News From The Battlerealm
Summoners!
Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Sunday, September 22, 2019.
Schedule Notes: UMCOC Podcast, Live On Discord, 8pm EST.
Seatin reacts to Kabam’s big announcement of future content.
KT1 pulls off a no-item Map 7 run with Phoenix.
Be sure to follow me on Twitter @FrontlineMCOC for more updates!
-Dano357
Here’s my weekly crystal opening, enjoy. All the calendar info I talk about in the video is available in The Week Ahead in MCOC – September 22-28.
-Dano357
Summoners!
Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Saturday, September 21, 2019.
Schedule Notes:
No schedule notes.
It was a huge news day as Kabam teased future content for the next 6 months, and released an updated champion puzzle.
Lagacy shares his thoughts on the exciting champions coming to The Contest for the rest of 2019.
RichTheMan takes a look at the future of The Contest in MCOC News
Boss Rush videos continue to drop. Dave takes out his Quake with a 3* Star-Lord.
KT1 has a new option for the 6.2.2 Mr. Sinister boss: Warlock.
-Dano357
Summoners!
Highlights of the upcoming week include a new 5* Featured Crystal pool, the final Summoner Showdown, Annihilus getting his first run in the 4* basic arena, the second Era Arena (champion pool TBA), and the chance to collect exclusive 2* champions via Quickmatch.
Important: Alliance War Season 12 Rewards Lockout is on Friday, September 27 at 6pm EST. You must be in an alliance when matchmaking begins on Sept. 27 and remain in that alliance for the remainder of Season 12 to be eligible for season rewards.
For daily updates and the latest news, please follow @FrontlineMCOC on Twitter.
Full Roster Availability (No AW/AQ): 100% roster availability on Wednesday, September 25 starting at 3pm EST with the conclusion of the AQ series until war attack resumes on Thursday, September 26. There will be a second window following AW attack on Friday, September 27 until AW/AQ resume Saturday afternoon.
Sunday, September 22: UMCOC Podcast, Live On Discord, 8pm EST.
Monday, September 23: Round 2 of the Aarkus Featured and 4* Captain America Infinity War Arenas at 1pm EST. Dungeons are projected to return at 1pm EST. Summoner Sigil Owners, your Solo Event and Gold Quest reset at 1pm EST.
Tuesday, September 24: New 5* Featured Crystal will be released at 1pm EST. The featured champs will be Invisible Woman, Stealth Spider-Man, Mysterio, Sunspot, Warlock and Claire Voyant.
Wednesday, September 25: Week 9 of the Summoner Showdown with Lagacy, Atromix (The Analyzer) and Craftygrinding, with guest host Brian Grant at 4pm EST Edit: 3pm EST. Chapter 5 of Time of Time will be released at 1pm EST. 100% roster availability following the conclusion of the AQ series at 3pm EST. The Alpha Arena begins at 6pm EST.
Quickmatch Versus Crystals will change over to a special 2* Unified Basic Crystal containing the 25 champions used as gates in the Time After Time quest. Download this spreadsheet to track your collection progress.
Thursday, September 26: Round 1 of the 4* Annihilus and the Era Featured Arenas (Champ pool TBA) at 1pm EST. 100% champion availability until AW attack resumes around 2pm EST.
Friday, September 27: Alliance War Season 12 Rewards Lockout at 6pm EST. 100% champion availability following the conclusion of AW attack on Friday afternoon.
Saturday, September 28: 100% champion availability until AW attack resumes around 2pm EST. AQ series begins at 3pm EST. Tier 4 Basic Arena begins at 6pm EST. EDIT: Dungeon Days begin at 1pm EST.
-Dano357
Summoners!
Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Friday, September 20, 2019.
Schedule Notes:
AQ series begins at 3pm EST. Beta Test for AQ Modifiers ends today.
Lagacy has a 4* Champion Boss Rush guide.
Seatin has a Rank-Up and Gameplay video for 4* Aarkus.
MCOCDroidDoes has a full review of the Summoner Sigil.
Craftygrinding has Round 1 predictions for the Captain America Infinity War and Aarkus Arenas.
-Dano357
Summoners!
Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Thursday, September 19, 2019.
