Beast

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## Availability

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Yes (not in base pool)

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## Template

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

## Bio

One of the world's experts on mutations and evolutionary human biology, Hank was born a mutant with unusually large hands and feet. Later in life, Hank took a hormonal extract that caused him to grow fangs, pointed ears and fur all over his body. He was now a Beast in body, as well as in name.

## Abilities

**Passive**

* Beast's thick hide makes him resistant to Bleed effects, decreasing their Potency and Duration by 65%.

**Passive**

* When starting the battle with more than 50% Health, Beast employs a Freestyle combat form; Critical hits have a 60% chance to inflict *X* Bleed damage over 4 seconds.

* When starting the battle with less than 50% Health, Beast employs an Acrobatic combat form. This grants him a 85% chance when receiving Physical Critical Hits to reduce their Critical Damage by 85%. Additionally, the opponent gets 55% less Power when getting hit by Beast.

## Signature Ability

**Chain Combo** - Passive

* Beast is able to execute different chain combos based on his current combat form.
	+ While in Freestyle combat form, performing a Medium hit followed by a Light, Light, Light and Medium combo inflicts *X* Direct Damage per blow.
	+ While in Acrobatic combat form, Blocking an attack followed by a Medium, Light, Light, Medium combo Regenerates *X* Health per move.
	+ Successfully completing a Freestyle combo increases Beast's Critical Rating by *X* for 5 seconds.
	+ Successfully completing an Acrobatic combo causes opponents to get 50% less Power when getting hit and attacking for 5 seconds.
	+ When unsuccessfully performing a combo, there will be a 5 second delay before you can start a new combo.

## Special Attacks

**Special 1 - Freestyle Combat**

*Beast uses a freestyle form of combat, striking the opponent with multiple kicks.*

* Beast analyzes the situation and employs a Freestyle combat form.
* 55% chance to Stun for 1.5 seconds.

**Special 2 - Acrobatic Kicks**

*Making full use of his great strength and agility, Beast performs a series of acrobatic kicks to knockdown the opponent.*

* Using his impressive power of deductive reasoning, Beast decides that employing an Acrobatic combat form is essential to his survival.
* 80% chance to Stun for 2.5 seconds.

**Special 3 - Animalistic Instincts**

*Beast taps into his animalistic instincts and temporarily unleashes a savage attack on unsuspecting opponents*

* Increases Attack by *X* per hit in the combo meter, up to a maximum of 150% total Attack increase.

## Strengths and Weaknesses

### Strengths

* **Crossbones, Black Panther**
	+ Because of their Physical Resistance and Armor Ups, those champions are really hard to defeat, but with Beast’s Signature Ability and the Freestyle mode, he can bypass those defenses with his Bleed effects on Critical hits.

* **Power Nodes in Quests, PvP**
	+ Beast is able to drastically reduce opponent's Power Gain while fighting with his Acrobatic combat form, making him one of the best options when going against champions on those nodes.

### Weaknesses

* **Doctor Strange, Magneto**
	+ Beast does not handle Energy Damage very well, therefore any champions that constantly deals Energy based attacks have an advantage against him.

## Recommended Masteries

* **Recovery**
	+ With Beast’s Signature Ability, while in the Acrobatic mode, he is able to Regenerate health when successfully doing a chain combo move, synergizing perfectly with Recovery.

* **Precision**
	+ Beast doing Bleed damage on Critical hits, together with his signature ability and Precision, makes him one of the strongest Bleed dealers in the game.

* **Petrify & Pacify**
	+ By dealing Stuns on his Special Attacks, Beast is able to start a combo right away. Reducing the opponent’s Power Gain and preventing the activation enemy abilities synergizes really well with this ability.

## Trivia

* A Tier 2 Beast was available in the 2 Star X-Men Crystal available during the March 2018 event.

## External links

* Beast - Champion Spotlight
* Beast Special Moves - Marvel Contest of Champions
* Entering Marvel Contest of Champions: Beast

## 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