Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Saturday, September 5, 2020.
Schedule Notes: Incursions will close at 1pm EST, and reopen on September 8 following the Incursions v1.1 Update. 100% Roster Availability ends at 2pm EST when Alliance War attack resumes.
Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Friday, September 4, 2020.
Schedule Notes: 100% Roster Availability begins around 2pm EST, after the conclusion of Alliance War attack. Eligibility for Alliance War Season 20 rewards locks at 6pm EST. The Tier 4 Basic Arena begins at 6pm EST.
Here’s my guide for Act 1.4.4 “Revelation” in Marvel Contest of Champions.
General Thoughts:
There are a couple of defenders in Black Panther Civil War and Punisher that have mechanics that can trip you up, so just be aware the difficulty level is starting to increase a bit.
If you have questions about the basic attack moves and combos in Marvel Contest of Champions, please check out my MCOC 101: Combos guide.
Best Champs: Any
Restrictions: None
Global Node: None
Boss: Punisher
Boss Notes: Note that Punisher has his Signature Ability active. This means he has a chance to survive a death blow and go Indestructible for the next 8 seconds. Just be aware that the fight might not end when you expect it to!
Lane 1 – Left
Gate: None
Defenders: Black Panther Civil War, Karnak, Skill Adaptoid, Black Bolt, Gwenpool, Venom The Duck
Tips: Black Panther Civil War can be a bit of a tricky defender, because if you stun him while he has an Armor Up buff, he will consume it and stun you! This means you can stun him at the start of the fight safely, but once he gains the Armor Up buff, you need to play the fight as Stun Immune and bait specials and heavy attacks.
Lane 2 – Left Center
Gate: None
Defenders: Black Panther Civil War, Karnak, Groot, Black Bolt, Gwenpool, Venom The Duck
Note: Due to an error that allowed Summoners to claim rewards multiple times from the same path in Mutant Treasure Island, the quest has been temporarily disabled.
RichTheMan reviews the issues with Mutant Treasure Island and the OMEGA Quest.
Dragon from the UMCOC Podcast has a deep dive into the stats from Week 1 of the Summoner Showdown.
9/5 –All rewards are now visible on the paths. Maps from Cat Murdock are located at the bottom of this post.
Do you have questions about September’s Side Quest? Need a translation from Pirate to Summoner? Well you’re in luck! Here’s the full breakdown on the Mutant Treasure Island event. If you’re in the mood though, be sure to check out Kabam Boo’s truly inspired post on the Official Forums.
Difficulty Levels
There are 4 Difficulty levels for the Side Quest: Legendary (Cavalier), Epic, Master, and Heroic. Each difficulty level will have 28 paths, however you will only be able to run a total of 35 paths during the event. There are no energy requirements for this event.
How to Play
Step 1 involves Special Solo Objectives, which will appear once per day. Upon completion of the Objective, you will be granted a Jones’ Locker, which will allow you to select a Key of your choosing so you can actually run the Mutant Treasure Island Quest. A Key can be used once to unlock a path on your chosen difficulty level. Once you unlock a path the Key will disappear, but the path will remain unlocked for the duration of the event. However, if you re-run a path, you will not receive any additional rewards.
Based on the event description, you’ll be able to let the Solo Objectives stack up, so if you want to wait to complete them, and then in turn use multiple Keys in a single day, you should be fine.
September’s Event Quest runs for 5 weeks (from September 2 – October 7), so you’ll receive 35 Keys over the course of the month by completing all the Objectives. This will allow you to explore all paths on your chosen difficulty, with an extra 7 Keys left over to use on a second difficulty level.
Rewards
All the rewards are in chests located on the path. There are no completion or exploration rewards for this event. While all the rewards are hidden, they are in the same paths for everyone, so as the community explores each difficulty level, maps should come out with the locations of each reward.
4-Star Chest: Signature Stones Crystals or Awakening Gem
3-Star Chest: Catalyst Fragments, Catalysts, or Catalyst Crystals
2-Star Chest: Hero Crystals or Hero Crystal Shards
1-Star Chest: Gold
The amounts and exact items are specific to the difficulty level.
Note that if you are trying to complete Platinumpool, the Beautiful Mouth of the Fabulous One will be on a path in the Epic Difficulty. Remember to save one of your keys for this path once the community identifies it.
Maps
Treasure Maps have been created by the amazing Cat Murdock! Please support Cat’s MCOC related art on Redbubble.
Here’s my guide for Act 1.4.3 “Deception” in Marvel Contest of Champions.
General Thoughts:
This chapter has 4 lanes, but once again there is nothing challenging or new to deal with. I streamed this chapter as part of my 1.4.1-1.4.3 run. During this chapter I reached Level 19, which gave me another Mastery point which I put into Strength. I also unlocked Autofight. I opened a bunch of crystals following the run, but only 3-star Elsa Bloodstone looks to be a champ I’ll invest in.
If you have questions about the basic attack moves and combos in Marvel Contest of Champions, please check out my MCOC 101: Combos guide.
Best Champs:
Restrictions: Need 1 Science Champion
Global Node: None
Boss: Wolverine
Boss Notes: Just make sure you can out-damage, block, or reverse Wolverine’s healing to have an easier time.
Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Monday, August 31, 2020.
Schedule Notes: Round 2 of the 4-Star Basic Thing and Dragon Man Featured Arenas at 1pm EST. Summoner Sigil Owners, your Solo Event, Gold Quest, and items on a 7-day timer and the 5-Star Featured Crystal in the Black-ISO Market reset at 1pm EST. Week 2 of the Summoner Showdown (Captain Marvel Movie) begins at 1pm EST. The September Motion Comic “Rise of X” premiers at 1pm EST. The Legends Celebration ends at 1pm EST. Incursions Milestones reset at 2pm EST. UMCOC Podcast, Live on Discord at 8pm EST.
It’s Episode 31 of the Contest Realm Podcast! In this episode Rich and I discuss the Act 6 changes, Alliance War Matchmaking, and share our thoughts on Professor X and Apocalypse joining The Contest in September.
Frontline: MCOC 