Changes: Arena

Revision as of 00:14, 3 December 2021

Current Arena Season: Nightwing
Current Invasion: None

Arena is a game mode in which players fight against AI-controlled teams created by other players. Fights in the Arena contribute to your seasonal Battle Rating, the score that determines your rewards once the season is complete. This game mode is unlocked once the player reaches Level 3.

High arena — A player in a higher Arena.

Different Arenas

Low arena — A player in a lower Arena at roughly the same time. Note that despite having less than a third of the previous player's battle rating, they are in the same tier and the latter is at a much higher rank.

One of the most important things to know about the Arena is that there are several, functionally separate Arenas. Older accounts are put in higher, more competitive Arenas, though all Arenas feature the same rewards. DC Game Support has stated the Arenas were designed to filter by account age so you would be battling other players who "began playing the game around the same time as you and have had a similar opportunity to progress their collections & characters."

This is heavily disadvantageous for players who registered at the beginning of the game and have since taken long hiatuses. Some players choose to make new accounts to circumvent their Arena placement.

The different Arenas are typically referred to as Arena A, B, C, D, etc. Newer arenas are added periodically as the older ones reach capacity. At one point, the oldest Arena (A) was split into A1, A2 and A3.

Entering Battles

Entering Arena battles requires a unique resource called Pips. Each of your characters will have a max of 5 Pips at a time & they will refresh every day at noon (GMT) if depleted. Pips do not stack for future seasons.

Upon tapping "Find Opponents", the player will be presented with 5 possible matches to choose from. They are always arranged with the most challenging team on top & the easiest team to beat at the bottom. The easiest match is always at or around your threat level, while the hardest will typically have a threat rating around ~2.5 times as high. The higher the threat level of your opposing team, the higher your Battle Rating will be.

You may receive unusually strong teams as the top threat option. As a team with 330k threat, most top enemy teams are around 800k - 900k threat, but occasionally you will get an enemy team at the 1.1M - 1.6M threat range.

Refresh Opponents

The "Refresh Opponents" option allows you to re-roll for an entirely different set of 5 matches (with a 10 seconds cooldown between refreshes). By changing a team and not refreshing, it is possible to fight the same opponents with a different team. This can be useful if you are very confident about your team (i.e: you could use a high threat team to get high threat enemies, then change to a lower threat team to fight them). Heroes able to turn the enemies' strength to their benefit may do this successfully, such as Special Block users and Sub-Zero.

Seasons

There are 2 Arena seasons each week.

The Weekday Season
- Tuesday (5PM GMT) — Friday (10PM GMT)

The Weekend Season:
- Friday (11PM GMT) — Tuesday (4PM GMT)

There is a one hour cool down between the end of a season and the start of the next season to distribute the end of season rewards. A new season starting will refresh all heroes' Pips, which otherwise only happens at noon GMT.

Time's Up!

Unlike other game modes, you may win even when the timer reaches zero. It is known that it is possible to win even when you fail to KO any enemy opponent, having less remaining health, and/or have fewer surviving members. It is also possible to lose even when you KO'ed an enemy opponent while your whole team survives. It is likely that victory is decided by total damage dealt.

Invasion

Arena Invasion is a special mechanic in which a hero has a chance to "invade" a battle, randomly replacing one of the enemy heroes. The invading hero tends to have significantly lower stats, and is always first to appear in battle. If you win that battle, you gain 2-3 of their shards and a piece of their gear. Invasion rewards can be obtained 3 times a day, resetting like Pips.

Invasion events are not always active. Only one can be active at a time. Arena Invasion heroes include Justice League Cyborg, Batman Ninja Harley Quinn, Classic Superman, and Classic Batman. Generally, they only invade the Arena when they are first released, and they are rarely available again as such afterward.

Rewards

Players gain daily and seasonal rewards based on how much Battle Rating they have accumulated compared to other players. Untouchable and up requires the player to be top 200 or better.

