Omega Red

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

Bio[]

It was during the peak of the Cold War that saw the Soviets transform mutant Arkady Rossovich into the super soldier Omega Red. Wielding nearly indestructible tentacles and a Death Factor capable of killing by mere proximity, Omega Red was terrifyingly beyond their control. His creators sealed him away in cryogenic stasis where he remained until present day, when he was awoken by the criminal organization, The Hand, to do battle with Wolverine and the X-Men.

Stats[]

Max Rating	Max Health	Max Attack
553	2259	183
-	-	-
1458	6002	485
-	-	-
3654	15052	1216
-	-	-
7357	30179	2437
-	-	-
12540	51495	4158
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Abilities[]

Passive

Omega Red's mutant physiology renders him immune to the effects of Poisons and reduces the damage of Bleeds by 90%.
When striking with Tentacle Hits, reduce the damage of the Opponenet's Passive Degeneration and Direct Damage effects by 100% for 0.2 second(s).

Dev Notes: The Tentacles reduce damage received from On-Struck defensive abilities and will put a stop to the damage from Killmonger’s Reverberation, Electro's Static Shock, Attuma's Thorns and Korg’s Rock Hard Thorns

Death Factor

While near the opponent, Omega Red inflicts 1 Death Spore every 0.5 second(s) up to a maximum of 10. Once the opponent is out of range they lose 1 Death Spore every 0.15 second(s), unless they are suffering from a Degeneration Debuff. Death Spores are not affected by Ability Accuracy reduction.
Each Death Spore lowers the opponent's Armor Rating by X and reduces their chance to Purify Debuffs by 10%.

Tier	Armor Rating
	89.47
	97.37
	105.26
	110.53
	118.42

Death Spores struggle to affect mechanical components and are inflicted 4 times slower against #Robots.

Dev Notes: When playing as Omega Red, managing your proximity will be essential, more Death Spores mean more damage and less chance those pesky Skill Champions will Purify your Stuns from a Parry. Additionally his most important abilities are unaffected by Ability Accuracy reduction, making him a bit more reliable in some matchups.

Death Field

While Omega Red is suffering a Bleed Debuff or Passive, he emits the Death Field.
The Death Field causes Death Spores on nearby opponents to Passively Degenerate them, dealing X damage per second for each Death Spore on them. The Death Field is not affected by Ability Accuracy reduction and its damage scales with Base Attack only.

Tier	Degeneration Damage
	6.59
	17.46
	43.78
	87.73
	149.69

While the Death Field is active, the limit for Death Spores on the opponent increases to 30.

Dev Notes: Omega Red will brutally punish any Champion brave enough to inflict Bleed, what runs through Omega’s veins should stay in there.

Heavy Attacks

Inflicts a Degeneration Debuff for 7 second(s), dealing X damage for each Death Spore on the opponent.

Tier	Degeneration Damage
	27.45
	72.75
	182.4
	365.55
	623.7

Dev Notes: The Degeneration Debuff does not stack and will need to expire before the next can be applied, but careful timing will allow a player to keep the Death Spores locked on the opponent at all times.

Signature Ability[]

Lethal Dose - Passive - Opponent has 10 or more Death Spores

Death Spores on the opponent deal X damage per second. This damage scales with Base Attack only.

Tier	Degeneration Damage
	18.15 - 146.55
	48.09 - 388.41
	120.58 - 973.82
	242.53 - 1949.6
	413.8 - 3326.4

Omega Red's Basic Tentacle Hits have a X% chance to be Unblockable.

Tier	Unblockable Chance %
	9.95 - 30%
	9.95 - 30%
	9.95 - 30%
	10 - 30%
	10 - 30%

Dev Notes: Players can use the Heavy Attack to lock the opponent with the Lethal Dose, keeping the passive damage ticking even while Omega Red is out-of-range or playing defensively. Additionally, once the opponent has a Lethal Dose, players using Omega Red should look to punch through the enemy Block with his tentacled Medium Attacks.

Special Attacks[]

Special 1 - Draining Experience
Omega Red uses his Carbonadium Tentacles to take life force through brute force.

Removes all Death Spores from the opponent to inflict Life Steal, Stealing X Health from the opponent for each Death Spore removed by this attack.

Tier	Health Stolen
	14.82
	39.29
	98.5
	197.4
	336.8

Special 2 - Death Field
Flooding the air around him with deadly spores, Omega Red makes any proximity problematic.

