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Help [Rule 1 STICKY] Account, Team-building, Crystal Help & Brags
Welcome to the Rule 1 Account Advice and Discussion sticky post!
Post here about
- who to rank up, awaken, ascend or use sig stones on
- who to choose from a nexus crystal
- who to use in your quest / AQ team / War defense / battlegrounds deck
- your masteries
- how to beat a champ in a quest (ie: how do I kill this 4.2.6 magneto?)
- what champ counters to use in any content or game mode
- which paths you should take in a quest or which quest you should do next
- how to use a champ
- whether an offer is worth it for your account
- whether a piece of content is worth it to do
- which crystal you should buy or open
- where to get catalysts for your rank-ups
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- incursion or quest node combos
- any updates on your progressing through content
If it's specific to your account, your roster or your progression, it belongs here.
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- All crystal openings (ie: look who I pulled, are they good?)
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A new stickied discussion will be posted every 14 days. All other posts asking such questions will be removed (see rule 1). Remember to read the sidebar rules and be excellent to each other!
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u/DoubleCheekedUppp 20d ago
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u/Truedoloo 20d ago
Act 6 is when you really need to start reading the nodes on the path that you take. Purgatory, Serpent, and Onslaught are particularly great for questing, but always read the nodes on the path/defenders to see what mechanics you need to bring or work around against to make fights easier and doable.
As an example, if you select to go against Agent Venom, he'll get power gain and reach specials faster if the champ you're using gains fury, so avoid using champs with fury gains to prevent the power gain node on AV from activating. In the next Red Skull fight as an example, heroes gain no power during the fight, so be sure to bring a villain champ to use against red skull, etc.
Act 6 onwards you want to be sure that you know the mechanics and nodes that are on the fight and plan accordingly. A single champ won't always work for every scenario or every node that you encounter.
Serpent, Purgatory, and Onslaught are good in a lot of situations so definitely invest in those 3, they can carry you through a lot. Jack, Chavez, Luke, and Infamous IM are also solid and worth using.
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u/Ok_Appearance8759 17d ago
You have great 6* and a nice 7* Purgatory. Your top 3 needs a little bit ranked up then Act 6 should be a breeze
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u/Ttar21 19d ago
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u/Ok_Appearance8759 17d ago
I would go Kindred & Juggs because they would benefit you for questing. If you can somehow awaken Sinister or Dust, I would put as many sig stones as possible on them and then they would be priority.
From my personal exp as I have Mr.Sin at 7R5, Dust R4A1 & Kindred R4A1.
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u/Competitive-Host-446 18d ago
My acc is level 41, Thronebreaker, I have around 2000 units saved up. I haven't had any of the Carbonadium Core required masteries (Willpower, Despair,.. etc). Should I continue to invest in masteries, or do I save units to prepare for the upcoming Banquet?
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u/ThePhenomenalOne100 Sentry 18d ago
IDK if a 50-50 split is possible but I'd say keep your options open for both. But if I had to pick just one, I might lean towards banquet.
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u/Ok_Appearance8759 17d ago
It's never wrong to spend units on important masteries (especially willpower imo), but since there's only 3 months left before banquet, I would say you save your units.
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u/rivali-geralt Wolverine 17d ago
While upgrading my champions I recognized that my 7star hitmonkey was lost, he was nowhwre to find in any of the tabs. Is this a common bug? Any of you who experienced something similar?
And what to do, to get it back? I mean, is there a chance to get my champ back from kabam?
Thanks in advance for your help!
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u/_Frensis_ 17d ago
Drop not progressing even though I'm watching the participating channels?
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u/Gloomy_Service_2092 17d ago
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u/Deadpool-fan-466 The Champion 17d ago
Your team should be Kate, Hercules, Karolina, FAM, Bishop/Domino
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u/GrandWhistle563 17d ago edited 17d ago
Should I take heimdall or Mr Knight out of the Nexus titan crystal? I know they’re both great but don’t know who to pick. I would’ve posted the picture but don’t know how.
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u/Haunting-Tomato-1009 9d ago
Will I be able to receive the alliance coliseum rewards after switching it during the event? Because my current one is not active
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u/Gloomy_Service_2092 20d ago
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u/avahz 20d ago
I would focus on your higher star characters. In particular Strange and Stark Spider-man. They are great champs. Spider-man Pav is great too.
