Marvel Contest of Champions

September 10, 2024

NEW CHAMPIONS Count Nefaria Count Luchino Nefaria was the descendant of a long line of Italian noblemen, and used his wealth and connections to become a powerful leader within the Maggia crime syndicate. He furthered his rise to power by subjecting himself to scientific experiments that granted him superhuman abilities, but cost him his life. He was later resurrected as a being made entirely of Ionic energy, rendering him effectively immortal as long as he drains other Ionic beings to maintain his power. Shathra Daughter of the Elder Goddesses Oshtur and Gaea, Shathra comes from the world that would come to be known as Loomworld. Shathra was tasked with creating the Celestial Map of Humanity, however, after being outdone by her younger sister Neith, she became enraged with jealousy and spite towards her sister and the Great Web she had designed. Consumed by her vengeance and envy, Shathra gave into her feral nature to tear down everything her sister created, one Spider at a time. NEW QUESTS AND EVENTS Event Quest - Lupus In Fabula There has been an undertaking to overthrow The Collector’s ship! The Summoner is being called in to evict these evil-doers! But as they make it deeper into the ship they also find themselves deeper in trouble as each villain seems to be making their own plans for how best to make the most of The Collector’s treasures. Will The Summoner be able to manage these miscreants? Or will they go down with the ship? Find out in LUPUS IN FABULA! Side Quest - Ludum Maximus The Maestro has declared four months of celebratory games to honor his return. The festivities begin with the Circus Maximus, an onslaught of games and challenges hosted by Count Nefaria. The Count will not accept anything less than the best, the mightiest, the greatest of games. So dare to enter LUDUM MAXIMUS! Nefaria knows that a true battle is a mix of skill and luck, so 5x weekly Maps will open which present randomized Paths filled with fearsome foes! Act 9; Chapter 1 Glykhan has self-destructed but the sinister plotting of Ouroboros is far from over. However clues for where to head next seem few and far between. Luckily (depending on your definition of luck) Superior Kang has some secrets to share in the form of holo-tapes scattered around Battleworld. Mister Fantastic and Doctor Doom send The Summoner on an intel retrieval mission, but they aren’t the only ones looking for answers. Will the past come back to haunt The Battlerealm? Find out in Act 9 - Chapter 1: THE RECKONING Glorious Games Introducing our third Saga: Glorious Games! To celebrate the history of the Contest and his triumphant return, The Maestro has declared four months of celebratory games. Each month of the Saga will revolve around a different element of games, starting with September's Circus Maximus and culminating in the celebration of December's Grand Banquet! Featuring a classical antiquity aesthetic, an exciting Champion chase, surprise Champion reworks and brand new kinds of Events and Quests, Glorious Games is sure to usher in our 10-year anniversary celebration in style! Realm Events Get ready to work alongside every Summoner in the Battlerealm! Realm Events are a brand new type of Event in which points will be contributed on a global level. Milestone rewards can be claimed once global and individual point contribution thresholds have been reached. For those more competitively-inclined Summoners, ranked rewards will also be up for grabs, including an exclusive and unique player title. All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