In addition to the season rewards, there are milestone rewards based on the number of victories earned in a season. The more battle wins earned, the higher the rewards. The rewards are paid out immediately as and when a milestone is reached and the milestone rewards for the season are capped at 50 wins.

Season Rewards

Tier	Rank Placing	Daily reward	Tier reward
Legendary	Top 50	5,000 credits	360 hero shards 1,000 gems 600 medals
Invincible	Top 100	4,000 credits	360 hero shards 800 gems 550 medals
Untouchable	Top 200	3,500 credits	360 hero shards 600 gems 500 medals
Elite IV	Top 1%*	3,250 credits	360 hero shards 400 gems 450 medals
Elite III	Top 2%*	3,000 credits	160 hero shards 350 gems 425 medals
Elite II	Top 5%*	2,750 credits	160 hero shards 300 gems 400 medals
Elite I	Top 10%*	2,500 credits	160 hero shards 150 gems 250 medals
Competitor IV	Top 15%*	2,250 credits	100 hero shards 125 gems 100 medals
Competitor III	Top 20%*	2,000 credits	75 hero shards 100 gems 80 medals
Competitor II	Top 25%*	1,750 credits	50 hero shards 95 gems 60 medals
Competitor I	Top 33%*	1,500 credits	25 hero shards 90 gems 60 medals
Challenger IV	Top 42%*	1,250 credits	15 hero shards 85 gems 40 medals
Challenger III	Top 55%*	1,000 credits	10 hero shards 80 gems 40 medals
Challenger II		750 credits	5 hero shards 75 gems 20 medals
Challenger I	-	500 credits	70 gems 20 medals

*Placings are estimated based on the total number of players who connected to the arena server in the current season in your arena bracket

Milestone Rewards

Season Victories	Milestone reward
50	3,500 credits 5 Tier 6 XP capsules
45	3,500 credits 3 Tier 6 XP capsules
40	3,000 credits 3 Tier 6 XP capsules
35	3,000 credits 5 Tier 6 XP capsules
30	2,500 credits 3 Tier 6 XP capsules
25	2,500 credits 2 Tier 6 XP capsules
20	2,000 credits 2 Tier 6 XP capsules
16	2,000 credits 2 Tier 6 XP capsules
12	1,500 credits 2 Tier 6 XP capsules
8	1,500 credits 1 Tier 6 XP capsule
5	1,000 credits 2 Tier 6 XP capsules
2	1,000 credits 1 Tier 6 XP capsule

In addition to the above, a fixed bonus reward is also given at each of the above milestones based on your account level. If your account level is 65 or higher, you receive 4000 credits and 8 medals per milestone.

Trivia

Previously, player teams with at least around 20,000 Threat were able to match up against opponents of a much higher threat rating—from 30,000 to over 200,000 in very rare cases. This could actually be beneficial as it allowed players to take on more difficult fights to earn more Battle Rating per Pip expended.
Arena battles did not always award experience.

Game modes
Campaign • Operations • Arena • Challenge • Story • Raids • Resource missions • Champions Arena

