Crossbones

Crossbones
Base Attributes
Class(es)	Skill
Tags	Offensive: Raw Damage Villain Metal Mercenary Hydra Thunderbolts Size: L Carina's Challengers
Release Date	May 12th, 2016
Origin	Marvel Comics First Appearance: Captain America #362 (1989)
Victory Animation	Crossbones flexes.
Crystal(s)	Underground Crystal High Bidder Crystal
Abilities
Abilities	Fury Overrun Incinerate Precision
Signature Ability	Hydra Training
Availability
	No
	Yes (exclusive)
	Yes
	Yes
	Yes
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Crossbones is a Skill Champion. Being a Skill Champion, he has a Class Bonus against Science Champion, but is weak to Mutant Champions.

Bio

Once a high level agent at S.H.I.E.L.D., Brock Rumlow revealed his true colors as an enforcer for HYDRA when the evil agency threatened to destroy S.H.I.E.L.D. from within. Since the climatic battle, the dangerous mercenary now calling himself Crossbones has hidden underground, striking from the shadows and selling his skills to the highest bidder.

Mechanics

Crossbones’ gameplay revolves around stacking up Fury Buffs in place of Critical Hits for high raw damage. Using abilities such as Overrun or Heavy Attacks allow him to upkeep a large number of Fury Buffs at once. His Special attacks help in stacking up Buffs as well as dealing high damage output through Incinerate Debuffs that scale with his Attack Rating. Additionally, while Overrun is active Crossbones gains power at an increased rate to launch his Special Attacks more frequently.

Stats

Tier	Max Rating	Max Health	Max Attack
	589	2419	179
	-	-	-
	1564	6427	476
	1910	-	-
	3930	16116	1193
	4800	-	-
	7928	32313	2392
	10550	-	-
	13519	55136	4081
	17989	-	-
	34340	140045	10364
	-	-	-

Abilities

Personal Fury Buffs

• Unless otherwise stated, Crossbones’ Fury Buffs grant +X Attack Rating for 9 seconds. These Fury Buffs gain increased Potency equal to 20% of Crossbones’s Critical Damage Multiplier.

Tier	Attack Rating
	80.55
	214.2
	536.85
	1076.4
	1836.45
	4663.8

Critical Hit Replacement

• Crossbones' hydraulic gauntlets prevent him from landing Critical Hits. Whenever he would land one, he instead gains a Fury Buff.

Contempt for Heroes

• While fighting #Hero Champions, Crossbones’ abilities gain special [Contempt] bonuses.

All Attacks

• Reduce the opponent’s Defensive Ability Accuracy by 20% for each Fury Buff active. [Contempt] Reduction becomes 25% instead.

Overrun - Dash Back and Hold Block for 1.2 Seconds

• Once activated, Overrun remains active for 12 seconds, after which it must go on cooldown for 8 seconds.
• On Activation: Refresh the duration of all Personal Fury Buffs and gain 2 new ones. [Contempt] Gain an additional Fury Buff.
• While Active: Hits on the Opponent ignore positive Physical Resistance and gain +50% Combat Power Rate.

Heavy Attack

• Spend 1 Fury Buff to Pause all remaining Fury Buffs for 5 seconds. If this attack Intercepts the opponent or strikes them while they are recovering from a Special Attack, it does not cost a Fury Buff.

Signature Ability

Hydra Training - Passive

• Brock Rumlow’s brutal Hydra Training allows him a X% chance to Purify incoming Debuffs. Each time he does so, he gains a Fury Buff. Chance decreases slightly for consecutive triggers.

Tier	Purify Chance %
	35 - 62.98%
	35 - 62.98%
	35 - 62.98%
	40 - 90%
	40 - 90%
	40 - 90%

Special Attacks

Special 1 - Rout
Strike with overwhelming power.

• 100% chance to gain a Fury Buff.
• [Contempt] Gain 2 additional Fury Buff(s).

Special 2 - Incendiary Assault
With a special mix of incendiary rounds, let them burn.