September 3, 2024

NEW CHAMPIONS Count Nefaria Count Luchino Nefaria was the descendant of a long line of Italian noblemen, and used his wealth and connections to become a powerful leader within the Maggia crime syndicate. He furthered his rise to power by subjecting himself to scientific experiments that granted him superhuman abilities, but cost him his life. He was later resurrected as a being made entirely of Ionic energy, rendering him effectively immortal as long as he drains other Ionic beings to maintain his power. Shathra Daughter of the Elder Goddesses Oshtur and Gaea, Shathra comes from the world that would come to be known as Loomworld. Shathra was tasked with creating the Celestial Map of Humanity, however, after being outdone by her younger sister Neith, she became enraged with jealousy and spite towards her sister and the Great Web she had designed. Consumed by her vengeance and envy, Shathra gave into her feral nature to tear down everything her sister created, one Spider at a time. NEW QUESTS AND EVENTS Event Quest - Lupus In Fabula There has been an undertaking to overthrow The Collector’s ship! The Summoner is being called in to evict these evil-doers! But as they make it deeper into the ship they also find themselves deeper in trouble as each villain seems to be making their own plans for how best to make the most of The Collector’s treasures. Will The Summoner be able to manage these miscreants? Or will they go down with the ship? Find out in LUPUS IN FABULA! Side Quest - Ludum Maximus The Maestro has declared four months of celebratory games to honor his return. The festivities begin with the Circus Maximus, an onslaught of games and challenges hosted by Count Nefaria. The Count will not accept anything less than the best, the mightiest, the greatest of games. So dare to enter LUDUM MAXIMUS! Nefaria knows that a true battle is a mix of skill and luck, so 5x weekly Maps will open which present randomized Paths filled with fearsome foes! Act 9; Chapter 1 Glykhan has self-destructed but the sinister plotting of Ouroboros is far from over. However clues for where to head next seem few and far between. Luckily (depending on your definition of luck) Superior Kang has some secrets to share in the form of holo-tapes scattered around Battleworld. Mister Fantastic and Doctor Doom send The Summoner on an intel retrieval mission, but they aren’t the only ones looking for answers. Will the past come back to haunt The Battlerealm? Find out in Act 9 - Chapter 1: THE RECKONING Glorious Games Introducing our third Saga: Glorious Games! To celebrate the history of the Contest and his triumphant return, The Maestro has declared four months of celebratory games. Each month of the Saga will revolve around a different element of games, starting with September's Circus Maximus and culminating in the celebration of December's Grand Banquet! Featuring a classical antiquity aesthetic, an exciting Champion chase, surprise Champion reworks and brand new kinds of Events and Quests, Glorious Games is sure to usher in our 10-year anniversary celebration in style! Realm Events Get ready to work alongside every Summoner in the Battlerealm! Realm Events are a brand new type of Event in which points will be contributed on a global level. Milestone rewards can be claimed once global and individual point contribution thresholds have been reached. For those more competitively-inclined Summoners, ranked rewards will also be up for grabs, including an exclusive and unique player title. All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

August 6, 2024

NEW CHAMPIONS Enchantress Amora, better known as the Enchantress is among the oldest known Asgardians, and the possessor of some of the realm’s most powerful magics. Her arcane powers derive not only from a natural gift for manipulating Asguardian energies, but also from a lifetime’s worth of earned spellcasting knowledge. Even powerless, Amora remains a threat through her mastery of the art of seduction. With a simple kiss, she can enslave almost any man to her will. Beta Ray Bill Beta Ray Bill is a Korbinite who became a powerful cyborg in order to protect his own people from the threat of Surtur and his fire giants. In a battle against Thor he proved his worthiness to Odin, who was so impressed by Bill's prowess and honorable actions that he crafted a unique magical hammer exclusively for the Korbinite - Stormbreaker! Armed with the might of Stormbreaker and his own fiery sense of justice, Beta Ray Bill travels the stars in search of wrongs to right and villains to vanquish. NEW QUESTS AND EVENTS Event Quest - No Rest For The Wicked BETA RAY BILL finally arrives to The Contest in response to Nova's distress beacon. Unfortunately, Bill’s entrance throws things into conflict, and to make matters more upsetting he seems to have an odd obsession with the regrown World Tree. Nova and the gang try to calm Bill down, but clouded minds and the arrival of ENCHANTRESS does nothing to ease tensions. The usually villainous Asgardian claims to be here to help, but will she provide mercy or torment? Side Quest - Beta Ray Battle Zone Arcade has dropped Beta Ray Bill and The Summoner into his grand finale! The heroic pair must fight through an old-school Battle Zone gamespace where Arcade makes the rules. Bill has forged on ahead, leaving behind rewards to help The Summoner catch up. But Arcade has dispatched Champion Avatars to stop the Summoner’s journey. Clear every "Zone" for points and rewards, and dispatch the last of Arcade's wannabe Champions to put his reign of terror to an end! Events Screen Overhaul Our Events page has been completely reimagined! Ease of use, clarity and visual fidelity are at the forefront of this ‘from the ground up’ rebuild. This new hub will also be the home of our brand new Event type; Realm Events, coming in the near future! Reunion Event Introducing the Reunion Event! This Event, formerly known as Legends, features a new Calendar, Store, Objectives, Crystals, and much more - all centered around a brand new Quest; The Crucible! The Crucible Prepare to have your roster seriously tested as you face-off against challenging opponents from Act 7! Two new pieces of tech will be utilized by The Crucible; Elimination Choice Nodes and Unrestricted Quest Teams! Elimination Choice Nodes are a new challenge that forces you to swap out a Champion. Champions that have been swapped out cannot be used again for the remainder of the active Quest. In The Crucible, each opponent will be immediately followed by an Elimination Choice Node, and with a team size of one this means Summoners will have to use a different Champion for every fight. Unrestricted Quest Teams is a new feature built for longform Quests that are intended to take multiple days to complete. For select Quests, players and their teams will have the ability to be active in two PvE Quests at the same time, so you can take on The Crucible while you continue with your regularly scheduled questing! CHAMPION UPDATES Bullseye’s rebalance information: Using Dexterity against Bullseye’s Basic Attacks will no longer trigger Instant Bleeds. Superior Iron Man has been updated! Check out his Champion Spotlight for more information. All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

