u/cat_murdock

Apex Coliseum Boss #4: Emma Frost, Megathread

Apex Coliseum Boss #4: Emma Frost, Megathread

The fourth and final boss of this Apex Coliseum "season" is here! You have 2 weeks left to finish her points, as well as the other 3 bosses if you haven't yet done so. Remember, there's a Green Goblin piece in there you might want.

Boss: Emma Frost - Review her kit [HERE]

Nodes:

  • Coliseum Prompt: Heavy or Striker
  • Psyched: When the Attacker finishes a Special Attack, they become Immune to Delirium and Reversed Controls for 8 seconds
  • Dex-Fury: Whenever the Attacker activates Dexterity for any hit from the Defender's Special Attacks, the Attacker gains a stacking 40% Fury Buff. Max 10 for 5 seconds, pausing during the Defender's Specials
  • Beast of Burder: For each Debuff on the Defender, they reduce the duration of incoming Debuffs by 20%
  • Shed Skin: When the Attacker gains a Bar of Power, a 15 second timer starts. If the timer expires, the Defender gains a Debuff Immunity Passive for 5 seconds. Knocking down the Defender removes the timer.
  • Cold Feet: The Attacker is Passively Rooted during the Defender's Heavy Attacks

You can only use Champions tagged as #Apex Challenger Emma Frost

Please use this thread to discuss your counters

(Don't see this content available in game? It is available only to Paragon and above Summoners)

PSA: You know that visual bug that happens when you claim a selector milestone with multiple quantities that makes it look like other rewards are also at a higher quantity on the selector screen? It's likely you're gonna run into this with stuff like the R4 gems. You aren't getting 4x R4 Gems, don't get too excited, it is still just the one that is listed.

u/cat_murdock — 1 day ago

Apex Coliseum Boss 3: Medusa (Megathread)

The third boss of this installment of Apex Coliseum is none other than the Queen of the Battlerealm herself, Medusa! You can refresh yourself on her kit here: Medusa - Marvel Contest of Champions

Nodes:

  • Coliseum Prompt: Pinpoint
  • Hostile Takedown (Reversed Controls): When the Defender finishes a Special Attacked, an 8 second timer starts if not already active, and it is removed if they are knocked down. If this timer expires naturally, the Attacker is inflicted with a Reversed Controls Passive for 6 seconds
  • Concussive Resonance: Striking into the Defender's Block or Auto-Block causes the Attacker to be inflicted with a Concussion Debuff, reducing their Ability Accuracy by 15% for 15 seconds. Max stacks 5
  • Dig Dig Dig: Every 16 seconds, the Defender gains an Undermine Buff for 8 seconds. If the Attacker is out of striking range when this triggers, the Attacker gains Undermine instead
  • Press the Advantage: While the Defender has an Undermine effect, they gain a 550 Fury Passive and a 550 Pierce Passive

Only attackers that are tagged as Apex Challenger - Medusa can enter this fight (which includes Medusa herself too yay yippee). If you have a good options, leave it down in the comments and let people know why they're working well for you.

Remember each health bar taken down counts as 2 points towards the rewards, to a max of 80

u/cat_murdock — 15 days ago

News of the Week: August 3 2026

Another Monday? Again? How does this keep happening

Most times are still 11AM Vancouver time

What's New This Week

  • Monday: This Week's AQ format is the regular version (I know, I know)
  • Tuesday: New patch drops (holiday in Canada today, so not today)
  • Wednesday: New August Event Quest
    • PSA: If you want to collect all of the Pry Bars for Black Tarantula's Secret Stash, you'll need to do this before August 12
  • Wednesday: Apex Coliseum Boss Medusa
    • Reminder: You'll need 55 points in the Korg fight to unlock this one. Plenty of time left in the event to do this though
  • Thursday: Agatha Harkess Pre-Release Bundles
    • You can read about her kit [HERE]

What's Ending This Week

  • Wednesday: July Event Quest
    • PSA: A 7-Star Stellar Forged Green Goblin piece is in here! Time is running out to claim this one
    • There are also some Mystery Orbs
  • Wednesday: Symbiotic Bons Squad Builder Event and Scream Chase
    • It's gonna take some time to get all of the solo ranked points out, and then there will be time for the Alliance event to calculate. No exact time for when the Alliance Event will payout, but if you're on pins and needles chasing Scream Ascension, expect giving this some time.
  • Wednesday: Battlegrounds Season 40
    • There are no chase rewards in this season, but they have mentioned that there will be a GG piece in an upcoming one, and they recommend not letting your rank fall TOO far so when it comes time the journey is not as long. We don't know exactly what this objective will look like except it is not going to be the same Gladiator Circuit requirement, and is supposed to be a bit more accessible. I believe this is targeted for September

Upcoming Events:

