Marvel Avengers Alliance: Spec Ops 5 Patch Notes

Spec Ops 5 is out for Marvel Avengers Alliance (MAA). The hero up for grabs this time around is Valkyrie who can save your characters from being KO'd.

Here are the notes:


SPECIAL OPERATION 5: “The Wild Hunt”
Story: Loki is using Iso-8 to seize the minds and souls of the people of New York. Asgard has sent S.H.I.E.L.D. some backup in the form of one of their greatest warriors: Valkyrie.

• Spec Ops 5 is live!
  • New Hero - Valkyrie
  • Earn Valkyrie for completing all 25 tasks in Special Operation 5
  • Passive - Shield Maiden
    • Valkyrie protects party members who are low on health from single-target attacks
    • This may not trigger if the target is protected by Deathwatch or if Valkyrie is low on health
  • Passive - Escort of Souls
    • Valkyrie gains health when an ally falls in combat or when an ally is saved by Deathwatch
  • Geirr
    • Single-target enemy, 2 hits
    • Desperation attack
      • Does more damage depending on how low Valkyrie’s Health is
  • Dragonfang
    • Single-target enemy, 3 hits
    • Deathglow
      • Valkyrie places a mark on the enemy, sensing their impending death
      • When the target with Deathglow falls in combat, Valkyrie gains Blessing of Odin, restoring some health
    • Charged Attack
      • Triggers Static Charge on nearby enemies
  • Sacrifical Blessing
    • All allies, buff, 3 round cooldown
    • Deathwatch
      • The next time a character with Deathwatch would be KO’ed, they are instead healed to 25% Health
      • Valkyrie is guaranteed to gain Deathwatch on herself
      • Other party members also have a chance to gain Deathwatch
  • Flight of Valkyrie
    • All enemies, 1 hit
    • Off-balance
      • Removes and prevents Counter-Attack effects

Spec Op 5 Bosses
The renegade Asgardians have new tricks up their sleeves!

• Enchantress: Now has Jotun bodyguards that need to be KO’ed... unless you can slip by them!
  • Chance to drop the FLASHING EYE
    • Customized
      • Power is set by Agent level when acquired
    • Enchanted
      • The next attack will restore damage instead of causing damage
• Executioner: Now switches attack stances, giving him different strengths and weaknesses
  • Chance to drop the SCREAMER
    • Customized
      • Power is set by Agent level when acquired
    • Berserker Rage
      • Gains extra attacks as HP is reduced
• Loki: … this one you’ll have to discover for yourself!
  • Chance to drop the SWIFT LIAR
    • Customized
      • Power is set by Agent level when acquired
    • Reduced Potential
      • Prevents enemy from using a random set of ability types

New Daily Bonus Rewards

• New Weapon: ROAR OF THE NORTH
  • Customized
    • Power is set by Agent level when acquired
  • Slow Reload
    • Deals extra damage but lose next turn
• Runestone
  • HIGH PVP BONUS
  • Temporarily grants the “Asgardian” status to the team
  • Immune to Burning, Chilled, Poison, and Radiation
• Golden Shield
  • HIGH PVP BONUS
  • Grants ally a damage absorption shield
  • Ally protects your team while shielded

Characters
Black Widow Grey Suit Improved
Black Widow’s Grey Suit has received a refactor, adding two new passives depending on which class uniform you purchase.

• Passive: Double Agent: Tactician
  • Appears on the Infiltrator version of the Grey Suit
  • Single-target attacks against targets with Marked for Revenge grant an extra turn
• Passive: Double Agent: Infiltrator
  • Appears on the Tactician version of the Grey Suit
  • Counters enemy attacks
  • Attacks become Stealthy

Black Widow Improved
Black Widow has also received some adjustments, making her fourth move (Revenge Tactics) a passive ability and adding a new support ability for her level 9 move.

• Passive: Revenge Tactics
  • When Black Widow is attacked, she places Marked For Revenge on the attacker
  • Marked for Revenge
    • Takes extra damage
    • Only one enemy can have Marked For Revenge at one time
    • No longer stacks
    • The amount of damage increase has been dramatically improved
• Widowmaker
  • New 9th Level Ability
  • Quick Action
  • Applies Targeted to enemies
    • Guarantees attacks on the target will hit and be critical hits
  • Grants Widowmaker to Black Widow
    • Black Widow’s next attack has a chance to stun

Character Bugs and Adjustments

• Several moves are now considered Catastrophic
  • The following moves moves now have 100% chance to hit and cannot be intercepted by Protect abilities
    • Dr. Strange’s Vapors of Valtorr
    • Storm’s Blizzard
    • Storm’s Tornado
    • Thor’s Summon Thunder
  • The damage and hit chance for these moves have been adjusted accordingly
• Hercules will no longer trigger Likes It Rough when he is at full Stamina
• Ghost Rider will now correctly Recharge in PVP if he runs out of Stamina