Cable

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Release Date

January 19th, 2017^[1]

Origin

Marvel Comics
First Appearance: The New Mutants #87 (1990)

Abilities

Regeneration
Incinerate
Concussion
True Strike

Signature Ability

Techno Organic Virus Suppression

Availability

No

Yes (not in base pool)

Yes

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"Wade, look at my arm. You think this feels nice? I live in a constant state of agony."

—Cable^[src]

Cable is a Mutant Champion. Being a Mutant Champion, he has a Class Bonus against Skill Champions, but is weak to Tech Champions.

Bio[]

Nathan Summers was a child of destiny even before his birth. His parents, Scott Summers and Madelyne Prior, were manipulated into having him by Mister Sinister, in an attempt to create a genetically superior mutant as his ultimate weapon. As an infant, he was instead infected with the deadly Techno Organic Virus and sent 2000 years into the future to save his life. Years later he would return, taking the name Cable to represent his unique place as a link between the present and the future.

Stats[]

Max Rating	Max Health	Max Attack
550	2487	174
-	-	-
1462	6609	463
-	-	-
3662	16572	1159
4611	-	-
7380	33227	2324
10078	-	-
12590	56696	3965
17191	-	-

Abilities[]

Passive

15% chance to Regenerate X Health for 10 seconds, each time a Power threshold is reached. This ability stops working below 25% Health.

Tier	Regeneration
	435.23
	1156.58
	2900.1
	5814.73
	9921.8

Future Poison durations are reduced by 20% each time a poison is triggered on Cable.
Once his Poison Durations are reduced to 0, Cable gains a Passive 50% bonus to Special Damage.
When inflicted with a Bleed Debuff, Cable has a 100% chance to trigger his Heavy Attack Degeneration on his Opponent.

Heavy Attacks

100% Chance to inflict non-robotic Opponents with a non-stacking Degeneration Debuff, dealing up to X Direct Damage over 15 seconds.

Tier	Direct Damage
	696
	1852
	4636
	9296
	15860

Strength of Degeneration scales inverse of your Opponent's current Power.

Signature Ability[]

Techno Organic Virus Suppression - Passive

Cable's immense mutant power are hampered by having to constantly keep the techno organic virus in check. As the strength of the virus wanes, Cable has a X% chance gain 16.5% Power over 10 seconds each time he fills a bar of power.

Tier	Power Gain %
	20 - 40.01%
	20 - 40.01%
	20 - 40.01%
	30.4 - 50.01%
	30.4 - 50.01%

Special Attacks[]

Special 1 - Short Controlled Bursts
Cable knocks back his opponent, making space to use his plasma rifle.

This attack is Unblockable if you are currently under the effects of a True Strike Buff.

Special 2 - Charge Shot
A telekinetic wave, followed up by a high energy charged blast from his rifle.

This attack Incinerates the enemy, dealing X Energy Damage over 10 seconds. This effect also removes Perfect Block Chance and reduces Block Proficiency by 50% while it's active.

Tier	Direct Damage
	217.5
	578.75
	1448.75
	2905
	4956.25

This attack has a 90% chance to inflict a Concussion Debuff, reducing Ability Accuracy by 90% for 11 seconds. The Potency of this effect is affected by Class relationships.

Special 3 - TK Rifle
Cable uses his powers to enhance his plasma rifle, locks on his target, and unleashes a withering barrage of firepower.

100% Chance to gain True Strike for 17 seconds, allowing this Champion to ignore Armor, Resistances, Auto-Block and all Evade effects.

Synergy Bonuses[]

