You'll have to find new builds to overcome the challenge
As Rocksteady prepares to release Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League on February 2nd, the London studio has drawn back the curtain on what awaits players beyond the campaign's end — a layered architecture of mastery, competition, and escalating chaos rooted in DC mythology. The endgame is not merely content to consume, but a system designed to demand adaptation, rewarding those who learn to think fluidly under pressure. And hovering at the edge of it all, like a punchline not yet delivered, is the shadow of the Joker — a figure whose very existence in this universe raises questions about death, continuity, and the stories we choose to resurrect.
- With launch just weeks away, Rocksteady is racing to assure players that the world doesn't end when the credits roll — the real game, they argue, begins after.
- Three tiers of Infamy Sets themed around DC villains create a progression ladder that demands not just power, but genuine mastery of builds, traversal, and enemy behavior.
- Two distinct mission types — the timed shield-run of Incursion Missions and the relentless kill-or-die pressure of Killing Time — keep the endgame from collapsing into repetition.
- Global leaderboards and the Social Squad feature attempt to bridge the gap between solo players and the competitive ecosystem, letting anyone borrow an optimized build from a top performer.
- A single teased image — the Joker's newspaper, The Daily Chuckle — has ignited speculation about post-launch character additions, dangling the multiverse as a convenient loophole for a villain who canonically died.
With the February 2nd launch of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League approaching, Rocksteady has used a community Discord Q&A to detail what players will find once the main campaign is behind them. Game Director Axel Rydby framed the endgame as a system built around mastery — not just of a single character, but of the full ecosystem of traversal, talent trees, and adaptive builds that the game demands as difficulty climbs.
At the center of that system are three tiers of Infamy Sets, each themed around an iconic DC villain. Bane anchors the launch lineup, his sets built around dominance and chaos. Rather than smooth out the game's inherently turbulent battlefield, Rocksteady has leaned into it — Brainiac's forces evolve continuously, and players must evolve with them.
Two mission types define the endgame's rhythm. Incursion Missions are focused, high-pressure runs into Brainiac's territory under the protection of a Promethium Shield, which drops the moment the objective is complete, sending players sprinting back to safety. Killing Time missions invert that logic entirely: the shield stays active only as long as enemies keep falling, turning survival into a relentless, self-sustaining act of violence.
Rocksteady is layering competition into the experience through global leaderboards tracking performance across every squad configuration. A feature called Social Squad allows solo players to fill their roster with AI versions of other players' characters — complete with their gear and talent builds — pulling from friends lists or the top ranks of the leaderboard itself.
The Q&A's final note was its most provocative: a teased image of The Daily Chuckle, the Joker's newspaper, offered without explanation. The Joker died in Batman: Arkham City, but the DC multiverse has never been shy about second acts. With Rocksteady already committed to free post-launch characters and content, the implication was clear enough — and deliberately left unconfirmed, a mystery designed to keep players returning long after launch.
Rocksteady is counting down to the February 2 launch of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, and with only weeks to go, the London studio is laying out exactly what waits for players once they finish the main campaign. In a detailed Discord Q&A with the community, Game Director Axel Rydby outlined an endgame architecture built entirely around the idea of mastery—not just of your chosen character, but of traversal, talent trees, enemy patterns, and the build systems that let you adapt as difficulty climbs.
The endgame revolves around three tiers of Infamy Sets, each themed around an iconic DC character. At launch, that character is Bane, with his sets designed around different flavors of dominance and chaos manipulation. As you push into harder difficulties, you'll need to construct new builds to keep pace. Rydby acknowledged that Suicide Squad itself is a chaotic game—the battlefield shifts constantly, enemies swarm, variables multiply. Rather than fight that nature, the endgame leans into it. The core mission structure provides predictability and clear challenge parameters, but Brainiac, the game's antagonist, keeps evolving his forces throughout, forcing players to stay nimble and rethink their approach.
Two main mission types anchor the endgame experience. Incursion Missions are shorter bursts where the Squad pushes into Brainiac's domain under the protection of a Promethium Shield—a temporary barrier that blocks the Skull Ship's tentacles and enemy fire. Once you fight through to safety and complete the objective, the shield drops and you sprint back to Metropolis. Killing Time missions flip the script: you're in a grinding battle against an escalating horde, and the only way to keep the Promethium Shield active is to keep killing. Let the enemy flow stop, and the shield collapses, leaving you exposed to the Skull Ship's full assault.
Rewards scale with difficulty, and Rocksteady promises that the highest tiers yield what they describe as "insane" Infamy Sets and Notorious items. To fuel competition, the studio is implementing global leaderboards that track performance across solo play and groups of two, three, or four players. There's a social layer too: a feature called Social Squad lets solo players fill their team slots with AI versions of other players' characters, complete with their gear, cosmetics, and talent configurations. You can recruit from your friends list or pull top performers and famous streamers from the global leaderboards, essentially borrowing their optimized builds.
The most tantalizing detail came in the final message of the Q&A: a teased image showing The Daily Chuckle, the Joker's newspaper. Rocksteady didn't confirm anything outright, but the implication hung in the air—the Joker might be coming to the endgame in some form. Technically, the character died in Batman: Arkham City, but the DC Universe's comfort with multiverses and alternate timelines leaves room for interpretation. Rocksteady has already committed to robust live service support with free new characters, missions, and modes rolling out after launch, so a Joker reveal would fit that roadmap. For now, it's a promise wrapped in mystery, the kind of tease designed to keep players speculating and logging back in.
Notable Quotes
Our core philosophy for Endgame was, essentially, Mastery. Mastery of your character, traversal, Talents, enemy types, mission mechanics and, of course, your choice of build.— Game Director Axel Rydby
The Hearth Conversation Another angle on the story
So the endgame is built around mastery—but mastery of what, exactly? Is it just getting better at combat?
It's deeper than that. You're mastering your character's specific toolkit, how to move through the world, which talents synergize, how to read enemy patterns. But the real trick is that as difficulty goes up, you have to completely rethink your build. It's not about grinding the same thing over and over.
And Brainiac keeps changing his forces? So you can't just memorize the endgame?
Right. The game is chaotic by design—lots happening at once, the battlefield shifting. Rocksteady could have made the endgame predictable, but instead they're leaning into that chaos. Brainiac adapts, so you adapt.
What's the difference between an Incursion Mission and a Killing Time mission?
Incursion is a sprint: you're shielded, you fight through, you extract. The shield drops the moment you're done. Killing Time is a grind—you have to keep the shield up by killing, so stopping means death. Two very different rhythms.
This Social Squad thing—you're saying I can use another player's character as an AI teammate?
Exactly. You pull them from friends or from the global leaderboards. They keep all the gear and talents that player set up. It's like borrowing someone's optimized build without needing them online.
And then there's the Joker tease. Do we know anything concrete?
Just an image of his newspaper. No confirmation. But Rocksteady promised free characters as part of the live service, so it's plausible. The DC Universe loves multiverses anyway.