  • August 12: Epilogue Part 2
    • Continuing the Epilogue and Carina chase, part 2 will feature a similar format to the previous one and include Cerastes and Glykhan as bosses
  • August 12: Revenge of Legends Event begins (Part 1) -read more about this [HERE]
    • 6 New Ascendable Champions in the Box: G99, Colossus, Moondragon, Dragon Man, Terrax, and Spider-Man
      • Elders can earn up to 9 free keys
      • Paragon and Valiant can earn 7
      • TB can earn 4
      • If you don't want to use these keys, they can be traded in for 7-Star Crystal Shards after the event ends, post Sept 9
    • Revenge of Legends Quest (featuring an encounter design collaboration with Seatin)
      • 3-4 Bosses each week, ending in a gauntlet that uses all 11
      • Completing each quest earns points towards the Realm Event
      • There is a 7-Star Green Goblin Stellar Forged piece in an Objective related to this
    • Revenge Realm Event
    • Retribution of Legends Side Quest
      • This will be easier/more accessible than Revenge of Legends, think your regular side quest level of content. You can read (a little) more about this [HERE]
  • August 26: Revenge of Legends Part 2
    • The 7-Hour Crystal returns, along with the usual double up offer
    • There will be Revenge of Legends Battlepass
    • The usual Legends arenas
      • Solo Event for Additional Rewards, including Empowered Crystals and Elder Saga Crystals for Elder players, and 2025/2026 2-Star Crystals for my fellow collectors
  • August 31: Alliance Coliseum, featuring Mr. Negative as the boss
    • Returns to 3-Day version

Ongoing Events:

  • Tangled Threads Pass for First-Appearance Silk: 1ish weeks left
  • Black Tarantula's Secret Stash: 1ish weeks left
  • Stellar Forged Blade Ascension: ends mid-this month. (As I've already done it, I can no longer see the end time. If someone who hasn't done it yet could let me know how much time is left, that would be great)
  • Apex Coliseum: About a month left
  • Epilogue: this is permanent content, but it's still rolling out over the next couple months

Known Issues/Miscellaneous/FAQ:

  • There was an update made to the Towers Ranked Event and Essentia Event
    • The leaderboard breakdowns are now, Elder-Valiant, Paragon-Thronebreaker, and Cavalier and Below
      • Clarification on this since I've seen some confusion, the last month's event also featured 3 different leaderboards. That aspect has not changed. What did change was moving Paragon out of the top group and into the one with Thronebreakers so they're not quite so trampled
      • Essentia for the bottom bracket has been increased from 2k to 6k
    • The current Essentia event is extended by about half a week, taking it to next Monday. Then when the next event starts, it will be back to running 7 days. This was in order to align the event with the Key refresh moving forward

Please let me know if you have questions, or if I forgot something. I need to go eat lunch real bad

u/cat_murdock — 17 days ago

News of the Week: July 27 2026

Hi! A day late and a dollar short, my bad gang. Meant to get this out yesterday, but better late than never.

What's New This Week

  • Monday (yesterday): Raids began! New Saga, new bosses, small Attacker rotation
    • You can see my updated graphics about those [HERE]
    • Elder Chests have been added, and Map Rewards for both Nightmare and Normal Raids have also been updated
  • Monday (yesterday): First Appearance Silk Double Track and Webstore Track
    • 2-week long Double Track, earn points by using Spider-Verse Champions, $15 USD
    • Additional items available in the Summoner's Market Webstore Track (don't forget to claim your free weekly/daily points! I believe you should be able to reach the R2 Gem for free if you maximize your free points)
  • Wednesday: Black Tarantula's Secret Stash
    • Two week Solo Event: Complete Objectives and DSE milestones to earn event currency, open boxes with it. Includes Empowered Crystals and Mystery Orbs
  • Wednesday: Third and final Squad Builder Weekly Event
  • Wednesday: Updates to Daily/Weekly Specials IAPs
    • Added Elder Daily Specials, purchasing Daily Specials contributes to Weekly Solo Objectives
    • Daily Specials Stamps are being discontinued. They can still be redeemed, but won't be available to earn going forward
    • Weekly Specials discontinued
  • Friday [Unconfirmed]: The Friday before the Event Quest ends usually means a new official livestream. The date of this hasn't been confirmed yet but this is the likely time

What's Ending This Week

  • Tuesday: Zola Ascension Box closes (box available to open for one more day but Keys end)
  • Wednesday: Epilogue: Vengeance Assembled Solo Objective for 3x Mysterio Orbs
    • The Epilogue itself is Permanent, but the Objective for completion ends in about a day
  • Wednesday: Radiant Gladiator III Solo Objective
  • Wednesday: Con-Crawlers Event Tower
    • This tower doesn't grant any Tower Rating
    • 5 Blocks. Blocks are also gated by Progression Titles, final Block gives a Titan Crystal

Ongoing Events:

  • Symbiotic Bonds Squad Builder Side Event: 1ish weeks left
  • Last Laughs Event Quest: 1ish weeks left  (There are 6 Mystery Orbs and a Stellar Forged Green Goblin Piece in here)
  • Battlegrounds Season 40: 1ish weeks left
  • Alliance War Season: 2ish weeks left
  • Tower Ranked Event: 2ish weeks left
  • Stellar Forged Blade Ascension Solo Objective: Runs til mid August
  • Apex Coliseum: Bit over a month left

Upcoming Events:

  • New patch month next week! We should learn more about what's coming up next after the upcoming Livestream.

Known Issues/Misc/Recent FAQ:

  • Clarification on the Ascension Tower: This Tower does not use the Tower Demands Power node present in the Class Towers. This means that there's no "punching up 30CR" etc in the same way. The damage the opponent takes doesn't scale off this difference. Don't be afraid of using lower CR match ups.
    • If you're having trouble timing out, don't forget to maximize the amount of time you can ADD to the timer when Iso-Burst is down, use a lot of heavies and MM combos.
  • Some compensation went out recently with varying levels of Purified Chronoserpent's Essence (item earned via Epilogue). Some people appear to have ended up with varying totals. I currently don't know why this is, I've not seen clarification yet. I'll update if I find out more
  • Known useable promo codes: NEIGHBORMCOC and SPIDERMAN for some early progression bundles and energy refills (end date for these unknown)
    • The unique string codes posted recently on the official socials have been 1-time use giveaways and will not work for a second person

Please let me know if I've forgotten something, or if you have any more questions

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u/cat_murdock — 23 days ago

Apex Coliseum Boss #2: Korg, Megathread

Boss #2 for this round of Apex Coliseum is now live!