July 22, 2024

NEW CHAMPIONS Deathless Vision In years past, Champions from the Death Realm staged an assault on the Battlerealm. Empowered by the Death Stone, Thanos created nameless, empty versions of the heroes of the Battlerealm. Of these nameless Champions, a select few were granted malicious will and elevated to become the Deathless, to lead his armies and sow chaos and destruction. Vision was the third Deathless he created. Deathless Vision no longer sees the line between good or evil, he draws his own lines. Patriot Eli Bradley has long known the best and the worst of his country. His grandfather Isaiah was one of the very first Super Soldiers, the kind of warrior for liberty that little boys dream of becoming. But Isaiah's work, like the brutal experiments that gave him his powers and so many of his peers an early death, was kept a shameful secret by the country he served, teaching Eli from a young age that service is never simple. Still, feeling a deep need to make the world a better place, he co-founded the Young Avengers as Patriot. Though sometimes at odds with Captain America and the Avengers, Eli still earned their respect, even taking up Cap's original shield with his blessing. Patriot continues to strive to make his home into the better place it must become. The Leader Samuel Sterns was once an average high school dropout, but after working the night shift at a chemical plant, a gamma explosion left him with an insatiable lust for knowledge. It turns out the gamma granted Sam a genius-level intellect, which he then used to turn himself into The Leader, an evil mastermind and arch nemesis to the Hulk. NEW QUESTS AND EVENTS Event Quest - Stern Minds Prevail The Battlerealm’s premier prison facility, known as THE RAFT, goes into lockdown as unusually high Gamma Radiation is detected. The Summoner arrives to help only to be met by Elijah Bradley aka PATRIOT, who is having a boat-load of troubles of his own! Friends and foes alike are being mentally manipulated by the gamma-enhanced mind of THE LEADER! Hopefully the arrival of Chee'ilth will help keep the inhabitants of this cage from going green with Gamma. But how long will it be until this whole prison breaks?! Side-Quest - Deadpool & Wolverine: Alpha Fight The Arcade Games continue as Deadpool and Wolverine are tasked with cracking the case on some absent Alpha Flight friends! Will things end in polite discussion, or a flurry of claws and blades? We’ll see what sort of maple-flavored mischief the Merc with a Mouth and his pals get up to with Alpha Fight! Spring of Sorrow Gauntlet: The culmination of your pain and SORROW will occur this month, where you will be tasked with dealing with all 4 of the previous fights plus 2 NEW FIGHTS in not one but two painful paths! Fret not though, as you will have the entire month to deal with this heroic task. Be warned however, that these encounters are not for the faint of heart, and will cause you to be overcome with SORROW. To further increase the trials set before you, this month-long quest will feature not 2, not 3, but 4 Solo Objectives for you to try to overcome! Incursions Murderworld Challenge: Gather your Arcade Games Saga Champions and bring them to Incursions to take on the Murderworld Challenge! This sector will test your knowledge of the Saga Champion roster and will reward those who conquer the challenge with 7-Star shards, Titan shards, 7-Star Saga signature stones and plenty more! All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