Omega Red emits the Death Field for 10 seconds.

Dev Notes: Using the Death Field to build up Death Spores will help Omega Red reach the maximum potential of other abilities.

Special 3 - Tentacled Terror
Wild arcs of tentacles send the opponent helplessly into the air and down again as Omega Red prepares a final attack to leave his opponent completely drained.

Removes all Death Spores from the opponent to inflict Essence Steal for 3 second(s), Passively Stealing both X Health and 3.3% of Current Power from the opponent for each Death Spore removed by this attack.

Tier	Health Stolen
	25.62
	67.9
	170.24
	341.18
	582.12

Synergy Bonuses[]

Synergy	Partner(s)	Effect(s)
Metal Mayhem		Omega Red: +4% Critical Damage for each Death Spore on the opponent. Wolverine: +20% Stronger Bleeds and +5% Critical Rating. Colossus: +20% Attack Rating for each Armor Up Buff and Well Timed Blocks grant an Armor Buff. [Max 1 Stack]. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
X-Assassins		Omega Red: 30% faster rate to inflict Death Spores and 30% longer rate for Death Spores to be removed. Deadpool (X-Force): +25% Power Rate against Bleeding Opponents. Sabretooth: 30% chance Basic Claw hits inflict Bleed, dealing 40% of Attack as Direct Damage over 4 seconds. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Seeing Red		Omega Red: Well Timed Blocks have a 100% chance to inflict 1 Death Spore up to a max of 30 Spores total. Red Skull: While under 1 Bar of Power, Charging Red Skull’s Heavy Attack grants an Unstoppable Buff for 2 seconds. If Hit while Unstoppable, the Buff is removed and Red Skull immediately executes the Heavy Attack. Red Hulk: +25% Power Rate against Incinerated Opponents. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Deadly Presence		Omega Red: The Death Field deals 10% more damage. Mephisto: The Aura of Incineration deals 15% more damage. Void: Intimidating Presence debuffs deal 10% more damage. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Incoming Synergy	Partner(s)	Effect(s)
One Way or Another		Synergy Champions: Passive Fury, Prowess, Regeneration, Indestructible, and Limbo effects last 10% longer. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Weapon-X Force - Level 3		All Champions: +5% Perfect Block Chance.
Mutant Agenda - Level 3		Mutant Championss: Mutants landed strikes during Special Attacks gain +12% Attack rating.
Different But The Same		Omega Sentinel: For each Armor Up consumed during a Special Attack, inflict an Armor Break Debuff reducing Armor Rating by 10% for the duration of that Special Attack. Solo: Only affects this Champion and does not stack.
Enhanced with Carbonadium		Red Guardian: Takes 50% less damage from incoming attacks while the Ablative Shield is at max Durability. Omega Red: When the fight begins, the Opponent is inflicted with up to 5 Death Spores. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.

Strengths and Weaknesses[]

Strengths[]

Anti-Bleed
- Omega Red will excel against any champion foolish enough to inflict a Bleed debuff on him.
Damage Over Time
- Death Spores cannot be affected by enemy abilities and their ability to inflict damage over time will allow him to slip by enemies with even the most potent defensive abilities.
Anti-Purify
- Once the enemy is riddled with Death Spores they lose the ability to activate Purify effects, ensuring that even prolific Skill champs must learn to live with their debuffs.
Anti-passive damage
- His tentacle attacks avoid damage back from Thorns, Electro, Attuma, and those kind of champs

Weaknesses[]

Robots
- Robots will render Omega Red’s Death Spores almost completely ineffectual, making these metallic Tech champions the best counter to his degenerating ways.
Playstyle on defense
- Paying attention to proximity and the amount of Death Spores on your champion is essential. Master this and Omega Red becomes more and more harmless.

Recommended Masteries[]

Double Edge / Coagulate
- Double Edge will allow Omega Red to do incredible damage, granting both additional Attack Rating and activating the Death Field at the start of the fight. Pair this with Coagulate and Omega Red becomes strictly better.
Recovery
- This Mastery will boost the health Omega Red recovers after Stealing Life from the opponent, something that will greatly benefit him considering his aggressive playstyle.

Trivia[]

His appearance was teased in the 17.1 Update.

References[]

↑ CHAMPION SPOTLIGHT – OMEGA RED

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