Boss: Korg

Nodes:

  • Coliseum Prompt: 3 Mediums or 5 Lights
  • Hardest Rock Shield: Rock Shield always reforms with at least 5 charges
  • Temporal Physical Override: All of the Attacker's attacks are overridden to be contact and deal Physical Damage. When the Defender is about to be struck by a Heavy Attack, this override is disabled for 20 seconds, paused during the Attacker's Special Attacks.
  • Standing Tall: When the Defender is knocked down by a Special Attack, they gain a 5% Inexorable Passive for 8 seconds
  • Enhanced Parry (Slow): When the Attacker performs a Parry, the Defender is inflicted with a Slow Debuff for 15 seconds

Reminders:

  • You can only use Champions tagged specifically for this fight
  • You will earn 2 points per health bar cleared, up to 80 max
  • Completing this boss and the previous boss earns enough points for the Stellar Forged Green Goblin piece

Please use this thread to discuss your options, questions, etc! If you are showing off a good option, try to be detailed about your loop and why you found them effective, this context is useful to others looking for help!

u/cat_murdock — 29 days ago

News of the Week: July 20 2026

Howdy all! Back with another weekly dose of the whats-happenings. Most dates/times are 11am PST Vancouver time unless otherwise mentioned

What's New This Week:

  • Today: This week's Alliance Quest is just the ye old regular maps. Yes, I know, I'm sorry.
  • Today: Arnim Zola Ascension Box (Paragon+)
    • Keys are available to purchase in-game and on the Webstore. Unless I'm missing it, it looks like these are cash-only and not available for purchase with Units
    • Lasts for a little over a week
  • Wednesday: Apex Coliseum Boss Unlock
  • Wednesday: SDCC Marvel Gaming Lounge Live Event
    • This is in-person in San Diego, so if you're attending SDCC or just in the area, it may be fun to check out
    • At the Marriott Maquis San Diego Marina Marvel Gaming Lounge (doesn't require an SDCC pass to attend)
    • While this begins Wednesday, sounds most things for it will be Thursday-Sunday
    • They are running a light tournament each day where you can win some Units
    • Prize Wheel, exclusive Pins, PFPS, etc
    • More details of the event [HERE]
  • Thursday: Ascension Towers Unlocks
    • This tower is Permanent, locked to Elders, and requires 3500 Tower Rating to access
    • Only 7-Star Ascended Champions can be used, and your damage requires getting to ISO Burst
  • Thursday: Con-Crawlers Event Tower (Temporary Content)
    • Does not add Tower Rating and is temporary Tower
    • A replica of the Event Tower they will have at their SDCC table
    • Since this needs to be digestible to people that have never played before, they've warned that the early Blocks are going to be VERY easy

What's Ending This Week:

  • Wednesday: Radiant Gladiator II Solo Objective

Upcoming Events:

  • July 27: Alliance Quest Raid Week returns
    • New Saga means New Bosses and a rotation in/out of some Champions from the Attacker Pools. I'll have updated infographics on these before the week begins.
  • July 29: Black Tarantula's Secret Stash
    • Two week Solo Event: Complete Objectives and DSE milestones to earn event currency, open boxes with it. Includes Empowered Crystals and Mystery Orbs

Ongoing Events:

  • Epilogue: Vengeance Assembled, complete for x3 Mystery Orbs: 1ish Weeks left
  • Monthly Event Quest: 2ish Weeks left (There are 6 Mystery Orbs and a Stellar Forged Green Goblin Piece in here)
  • Battlegrounds: 2ish Weeks left (no chase rewards)
  • Symbiotic Bonds Squad Builder: 2ish Weeks Left
  • Stellar Forged Blade Ascension Solo Objective: Runs til mid August
  • Apex Coliseum: Little under 2 months on this. New boss this week! Korg

Miscellaneous/Known Issues:

  • Team Creepy won the Creepies v Crawlies Alliance Coliseum Event, which means that (Progression Title depending) you will be receiving a 7-Star Venom and 6-Star Venom Relic in the mail soon. No exact date on this yet, but it has been estimated for some time this week Update: looks like it just went out!
  • Towers Related Compensations:
    • If you completed the Saga Tower before Refined XP Tokens were properly added in, still no date on when this is being sent out but it is still on the radar
u/cat_murdock — 1 month ago

News of the Week: July 13 2026

All dates/times are 11am PST Vancouver time unless otherwise mentioned

What's New This Week:

