Don't give this variant the cold shoulder.
Variant discussion heating up!
It wasn't going from 1 to 29 HP in one turn. (At least not in Time Cataclysm against Voss).
My guess is he may have to knock himself out with fire damage, but these haven't been THAT straightforward since the first batch.
No story on the Multiverse page to base ideas off of yet...
Have all his equipment destroyed in a single go, maybe?
What about having him destroy all of his self-destroyable equipment/ongoings? i.e. the ones that he can use a power to destroy?
Just got the unlock using some information I'd seen on the Steam forums.
The pieces were:
Tachyon, Absolute Zero, Wraith, Ra, and Omnitron-X vs. Baron Blade in Time Cataclysm
I was also trying for TL Tachyon, so I got everyone to <10. Based on what I saw in the Steam forums, I got every piece of Absolute Zero's equipment out, but made sure he had 0 at the end (thanks to Singularity). I also got out Glacial Structure, but it was also not out at the end. I never did get Cold Snap or Impale out though, so "all ongoings" shouldn't be a requirement. I won with Tachyon doing FoFx3 and a Lightspeed Barrage, but AZ and every one were alive. My guess is:
Lose with AZ to Iron Legacy (seems to be a common theme with F6).
Win a game in which AZ is <10 and plays all equipment cards, but none are in play at the end, which at least 1 ST hero on the team.
(For those curious, I did NOT get TL Tachyon).
UNLOCK!
Have IL incap AZ.
Fought Ambuscade in Insula Primalis.
Have all of AZ's equipment out (i had them all out at the same time - not sure if they all need to be out at the same time or just have to been in play). Then defeat the villain with no equipment in play and AZ at 9 or lower. I did this via Singularity from O-X.
The Bio Page Text seems to be a placeholder. It's the AZ text from Tactics.
Whoops, yeah that text is incorrect.
I just unlocked him, doing basically the same as Praion did above. Got all his equipment out, then destroyed it with singularity, then finished the fight. Tempest got the killing blow.
Used AZ, Omni, Tach, Tempest, and Wraith against Blade in Insula Primalis.
Everybody had pretty high hp. Pretty straight forward fight.
I have both won and lost to Iron Legacy before this, with AZ on the team both times. I had also had Blade knockout Young Legacy on the Mars Base in case the overall Iron Legacy story line needed it.
Unlocked him with the same conditions Praion did: All of AZ's equip out, then Singularity'd all of them to the trash on Dino Island with Ambuscade. AZ > Omni > AA > Inf Scholar, Omni picked up the last hit with a rocket punch, so AZ doesn't have to do anything after the equipment's gone. Ongoings don't seem to affect anything either as AZ still had one Impale on Ambuscade.
My current theory:
After losing a game against Iron Legacy that included Absolute Zero, win a game in which all AZ's equipment is played and destroyed, Legacy can't be on the team.
Trying it without Amb nor Insula ...
Got it! It's just the equipment part that's required. Did it on Silver Gulch against Gloom.
Trying with Voss in the Time Cataclysm, but had to go to work. Will post results tonight.
Man he is really fun to play.
This one and Unity maybe change up how you play the character the most. Followed by DW Nightmist.
Unlocked.
Ambuscade @ Insula Primalis
Tachyon (TL), AZ, Dark Vis, OmnitronX
Got out all of his equipment pieces and let the TePterodactyl Thief eat them. Then crushed Ambuscade with Tachyon (3 Fleets into Lightning Reflexes into 3 14hp Lightspeed Barrages...did not unlock here, but the rest of team was over 10hp except her).
Unlocked on Victory.
So it seems to be: Get all of AZ's equipment into play, let it all be destroyed and win the match.
Confirmed!
Lose to Iron Legacy first, then:
Team: AZ, Omni-X, SST, Ra (horus of two suns)
Villain: Ambusacde
Environ: Insula Primalis
AZ got out the 4 peices of equipment: Null Point, thermotranducer, Cryo chamber, and Focused Appertures
Omni used Singularity to destry them. AZ was over 10Hp (Hell I had him at 21HP)
Tachyon had the final hit for the win.
I don't think villain or location really matter or the rest of the team matter.
Confirmation pic on my twitter account (@xeserox www.twitter.com/xeserox ).
Unless I did something wrong, I fulfilled the above (lose to Iron Legacy and then get all of Ab Zab's equipment into play and destroyed) and didn't unlock. AZ was incapped though, so maybe he needs to survive the "winning" match?
Does all the equipment have to be destroyed at once? I got all AZ's equpment out & then destroyed it over the course of two or three rounds (mostly with Unity's Bot-Hack) and didn't unlock. (won vs. Omitron in Time Cataclysm, nobody incapped. Have previously lost against Iron Legacy, just like for all the other F6 unlocks.)
Mine was also destroyed over several rounds, using DW Fixer.
I would assume then it all has to be destroyed at once. And I think you need him to keep his health above 10HP. he can't be incapped.