If you plan on clearing some difficult content in Marvel Contest of Champions this December, you’ll need to know when all your champs will be available. Here is the full schedule of 100% roster availability (no AQ/AW) for the month. All times are EST, 2pm is based off of the approximate end of AW attack.
Friday, December 6 at 3pm – Saturday, December 7 at 2pm.
Sunday, December 8 at 2pm – Monday, December 9 at 2pm
Sunday, December 15 at 2pm – Monday, December 16 at 2pm
Sunday, December 22 at 3pm – Monday, December 23 at 2pm
Tuesday, December 24 at 2pm – Wednesday, December 25 at 3pm
Tuesday, December 31 at 2pm* – Thursday, January 2 at 2pm
In this episode of Frontline Interviews, I talk to MCOC DroidDoes about the Summoner’s Sigil and we share our thoughts on potential Black Friday Deals for Marvel Contest of Champions.
Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Wednesday, November 27, 2019.
Schedule Notes: Dungeons reset at 1pm EST (Mutant/Mystic). The Alpha Arena begins at 6pm EST.
Kabam announced Release Notes for v25.1, which is expected to go live around December 2. The release notes detail events for December as well as champion updates and bug fixes.
There was some initial concern regarding Aegon, but that seems to have subsided after a post from Kabam Miike clarified that Aegon’s Combo Shield just being updated to allow Loki to steal it, making it a very minor change.
Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Tuesday, November 26, 2019.
Schedule Notes: No schedule notes.
Via in-game mail, Kabam announced that the Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals will run for 4 days. The deals that appear at 1pm EST on Friday will be available for the next 96 hours. If you are close to becoming Uncollected or Cavalier, make sure to do so before the offers go live so you will have the best offers available to you, as they are tiered.
On last night’s UMCOC Podcast, we learned that Nova (Richard Rider version) and Squirrel Girl are confirmed for January. We don’t know which champion will be first yet.
Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Monday, November 25, 2019.
Schedule Notes: Round 2 of the 4* Ebony Maw and Red Skull Featured Arenas at 1pm EST. Summoner Sigil Owners, your Solo Event and Gold Quest, as well as the Black-ISO Market reset at 1pm EST. UMCOC Podcast, Live On Discord, 8pm EST.
The Gold Arena is now live. Make sure to complete it by Sunday, December 1 at 1pm EST to get your gold!
Seatin looks at how well a 6* Venom can handle Variant and Act 6 content.
Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Sunday, November 24, 2019.
Schedule Notes: Dungeons reset at 1pm EST (Tech/Science). Dungeon Days End.
Dorky Dave was at Kabam HQ in Vancouver this past week, and yesterday he began posting what at first seemed like innocuous selfies, but turned out to contain leaks for upcoming champion releases. Will Squirrel Girl and Nova be joining the Contest in 2020? It certainly looks likely.
RichTheMan reacts to the leaks. Do you agree with him about seeing Kraven in the photos?
Next week in Marvel Contest of Champions, Dungeons continue and Reed Richards joins the Contest as the Featured Arena champion!
Remember the current EQ ends on December 4, and December already looks to be a busy month based on this week’s announcement, so be sure to get as much of the temporary content done as you can.
Full Roster Availability (No AW/AQ): 100% champion availability on Friday, November 29 following the conclusion of Alliance War attack, until Alliance War attack resumes on Saturday, November 30 around 2pm EST. Note that this is the last free movement window before the start of Alliance War Season 14 on December 4, unless you do not participate in the November 30-December 1 War.
Sunday, November 24: Dungeons reset at 1pm EST (Tech/Science). Dungeon Days End.
Monday, November 25: Round 2 of the 4* Ebony Maw and Red Skull Featured Arenas at 1pm EST. Summoner Sigil Owners, your Solo Event and Gold Quest, as well as the Black-ISO Market reset at 1pm EST. UMCOC Podcast, Live On Discord, 8pm EST.
Tuesday, November 26: No schedule notes.
Wednesday, November 27: Dungeons reset at 1pm EST (Mutant/Mystic). The Alpha Arena begins at 6pm EST.
Thursday, November 28: Round 1 of the 4* Doctor Strange and Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic) Featured Arenas begin at 1pm EST. The AQ series ends at 3pm EST.
Friday, November 29: 100% Champion availability following the conclusion of AW attack around 2pm EST.
Saturday, November 30: 100% Champion availability until AW attack resumes around 2PM EST. Dungeons reset for the final time this cycle at 1pm EST (Skill/Cosmic). Tier 4 Basic Arena begins at 6pm EST.
Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Friday, November 22, 2019.
Schedule Notes: 100% Champion availability following the conclusion of AW attack around 2pm EST.
December events were officially announced, including the release of Variant 4 – Waning Moon, The Trial of Reed Richards (assuming this is the event quest), the Halls of Heroes, a 5 Year Anniversary Celebration, a Holiday Calendar, and the arrival of Norrin Radd, The Silver Surfer.
Seatin and KT1 reacted to the announcement of the December events.
Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Thursday, November 21, 2019.
Schedule Notes: 100% Champion availability until AW attack resumes around 2pm EST. Round 1 of the 4* Ebony Maw and Red Skull Featured Arenas at 1pm EST. Dungeons reset at 1pm EST. Tier 4 Basic Arena at 6pm EST.
Kabam released Chapter 6 in the History of the Battlerealm Motion Comic series.
We finally have a bug board! Check out the current bugs that are under investigate from Kabam.
I don’t normally share crystal opening videos, but the Nexus crystal has some interesting potential going forward, and Seatin is a Man of Science.
Episode 102 of the UMCOC Podcast, covering the Doom arena, recent downtime, and more, is now streaming on Soundcloud.
RichTheMan covers AW rewards, arena and the Aegon bug in Marvel Contest News.
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