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-'''Current Arena season reward: [[Multiverse The Flash]]'''
+* '''Current Arena Season: [[Black Adam|Nightwing]]'''
+* '''Cur<nowiki/>rent Invasion: [[Classic Wonderwoman|None]]'''
+[[File:Arena.png|right|267x267px|link=https://injustice-2-mobile.fandom.com/wiki/File:Arena.png]]
-'''Arena Invasion: [[Suicide Squad Deadshot]]'''
+'''Arena''' is a [[game mode]] in which players fight against AI-controlled teams created by other players. Fights in the Arena contribute to your seasonal [[Battle Rating]], the score that determines your rewards once the season is complete. This game mode is unlocked once the player reaches Level 3.
+[[File:high arena.png|thumb|A player in a higher Arena.|link=https://injustice-2-mobile.fandom.com/wiki/File:High_arena.png]]
-[[File:Arena.png|right|150px]]
-'''Arena''' is a [[game mode]] that is unlocked when the player reaches level 3, in which players fight against AI-controlled teams created by other players.
-[[File:high arena.png|thumb|A player in a higher Arena.]]
 ==Different Arenas==
-[[File:low arena.png|thumb|A player in a lower Arena at roughly the same time. Note that despite having less than a third of the previous player's battle rating, they are in the same tier and the latter is at a much higher rank.]]
+[[File:low arena.png|thumb|A player in a lower Arena at roughly the same time. Note that despite having less than a third of the previous player's battle rating, they are in the same tier and the latter is at a much higher rank.|link=https://injustice-2-mobile.fandom.com/wiki/File:Low_arena.png]]
-A vitally important to know, yet unexplained in-game, a feature of the Arena is that there are a number of different, functionally separate Arenas; older players are put in higher, more competitive Arenas, but with the same rewards. They are usually referred to as Arena A, B, C, D, etc. with newer arenas being made once in a while. At one point, the oldest Arena, A, was split into A1, A2, and A3.
+One of the most important things to know about the Arena is that there are several, functionally separate Arenas. Older accounts are put in higher, more competitive Arenas, though all Arenas feature the same rewards. DC Game Support has stated the Arenas were designed to filter by account age so you would be battling other players who "began playing the game around the same time as you and have had a similar opportunity to progress their collections & characters."
-This is heavily disadvantageous for players who registered at the beginning of the game and has since taken long hiatuses, and some players would make new accounts to circumvent that.
+This is heavily disadvantageous for players who registered at the beginning of the game and have since taken long hiatuses. Some players choose to make new accounts to circumvent their Arena placement.
+The different Arenas are typically referred to as Arena A, B, C, D, etc. Newer arenas are added periodically as the older ones reach capacity. At one point, the oldest Arena (A) was split into A1, A2 and A3.
-==Entering battles==
-Entering Arena battles consume a unique resource called [[Pips]] that is tied to each individual character and refreshes at noon GMT.
+==Entering Battles==
-Upon tapping "Find Opponents", the player would be presented with 5 possible matches to choose from; they are always ordered from most difficult to easiest from top to bottom. The easiest match would be against a team at around your threat level, while the hardest would have a threat rating around ~2.5 times as high, but also giving 3~4 times as much Battle Rating if you manage to win.
+Entering Arena battles requires a unique resource called [[Pips]]. Each of your characters will have a max of 5 Pips at a time & they will refresh every day at noon (GMT) if depleted. Pips do not stack for future seasons.
+Upon tapping "Find Opponents", the player will be presented with 5 possible matches to choose from. They are always arranged with the most challenging team on top & the easiest team to beat at the bottom. The easiest match is always at or around your threat level, while the hardest will typically have a threat rating around ~2.5 times as high. The higher the threat level of your opposing team, the higher your [[Battle Rating]] will be.
-Additionally, you may receive unusually strong teams as the top threat option. As a team with 330k threat, most top enemy teams are around 800k~900k threat, but occasionally you will get an enemy team at the 1.1m~1.3m threat range, and very rarely you may receive a team at 1.6m+ threat (always with [[Darkseid]] and [[Arkham Knight Batman]] due to their high stats being the only possible way to obtain extremely high threat).
+You may receive unusually strong teams as the top threat option. As a team with 330k threat, most top enemy teams are around 800k - 900k threat, but occasionally you will get an enemy team at the 1.1M - 1.6M threat range.
 ==Refresh Opponents==
