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Greetings Commanders,

There’s a lot of exciting information to share today, so first a quick reminder that information is subject to change before going live in the game. All right, let’s do this thing…

The Famine Horseman: Rogue

Apocalypse has chosen his second Horseman: Rogue! This powerful Mutant will lead the team of Unlimited X-Men, consisting of the recently announced Gambit, Fantomex, and Dazzler. The fifth and final member accompanying Rogue in Version 6.2 will be announced soon, so check back weekly. The Unlimited X-Men will specialize in tipping the scales of battle in Cosmic Crucible – a major source of Teal gear. Start powering up your A-Force, Young Avengers, and Inhumans teams to ensure you have a shot at recruiting Rogue during the first run of the Famine Scourge Event. Let's get familiar with Apocalypse's newest Horseman…

After continuously clashing with her controlling Aunt Carrie, the rebellious teenager Anna Marie ran away from home, earning herself the nickname of "Rogue." Soon after, Rogue's Mutant ability emerged. With just a touch, she had the uncontrollable ability to absorb the energy of others through physical contact, temporarily mimicking their abilities, powers, memories, and even personality. The Mutant, Mystique, adopted Rogue as her own daughter when the two met, and she subsequently joined Mystique's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. During a clash with Captain Marvel while on one of her early Brotherhood missions, Rogue accidentally absorbed her foe's memories and powers. Driven to a mental breakdown by the incident, Rogue sought the help of Mystique's enemies, the X-Men. She was eventually accepted as a member of the team and grew to be a powerful and loyal X-Men.

Traits: Hero, Global, Mutant, Protector, Unlimited X-Men, Horseman, Legendary

Basic - Mega Punch

  • Clear all Barrier on the primary target + attack for 300% damage.
  • If primary target did not have Barrier, Bonus Attack for 300% damage.

Special - Gloves Off

  • Energy Cost: 2/2
  • Apply all of the following negative effects to the primary target for 2 turns: Trauma, Slow, Defense Down, Offense Down, Ability Block, Heal Block, Disrupted.
  • Reduce Speed Bar of the primary target by 50%.
  • Attack primary target for 375% damage.
  • Gain all of the following positive effects for 2 turns: Safeguard, Speed Up, Taunt, Defense Up, Offense Up, Immunity.
  • Gain 2 Evade +2 Deathproof.
  • Fill Speed Bar by 50%.
  • In CRUCIBLE, gain +500% Extra Focus for this attack.
  • On CRUCIBLE DEFENSE, this attack targets the enemy with the highest Speed Bar instead of the primary target, ignoring Taunt and Stealth.

Ultimate - Belle Ringer

  • Energy Cost: 3/5
  • Attack primary target for 450% damage + apply Stun.
  • Attack all other enemies for 450%.
  • Copy and clear 2 positive effects from each enemy.
  • Gain +100% Extra Focus for this attack.
  • This attack is Unavoidable and cannot be Blocked.

Passive - Southern Hospitality

  • On Spawn, apply Defense Up for 2 turns to Self and all UNLIMITED X-MEN allies.
  • In CRUCIBLE, apply Safeguard to Self and all UNLIMITED X-MEN allies.
  • On Turn, Heal for 10% of this character's Max Health.
  • At the end of this character's turn, gain Defense Up.
  • When an X-MEN ally drops below 50% Max Health, gain Taunt for 2 turns.
  • When this character drops below 50% Health, clear Taunt from self (Safeguard prevents Taunt from being able to be cleared).
  • Gain +30% Max Health.
  • Gain +25% Damage. UNLIMITED X-MEN allies gain +25% Damage.
  • Gain +10% Drain per UNLIMITED X-MEN ally. UNLIMITED X-MEN allies gain +10% Drain per UNLIMITED X-MEN ally.
  • While this character has Deathproof, gain +100% Resistance.
  • Clones of this character have reduced Max Health and Speed than standard Clones and they cannot reach maximum Ability Levels.

Now don’t you worry, sugar, we didn’t forget about Rogue’s complicated relationship with Gambit. Along with the release of Rogue in Version 6.2 will be an update to Gambit’s kit with a direct callout to synergy with Rogue.

Gambit

6.1 Passive:

  • When this character drops below 50% Health for the first time, do the following:
  • …Gain Stealth for 2 turns and Immunity for 1 turn.
  • …Clear all Defense Down on this character.

6.2 Passive:

  • When this character or an ally Rogue drops below 50% Health for the first time:
  • …Gain Stealth for 2 turns and Immunity for 1 turn.
  • …Clear all Defense Down on this character.