  • Today: Alliance Quest Rampant Evolution Begins - can find my related infographics for those [HERE]
  • Today: Tower Key refresh - this isn't something I'll call out every week but this is the last refresh before the end of the Ranked Event!
  • Wednesday: Epilogue-Chapter 1
    • The first installment of the post-Act 8/Act 9 Saga Epilogue!
    • I've seen some people ask if this is the end of Story content (due to it being called Epilogue), and the answer to this is no. This isn't Story ^(tm) content (but there is story), nor is it replacing any Story content.
    • Must be Elder
  • Wednesday: Alliance War Season Begins
    • This begins the Trial Seasons which will last this Season and next Season to test refreshing your Attackers to full health after every fight (win or lose). This is test and is NOT permanent at this time
    • Also includes an update to rewards, bringing Radiance into per-War rewards (the On-Season inclusion of this is permanent)
    • Both of these changes are live now during the off-season, read more about it [HERE] and Attacker/Defender Tactics [HERE]
  • Wednesday: Symbiotic Bonds Squad Builder (Monthly SQ)
    • Similar to previous Squad Builder events but with new gameplay bonuses and reward structure
    • Scream Ascension available in the Ranked Rewards for the highest earning Alliances
    • [Read more about it here]

What's Ending This Week:

  • Today: Alliance Coliseum
    • "When are Ranked Rewards going to pay out?" Normally, this has happened on the Tuesday following the event (with the exception of the last two times requiring a Wednesday payout due to extra vetting issues), however that's been with more days in between. This is the first time we've had a weeklong AC, and one that ends on Monday. This is a long way to say we don't have precedent for when this version will payout. I'll update if I hear anything
  • Wednesday: Towers Ranked Event
    • Keep in mind the two different timers here. The timer on the Ranked Event itself is when it ends. The Timer you see on the main Tower page is when it will payout (a day later)
  • Wednesday: Radiant Gladiator I Solo Objective for winning 1 GC match

Upcoming Events:

  • July 23: The Tower of Ascension
    • Permanent Content
    • Must be Elder and have 3,500 Tower Rating. This Tower is one Block and gives +8 Rating per Floor
  • July 23: Con-Crawlers Event Tower
    • Does not add Tower Rating and is temporary Tower
    • A replica of the Event Tower they will have at their SDCC table
    • Since this needs to be digestible to people that have never played before, they've warned that the early Blocks are going to be VERY easy
  • July 29: Black Tarantula's Secret Stash
    • Two week Solo Event: Complete Objectives and DSE milestones to earn event currency, open boxes with it. Includes Empowered Crystals and Mystery Orbs

Ongoing Events:

  • Monthly Event Quest: 3ish Weeks left (There are 6 Mystery Orbs and a Stellar Forged Green Goblin Piece in here)
  • Apex Coliseum: Little under 2 months on this. No new boss this week
  • Battlegrounds: 3ish Weeks left (no chase rewards)
  • Stellar Forged Blade Ascension Solo Objective: Runs til mid August

Miscellaneous/Known Issues:

  • Not too much going on currently I think, but please let me know if there is something I've forgotten
u/cat_murdock — 1 month ago

Apex Coliseum, Boss #1: Mojo

Surprise! Apex (Solo) Coliseum has begun! The livestream had this two weeks from now, but I guess we are getting the party started early. This is going to be largely the same as the previous two times this event has run, except that each clear of a health bar will count as 2 points this time.

The first boss is Mojo. In two weeks the next boss (Korg) will unlock, but Mojo will remain up throughout the duration of the event. You can earn a max of 80 points per boss.

Rewards to be aware of: a 7-Star Stellar Forged Green Goblin piece is available in the fifth milestone (130 points)

Nodes:

  • Coliseum Prompt: Heavy/Striker version
  • Ascended 7-Stars gain 10% Might Meter when clearing a HP bar
  • Spillways: While the Defender's Regeneration Rate is above 0% they cannot heal
  • No Surrender!: The Attacker resists up to 90% of Degen Damage. Resistance potency is reduced by a flat 30% for each of the Attacker's filled bars of Power. Additionally, Knocking the Defender down removes the Attacker's Degeneration Effects, each inflicting one on the Defender dealing 1000% damage over 5 seconds.
  • Resonating Aegis (Special Attacks): The Defender gains an Indestructible charge every 30 seconds, up to 1. When the Attacker activates a Special Attack, reset the timer and remove 1 charge. If the same Special is used twice in a row, add 1 charge instead.
  • Running on Empty: The Attacker is Immune to Empty Buffs
    • Note: Empty refers to Buffs that do nothing, which in this case is Hater buffs
  • Buff Toggle (Unblockable): Every 9 seconds, the Defender gains an Unblockable Buff for 3 seconds

TL;DR - Don't use the same Special in a row or he will go Indestructible. Knockdown Mojo to transfer any Degen he places on you. He goes Unblockable often.

Only Champions tagged for this fight may be used (there's around 34 or so options). Please use this thread to discuss your best options, your questions, etc. Don't forget that you can now add gameplay clips!

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u/cat_murdock — 1 month ago

News of the Week: July 6 2026

Happy Monday! We are just about at the change over point for event months, so lots of things beginning soon and ending soon! Big post, bear with me. All dates/times are 11am PST Vancouver time unless otherwise mentioned.

