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The Mother Box is a piece of Legendary (5-Star) Gear, evolved from the Epic (4-Star) gear, Alien Artifact. The unevolved version can be obtained by ranking in the top 5% of certain Online Battle seasons, or as a possible reward in the Worst Heroes Ever Bundle, The Dawn of Justice Triple Pack, Nth Metal Pro Packs, or Nth Metal Ultimate Packs.

Effects

  • 8% - 28% MAX HEALTH increase
  • 10% - 30% chance to BLINK against Special 2
  • [Evolved]: 50% - 100% POWERDRAIN chance at start of the match

Mechanics

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The BLINK effect when an opponent uses their SP2.

The blink chance is similar to the effect of the passive of Batman/Dawn of Justice and the gear Riddler's Staff in that, when it does activate, it will do so upon the opponent's activation of a special, causing the disappearing character to be unaffected by all damage and effects over the course of the special's animation. This gear is in many ways a direct counterpart to the Riddler's Staff, offering a 28% health increase when fully evolved (instead of a 35% health increase) and a 30% "blink" chance to disappear against enemy's Special 2 (instead of a 21% "blink" chance against SP1).

Mother Box power drain

Power drain at start of the match

This will not affect Batman/Arkham Knight's "Power Added" perk as it is chosen just after the start of the match, but it will still affect the power given by the aforementioned Batgirl/Prime and Ra's Al Ghul's Scimitar.

If the starting enemy has Astro-Harness equipped, he/she can still be power drained by Mother Box, as the invulnerability shield only show up right after the match start.

The power drain will also take effect even if there is no power to be drained, meaning that character equipped with the LexCorp Set can gain power even if there was none to be drained originally.

Strategy

The power drain at the start of the match that this gear provides is quite novel. If equipped onto any character of a team, the fully evolved gear will automatically drain the power of the opponent's starting character. This can greatly reduce the effectiveness of characters/gears that grant immediate access to power, such as Batman/Arkham Origins, Batgirl/Prime, and even the effects of Ra's Al Ghul's Scimitar. Interestingly enough, this can also be the one way and at times only opportunity to drain Batman/Arkham Knight's power, as his controller can also choose to give him immunity to power drain (as technically that boost is chosen/given just after the start of a match also). The Batman/Arkham Origins boss in page 7 of Standard Battle can be power drained at start of the match thanks to Mother Box, reducing his threat.

The SP2 blink is useful sometimes, but usually unreliable. Therefore, it should be equipped on Batman/Dawn of Justice or Wally West/Rebirth to further increase their evasion chances. Riddler's Staff can be combined to protect their user from both specials.

Fusing

Level Credits RedShard BlueShard GreenShard
+1 1,000 4 4 4
+2 2,000 6 6 6
+3 3,000 8 8 8
+4 4,000 10 10 10
+5 5,000 12 12 12
+6 6,000 14 14 14
+7 7,000 16 16 16
+8 8,000 18 18 18
+9 9,000 20 20 20
+10 10,000 24 24 24
Evolving and Subtotal
Credits RedShard BlueShard GreenShard PurpleShard
60,000 15 15 15 5
115,000 147 147 147 5
Level Credits RedShard BlueShard GreenShard
+1 5,000 4 4 4
+2 10,000 6 6 6
+3 15,000 8 8 8
+4 20,000 12 12 12
+5 25,000 20 20 20
+6 30,000 28 28 28
+7 35,000 36 36 36
+8 40,000 48 48 48
+9 45,000 60 60 60
+10 50,000 72 72 72
Total
Credits RedShard BlueShard GreenShard PurpleShard
390,000 441 441 441 5

Shattering

Evolution RedShard BlueShard GreenShard PurpleShard Bonus

Shards

RedShard BlueShard GreenShard
Unevolved 20 20 20 1 --> ? ? ?
Evolved 24 24 24 1 --> ? ? ?
Maxed 24 24 24 1 --> 36-71 36-70 36-70

Ignoring the power credit cost and assuming minimum output (24 red, 24 blue, 24 green), evolving it breaks even after 7 gear pieces shattered.

Ignoring the power credit cost and assuming minimum output (60 red, 60 blue, 60 green), maxing it breaks even after 5 gear pieces shattered (over the base evolved form).


Trivia

  • The Mother Box is an alien device that can be used to teleport the user to almost anywhere they wish, and is widely used by Darkseid and his army at first as a way to open a portal from his home planet, Apokolips, to Earth.
  • This is the 2nd piece of gear with the BLINK effect, the first being Riddler's Staff.
    • In many ways this gear completely mirrors Riddler's Staff, as both offer a health increase and a chance to evade different special attacks. Arguably the third and final effects of both gears are similar as well, as the team XP boost of Riddler's Staff is team-oriented but has no effect in combat, while the Mother Box drain effect can help the team even if placed on a character who doesn't enter the battle (but will also have no further effect in combat afterwards).
  • It is the 5th piece of legendary gear to have a max health increase effect.
  • This is the latest piece of online season reward gear that has a unique portrait on the Online Battle page. All others are only represented by an unevolved version of the gear card. It was originally applied for the Militarized Batmobile, and later joined by the Riddler's Cane, Soultaker Sword and this gear.
  • Previously, the Mother Box drains power even before the match actually starts. This was changed to do so at the actual start of the match.
Gear (evolved)
4→5 star

5-U-93-R Pill (Overpowered 5-U-93-R) Alien Artifact (Mother Box) Ancient Katana (Soultaker Sword) Astro Force (Astro-Harness) Black Diamond (Heart of Darkness) Black Power Battery (Nekron's Scythe) Cloak (Cloak of Destiny) Gingo Fruit (Gingold Soda) Gloves of Azrael (Gauntlets of Azrael) Mysterious Artifact (The Ibistick) Nightwing's Ninjato (Brandished Ninjato) Ra's Al Ghul's Dagger (Ra's Al Ghul's Scimitar) Riddler's Cane (Riddler's Staff) Scarecrow's Mask (Scarecrow's Ventilator Mask) Sengoku Helmet (Batman Ninja Helmet) The Batmobile (Militarized Batmobile) The Master's Arms (The Master's Death Cart) Time Capsule (Quake Engine) Totem (Tantu Totem) War Gauntlet (Claw of Horus)
Fourth World Set
Fourth World Chest Plate (Fourth World Godly Chest Plate) Fourth World Helmet (Fourth World Godly Helmet) Fourth World Mace (Fourth World Godly Mace)
League of Assassins Set
League of Assassins Initiate Blade (League of Assassins Adept Blade) League of Assassins Hood (League of Assassins Adept Hood) League of Assassins Throwing Knives (League of Assassins Adept Knives)
LexCorp Set
LexCorp Chest Armour V1 (LexCorp Chest Armor V2) LexCorp Gauntlets V1 (LexCorp Gauntlets V2) LexCorp Helmet V1 (LexCorp Helmet V2)
Companion Cards
Diablo Companion Card (Diablo Companion Card EVOLVED) Enchantress Companion Card (Enchantress Companion Card EVOLVED) Killer Croc Companion Card (Killer Croc Companion Card EVOLVED)

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