Bishop

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## Availability

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Yes (not in base pool)

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## Template

**Bishop** is a Mutant Champion. Being a Mutant Champion, he has a Class Bonus against Skill Champions, but is weak to Tech Champions.

## Bio

The Mutant known as Bishop was born into a bleak alternative future in which the robot Sentinels wiped out most of the X-Men, and Mutants were branded with an "M" over their right eye for identification. After chasing a criminal through a time portal with no means to return to his own timeline, Bishop joined the X-Men.

## Mechanics

Bishop is a master of Power and Prowess. Fighting opponents who are foolish enough to use energy attacks against you, or from the Skill class, Bishop will gain a massive amount of Prowess. The more Prowess Bishop has, the more powerful his Special Attacks become. Using his new and updated Stead Release Passive on Special 1 will let you melt your opponent with stacking Incinerate Debuffs, or bank them all into a massive Special 2 for some serious damage. Watchout when you run into Bishop in your quests as well, he’s got new abilities to punish pesky Skill Champions shrugging off his Debuffs!

## Abilities

**Persistent Power Meter**

* Bishop’s mastery over energy and time enables him to enter a fight with 100% of the Power he finished his previous fight in the same Quest with.
* Bishop’s Special Attacks cost no Power when activated. Instead, after the Special ends, Bishop immediately loses however many Bars of Power that special would have cost.

*Dev Notes: Bishop’s Special Attacks not costing power anymore means that if you finish a fight with a big Special 2 or Special 1, you’ll carry that power over to the next fight.*

**Always Active - Personal Prowess**

* All of Bishop’s Personal Passive Prowess effects increase Special Attack Damage by 10%.

**Always Active - Energy Transference**

* +*X* Energy Resistance.

* Every 1 second(s), on receiving any Energy Damage gain 3 Passive Prowess.
* Absorbing the kinetic energy of Blocking or being Struck generates 1 stack of Prowess, Well Time Blocks gain an additional +6 Prowess.
* All these abilities grant +2 Prowess vs Skill Opponents, and -1 vs Tech.

*Dev Notes:Bringing Bishop into any fights with pesky Skill Champions will let him generate tons of Prowess!*

**Blocking**

* Holding Block for 0.5 seconds, Bishop converts 1 Personal Prowess into a Regeneration Buff every 0.33 seconds, granting *X* Health over 5 seconds. Max Stacks: 5.

* Each Prowess converted also has an 100% chance to Purify a Bleed Debuff.

**Always Active - Debuff Feedback**

* Each time the Opponent Purifies a Debuff they instantly receive *X* Energy Damage.

* Skill Champions also receive a Passive Stun lasting 1.5 second(s) if the Debuff Purified was a Stun.

*Dev Notes: Funny that those silly Skill Champions thought they could escape from Bishop’s debuffs. Make sure no matter what they do, Skill Champions will feel Bishop’s wrath.*

**Warning: Power Overload!**

* While Bishop has more than 30 Prowess, or if he’s Bleeding, he Overloads and begins consuming his personal Prowess effects 1 at a time, getting faster the longer he’s been Overloading.
* If Bishop is suffering from a Bleed, Shock, or Incinerate, Debuff or Passive, each time he consumes a Prowess this way he also deals *X* Energy Damage to his Opponent, scaling with Base Attack.

## Signature Ability

**Foresight** - Passive

* Bishop prepares a unique bonus based on how many bars of Power are full at the start of the fight.
* With 0 Bars: Special Attacks become Unblockable with a stack of *X* or more Prowess.

* With 1 Bar: While Blocking, gain Stun Immunity and enemies lose *X*% ability accuracy.

* With 2 Bars: Special Attacks leave the target Incinerated for *X*% of the Special Damage Dealt over 10 seconds.

* With 3 Bars: Start the fight with Steady Release active for *X* seconds.

## Special Attacks

* After each Special Attack Bishop consumes all his Personal Prowess Passives.
* If Bishop is Overloading go Unblockable for the Duration of the Special Attack.

**Special 1 - Steady Release**

*A twin gun assault where Bishop unloads frequent energy bursts.*

* After this Special Attack finishes, gain a Steady Release Passive for 10 seconds.
* While active every 0.75 second(s) while near the opponent, inflict an Incinerate Debuff on them, dealing *X* Energy Damage over 3 seconds.

* Each Prowess consumed by this attack increases the Duration of Steady Release by 2.5%.

*Dev Notes: Standing near the opponent while Steady Release is a great way to juice some extra damage. I love hitting into the opponent’s block and staying on top of them as much as possible to stack up as many Incinerates as I can.*

**Special 2 - Burst Release**

*Bishop’s stored energy is amplified and then released in a single burst.*

* The last hit has a 100% chance to inflict an Incinerate Debuff lasting 10 seconds, and dealing 70% of the total damage dealt by this Special.

**Special 3 - Diffusion Wave**

*As Bishop approaches his limit, he unleashes all stored energy at once in every direction.*

* 100% chance to inflict a non-stacking Energy Vulnerability reducing Energy Resistance by *X* for 20 seconds.

* Against enemies at full Health, this Energy Vulnerability becomes indefinite.

## Strengths and Weaknesses

### Strengths

* **Energy Damage**
	+ Bishop loves to fight anyone that tries to get him with Energy Damage, building Prowess and melting the opponent away.

* **Punish Debuff Shrugging**
	+ Whenever the opponent Shrugs off a Debuff, Bishop will punish them with a burst of damage, careful not to bring Kingpin against Bishop’s new kit!

### Weaknesses

* **Tech Champs**
	+ Bishop will not gain Prowess when being struck while fighting Tech Champions, reducing his defensive threat greatly!

* **Power Control**
	+ Bishop relies heavily on his Special Attacks to get his full potential, cutting off his power will make things much harder for him.

## Recommended Masteries

* **Double Edge**
	+ Bishop has a quick and clean way to get rid of Bleed in his kit! Make sure to pick up that extra attack.

* **Recovery**
	+ Bishop’s Regeneration might not be the biggest in the game, but with Recovery you can help top yourself up even more!

## External links

* Marvel Contest of Champions: Bishop Spotlight

## Navigation

**Playable:** Apocalypse ● Archangel ● Beast ● **Bishop** ● Cable ● Captain Britain ● Colossus ● Cyclops (Blue Team) ● Cyclops (New Xavier School) ● Dani Moonstar ● Deadpool ● Deadpool (X-Force) ● Domino ● Emma Frost ● Gambit ● Goldpool ● Havok ● Iceman ● Jubilee ● Kitty Pryde ● Magneto ● Magneto (House of X) ● Mister Sinister ● Namor ● Nightcrawler ● Old Man Logan ● Omega Red ● Onslaught ● Platinumpool ● Professor X ● Psylocke ● Rogue ● Sabretooth ● Sauron ● Storm ● Storm (Pyramid X) ● Stryfe ● Sunspot ● Toad ● Wolverine ● Wolverine (Weapon X) ● Wolverine (X-23)
**Not playable:** Adaptoid ● Cyverine ● Deadpooloid ● Doombot ● Ice Phoenix ● Nightcarnage ● Sentineloid ● Symbioid ● Ultron Drone
**Upcoming:** Dust