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
Wrestling Match
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.
Burly and Brawny
Gaston rips open his shirt, stunning or charming nearby enemies.
Five Dozen Eggs
Once per battle, when Gaston reaches 0 HP, he gulps down several eggs to heal himself and become invincible for a short time.
King Pin
Gaston’s stuns last longer if the target is below a certain health percentage.
Hero Refresh
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
- Fixed an Invasion issue in which iPhone X home bar covered boost counts and empowerment on the far left character.
- Fixed an issue where enemies defeated in Invasion didn’t count toward progress for the “Defeated” challenge.
- Fixed an issue where auto-promote would incorrectly appear to be available in some cases.
- Kevin Flynn’s “Data Shield” now targets the correct units in Heist.
- Woody’s “Lasso” always lassos the furthest enemy now.
- Fixed an issue where Darkwing Duck’s “Case Quacked” memory would counter shields more often than skill description indicated.
- Increased “Case Quacked” chance to block shield by 10%
- Improved performance for older iOS devices - this should resolve the issue with the app freezing or crashing that was reported after update 1.7.
very happy with the hero refreshes, thank you!