News From The Battlerealm
This week I’m opening up two 5* basic crystals. Let’s hope this goes better than the last few featured crystals!
All the calendar info I talk about in the video is available in The Week Ahead in Marvel Contest of Champions for October 13-19, 2019.
-Dano357
Summoners!
Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Saturday, October 12, 2019.
Schedule Notes: 100% champion availability until AW attack resumes around 2pm EST. Voting for the next champion rework ends at 4pm EST.
Brian Grant has an interview with Gabriel Frizzera, Creative Director of MCOC and MROC.
Dave’s conversation with Kabam Luke continues, and touches on the possibility of synergies in Alliance War.
Seatin asks if Doctor Octopus is actually a God Tier champ that we’ve all overlooked.
Looking for an answer to the 6.1.5 Crossbones fight? MetalSonicDude tests out Guillotine 2099 to see if she is an option.
Summoner Showdown winner DTMelodicMetal shows just how hard Proxima Midnight can hit, taking down a linked Day 5 Map 7 Omega Red.
Katy Candy has a guide for Act 5.3.4.
Be sure to follow me on Twitter @FrontlineMCOC for more updates!
-Dano357
Summoners!
This week in Marvel Contest of Champions, Man-Thing makes his official debut in The Contest as the Featured Arena champion. We are currently in the Alliance War off-season, with Season 13 expected to start on Wednesday, October 23, assuming the standard two week off-season.
For daily updates and the latest news, please follow @FrontlineMCOC on Twitter.
Full Roster Availability (No AW/AQ): 100% champion availability on Sunday, October 13 following the conclusion of Alliance War attack until Alliance War attack resumes on Monday, October 14.
Sunday, October 13: UMCOC Podcast, Live On Discord, 8pm EST. 100% Champion availability following the conclusion of AW attack. The Alpha Arena begins at 6pm EST.
Monday, October 14: 100% Champion availability until Alliance War attack resumes. Round 2 of the 4* Human Torch and Venom Featured Arenas at 1pm EST. The Alliance Quest series begins at 3pm EST. Summoner Sigil Owners, your Solo Event and Gold Quest, as well as the Black ISO Market reset at 1pm EST.
Tuesday, October 15: Server Maintenance at 11pm EST.
Wednesday, October 16: Tier 4 Basic Arena begins at 6pm EST.
Thursday, October 17: Round 1 of the 4* Star-Lord and Featured Man-Thing Arenas at 1pm EST.
Friday, October 18: No schedule notes.
Saturday, October 19: The Alliance Quest Series ends at 3pm EST.
-Dano357
Summoners!
Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Friday, October 11, 2019.
Schedule Notes: 100% champion availability following the conclusion of the AQ Series at 3pm EST. Voting for the next Champion Rework begins at 4pm EST.
Kabam released a major update regarding champion balancing. Champion balancing will be paused until December, at which time Kabam will release information and data regarding their intentions for champions beginning with Annihilus through Invisible Woman. There will then be a feedback period before changes are released into the game. This announcement does not impact the champion reworks for Colossus and Old Man Logan, or the champion voting taking place today. Read the full statement.
Dave follows up with another interview with Kabam Luke, and touches upon future updates to game modes including AQ, AW and Dungeons. During the interview AQ modifiers come up, and according to Luke they will be for a separate track of rewards.
Cade reacts to the Champion Balancing announcement.
RichTheMan has an extensive discussion about MCOC & MROC at Comic Con with the Kabam Team.
Brian Grant sat down with Kabam’s Alliance War system designer to chat about the future of competitive gameplay in MCOC.
Lagacy recounts his experience taking part in the Summoner Showdown at Comic Con.
The UMCOC Podcast is back with a Comic Con wrap-up. Dragon, Royal, Bagel and special guest Panadaman Pete share all the news from the Kabam Booth.
Seatin has a Rank-Up and Gameplay video for 5* Elsa Bloodstone.
Craftygrinding has Round 1 predictions for the 4* Human Torch and Venom Featured Arenas.
Be sure to follow me on Twitter @FrontlineMCOC for more updates!
-Dano357
Summoners!
Wondering when the newly released champions will hit the 5* and 6* Featured Crystals? Who is going to be in the Titan Pool? Here is all the information about the upcoming Featured Crystal pools for Marvel Contest of Champions.
