Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Monday, February 17, 2020.
Schedule Notes: Round 2 of the 4* She-Hulk and Longshot Featured Arenas at 1pm EST. Summoner Sigil Owners, your Solo Event and Gold Quest, as well as the newly updated Black-ISO Market, reset at 1pm EST. Dungeons reset at 1pm EST. 100% champion availability until AW attack resumes around 2pm EST. UMCOC Podcast, Live on Discord at 8pm EST.
I’ve just celebrated my 5-Year Anniversary of playing Marvel Contest of Champions, so now is a great time to see how far I’ve come since my last update on December 1.
While Corvus is still at the top of my profile, Thing has knocked Mephisto out of the Top 4 thanks to the Black Friday deals. By bringing both Sunspot and Thing to Signature Level 200, I was able to raise my prestige about 200 points to 10,516.
Right now, I don’t have any champion that projects to break into my profile, as I am still searching for Namor and Doctor Doom.
I added another three 6* Champions to the roster – Bishop, Red Cyclops, and Hulkbuster, so nothing to get too excited about, at least until the Hulkbuster buff goes live. I did Rank 2 my first 6* Champion, Gladiator Gulk, to help with 100% Completion of Variant 1 and the AQ Map 6 Poison path.
Like many others are finding, my Tier 5 Basic gain rate is allowing for faster Rank-Ups. In addition to Gladiator Hulk as my first 6* Rank 2, I was able to Rank 5 two more 5* champions, Thing and Symbiote Supreme. Symbiote Supreme is my first un-duped 5/65 champion, so it was interesting to see I’ve gotten to the point where an unawakened Rank 5 5* champion is a viable choice. Additionally, I just ranked up Darkhawk to Rank 5, but he isn’t leveled up yet so he isn’t pictured here.
I now have 13 4/55 5* champions, up from 10 on December 1. The three new 4/55 champs are Archangel (who I recently duped and started using again), Hulkbuster, and Colossus, with the latter two benefiting from Variant Rank-Up Gems.
Top 5 Most Wanted (5* or 6*) Doctor Doom – Abyss/High Prestige Mystic Namor – Prestige/Korg Counter Omega Red – Korg/Immunity Aegon – Abyss Longshot – Abyss/High Prestige Mystic
I was able to acquire Venom The Duck, so he comes off my Most Wanted list, and I’ve also shifted some of my priorities, which has shuffled the list a bit. While I won’t be tackling Abyss anytime soon, I need to start acquiring some of the key pieces now so I have time to practice and rank them up.
After a few months of making little to no progress while my roster caught up to Act 6 difficulty, I was happy to be able to once again complete some permanent content. The release of Variant 4 provided a relatively easy piece of content that I was able to complete a few weeks after release. Also, by ranking up Gladiator Hulk and Thing, I finally had the strength to complete my final paths in Variant 1 Chapter 3.3.
After 100% completing all the Variants, I then reset my sights on 100% completion of Act 6.1. I am currently 100% complete on 6.1.1-6.1.4. Hopefully I can 100% Act 6.1 in the next month, and then begin to chip away at Act 6.2 until the next Variant is released.
Total Account Spend: $271 USD
Content Progress (% as of December 1 in parenthesis)
We’re in the middle of the month, so it’s a bit of a slow week in Marvel Contest of Champions. One important note is that the basic arena schedule has been adjusted so that first run 4* basic champions will not be up against new champions in the featured arena. This resulted in the surprise addition of She-Hulk to the basic arena last week, pushing back Warlock’s run to this week. Additionally, the Black-ISO Market has been updated, and changes will go live with the reset on Monday, February 17.
We are currently in the Alliance War off-season. Alliance War Season 16 begins on Wednesday, February 26 at 6pm EST.
Full Roster Availability (No AW/AQ): 100% champion availability on Sunday, February 16 at 3pm thru Monday, February 17 at 2pm, and from Tuesday, February 18 at 2pm thru Wednesday, February 19 at 3pm.
Sunday, February 16: 100% champion availability following the conclusion of the AQ Series at 3pm EST. The Alpha Arena begins at 6pm EST.
Monday, February 17: Round 2 of the 4* She-Hulk and Longshot Featured Arenas at 1pm EST. Summoner Sigil Owners, your Solo Event and Gold Quest, as well as the Black-ISO Market Update, reset at 1pm EST. Dungeons reset at 1pm EST. 100% champion availability until AW attack resumes around 2pm EST. UMCOC Podcast, Live on Discord at 8pm EST.
Tuesday, February 18: 100% Roster Availability following the conclusion of AW attack around 2pm EST.
Wednesday, February 19: 100% Roster Availability until the AQ Series begins at 3pm EST. Tier 4 Basic Arena begins at 6pm EST.
Thursday, February 20: Round 1 of the 4* Warlock and TBA Featured Arenas begin at 1pm EST. Dungeons reset at 1pm EST.
Frontline: MCOC 