Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Thursday, November 4, 2021.
Schedule Notes: Round 1 of the Shang-Chi Basic Arena and Doctor Voodoo Featured Arena begin at 1pm EST. 100% Roster Availability ends at 2pm EST. The Alliance Quest series begins at 3:15pm EST.
Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Wednesday, November 3, 2021.
Schedule Notes: 100% Roster Availability all day! October events end and November events begin at 1pm EST. Alliance Quest enlistment begins at 3pm EST. Server Maintenance is scheduled for 11pm EST and will last up to 1 hour.
After a frustrating September and October Side Quest, November looks to be very straightforward. In addition to an Externals MCU tie-in, MCOC is also celebrating Movember with a special solo event and crystal!
Week 1: Wednesday, November 3 at 1pm EST (Guillotine 2099 Boss)
Week 2: Wednesday, November 10 at 1pm EST (Annihilus Boss)
Week 3: Wednesday, November 17 at 1pm EST (Apocalypse Boss)
Week 4: Wednesday, November 24 at 1pm EST (Doctor Doom Boss)
Ends: Wednesday, December 1 at 1pm EST
HOW TO PLAY
This side quest is pretty simple. Much like Love is a Battlerealm or Gwenpool Goes to the Movies, it will feature a new quest that unlocks each week. Each quest will be available in 4 difficulty levels (Legendary, Epic, Master, and Heroic) and have 3 paths. You will be able to run all 4 difficulty levels if you choose, and the quests have no energy costs. You will be allowed to bring three champions into the quest.
Of the three paths in each quest, one will be unrestricted, while the other two will require either Sersi or Ikaris to pass through a champion gate. Luckily, you will receive the 3-star versions of Sersi and Ikaris via your in-game mail on November 3. Unlike with the Summoned Symbiote and Anti-Venom in October, you do not have to do anything to receive Sersi and Ikaris.
REWARDS
Each weekly quest will have completion and exploration rewards. Please note that the rewards below are PER WEEK, so you’ll want to multiply by four to get your monthly total of possible rewards.
In addition to the quest rewards, if you fully explore a difficulty of the side-quest, you will also complete a special Solo Objective.
Finally, rank-up and win fights with your new Sersi and Ikaris to complete another set of objectives which will reward you with special crystal shards, gold, ISO, a special title, and more.
WORLD’S END CRYSTALS
November’s special hero crystal is called the World’s End Crystal. As usual these are available in Cavalier and Grandmaster variations for 4K shards, which can be earned from the Side Quest, Solo Objectives, and Solo Events. There are some pretty good champions in these crystals, including Hercules, Spider-Ham, Captain America Infinity War and Nick Fury.
World’s End Crystal Champion Pool:
Ant-Man Black Bolt Black Panther Captain America Captain America Infinity War Captain Marvel Cyclops New Xavier School (No 4-Star) Doctor Strange Drax Gamora Groot Hawkeye Hercules Hulk Invisible Woman Iron Man Juggernaut Nebula Nick Fury Rocket Raccoon Scarlet Witch (No 6-Star) Spider-Ham Spider-Man (Stark Enhanced) Star-Lord Thor (Ragnarok) War Machine Winter Soldier
MOVEMBER CELEBRATION
While that’s everything for the External’s tie-in, we’re not quite done yet as MCOC is celebrating Movember. Use #Bewhiskered (bearded champions) to win quest, arena, and incursions fights and earn points toward a solo event that rewards Bewhiskered shards, which can be redeemed for the Bewhiskered Cavalier/Grandmaster Crystals. There will also be a login calendar that rewards Bewhiskered shards.
Use To Earn Points
Bewhiskered Champion Pool
Beast
Beast
Bishop
Bishop
Blade
Blade (No 6-Star)
Captain America (Infinity War
Captain America Infinity War
Diablo
Diablo
Doctor Strange
Doctor Strange
Falcon
Falcon
Heimdall
Heimdall
Hercules
Hercules
Hit-Monkey
Hit-Monkey
Hulkbuster
Hulkbuster
Iron Man
Iron Man
Iron Man Infinity War
Iron Man Infinity War
Karnak
Karnak
Killmonger
Killmonger
Luke Cage
Luke Cage
Mister Fantastic
Mister Fantastic
Mister Sinister
Mister Sinister
Nick Fury
Nick Fury
Nightcrawler
Odin
Odin
Old Man Logan
Old Man Logan
Overseer
Overseer
Red Guardian
Red Guardian
Rocket Raccoon
Rocket Raccoon
Sabretooth
Sabretooth
Sasquatch
Sasquatch
Sentry
Sentry
Superior Iron Man
Superior Iron Man
Thor Ragnarok
Thor Ragnarok
Void
Tigra
Wolverine (No 6-Star)
Void
Yondu
Wolverine
Wolverine (Weapon X)
Yondu
FINAL THOUGHTS
After a two-month Side Quest experiment, simple is what the players want and simple is what we are going to get. Team construction will be interesting, and the 3-champion limitation with the requirement to bring Ikaris or Sersi into Epic and Legendary difficulty could make for some tricky trade-offs. The Bewhiskered Crystal is a fun addition, and we should be able to earn those points easily enough simply by playing the game. Even the Sersi and Ikaris Solo Objectives don’t seem too bad. Personally I am looking forward to this one! Best of luck to everyone this Movember.
Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Tuesday, November 2, 2021.
Schedule Notes: The new Featured 5-Star Crystal debuts at 1pm EST. The featured champions in the crystal will be Hercules, America Chavez, Spider-Man 2099, Peni Parker, Kitty Pryde, and Nimrod. The Overseer is scheduled to join the Basic Pool at 1pm EST. Please confirm via the in-game banner. Incursions Milestones and Top Zone Bonuses reset at 2pm EST. 100% Roster Availability begins at 2pm EST.
Champion Spotlights for Ikaris and Sersi are now live.
Here’s your Marvel Contest of Champions news brief for Monday, November 1, 2021.
Schedule Notes: The Summoner Sigil Solo Event, Gold Quest, items on a 7-day timer, and the Legendary Crystals in the Black-ISO Market reset at 1pm EST. Round 2 of the Mister Fantastic/Vulture/Black Panther Basic Arena and Knull Featured Arena begin at 1pm EST. November’s Motion Comic will premiere Monday at 2pm EST. The Alliance Quest Series concludes at 3pm EST. The Tier 4 Basic Arena begins at 6pm EST.
Expect to see the v33.0 available for download and the Champion Spotlights for Ikaris and Sersi posted later today.
It’s Episode 77 of the Contest Realm Podcast! In this episode Rich & I discuss November’s Eternals Events, Variant 8 Deadpoolooza, and the issues with the Summoner Showdown.
Full Roster Availability (No AW/AQ): 100% Champion Availability starting at 2pm EST on Tuesday, November 2 through Thursday, November 4 at 2pm EST.
Sunday, October 31: Sunday Arenas begin at 1pm EST.
Monday, November 1: The Summoner Sigil Solo Event, Gold Quest, items on a 7-day timer, and the Legendary Crystals in the Black-ISO Market reset at 1pm EST. Round 2 of the Mister Fantastic/Vulture/Black Panther Basic Arena and Knull Featured Arena begin at 1pm EST. The Alliance Quest Series concludes at 3pm EST. The Tier 4 Basic Arena begins at 6pm EST.
Tuesday, November 2: The new Featured 5-Star Crystal debuts at 1pm EST. The featured champions in the crystal will be Hercules, America Chavez, Spider-Man 2099, Peni Parker, Kitty Pryde, and Nimrod. The Overseer is scheduled to join the Basic Pool at 1pm EST. Please confirm via the in-game banner. Incursions Milestones and Top Zone Bonuses reset at 2pm EST. 100% Roster Availability begins at 2pm EST.
Wednesday, November 3: 100% Roster Availability all day! October events end and November events begin at 1pm EST. Alliance Quest enlistment begins at 3pm EST. Server Maintenance is scheduled for 11pm EST and will last up to 1 hour.
Thursday, November 4: Round 1 of the Shang-Chi Basic Arena and To Be Announced Featured Arena begin at 1pm EST. 100% Roster Availability ends at 2pm EST. The Alliance Quest series begins at 3:15pm EST.
If you plan on clearing some difficult content in Marvel Contest of Champions this November, you’ll need to know when all your champs will be available. Here is the full schedule of 100% Roster Availability Windows (no AQ/AW) for the month. All times are EST, 2pm is based off of the approximate end of AW attack.
Tuesday, November 2 at 2pm EST – Thursday, November 4 at 2pm EST
Tuesday, November 9 at 3pm EST – Thursday, November 11 at 2pm EST
Wednesday, November 17 at 3pm EST – Thursday, November 18 at 2pm EST
Friday, November 19 at 2pm EST – Saturday, November 20 at 2pm EST
Friday, November 26 at 2pm EST – Saturday, November 27 at 2pm EST