Should Kabam Add a Public Test Map to Practice Against Meta Defenders?
Sakkban
Member Posts: 107 ★
Hey everyone,
I’ve been pretty hooked on MCoC and really enjoy playing — I also watch a ton of YouTube content around it. One thing I’ve noticed is that content creators seem to have access to a special test map. It features all the key defenders, with increasing levels of difficulty, and it’s perfect for testing out new champs or recording gameplay. Honestly, it’s great content, and I love watching it.
But it got me thinking — would it be possible for Kabam to make something like that available to all players?
Personally, I still use Realm of Legends to test most of my champs, but let’s be real — that content is super outdated. And most of the other long-form content in the game doesn’t offer a reliable setup to test your roster against relevant meta defenders. I feel a bit limited by that.
The only time I really get to fight tricky defenders like Serpent, Dark Phoenix, Yelena, Zola, Photon, Enchantress etc., is in Alliance War or Battlegrounds — but those aren’t exactly great places to experiment. You’re under pressure to win, not learn.
So here’s my question to Kabam (if anyone’s listening):
Would you consider releasing a public version of the test map that creators use?
Maybe as a permanent in-game mode or a training room where we can select defenders, apply nodes, and practice without using items?
I’d love to hear what others think too — am I the only one who wants this kind of feature, or is there real demand for it?
I’ve been pretty hooked on MCoC and really enjoy playing — I also watch a ton of YouTube content around it. One thing I’ve noticed is that content creators seem to have access to a special test map. It features all the key defenders, with increasing levels of difficulty, and it’s perfect for testing out new champs or recording gameplay. Honestly, it’s great content, and I love watching it.
But it got me thinking — would it be possible for Kabam to make something like that available to all players?
Personally, I still use Realm of Legends to test most of my champs, but let’s be real — that content is super outdated. And most of the other long-form content in the game doesn’t offer a reliable setup to test your roster against relevant meta defenders. I feel a bit limited by that.
The only time I really get to fight tricky defenders like Serpent, Dark Phoenix, Yelena, Zola, Photon, Enchantress etc., is in Alliance War or Battlegrounds — but those aren’t exactly great places to experiment. You’re under pressure to win, not learn.
So here’s my question to Kabam (if anyone’s listening):
Would you consider releasing a public version of the test map that creators use?
Maybe as a permanent in-game mode or a training room where we can select defenders, apply nodes, and practice without using items?
I’d love to hear what others think too — am I the only one who wants this kind of feature, or is there real demand for it?
Should Kabam Add a Public Test Map to Practice Against Meta Defenders? 114 votes
Yes, absolutely — it would be a great addition for testing and improving
64%
73 votes
No, I don’t think it’s needed — current content is enough
25%
29 votes
Maybe — it could be cool, but only if done right
10%
12 votes
7
Comments
The map that content creators have isn't for practicing, it's for content. It's designed to show how new champs do in specific matchups and isn't really the kind of thing that would be made available to players in the same way that they don't give everyone a 7 star champion to test them out
look at what happened during EOPs where players had to fight onslaught or a dani moonstar where the nodes forced us to learn her sp2.
players adapted quickly and they became much easier. a test map would make meta defenders easier and kabam would be forced to release a lot more 5/5 defenders and or increase the cost of revives or even lower the supply of revives.
i don't mind a test map though. 2/5/10 million health, sp3 active, no nodes, and defenders of each class would be punching bags like winter soldier.
Take Onslaught, for example — I’ve faced him countless times in BGs and still get wrecked. Some defenders are just difficult, period.
Personally, I’d really value a space where I can simply learn how a champ works without pressure — something that lets us get closer to the kind of prep content creators have access to.
Sure, practice won’t solve everything, but having the option to train and experiment would still be a huge help. Plus, it would be fun to try uncommon champs. The point of the game is to have fun after all.
Map to test new meta defenders is a no. The game runs on whales spending to get these defenders or for getting counters against them. It will ruin the revenue model for Kabam.
