AW Defender Tactics and Defenders that Would Get Benefit
Available for Tier 1 to 5 alliances only.
Alliance War Defender Tactics is the new thing that Kabam Added After AW Season 10. So you should expect it to remain in season 11. when it starts by the end of July.
An Alliance can select a defender Tactic while starting the AW Placement Phase. If any defender Tactic is not selected, it will be applied at a random by Kabam (AI).
Type of Defender Tactics, their buffs, and the list of defenders to get benefit from them.
1. Crush:
X-Men and Mercenary Defenders’ attack have a % chance to be Unblockable, and then grant a Fury increasing Attack equal to % of their Base Attack for 5 seconds. These abilities can’t be affected with Ability Accuracy, however the Unblockable won’t trigger on Well Timed Blocks, or while the Fury is active
List of champions that can benefit from Crush Tactic
| Archangel | Beast | Bishop |
| Black Widow | Black Widow (Deadly Origin) | Cable |
| Colossus | Cyclops (both) | Deadpool (All Versions) |
| Domino | Electra | Emma Frost |
| Gambit | Havok | Iceman |
| Karnak | Longshot | Luke Cage |
| Magik | Magneto (both) | Massacre |
| Moon Knight | Namor | Nebula |
| Nightcrawler | Old-Man Logan | Phoenix |
| Psylocke | Rogue | Sabretooth |
| Storm | Storm (Pyramid X) | Sunspot |
| Unst. Colossus | Wolverine | Wolverine (Weapon X) |
| Wolverine X-23 | Winter Soldier | Yondu |
2. Dodge:
Small Size (Size: S) Defenders have a % change to evade incoming attacks. Whenever a Size: S defender evades an attack, they gain % of a bar of power.
List of champions that can benefit from Dodge Tactic
| Angela | Black Widow (All 3 Versions) | Captain Marvel (Both) |
| Domino | Electro | Electra |
| Elsa Bloodstone | Emma Frost | Gamora |
| Ghost | Guillotine (Both) | Gwenpool |
| Hela | Invisible Woman | Iron Fist (both) |
| Magik | Medusa | Ms. Marvel |
| Kamala Khan | Nebula | Phoenix |
| Proxima Midnight | Psylocke | Quake |
| Rocket Raccoon | Rogue | Scarlet Witch |
| Sorcerer Supreme | Spiderman (all versions) | Spider Gwen |
| Squirrel Girl | Storm (Both) | Thor (Jane Foster) |
| Wasp | Wolverine X-23 |
3. Bulwark:
Metal Defenders are immune to Armor Break debuffs. If they lose more than 5% of health from a single strike, they gain industructible buff for 5 seconds. The ability goes on cooldown for 15 seconds after industructible buff expires.
List of champions that can benefit from Bulwar Tactic
| Angela | Ant-Man | Archangel |
| Cable | Civil Warrior | Colossus |
| Crossbones | Cull Obsidian | Darkhawk |
| Doctor Doom | Doctor Octopus | Falcon |
| Gamora | Ghost | Green goblin |
| Guillotine | Guillotine 2099 | Gwenpool |
| Howard the Duck | Hulkbuster | Iron Man |
| Iron Man IW | Iron Patriot | Kang |
| MODOK | Mojo | Morningstar |
| Mysterio | Nebula | Old-Man Logan |
| Omega Red | Punisher 2099 | Red Skull |
| Sentinel | Spiderman (Stark) | Spiderman(Stealth) |
| Thor Ragnarok | Ultron (both) | Unst. Colossus |
| Vision (both) | Vulture | War Machine |
| Warlock | Wasp | Winter Soldier |
| Wolverine | Wolverine X-23 | Wolverine (Weapon X) |
| Yellowjacket |
4. Siphon:
Villain Defenders gets % ability accuracy and apply 1000 (Siphon 2) / 750 (Siphone 3) block penetration with each strike (stackable up to 3). The block penetration is applied even they hit your block.
List of champions that can benefit from Siphon Tactic
| Abomination | Annihilus | Carnage |
| Crossbones | Cyclops (New Xavier School) | Diablo |
| Doctor Doom | Doctor Octopus | Dormammu |
| Electro | Ghost | Green Goblin |
| Hela | Iron Patriot | Joe Fixit |
| Juggernaut | Kang | Killmonger |
| King Groot | Kingpin | Loki |
| MODOK | Magneto (both) | Mephisto |
| Mister Sinister | Mojo | Mole-Man |
| Mordo | Morningstar | Mysterio |
| Omega Red | Punisher 2099 | Red Hulk |
| Red Skull | Rhino | Ronan |
| Sentinel | Storm (Pyramid X) | Taskmaster |
| Terrax | Thanos | The Hood |
| Ultron (both) | Unst. Colossus | Venom |
| Venom the Duck | Venompool | Void |
| Vulture | Yellowjacket |
5. Flow:
Critical Strikes against Control Defenders grant Power Gain Buff, causing them to gain [X%] of their Max Power over [Y] seconds. Well-timed block remove that power gain buff even on stun immune node.
List of champions that can benefit from Flow Tactic
| Black Widow CV | Doctor Octopus | Doctor Strange |
| Doctor Voodoo | Dormammu | Diablo |
| Falcon | Ghost | Ghost Rider |
| Guillotine | Guillotine 2099 | Loki |
| Magik | Mister Sinister | Mojo |
| Mordo | Psylocke | Punisher 2099 |
| Red Skull | Rogue | Ronan |
| Heimdall | Howard the Duck | Iron Man IW |
| Scarlet Witch | Spiderman (MM) | Symbiote Supreme |
| Taskmaster | Terrax | The Hood |
| Venompool | Vision (Both) | Vulture |
| Warlock | Yellowjacket |
If you have any suggestions that can improve the Defender Suggestion LIst, please don’t forget to comment.