The Chosen One (images on website)

A portal of opportunity is opening on May 17th at 5:00PM (PDT) with the upcoming The Chosen One Event. Among a slew of enticing rewards to bolster your roster, you'll have the opportunity to earn additional progress toward A-Force of Nature, getting you closer to those Spider-Woman shards*,* and to add Wong's snazzy Sorcerer Supreme costume to your closet.

Unlocking Wong's Sorcerer Supreme Costume

If you want to deck out Wong in his Sorcerer Supreme costume (and make both Doctor Stranges jealous), you'll need to rack up Yellow Phase Bits by completing the Ancient Arts Milestone. The challenge is great, but it's worthy of the Sorcerer Supreme title. Unused Bits will be converted to Costume Credits on May 30th at 5:00PM (PDT) at a conversion rate of 60%, so keep an eye on the calendar during this pursuit.

Ancient Arts Milestone

Begin your path to cosmetic enlightenment by earning progress toward the Ancient Arts Milestone through battling in Arena (300 pts) and winning in Blitz (65 pts). Milestones will reward Supreme Phantasm Orbs, Yellow Phase Bits, Training Modules, Silver Promotion Credits, Elite 5 Credits, and gear.

The Chosen One Milestone

Now that you've got Supreme Phantasm Orbs, it's time to open them! The orbs contain Gold, gear, and shards for Darkhold as well as some top tier characters. Opening the orbs will also score you progress (225 pts) towards the Chosen One Milestone, which rewards A-Force Emblems, Wong character shards, and Silver Promotion Credits.

Character Availability

With the shift in 2022 away from releasing new characters through traditional Legendary Events to the new Scourge Events, there arose a necessity to reevaluate and have discussions on when and where shards for newer characters become more widely accessible. In short, these discussions persisted longer than originally intended and caused the newer character shard availability to falter.

The dev team is now looking to catch up and is currently making a schedule to increase availability of the following characters in the coming weeks and months:

  • Lady Deathstrike - will come first next week to a Campaign Node
  • Shang Chi
  • Ikaris
  • Sersi
  • Magik
  • Ghost-Spider
  • Spider Punk
  • Star-Lord (T’Challa)

We do apologize that some of these characters were delayed longer than we originally intended and that communication on this topic is overdue. The team is still discussing the character release cadence to appropriately support the Scourge Events and we will announce any changes to the community.

Lady Deathstrike

If you're looking to add even more power to your Weapon X team, head over to the Mystic Forces Rising Campaign starting on May 18th at 5:00PM (PDT). Lady Deathstrike will have a new home in the Mystic 3-6 Campaign node, replacing Loki. The God of Mischief will be heading to the Raid Store, where you can purchase character shards for 1,400 Raid Credits.

Mojo's Mayhem

Beaming straight from Mojoworld to your mobile device on May 20th at 5:00PM (PDT) is the next exciting season of Mojo's Mayhem. Up for grabs in this upcoming season will be Teal Gear, Ms. Marvel's new "No Normal" Costume, along with character shards for Echo, Kate Bishop, and Ms. Marvel. The Young Avengers are one of the required traits for Difficulty 5+ on nodes 5 and 10 of the Famine Scourge Event, so don't miss your chance to rack up Ratings for these prizes.

Spider-Woman Issue

There’s currently an issue with Spider-Woman’s passive ability, Pheromone Fighter, where it is applying an Accuracy reduction to characters with Offense Down to enemies outside of War and without 3 A-Force allies. The functionality will be corrected to accurately match the ability description in Version 6.2.

Weekly Events

For all Bonus Events, filter your roster using the featured trait to find all eligible characters and their corresponding nodes.

Second Chance Blitz

Start Date: May 15th at 5:00PM (PDT)

Reward: Moon Knight character shards

Like, Totally Jubilee Legendary Event

Start Date: May 16th at 5:00PM (PDT)

Reward: Jubilee character shards

Requirements: 5 Pym Tech characters at a minimum of 5 Stars to recruit Jubilee

How to Prepare: Pym Accelerator Bonus Event

Quick Rumble Blitz - Wakandan

Start Date: May 19th at 5:00PM (PDT)

Rewards: A-Force Emblems, Basic Orbs, Legacy I Orbs, Legacy II Orbs, and Mega Orb Fragments

Required Characters: Wakandan

Back to Bootcamp Flash Event

Start Date: May 20th at 5:00PM (PDT)

Required character: Skill Military

Reward: Training Modules

Until next time…

Good luck, Commanders!

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