Elektra Becomes 57th Playable Character in Marvel Heroes 2016

Since her first appearance in Daredevil #168 back in January 1981, Elektra has proven herself one of the Marvel Universe’s most dangerous assassins. Until now though, we haven't been able to utilise those deadly skills in Marvel Heroes 2016 2016. To celebrate 35 years of the red suited assassin, you can now experience her lethal suite of moves yourself in the free-to-play game. The character, voiced by Kat Cressida, dons her classic red costume for the main game. If that's not your style, then there's always the black costume that she wore in Season 2 of Daredevil, which is available as an alternate costume. 

Elektra attacks with her sai, a rope dart, shurikens and other powerful abilities, such as Marked for Death, which debuffs powerful enemies while buffing herself. Extra care was placed into making her feel like a true assassin:

“We opted for a more target-selection mechanic to represent Elektra's assassination skills rather than basing her strictly around stealth, to differentiate her from other assassins in the game,” says Michael May, Senior Game Designer at Gazillion. “She does have stealth mechanics, but her gameplay is mostly driven around finding high-value targets, marking them, then taking them out.”