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King Groot



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Class

cosmic

Tier

Occasionally Useful

Tier

Annoying

Released

2017-04-27
Bleed Immunity
Fury
Poison
special attack 2
Regeneration
special attack 3
large benefit from awakened ability

Tags

#Offensive: Raw Damage
#Villain
#Villain of the Contest

Availability

2* 3* 4* 5* 6*
Premium Hero Crystal: already available (since 2017-08-08)

Hints

  • Strengths
  • Weaknesses
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Strong Match-Ups added by admin 0 0
  • Iron Man, Iron Patriot
    • In addition to a class advantage, King Groot has access to frequent Armor Break effects to counter these Champions’ Armor Up Buffs. Through careful timing, King Groot can also plant 2 poison effects on these Champions as they’re about to hit their Arc Overload, thus weakening their regeneration effects.
  • Black Panther, Deadpool (X-Force), Wolverine
    • These Champions are very reliant on consistent Bleed effects for their damage output, which King Groot is immune to. They also lack the ability to deal with either King Groot’s Fury or Regeneration Buffs, giving him the advantage the longer the fight goes on.
  • Daredevil, Captain America (WWII)
    • These Champions rely on very few but strong Debuffs during combat, which King Groot can easily shrug off. Additionally, these Champions lack any means of protecting themselves from King Groot’s Armor Break and Poison Debuffs.
Weak Match-Ups added by admin 0 0
  • Dr.Strange, The Hood, Dormammu
    • In addition to a class advantage, these Champions have reliable and powerful nullifying effects, allowing them to rip down King Groot’s Fury and Regeneration Buffs and deny him the majority of his strength.

Abilities

Signature ability

Unyielding Might
Passive
Whenever King Groot falls into Cool Down, he immediately begins to focus on rapidly repairing his cellular damage, granting him a Regeneration Buff and recovering X Health over the duration of the Cool Down.

Abilities

Armor Break
Armor Break breaks the Armor of Armored Champions, preventing Armor from preventing damage. Armor Break is an effective counter to Armored Champions.
Special Attack 1: 90% chance to Armor Break the target, reducing Armor by X for 8 seconds. If King Groot has a Fury Buff, he consumes it to make the Armor Break permanent. [Max: 9 Stacks]
Bleed Immunity
Passive
A lack of blood provides full immunity to Bleeding.
Fury
Fury increases a Champion's Attack power.
Passive:
King Groot begins each fight with 2 Fury Buffs, each increasing his Attack by X for 12 seconds.
Each time King Groot receives a Debuff, he removes 1 Fury charge and starts a 0.5 second timer. When the timer expires, he purifies one Debuff.
When King Groot loses his last Fury charge, he enters a Cool Down state for 16 seconds. While in Cool Down, each attack thrown or suffered has a 9% chance to cause King Groot to store 1 Fury charge.
When King Groot’s Cool Down ends, he immediately gains 2 Fury Buffs, plus any additional charges he gained from throwing or receiving attacks during his Cool Down state.
Poison
Poison deals a fixed amount of damage over a certain time period.
Special Attack 2: 100% chance to Poison the opponent, dealing X direct damage over 8 seconds. If King Groot has a Fury Buff, he consumes it to apply an additional Poison effect.
Regeneration
Regeneration allows the user to regain lost Health.
Special Attack 3: King Groot overloads his floral cells to gain a Regeneration Buff, recovering X Health over 3 seconds. If King Groot has a Fury Buff, he consumes it to increase the duration of the Regeneration effect by 50%.

Special attacks

1: Floral Ferocity

The monarch of Planet X smashes his opponent into the unforgiving Earth with two mighty slams.
Armor Break: 90% chance to Armor Break the target, reducing Armor by X for 8 seconds. If King Groot has a Fury Buff, he consumes it to make the Armor Break permanent. [Max: 9 Stacks]

2: Internal Toxicity

King Groot pours forth a toxic wave of plant-based venoms.
Poison: 100% chance to Poison the opponent, dealing X direct damage over 8 seconds. If King Groot has a Fury Buff, he consumes it to apply an additional Poison effect.

3: Savagery Unleashed

King Groot sends out his plant material to envelope his opponent and crush them.
Regeneration: King Groot overloads his floral cells to gain a Regeneration Buff, recovering X Health over 3 seconds. If King Groot has a Fury Buff, he consumes it to increase the duration of the Regeneration effect by 50%.

