***** Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes) ***** - Rebalance Details (10/26/21)

Neko

Greetings ghouls, ghosts and other denizens of the underworld. We’ve got an update to celebrate not only the Halloween season but the Day of the Dead in particular with an update to the hot-rod-iest Ghost Rider, Robbie Reyes!

Robbie will be receiving a number of updates to his powers, not the least of which is the ability to team him up with any of the other Ghost Riders! Deadpool has already proven that taco fueled vengeance can coexist with Johnny and Robbie, so there’s no reason that a triple team of penance isn’t in the cards. So rejoice, Ghost Rider fans! Now you can bring a full onslaught of flaming skulls to harrow any opposing sinners!

Without further ado, here’s the new improved Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes)!

Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes) 
5-Star Rarity
Affiliations: Heroes
    

"Robbie Reyes is a hard-working, young mechanic working to support himself and his brother, Gabe. But when an underground street race went sour, he found himself haunted by an evil spirit which granted him the power to transform into the All-New Ghost Rider! As Ghost Rider, Robbie must learn to suppress the darker urges of the spirit and use his powers to exact vengeance on the wicked!"

(Abilities listed at level 255, followed by 450)

OLD:

14392 Health / 57846 Health

 23 | 160 | 21 | 19 | 180 | 140 | 90 | 4.0x
 91 | 642 | 84 | 77 | 722 | 562 | 363 | 4.0x

NEW:

17518 Health / 70413 Health

 30 | 214 | 28 | 26 | 241 | 187 | 121 | 4.0x
 122 | 860 | 113 | 103 | 968 | 753 | 486 | 4.0x

OLD:
Hell Ride - 9  AP
Ghost Rider tears through the battlefield leaving trails of fire to scorch his enemies.  Creates 2 Green Repeater tiles that destroy up to 3 surrounding Green, Red, or Black basic tiles every 2 turns.

• Level 2: Destroyed tiles deal 2 times their damage.
• Level 3: Creates 3 tiles.
• Level 4: Destroyed tiles deal 3 times their damage.
• Level 5: Repeater tiles last 1 turn.

NEW:
Hell Ride - 9  AP
Ghost Rider tears through the battlefield leaving trails of fire to scorch his enemies.  Creates a 1-turn Countdown tile that destroys up to 3 surrounding enemy or basic tiles, dealing 161 extra damage for each destroyed Green, Red, and Black tile, then recreates itself (destroyed tiles do not generate AP). (Max level 646 damage)

• Level 2: Deals 201 damage for each destroyed Green, Red and Black tile. (Max level 808 damage)
• Level 3: Deals 242 damage for each destroyed Green, Red and Black tile. (Max level 969 damage)
• Level 4: Destroys 4 tiles.
• Level 5: Destroys 5 tiles, dealing 294 damage for each destroyed Green, Red and Black tile. (Max level 1179 damage)

This ability has been improved in nearly every respect. Instead of creating Repeaters that go off every 2 turns till Level 5, it now creates a 1-turn CD tile that *moves* every time it goes off. This means that the Repeaters would eventually just kind of settle at the bottom of the board, while now the tile will keep hopping around blowing up tiles. But that’s not all! It now destroys *any* surrounding tile, including special tiles, and deals bonus damage on Green, Red or Black tiles, the bonus damage of which has also been majorly increased. Enemies should leave this tile on the board at their own peril!

OLD:
Chain Whip - 7  AP
Ghost Rider hurls his chain at an enemy, binding them in place.  Stuns the target for 1 turn and creates a 5-turn Red Countdown tile targeting the Stunned enemy.  While this tile is on the board, this power becomes Judgement Day and whenever that enemy makes a match they take 224 damage.

• Level 2: Deals 386 damage when the targeted enemy makes a match.
• Level 3: Countdown tile lasts 6 turns.  Deals 412 damage when the targeted enemy makes a match. (Max Level 1654 damage)
• Level 4: Countdown tile lasts 7 turns.  Deals 655 damage when the targeted enemy makes a match. (Max level 2632 damage)
• Level 5: Countdown tile lasts 8 turns.  Deals 914 damage when the targeted enemy makes a match. (Max level 3672 damage)

Judgement Day - 7  AP
Ghost Rider Slams his enemy hard into the ground.  Remove all of Ghost Rider's Chain Whip tiles to deal 1739 damage to the targeted enemy.  This power becomes Chain Whip.