Schedule Notes:
Round 1 of the 4* Captain America Infinity War and Aarkus Featured Arenas at 1pm EST. 100% Champion availability until AW attack resumes around 2pm EST. Tier 4 Basic Arena begins at 6pm EST.
Congratulations to Yeet, who defeated Turbo Tim and Brutal DLX in Week 8 of the Summoner Showdown to earn a spot in the New York Comic Con Tournament.
The Content Creator Boss Rush dropped yesterday, and there is plenty of content out there to help you if you’re having issues, including from the creators of the fights!
Dave designed the Quake fight, and has some tips on how to use the nodes to your advantage, as well as a full walkthru of the Boss Rush.
DNA3000 shared his design thoughts on the Invisible Woman fight.
Lagacy, who is responsible for one of the more talked about fights, Symbiote Supreme, breaks down the creation of the fight and all the counters available.
RichTheMan created the King Groot fight, and has a best champ guide.
Seatin live-streamed the Boss Rush and also posted a Tips and Trick Guide.
KT1 has an initial walkthru of the Boss Rush.
Dragon from the UMCOC Podcast shared her thoughts on Domino, and how after being originally tested at Sig 200, the decision was made to make the live version unduped.
The latest episode of Podcast of Champions is streaming on Spotify, and touches on the AQ Beta, champion balancing, and Kam and Star’s contribution of Taskmaster to the Boss Rush.
Episode #93 of the UMCOC Podcast, covering Aarkus and the Cull Obsidian balancing, is now available on Soundcloud.
-Dano357
Summoners!
There are only two weeks left to complete the Time After Time quest. If you are missing some of the champs needed to get through a gate (or just love collecting exclusive 2* champions), you’re in luck. On September 25, the Versus Crystals in Quickmatch will be replaced by 2* Basic Unified Crystals that only contain 2* versions of the 25 champions needed to get through the Time After Time gates.
If you’re like me, and want to collect all 25, you can download this spreadsheet to track your progress. Best of luck grinding!
-Dano357
Summoners!
Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Wednesday, September 18, 2019.
Schedule Notes:
Week 8 of the Summoner Showdown with Brutal DLX, Yeet, and Turbo Tim, featuring special guest host Dave at 4pm EST. Chapter 4 of Time After Time and the Content Creator Boss Rush will be released at 1pm EST. 100% Champion availability all day!
Katy Candy shows you what Aarkus can do in 6 Minutes or Less.
Can you Quake a Domino? KT1 says yes you can!
Lagacy brings his beloved Human Torch into Labyrinth of Legends.
Craftygrinding has Round 1 results and Round 2 predictions for the Nick Fury and Gold & Silver Era Arenas.
-Dano357
Summoners!
Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Tuesday, September 17, 2019.
Schedule Notes:
100% Champion availability following the conclusion of the AQ series and Alliance War attack. Server Maintenance at 11pm EST, estimated to last up to 2 hours.
Dungeons, which were projected to start yesterday, are now expected to resume on Monday, September 23.
Kabam released duel targets for Week 8 of the Summoner Showdown.
Kabam recaps Act 5: The Elder’s War in their latest motion comic.
Katy Candy looks into the comic book history of Aarkus.
KT1 has something rarely seen, a Howard The Duck rank-up and gameplay video.
Lagacy takes Aarkus against the 6.1 Sentinel Boss.
-Dano357
Summoners!
Update 8/12/20 – Download high quality revisions of the latest maps!
DOWNLOAD MAP 6 SETUP SPREADSHEET
Thank you to Cat Murdock for supplying updated Maps for AQ Season 7!
If you’re an officer in a Map 5 Alliance that is looking to step up to Map 6, you’ve probably got a lot of questions on how best to coordinate your battle group and assign paths.
You’re in luck. The spreadsheet linked above has a lane assignment sheet, maps, a playtime availability tracker, lane notes, and suggested counters for the mini bosses – in short, everything you need to get started.
While Map 6 does require some general counters on each lane, clearing it successfully isn’t as much about dealing with the hard counters (like Map 7) but understanding the availability of the Summoners in your battle group and assigning lanes accordingly.
My timing notes are written from the experience of an East Coast USA player, and will probably be most useful for North America alliances, but I do have suggestions on how to incorporate European and Australian players if you have one or two in your group.
-Dano357
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