Disney Heroes: Battle Mode Update 1.7.2

Welcome to the Disney Heroes: Battle Mode 1.7.2 Update! This release features new character, Gaston, a significant refresh for Captain Jack Sparrow, plus a number of bug fixes.

Overview

Gaston from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast joins the battle!

Captain Jack Sparrow receives a Hero Refresh!

Gaston

Gaston is a back-line control character. He will be available in Diamond Crates on Servers 1-12.

Skills

Gaston jumps into the middle of a group of enemies, damaging and stunning them. Gaston then stays in melee range and fights with his fists for the rest of the wave.

Gaston rips open his shirt, stunning or charming nearby enemies.

Once per battle, when Gaston reaches 0 HP, he gulps down several eggs to heal himself and become invincible for a short time.

Hero Refresh

Gaston’s stuns last longer if the target is below a certain health percentage.

In past updates, we have occasionally buffed older heroes to make them more relevant in the current metagame. For 1.7.2, we’re trying a new twist on this idea called a “Hero Refresh.”

For a Hero Refresh, we’ll choose one hero that we feel is underpowered or underutilized in the game and focus on really revamping their kit. This can include adjustments to hero stats, skills, and even memory disks.

In addition, we will also select a few heroes who compliment the main hero and make smaller adjustments to them. The goal being to ensure the refreshed hero has the team support needed to be a member of fun and useful lineups.

The focus of our first Hero Refresh is none other than Captain Jack Sparrow! The supporting heroes are Captain Hector Barbossa, Rex, and Nick Wilde.

Captain Jack Sparrow



Captain Jack Sparrow has been with Disney Heroes: Battle Mode a while now and we thought it was high time for him to become more competitive in PvP. Captain Jack is a hard hitting frontline hero with a powerful team buff, but is often KO’ed before he really gets to shine. The following changes help him stick around longer in combat, while also honing both his damage dealing and team buffing skills.

Base Stats

+30% Max HP

+60% Basic Damage

+20% Skill Power

Skills



Avast!

Jack calls his ship to fire its cannons at enemies. His ship shoots 10 cannonballs doing damage with each cannonball.

+65% damage

+2 Cannonballs fired



Acting Dodgy

Jack dodges a melee attack and counter attacks dealing damage. Jack can only dodge a melee attack once every 7 seconds.

+25% damage

Cooldown lowered from 7 to 6 seconds



Pirate Code

When Jack’s first ally is KO’d, Jack salutes his fallen comrade, gaining basic damage for the remainder of the wave. This can only be triggered once per wave.

+50% basic damage



Hearty Crew

Jack Sparrow grants his allies Basic Damage.

“Hearty Crew” now also scales off Jack’s skill power, amounting to a ~50% increase at max level in addition to a 15% increase to the level scaling

Captain Jack Sparrow’s Memory Disks

"Pirated Music" from Hector Barbossa

Increased Max HP per Memory Disk level

Increased HP healed by “Avast!” per star level Was 9% HP healed per star level

Decreased cooldown for “Acting Dodgy” per star level Was 9% shorter cooldown per star level



"One Wilde Night" from Nick Wilde

Increased Damage per Memory Disk level to allies from “Pirate Code”

Increased Armor negation to allies per star level Was 3 armor negation per star level

Increased Attack speed to allies per star level Was 1% attack speed per star level



Supporting Heroes

Captain Hector Barbossa



Barbossa’s Study abilities - via his “Hold Court” memory disk and “Scan the Horizon” skill - make him a good compliment to Captain Jack Sparrow. Not to mention him being a fellow pirate!

Base Stats

+55% Max HP

+30% Basic Damage

+30% Skill power

“Scan the Horizon” study duration increased from 6 second to 9 seconds

"Hold Court" Memory Disk (Tia Dalma)

Increased Basic Damage per memory disk level

Enemies are studied for an increased duration at the beginning of combat per star level Was 1 second per star level



Rex



As a seriously tanky Tank with a memory disk that reduces damage to Damage heroes, Rex is the perfect hero with whom to pair Captain Jack Sparrow for maximum survivability.

