Faceoff

Faceoff is a special Mission type introduced in . The first PvPvE game mode, Aoi and Amir invoke a competition where players are divided into teams as they compete against each other while battling against Scaldra and Techrot enemies.
Access to this mission requires completion of The Hex quest.
==Mechanics==
The mission node Lower Vehrvod competes against AI-controlled Tenno (Single Squad), while Vehrvod District competes against other players (Squad Vs Squad).
Eight Tenno are divided into two teams of four members: Aoi's Team or Amir's Team. After interacting with the phone booth, teams must complete 3 objectives and the first team that clears the race is the victor.
===Objectives===
*Exterminate: Kill a number of enemies.
*Data Burn: A variant of Excavation without a defense object, players must operate a CD Burner for 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Generator Gas dropped by enemies provides 15% power. If the power reaches max, additional burners reduce the timer by 10 seconds.
*Techrot Scan: Players must guard a Techrot Scanner from enemies for 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Destroy nearby signal jammers to reduce the timer by 15 seconds. If the scanner loses its health, it will enter a recovery phase.
*Pirate Radio: A variant of Ascension, players must guard a Mobile Voice Pirate Radio balloon until it reaches its destination. Destroy signal jammers to give the balloon an 8 second speed boost. If the balloon loses its health, it will stop in place and enter a recovery phase.
*Lockbox: Players must collect 5 keys one-by-one in the marked area to open a lockbox. Once looted, the key will self-destruct after 15 seconds.
*Assassination: Kill three designated targets, which can be Techrot Babaus, Scaldra units, or another Techrot unit. These targets will always be Eximus.
===Boosts===
Blue pickups can be carried to deploy a boost for the team.
*Protective Shields: Squad receives invulnerability for 5 seconds, 10,000 Shields for 30 seconds.
*Fleet Footed: Squad gains increased Move Speed and Parkour Speed for 30 seconds.
*Situation Critical: Squad inflicts Red Critical hits for 30s. 
*Contents Unknown: Squad receives a random boost, opposing squad receives a random penalty.
*Elemental Damage: Squad gains random elemental damage for 30s.
*Energy Regeneration: Squad Energy Regeneration, scales with Affinity Link and lasts 30s.
*Melee Lethality: Squad receives Melee Damage increase for 1 minute.
*Summon Kubrow: Summon a friendly Kubrow to assist in combat.
*Protea's Aid: Summon 's .
*Pause Enemies: Stops all enemies in their tracks for 20s.
*Gravity Wells: Creates miniature blackholes that pull in enemies.
*Pickup Radar: Mark pickups for 45 seconds.
===Penalties===
Red pickups can be carried to deploy negative effects for the opposing team.
*Eximus Influx: Spawns 5 Eximus near a random player
*Danger Zones: Drop damaging zones on your enemy's position for the rest of the match.
*Bolstered Badguys: All enemies gain .
*Vampire Curse: Health slowly drains for 45s. Kill enemies to recover health!
*Booby Traps: Booby traps 3 random Boost or Penalty pickups.
*Fog Out: A dense fog reduces visibility, making it harder for the opposing team to see.
*Chemspires: Creates 3 Chemspires with increased health near opposing squad members and mission objectives.
*Fire Orbs: Deploys floating bubbles of fire that explode on contact and inflict Status Effect.
*Disabled Health Orbs: Health Orbs do not work for 60 seconds.
*Disable Energy Orbs: Energy Orbs do not work for 60 seconds.
*Longer Cooldowns: Abilities have +10s cooldown for 15s.
*Mortar Strikes: Inflicts a mortar barrage.
===Restrictions===
To promote fairness between teams, certain Gear items are restricted:
*Team Bonus Consumables have a 3 minute cooldown.
*Deployable allied units such as Specters and On Call Crew cannot be used.
*Air Support Charges are disabled.
==Locations==
==Rewards==
*Lower Vehrvod (Single Squad):
**Normal: 30 or 1 Arcane Enhancement (, , , , , , , )
**Steel Path: 2 and 1 Arcane Enhancement
*Vehrvod District (Squad vs Squad):
**Winner:
***Normal:
****30 Vosfor or 1 Arcane Enhancement
****30 Vosfor
***Steel Path:
****50 Vosfor or 1 Arcane Enhancement
****2 Steel Essence
****50 Vosfor
**Loser:
***Normal:
****30 Vosfor or 1 Arcane Enhancement
***Steel Path:
****50 Vosfor or 1 Arcane Enhancement
****2 Steel Essence
** Standing:
***Normal: for completing objectives 1 and 2, for completing objective 3, in total.
***Steel Path: for completing objectives 1 and 2, for completing objective 3, in total.
==Notes==
*Squad Vs Squad can only be initiated in Public Matchmaking mode.
*Teams are placed into separate maps, meaning they will never directly interact with each other.
==Patch History==
Category:Missions
Category:Update 38