Root

Root
Type	Debuff, Passive
Nature	Detrimental
Description	Rooted Champions cannot move, but can still Attack, Block, and Dodge. Activating a Special Attack removes Root and prevents it from applying. Rooted Defenders are more likely to throw Heavy Attacks, and cannot activate Special Attack 1 or 2 unless otherwise indicated.
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Root is a non-Damaging detrimental effect. While Rooted, Champions cannot move, but can still attack, block, and dodge. Activating a Special Attack removes Root and prevents it from applying.

Rooted Defenders are more likely to throw Heavy Attacks, and cannot activate Special Attack 1 or 2 unless otherwise indicated. Rooted Attackers can use Special Attacks to remove the Root prematurely.

List of Champions with Root

Debuff

• Base Abilities
  • Kraven

• Synergies
  • Arnim Zola - with Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)
  • Spider-Man (Classic) - with Kraven

• Self-Inflicted
  • Rintrah

Passive

• Base Abilities
  • Baron Zemo
  • Cassandra Nova
  • Dark Phoenix
  • Kindred
  • Maestro
  • Sandman
  • Spider-Man (Supreme)

• Synergies
  • Gladiator - with Isophyne

Trivia

• Root was first introduced in Shadow Base Raids in November 2020. After a mixed reception, it was reintroduced a year later with the release of Kraven in December 2021.
• Root shares the same icon with Stifle.

