Gambit

Gambit was the 1st Featured Champion, being featured for the month of September 2016. (Gambit was available in the Monthly Calendar for September 2016.)

Gambit

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Base Attributes

Release Date

August 18th, 2016^[1]

Origin

Marvel Comics
First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #266 (1990)

Abilities

Signature Ability

Ragin' Cajun

Availability

No

Yes (exclusive)

Yes

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"A fight it is! Feel lucky, folks? I'll deal!"

—Gambit^[src]

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

Bio[]

Remy LeBeau, raised by thieves on the dark streets of New Orleans was eventually forced to leave that life behind after winning a duel he wasn't meant to. Gifted with the power to supercharge objects he touches with powerful kinetic force, Gambit now fights alongside his fellow mutants to protect mankind, while also occasionally dipping into his more scoundrel-like nature to pull off a heist here and there.

Mechanics[]

Gambit is in The Contest with a Stun stacking special smashing style. Use your prowess to deal some huge special damage and stack your Stuns to lower the opponent’s Combat Power rate and Regen rate.

Stats[]

Max Rating	Max Health	Max Attack
656	2305	179
-	-	-
1738	6124	476
2134	-	-
4359	15356	1193
5348	-	-
8782	30789	2392
10580	-	-
14970	52535	4081
18050	-	-
38020	133439	10364
-	-	-

Abilities[]

Blocking

Gambit charges his weapons while holding Block, gaining a Kinetic Charge for every 0.4 seconds. Kinetic Charges build up more slowly as Gambit accumulates more of them. Max Charges: 10.
Gambit cannot stack additional Kinetic Charges while his personal Prowess buffs are active.

Dev Notes: Gambit has the same base timer for building his Kinetic Charges, but they do not slow down nearly as much and he should be able to hit the cap of 10 much faster now!

When Charging a Heavy Attack

Gambit cashes out, converting his Kinetic Charges to Prowess Buffs, each increasing Special Damage by 30% for 16 seconds.

Dev Notes: Now that Gambit’s Prowess is gained on charging a Heavy Attack instead of Hitting it, you can Parry, Heavy charge and cancel it into a Special Attack. This works great with his Stun stacking abilities.

Stun

Each Stun Debuff on the Opponent Reduces Regeneration Rate and Combat Power Rate by 40% while active.
All Stun Debuffs currently on the Opponent are Paused for the duration of Gambit’s Special Attacks.

Dev Notes: Combine Gambit new abilities found here with his on Heavy Charge prowess and Parry to stack Stuns and tons of damage against your opponent.

Medium, Heavy, Special 1 and Special 2 Attacks

These attacks utilize a burst of kinetic energy. Striking with them reduces the damage of the Opponent's Passive Degeneration and Direct Damage effects by 100% for 0.2 second(s).

Dev Notes: This is the exact same implementation as Omega Red!

Flak Jacket

Gambit begins each fight with a Flak Jacket charge, which is lost once Gambit has taken X Attack Damage. Tech Champions’ Attack Damage counts double for this purpose.

Tier	Attack Damage
	1152.5
	3062
	7678
	15394.5
	26267.5
	66719.5

While Flak Jacket is active, Gambit gains +X Armor Rating and incoming Bleed effects suffer -150% Potency.

Tier	Armor Rating
	1133.33
	1233.33
	1333.33
	1400
	1500
	1833.33

Against Non-Contact Physical Attacks, the Flak Jacket provides an additional +X Armor Rating and Critical Resistance.

Tier	Armor Rating / Critical Resistance
	1133.33
	1233.33
	1333.33
	1400
	1500
	1833.33

Dev Notes: Bleed Resists as well as Armor and Critical Resistance are going to leave the new and improved Gambit stronger than ever.

Signature Ability[]

Ragin' Cajun - Always Active

Prowess Buffs now also grant Gambit +X Critical Damage Rating each.

Tier	Critical Damage Rating
	17.17 - 70.84
	18.69 - 77.1
	20.2 - 83.35
	34.15 - 110.74
	36.59 - 118.65
	44.72 - 145.01

Additionally, his Flak Jacket is upgraded to allow it to absorb an additional X Attack Damage before breaking.