July 9, 2024

NEW CHAMPIONS Deathless Vision In years past, Champions from the Death Realm staged an assault on the Battlerealm. Empowered by the Death Stone, Thanos created nameless, empty versions of the heroes of the Battlerealm. Of these nameless Champions, a select few were granted malicious will and elevated to become the Deathless, to lead his armies and sow chaos and destruction. Vision was the third Deathless he created. Deathless Vision no longer sees the line between good or evil, he draws his own lines. Patriot Eli Bradley has long known the best and the worst of his country. His grandfather Isaiah was one of the very first Super Soldiers, the kind of warrior for liberty that little boys dream of becoming. But Isaiah's work, like the brutal experiments that gave him his powers and so many of his peers an early death, was kept a shameful secret by the country he served, teaching Eli from a young age that service is never simple. Still, feeling a deep need to make the world a better place, he co-founded the Young Avengers as Patriot. Though sometimes at odds with Captain America and the Avengers, Eli still earned their respect, even taking up Cap's original shield with his blessing. Patriot continues to strive to make his home into the better place it must become. The Leader Samuel Sterns was once an average high school dropout, but after working the night shift at a chemical plant, a gamma explosion left him with an insatiable lust for knowledge. It turns out the gamma granted Sam a genius-level intellect, which he then used to turn himself into The Leader, an evil mastermind and arch nemesis to the Hulk. NEW QUESTS AND EVENTS Event Quest - Stern Minds Prevail The Battlerealm’s premier prison facility, known as THE RAFT, goes into lockdown as unusually high Gamma Radiation is detected. The Summoner arrives to help only to be met by Elijah Bradley aka PATRIOT, who is having a boat-load of troubles of his own! Friends and foes alike are being mentally manipulated by the gamma-enhanced mind of THE LEADER! Hopefully the arrival of Chee'ilth will help keep the inhabitants of this cage from going green with Gamma. But how long will it be until this whole prison breaks?! Side-Quest - Deadpool & Wolverine: Alpha Fight The Arcade Games continue as Deadpool and Wolverine are tasked with cracking the case on some absent Alpha Flight friends! Will things end in polite discussion, or a flurry of claws and blades? We’ll see what sort of maple-flavored mischief the Merc with a Mouth and his pals get up to with Alpha Fight! Spring of Sorrow Gauntlet: The culmination of your pain and SORROW will occur this month, where you will be tasked with dealing with all 4 of the previous fights plus 2 NEW FIGHTS in not one but two painful paths! Fret not though, as you will have the entire month to deal with this heroic task. Be warned however, that these encounters are not for the faint of heart, and will cause you to be overcome with SORROW. To further increase the trials set before you, this month-long quest will feature not 2, not 3, but 4 Solo Objectives for you to try to overcome! Incursions Murderworld Challenge: Gather your Arcade Games Saga Champions and bring them to Incursions to take on the Murderworld Challenge! This sector will test your knowledge of the Saga Champion roster and will reward those who conquer the challenge with 7-Star shards, Titan shards, 7-Star Saga signature stones and plenty more! All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

June 3, 2024

NEW CHAMPIONS Northstar Jean-Paul Beaubier, known as Northstar, is a prominent member of the Canadian superhero team Alpha Flight alongside his twin sister Aurora. A former gold medalist Olympic skier, he possesses hypersonic speed, flight, and photonic energy blasts, making him a swift force in battle. He is a vital ally to the X-Men and respected instructor at the Xavier Institute. Jean-Paul oversees "Team Northstar Extreme Sports" along with his husband Kyle, having settled in the mutant sanctuary of Krakoa with their daughter Joanne. Arcade A notorious hitman with a penchant for the dramatic, Arcade quickly gained infamy in the shadiest of circles by refusing to eliminate his targets by conventional means. True to his showman roots, he prefers to construct elaborate “Murderworlds” to trap his contestants within and finish them off with his own brand of chaos. Over the years, he has been repeatedly employed to eliminate the X-Men who always find a way to escape his schemes. This has caused his reputation to lose footing with other villains, but now Arcade arrives in the Battlerealm with something to prove with his deadly Murderworld technology. NEW QUESTS AND EVENTS Saga 2: Arcade Games: Arcade has taken over The Battlerealm with twisted games and punishing amusements! See how that plays out for your Champions in new Events! Event Quest - All Fun And Games: Responding to an Alpha Flight distress call, NORTHSTAR arrives in New Manhattan only to discover that he is a Player in the deadly games of ARCADE. To defeat this challenge they'll need The Summoner as their Player 2 while they try to button-mash through the lethal levels of this treacherous trap-master! See if you’re leveling up or checking out in ALL FUN AND GAMES! Side Quest - Terror Twister: Arcade’s amusement park is open for business and terrifying rides will be twisting The Summoner’s choices with traps and tricks! Murderworld is as full of treasures as it is filled with dangers, so be sure to keep a look out for a special reward you’ll be able to unlock by completing each challenging map through the month! Spring of Sorrow: Spring has come, and soon a special set of challenges will be made available to those who have become Paragon or higher! Challenging content that consists of ONE 1v1 Quest will be released every 2 weeks. Be warned however, that these encounters are not for the faint of heart, and will cause you to be overcome with SORROW. To further increase the trials set before you, each Quest will be accompanied by Solo Objectives for you to try to overcome! NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS Quick Heal: Get back into the action faster with Quick Heal! This feature will assess the necessary revives and potions required to get your Champions back into fighting shape, select the best options from your inventory and stash, and provide dynamic top-up options if your items are running low. Battlegrounds Victory Track Medal Upgrades: We are introducing quality of life improvements to the Battlegrounds Victory Track system! The climb through the Victory Track to the Gladiator’s Circuit will be more manageable for more players, as the entire Victory Track will now operate under a ‘two medals gained per win, one medal lost per defeat’ system. Additional ranks, with additional rewards, have been added to each tier in order to facilitate these changes. All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

