Marvel Strike Force continues to evolve and grow at a pace that leaves their competition scratching their heads, and as a part of the game’s Envoy program, Gaming-fans.com is pleased to release the following new character kits. In addition, several existing characters are getting slight revisions to their kits and factions as well. Let’s take a look:

New MSF Characters:

Beast

Traits: Hero, Global, Mutant, Support, X-Men

• Basic – Dignified Strikes
  • Attack primary and adjacent targets for 250% damage + flip 1 positive effect to negative effect.
  • This attack flips 2 positive effects to negative effects during a Counterattack or Assist,
• Special – Volatile Experiment
  • Energy Cost: 3/3
  • Clear 2 negative effects for self.
  • Heal the 2 most injured allies for 20% of this character’s Max Health.
  • Attack all enemies for 300% Damage.
• Ultimate – Mutant Enhancement
  • Energy Cost: 4/6
  • Apply Offense Up to self and all Blaster, Brawler, and X-Men allies.
  • Apply Defense Up to self and all Protector, Controller, and X-Men allies.
  • Apply Speed Up and grant Ability Energy to self and all Support and X-Men allies.
  • Apply Regeneration to all X-Men allies.
• Passive – Stars and Garters
  • If this character has three or more X-Men allies at the start of a battle, the first
    ally death does not count towards the loss of a Medal in Campaigns and
    Challenges.
  • On Turn, apply Regeneration to the most injured ally. If that ally is an X-Men,
    heal them for 15% of his character’s Max Health.
  • Gain +20% Resistance. X-Men allies gain +20% Resistance.

 

Squirrel Girl

Traits: Hero, City, Bio, Support, Young Avenger

• Basic – Kick Butts
  • Attack primary target for 300% damage.
  • Attack the enemy with the most Speed Bar for 210% damage + apply Offense Down, ignoring Taunt and Stealth.
• Special – Eat Nuts
  • Energy Cost: 3/3
  • Heal Young Avenger allies that are under 50% Health for 15% of this character’s Max Health. Heal all allies for an additional 15% of this character’s Max Health.
  • Clear all negative effects from all allies.
  • Call the ally with the highest Damage to assist.
• Ultimate – Squirrel Army
  • Energy Cost: 3/5
  • Attack all enemies for 260% damage + apply Bleed and Offense Down.
• Passive – Unbeatable
  • When a Young Avenger ally drops below 50% Health, apply Defense Up to that ally and fill this character’s Speed Bar by 30%.
  • Gain +20% Drain. Young Avenger allies gain +20% Drain.
  • Gain +20% Max Health. Young Avenger allies gain +20% Max Health

 

Emma Frost

Traits: Villain, Global, Mutant, Controller

• Basic – Fashionable Strike
  • Attack primary target for 290% damage + flip 2 positive effects to negative effects.
  • If Charged, attack primary target for 340% damage + clear 2 positive effects instead.
• Special – Diamond Form
  • Energy Cost: 3/3
  • If Charged, clear Charged.
  • Barrier self for 20% of this character’s Max Health.
  • Clear all negative effects from self and all allies.
  • Apply Immunity to self and all MUTANT VILLAIN allies
  • Apply Slow to all enemies.
  • Gain Charged.
• Ultimate – Turn the Tables
  • Energy Cost: 2/4
  • If Charged, clear Charged.
  • Clear all positive effects from all enemies.
  • Apply Blind to the primary target
  • Mind Control the 2 enemy or ally characters with the most Damage to attack the primary target. Controlled characters gain +40% Damage for this attack.
  • If primary target is killed, apply Blind to the non-summoned enemy with the most Speed Bar.
• Passive – The White Queen
  • On Turn, heal self for 15% of Max Health.
  • Apply -10% Speed to all enemies.
  • While Charged gain: +400% Armor and +500% Resistance.
  • On WAR DEFENSE, On Spawn, apply Defense Up for 2 turns to all MUTANT VILLAIN allies.

 

CHARACTER REWORKS/UPDATES

America Chavez

Traits – Gained “Young Avenger” trait

• Passive – America’s Starling – Updated:
  • Young Avenger and Hero Brawler allies gain +20% Max Health.

 

Spider-Man (Miles)

Traits – Gained “Young Avenger” trait

• Basic – Quick Strike
  • Updated: If Squirrel Girl is an ally or if the target has Defense Down, clear 3 positive effects.
• Ultimate – Web Blast – New:
  • Gain +100,000 Extra Focus for this attack.
  • This attack cannot be Blocked.

 

Ms. Marvel

Traits – Gained “Young Avenger” trait

• Passive – Fangirl – Updated:
  • Gain Assist Now on each Young Avenger or Hero Brawler ally’s Turn. On Turn, grant Assist Now to a random Young Avenger or Hero Brawler ally.
  • When a Hero ally drops below 50% Health, gain Taunt. If that ally is a Young Avenger or Brawler, gain 2 Deflect.

 

Storm

• Basic – Shocking Blow
  • Updated: If Beast is an ally, gain +2 Charged, otherwise gain +1 Charged.
• Special – Ice Storm
  • Updated: If Beast is an ally, there’s a 50% chance not to lose Charged.

 

Cyclops

• Basic – Optic Blast
  • Updated: If this character has 1 or more X-Men allies, always apply Defense Down.

 

Wolverine

• Basic – Adamantium Claws – Updated:
  • If this character has 1 or more X-Men allies, all secondary attacks have 100% chance to Crit.
  • If this character has 1 or more X-Men allies, this attack cannot be counterattacked.

 

Phoenix

• Passive – Phoenix Rising – Updated:
  • On ally Taunt, gain Taunt. If Beast is an ally, gain Taunt for 2 turns instead.

 

Sabretooth

• Passive – Feral Healing – Updated:
  • Gain 5% damage per BROTHERHOOD or MUTANT ally.

 

Mister Sinister

• Passive – Mutant Geneticist – Updated:
  • On Spawn, generate 3 Ability Energy for this character if non-Cloned.
  • On turn, Heal 15% of Max Health + 5% of Max Health per MARAUDERS or Emma Frost ally. Apply Regeneration to the 2 most injured MUTANT allies. If Stryfe is an ally, apply Regeneration to him as well.
  • On Emma Frost or MARAUDERS ally’s turn, if this character’s Health is greater than 50%, redistribute 10% Health from this character to that ally.
  • Gain +50% Focus. MARAUDERS allies gain +50% Focus. Gain +20% Max Health. Emma Frost and MARAUDERS allies gain +20% Max Health.
  • On WAR DEFENSE, Emma Frost and MARAUDERS allies gain an additional +30% Max Health.

Stryfe

• Special – Superiority
  • Increased the Barrier strength across all levels by 5%
• Passive – Grandeur • Updated:
  • On Spawn, fill Speed Bar by 10% + 10% per MUTANT VILLAIN ally.
  • On turn, if Taunting, gain +1 Deflect up to a maximum of 3 + gain Barrier for 20% of this character’s Max Health.
  • When a MUTANT VILLAIN ally drops below 50% Max Health, gain +1 Taunt, up to a maximum of 3 + gain Barrier for 20% of this character’s Max Health.
  • On Regeneration, gain Barrier for 10% of this character’s Max Health.
  • On WAR DEFENSE:
    • Gain +50% Resistance. MUTANT allies gain +50% Resistance.
    • Gain +50% Focus. VILLAIN allies gain +50% Focus.

 

Toad

• Passive – Amphibian Anatomy – Updated In WAR:
  • Gain +100% Focus.
  • Brotherhood allies gain +100% Focus.