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Buffs and Beneficial Effects [v ● e] General Buffs: Amplify ● Aptitude ● Armor Up ● Auto-Block ● Berserk ● Brace ● Bulwark ● Combat Power Rate ● Combo Shield ● Critical Resistance ● Cruelty ● Death Immunity ● Debuff Immunity ● Endurance ● Energize ● Energy Protection ● Energy Resistance ● Evasion ● Expertise ● Extend ● Fervor ● Flourish ● Fortitude ● Fury ● Glancing ● Grit ● Immortality ● Impact ● Indestructible ● Indestructible Charge ● Instinct ● Intensify ● Invisibility ● Jiggy With It ● Perfect Block ● Physical Resistance ● Pierce ● Placebo Buff ● Power Efficiency ● Power Gain (Power Flood) ● Precision ● Protection ● Prowess ● Pursuit ● Rampage ● Regeneration (Life Steal ● Self-Repair) ● Rejuvenate ● Resist Shock ● Resistance Up ● Resonance ● Safeguard ● Steadfast ● Stoicism ● Stun Immune ● True Accuracy ● True Damage ● True Focus ● True Sense ● True Strike ● Unblockable ● Uncanny ● Undermine ● Unstoppable ● Vicious ● Vigilance ● Vigor Champion-Specific Buffs: Bionic Overcharge ● Confidence ● Cosmic Control Rod ● Cosmic Energy Overload ● Cosmic Radiation ● Dimensional Link ● Empowered Dimensional Link ● Frozen Air ● Gift of the Loa ● Hunter-Spider ● Ignition ● Iridescence ● Klyntar Mutation ● Malice ● Nova Fists ● Nova Surge ● Overpower ● Pentacle ● Phase ● Plasma Aura ● Power Charge ● Power Cosmic ● Power of Galactus ● Rout ● Sovereignty ● Thanos' Favor ● Transmutation ● Venom Magic ● Viscera Magic ● Volt Magic Buffs inflicted on Opponent: Detonate ● Hater ● Ignition ● Loa ● Rubble ● Spider-Seal ● Toxic Armor ● Toxic Pustule Passives: Aspect of Evolution ● Block Penetration ● Cleanse ● Counterpunch Charge ● Cunning ● Embolden ● Energy Penetration ● Haste ● Heavy Proficiency ● Inexorable ● Invulnerable ● Lying In Hate ● Miss ● Protection ● Reinforce ● Reverb ● Smoulder ● Stimulate ● Trample ● Undying ● Untouchable ● Vitality ● Vitalize ● Zeal Instant Effects: Auto-Block ● Dodge ● Evade ● Glance ● Miss ● Purify (Tenacity) ● Reversal Retired: Luck Debuffs and Detrimental Effects [v ● e] Damaging Debuffs: Bleed ● Coldsnap ● Corrosion ● Curse ● Degeneration (Damnation) ● Disintegration ● Incinerate ● Neuroshock ● Plasma ● Poison ● Power Burn ● Rupture ● Shock ● Soul Barb Non-Damaging Debuffs: Agility ● Armor Break ● Armor Shattered ● Atrophy ● Beeper ● Bleed Vulnerability ● Buff Immunity ● Busted ● Charm ● Combo Detonation ● Concussion ● Cowardice ● Crush ● Daunted ● Debilitate ● Debuff Siphon ● Decelerate ● Degeneration Vulnerability ● Delirium ● Devolve ● Disorient ● Distraction ● Energy Vulnerability ● Enervate ● Ensnare ● Exhaustion ● Falter ● Fate Seal ● Fatigue ● Fear ● Fragility ● Fumble ● Halt ● Heal Block ● Hinder ● Ineptitude ● Infuriate ● Injury ● Intimidate ● Neutralize ● Overload ● Panic ● Petrify ● Physical Vulnerability ● Power Detonation ● Power Dissolve ● Power Drain ● Power Lock ● Power Steal ● Power Sting ● Retribution ● Root ● Sabotage ● Shock Vulnerability ● Shrivel ● Slow ● Smother ● Special Concussion ● Special Lock ● Special Weakness ● Spectre ● Stagger ● Stifle ● Stun ● Sunder ● Suppression ● Taunt ● Torment ● Tracking ● Tranquilize ● Trauma ● Unsteady ● Vulnerability ● Weakness ● Whiplash ● Wither Champion-Specific Debuffs: Bleed Curse ● Careful Study ● Dark Sting ● Decreased Combat Power Rate ● Energy Build Up ● Feedback ● Klyntar Debuff ● Living Abyss ● Organic Magnetism ● Pain Link ● Plasma Build Up ● Rage ● Resolve ● Sand ● Siphon Burn ● Siphon Charge ● The Dark Tide ● Transfix Passives: Acid Burn ● Caltrops ● Critical Failure ● Disarm ● Disintegration Vulnerability ● Essence Steal ● Frostbite ● Incinerate Vulnerability ● Instants Siphon ● Inverted Controls ● Magnetized ● Marked ● Neurotoxin ● Never Back Down ● Nova Flame ● Power Reroute ● Sleep ● Special 1 Lock ● Special 2 Lock ● Special Power Drain ● Spirit Drain ● Striker Opening Other Detrimental Effects: Buff Steal ● Destroy ● Invalidate ● Nullify ● Om Nom ● Pulverize Retired: Black ISO-8 ● Daze ● Heal Reversal (Phantasm) ● Hex (Fate Seal) ● Hex Vulnerability ● Paralyze ● Power Leech ● Thermal Feedback ● Thunderquack ● Vulnerability (Fragility) All Abilities Aberration ● Acid Burn ● Acrobatic Combat ● Aftershock ● Agility ● Alchemy ● Ammo Stockpile ● Amplify ● Ante Up ● Aptitude ● Armor ● Armor Break ● Armor Shattered ● Armor Up ● Aspect of Evolution ● Atrophy ● Auto-Block ● Bamf ● Beeper ● Behemoth Busters ● Berserk ● Berserker Rage ● Binary Ignition ● Black ISO-8 ● Bleed ● Bleed Curse ● Bleed Vulnerability ● Blessings of the Realm ● Block