Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Update 1.018 Released for Season 3; Servers Undergoing Maintenance

The latest content drop for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is here this, but before players can play, Rocksteady Studios need to pull down the servers for maintenance work this October 1. While the servers are down, players will be able to download Suicide Squad: KTJL update 1.018 on all platforms, and this is for Season 3!

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Update 1.018 Patch Notes for Season 3:

Server Outage:

• The maintenance begins at 10 am UTC/3 am PT/6 am ET/6 pm HKT
• Duration: Not specified but usually around 2-4 hours

LAWLESS

Meet the newest playable character coming to Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League: Zoe Lawton A.K.A. Lawless.

One of Gotham’s newest and most ethical thieves, Lawless is determined to use the skills of a master criminal that her father taught her to redistribute the wealth in her hometown. She’s sending a message to the people of Gotham that they don’t have to live in fear of the city’s out-of-touch elites any longer, and her method for spreading this message is to livestream her heists for her adoring fans to see.

Lawless’s Talents fit into three different playstyles, allowing you to customise how she plays and take down Brainiac however you see fit.

The ‘Influencer‘ playstyle sees Lawless amp things up, with a focus on afflicting enemies with Livewire Bolt, as well as slowing enemies down using her unique talents. With Shock & Awe, melee kills will electrify all enemies within 10 meters, allowing for some major critical damage. The Multi-Tasker talent gives your Melee strikes a 50% chance to send enemies reeling back in Slo-Mo. These two talents alone make for the base of an electrifying Melee/support build.

‘Revolutionary‘ is focused on turning your enemy’s strength against them, through powering up your Counters and dealing a lot of damage. ‘Out Of Bubblegum‘ both boosts her firearm damage by 125% AND causes Counters to electrify all enemies near to the target, proving that Lawless can be lethal if she needs to be. And ‘Tell Your Friends!‘ spreads half the damage you deal with Crits to all enemies nearby, synergising with her Livewire Bolt abilities for massive damage.

Finally, the ‘Thief‘ playstyle leans into a trickster archetype, emphasising instant reloads, getting lots of combo and generating extra resources to share with your team. ‘Bonus Content‘ causes both Firearm Ammo and Grenade Ammo to spawn on a Shield Harvest, meaning she’s always got the resources she needs to keep the fight going, and ‘All In The Wrist‘ causes Counters to instantly reload your equipped Firearm, so she can put that extra ammo to use quickly.

These talents, in combination with Pistols, Sniper Rifles and SMGs as her weapons of choice, make for a versatile fighter who can swoop in for an electrifying close-range/melee build, or float high above the battlefield and pick off enemies from afar. Try her out for yourself and discover what playstyle works for you, by reaching Episode Rank 25 to defeat Brainiac and recruit her to the Squad.

A FAMILIAR BASTION

Season 3 will see you returning to Gotham, but not quite as you know it. In this Elseworld, Earth held its last stand against Brainiac in Gotham City, rather than Metropolis. And after it fell, Brainiac decided he had little use for the failing city, leaving it to fall into the void. Rivers of lava now flow through the streets of Gotham, whole city districts are tumbling into an endless void and various iconic locations from Gotham pop up all throughout this Elseworld. As you explore through this Gothic Elseworld, you will find various buildings and locations you’ll have played through in the Batman: Arkham series, like the Ace Chemicals building from which Scarecrow launched his attack on Gotham, or the GCPD where many of the city’s lowlifes were taken by Batman to be brought to justice, and even Arkham Asylum where The Joker put Batman through that fateful night.

As you traverse through the nightmarish landscape of this corrupted Gotham, you will have a range of new Mutators to aid you in your crusade against Brainiac. ‘Insult to Injury’ increases your damage against enemies with Deep Wounds (see in the next section how Catwoman will help you afflict enemies with this), whilst Crop Dusting increases your Affliction Resource generation by 200% while you’re airborne, incentivising an acrobatic and fast-moving playstyle as you electrocute dozens of aliens at once. For the showstopper though, you’ll want ‘Out With A Bang’, which causes Counters to attach a bomb to enemies, making them explode if killed within 10 seconds.

THIS KITTY HAS CLAWS

The launch of Season 3 begins with Episode 5: Thieves, and with it the graceful yet devastating Catwoman Infamy set. One of the tricks with this set is the new Status Effect ‘Deep Wounds,’ which causes enemies to take damage over time and bleed if you follow up with a melee attack.

Naturally, much of the gear in this set boosts your Melee damage or synergises with it in other ways, so you can get up close and show Brainiac how sharp your claws are. There are also bonuses that can be gained by staying airborne for as long as possible, exemplifying the acrobatic prowess of Selina Kyle.

You will have to become truly cat-like to master this Infamy set, but the rewards are well worth it for those who do.

UPPING THE NOTORIETY

On top of the Catwoman Infamy sets, Season 3 will introduce a Rogues Gallery of new Notorious gear items. We will dive deep into DC lore in search of the firepower to take out Brainiac’s forces in this brand new Elseworld.

Psycho-Pirate’s Psionic Virus is a Firearm that inflicts enemies with stacks of Psionic Virus upon each hit, which makes them do less damage, take more damage, and stacks up to 10 times. This debilitating virus is further boosted by the Alt-Fire, which does 1000% bonus damage to enemies afflicted by Psionic Virus, plus if the enemy hit has 10 stacks of the Virus, they will explode in a contagious cloud that infects all nearby enemies with 10 stacks of Psionic Virus.

Doctor Phosphorus’s Radiating Heat needs a little help to reach full potential but can devastate an entire army of Coluans if given the chance. Hitting a burning enemy with this Firearm will consume the burn effect and boost your damage by 100%, up to a max of 500%. With the right build or a helpful teammate to apply enough Diablo Blaze to your enemies, you’ll be dishing out some serious damage with this infernal weapon.

Roulette’s House Rules will allow you to unleash your inner gladiator and battle Brainiac’s forces in the Arena. Upon Shield Harvesting an enemy, an Arena is set up at your location, increasing ALL damage done within it by 1000% and depleting your Shield while you stay in it. This makes for a high-risk, high-reward playstyle that could have you decimating an entire swathe of enemies in an instant or meeting your untimely end. It’s all up to you.

Rat Catcher’s Rat Pack excels at taking out tough single enemies… with a little preparation. As you kill enemies with it, you will build up stacks of Rat Pack, and once you hit 10 stacks, your next melee hit will cause your target to take 10% of their health as damage per second for 10 seconds. Leave them to suffer while you move on to your next target.

Gentleman Ghost’s Undead Spirit marks your enemies as an Undead Spirit from which you siphon their essence. Each Undead Spirit increases the damage you inflict (capping at 500%) until they inevitably leave this mortal plane.

The gameplay adjustments, bug fixes and the like have not been revealed yet, but once it’s live, we’ll slot it in the article.

In the latest news surrounding the game, Rocksteady has been hit with layoffs with Suicide Squad’s underperformance cited as the main cause.

[Source: Suicide Squad]

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