Tournament and Patch Notes - 11/22 Updated

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Weekend Tournaments Dual Run - Back to Basics and Avengers Weekend

We're pushing forward two Tournaments to challenge players of all skill levels this weekend. Double the Tournaments, double the prizes!

Back to Basics

Bring your strongest 1 Star heroes and villains to this Tournament for mastery of the basics of combat. Grand prize is Captain America (Modern). No characters are buffed in this Tournament. This Tournament is bracketed to 200 players.

Avengers Weekend

Earth's Mightiest Heroes enter the sparring arena for practice against SHIELD simulacra in this Weekend Tournament Grand prize is Iron Man (Model 40). No characters are buffed in this Tournament. Avengers characters are:

Black Widow (Grey Suit) Black Widow (Modern) Captain America (Modern) Hawkeye (Classic) Hawkeye (Modern) Iron Man (Model 35) Iron Man (Model 40) Spider-Man (Classic) Thor (Marvel NOW!) Wolverine (Astonishing X-Men)

Black Widow (Original) was not an Avenger, so she has to change outfits to participate. Ditto Wolverine (X-Force) and Spider-Man (Bag-Man).
This Tournament is bracketed to 500 players.
Special Comic Cover Packs available during the Tournaments

All Avengers Pack - Iso-8 Pack containing all Avengers Heroic Avengers - Hero Point Pack containing Avengers of 2 Star Rarity or higher

Gameplay

H.A.M.M.E.R. minions have gone through a training regimen to bring them inline with other minion types.

H.A.M.M.E.R. Soldier - Assault Rifle now does damage for tiles it destroys. Reduced base damage by 10%. - Generates +1 Purple AP/turn. - Additional Purple ability: Suppressing Fire. Destroys a row (doing damage) and removes 3 Red, Yellow, and Green AP from the enemy team.

H.A.M.M.E.R. ANALYST: - Unskilled Pistol is now a Red ability (instead of Green). Reduced its AP cost from 5 to 4. - Now does damage for tiles it destroys. Reduced base damage by 50%. - Generates +1 Purple AP/turn. - Additional Purple ability: Media Cover. Turns 4 basic Purple and Green tiles to Environment tiles.

H.A.M.M.E.R. ASSASSIN: - Reduced Sniper Rifle countdown from 7 to 6. Increase AP cost from 9 to 10. - Does damage for tiles it destroys. Reduced base damage by 28%.

H.A.M.M.E.R. GRENADIER: - Reduced Rocket countdown from 7 to 6. - Does damage for tiles it destroys. Reduced base damage by 28%.

H.A.M.M.E.R. LIEUTENANT: - Pistol does damage for tiles it destroys. Reduced base damage by 28%.

H.A.M.M.E.R. SPY: - Reduced AP cost of Sneak Attack from 7 to 5.

H.A.M.M.E.R. PYRO: - Changed area of effect to a 3x3 grid.

H.A.M.M.E.R. COMMANDER: - Pistol does damage for tiles it destroys. Reduced base damage by 28%. - Reduced AP cost of Tactical Deployment from 5 to 4.

Misc

- Decreased large gift count from 25 down to 10