Penetration ● Bloodgem Protection ● Brace ● Buff Immunity ● Buff Steal ● Bulwark ● Busted ● Caltrops ● Careful Study ● Cauterize ● Charm ● Chi Strike ● Cleanse ● Coldsnap ● Combat Power Rate ● Combo Detonation ● Combo Shield ● Concussion ● Confidence ● Corrosion ● Cosmic Control Rod ● Cosmic Radiation ● Counterpunch Charge ● Cowardice ● Critical Failure ● Critical Resistance ● Crowd Excitement ● Cruelty ● Crush ● Cunning ● Curse ● Cyttorak's Favor ● Damage Reflection ● Damnation ● Danger Sense ● Dark Sting ● Dark Tide ● Daunted ● Daze ● Death Factor ● Death Field ● Death Immunity ● Debilitate ● Debuff Immunity ● Debuff Siphon ● Decelerate ● Decreased Combat Power Rate ● Deformation ● Degeneration ● Degeneration Vulnerability ● Delirium ● Destroy ● Detonate ● Devolve ● Digi-Souls ● Direct Damage ● Disarm ● Disintegration ● Disintegration Vulnerability ● Disorient ● Distraction ● Dodge (ability) ● Element Gun ● Embolden ● Endurance ● Endure ● Energize ● Energy Absorption ● Energy Damage ● Energy Protection ● Energy Resistance ● Energy Vulnerability ● Enervate ● Enervating Field ● Enhanced Munitions ● Ensnare ● Evade ● Evil's Bane ● Evocation ● Exhaustion ● Expertise ● Exploit Weakness ● Extend ● Falter ● Fate Seal ● Fatigue ● Fear ● Feedback ● Fervor ● Final Strike ● Flame On! ● Flourish ● Flux ● Force Field ● Fortitude ● Fragility ● Freestyle Combat ● Frostbite ● Fumble ● Fury ● Fury's Fury ● Gambler's Ruin ● Genetic Memory ● Glaive's Immunity ● Glance ● Glancing ● Grit ● Halt ● Haste ● Heal Block ● Heavy Proficiency ● Hellfire Rounds ● Hex Magic ● Hinder ● IMPERIUS REX ● ISO Loader ● Ice Tempest ● Ignite ● Ignition ● Immortality ● Impact ● Incinerate ● Incinerate Vulnerability ● Indestructible ● Indestructible Charge ● Ineptitude ● Inexorable ● Infuriate ● Injury ● Instants Siphon ● Instinct ● Intensify ● Internal Bleed ● Intimidate ● Intimidating Presence ● Invalidate ● Inverted Controls ● Invisibility ● Invulnerable ● Jiggy With It ● Judgment ● Kinetic Potential ● Klyntar Debuff ● Klyntar Mutation ● Kree Physiology ● Life Steal ● Lightning Arc ● Lightning Tempest ● Living Abyss ● Luck ● Lunar Phases ● Lying In Hate ● Magnetized ● Malice ● Marked ● Martial Focus ● Miss ● Molecular Armor ● Molecular Regeneration ● Nano-Tech ● Neuroshock ● Neurotoxin ● Neutralize ● Never Back Down ● Nova Flame ● Nullify ● Om Nom ● Organic Ice ● Organic Magnetism ● Organic Steel ● Outrage ● Overcharge ● Overload ● Overpower ● Overrun ● Pacifism ● Pain Link ● Panic ● Perfect Block ● Persistent Charge ● Persistent Cruelty ● Persistent Power ● Petrify ● Phasing ● Physical Damage ● Physical Resistance ● Physical Vulnerability ● Pierce ● Plasma ● Plasma Build Up ● Plasma Charge ● Poise ● Poison ● Power Burn ● Power Cosmic ● Power Detonation ● Power Dissolve ● Power Drain ● Power Efficiency ● Power Gain ● Power Leech ● Power Lock ● Power Reroute ● Power Steal ● Power Sting ● Pre-Fight Ability ● Precision ● Prepared for Anything ● Protection ● Protection (Passive) ● Prowess ● Pulverize ● Pummel ● Purify ● Pursuit ● Quack-Fu ● Rage ● Rampage ● Recon ● Reflect Stun ● Reflective Armor ● Regeneration ● Reinforce ● Rejuvenate ● Replicate ● Resist Shock ● Resistance Up ● Resonance ● Retribution ● Reverb ● Reversal ● Rhino Charge ● Robotics ● Rock Anatomy ● Rock Shield ● Rock Stacks ● Root ● Rout ● Runic Spells ● Rupture ● S.H.I.E.L.D. Web-Shooters ● Sabotage ● Safeguard ● Sand ● Scorch ● Self-Repair ● Sensory Weave ● Shbleed Dooboof ● Shield System ● Shock ● Shock Vulnerability ● Shrivel ● Siphon Burn ● Siphon Charge ● Sleep ● Slow ● Smother ● Smoulder ● Soul Barb ● Soul Harvest ● Soul Imprisonment ● Special 1 Lock ● Special 2 Lock ● Special Concussion ● Special Lock ● Special Power Drain ● Special Weakness ● Spectre ● Spell ● Spirit Drain ● Stagger ● Static Shock ● Steadfast ● Stifle ● Stimulate ● Stoicism ● Stun ● Stun Immunity ● Sunder ● Suppression ● Symbiote Stealth ● Taunt ● Techno-Organic Transmode Virus ● Temperature ● Tempests ● Tenacity ● Thanos' Favor ● The Best Defense... ● Thunderquack ● Tippy-Toe ● Torment ● Toxic Armor ● Tracking ● Trample ● Tranquilize ● Transfix ● Trauma ● True Accuracy ● True Damage ● True Focus ● True Sense ● True Strike ● Unblockable ● Uncanny ● Undermine ● Undying ● Unsteady ● Unstoppable ● Untouchable ● Vicious ● Vigilance ● Vigor ● Vitality ● Vitalize ● Vulnerability ● Weakness ● Whiplash ● Widow's Insight ● Wither ● Zeal Pre-Fight Abilities: Blessings of the Realm ● Digi-Souls ● Flame On! ● Prepared for Anything ● S.H.I.E.L.D. Web-Shooters ● Tempests ● The Best Defense...