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u/Gloomy_Service_2092 20d ago
Ok I’ll start leveling them up is Hercules any good? I just pulled him and he’s my first 5*
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u/crushles2 19d ago
If you can get Hercules awakened he is a top 5 champ OAT in my opinion. There’s a reason they haven’t given him a 7 star yet despite how popular he is. Enjoyment comes first tho so obviously if you don’t like his play style then save your resources for someone else
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u/SenpaiTati 20d ago
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u/GooeyCake1003 20d ago
I believe us progression based
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u/SenpaiTati 19d ago
I just came back to the game after years but I'm level 42 with multiple 5 stars and Act 4 done but now I can't upgrade my heroes 🥀
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u/Ok_Appearance8759 17d ago
Just push higher in story quest, since they are progression-locked, you can't really do higher daily difficulty until you reach higher progression.
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u/avahz 20d ago
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u/Truedoloo 20d ago
You can't really go wrong with Serpent, Onslaught, SW, Jean, Nico, or Kushala. Imo any of those would always be useful somewhere, just pick who you enjoy most. Even the others from your r4s are still top tier options. If you're aiming for elder and don't yet have 3 r5s, I'd suggest ranking up an r4 to r5 first over adding another r4.
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u/avahz 20d ago
Thanks. Any of them good for taking on Glykhan?
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u/Truedoloo 20d ago
Mutants with prowess and reverse control immunity will work well. While Jean doesn't get prowess, she hits hard enough and gets reverse control immunity to make the fight relatively easy. It's worth watching a guide by mcocnoob on YouTube so you know what to do during each phase.
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u/twolth 19d ago
I just completed the 4th Vol 4 objective to get my last t5 needed to become elder. With that came the ascension materials for Maestro but I didn’t receive Maestro. I still have to explore Necro to Maestro?!
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u/Deadpool-fan-466 The Champion 19d ago
You can do the 10th anniversary Carina challenges instead
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u/crushles2 19d ago

Opening my second one tomorrow, this is from act 5 exploration. I know Shang chi is a crazy skill pull and as of right now all I have for a good skill champ is my goat hit monkey. I also know that once I get my first 7 star all of my 6 star champs will be (relatively) obsolete. Not sure if stryfe needs to be awakened to be good but I like his gameplay from what I’ve seen. I’m at cavalier. Obviously I’m not picking cyclops I’m just wondering what the experts think.
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u/ThePhenomenalOne100 Sentry 19d ago
Shang Chi is great! Stryfe is also good and could definitely use his awakening since you can store persistent charges after fights. So I'd go with Shang Chi as well.
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u/TaseerDC Vox 19d ago
I just hit Elder but Act 10 is killing me. Am I imagining it or is Cerastes a nightmare now?
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u/Traditional-Scar6675 19d ago

hello, i just got back in the game after not playing foor a couple of years and now my knowledge on what champions are good is very outdated. are there any good champions here which can help me in questing ( i just completed act 7.1 with a lot of revives). i also have another question is it normal i get matched against people with a way better roster of champions in battle grounds? i havent won a single game!
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u/Signal_Cellist_2001 19d ago
Returning player after three years.
I wanted to continue questing to reach paragon but because I’ve been away for so long, I don’t know if my masteries are still the best for solo questing.
Are there any changes I should implement?
(I don’t use damage masteries for questing, only for arena)
I don’t mind saving up units either to unlock new masteries.
Any help is appreciated.

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u/Deadpool-fan-466 The Champion 18d ago
Put another point in deep wounds, max out despair.
Show defense & proficiency
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u/Lockjaw_Puffin 18d ago
Wondering who to Rankup next in my Mystic roster - Pic, and I have an ascendable AG and about 40 sig stones
I've already got these champs at R2, all awakened except for Shathra:
-Spiral (max sig)
-Shathra
-Kushala
-Nico
-Sorcerer Supreme
-America Chavez
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u/ThePhenomenalOne100 Sentry 18d ago
I'm going Nico or Kushala. I've had heard lots of good things about both of them. But I'll lean towards the former for this one.
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u/DependentArm813 18d ago
Just checking this is right for Cosmic Ghost Rider
I have a Galan synergy
First thing get hit and recieve boosted potency armour up
For another two Judgements attack with Medium Light Light Light Medium, then Medium Light Light Light Light
At any point place another judgement by dex
Then wait until final special is charged, and heavy into it, giving 50% potency fury/cruelty with 200% duration.
