Here’s my guide for Back Issues (Variant) 4 – Waning Moon – Chapter 2.1.
General Thoughts: Chapter 2.1 feels like a big step down in difficulty from Chapter 1. If you have a developed 4* roster and understand the nodes, you’re going to have a very straightforward and enjoyable time clearing this content.
MVP Champs: Scarlet Witch, Archangel
Global Node: +400 Attack and Health
Boss: Wolverine with Vigorous Assault (+65% attack increase and unblockable while healing), Picture of Health (Immune to Regen Rate Modification), Backyard Brawler (when defender is pinned against a wall they gain a permanent passive fury and passive armor every 3 seconds increasing their base attack by 10% up to 300% and Armor Rating by 100 up to 1,000), 200% Cornered, and Force of Will.
Basically you need to keep Wolverine from activating a regeneration buff and you’re set for this fight. What is important to remember here is that if you heal block Wolverine, he’s still going to be unblockable if there is an active regeneration buff, even if he isn’t gaining health. Because of that, the safest way to handle him is with a champion that can prevent or nullify buffs.
Scarlet Witch lovers will be happy to know she consistently nullified the regeneration buff and was a fantastic option. Any of the other mystics that can nullify or prevent buffs like Claire Voyant, The Hood, Mephisto, and Ghost-Rider should also be great options.
If you don’t have a good nullify champion, just play it safe, hitting into Wolverine’s block to push him over a bar of power, bait the special, and go back in. You can also use the special intercept method with Hyperion for a quick fight. When he isn’t regenerating you can parry normally.
Lane 1 – Far Left
Defenders: Nick Fury, Claire Voyant, Night Thrasher, Sabretooth, War Machine, Netflix Daredevil, Human Torch
Nodes: Armor, Redoubled Determination, Cornered, Power Efficiency
Team: Scarlet Witch, Sentinel, Archangel, Captain America Infinity War, and Vision AoA.
Tips: Easy Path, nothing complicated from a node and defender standpoint. Bring a mutant for Nick Fury and a bleed-immune for Claire Voyant to make your life easier. You should already have a heal block champion for Wolverine, so you can also use that champion for Sabretooth. I went old-school on this one, using Archangel and Scarlet Witch for most fights. I brought Sentinel for Wolverine, but he never got off the bench as Scarlet Witch got the solo.
Lane 2 – Left-Center
Defenders: Symbiote Spider-Man, Captain America Infinity War, Carnage, Iron Man Infinity War, Human Torch
Tips: If you have a 4* Corvus Glaive, this path is perfect for him as he can run the entire path, and will be at 2 Charges when you get to Iron Man Infinity War, which is the only defender on this path that you have to worry about. As long as you’re confident with that fight, you’re set, as the rest is pretty easy. Obviously, don’t bring any champions that rely on damaging debuffs as you’ll be dealing with a ton of power gain between the Cornered and Power Efficiency nodes.
Team: Scarlet Witch, Archangel, Proxima Midnight, Corvus Glaive, and Captain America Infinity War
Tips: This is a super easy path. While you can still use Void to heal block, you can’t reverse healing because the Picture of Health node, so I left him on the bench. AA covered Juggernaut and Invisible Woman, and I used Corvus for Modok, Warlock and Sentry. Other than Warlock, AA is actually great for the whole path, but in the end any of your top 4* damage dealers will get results here.
Lane 4 – Right-Center
Defenders: Bishop, Emma Frost, Medusa, Phoenix, Blue Cyclops, Ebony Maw
Nodes: Masochism, Matador, Power Shield, Oscillate
Team: Wasp, Captain America Infinity War, Archangel, Corvus Glaive, and Scarlet Witch
Tips: You’ve got two nodes here that require some planning, Masochism and an Ebony Maw on Matador. Archangel is an old stand-by for Masochism, but Emma Frost and Medusa aren’t great fights for him, so make sure you have alternative options for those fights. The Maw fight isn’t too bad, you have to wait him out to get your power bar up, but a Captain America IW on Power Shield will do serious damage with his SP2.
