Howard The Duck portrait
Tech class

Howard The Duck

TechAscendableReleased 2016

BHR reference

Every sig anchor × rank at A2. Sig levels in between interpolate smoothly (PCHIP) and round to the nearest 10 BHR — matching the in-game display.

SigR3R4R5
023,55028,74034,090
2025,24030,82036,550
4026,23032,03037,980
6027,06033,03039,180
8027,79033,93040,240
10028,47034,75041,220
12029,10035,52042,130
14029,68036,24042,980
16030,26036,94043,810
18030,79037,59044,590
20031,32038,23045,350

BHR scaling

20,00025,00030,00035,00040,00045,00050,000050100150200Signature levelR5R4R3

BHR at each signature level by rank, at maximum ascension (A2). The curve is concave — sig 0 → 100 captures roughly two-thirds of the gain from sig 0 → 200.

Abilities

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Immunities
Bleed Immunity
Abilities
ArmorArmor BreakFuryHeal BlockRegenerationStunSuppression
Prowess
Granted via synergy
BishopGambitPlatinumpoolStorm (Pyramid X)BishopGambitPlatinumpoolStorm (Pyramid X)
Knocking the opponent down removes all their Prowess effects and grants Howard 1 Prowess Buff for each effect removed this way, each increasing Special Attack Damage by 10% for 10 seconds.
Tags
#AW : Secutor#AW: Armor Burn#AW: Planetary Endurance#AW: Sturdy#Carina's Challengers#Control: Counter#Defenders#Forbearance#Hero#Metal#Saga Champions#Size: L#Water
PASSIVES — via auntm.aiin-game text · frozen 2024
  • The bulky ISO-Loader suit provides Immunity to Bleed effects.
Signature Ability QUACK-FU▾
  • If Howard is fighting in any fight with a Class Advantage, he breaks out his legendary Quack-Fu to gain the following:
  • Critical Resistance equal to 7.0% of Howard’s Armor Rating.
  • Base Ability Accuracy of 115% instead of the normal 100%.
  • Incoming Debuffs suffer --19.0 second(s) duration.
ALWAYS ACTIVE▾
  • The bulky ISO-Loader suit provides Immunity to Bleed effects.
  • Howard’s personal Buffs and Debuffs each expire 1 at a time.
BUTTON MASHER EXTRAORDINAIRE▾
  • Rapidly pressing the Block button at different times in the fight grants Howard special MASH! bonuses. Each MASH! bonus requires more presses of the Block button than the last within the same window.
  • In the Pre-Fight Menu, Howard can activate the Auto-Masher which lasts for the duration of the fight. While Auto-Masher is active, all MASH! bonuses will be handled automatically for Howard.
  • While fighting as a Defender, Auto-Masher is always active.
BEFORE THE FIGHT STARTS▾
  • Gain 1 indefinite Dormant Armor. MASH! Gain additional Dormant Armors. When the fight starts each Dormant Armor is converted into an indefinite Armor Up Buff, increasing Armor Rating by +11.0.
WHILE EITHER CHAMPION IS STUNNED▾
  • 100.0% chance to gain a Fury Buff, increasing Attack Rating by +10.0 for 10 seconds. Max Stacks: 50. MASH! Gain additional Fury Buffs.
SPECIAL ATTACK 1 SP1▾
  • 100.0% chance to inflict 2 Heal Block Debuffs, each lasting 2.5 seconds. MASH! Inflict additional Heal Block Debuffs.
SPECIAL ATTACK 2 SP2▾
  • 80.0% chance to inflict a Suppression Debuff, reducing Combat Power Rate by -10.0% for 4 seconds. MASH! Additional hits can inflict additional Suppression Debuffs.
SPECIAL ATTACK 3 SP3▾
  • 100.0% chance to inflict a 3 second Stun Debuff.
  • If Howard gets a Perfect result in the Special 3 Mini Game, this Stun Debuff becomes Passive and lasts 4 seconds.

Team synergies(6)

We Ain't No Punchline

UNIQUE
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Gwenpool
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Spider-Ham
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Goldpool
  • Howard the Duck: Critical Hits Pause all personal Debuffs for 0.5 seconds.
  • Other Synergy Champions: +20% Taunt, Incinerate & Bleed Debuff duration.