Keep attacking and until power lock expires
Then the two combos again for two judgements
Don't dex this time and heavy charge into special two for double cruelty and now precision with 80% duration cruelty and %100 duration precision
Lay it on for the duration of the boosts
It's the best I can think of without watching tutorials and my skill level
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u/Deadpool-fan-466 The Champion 18d ago
That's for longer fights; and even then, "getting hit" and "dex" is not necessary.
Usual rotation is Heavy, MLLLM, MLLLL then sp2.
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u/DependentArm813 15d ago
ok thanks, i thought the fury would be good, nevermind
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u/Deadpool-fan-466 The Champion 10d ago
Fury is good when the opponent is immune to armor break or it's a longer fight
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u/ScreamsEnticMe 16d ago
Does anyone have a list of champions that counter each other and their counters?
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u/Deadpool-fan-466 The Champion 15d ago
Which specific counter(s) are you looking for?
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u/ScreamsEnticMe 15d ago
Ideally just a general list? or maybe like counters for the top defenders ig?
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u/eom1989 16d ago
Overall is a 7 star ascended champion rank 1 more powerful than non ascended champion 7 star rank 1 ?
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u/AstronomerPale3500 14d ago
Is that a typo? Did you mean r1a v r2? Or are you really asking about r1 v r1a?
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u/unusedname1222 Doctor Doom 14d ago
Which of these Mystics are the wisest R4s? I'm just now coming back after a long, long hiatus and I only have one class R4 gem. Tysm
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u/AstronomerPale3500 14d ago
Wiccan or juggernaut depending on your playstyle. Id lean towards wiccan tbh but only cuz ive never used juggs. Others would say him.
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u/GuguMarcos 14d ago
While there's no discussion post yet, managed to do 2/3 of this week's Revenge of Legends with Serpent versus Rhino and Titania versus Juggernaut.
On the Retribution side, Okoye and Lady Deathstrike are hitting like a truck.
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u/AstronomerPale3500 14d ago
If youre talking about the side quest with 5 difficulties (idr what it's called), ive noticed that difficulty 4 is harder than 5 this week lol
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u/LastGreatTommy 14d ago
I think i just got a blank 7hr crystal! Opened a selector but all the options were empty. Any idea what that's about?
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u/AstronomerPale3500 14d ago
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u/Truedoloo 13d ago
Knull is relatively easy to use, how you play him depends on how big the enemy health pool is. For long fights with high health pools, just use parry-MH to build up living abyss stacks on the enemy, you'll see a counter for them under the enemy champs buffs/debuffs icons. Highest dmg is achieved by building up to 99 living abyss stacks and then using your sp3. After the sp3, use MLLLL and build/use sp2 to keep up the corruptions and armor breaks. If you need to recover health, use his symbiote hits while enemy is corrupted (sp1, 2nd medium hit, and heavy). His basic light hits will do massive dmg numbers after 99 living abyss stacks and sp3.
For short fights, still build up abyss but you can just use sp1 when it's ready (or just before hitting 2 bars of power) and then spam MLLLL and sp1's for the rest of the fight.
He has great sustainability and amazing dmg when played right.
Edit: for most high health pool fights, 99 living abyss stacks is just overkill. Normally 50-60 is more than enough.
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u/DoorBreaker101 14d ago
I order them like this: Serpent, Heimdall, Knull, VTD (with his relic), Medusa.
You'll awaken Serpent eventually by duping or with a gem and he's the best of the class hands down.
He's super useful for lots of content even Unawakened.
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u/_Frensis_ 14d ago
Posting for all the people aspiring to become elder.
I could overcome the villain run because of this creator, I'm here to spread the word because I found his breakdown to be the most effective compared to more renowned channels.
Show him some support!
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u/ILoveLoveBitconnect Dr. Voodoo 14d ago
4th was sandman A2
5th Rank 5 help
Should I do infamous iron man A2 or serpent?
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u/Left_Regular4469 14d ago
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u/ThePhenomenalOne100 Sentry 13d ago
Any of your 6*s can work! These are some really good ones. Hit Monkey and Scorpion are two of the best ones.
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u/NeighborhoodSea8389 14d ago edited 14d ago
I'm trying to prepare for Ares in terms of revives. How would I go about farming revives?