What's New This Week:

  • Today: Alliance Coliseum - This version of the Coliseum is going to last a full week, instead of the 3 day version. The Boss is Corvus Glaive. As a reminder, you need to be in your Alliance BEFORE the event starts if you want to participate. You cannot join late. If you are switching Alliances and you want in for Col, you will need to forgo Raid rewards in order to swap in time
  • Today: Creepies vs Crawlies Event
    • You'll choose either Team Symbiote or Team Spider Verse. Using an appropriately tagged Champ in Ally Col will earn points for your side, but you will be able to earn rewards for both sides. Consider dividing up who in your alliance takes each side.
    • At the end of the event, everyone will receive (PRG depending) either 7-Star Venom + Venom Relic or 7-Star Spider-Man (Classic) + S99 Relic depending on which time has won across the Battlerealm
  • Wednesday: New Monthly EQ, Last Laughs (don't forget to read the dialogue :])
    • 7-Star Stellar Forged Green Goblin Piece can be found in here
  • Wednesday: Battlegrounds Season 40 - [Official Post]
    • No chase items are present this season
  • Wednesday: The Double Track Event for Hobgoblin begins

What's Ending This Week:

  • Today: Spider-Ham's Sizzling Summer Sale is ending today (about 3 hours left at the time of writing this) so if there are any bundles you intend to pick up, now's your last chance
  • Wednesday: June's Event Quest
  • Wednesday: Pump It Up Saga Incursions
  • Wednesday: Power of Towers Realm Event - If you're just shy of 35k and you don't think you can push any higher, don't forget to claim the (up to) 3,400 Points available in Twitch Drops if you haven't already, but do it soon since it's ending
    • Those who are missing their Realm/Rating from the Cosmic/Tech launch issues, these are still being worked on. No timeline yet for a fix
    • The Ranked Event still has a week to go
  • Friday: The Stellar Forged Green Goblin Solo Objective ends, complete your Saga Tower to finish this one up!
  • This is also your last chance to pick up any remaining America Chavez Action Figures! While the bundle will remain redeemable for a little while, you won't be able to acquire more soon. Check your EQ, Saga Incursions, Green Goblin Saga Tower Objective for any you haven't claimed. They will also soon be gone from Weekly/Daily Deals but not sure on the exact date on that, could be this Wednesday.
  • Mysterio Saga Chase: As with all Sagas, this will last throughout several months. Mystery Orbs can be earned in various pieces of content before being redeemed for Mysterio's Ascension
    • 100+ Orbs available F2P to Paragon+, 100 required to claim. The Ascension is available for TB as well, but I believe not F2P

Upcoming this Month:

  • July 15: Alliance War Season 68
    • This begins the Trial Seasons which will last this Season and next Season to test refreshing your Attackers to full health after every fight (win or lose). This is test and is NOT permanent at this time
    • Also includes an update to rewards, bringing Radiance into per-War rewards (the On-Season inclusion of this is permanent)
    • Both of these changes are live now during the off-season, read more about it [HERE] and Attacker/Defender Tactics [HERE]
  • July 15 (Permanent): Epilogue-Chapter 1
    • This will be a several month long affair to form a 7-Star playable CARINA TIVAN (wahoo yipeee)
    • Must be Elder
    • One quest a month, will involve taking on the previous Corrupted Bosses with some additional node and tag requirements
  • July 15 - August 5: Symbiotic Bonds Squad Builder Event
  • July 23: Apex Coliseum returns!
    • Will contain the Stellar Forged Green Goblin Science Degree piece
    • Bosses will be tougher than last time, but will grant 2 points per HP bar cleared
    • One of the bosses will be Mojo, the rest are TBA
  • July 23 (Permanent): Tower of Ascension
    • Brand new challenge Tower, only Ascended Champions can enter. Grants +8 Tower Rating per Floor
    • You must be Elder and have 3,500 Tower Rating to enter
    • Permanent Content
  • July 23: Con-Crawlers Event Tower
    • Does not add Tower Rating and is temporary Tower
    • A replica of the Event Tower they will have at their SDCC table
    • Since this needs to be digestible to people that have never played before, they've warned that the early Blocks are going to be VERY easy
  • July 29 - August 12: Black Tarantula's Secret Stash
    • Two week Solo Event: Complete Objectives and DSE milestones to earn event currency, open boxes with it. Includes Empowered Crystals and Mystery Orbs

Ongoing Events:

  • Stellar Forged Blade Ascension Solo Objective: runs until Mid August (about 41ish Days or so still)

Miscellaneous

  • The Sizzling Sale Comp for those who spent Units: Don't expect this to drop today! They need to gather up the data of everyone who spent the Unit thresholds. Timeline TBA
  • Cosmic/Tech Tower Missing Points: As mentioned above, still in the works

Woof. Lots of content. Let me know if you have any questions or if I forgot anything!

u/cat_murdock — 2 months ago

News of the Week: June 29 2026

Hello howdy good morning happy monday. All dates/times are Vancouver/PST and most everything begins/ends at 11am.

What's New This Week

  • Today: Tower Keys reset
  • Today: Alliance Quest RAIDS is back this week. You can find my most up to date Raid Boost pairings HERE. No change to Raids yet as we are still within the same Saga. Expect an update to these and the Raid bosses next time it runs
  • Wednesday: The Science and Mystic Towers release
  • Friday: Twitch Drop refresh will likely include more Realm Points again
  • [Unconfirmed] Likely Friday: The Livestream for the next month's events hasn't officially been announced, but they are almost always the Friday before the EQ ends

What's Ending This Week

  • Tuesday: The Alliance War season ends and we move into the Off Season
    • Following this Off Season, they will begin the 2-season trial of using Tower tech to fully heal you after a War fight, meaning no potions. This is also going to coincide with a reward update putting Radiance and Essentia in per-war rewards (this part is not a trial)
  • Wednesday(?): The Doctor Bong Double Track is ending soon (I'm a little confused on exactly when, there are two timers listed on the UI, one for the Gold (this one is a day shorter) and one for Plat. If you are still thinking on whether to pick it up, now is your last chance.
  • Wednesday: Battlegrounds Season 39 comes to a close
  • Wednesday: The Sparkle and Shade Solo Objectives end

