Stream Recap - July 5, 2024

Farewell to Jax

After 2 years, Jax is moving on from Kabam. In his time here, he has had an incredible impact on the game, especially in the community interactions. From the monthly streams, to the official discord, to the Battlerealm Brawl, he has been instrumental in so much that we do. Losing him, especially so soon after Miike, will definitely leave a hole. Once again, I'm sure the team would appreciate some grace as they adjust. As he steps down from this role, he will be succeeded by Dave, of Dork Lessons fame. If anyone is up to the task of filling Jax's shoes, it's him. We will miss Jax greatly, but I know Dave will do great in this role.

July Content - Stern Minds Prevail/Alpha Fight

The side quest is a simple structure, one quest each week for 4 weeks. Solo objectives and events tie into completing the quest.
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Patriot/Leader

Patriot can gain large precision passives and gets extra combo for each hit. He places non damaging debuffs on himself, but counters the Inequity mastery. Easy access to Vigilance, and once built up, can trigger a reversal, countering the attack. He gains benefits for each debuff, and is anticipated to be an excellent Photon counter. He will have some good defensive utility, but is intended as a better attacker, especially in war and battlegrounds.
The Leader builds tons of spectre and wither debuffs, and rewards light intercepts. He has an AoE effect called the Green Door in the middle of the arena. The door starts closed, but once it opens, it deals damage when the opponent is standing on it. His kit is designed around reversing healing and power gain, and even increases the opponent's regen rate. He will likely be a decent dual threat in battlegrounds, especially against mystic opponents.
Deep Dives will go live over the weekend

AW Showcase #2: X-Magica

Lowered Energy
Removed hardest defenders
Increased Rewards
New AW related nodes

Saga Incursions

July 10 - Aug 4
Overseer/Shocker bosses
Magnetron crystals in Zones 1-10
Top rewards in Zone 15

Jax's Gift Code coming Monday @ 11am PDT
(Share it with your friends, share it with your momma)

Comments

captain_rogers

Huge W as always.

Will miss jax, But thanks a lot for that 7* guardian, Finally I have a tech that's r3 worthy.

Emilia90

Both new champs look great. Very excited for Patriot in particular

Very sad to see Jax go. Didn’t want to shed a tear while on the train but dang, I was sad. The 7* guardian is a great gift and I’ll remember him everytime I use him 😭

Jack2634

Thanks for doing the gods work as always my friend!

unknown

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Darkraw346

What 7* Guardian?

Ackbar67

What 7* Guardian?

The gift code coming Monday is a free Guardian, rarity dependent on progression. Paragon+ get 7*

Ashacekar

+ this point:

But Miike should have given a 7* Apoc then, Sadly 7* Apoc doesn't exist yet so he couldn't.

jcphillips7

Just took my Guardian to r3 the other day and pumped all my Arcade sig stones into him, this will put him at 120 now. Noice!

Ayden_noah1

What 7* Guardian?

I didn't see the stream but how do I get a 7 star Guardian.

Huge W as always.

Will miss jax, But thanks a lot for that 7* guardian, Finally I have a tech that's r3 worthy.

Eb0ny-O-M4w

Guess my guardian will be awaken huh ... Now I may rank him eventually

captain_rogers

@Ayden_noah1 There will be a promo code on Monday, use it on mcoc store to redeem 7* guardian

Ayden_noah1

@Ayden_noah1 There will be a promo code on Monday, use it on mcoc store to redeem 7* guardian

This means that I can rank 3 my Guardian on Monday. It was between him and Red Skull (unawaken). It was going to be whoever was awakened first and it looks like Guardian wins. Thanks for the info.

ShashankGupta

@Ayden_noah1 There will be a promo code on Monday, use it on mcoc store to redeem 7* guardian
This means that I can rank 3 my Guardian on Monday. It was between him and Red Skull (unawaken). It was going to be whoever was awakened first and it looks like Guardian wins. Thanks for the info.