However, after a cooldown period, they should do it. Maybe a year after release? I would love to test myself againsr D-Thanos for example. Felt the same way about Maestro when he came out. Not to mention the RNG for those of us who took ages to get a 6* or 7* Serpent. We were at a disadvantage in all competitive gameplay because he was everywhere as a defender.
Having the content creator test map will trivialize the game.
Offseason BG
AQ map-8
Beta maps
SQ gauntlets
If you're looking for space to practice story boss fights then that's not happening for obvious reasons, Kabam want players to die on their bosses not one shot after practicing for 10+ times.
Dr. Zola
Now it’s useful and makes sense as to the story reason of why we have access to it
ROL 2 = 👍
Giving us a test map for Meta Defenders completely devalues the meta defender(s). Would be a terrible idea to do (no offence) I would never purchase a Meta Defender if everyone could access it and sort out how to counter them.
Content Creators deserve their own map as they deliver content that push the game to players, it’s free advertisement for Kabam.
To give us a map with all of the relevant meta defenders would completely trivialize the game.
I don’t really agree with the idea that giving access to a proper testing map would trivialize the game. Allowing players to effectively practice against meta defenders isn’t a bad thing—it would just level the playing field a bit. A well-designed practice mode could do this, but as it stands, the current options fall short and aren’t widely used. This argument doesn’t fully add up. Most YouTubers I’ve watched still struggle with meta defenders in BGs, just like everyone else. That’s kind of the point—they remain challenging even with experience.
The issue is, I don’t even have the option to properly test out strategies or just have fun with new champs against the types of defenders I’ll actually be facing. Every time I want to try someone new, I end up in ROL—but let’s be real, I’m never going to see Winter Soldier or Captain Marvel in relevant content anymore. They’re outdated and irrelevant for any meaningful practice.
I 100% understand the concern you have, but this is the way Kabam makes money. Why not do a battlegrounds friendly and just ask them prior to test the champs you want? I know you can’t get the current ones but titan champions some of your alliance mates will probably have.
Or, and this is the real nightmare, they would have to start making defenders so hard that practice doesn’t help most players.
People keep saying the game is supposed to be fun as a way to justify this. Well, the hard defenders are supposed to be hard, and the content is supposed to be challenging. Any game change that makes hard defenders easier and content less challenging would have to be mitigated somehow to eliminate those changes. Practice mode is essentially asking for defenders to be easier and content to be less challenging. The answer is going to be “no.”
Because some people watch your videos on YouTube, you somehow get this unfair advantage?
It doesn’t make sense.How many new players do you think they're bringing in?
The only people watching are current players.
Should people that have “views” on YouTube get to practice against “hard” champs over and over again while we guess our way through?
Yes or no.
I’m not against having a practice mode—in fact, I think it’s necessary. But the one we’ve got right now doesn’t serve the purpose. That’s why I suggested something more like the CCP testing map—it’s streamlined, efficient, and way more useful for actual practice.
Nothing against content creators—they don’t make up a massive percentage of the player base, and I don’t think their access to tools creates an imbalance. The issue is that the rest of us don’t have any decent tools to practice with. That’s the real gap.
At the very least, something like a new “RoL 2” would be amazing. Just 20 up-to-date champs in a static path where we can try different scenarios, rotations, or counters—that alone would go a long way in helping players improve and enjoy the game more.
The issue is exactly that: we want to test new mechanics from modern champs, but to do that properly, we also need modern opponents with relevant abilities. Without that, we’re just guessing how a champ will perform in real content. Having a reliable, updated space to test those interactions would make a massive difference.
Against the points on defenders being hard.
The while reason most defenders are hard is artifical factors like inflated health and attacks, nodes to complicate the fight.
Many of the nodes in thr fame are not remotely new and are familiar to most players so how does a champion like onslaught with boosted health and bane become anything more than just another challenge to be completed?
Another factor to be considered, not everyone has the perfect champion or the same roster so why mot have the chance to practise with what you have for game modes like battlegrounds?