Ongoing Events:

  • Spider-Ham's Sizzling Summer Sale: 1 week left (note: this ends on Monday, not Wednesday like most other events listed here. I use week loosely)
  • Power of Towers Realm Event: 1 week left
  • Monthly EQ: 1 weeks left
  • Saga Incursions: 1 weeks left
  • 7-Star Green Goblin Piece Solo Objective: 1 week left
  • Stellar Forged Blade Awakening/Ascension Objective: Runs til about mid-August

Upcoming

  • Alliance Coliseum starts again next week and has a Battlerealm-wide Creepies vs Crawlies event. You need to be in an Alliance before this begins on July 6 to participate in these. See the recent In-Game Mail for more details

Miscellaneous:

  • Archangel's Parries were recently found to be failing in situations where his ability accuracy reduction was decreased. This was confirmed this morning to not be a nerf. There was an update to him intended to be beneficial that protects his abilities from various AA modifiers, but it didn't get extended to Masteries. They will be fixing him and reinstating this protection to include Parry and Dex. The ETA for this fix has not yet been mentioned. [Source here]
  • During the connection issues around reset last Wednesday, some players didn't receive the rewards or Realm Points for auto-skipping Blocks. This is a known issue under investigation
  • During the first couple hours of the Summer Sale, Paragon and below Summoners had incorrectly priced Unit deals, some for varying amounts of cheap and for others much more expensive than intended. Those who purchased the more expensive bundles will have the Unit difference refunded (ETA unconfirmed). Summoners who bought them cheap will not be penalized or have their rewards clawed back. You can read more official comments about the issues surrounding it [here]
    • The fix to this caused some players to have their Unit Bundle tier unlocks reset. Good news on this front. According to Kabam Crashed: "The team believes they have found a solution to this issue and are working to resolve it. We should have an update later today." [source]
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u/cat_murdock — 2 months ago

News of the Week: June 22 2026

Happy Monday, Summoners! Back with a new News of the Week!

As a reminder, all dates and times will be using Vancouver time, PDT. Most events will start at 11am unless otherwise stated. Please keep these in mind for your timezone! Should be a fairly light week in terms of things starting and ending.

What's New This Week:

  • Today: The fourth a final week of the Sparkle and Shade objectives
  • Today: Statcast Wave 1 and Statcast Wave 2 pools will finally combine into 1
  • Today: Alliance Quest - It's just the regular version this week (I know, I know)
  • Wednesday: Two more Class Towers drop, Cosmic and Tech
    • Reminder: All of the Towers are permanent, this upfront grind for these only needs to be completed once, and you can take your time.
    • Confused on anything Towers related? Please check out the Towers Megathread for info and FAQ!
  • Friday: Spider-Ham's Sizzling Summer Sale begins and lasts until July 6 (original Stream date of 3 was incorrect)
    • PSA: Hold off on claiming your free Webstore points! They refresh today, but save them until Friday so they count towards the sale track
    • This will feature the first 7-star appearance of Archangel, as well as Spider-Ham's Ascension
    • The format for the unit bundles is a bit different this year, they will be BYOO style, instead of having preset options, and you don't need to progress through all of the Tiers in order to repeat-buy an earlier one
    • The 7-Star Launch Pool First Appearance Box will also be available, there will be 1 Free Key on the Webstore
      • Keep an eye out for Creators doing giveaways for additional Keys
      • This is the original 7-star Base Pool, not the Ascension Base Pool

What's Ending This Week:

  • Wednesday: The Radiant Gladiator III Objective for reaching 200 Rating in GC
  • Wednesday: The Champion's Workout Routine Solo Event (and related arenas), if you haven't done your arenas yet, time is running out.
    • If you have had horrendous luck with the crystals and have found yourself short the 2,000 points, you can rerun arena matches for 250 shards per match. If you can evaluate for yourself whether this extra grind is worth it to you. If you get lucky and pull a match of all Champion, I believe this nets you a full crystal or so (but double check you don't have any unopened Greater crystals in your Special tab)
  • Friday: The current round of Twitch Drops (notably this includes up to 3,400 Realm Event Points depending on your Progression title)

Ongoing Events:

  • Power of Towers Realm Event: 2 weeks left
  • Monthly EQ: 2 weeks left
  • Saga Incursions: 2 weeks left
  • 7-Star Green Goblin Piece Solo Objective: 2 weeks left
  • Alliance War Season: 1 week left
  • Doctor Bong Double Track Event: 1 week left
  • Battlegrounds Season 39: 1 week left
  • Stellar Forged Blade Awakening/Ascension Objective: Runs til about mid-August

Known Issues/Things to be Aware of:

  • Towers Keys getting consumed unintentionally: This is caused by tapping the Next Fight button more than once. The current work around is to just tap once carefully. They are working on a fix, current timeline TBD, mentions of Compensation TBA
  • Mastery Setups not working/sticking in Towers: A fix for this issue is also currently in progress

Please let me know if I missed anything!

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u/cat_murdock — 2 months ago

TOWERS- New PvE Mode Megathread

Happy Wednesday! Today is the day the new Towers mode begins. I'll do my best to give an overview of the mode from what I understand. It should be a lot more self explanatory in practice than it is on paper. So if this seems like a lotta words, don't worry.