Base Stats

+65% Max HP

+25% Basic Damage

+40% Skill power

“Mighty Roar” silence duration increased from 4 seconds to 6 seconds

"Ship Shape" Memory Disk (Mike Wazowski)

Increased Max HP per memory disk level for Damage heroes

Increased Damage Reduction for Damage heroes per star level Was 1.5% damage reduction per level



Nick Wilde



Another way to increase Captain Jack Sparrow’s survivability is to pair him with Nick Wilde while using Nick’s “Street Art Shuffle” memory disk. This disk will provide Captain Jack Sparrow with a beefy shield at the beginning of each wave of combat.

Base Stats

+15% Max HP

+30% Basic Damage

+10% Skill power

"Street Art Shuffle" from Judy Hopps

Increased Max HP per memory disk level

Increased Skill Power per memory disk level

Increased of Nick’s Max HP as a shield per star level Was 12% per star level



New Hero Locations and Content Adjustments

Note that updated Heroes will not appear in Shops until they refresh!

Server 1 Update

New Heroes

Gaston will be available in the Diamond Crate

Existing Heroes

Darkwing Duck will be available in the Coliseum Shop

Buzz Lightyear will be available in the Chapter 9 & 11 Elite Campaigns

Servers 2-8 Update

Team Level Cap increased from 100 to 105

Heroes can now be promoted to Orange +3 rank

Chapter 15: “Inquiry Line” is now available Elite Campaign features: Sally, Elsa, Nick Wilde, Jack Skellington and Ralph



New Heroes

Gaston will be available in the Diamond Crate

Existing Heroes

Darkwing Duck will be available in the Coliseum Shop

Sally will be available in the Chapter 15 Elite Campaigns

Server 9-12 Update

Team Level Cap increased from 95 to 100

Heroes can now be promoted to Orange +2 rank

Chapter 14: “Top Line” is now available Elite Campaign features: Sally, Elsa, Yax, Shank and Vanellope



New Heroes

Gaston will be available in the Diamond Crate

Existing Heroes

Darkwing Duck will be available in the Coliseum Shop

Sally will be available in the Chapter 14 Elite Campaign

Server 13 Update

Team Level Cap increased from 85 to 90

Heroes can now be promoted to Orange +0 rank

Chapter 12: “Data Line” is now available Elite Campaign features: Ursula, Elsa, Ralph, Hades and Vanellope



New Heroes

Maleficent will be available in the Diamond Crate

Ursula will be available in the Chapter 12 Elite Campaign

Server 14 Update

Team Level Cap increased from 75 to 80

Heroes can now be promoted to Purple +3 rank

Heroes can now be evolved to 6 stars

Chapter 10: “Park Line” is now available Elite Campaign features: Hades and Quorra



New Heroes

Ursula will be available in the Diamond Crate

Hades will be available in the Chapter 10 Elite Campaign

Existing Heroes

Quorra will be available in the Chapter 8 & 10 Elite Campaigns

Server 15 Update

New Heroes

Ursula will be available in the Diamond Crate

Hades will be available in the Chapter 7 & 8 Elite Campaigns

Server 16 Update

Guild War is coming to server 16! The first matchmaking will be Wednesday, February 13 at 11 AM CT. This will be a short season, since we’re starting mid-month.

Team Level Cap increased from 70 to 75

Heroes can now be promoted to Purple +2 rank

Chapter 9: “Counter Line” is now available Elite Campaign Features: Hades, Tia Dalma, Ralph and Jack-Jack



New Heroes

Ursula will be available in the Diamond Crate

Hades will be available in the Chapter 9 Elite Campaign

Existing Heroes

Stitch will be available in the War Shop

Mr. Incredible will be in the War Shop

Bug Fixes