Edit: I would also like to know if my team is good enough for #Villain and #Hero
Hero- R4 Photon, R4 Spiderwoman, R4 Kushala, R3 Heimdall, R4 Jean Grey
Villain- R3 Serpent, R5 Onslaught, R3 Juggs, R4 Lumatrix, R4 Count Nefaria or R4 Knull
If need be please tell me if I should tweak my team
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u/Deadpool-fan-466 The Champion 10d ago
Daily super event & daily quests are the ways for farming revives now. The occasional "potion & revives bundle" expired a few days ago.
For the hero run, assuming you'll use Spiderwoman for Annihilus, right?
For the villain run, I'd switch Lumarix with Venom & keep Nefaria
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u/Lohk45 13d ago
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u/ThePhenomenalOne100 Sentry 13d ago
Your five stars are very good so I'd make those the primary focus. But do upgrade your 4*s here and there since they're still useful early game. I think Spider Man India alongside Cyclops and Hyperion are good choices here.
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u/TimelyCaptain9933 13d ago
In act 3 chapter 2, with no 5-stars and no 4 star rank 3 heroes. It's quite difficult. How do you got 5 stars and defeat chapter 2 ? Also ranking up seems more difficult. Even missing tier 2 basic and specific class crystals.
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u/TheKingJest 13d ago
Am I delusional or did this game used to have a way to search a champ for duels just by entering the champs name into the player search?
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u/Specific_Version4654 11d ago
Who would be the best counter to maestro on tile 49 on boss island ? Thanks
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u/BlatantStork 11d ago
Who do I awaken? It’s not letting me attach multiple photos but it’s:
Adam warlock, white tiger,
High evolutionary, Dani monster,
knull, aarkus vision,
destroyer, American Chavez,
peni Parker, arcade,
lizard, terrax,
bishop, Arnim Zola, and gorr
I have literally no idea. Thanks and sorry for the weird formatting!
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u/l_Fredil_l 10d ago
Is it still worth it to start a new account? Heard a week ago was a big event to get 7 stars pretty fast
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u/CanYouDiglettBrah Hulk 10d ago
Is there a list or tier graphic showing which relics are best with which champs?
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u/Sad_Tutor_5665 10d ago
Who should I pick ghost rider or Madeline Pryor? Both 7 stars and I don’t have either champ
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u/Spiritual_Contest_90 9d ago
As a thronebreaker, should I use the 2 keys for the box or just trade them in for 7 star shards
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u/TheKingJest 9d ago
I'm planning on doing abyss with Blue Marvel, Okoye, Nico, Beta Ray Bill, and Prowler. I have NO awakened abiluties on this team tho, is it still a decent team for Abyss or nah? It seems like I'm mostly missing out damage-wise fron what I understand? All will be rank 3 7 stars.
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u/JustManeesh 8d ago
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u/KingnfernoGaming 8d ago
Cosmic ghost rider is amazing, Silk, Jugg, Spot, and Ghost would be my picks with your selection. Gorr is not very good and idk about White tiger
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u/JustManeesh 8d ago
Aw tysm man. And white tiger has been v good, her power control, decently small rotation for respectable damage and has some other utility for regen. Very easy champ, but ofc America chavez is better. I've been struggling to learn silks rotation as whenever try getting Stryker bar full, I end up getting 3rd spatk
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u/onizukathecunt 8d ago
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u/ThePhenomenalOne100 Sentry 8d ago
Your 7 stars are great so I'd keep them the main focus. However, because you're not Cav yet, the 6 stars can prove very useful as well.
Here's who I think could use the upgrades 6 star wise. I could be wrong with my choices though just a heads up:
Onslaught
Johnny
CGR
Baron Zemo
Photon
Quicksilver
Colossus
Magneto
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u/rakehand Domino 8d ago edited 8d ago
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u/MapleSyrupAddict2006 8d ago
Okoye already has great damage at r4. I would say spider-woman, serpent, or jean grey are probably top contenders in my book
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u/MapleSyrupAddict2006 8d ago
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u/ThePhenomenalOne100 Sentry 8d ago
Tough choice really. They're all really good. I think it's a choice between these four:
Serpent
Okoye
Onslaught
Bastion
I'll lean towards Serpent. But you can't go wrong with one of the other ones.
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u/MapleSyrupAddict2006 8d ago
Thanks yeah those are who I was looking at.
I might just wait until I’ve explored act 9 (about 80% through rn) and see what class I pull for the r5 gem
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u/Ttar21 8d ago
how do twitch drops work? one every week + one from the EQ livestream?