Synergies


Friends
Armor Rating
Friends
Armor Rating
Enemies
Critical Rating
Enemies
Critical Rating
* Synergy Champions
2* Enemies level 1
All Champions gain +85 Critical Rating
2* Friends level 1
All Champions gain +70 Armor Rating
3* Enemies level 2
All Champions gain +115 Critical Rating
3* Enemies level 1
All Champions gain +85 Critical Rating
3* Friends level 2
All Champions gain +95 Armor Rating
4* Enemies level 3
All Champions gain +155 Critical Rating
4* Enemies level 2
All Champions gain +115 Critical Rating
4* Friends level 3
All Champions gain +130 Armor Rating
5* Enemies level 3
All Champions gain +155 Critical Rating
5* Enemies level 3
All Champions gain +155 Critical Rating
5* Friends level 3
All Champions gain +130 Armor Rating
6* Enemies level 3
All Champions gain +155 Critical Rating
6* Enemies level 3
All Champions gain +155 Critical Rating
6* Friends level 3
All Champions gain +130 Armor Rating
External synergies:
Champion * Synergy
4*
5*
6*
 Immortal Kings
Abomination (Immortal): +15% Potency in Personal Poison and Acid Burn effects.
King Groot: During cooldown gain a 25% chance to inflict a Poison Debuff dealing 30% of modified attack over 12 seconds each time a contact attack is landed. Additionally the chance to gain Fury charges during cooldown is increased by a flat +11%.
4*
5*
6*
 My Contest Now
Magneto: While fighting #Hero Champions, Special Attacks gain +15% Attack rating and gain a Cruelty Buff lasting 14 seconds and increasing Critical Damage Rating by 800.
4*
5*
6*
 Misunderstood Monsters
Man-Thing: Well Timed Blocks inflict a Poison Debuff dealing 25% of its Attack as damage over 5 seconds, and reducing Regeneration effects by 30%.
King Groot: Start the fight with 2 additional Furies, and gain 2 additional Furies when exiting his Cooldown state.
4*
5*
6*
 Kings of the World
All Champions: Each member of this Synergy increases the teams Special Attack damage by +12% for as long as they are alive (max 36%).
5*
6*
 Giant Challengers
Sasquatch: Start the fight with 3 Stacks of Rage.
King Groot: Start the fight with +3 paused personal Furys.
Thing: Start the fight with 3 Rock Stacks.
Sentinel: Start the fight with 30 Analysis Charges.
Synergy teams:
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Guides

Preview Kind Author Published
King Groot Rank Up & Gameplay! 0 0
gameplay Seatin Man of Legends 2017-05-01
--- Entering Marvel Contest of Champions: King Groot 0 0
spotlight Marvel 2017-04-27
King Groot Overview & Early Thoughts 0 0
review Seatin Man of Legends 2017-04-22
King Groot - First Look - Full Ability Walkthrough 0 0
review Joel Line 2017-03-28
--- Champion Spotlight 0 0
spotlight

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History

Date Game version Title
2020-12-01 29.1 Version 29.1 Fix
Updated Special 2 to ensure the Poison Cloud hits are counted as a projectile.
2020-08-04 28.0 Version 28.0 Fix
Fixed issue where King Groot was able to shrug off more of Omega Red’s Spores than intended.
2020-04-27 27.0 Version 27.0 Fix
Fixed an issue where King Groot could not shrug of the Poison Debuff from the Liquid Courage Mastery.
2019-04-03 22.1 Version 22.1 Fix
Fixed a text issue where his passive ability was missing information.
2018-10-01 20.1 Version 20.1 Fix
Fixed an issue where King Groot’s Poison inflicted from his Special 2 Attack was not scaling correctly with his modified Attack Rating.

Duel targets

Kind Summoner Rank/Level PI Verified Actions
4* easy 
Groovy 27
 		1018 2020-06-26  Copy
4* easy jcole236 1018 2020-06-26  Copy

Arena

Kind Starts Cutoff
5* featured 2019-10-28
5* featured 2019-10-24
4* featured 2019-10-28
4* featured 2019-10-24
4* featured 2017-05-01 6 756 347
4* featured 2017-04-27 12 332 815
4* basic 2020-04-27
4* basic 2020-04-23
4* basic 2017-11-06 2 759 148
4* basic 2017-11-02 2 502 600
3* featured 2019-10-28
3* featured 2019-10-24
3* featured 2017-05-01 1 026 465
3* featured 2017-04-27 1 232 942

Bio

Rising from under the canopy of a mysterious alien forest, Groot, the invincible master of plants and King of Planet X conquers all! This savage and ferocious monster from a parallel universe never met Rocket or joined the Guardians, instead becoming a galactic warlord and experimenting on captured humans. But now, the ruthless King’s mission has been interrupted by the Collector, and he has set his sights on a new goal: hoarding all of the abundant treasure and power the Contest has to offer!

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