Synergy	Partner(s)	Effect(s)
Enemies - Level 3		All Champions: +155 Critical Rating.
Family - Level 3		All Champions: +6% Health.
Family - Level 3		All Champions: +6% Health.
Teammates - Level 3		All Champions: +5% Perfect Block Chance.
Incoming Synergy	Partner(s)	Effect(s)
Call of the Past		Ant-Man (Future): When the Opponent gains a Prowess effect, gain a Nano-Armor Up Buff. Cable: Future Incinerate effect durations are reduced by 10% (up to 50%) when an Incinerate effect is inflicted on Cable. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Your Fate Is Mine		Apocalypse: Start the first fight in a quest with maximum Genetic Code. Cable: Incinerate Debuffs gain +150% Potency. Additionally, Heavy Attacks now inflict Degeneration on each hit and their stack limit is removed. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Need a Hand?		Bastion: While Bastion’s personal Pursuit is active, whenever an Evade fails to activate, inflict 4 Techno-Mechanical Virus Charges and pause Pursuit for 1.2 seconds. Cable: Personal Regeneration Buff Ability Accuracy increased by +10% flat. When a personal Regeneration is activated, gain a non-stacking 20% Power Efficiency Passive for 14 seconds. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
The Destiny Inside Me		Bastion: For each defeated Synergy Champion on the team, gain +6% Attack Rating. Mutant Champions: For each Mutant Champion on the team, gain +4% Attack Rating. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Teammates - Level 3		All Champions: +5% Perfect Block Chance.
It's Complicated		Domino: Start the fight with either Lucky or Unlucky active for 7 seconds. Cable: +15% Armor Rating and +3% Power Gain. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Metallic Affinity		Magneto (House of X): Gain an indefinite Prowess Buff, granting +20% Special Attack damage. Cable: Gain 60% Poison Resistance. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Genetic Masterpiece		All Mutants: Randomly start the fight with either +25% passive Attack Rating, +25% passive Power Rate, or +25% passive Armor Rating. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Mutant Agenda - Level 3		Mutant Champions: Special Attack hits gain +12% Attack Rating.
Close Enough		Onslaught: Striking an Opponent or their Block while they are Unstoppable consumes 3 personal Daunted effects and removes the Unstoppable. Cooldown: 20 seconds. Solo: Only affects this Champion and does not stack.
Mutant Pursuit		Sentinel: While fighting Mutant Champions, the Opponent suffers 25% reduced Attack Rating during Special Attack hits. Solo: Only affects this Champion and does not stack.
Re: The Apocalypse		Synergy Champions: The duration of personal Damaging effects is increased by 2 seconds. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Cloned at Birth		Stryfe: Start the fight with +5 Telepathic Charges. Cable: While the Opponent is suffering from a Degeneration effect Special Attacks grant 50% less power in the Opponent. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Family? - Level 3		All Champions: +6% Health.
New Mutants		Mutant Champions: Ability Accuracy is increased by 30% during Special Attacks. Increased to up to 60% based on Sunspot’s Signature level. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
6. Adjust Cooking Timer		Venompool: Gain Cookin’ Meter every 3 seconds instead of every 5. Synergy Champions: +4% Health & Attack Rating. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Going Viral		Warlock: Whenever the Opponent would gain one or more Virus charges, 50% chance for them to gain an additional charge. Cable: The Ability Accuracy of Cable’s Regeneration effect is increased by 10%. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.

Strengths and Weaknesses[]

Strengths[]

Black Panther
- Boy did Mr. Panther show up to the wrong fight! With all the Bleed effects Black Panther triggers, he’s going to be Degenerating a lot! Combine that with Cable's natural class advantage, and it's a pretty safe bet of who's coming out ahead here.

Gwenpool
- Gwenpool wants to make you bleed all over yourself, which is right up Cable's alley! His Signature Power Gain will help him slip around Gwenpool's Enervate ability. Where Gwenpool's Plot Armor won't let your Special Attacks touch, Cable's Degeneration will knock off those last stubborn few percentage points off her health bar.

Abomination
- Abomination is a great target as his Poison effect, while strong over time, needs to trigger repeatedly. This allows Cable to quickly drive his Poison duration reduction to 100%, while giving him a sizable boost for his Special Attack Damage.

Weaknesses[]

Guillotine
- A regular semi-predictable regeneration is usually a great thing to have, unless your opponent can make it run in reverse! And given that Cable can't avoid triggering that Regeneration if he wants to, means Guillotine will always have a target here.

Vision (Both)
- Power Drain to prevent Regeneration from triggering, and Heal Block to prevent it from doing anything if it does. They're also Robots, and as such not susceptible to Cable's Degeneration.

Magik
- Magik is all up in your Power Bar, and as such, Cable can struggle against her. Power Lock keeps Cable's Signature Ability in check, and reduces the number of chances he has to Regenerate.

Recommended Masteries[]

Recovery
- Cable has a strong regeneration ability, which is only improved once his Signature is unlocked. Increasing the amount of HP regenerated each time it triggers will help keep Cable in the the fight longer.

Inequity / Resonate
- Lumping these two in together, as they both help Cable by reducing his opponent's attack. Cable is capable of keeping his Degeneration up almost full time against an non-robotic opponent, and has a pair of debuffs available from his Special 2. Together this represents a noticeable drop in the opponent's damage output, which will help Cable's Regeneration keep him above that all important 25% cut-off.

Willpower
- Willpower works quite well with Cable. He's already got a strong Regeneration ability, which means that much more of the Health gained from Willpower stays on his Health Bar, rather than just compensating for whatever Damage the debuff was causing you, it also again helps keep Cable above his 25% Regeneration cut-off.

External links[]

References[]

↑ CHAMPION SPOTLIGHT – CABLE

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