What are Towers:

  • Towers are a permanent, solo mode meant to reward roster growth. The content is technically "endless" but eventually you will hit a wall of where you can reach at your current strength
  • There are 6 Class Towers, they will be releasing 2 at a time today and over the next couple weeks, beginning with Skill and Mutant. You can only use the listed Class in each Class Tower
  • Challenge Towers don't have Class Restrictions and focus more on RPG Interactions. The Tooth and Claw Saga Challenge Tower will be available at launch
  • Towers are comprised of Blocks, and Blocks are made up of Floors (amount of Floors per Block will vary)
    • There is one Defender per Floor
    • Each Champion can only be used for 1 Floor per Block (Different rarities of the same Champion can be used)
      • If you want to free up a Champion you used on a previous Floor in a Block because perhaps you used them too early, you can reset that lower Floor and clear it with a different Champion, allowing the freed-up Champion to be used on the later Floor
  • Starting a fight requires a Tower Entry, but if you win you will receive another Entry allowing you to continue on
  • At the start, based on your account strength you will automatically skip an amount of Blocks to put you at a more relevant difficulty.

Fights:

  • Some rules will differ between Class and Challenge towers
  • In Class Towers: Each fight lasts 60 seconds at base, but this timer is paused during your first 3 Special Attacks, and during all SP3s, so there is a bit longer than a minute in practice
    • In other Towers, the main threat isn't always the clock (what they are instead though, remains to be seen)
  • In Class Towers, the Defender cannot use their SP3. In Challenge Towers, they can.
  • You must fully takedown the Defender within this time limit, failing will reset you will full health, but will do the same to them
  • You can swap Mastery Loadouts for free in this mode
  • In Class Towers, strength will be based on your Challenger Rating

Entries:

  • Each Floor (fight) requires a Tower Entry. Class Towers and Challenge Towers use different keys. Max limit of 10 each.
    • Entries reset to max every 7 days
    • Remember that winning the fight will give you a Key back, so as long as you're winning you will be able to continuously climb until you reach your limit
    • Key refills will be available for Units
      • 25 units: Lesser Refill (1 Key)
      • 70 units: Greater Refill (3 Keys)

Reward Structure:

  • Each Tower Block has its own Rewards, and there may be smaller Floor rewards too
  • Weekly Towers Solo Event that rewards Essentia (up to 5,500)
  • Monthly ranked event that provides Radiance based on your Tower Rating
  • There will also be temporary Solo Objectives/Events related to Towers
    • June 17 - July 8th: Power of Towers Realm Event
      • Completing Floors earns points (there will be additional points in Drops and Offers)
      • The full standard Side Quest Event Rewards will be in these milestones
      • Warlock Ascension Token in the Stretch Milestones
    • June 17 - July 10th: Stellar Forged Green Goblin Piece + 5x Chavez Figures
      • Complete the first 3 Blocks of the Saga Showcase Towers

Getting up to your limits in the Towers will probably feel grindy at first, but remember this is permanent, so pace yourself and don't get burnt out. It's intended to be something you work on as your Roster grows.

Please use this thread to discuss the mode, ask questions, answer your fellow Summoners, etc!

FAQ:

  • Q: I'm losing keys but I'm not losing my fights, what's happening?
    • A: There's a bug that will cause an extra key to be consumed if you tap the Next Fight button more than once. The work around for this is being a little more deliberate when tapping though, make sure to just tap once. This issue is known and they're working on a fix
  • Q: Does my Tower progress reset (aka, do I need to do the grind again)
    • A: No, your Towers will never reset. There is no repeat grind to Towers, once you climb you are up there forever.
  • Q: I'm doing zero damage, what's going on?
    • A: In Class Towers (note: this does not apply to Saga Challenge Tower), the damage the Defender takes is based off the Difference in Challenger Rating between the two of you. 240CR v 200 CR for example, your damage will be really really strong. This also works in the reverse, reducing your damage if your champion is too low. At a negative gap of 50CR, you will deal no damage at all (Like a 6 star of 150CR vs a 7 star with 200CR). You can realistically punch up 20CR, and up to like 30-35 in the right match ups/good mastery set up, but will be more difficult.
  • Q: Why was I not auto-placed a lot higher in the Towers to begin with, this is too easy?
    • A: This answer is from Kabam Crashed via the Forums: "We didn't want to make the same mistake we did with adaptive EQ, in which we learned there was a very large group of casual players that are unable to complete content with the same proficiency as our most engaged players. We didn't want a situation where one of these players with suboptimal rank ups got stuck really soon after entering the mode."
  • Q: My mastery set up isn't sticking
    • A: This is a known bug currently under investigation, TBA on timing of a fix. If a reset doesn't fix the issue and you're missing key masteries like Parry/Dex, you may want to hold off for now on pushing as to not waste keys.
  • Q: How high do I need to get in order to reach the Warlock Ascension? Can I get there without buying points?
    • A: According to some others who have done some math, if you can reach Block 76 in all 6 Class Towers (and complete Saga Tower), you will have enough points. If you can't get through 76 in one, but can get higher in another to compensate, that should also work. There will also be free points in the Twitch Drops (the quantity of this is currently unknown but we should find out when Drops reset today)
  • Have a Q you think should be added to this list? Please let me know!
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u/cat_murdock — 2 months ago

