
- Apply Stun to the HERO MYSTIC BLASTER enemy with the highest Damage and apply Stun to the HERO MYSTIC CONTROLLER enemy with the highest Damage.
- Heal self and all allies for 35% of this character's Max Health.
- Barrier self and all DARKHOLD allies for 30% of this character's Max Health.
- Gain 2 Ability Energy for each MYSTIC enemy, up to a maximum of 6 Ability Energy.
- This attack gains +50% Extra Focus for each MYSTIC enemy.
Passive - Salem Survivor
- On Spawn, gain 2 Deathproof
- At the end of any turn, if this character has Taunt, gain Stealth.
- Gain +50% Focus. Darkhold allies gain +50% Focus.
- Gain +25% Drain. Darkhold allies gain +25% Drain.
- When this character or any Darkhold ally drops below 30% Max Health for the first time, do the following:
- …Clear Disrupted on that character.
- …Flip 2 negative effects into positive effects on that character.
- …Apply Defense Up and Stealth to that character.
- …Barrier that character for 30% of his character's Max Health.
- When any enemy drops below 30% Max Health for the first time, do the following:
- …Attack that character for 100% Piercing.
- …Flip 3 positive effects into negative effects on that character.
- …Apply Disrupted to that character.
- …Apply +1 Deflect, up to a maximum of 3, to all Darkhold allies.
Scarlet Witch Updates
Base Stat Upgrades
- Health +50%
- Damage +19%
- Armor Stat has been increased to give her a moderate Armor value.
- Focus +11%
- Speed +5%
Basic - Hex Bolt
Old:
- Attack primary target for 160% Piercing damage + apply 1-2 random negative effects.
New:
- Attack primary target for 160% Piercing damage + apply 1-2 random negative effects.
- If this character is not at full energy, this attack does 50% more damage and apply Offense Down, Defense Down, and Slow for 2 turns instead.
Special - Warp Reality
Old:
- Redistribute your total squad health evenly.
- Apply Deflect to all allies.
- Apply Defense Up to all allies.
New:
- Heal self for 100% of this character's Max Health.
- Redistribute your total squad health evenly.
- Apply Deflect to all allies.
- Apply Defense Up to all allies.
Ultimate - Chaos Wave
Old:
- Attack all enemies for 100% Piercing damage + each target has all negative effects prolonged by duration of 1.
- If this character has 4 or more SUPERNATURAL allies, apply Defense Down to all enemies.
- This attack is Unavoidable.
New:
- Attack all enemies for 150% Piercing damage + prolong the duration of all negative effects by 1 on each target.
- Apply Defense Down to all enemies.
- This attack is Unavoidable.
New Unique Gear Piece
It’s been a while since a new in-game gear piece was introduced (when Mysterio joined the Sinister Six ranks), and a new Unique gear piece is on the way. Tempered Osmium will first be found in Morgan Le Fay's gear tree and then will be used for various subsequent characters. You'll be able to find it in the same locations as other unique gear pieces (Raid Supplies, War Supplies, Purple Gear Raid Orb etc…) and we'll feature it as a reward in our upcoming Anniversary celebration (more information in a specific event blog very soon).
Mojo's Mayhem Season 17
Season 17 of Mojo's Mayhem is set to broadcast to a device near you starting on March 25th at 5:00PM (PDT) and the prizes for bringing in the Ratings are worthy of a chef's kiss. Rewards for the forthcoming season not only feature Teal gear rewards to help power up your roster, but also Storm's new "Classic" Costume. Don't miss out on Teal rewards and fresh threads for an Uncanny Mutant.
Raid Season Updates
Several updates are heading to the Greek Raids in the near future meant to give you even more rewards. On March 19th at 5:00PM (PDT), we'll be adding more milestones and increasing the total number of points needed to complete the Raid Season Milestones in order to bring you more rewards. Milestone rewards will also be updated with Teal Gear, more Armory 14 and 15 Orb Fragments, and other Orange and Purple Gear to improve your gear progress. And swinging into the milestone rewards for a limited-time will be Ghost-Spider character shards!
Then on March 21st at 5:00PM (PDT), we'll be removing the old Beta Raid Orb (featuring Villain Skill & Villain Tech characters) from the Raid Store. Make sure you open any remaining old Beta Raid Orbs, as they'll be gone for good after March 21st.
Red Star Availability
Increase the strength of your Young Avengers War Defense team by powering up Echo with Red Stars. Head to the Elite Store starting March 24th at 5:00PM (PDT) for direct Red Star promotions using Silver and Gold Promotion Credits.
Weekly Events
Beta Raids
Start Date: March 21st at 5:00PM (PDT)
Rewards: Beta Raid Orb featuring Hero Mutant characters
Two-Bit Detectives Bonus Event
Start Date: March 20th at 5:00PM (PDT)
Rewards: 2x character shard rewards for X-Factor characters from Campaigns
Prep for: The Infinity Watch Legendary Event (Adam Warlock)
Energy Overload
Start Date: March 20th at 5:00PM (PDT)
Rewards: Receive 240 Campaign Energy instead of the normal 120 when refreshing Campaign Energy
The Infinity Watch
Start Date: March 21st at 5:00PM (PDT)
Reward: Adam Warlock character shards
Requirements: Jubilee and Four X-Factor characters at a minimum of 5 Stars, Character Level 65, Gear Tier 12, and Iso-8 Class Level 3 to recruit Adam Warlock.
Bright Personality Blitz
Start Date: March 21st at 5:00PM (PDT)
Rewards: Electro character shards
Quarter Blitz - Into the Shadow Blitz
Start Date: March 24th at 5:00PM (PDT)
Reward: Kitty Pryde character shards
Special Note: Blitz Charges are capped at 25 per team and will not scale up the more a character is used during this Blitz.
Double Time Bonus Event
Start Date: March 24th at 5:00PM (PDT)
Rewards: 2x character shard rewards for Skill Military characters from Campaigns
Prep for: Back to Bootcamp Flash Event (Training Modules)
Back to Bootcamp Flash Event
Start Date: March 25th at 5:00PM (PDT)
Rewards: Training Modules
Required Characters: Skill Military
Until next time…
Good luck, Commanders!
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