Scarecrow's Ventilator Mask is a piece of Legendary (5-Star) Gear, evolved from the Epic (4-Star) gear, Scarecrow's Mask. 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, the Nth Metal Ultimate Pack and the Nth Metal Pro Pack.
It was introduced in Patch 2.12.
Effects[]
- Reflects 20% - 40% Blocked SPECIALS Damage back at opponent.
- On Tag-In Healing is negated for 5 - 10 seconds.
- [Evolved] On Tag-In 50% - 100% chance to hide enemy player's character Icons.
Mechanics[]
Reflect[]
The opponent is unable to see their characters!
The first effect reflects 20%-40% special damage when blocking. It is unlike the reflection effects of gears such as Charged Disc because it is guaranteed to occur on every hit, but does not reflect as much damage. Both this gear and other reflect special effects can trigger on the same hit, further reducing damage and reflecting damage in two separate hits. The user also gains power when blocking specials making it helpful for power generation. However, note that if the user is able to reflect back damage, that means the attacker will receive back damage as well, and since BOTH sides are receiving damages, that would also means that both sides will gain Power. This is especially worth noting on characters that deal numerous hits on their specials, such as The Flash/Metahuman, The Flash/Wally West Rebirth, etc.
If the Mask user is also protected by Invulnerability, no damage will be reflected. However, the reflect "hit" of zero will still occur, which will still give power to both combatants. On the other hand, if the Mask user has other damage reduction effects, reflect damage is calculated without taking into damage reduction into account. Even if you stacked enough to negate 100% of special damage (e.g. Batman/Batman Ninja passive, Batman Ninja Helmet, Killer Croc Companion Card EVOLVED), you can still reflect damage.
Like regular reflect special, this reflect effect can still occur on an Unblockable hit if you were blocking, but not for the hits after.
Healing negation[]
The second effect is similar to Killer Frost/Regime's passive, but stronger. Whenever the character equipped with it tags in, their opponent will be unable to heal themselves for a short amount of time. Regenerate effects, such as the one provided by the Fourth World Set are not included, and will still fully function. However, it will disable the Regeneration handicap in some matches. Other methods of healing, such as through Raven/Prime or Reverse Flash's passives and Resurrect are also not included.
Hide character icons[]
The third effect is likely the most novel. Upon tag-in, there is a chance that the opponent cannot see their own character icons for 6-7 seconds. This means that they can't see how many power bars they have or the identities of their tagged out teammates. This does not prevent tagging. This does not affect the AI, and only functions defensively for Online Battle.
Strategy[]
Scarecrow's Ventilator Mask, though not powerful, is an interesting gear to use. Its special reflect on block is guaranteed, effectively reducing special damage, gaining power and reflecting decent amount of damage back at the attackers, especially against multi-hit specials such as Jessica Cruz/Rebirth's SP2 and Deadshot's SP1. The heal negation on tag-in is useful against characters and gears that can heal such as Harley Quinn or Mutated Bone Spikes. The final effect is very fun to use in Online Battle defense as it can mess up the attacker's strategy sometimes, but essentially useless if players remember their character icons location beforehand.
If stacked with enough Damage reduction such as from Shazam/New 52, its user can negate special attack damage when blocking, making it a great tank gear.
Fusing[]
| Level | Credits | 
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| +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 |
| Credits |
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| 60,000 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 5 |
| 115,000 | 147 | 147 | 147 | 5 |
| Level | Credits |
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| +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 |
| Credits |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 390,000 | 441 | 441 | 441 | 5 |
Shattering[]
| Evolution |
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Bonus
Shards |
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| 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[]
- This is the fifth legendary gear piece that belongs to a character that is not in the game, after the Riddler's Staff, Gauntlets of Azrael, Soultaker Sword and Ra's Al Ghul's Scimitar.
- Out of all of them (including such gear released afterwards), Scarecrow is one of the only two to be made playable in Injustice 2, the other being the Tantu Totem (which belongs to Vixen who is a premier skin of Cheetah).
- While never playable, Ra's Al Ghul appeared in Black Adam's console arcade ending in Injustice: Gods Among Us.
- The evolved form shares a very similar appearance to the mask used by Scarecrow in Batman: Arkham Asylum (which was the first game in the Arkham series).
- Meanwhile, the unevolved form can be seen as the regular face of a "traditional" scarecrow.
- This is the first gear in the game to have all three effects be completely original and not shared by any other gear upon its introduction.
- Previously, after the opponent uses a special on the equipped character, if able to reflect back the damage, then that opponent will be Poisoned for 2 seconds. This was since removed in an update.
| Gear (evolved) |
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| 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)
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