• Level 2: Deals 1913 damage.
• Level 3: Deals 2087 damage. (Max level 8388 damage)
• Level 4: Deals 2435 damage. (Max level 9786 damage)
• Level 5: Deals 3130 damage. (Max level 12582 damage)

NEW:
Chain Whip - 7  AP
Ghost Rider hurls his chain at an enemy, binding them in place.  Stuns the target for 1 turn and creates a 5-turn Fortified Red Countdown tile targeting the Stunned enemy.  While this tile is on the board, this power becomes Judgement Day and whenever that enemy makes a match they take 723 damage. (Max level 2907 damage)

• Level 2: Deals 983 damage when the targeted enemy makes a match. (Max Level 3954 damage)
• Level 3: Countdown tile lasts 6 turns.
• Level 4: Countdown tile lasts 7 turns. Deals 1323 damage when the targeted enemy makes a match. (Max level 5320 damage)
• Level 5: Countdown tile lasts 8 turns. Deals 1677 damage when the targeted enemy makes a match. (Max level 6744 damage)

Judgement Day - 7  AP
Ghost Rider Slams his enemy hard into the ground.  Remove all of Ghost Rider's Chain Whip tiles to deal 2784 damage to the targeted enemy. This power becomes Chain Whip. (Max level 11192 damage)

(PASSIVE) Whenever an enemy targeted by a Chain Whip tile makes a match, they take 723 damage. (Max level 2907 damage)

• Level 2: Deals 3062 damage. (Max level 12311 damage)
• Level 3: Deals 3341 damage. (Max level 13430 damage)
• Level 4: Deals 3898 damage. (Max level 15669 damage)
• Level 5: Deals 5011 damage. (Max level 20146 damage)

Chain Whip receives a double upgrade, both in flat damage increase for the matches opponents make while they’re on the board, and in the fact that it now places on the board as a Fortified tile. More bang for your chain buck! Judgement Day meanwhile gets a flat damage upgrade and a bit more clarity that the Chain Whip tiles still deal their damage while the Judgement Day ability is active. It did before this as well, but now it’s less confusing.

OLD:
Damnation - 10  AP
Ghost Rider punishes those with evil hearts, dragging them to the Underworld to atone for their sins.  Deals 2035 damage.  If the target has dealt the most damage on the enemy team, deal 2802 damage instead.

• Level 2: Deals 2238 damage or 3082 if the target has dealt the most damage on the enemy team.
  
• Level 3: Deals 2442 damage or 3362 if the target has dealt the most damage on the enemy team. (Max level 9814 or 13514 damage)
  
• Level 4: Deals 2849 damage or 3923 if the target has dealt the most damage on the enemy team. (Max level 11449 or 15767 damage)
  
• Level 5: Deals 3663 damage or 5044 if the target has dealt the most damage on the enemy team. (Max level 14720 or 20272 damage)

NEW:
Damnation - 8  AP
Ghost Rider punishes those with evil hearts, dragging them to the Underworld to atone for their sins.  Deals 2431 damage.  If the target has dealt the most damage on the enemy team, deal 3889 damage instead. (Max level 9771 or 15633 damage)

• Level 2: Deals 2674 damage or 4278 if the target has dealt the most damage on the enemy team. (Max level 10748 or 17196 damage)
  
• Level 3: Deals 2917 damage or 4667 if the target has dealt the most damage on the enemy team. (Max level 11725 or 18760 damage)
  
• Level 4: Deals 3403 damage or 5445 if the target has dealt the most damage on the enemy team. (Max level (13679 or 21886 damage)
  
• Level 5: Deals 4376 damage or 7000 if the target has dealt the most damage on the enemy team. (Max level 17588 or 28139 damage)

Here we’ve got Robbie Reyes’s particular version of a Penance Stare, which was already pretty effective in practice, but has been given an upgrade to be in line with the rest of his powers. Damnation receives an across the board damage increase, making it more effective to use in general. But as well, the ability is now even cheaper than before, making it faster to get out. At this point, it’ll do more than half Hela’s health if she’s unfortunate enough to have dealt the most damage on the team so far. Not bad for a single shot of 8 AP!

We’re looking forward to getting this updated version of Robbie Reyes out to the MPQ battlefield. The update is planned to hit with the normal morning server update on Friday 10/29, so you’ll be able to take this younger Ghost Rider against your foes in time for the witching times!