-The "Refresh Opponents" option allows you to reroll for an entirely different set of 5 possible matches (10 seconds cooldown). By changing a team and not refreshing, it is possible to fight the same opponents with a different team. This can be useful if you are very confident about your team (you can use a high threat team to get high threat enemies, then change to a lower threat team to fight them). Heroes able to turn the enemies' strength to their benefit may do this successfully, such as [[Special Block]] users and [[Sub-Zero]].
+The "Refresh Opponents" option allows you to re-roll for an entirely different set of 5 matches (with a 10 seconds cooldown between refreshes). By changing a team and not refreshing, it is possible to fight the same opponents with a different team. This can be useful if you are very confident about your team (i.e: you could use a high threat team to get high threat enemies, then change to a lower threat team to fight them). Heroes able to turn the enemies' strength to their benefit may do this successfully, such as [[Special Block]] users and [[Sub-Zero]].
-==First Win==
-There is a first win bonus for the day which is awarded only for the first arena battle won after midnight GMT and resets every 24 hours. This victory awards you double the battle rating so its really beneficial to fight a strong opponent to gain a good amount of battle rating to rank up faster.
-When a new season begins, the Arena interface would erroneously state you will get double the battle rating even if you already had that victory. A new season beginning does '''not''' reset the first win, only [[Pips]].
 ==Seasons==
+There are 2 Arena seasons each week.
-There are 2 arena seasons a week. The weekday season starts every Tuesday at 5 PM GMT and lasts until 10 PM GMT on Friday. The weekend season starts every Friday at 11 PM GMT and lasts until 4 PM GMT Tuesday. There is a one hour cooldown between the end of a season and the start of the next season to distribute the end of season rewards.
+* '''The Weekday Season'''
+** Tuesday (5PM GMT) — Friday (10PM GMT)
+* '''The Weekend Season:'''
-A new season starting will refresh all heroes' [[Pips]], which otherwise only happens at noon GMT.
+** Friday (11PM GMT) — Tuesday (4PM GMT)
+There is a one hour cool down between the end of a season and the start of the next season to distribute the end of season rewards. A new season starting will refresh all heroes' [[Pips]], which otherwise only happens at noon GMT.
 ==Time's Up!==
 Unlike other game modes, you may win even when the timer reaches zero. It is known that it is possible to win even when you fail to KO any enemy opponent, having less remaining health, and/or have fewer surviving members. It is also possible to lose even when you KO'ed an enemy opponent while your whole team survives. It is likely that victory is decided by total damage dealt.
+== Invasion ==
+Arena Invasion is a special mechanic in which a hero has a chance to "invade" a battle, randomly replacing one of the enemy heroes. The invading hero tends to have significantly lower stats, and is always first to appear in battle. If you win that battle, you gain 2-3 of their shards and a piece of their gear. Invasion rewards can be obtained 3 times a day, resetting like Pips.
+Invasion events are not always active. Only one can be active at a time. Arena Invasion heroes include [[Justice League Cyborg]], [[Batman Ninja Harley Quinn]], [[Classic Superman]], and [[Classic Batman]]. Generally, they only invade the Arena when they are first released, and they are rarely available again as such afterward.
 ==Rewards==
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 In addition to the above, a fixed bonus reward is also given at each of the above milestones based on your account level. If your account level is 65 or higher, you receive 4000 credits and 8 medals per milestone.
-===Invasion===
-Arena Invasion is a special mechanic in which a hero has a chance to "invade" a battle, randomly replacing one of the enemy heroes. The invading hero tends to have significantly lower stats, and always is the first to appear in battle. If you win that battle, you gain 2-3 of their shards and a piece of their gear. Invasion rewards can be obtained 3 times a day, resetting like Pips.
-Invasion events are not always active. Only one can be active at a time. Arena Invasion heroes include [[Justice League Cyborg]], [[Batman Ninja Harley Quinn]], [[Classic Superman]], and [[Classic Batman]]. Generally, they only invade the Arena when they are first released, and they are rarely available again as such afterward.
 ==Trivia==
-*Previously, players teams with at least around 20,000 [[Threat]] is able to match up against opponents of a much higher threat rating, from 30,000 to over 200,000 in very rare cases. This can actually be beneficial as it allows players to take on more difficult fights for higher battle rating rewards, as that is scaled according to the opponents threat.
+*Previously, player teams with at least around 20,000 [[Threat]] were able to match up against opponents of a much higher threat rating—from 30,000 to over 200,000 in very rare cases. This could actually be beneficial as it allowed players to take on more difficult fights to earn more [[Battle Rating]] per [[Pips|Pip]] expended.
-*Previously Arena battles do not award experience, this was later changed.
+*Arena battles did not always award experience.
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