May 8, 2024

NEW CHAMPIONS Silver Sable Silver Sable, a born leader and a master of many forms of martial arts, she is a highly skilled marksman and swordsman, using her training to lead a group of reformed criminals working as mercenaries in a group known as the “Wild Pack”. As the CEO of Silver Sable International, she helps provide security, recover stolen property, and apprehend felons for big companies and even countries. Negasonic Teenage Warhead Eloise Phimister, a.k.a. Negasonic Teenage Warhead, was once a devout student of Emma Frost and was among the mutants wiped out by the wild Sentinel attack on Genosha. After being resurrected by the External Selene, Negasonic Teenage Warhead’s powers have grown, enhancing her precognition and allowing her to create fiery bursts of atomic energy as well as the ability to shape reality itself. NEW QUESTS AND EVENTS Event Quest - The Train Job Deadpool Teams up with Negasonic Teenage Warhead and the Mercs for Money to tackle a lucrative train heist for a mysterious employer. However, things quickly go south when the Mercs find out Deadpool's been keeping secrets about the job. To make matters worse, the Mercs quickly realize they're not the only one on the job when Silver Sable shows up to claim the same artifact. Side Quest - Knull’s Lair After months of terrorizing The Contest, the lair of the infamous Lord of The Abyss KNULL has finally been discovered. It’s time to put an end to this cosmic threat before he can conquer the citizens of Krakoa! Summoners will get weekly LAIR KEYS in order to enter KNULL’S LAIR and challenge the King in Black himself! Spring of Sorrow: Spring has come, and soon a special set of challenges will be made available to those who have become Paragon or higher! Starting May 15th, challenging content that consists of ONE 1v1 Quest will be released every 2 weeks. Be warned however, that these encounters are not for the faint of heart, and will cause you to be overcome with SORROW. To further increase the trials set before you, each Quest will be accompanied by Solo Objectives for you to try to overcome! CHAMPION UPDATES Mister Sinister has been updated! Check out his Champion Spotlight for more information. NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS Discord Link in Settings: You can now find the link to the public MCOC Discord through the Settings Menu. New ways to unlock your Story Progression levels: For those players Conqueror through Thronebreaker (Acts 4 to 6), there are now new Alternative Story Progression Milestone Unlock conditions. This will allow you to alternatively achieve these account upgrades through collecting and ranking up your favorite Champions. Use this new progression avenue to power up, and then advance further through the epic story of The Contest! Incursions Challenge Sectors Challenge Sectors are temporary additions to Incursions that will take place once per Saga, beginning with the X-Magica Saga Challenge Sector. The difficulty of this new Sector is comparable to Sector 6, but Summoners will only be able to use Saga Champions. Get ready to conquer this new Incursions challenge! Alliance Quest Buff Update For upcoming Alliance Quests, we will be adding six new Bonus Buffs for Summoners to choose from when starting out! The Choice nodes on Maps 4-8 will now include twelve different Bonus Buffs based around each Class to select from in order to assist players. All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

