AW Defender Tactics (Season 31)
You cannot choose from all Defense or Attacker Tactics
Expert Tier (Tier 1 and Tier 2):
- Defense Tactic: High Ground – 2 (The only tactic you can use)
- Attacker Tactic: Power Down (Only tactic attackers can select)
Challenger Tier (Tier 3 to Tier 5):
- Defense Tactics: Can choose one from 3: Untouchable 2, High Ground, and Unstoppable Armor – 2.
- Attacker Tactics: Can select one out of 3: Slow Your Roll, Damage Over Time, and Power Down.
Hard Tier (Tier 6 to Tier 9):
- No Defense Tactic for Hard Tier
- Attacker Tactic: Can select one out of 3: Slow Your Roll, Damage Over Time, and Power Down.
In Shot, Expert Tier will have pre-defined tactics and there won’t be an option for selection. This will change every season.
Challenger Tier can select one out of 3 available options. Hard Tier can do the same, but for attacker tactics only as they won’t have any defender tactics available to use.
Type of Defender Tactics, their buffs, and the list of defenders to get benefit from them.
1. High Ground
Defense Tactic (#AW: High Ground)
If defender is #AW: High Ground, they gain an altitude charge every 15/10/10 seconds. When the defender has any altitude charge and the attacker is blocking, it will deal 500/1000/1000 energy damage to the attacker per altitude charge. Defender also gains true accuracy when they have altitude charge active on them. Altitude Charge cannot be prevented by ability accuracy and 1 charge is removed every 10 hits on attacker’s combo meter. If Defender is inflicated with Degeneration, Shock, or Incinerate, they gain altitude charge 50/50/80 % faster.
Who are #AW: High Ground Champions?
Air-Walker | Black Bolt | Captain Marvel |
Doctor Strange | Ebony Maw | Green Goblin |
Guardian | Human Torch | Iron Man IW |
Magneto (Both) | MODOK | Nova |
Phoenix | Professor X | Red Goblin |
Rogue | Silver Surfer | Sorcerer Supreme |
Storm | Storm (Pyramid X) | Symbiote Supreme |
Vulture | Wasp | Yellowjacket |
2. Untouchables
Defense Tactic (#AW: Untouchables)
If the defender is #AW: Untouchables, whenever they trigger miss of evade, they gain 17.5% / 25% / 50% of a bar of power over 2.5 second. If the evade is prevented by Slow or Concussion Debuff, defender would instead gain 35% / 50% / 50% of a bar of power over 2.5 seconds.
Who are #AW: Untouchables Champions?
Hood Stryfe Suit) Ultron Wasp X
Black Widow | Black Widow DO | Darkhawk |
Domino | Ebony Maw | Guillotine 2099 |
Hit-Monkey | Invisible Woman | Mordo |
Mr. Fantastic | Mysterio | Nightcrawler |
Professor X | Quake | Spider-Gwen |
Spider-Ham | Spider-Man (all versions) |
Stryfe |
The Hood | Ultron | Wasp |
3. Unstoppable Armor
Defense Tactic (AW: Unstoppable Armor)
Every 20/15/10 seconds defender will trigger armor up buff that gives 0 armor rating. However, this armor up grants defender a 30% chance to trigger unstoppable buff that is unaffected by Ability Accuracy Redunction. Defender is also immune to stun effect while unstoppable.
Who are #AW: Unstoppable Armor?
Angela | Annihilus | Black Panther CW |
Civil Warrior | Colossus | Cosmic Ghost Rider |
Doctor Octopus | Heimdall | Hulk Ragnarok |
Hulkbuster | Iceman | Juggernaut |
Kingpin | Mangog | Man-Thing |
Mole Man | Nimrod | Red Skull |
Rhino | Sasquatch | Super-Skrull |
The Champion | Ultron | Venom |
Venom the Duck | Warlock |
4. Regenerator
Defense Tactic (AW: Regenerator)
If the defender is #AW: Regenerator, whenever they trigger regeneration, they also trigger power gain passive(s) granting x% of a the max power over 6 seconds. It will be removed if defender is heal blocked. Power gain will not trigger for first 1 second of the fight (means if the defender starts will regeneration buff, it will not trigger at the start).
Who are #AW: Regenerator Champions?
Angela | Blade | Cable |
Darkhawk | Diablo | Green Goblin |
Guillotine 2099 | Howard the Duck | Hulkbuster |
Iron Man | King Groot | Magik |
Man-Thing | Mephisto | Mister Sinister |
Mysterio | Namor | OM Logan |
Punisher 2099 | Red Hulk | Sabretooth |
Sorcerer Supreme | Ultron | Ultron OG |
Wolverine |
AW Attackers Tactics (Season 28 Onwards)
How will Attackers select Attacker Tactics?
Select the desired Attacker Tactic regardless of whatever the Defender Tactic is selected by the opponent. It can be done before joining the attack phase (right after selecting a team and before entering the Attack Phase).
Available for Tier 1 to 9 alliances only.
1. Slow your Roll
If the attacker is #AW: Slow Your Roll and they have an armor up buff active or the defender has an armor break applied, striking defender with heavy will apply slow debuff for 10 seconds.
Who are #AW: Slow Your Roll Champions
Airwalker | Angela | Annihilus |
Black Panther CW | Civil Warrior | Colossus |
Cull Obsidian | Doctor Octopus | Guardian |
Guillotine 2099 | Heimdall | Hulkbuster |
Iron Man IW | Magneto (White) | Medusa |
Punisher 2099 | Red Goblin | Sentinel |
Silver Surfer | Terrax | Thor |
Venom | Venom the Duck | Vision Aarkus |
Vulture |
2. Power Down
All the #AW: Power Down attackers can apply Wither debuff when they finish the 5-hit combo with a different attack than previous combo. Each prowess effect and non-damaging debuff (excluding wither) will apply another instance of Wither on the oppnent. Wither debuff lasts 15 seconds and it reduce ability accuracy and power rate by 20%.
Who are #AW: Power Down Champions
Ant-Man | Apocalypse | Captain America |
Doctor Strange | Emma Frost | Gambit |
Green Goblin | Havok | Invisible Woman |
Jubilee | Luke Cage | Magneto (White) |
Professor X | Proxima Midnight | Red Guardian |
Sentry | She-Hulk | Spider-Ham |
Spider-Man | Spider-Man (Symbiote) | Storm |
Thing | Wasp | Yellowjacket |
Yondu |
3. Damage Over Time
Attacker Tactic (#AW: Damage Over Time)
#AW: Damage Over Time: Defenders will be heal blocked while they are suffering from 2 or more damage over time debuff(s).
Who are #AW: Damage Over Time Champions?
Black Panther | Black Widow (Deadly Origin) |
Blade |
Carnage | Daredevil(HK) | Elsa Bloodstone |
Gwenpool | Hit-Monkey | Hulkbuster |
Hyperion | Iceman | Killmonger |
Masacre | Medusa | Mole Man |
Namor | Nebula | Night Thrasher |
OM Logan | Ronin | Sasquatch |
Squirrel Girl | Tigra | Venom |