Season of Lawless – Available October 1

Season 3 is lurking just around the corner, and it’s gonna show us that sometimes crime does pay!

So let us take you through everything coming in the new Season, including our new playable character, all the new gear, missions, brand new Elseworld, and much more…

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.

If you hadn’t noticed her last name, Zoe’s father is none other than Floyd Lawton, A.K.A. the Squad’s very own Deadshot. Zoe eagerly devoured any lesson her dad would teach her, exhibiting the same drive and pragmatism that made him the world’s deadliest assassin. That was until his tangle with Green Lantern, which landed him a spot in Arkham Asylum and left Zoe heartbroken at the loss of her role model. But if you were to ask her now, she’d tell you that’s when she had her eyes opened. Having Deadshot locked away allowed Zoe to see the realities of life in Gotham, away from the rich, comfortable life that her father’s crimes had provided for her. While the privileged class in the city were growing richer than ever, the common people were suffering, unable to afford to live in the city that was their home. Once Zoe’s eyes were open to this injustice, she knew that she had found her calling, using her talents as a thief for some… aggressive redistribution in Gotham. And so, Lawless was born.

But when Brainiac invades Metropolis and word gets out about the advanced alien technology he’s brought along with him, Lawless is unable to resist the allure of the heist of the century. By grabbing as much of this tech as she can and selling it to the highest bidder, just think of the good she’ll be able to do back home. But after arriving in Metropolis, she realises that this is going to mean a reunion with her dad, something she is not looking forward to. ‘Dadshot’ won’t stop treating her like the vulnerable 13-year-old she was when he got locked up, rather than the 18-year-old super thief she is now. It’ll take a while before she’s ready to trust him again, but it turns out killing purple aliens is the perfect father-daughter bonding activity. So maybe there’s hope for them yet?

The biggest, unexpected perk for Lawless, however, is the anti-gravity tech she has been able to plunder from Brainiac. After a little repurposing, she’s found that she can manipulate gravity at will, allowing her to pull off daring heists she previously hadn’t dreamed possible, and the ability to fly clean over Brainiac’s forces doesn’t hurt either. Her primary traversal ability changes the direction of gravity for her, allowing her to fall in any direction. This makes for a traversal style that’s chaotic and incredibly powerful in the right hands. Her secondary traversal ability ‘Moon Gravity’ lowers the strength of gravity’s pull on her, allowing her to leap great distances and float gently to the ground. This’ll make confusing and bruising the Coluans a piece of cake. Finally, her Enhanced Traversal Attack is ‘Manipulated Singularity’. Utilising her pilfered Coluan anti-gravity tech she is able to create a micro black hole, drawing in all nearby enemies and then sending them flying back after it explodes for HUGE damage.

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.

LAWLESS LOADOUTS

Now that you’ve seen some of the gear that you’ll be getting your hands on, let’s take a quick look at some of the options you’ll have to make it all work together.

LETHAL LAWLESS MELEE

Our very own influencer is here to bring you her own hard hitting melee build, supported by her above average Harvest Damage multiplier. To get the fun going, start fights with crits from Psycho Pirate’s Psionic Virus, which causes enemies to take more damage as the fight continues. Do this while airborne to proc the Steel Jackets Brittle Bones Traversal Mod Augment which will apply the new Deep Wounds status effect to enemies you hit. Utilizing the Tier 2 Infamy set Cat Claws, your crits also let you build up stacks of Cat Claws, which allows your next melee attack to deal more damage. Cat Claws’ 3-piece bonus also guarantees you will crit and deal 1000% increased melee damage against enemies affected by Deep Wounds.

If enemies survive your melee attacks, you can use your traversal attack – which reapplies Deep Wounds to every enemy hit and makes them Shield Harvestable thanks to the 2-piece Cat Claws bonus. Should your foe have the gall to remain standing, Murder Mittens melee’s effect will make your enemy bleed for 300% of the damage dealt by your next melee attack.

The party doesn’t stop there. Thanks to Roulette’s House Rules Shield, Shield Harvesting an enemy will create an Arena in which you do even more damage while inside of it. A nice parting gift from enemies is the damage boosts they drop after you juggle kill them with the Parting Gift Neck Bomb Mod, so you can keep the party going afterwards for you and the rest of your Squad.

ULTIMATE DAY-RUINER

The Tier 1 Feline Grace Infamy set is all about aerial domination. While airborne, you gain stacks of Feline Grace which increase your melee damage and cause melee attacks to apply Deep Wounds. Furthermore, Stacks of Feline Grace also grant a chance for your melee attacks and crits to drop a live Grenade at the enemy’s feet.

The Feline Grace set also grants increased Traversal Attack resource generation and guarantees that a live grenade drops whenever you Shield Harvest or Counter an enemy. Talk about a flashy playstyle!

You’ll want to pair that with the Corrupted Steel Jackets Brittle Bones, which will provide an additional increase to your damage the longer you stay airborne (up to 2000%), and the Gentleman Ghost’s Undead Spirit Grenade, which will keep your enemies in limbo as you feed off of their essence and boost your damage even more… before they move on to wherever Brainiac goons go once they die.

You can control your enemies further by using the Fiddler’s Fiddle Lucky Charm which will Craze nearby enemies whenever you Counter or Shield Harvest an enemy. Lastly, you’ll want to equip the Take Backsies Shield, which upon your Shield breaking, will provide you with significant damage reduction and reflect enemy damage if they are suffering from Deep Wounds!

OLD MEETS NEW

THE GOLDEST TRICK IN THE BOOK

The Battle Pass for Season 3 will be focused on returning to the Golden Age of comics. The Golden Age family of Outfits imagines how Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Captain Boomerang and Lawless would look in the age of out-running speeding bullets, saving cats from trees, and really bad moustaches.

MODERN CLASSICS

The New 52 family of Outfits will be available in the Store in Season 3. These outfits lift the iconic looks for The Joker, Harley, Deadshot and Shark straight from Prime Earth, so get out there and show Brainiac you know how to put the boot in reboot.

PUMPKIN IRON

We’ll also be celebrating the spookiest month of the year with a Halloween event and a new set of Halloween themed outfits and emotes, available free for all players starting later this month.

Here’s a petrifying preview of the sinister new styles to come.

GOTHAM AWAITS

That about wraps up our deep-dive into the upcoming Season of Lawless, featuring our new playable character Lawless, the new Gotham City Elseworld, new gear, missions, challenges and more. The Season begin with Episode 5, which will be available for all players on October 1. See you in the Elseworlds!