Not So Uncanny

UNIQUE
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Gambit
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Bishop
Storm (Pyramid X) portrait
Storm (Pyramid X)
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Platinumpool
  • Howard the Duck: Knocking the opponent down removes all their Prowess effects and grants Howard 1 Prowess Buff for each effect removed this way, each increasing Special Attack Damage by 10% for 10 seconds.
  • Other Synergy Champions: +12% Prowess duration and Potency.

You enable for other champions(11)

Bringing this champion enables the following synergies for other champions in your team. The host's effect text is shown so you can see what benefit the pairing unlocks.

Bong Term Rivalry

UNIQUE
Benefit for Doctor Bong
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Howard The Duck
  • Doctor Bong: Start with +1 Bong Buff, and Reverbs gain 25% increased potency.
  • Howard the Duck: Howard's Button Masher Extraordinaire ability becomes Bongtton Masher Extraordinaire. It's the exact same ability except the Auto-Masher is always enabled, and it doesn't prevent pressing Block manually.

Goose Rider (I'm a Duck!)

UNIQUE
Benefit for Ghost Rider
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Howard The Duck
  • Howard the Duck: Gaining a personal Armor Up also grants a +[600] Fury Passive for 5 seconds that starts paused. 1 Fury unpauses when the Opponent is struck as long as none are already unpaused.
  • Ghost Rider: Performing the action that casts an already active Judgment reactivates its associated effect. This will only trigger once for each Judgment until Penance Stare is used.

Get out of my Dimension!

UNIQUE
Benefit for Isophyne
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Howard The Duck
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Gwenpool
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Spot
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The Maker
  • Isophyne: Activating Special 1 at 3 Bars of Power inflicts 3 Energy Vulnerabilities.
  • Howard the Duck: Parry Mastery Stun duration gains +0.4 seconds.
  • Gwenpool: Whenever a personal effect is refreshed via Bleed consumption, gain an indefinite +15% Fury Passive. Max: 5.
  • Spot: Untouchable expires 50% slower during the Opponent's Special Attacks.
  • The Maker: Isophyne is included as one of The Maker's Planned Obsolescence synergy partners receiving full potency. Increase the potencies by 5% flat for both Champions.

Fearsome Four

UNIQUE
Benefit for Man-Thing
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She-Hulk
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Howard The Duck
  • Man-Thing: If Struck by a Basic Attack while under the effect of an Unstoppable Buff 100% chance to gain an Indestructible Buff lasting 0.5 second(s).
  • Howard: When the Opponent has an ISO Loader effect, Howard's Special 2 gains +50% Ability Accuracy.
  • She-Hulk: Striking a Stunned Opponent with a Heavy Attack grants a Fury Buff increasing Attack by 100% of her Base Attack for 1 second.

I Disagree with the Implication

UNIQUE
Benefit for Spider-Slayer (J. Jonah Jameson)
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Mole Man
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Peni Parker
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Howard The Duck
  • Synergy Champions: Start each fight with a 5% Safeguard Buff for 2 seconds that begins paused until it prevents damage, and is removed when the Opponent activates a Special Attack 3. When it ends for any reason, it returns after 45 seconds.

Piloted

UNIQUE
Benefit for The Destroyer
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Peni Parker
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Howard The Duck
  • The Destroyer: Gain [2,250] Energy Resistance.
  • Peni Parker: Gain 25% Power Burn potency.
  • Howard the Duck: When the Opponent Purifies a Stun Debuff, or is Immune to it, gain 1 personal Fury Buff.

Entrée

UNIQUE
Benefit for Tigra
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Vulture
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Howard The Duck
  • Tigra: When fighting #Small Champions, Heavy Attacks have +50% increased Attack Rating.
  • Vulture: Activating Raptor Strike pauses Siphon Charges and Thermal Feedback Debuffs for 5 seconds.
  • Howard the Duck: The chance of gaining stacks of Quack Fu is increased by 100%.

Sources

BHR curves
mcoc.gg per-rank curves (R4 + R5 11-anchor, refreshed 2026-06-03)
Ascendable flag
mcoc.gg per-state-columns + kabam-forum-base-pool
Last verified
2026-06-03
Verify externally
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