News of the Week: June 15 2026

I've been meaning to make this a habitual post for a while, but kept forgetting. LB used to do something a while back which I thought was beneficial, to give people highlights of what's happening, what's ending, things people should be aware of, etc. Please let me know if you find this helpful! Also please keep in mind, all times/dates will be relative to Kabam Standard Time (Pacific/Canada). For most things, this will be 11am PST

What's New This Week

  • Today: This week's AQ Meta is Rampant Evolution
  • Today: Sparkle and Shade (Week 3) - The third Solo Objective for this month's Pride event featuring more America Chavez Action Figures. Previous weeks won't expire.
  • Wednesday: Champion's Cosmic Arena - This will be the second part of The Champion's Workout Routine Solo Event
  • Wednesday: TOWERS! The debut of this new permanent game mode goes live soon. The Mutant and Skill Class Towers and the Saga Showcase Challenge Tower will begin. The following 4 Class Towers will release over the next couple weeks.
    • There will be Solo Objectives that provide Mysterium, if you've been wondering where that's housed this month
    • There will be a Realm Event alongside this debut, which includes a Warlock Ascension Token somewhere along the milestones
    • There will be a Solo Objective to earn the 7-Star Goblin Smile piece, the first of Stellar Forged Green Goblin's pieces, from completing the first 3 Blocks of Saga Showcase Towers
    • If you aren't sure what Towers are, Kabam recently did a dedicated Livestream to it that you can watch back on their YT channel. We will also get the usual Megathread going for discussion and more information later this week.
  • [UNCONFIRMED] Purchasing the Stellar Forged Blade pieces with Units was stated to arrive Mid-June. The exact date for this has NOT been confirmed for this yet, but as we are now mid-June, it could be this Wednesday. The selector is now live!
  • Thursday: Shatterstar Pre-Release Bundles and Sigil Store Crystals

What's Ending This Week:

  • Today: The Essentia Essentia Solo Event ends in a few hours
  • Wednesday: Champion's Skill Arena - If you haven't done this one yet, it's very quick to complete, about 10 rounds or so
  • Wednesday: This marks the halfway point of the Alliance War Season, if you are a 1/2 BG Alliance that swaps players in and out for their qualifying 5 wars, now's your chance.
  • Wednesday: Radiant Gladiator II Solo Objective - Reach 100 Rating in GC

Ongoing Events:

  • Saga Incursions: 3 weeks left
  • Event Quest: 3 weeks left
  • Battlegrounds Season 39: 2 weeks left
  • Doctor Bong Double Track: 2 weeks left
  • Stellar Forged Blade Awakening/Ascension Objective: Runs til about mid-August

If I missed anything, or if there are categories to this that you think should be added, please let me know! I plan to add a section about important issues/bugs to be aware of (I don't thiiiiink there's anything noteworthy I've seen this week but I could have missed it)

Happy Monday :]

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u/cat_murdock — 2 months ago

Alliance Coliseum: Juggernaut [Megathread]

Happy Monday Gang, time for another Alliance Coliseum!

Boss: Juggernaut - Spotlight

Nodes:

  • Foreseen Consequences: At the start of the fight and every 12 seconds, the Defender chooses between SP1 and SP2. Using the chosen Special grants the Attacker a True Damage Passive for 8 seconds, while using the non-chosen Special grants the Defender 20% of their Max Power. SP3 won't trigger any effects
  • Clean Slate: When the Defender finishes a Special Attack, they gain Debuff Immunity Passive for 4 seconds. Duration of this Debuff Immunity is reduced by 2 seconds for each Debuff that was active when this effect was applied.
  • Power Armor: Whenever either Champion gains a Bar of Power, the Defender gains an Armor Up Buff increasing Armor by 5% for 5 seconds.
  • Coliseum Node: Pinpoint

Day 1 Tags:

  • Offensive: Burst
  • Size: S
  • Valentine's

Note to Elders: In case you missed it, you'll now be able to earn both the T7B Fragments and the T4A Catalyst from your rewards, instead of either or.

Please use this thread to discuss your options and your questions!

u/cat_murdock — 2 months ago

Apex Coliseum: Ebony Maw, Week 4 [Megathread]

The final boss of this round of Apex Coliseum, Ebony Maw!

You can review his kit here: https://playcontestofchampions.com/news/champion-spotlight-ebony-maw/

Nodes:

  • Close Call (Degeneration): The Attacker is Immune to the first Degeneration effect they suffer in a fight
  • Enduring Discipline: When a non-Damaging Debuff other than stun expires naturally on the Defender, they gain an indefinite 2% Endurance Passive. Max Stacks 20
  • Impending Extortion: At the start of the fight, and as soon as the Defender has less than 1 Bar of Power, a 16 second timer is started, paused during the Defender's Specials. If the Defender fills a Bar of Power while this timer is active, it is removed. If this timer expires, the Attacker is dealt a burst of Direct Damage equal to 1% of their Max Health, and the timer restarts.
  • Cement Shoes: Every 8 seconds, the Attacker gains Cement charge. When the Attacker Blocks an attack a Cement charge is removed. When the Attacker reaches 3 Cement changes, they are all consumed and the Attacker is inflicted with a Root Passive for 4 seconds.
  • Defender Bias Sp1

Only Champions tagged Apex Challenger: Ebony Maw may be used for this fight

Please use this thread for your questions, comments, advice, etc. Good luck!

u/cat_murdock — 3 months ago