Community's Choice: Champion Update

Summoners!

It’s time for us to start working on our next Champion update, but we need your help on choosing which Champion will be next! We’ve created a short list of Champions we want to address, and want to put the power to decide which of these Champions will get the re-work treatment first in your hands!

Below, you’ll find a short list of Champions we’re looking to address in the future. This list is not indicative of every Champion that’s on our Radar for an update, just the ones we want to address first.

How do we get to decide?

Starting May 9th at 10am PT, and running until May 10th at 10am PT, there will be a poll on our Forums where you can vote for which Champion you would like to see receive an update. The poll is only open for 24 hours! So make sure that you’ve decided in advance which Champion you’d like to see get the update.

Which Champions are on the List?

We’ve shortlisted the following Champions based on their utilization and performance in content across the Contest, and player feedback through our many channels.

Venompool
Old Man Logan
Groot
Colossus
Howard the Duck
Iron Patriot
Ms Marvel (Kamala Khan)

If you think that a deserving Champion has been left off the list, don’t worry! This is a list of the Champions we want to address first, and doesn’t not necessarily indicate that other Champions won’t also be addressed in the future.

I really want to make sure my choice wins!

Then start your campaigning! Start discussions on why you think your Champion should be the one that others select! Now is your time to convince other Summoners to join you in voting for the Champion you want to see Buffed the most!

When will this updated Champion be released?

Our plan is to take this Champion update through the full rework process. That means we’ll take about 2 months to rework the Champion’s abilities and tuning, then put them through a Beta test. Those typically last a couple weeks, and then we’ll address the feedback that is received.

We’ve learned from our last couple Champion Beta Tests that we require a little more time between the end of the test and releasing the update to analyze feedback, data, and implement any further changes that might be necessary.

Barring any changes to the schedule, this Champion will be updated and released in early Fall.

Voting Day Approaches!

The time to decide is coming soon! Start thinking of who you want to see updated, and start spreading the word! Voting day is May 9th-10th!

Comments

Cranmer00

Honestly any 2015 mutant class

Every single one of the mutants is garbage..

Colossus , cyclops, storm, Magneto

Magneto and cyclops more

Beast

Iron fist

I don’t care if IP gets an update because all the iron mans suck... IP can’t outdo OG Ironman and war machine

Ww2 cap, there’s too many to name

Terminator1107

Go for Patriot as patriot, iron man classic, superior iron man have same abilities except patriot 3rd special attack so go for patriot add a buff or go for colossus any how that metal man have a good defence no body could understand its potential so plz go for patriot plz mike

Warboy_007

@IDoge We are Groot

Hanedog

Colossus. Make his Spec 3 the fastball special with Wolverine. Completely redo Spec 1. Any time Colossus would Bleed he gains a Fury

Spurgeon14

Groot, Iron Patriot, and Colossus are the worst on this list. I lean towards Groot the most just because I love his character in the movies and would like to see what he could do, but these 3 really are all terrible. I think they are the bottom 3 in the game.

Magrailothos

So, my vote is definitely going to be Colossus. I've personally been pitching a rework for him for quite some time that would give him a little more attack power, but really amp up his defensive capabilities. I'm not designer though, so I doubt that my idea would make it.

Why do I think Colossus should win? Partially just because he is one of my favourite Marvel Characters. I remember seeing him appear on the old Cartoon for the first time. This big metal man with a heart of gold, and all he wanted to do was protect his village and his sister (spoiler alert: It's Magik, even though she never used her powers in the show).

Then in X-Men vs Avengers, when he takes on part of the Phoenix Force, he became part of the Phoenix 5, which are still one of my favourite iterations of the Mutant team.

Fast Forward to Deadpool (his roles in the other X-Men films were sometimes cool but never at the forefront of the film), and there's Colossus again, once again the big metal man with the heart of gold. Only now, he's ready to kick ass, which he really gets into in Deadpool 2.

Anyways, game wise, I think he could be a great tanky defender, but personally, I just want to buff up one of my favourites.

