Back Issues #2: Mystery in the Microrealm

Once upon a time, an intrepid thief followed the trail of mysterious happenings in The Battlerealm. Little did he know this tiny curiosity would lead to some of the biggest changes in all of The Contest!

Introducing, Back Issues #2: Mystery in the Micro-Realms!

As the Contest has grown and evolved we’ve introduced many Event Quests, each with their own unique stories, and many that have expanded on the mythos of The Battlerealm and The Contest of Champions. We want to give Veteran Summoners a way to relive those moments, and newer ones that weren’t with us at the time a chance to experience the stories of the Contest that they had missed out on!

This Event Quest is available in TWO difficulties:

CLASSIC difficulty is a recreation of the original quest. While not completely 1:1, the layouts, difficulty, and dialogue are all the same as you remember. Take a stroll down memory lane and see how far you've come, or experience a quest you never got the chance to play!

VARIANT difficulty is a new spin on the quest, available for Summoners level 40 and up. This version features extreme challenge, new opponents, updated map layouts, and new combat effects for the boss fights. This quest will test even the mightiest of Summoners, so be prepared! You can find out more about the challenges you will face in Variant Difficulty in our latest Dev Diary post here: https://playcontestofchampions.com/dev-diary-added-difficulty/

The Variant Challenges!

Variant Difficulty will test not only your skills, but your knowledge of Champion abilities, immunities, resistances, and counters! Those who rely on only a few Champions will find the need to diversify.

Unlike Back Issues #1, there will not be explicit gates (like Class or Rarity), but instead we’ll be applying Global Buffs that strongly encourage the use of certain Champions. In this case, it’s XL Champions. All quests will make use of Micro-Reflect, Size Matters, and Particle Protector; effects you might remember from Evangeline Lily’s Champion Challenge last year. (But appropriately souped up.) On top of this, the new Runaway Express and Cultivating Mass Buffs will give XL Champions further advantages beyond their ability to ignore Particle Protector. Finally, Quests 1-3 through 3-3 will also feature Buffs that will benefit bringing in certain XL Champions!

Take a look at the new Buffs you’ll be combating or benefiting from:

Remember Summoners, Variant Difficulty is going to be HARD! The good news is that Back Issues are permanent content, so if you’re not able to take Variant Difficulty on right now, take all the time you need and come back to it when you feel you are better equipped!

Rewards:

For completing and mastering all of the Classic quests, you earn:

Tier 2 Basic ISO x4
Tier 3 Basic ISO x22
Tier 4 Basic ISO x6
Gold x12250
Units x225
Tier 1 Alpha Catalyst x1
Premium Hero Crystal x3
3-Star Hero Crystal x1

For completing and mastering all of the Variant quests, you earn:

5-Star Rank 2 → 3 Gem Crystal x3
5-Star Rank 3 → 4 Gem Crystal (2015 Champs Only) x3
5-Star Rank 3 → 4 Gem Crystal x1
5-Star Rank 4 → 5 Gem Crystal x1
5-Star Awakening Gem Crystal x1
5-Star Crystal x1
Tier 5 Basic Catalyst Fragments x27000
6-Star Crystal Shards x2250
5-Star Signature Stone Crystal x48
Gold x2,100,000
Units x360

This Quest will be available starting Wednesday, April 10th at 10 am PST! Remember, this is permanent content, so you can take your time completing this throwback!

Comments

DroidDoes

Looks like there are 2 5* crystals. Most likely just a typo in announcement.

Jinx! Haha...but yeah, guessing the same, a typo, and very happy to see it remains at 2 instead of 1

benshb

2 things: defenders seems extremely defensive, but there is no node for it.
and i don't think "Runaway Express" works properly, i didn't get the unblockable for my 11th hit.

Evangelionlovr

This looks a lot easier than V1. Probably just because of the lack of roster restriction.

Evangelionlovr

2 things: defenders seems extremely defensive, but there is no node for it.
and i don't think "Runaway Express" works properly, i didn't get the unblockable for my 11th hit.

Yeah, baiting specials is harder, and they're holding block a lot more often. Bet there won't be any "Invade" nodes tho lol

BigPoppaCBONE

I really wish Variant used the same champs as Classic. It feels slimy cheap to use champs like Hyperion, Void, Havok, etc. instead of the real 2015 champs.

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Jaffacaked

Not getting the unblockable pop up when using XL champs. @Kabam Miike . Are we meant to see it pop up or not ?

hk_mk417

So level 45 is required for variant and not 40 as all of the game notes and in game message state?

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Kabam Miike

None of Venoms buffs or debuffs are triggering twice as stated in his XL buff description. Memory buffs are one at a time and furies only proc 1 for each buff when using special 2. Seems he should proc up to 14 furies since the limitation is on his genetic memory and not the furies gained in his special. Also only placing 1 bleed at a time when it states it should place double debuffs in the notes

Which fight did you see this on?

Kabam Miike

Heavy machinery buff is not working for modok either.... are any of the xl buffs working for anyone???

Which fight did you see this on?

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Evangelionlovr

Heavy machinery buff is not working for modok either.... are any of the xl buffs working for anyone???

Smash works with Rhulk, just destroying 1.3 with him right now.

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Evangelionlovr

2 things: defenders seems extremely defensive, but there is no node for it.
and i don't think "Runaway Express" works properly, i didn't get the unblockable for my 11th hit.

It works, but it's on the 10th hit, not 11th, and there's no "UNBLOCKABLE" call out. I just went to hit into block against Gamora on my 50th hit and it definitely broke her block.

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TwmR

I just tested regular hulk, modok, venom, juggernaut, and dormammu without a single unique interaction activating for any of them.

Are you on the specific quest where they get these buffs? Those buffs aren't for all quests if it's not in the global nodes it does not apply to that quest

Eb0ny-O-M4w

From the looks of it (only saw it on a stream, since I'm unable to update), the Heavy Machinery node description is wrong. It should be "armor and force shield effects" instead of "armor and force field buffs"

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TwmR

Rofl, yes, I am playing variant difficulty in the micro realm.

If that's a reply to me I'm not asking if your doing variant or not I'm asking which quest in variant as they do not apply to all quests within variant

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TwmR

Just tried venom on heimdal and sabretooth as well with same results. Single bleed, single armor break, 1 memory buff at a time, and no dublicate furies on sp2. Nothing appears to be working @Kabam Miike

So your doing the first quest? None of those buffs apply in the first quest.
The first quest any of them appear is 1.3 as was clearly stated in the announcement

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Kabam Miike

Just tried venom on heimdal and sabretooth as well with same results. Single bleed, single armor break, 1 memory buff at a time, and no dublicate furies on sp2. Nothing appears to be working @Kabam Miike

@TwmR is correct. Those Champion specific Buffs are only in certain Quests, and those don't start until Quest 3 of Chapter 1.

Evangelionlovr

Just tried venom on heimdal and sabretooth as well with same results. Single bleed, single armor break, 1 memory buff at a time, and no dublicate furies on sp2. Nothing appears to be working @Kabam Miike
@TwmR is correct. Those Champion specific Buffs are only in certain Quests, and those don't start until Quest 3 of Chapter 1.

I take back my ****, Variant 2 is much more manageable. Give my kudos to the devs, this is what I expected Variant to be, fun, rewarding if you have the right champs, challenging but very doable even if you don't. Really enjoying it so far.

xNig

It’s actually very easy lol

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xNig

It’s actually very easy lol
Seems easier to me as well except I dont have any xl ranked up lol is that node in every quest for all of variant?

Yup it is.

😂😂 I have R4 Venom, 6* Gulk Rulk and Sentinel. Just plowing through it.