I would say red skull doesn't need dupe and can be helpful and tanky and benefits more at r3 where guardian can still be op at r2
At the end it's your choice though 🙂

Ayden_noah1

@Ayden_noah1 There will be a promo code on Monday, use it on mcoc store to redeem 7* guardian
This means that I can rank 3 my Guardian on Monday. It was between him and Red Skull (unawaken). It was going to be whoever was awakened first and it looks like Guardian wins. Thanks for the info.
I would say red skull doesn't need dupe and can be helpful and tanky and benefits more at r3 where guardian can still be op at r2
At the end it's your choice though 🙂

I already have an unawaken Kilmonger at rank 3 out of 4 so I want my next rank 3 to be awaken. I do love Red Skull a lot. My other option was Onslaught but again he's unawaken and I have a rank 5 6 star already.

Lone_Tiger

Do you guys know when aw showcase come out? Thanks in advance

Armageddøn

Do you guys know when aw showcase come out? Thanks in advance

Wednesday when new content goes live

PT_99

Ahh man, I thought he's getting promoted.

captain_rogers

Where is the info about showcase and incursions? They said they'll post a announcement after the stream But I can't find it.

@KabamDORK any updates?

Shark524

Do we have an exact date for AW showcase?

odishika123

God bless you Kabam jax
It shall be well with you wherever you go

ShinobiGuy

Farewell to Jax
I'm sure the team would appreciate some grace as they adjust.

EdisonLaw

+ this point:

But Miike should have given a 7* Apoc then, Sadly 7* Apoc doesn't exist yet so he couldn't.

Now that was a missed opportunity

ShashankGupta

@Ayden_noah1 There will be a promo code on Monday, use it on mcoc store to redeem 7* guardian
This means that I can rank 3 my Guardian on Monday. It was between him and Red Skull (unawaken). It was going to be whoever was awakened first and it looks like Guardian wins. Thanks for the info.
I would say red skull doesn't need dupe and can be helpful and tanky and benefits more at r3 where guardian can still be op at r2
At the end it's your choice though 🙂
I already have an unawaken Kilmonger at rank 3 out of 4 so I want my next rank 3 to be awaken. I do love Red Skull a lot. My other option was Onslaught but again he's unawaken and I have a rank 5 6 star already.

Bro what you have onslaught and u are not taking him to r3 bro really awakening only matters when that champ need the most if the champ is not affected by awakening then you can rank them unawaken and difference between r5 onslaught and r3 onslaught is quite massive in both attack and defence so going with onslaught or red skull would not be a bad thing

ahmynuts

+ this point:

But Miike should have given a 7* Apoc then, Sadly 7* Apoc doesn't exist yet so he couldn't.

Don't worry. Once 7* apoc is released I'll become the ceo of Kabam, hire Miike back, then fire him just to make this happne

Cap_Murica

Will miss Jax. Will add more sigs to my R3 Guardian...🥳

Kingering_King

@Ayden_noah1 There will be a promo code on Monday, use it on mcoc store to redeem 7* guardian

@captain_rogers Where will the promo be?

SummonerNR

** v45.1 UPDATE NOTES for JULY **

https://playcontestofchampions.com/news/v45-1-release-notes/

A lot of fixes listed in there, but in particular..

* Fixed an issue where Champions placed as defenders in Alliance War were sometimes missing Saga tactics badging (icon)

(For RAIDS in particular, hopefully those cross-fight Charges ? But wonder if this will include AEGON charges in general too after a crash like in other game modes ??)

* Fixed an issue with Champions losing Crossfight abilities after a crash in game modes with health penalties for fight recovery

* Fixed an issue with the M.O.D.O.K. Raids Boss not realizing Special Attacks were knocking him down. In his defense, he’s basically a cube. It was hard to tell.

(some alliances that were having enlist issues at start of the season)
* Fixed an issue with Alliance leadership being unable to update both on and off-season Alliance War settings at the same time
Fixed an issue with Alliance War Attackers incorrectly being able to join other quests

(and finally in game)
* Made the Canadian tag visible in game menus (+ fixing 2014 Champ tag)

(and no more RED King Groot ?)
* Fixed an issue with certain Champions unintentionally glowing red

ahmynuts

The 2014 tag is finally fixed? This has to be the big thing crashed was talking about

SammyDe

Finally have a candidate for my tech rank 3 gem…

Tech is my weakest class by far and although I would like a HB or Warlock as rank 3, this should be a worthy rank up on Tuesday (Oz time).

Vance2_jr

Oh man. This complicates things in the best way. Was waiting to bring guardian to r2 when awakened. But now do I r3 him, awakened serpent, unawakened weapon x or sig 120 Angela (who I’m leaning toward).