Tier	Attack Damage
	461
	1224.8
	3071.2
	6157.8
	10507
	26687.8

Special Attacks[]

If the opponent does not have an Armor Up BUff, all hits gain +20% Ability Accuracy.

Special 1 - Cardshark
With a little sleight of hand, the Ragin' Cajun sends a hidden ace flying.

All Stun Debuffs currently on the Opponent are Paused for the duration of Gambit's Special Attacks.
85% chance to inflict a 2.5 second Stun Debuff.

Special 2 - Bayou Beatdown
Super-charged staff strikes from the back alleys of N'awlins.

This attack has a 85% chance to inflict a Concussion Debuff, reducing Ability Accuracy by 85% for 13 seconds. The Potency of this effect is affected by Class relationships.

Special 3 - Royal Flush
With quick movements, Gambit lets fly a perfect hand. Au Revoir.

This attack has an 85% chance to inflict up to Two 5 second Stun Debuffs.

Synergy Bonuses[]

Synergy	Partner(s)	Effect(s)
Friends - Level 3		All Champions: +130 Armor Rating.
Romance - Level 3		All Champions: +5% Combat Power Rate.
Teammates - Level 3		All Champions: +5% Perfect Block Chance.
Enemies - Level 3		All Champions: +155 Critical Rating.
Idol - Level 3		All Champions: +4% Health & Attack Rating.
Incoming Synergy	Partner(s)	Effect(s)
Bringer of Death - II		Gambit: Each time a Kinetic Charge is gained, there is a 70% chance to gain an additional one. Cooldown 0.8 seconds. If this champion is a Horsemen of Apocalypse: Each Kinetic Charge grants 10% Perfect Block Chance up to a max of 100%. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
My Revenge		All Champions: +155 Critical Rating.
Friends - Level 3		All Champions: +130 Armor Rating.
Enemies - Level 3		All Champions: +155 Critical Rating.
Friends - Level 3		All Champions: +130 Armor Rating.
Not So Uncanny		Howard the Duck: Knocking the opponent down grants Howard 1 Prowess Buff for each Prowess effect on them, each increasing Special Attack Damage by 10% for 10 seconds. Then all their Prowess are invalidated. Other Synergy Champions: +12% Prowess duration and Potency. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Petite		Jubilee: +20% Prowess Potency. Gambit: At the start of each fight gain 2 Kinetic Charges. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Enemies - Level 3		All Champions: +155 Critical Rating.
Romance - Level 3		All Champions: +5% Combat Power Rate.
Mr. and Mrs. X		Spiral: Gain Immunity to Reverse Controls. Gambit: While a Precision is active, gain +800 Block Proficiency. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.

Strengths and Weaknesses[]

Strengths[]

Anti-Thorns
- Gambit’s Updated Kit now lets him counter Thorns by ignoring the damage he would take from Thorns type abilities.

Special Damage
- Gambit has got a huge amount more prowess now, as well stacking his prowess faster for stronger specials than ever before.

Bleed Resist
- Gambits Flak Jacket lets him ignore 100% of incoming bleed debuff damage letting him be a reliable counter to any bleeds you may run into!

Weaknesses[]

Stun Immune
- Gambits Utility relies a lot on him being able to Stun, and stack Stuns on the opponent. Running into Stun immune is going to have him struggle with applying his Regeneration and Combat Power Rate reductions.

Nullify
- Gambits Damage is heavily based on his Prowess, running into an enemy that has the ability to nullify or remove your buffs often is going to lower his damaging abilities.

Recommended Masteries[]

Precision
- Up your Crit Rating to get some lucky crits on those Special Attack to really make that Signature Ability and Prowess Shine.

Petrify
- Pair Petrify with Gambit’s Stun stacking to lower the opponent’s Regeneration Rate even further!

Trivia[]

"N'awlins" is how "New Orleans" is pronounced in the local dialect.
"Au Revoir" is French for "Goodbye."
According to Art Director Gabriel Frizzera, the development team created a specific animation rig for Gambit to ensure that he had an extra-long coat like in the comics.^[2]