May 6, 2024

NEW CHAMPIONS Silver Sable Silver Sable, a born leader and a master of many forms of martial arts, she is a highly skilled marksman and swordsman, using her training to lead a group of reformed criminals working as mercenaries in a group known as the “Wild Pack”. As the CEO of Silver Sable International, she helps provide security, recover stolen property, and apprehend felons for big companies and even countries. Negasonic Teenage Warhead Eloise Phimister, a.k.a. Negasonic Teenage Warhead, was once a devout student of Emma Frost and was among the mutants wiped out by the wild Sentinel attack on Genosha. After being resurrected by the External Selene, Negasonic Teenage Warhead’s powers have grown, enhancing her precognition and allowing her to create fiery bursts of atomic energy as well as the ability to shape reality itself. NEW QUESTS AND EVENTS Event Quest - The Train Job Deadpool Teams up with Negasonic Teenage Warhead and the Mercs for Money to tackle a lucrative train heist for a mysterious employer. However, things quickly go south when the Mercs find out Deadpool's been keeping secrets about the job. To make matters worse, the Mercs quickly realize they're not the only one on the job when Silver Sable shows up to claim the same artifact. Side Quest - Knull’s Lair After months of terrorizing The Contest, the lair of the infamous Lord of The Abyss KNULL has finally been discovered. It’s time to put an end to this cosmic threat before he can conquer the citizens of Krakoa! Summoners will get weekly LAIR KEYS in order to enter KNULL’S LAIR and challenge the King in Black himself! Spring of Sorrow: Spring has come, and soon a special set of challenges will be made available to those who have become Paragon or higher! Starting May 15th, challenging content that consists of ONE 1v1 Quest will be released every 2 weeks. Be warned however, that these encounters are not for the faint of heart, and will cause you to be overcome with SORROW. To further increase the trials set before you, each Quest will be accompanied by Solo Objectives for you to try to overcome! CHAMPION UPDATES Mister Sinister has been updated! Check out his Champion Spotlight for more information. NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS Discord Link in Settings: You can now find the link to the public MCOC Discord through the Settings Menu. New ways to unlock your Story Progression levels: For those players Conqueror through Thronebreaker (Acts 4 to 6), there are now new Alternative Story Progression Milestone Unlock conditions. This will allow you to alternatively achieve these account upgrades through collecting and ranking up your favorite Champions. Use this new progression avenue to power up, and then advance further through the epic story of The Contest! Incursions Challenge Sectors Challenge Sectors are temporary additions to Incursions that will take place once per Saga, beginning with the X-Magica Saga Challenge Sector. The difficulty of this new Sector is comparable to Sector 6, but Summoners will only be able to use Saga Champions. Get ready to conquer this new Incursions challenge! Alliance Quest Buff Update For upcoming Alliance Quests, we will be adding six new Bonus Buffs for Summoners to choose from when starting out! The Choice nodes on Maps 4-8 will now include twelve different Bonus Buffs based around each Class to select from in order to assist players. All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

April 1, 2024

NEW QUESTS AND EVENTS Event Quest - Change The Record Since their own "Web of Fate" seems to be working out, Miles, Peter, and Gwen invite other Spider-People to join The Contest. SPIDER-PUNK eagerly agrees however, he does not travel to The Battlerealm alone. Another Hobie Brown, this one calling themselves PROWLER, is ripped into this universe along with him. Is The Contest ready for a double dose of Hobie? Or will this concert of Spiders turn into a multiversal mosh-pit? Find out in CHANGE THE RECORD. Act 8 Chapter 4 With the defeat of Cerastes, Carina and company uncover the full breadth of Ouroboros's devious plot - inciting a Battlerealm-wide war! With this new information the heroes race back to Carina's Council in the hopes of stopping Ouroboros and Glykhan once and for all. But is there light at the end of this tunnel of terrors? Or is this a flame which will consume The Contest? Find out in Act 8 - Chapter 4: DARKEST DAWN. Winter of Woe The culmination of your pain and WOE will occur this month, where you will be tasked with dealing with all 4 of the previous fights plus 2 NEW FIGHTS in not one but two painful paths! Fret not though, as you will have the entire month to deal with this heroic task. Be warned however, that these encounters are not for the faint of heart, and will cause you to be overcome with WOE. To further increase the trials set before you, this month-long quest will feature not 2, not 3, but 4 Solo Objectives for you to try to overcome! NEW CHAMPIONS King Groot (Deathless) In years past, Champions from the Death Realm staged an assault on The Battlerealm. Empowered by the Death Stone, Thanos created Nameless, empty versions of the heroes of the Battlerealm. Of these Nameless Champions, a select few were granted malicious will and elevated to become the Deathless, to lead his armies and sow chaos and destruction. King Groot was the second Deathless he created. Rising from the undergrowth of a barren alien forest, the Deathless master of ash conquers all! NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS Mastery Loadout Pages You can now save out multiple Mastery setups and easily swap between them! Set up to three different Mastery Loadouts, and switch between them whenever you would like for a flat 35 Unit cost. Alliance War Defense Default Select one of your Mastery Loadout Pages as your Alliance War Defense Default, and it will use that Mastery setup instead of your currently active one when placing your Alliance War Defenders. The Alliance War Defense Default selection has no cost. This will launch later in the month after the current Alliance War Season has ended. Alliance War Updates Updates to the Alliance War Persistent Placement Phase are coming! These improvements address friction points for Alliances that typically run less than three Battlegroups. Alliance leadership can now opt in or out of auto-clearing Defense placements for specified Battlegroups at the end of a War or remove individual placements from Battlegroups instead of relying on members to remove themselves. Alliance leadership is also now able to toggle between automatic or manual placement for Defense on Maps above/below your current difficulty. Saga Champion Badging To make Saga Champions easily identifiable, we are also introducing Saga Champion Badging! Each Champion in the Saga pool will have a Saga badge applied to their portrait throughout the Contest. These badges will follow the theme of the active Saga, making it easy to identify which champions benefit from the Saga. All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