• This attack Incinerates the enemy, dealing X Energy Damage over 8 seconds. This effect also removes Perfect Block Chance and reduces Block Proficiency by 50% while it's active.

Tier	Energy Damage
	179
	476
	1193
	2392
	4081
	10364

• [Contempt] Inflict an additional Incinerate Debuff.

Special 3 - Eye for an Eye
It's time to make them pay for what they've done.

• 100% chance to gain a Precision Buff, gaining +X Critical Rating for 40 seconds.

Tier	Critical Rating
	566.67
	616.67
	666.67
	700
	750
	916.67

• [Contempt] Precision Buff becomes Passive and lasts 70 seconds.

Synergy Bonuses

Synergy	Partner(s)	Effect(s)
Nemesis - Level 3		All Champions: +6% Attack Rating.
Enemies - Level 3		All Champions: +155 Critical Rating.
Rivals - Level 3		All Champions: +115 Critical Damage Rating.
Hydra Recruiters		Mercenary & Villain Champions: +5% Health & +400 Critical Damage Rating. Crossbones: [Contempt] Gain Immunity to Nullify & Stagger. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Mercenary Competition		Mercenary & Villain Champions: +5% Attack Rating & +400 Critical Damage Rating. Crossbones: [Contempt] is expanded to include any Non-Villain Champion. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Contemptuous Hatred		Mangog: Start the fight with +1 Hatred while fighting #Hero Champions. Crossbones: [Contempt] Fury Buffs gain +50% Duration. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Incoming Synergy	Partner(s)	Effect(s)
Two More Shall Take Its Place		#Hydra Champions: Start each fight with an indefinite +10% Lying In Hate Passive. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Rivals - Level 3		All Champions: +115 Critical Damage Rating.
Contemptuous Malice		King Groot: While fighting #Hero Champions, Malice grants an additional Fury Buff and the chance to gain Fury Charges during Cooldown is increased by a flat +10%. Crossbones: [Contempt] Start the fight with 2 Fury Buff(s). Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Enemies - Level 3		All Champions: +155 Critical Rating.
Hydra Rebel		Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew): Against Mystic Champions, gaining a Buff inflicts a 50% Concussion Passive for 0.5 seconds which cannot affect Nodes. While in a fight, count as #Hydra and a #Villain instead of a #Hero. Crossbones: While Overrun is on cooldown, Intercepts trigger Crossbones’ Fury pause ability. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Professors in Crime		Taskmaster: Instantly gain 5% of his Max Power each time he Exploits a Weakness. Crossbones: Gain 2 additional Fury Buff(s) when entering Overrun. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths

• Great against Hero Characters
  • Crossbones gains unique ability bonuses through his [Contempt] mechanic when fighting against #Hero characters.

• High Damage Potential
  • Having various ways to stack multiple Fury and Precision buffs alongside block proficiency and physical resistance reduction, Crossbones hits harder the longer the fight lasts.

• Defensive ability suppression
  • Crossbones’ attacks allow him to reduce Defensive Ability Accuracy of the opposition allowing him to bypass abilities such as Evade.

Weaknesses

• Buff Reliant
  • Crossbones’ damage is heavily reliant on stacking offensive buffs thus abilities like Nullify or Stagger can reduce his overall damage output.

• Incinerate Immunity
  • Stacking Fury Buffs grants a large damage increase to Crossbones’ Special Attack 2 Incinerate which is cancelled out by any form of Incinerate Immunity.

Recommended Masteries

• Liquid Courage / Double Edge
  • Crossbones buff to his purify chance in sig makes him a great user for Liquid Courage and Double Edge, letting him purify the debuffs attached much easier.

Trivia

• Crossbones is a bit of an amalgamation of the film version of the character and the comic version of the character: he retains his appearance from the film, although his height is the same as in the comics.

Character Inspiration

• Crossbones is based off of Brock Rumlow / Crossbones from Captain America: Civil War.

External links

• Crossbones - Champion Spotlight
• Marvel Contest of Champions Crossbones Spotlight
• Entering Marvel Contest of Champions: Crossbones

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