Gaston Comes To Disney Heroes: Battle Mode

Disney Heroes Battle Mode has been updated to get a brand new playable character, Gaston, from Beauty and the Beast, plus many other updates to fix some issues.

Disney Heroes: Battle Mode 1.7.2 Update also sees a significant refresh for Captain Jack Sparrow.

Here are the details:

Overview

• Gaston from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast joins the battle!
• Captain Jack Sparrow receives a Hero Refresh!

Gaston

Gaston is a back-line control character. He will be available in Diamond Crates on Servers 1-12.

Skills

Wrestling Match
Gaston jumps into the middle of a group of enemies, damaging and stunning them. Gaston then stays in melee range and fights with his fists for the rest of the wave.

Burly and Brawny
Gaston rips open his shirt, stunning or charming nearby enemies.

Five Dozen Eggs
Once per battle, when Gaston reaches 0 HP, he gulps down several eggs to heal himself and become invincible for a short time.

King Pin
Gaston’s stuns last longer if the target is below a certain health percentage.

 

Hero Refresh

In past updates, we have occasionally buffed older heroes to make them more relevant in the current metagame. For 1.7.2, we’re trying a new twist on this idea called a “Hero Refresh.”

For a Hero Refresh, we’ll choose one hero that we feel is underpowered or underutilized in the game and focus on really revamping their kit. This can include adjustments to hero stats, skills, and even memory disks.

In addition, we will also select a few heroes who compliment the main hero and make smaller adjustments to them. The goal being to ensure the refreshed hero has the team support needed to be a member of fun and useful lineups.

The focus of our first Hero Refresh is none other than Captain Jack Sparrow! The supporting heroes are Captain Hector Barbossa, Rex, and Nick Wilde.

Captain Jack Sparrow

Captain Jack Sparrow has been with Disney Heroes: Battle Mode a while now and we thought it was high time for him to become more competitive in PvP. Captain Jack is a hard hitting frontline hero with a powerful team buff, but is often KO’ed before he really gets to shine.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an Invasion issue in which iPhone X home bar covered boost counts and empowerment on the far left character.
• Fixed an issue where enemies defeated in Invasion didn’t count toward progress for the “Defeated” challenge.
• Fixed an issue where auto-promote would incorrectly appear to be available in some cases.
• Kevin Flynn’s “Data Shield” now targets the correct units in Heist.
• Woody’s “Lasso” always lassos the furthest enemy now.
• Fixed an issue where Darkwing Duck’s “Case Quacked” memory would counter shields more often than skill description indicated.
  • Increased “Case Quacked” chance to block shield by 10%
• Improved performance for older iOS devices – this should resolve the issue with the app freezing or crashing that was reported after update 1.7.

New Hero Locations and Content Adjustments

Note that updated Heroes will not appear in Shops until they refresh!

Server 1 Update

New Heroes

• Gaston will be available in the Diamond Crate

Existing Heroes

• Darkwing Duck will be available in the Coliseum Shop
• Buzz Lightyear will be available in the Chapter 9 & 11 Elite Campaigns

Servers 2-8 Update

• Team Level Cap increased from 100 to 105
• Heroes can now be promoted to Orange +3 rank
• Chapter 15: “Inquiry Line” is now available
  • Elite Campaign features: Sally, Elsa, Nick Wilde, Jack Skellington and Ralph

New Heroes

• Gaston will be available in the Diamond Crate

Existing Heroes

• Darkwing Duck will be available in the Coliseum Shop
• Sally will be available in the Chapter 15 Elite Campaigns

Server 9-12 Update

• Team Level Cap increased from 95 to 100
• Heroes can now be promoted to Orange +2 rank
• Chapter 14: “Top Line” is now available
  • Elite Campaign features: Sally, Elsa, Yax, Shank and Vanellope

New Heroes

• Gaston will be available in the Diamond Crate

Existing Heroes

• Darkwing Duck will be available in the Coliseum Shop
• Sally will be available in the Chapter 14 Elite Campaign

Server 13 Update

• Team Level Cap increased from 85 to 90
• Heroes can now be promoted to Orange +0 rank
• Chapter 12: “Data Line” is now available
  • Elite Campaign features: Ursula, Elsa, Ralph, Hades and Vanellope

New Heroes

• Maleficent 202 will be available in the Diamond Crate
• Ursula 279 will be available in the Chapter 12 Elite Campaign

Server 14 Update

• Team Level Cap increased from 75 to 80
• Heroes can now be promoted to Purple +3 rank
• Heroes can now be evolved to 6 stars
• Chapter 10: “Park Line” is now available
  • Elite Campaign features: Hades and Quorra

New Heroes

• Ursula 279 will be available in the Diamond Crate
• Hades 202 will be available in the Chapter 10 Elite Campaign

Existing Heroes

• Quorra will be available in the Chapter 8 & 10 Elite Campaigns

Server 15 Update

New Heroes

• Ursula 279 will be available in the Diamond Crate
• Hades 202 will be available in the Chapter 7 & 8 Elite Campaigns

Server 16 Update

• Guild War is coming to server 16!
  • The first matchmaking will be Wednesday, February 13 at 11 AM CT.
  • This will be a short season, since we’re starting mid-month.
• Team Level Cap increased from 70 to 75
• Heroes can now be promoted to Purple +2 rank
• Chapter 9: “Counter Line” is now available
  • Elite Campaign Features: Hades, Tia Dalma, Ralph and Jack-Jack

New Heroes

• Ursula 279 will be available in the Diamond Crate
• Hades 202 will be available in the Chapter 9 Elite Campaign

Existing Heroes

• Stitch will be available in the War Shop
• Mr. Incredible will be in the War Shop

Are you looking to add Gaston to your roster?