March 4, 2024

NEW CHAMPIONS The Destroyer When the Celestials threatened humanity with judgment and possible execution, Odin and the other All-Fathers crafted a weapon to oppose the Celestials and protect their human worshippers. Infusing a mysterious metal with the power of every All-Father, Odin built the mighty enchanted construct known as The Destroyer. With strength and durability surpassing even the legendary metal Uru, The Destroyer is a terrifying weapon of mindless devastation. The Serpent In an age long past, when Earth was known as Aesheim, the eldest son of Bor Burison learned to draw terrible power from the fear of living beings. Aided by his brutal Worthy, Cul Borson gained such a stranglehold on the planet that to stop him, his brother Odin had to cleanse it of intelligent life. Prophecy declared that Odin could not kill his brother, and so the Serpent was sealed beneath the oceans as the millennia marched on. But now the God of Fear has returned, and the Nine Realms shall weep. NEW QUESTS AND EVENTS The Serpent And The Destroyer: All the power and fury of some of the most fearsome foes from Asgard have come for the potential represented by the World Tree. Cul Borson, THE SERPENT, has brought powerful armor known as THE DESTROYER and he shall not stop in his pursuit of power. The Contest needs a hero, it needs saving, it needs someone nuts enough to step toe to Tippy-Toe with a god. Luckily for us, Squirrel Girl is on the case. Make sure you’re feeling unbeatable before you face down THE SERPENT AND THE DESTROYER! X-Magica: New epic themes stretching across multiple months of adventures in The Contest are coming! The first of these Sagas is X-Magica and will span from March 6 to June 5. In this first Saga X-Magica, we witness rising threats looming over the Mutants and Mystics of The Battlerealm. Heroes must unite these two disparate groups as they face constant attacks from fearsome foes. Alliance War Showcase: A group of exceptional Alliance War Defenders, many of them carrying the Sugar Pill Tactic, have gathered in a new Quest and await your challenge! Experience the thrill of fighting powerful Defender placements from Master Tier Wars. Featuring both Sugar Pill and Decay Tactics, Defender-Focused Masteries, and a 2-hour Quest time limit, the Alliance War Showcase will premiere later this month. Are you ready for your path? Winter of Woe: Winter has come, and soon a special set of challenges will be made available to those who have become Paragon or higher! Challenging content that consists of ONE 1v1 Quest will be released every 2 weeks. Be warned however, that these encounters are not for the faint of heart, and will cause you to be overcome with WOE. To further increase the trials set before you, each Quest will be accompanied by Solo Objectives for you to try to overcome! Trader’s Outpost: A new permanent shop is here, run by the Elder of the Universe: The Trader! Collect Mysterium in Side Quests and trade them in for valuable bundles. Save up your Mysterium as you adventure through the months to get some of these resources and rewards when you need them! All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

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Activate the SIGIL for 30 days!

STAR-LORD'S LOOT BAG

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PLATINUM PIGGY BANK

Piggy Bank is available!

PLATINUM PASS

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TONY STARK'S BRIEFCASE

Feel what it's like to be a wealthy super hero industrialist.

BLACK PANTHER'S TREASURE

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BANQUET BUFFET BUNDLE

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ALL-FATHER ODIN'S VAULT

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