PS. In case of a tie, I get to cast the tie breaking vote, and if it's a tie with Colossus... You've all been warned

You know Miike, I don't know if Porthos hasn't mentioned it, but there's a thread here that you could post your ideas in...

Derekchu

Iron patriot please

Agent_Ghost

How about the Original Avengers
- Ironman
- Captain America (OG)
- Black Widow
- Hulk
- Hawkeye

Also I choose:
- COLOSSUS and fix his uniform. That uniform is so weird. #BringBackTheLeotard lol

BrainzzDead

I am Groot!

Gram

Jane Foster

anubhavdivinegamer

Colossus is already buffed by his synergies why people are rooting for him. People get lots of kamala and Logan, they would be the best choice. Also 2015 gem will only help endgame players which won't do any good to them but we need buffs for newer players so that they can improve.

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Fyrintenimar

Clearly, the champ most in need of a rework is Howard the Duck. I am clearly not biased at all by the fact he is the only one of the listed champs I have as a 5*.
He’s fun to use, but his skill set is too unfocused to hold reliable utility and his damage is too meh to make him a reliable dps champ. Also, his sound effects are one of the reasons I play this game with the sound turned off.

Fyrintenimar

What's wrong with Venompool? And I mean that seriously, yes he ain't a so-called godtier champ, goodtier, besttier, goodtire, whatever tier, but I think he's pretty fun to use.

He’s one of the better champs of the ones they listed. To be honest, the only thing “wrong” with him is that he’s overshadowed by the god and Demi god champs... a victim of power creep. As long as they don’t break what makes him fun to use, I wouldn’t object to seeing them make him even better.

dot_ditto

I just can’t believe that we’re only getting 1 champion fixed. At this rate they’ll fix everyone on the list 3 years from now! That pace has never been quicker, team.

All sarcasm aside, why is it only one champion? We had been getting 2 a time for a little while now.

I would rather Kabam dedicate time and resources form one month to bring the old champions up to speed, instead of releasing another event quest during that month’s time and releasing 2 new game breaking characters.
This route doesn’t make sense to me in it’s current form, and it is frustrating.

I agree with this idea ..

or even if they moved to an alternating pattern ..

1 month: new champ
1 month: revamp old champ
1 month: new champ
... etc.
*shrug*

(probably wouldn't make them as much money though .. :P LOL )

Legendary_MZ15

I vote colossus

Fhfjghhggggjfhfjg

No one from that list, classic Wolverine should get reworked, he is one of the main and most deadly Marvel characters but as a champ he is just mediocre

No point buffing a champ thats only available as a 4* and lower

LoanF

Colossus

Charlie_Scene

No Hulkbuster??

Blue_Jean_Boy

Iron Patriot in my opinion should be way more powerful based on his comic book character. So should colossus. However I am voting Iron Patriot because I just pulled him as my fourth five star.

Guriqbal_Bajwa

Groot ... He is garbage at the moment!

Buffy

I say buff colossus. Just make his buff duration longer and let armor buffs really really stack. He cant bleed and is not a villian, so would love to see blade time outs in AW.

Gryphon

My very first 5* was Iron Patriot. I wasn't happy, but hey, back then any 5* was better than none. Then, withmy second crystal I duped him. There weren't any 6* shards at the time, so I got skimp rewards for the dupe, and I was LIVID. As a somewhat casual player, I don't get 5*s often so that was like a kick in the gut. He remains my only duped 5*.

Please. For the love of Cheezits, make my story have a happy ending 😂😂

LeNoirFaineant

How is magneto not on that list? How?

It's a shame. I feel like he would have won in a landslide.

Marcotarta

Venompool

Hydarkos

I would say Groot first, then Colossus in second and Old Man Logan in third.
Will kabam rework another champ during 2019, or the result of this poll will be the only one ?

KRONOSDOUBLE

Colossus and UC both desperately need a buff. They both are original character in the contest and deserve some love the most. Also, UC is not the easiest champ in the world to get, especially the 5* version. He deserves a rework on par to the scale that was done to Rulk

SPIDER_MAN

Iron Patriot

MintGrey

Colossus

solmyrair

To be fair I think even colossus is better than Groot..