Lane 5 – Far Right
Defenders: Crossbones, Venompool, Ant-Man, OG Vision, Blue Cyclops, Ebony Maw
Nodes: Matador, Power Shield, Oscillate
Team: Scarlet Witch, Wasp, Archangel, Joe Fixit, and Captain America Infinity War
Tips: Archangel again shreds this path as his bleed and poisons get around the Power Shield Node. I actually used Joe Fixit against Ebony Maw to see if I could solo him, only took 3 SP1 to get him down.
Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Thursday, January 2, 2020.
Schedule Notes: 100% champion availability until AW attack resumes at 2pm EST. Round 1 of the 4* Stealth Spider-Man and 2018 Crystal Featured Arenas begin at 1pm EST. The AQ Series begins at 3pm. The Alpha Arena begins at 6pm EST.
Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Wednesday, January 1, 2020.
Schedule Notes: 100% champion availability all day! Dungeons reset at 1pm EST (Tech/Science). Rewards for Gifting dropped late last night and rewards for AW Season 14 are also out.
It’s been quite a year. I’ve known for a while I wanted to do some sort of content creation for MCOC, but it took me forever to find the right format. I knew I didn’t want to focus on Youtube, and for a while that seemed like the only option.
Then one day it hit me. As an officer, I spend so much time answering questions, sometimes the same ones multiple times a day. The other members of my alliance knew I had built an MCOC calendar so I would get schedule questions all the time, or they would ask if I had seen a video on how to beat whatever the latest tough fight was.
That’s where the idea for Frontline came from. It was time to stop answering questions one-on-one in LINE chats. So I decided to put the calendar online for everyone to see and to start blogging.
When I started in August I said I would write everyday for 30 days. No focus on crazy graphics or building out a robust site before launch. Just write and be helpful, every day.
I didn’t know if anyone would even read when I started. But before I knew it, Concierge was blasting out my weekly schedule write-ups, and other content creators were re-tweeting my posts and giving me shout outs in videos. Players started asking me questions on Twitter, which led to more ideas for content.
So whether you’re a fellow content creator on who has helped get the word out, someone I’ve interacted with on Twitter, or one of the many who have checked out what I’ve written here, THANK YOU!
You’ve made this a tremendous amount of fun for me. In fact, you’ve made my year.
I’m looking forward to a busy 2020 continuing to cover MCOC, and Realm of Champions as that game leads up to launch. But what I’m most excited about is, on January 12, RichTheMan and I will premiere our new MCOC news show. I can’t wait to share that with you all each week.
Have a very Happy New Year, and I’ll see you Around The Battlerealm (and Battleworld) in 2020.
Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Tuesday, December 31, 2019.
Schedule Notes: 100% champion availability following the conclusion of AW attack (final war of Season 14) around 2pm EST. Aarkus (Vision) enters the Basic Pool. The Halls of Heroes Week 4 opens at 1pm EST.
Katy Candy schools you on Spider-Gwen in the latest 6-Minutes or Less.
Kam and Starr return to look at the year that was in 2019’s final episode of Podcast of Champions.
Craftygrinding has arena predictions for the Green Goblin and 2017 Crystal arenas.
Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Monday, December 30, 2019.
Schedule Notes: Round 2 of the 4* Green Goblin Arena, and the only Round of the 2017 Featured Arenas at 1pm EST. Summoner Sigil Owners, your Solo Event and Gold Quest reset at 1pm EST. Final War Attack of Season 14 begins at 2pm EST. The AQ Series ends at 3PM EST. UMCOC Podcast, Live On Discord, 8pm EST.
KT1 reveals what champions really get the most use at the top levels of MCOC.
Lagacy looks at the 5 champions from 2019 that need a buff.
RichTheMan has released a guide on how to become Uncollected.
Be sure to follow me on Twitter @FrontlineMCOC or join the new Frontline MCOC Line Group for more updates! -Dano357
Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Sunday, December 29, 2019.
Schedule Notes: Dungeons reset at 1pm EST (Mutant/Mystic).
For anyone following the news on the balancing updates, they will be coming in February, with an expanded announcement and data in January. They will not go live in January as the Chinese post implied.
KT1 has a mastery setup for anyone who wants to run Mystic Dispersion with suicides on.
RichTheMan covers the Best “Average” champions who are still worth a rank-up.
Be sure to follow me on Twitter @FrontlineMCOC or join the new Frontline MCOC Line Group for more updates! -Dano357
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