First Titan Crystal Debuts August 16, 2023 at 1pm EST
Attuma
Colossus
Crossbones
Dani Moonstar
Guardian
Hyperion
Juggernaut
Kindred
Knull
Lady Deathstrike
Mr. Negative
Odin
Shang Chi
Silk
Sorceror Supreme
Spot
Stryfe
Warlock
Current 6-Star Featured Pool – May 16, 2023 – August 21, 2023
Baron Zemo
Cassie Lang
Ant-Man (Future)
Viv Vision
Kate Bishop
Shocker
Next 6-Star Featured Pool – August 21, 2023 – November 28, 2023
Sandman
Moondragon
Adam Warlock
Dani Moonstar
Lady Deathstrike
Silk
Future 6-Star Featured Pool – November 28, 2023 – March 5, 2024
Kindred
1st August Champion
2nd August Champion
1st September Champion
2nd September Champion
1st October Champion
Current 5-Star Featured Pool – June 13, 2023 – September 19, 2023
Ant-Man (Future)
Viv Vision
Kate Bishop
Shocker
Sandman
Moondragon
Next 5-Star Featured Pool – September 19, 2023 – December 16, 2023
Adam Warlock
Dani Moonstar
Lady Deathstrike
Silk
Kindred
1st August Champion
This post was last updated 7/18/23
-Dano357
Summoners!
Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Thursday, October 10, 2019.
Schedule Notes: 4* Human Torch and Venom Featured Arenas Round 1 at 1pm EST.
Dave has a must-watch interview with a Kabam Developer regarding the Cull re-balancing, and how Kabam is going change their communication going forward.
MetalSonicDude has posted his official guide to Guillotine 2099.
Thanks to hitting an absolute home-run with the early access crystal bundle, Seatin has 5* Man-Thing gameplay to share.
KT1 lists his Top 10 picks for a casual questing team.
RichTheMan is back in England with the latest edition of MCOC News.
Katy Candy’s Act 5 guide continues with Act 5.3.3.
Be sure to follow me on Twitter @FrontlineMCOC for more updates!
-Dano357
Summoners!
Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Wednesday, October 9, 2019.
Schedule Notes: Alliance War season rewards dropped earlier today!
Kabam will be releasing update 24.3.1 soon to fix issues with the Black-ISO Market and Dungeon crystals.
Kabam posed the official Champion Spotlight for Man-Thing.
Seatin has a 19-minute Realm of Legends speed run with 6* Guillotine 2099.
Be sure to follow me on Twitter @FrontlineMCOC for more updates!
-Dano357
Summoners!
Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Tuesday, October 8, 2019.
Schedule Notes: Final Alliance War of Season 12 ends. Dungeons end at 1pm EST.
Kabam announced the choices the community will be able to vote on for the next champion rework. Voting begins on Friday, October 11 at 4pm EST. The choices are:
Abomination
Daredevil (Netflix)
Hulkbuster
Iron Man
Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan)
Black Panther
Craftygrinding has arena results for Round 1 and predictions for Round 2 of the Spider-Man (Classic) and Elsa Bloodstone Arenas.
KT1 posted a full Road to the Labyrinth walkthrough.
MCOC Doc has a CCP review for Man-Thing.
Analyzer has a rank-up and gameplay video for 6* Havok.
Be sure to follow me on Twitter @FrontlineMCOC for more updates!
-Dano357
Summoners!
Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Monday, October 7, 2019.
Schedule Notes: Round 2 of the 4* Spider-Man (Classic) and Featured Elsa Bloodstone arenas at 1pm EST. Tier 4 Basic arena begins at 6pm EST. Final Alliance War attack of Season 12 begins. Summoner Sigil Owners, your Solo Event and Gold Quest reset at 1pm EST.
NYCC Tournament Champion MetalSonicDude debuts his awakened 6* Guillotine 2099.
Kam has a CCP review for Man-Thing, who will be released on October 17.
KT1 has a new alliance war video versus ISO8A, and features an Invisible Woman boss fight.
Katy Candy uploaded her guides for Act 5.2.5 and Act 5.2.6.
Be sure to follow me on Twitter @FrontlineMCOC for more updates!
-Dano357
Summoners!
Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Sunday, October 6, 2019.
Schedule Notes: UMCOC Podcast, Live On Discord, 8pm EST. AQ Series begins at 3pm EST. New York Comic Con ends at 5pm EST.
It’s the final day of New York Comic Con, and I’ll be hanging around the Kabam booth all day, so hope to see you there!
Stay tuned to my Twitter feed @FrontlineMCOC for updates from the Kabam booth.
-Dano357
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