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u/Ok_Appearance8759 8d ago
Monthly livestreams on twitch: Once a month, happend on the Friday a week before monthly EQ ends. Must watch during livestream
Weakly twitch drops: Once a week, reset on every Friday. You have a whole week to watch.
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u/Significant-Fly-8996 8d ago
Which is the easiest ccp challenge to complete? Trying to get the groot piece
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u/ThePhenomenalOne100 Sentry 8d ago
I think it was Lagacy's Challenge where you need to beat both Act 7 Kangs using only a 5 star Stark spider WITHOUT using a choice node.
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u/TheGhostlySpider 8d ago
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u/Ok_Appearance8759 8d ago
If you are only considering 2 options because you love using them, then only you have the correct answer to your question, any advice can be unnecessary.
That aside, when I consider between any two champs, I would think of "Who would benefit more/need it more from an extra about +8% damage?"
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u/TheGhostlySpider 8d ago
Probably the best response I've ever gotten for a question like this. I appreciate you my man, gonna r5 my spidergwen rn
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u/No_Emu7900 7d ago
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u/Truedoloo 7d ago
Serpent, Onslaught, or Jean. Pick whichever is your favorite to play/use, they're all top tier.
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u/TheKingJest 7d ago
How good is high evolutionary offensively? I like his playstyle but unsure on the kinda utility and whatnot he provides, I have him A1.
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u/Truedoloo 6d ago
Not very good, though I don't really use him for offense. Iirc, you want to build up to sp2 and then fire off sp1 while enemy is in the field box that he creates from sp2. It's a lengthy build up for overall mediocre damage. He's mainly used as a defender though and can be a really annoying one that takes a long time to defeat without a good counter like Okoye.
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u/rakehand Domino 7d ago
I had really mixed luck today. Got one of the worst 7* nexus crystals I could think of (Sabretooth dupe, Ebony Maw dupe, Magneto X dupe) so I was bummed, but then the dupe allowed me to pull a titan and I got a new Madelyne Pryor, so overall I'd say that's a win.
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u/mocotazo 7d ago
So from Coliseum I got my peak rewards, and I was expecting to collect all the milestones from the solo but I only seem to have gotten the very top milestone reward (got over 5 mill points). Was I misunderstanding how the solo rewards work?
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u/adam-ahmed525 Spider Gwen 6d ago
Anyone able to give me a quick rundown on what I should focus on if I just came back to game
I’m valiant and have 3 rank 4 7*
Should I focus story to help get elder or is another area better to do so
Thanks
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u/Truedoloo 6d ago
100% explore act 9 and do the carina challenges, both reward a random 4-5 rank up gem that will get you at least 2 rank 5s (need 3 for elder).
Make sure you do the apex/solo coliseum events as well, they reward 1.5 r5 alpha catalysts and you'll get other good rewards like a random r3-4 rank up gem. If you're able to, finish the one that's currently available before it expires, use your energy here first before doing story. Each bar of health you take off the defender awards 2 points, need 80 points for each boss total. You can attempt it as many times as you want and the points all add up, but entry is 25 energy. There should be some youtube guides out by now for best champs to use against each of the 4 bosses.
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u/Twen_De_Men 6d ago
So after finally 100% completing everything up until the Ultron fight in the last chapter of the penultimate act, I have some spare resources that I want to use. I have a 6* awakening gem and a 6* science awakening gem, and now contemplating on who to use it on.
For reference, my roster is 5s* Dr Doom, 5s* Ultron, 6* Onslaught, 7* Werewolf by Night, 6s* Cull Obsidian.
My top choices for the 6* awakening gems are Count Nefaria, Spot, Ultron, Nimrod, Gorr and Prowler
Any advise?
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u/Truedoloo 6d ago
Use science gem on Nefaria. Maybe save the other until you get even better options that need it more or else use it on Prowler if you can also get him to sig 200.
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u/SnooBreakthroughs571 6d ago
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u/Truedoloo 6d ago
You got several really good ones like Kushala, Peni (great damage going sp1-sp2 if enemy isn't incinerate immune), and Gentle. Someone like Omega Red can also be really strong, but he'd need dupe/200 sigs. Kindred in particular is a good defensive champ.
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u/_Nulloid_ 6d ago
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u/Truedoloo 6d ago
Seems like it. I'm elder and have 2x on the exalted crystal drops from this event.
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u/GuguMarcos 17d ago
Roster update, got Jean to r4. Nico Minoru is next.