Best Necropolis Exploration Champ - 2025

Hi everyone, I’ve never explored necropolis and am looking to do so finally. I wondered who the best champs are to do long form content? Is Wong still the necropolis king?

I have a R4 Dark Phoenix I was thinking of using, has much for her flow as capability with those 3 nova flames running. Could she be a good option?

I could R4 sig 200 either Anti Venom or Cull Obsidian? I’ve seen some interesting stuff with AV on MSD’s channel.

I’m happy to spend more revives to do it more quickly, so kind looking for a nuke. Below are my 7* R4 and R3 champs for reference, but I have most available (besides deathless, hence doing it!) and could rank them.

Any thoughts really appreciated, thanks!

Comments

peixemacaco

This is one of best rosters I saw on Mcoc ever.

Congrats!

As I wont do Necropolis boring longer fights, just a minute, someone will answer you 👍

Will3808

Have you done any of the necropolis Carina’s challenges? If not, I’d definitely do the full run of that as one path and potentially do a full path with the mutant team. I recently did most necro exploration paths, and onslaught puts in so much work on pretty much every path you can take. Juggernaut is also helpful for grandmaster’s reverse controls and some fights on the right side. I’d definitely watch some videos explaining the paths and then figure out where onslaught will work.

Will3808

You’re also welcome to tag me and I can send you details of who I used on what paths.

TheUglyone123

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2877816#Comment_2877816

I’m gonna echo what will said and feel free and dm me any questions you have. I finished necro exploration this last June, so I would love to give you recent champ advice, cause I saved a lot of units using people’s advice. I will say tho, on the surface, dark phoenix is probably one of the best options for necro runs, due to her long fight damage, and her immortality. She is busted in necro

WattoWatson97

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2877748#Comment_2877748

Just know OP, we are disliking Peixie via their useless comment like usual, us disliking the comment doesn't mean we dislike what he has said about your roster, it is good, they are just annoying and pest like.

Ragnaruk5178

why is the dude so hated honestly ? This is generally a really good roster you’ll be fine

JESUSCHRIST

I used Aegon but that is like 1 year ago

With 999 persistent counter, he gets fights done in minutes bcos he is unblockable

Ercarret

It depends a little on how you want to approach the content. As others have said, it might be a good idea to look into completing a Carina's while you're still at it. I am not entirely sure how viable all of those teams are for the second part of the quest since most challenges are just to do the first half, but I found all of them really well thought out for the first half.

I think Chee and Adam Warlock are both part of the "Wong team" that has a full run challenge. If you have Wong, he's worth ranking up for Necropolis. If you don't, or if you're like me and have him ranked up but don't know how to use him, then Chee and Adam are real MVPs as well. Those two carried me through that run when my Wong skills failed me.

That being said, if you just want a nuke, then Aegon's your guy. I have a hard time coming up with any other champion, even as a 7r4, that would nuke fights faster than a fully-ramped Aegon. He just crushes it. You need a synergy team, and you need someone who can deal with reverse controls during the last phase of the Grandmaster fight, but he's nonetheless phenomenal.

But you will chug revives like there's no tomorrow.

JESUSCHRIST

Even 6* Kate Bishop will do better than most 7* rank 4 champions out there for necropolis

Magrailothos

You've got loads of champs that will help; but as you'll be aware, every path has different requirements. Debuffs, reverse control immunity, etc.

So, I don't think there's a single champ who will answer this. Wong is clutch for the ten-year challenge, though.

Is recommend you try to complete a few Carina's challenges as you explore, if you haven't already.

Mutants - With Onslaught and Jean Grey (for reverse control immunity), you could probably clear a full path, especially if you have a Mr Sinister to rank up. Dazzler can counter Evade (which is the Trap node you're dealing with on the first path); so I imagine she'd be very useful.

Cull's Worthy/Gods - You've got Juggernaut and Serpent, who can do a lot in Necropolis. With Juggs to manage GM's Phase 4, you can clear a full path with them. White Tiger might work, but bringing in an Absman would be incredibly helpful, even 6*-locked: he destroys Air Walker, and is great for Arkus, too. Odin or Angela would also be great, to handle Autoblock opponents like CapSam and Omega Sentinel - I actually used Odin for 8/14 fights when I did it, but that was before I had a 7* Serpent, who can probably kill most opponents that Odin can.

10-yr challenge: With Wong and Wiccan, you can pay much choose your path - so choose a path that you aren't using for Worthy/Gods or Mutants.

Dimensional Beings - there aren't any who are immune to reverse controls, so it's a tricky one to extend to a full path. That Fantman will be great for Silver Centurion, though.

DannyB01

Thank you so much for the insightful comments everyone! Also very pleased to see the appreciation for my roster, it’s been quite an investment! lol

Great points on the carina’s challenges, I think they’re actually my priority. I’ll R3 Wong for the 10 year challenge, and I’ll complete a full path with the mutants (I’ll do Apoc path in second half). I’m actually planning to complete all the challenges and then do a path with the Deathless champs, probably the one with Odin on it. As I’ve done a path already, that’ll leave me two more to do.

As Dark Phoenix is viable I’ll use her as I find her genuinely fun to play—which holds off boredom which is my biggest worry lol—and I’ll try Juggernaut and Jean Grey for Grandmaster. That leaves two more spots for any path-specific requirements, or maybe Odin and Heimdall for synergies.

Excited to do it now. Been putting it off far too long! I think 8 million health is so daunting as I still remember grinding out the Guillotine 4* from arena rewards to do ROL Wolverine. Perhaps it’s nothing like as hard as I’m thinking, R4 champs are pretty overpowered.

Magrailothos

Since the Mutants and Worthy/Gods teams are required to run certain paths on the left, you have less choice about where to do your ten-year-challenge and #Deathless runs: essentially, if they're going to contribute towards an overall Necropolis completion, you'll need to run at least one of the paths on the right, probably two.

There's a thread here which should get you started on the right hand side - see if the path described is one you want to do, or one you want to avoid...

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/383522/completing-the-10-year-challenge-run-on-the-right-side-of-necro-a-writeup

DannyB01

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2877889#Comment_2877889

This is great, thank you! Might as well mirror this with my team, except I’ll get Wong and Sentry to R3 first. That’ll cover one of the paths!

Will3808

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2877951#Comment_2877951

my suggestion is use either wong or sentry. It’s only worth using sentry if you’re going to use him for most of the run. I did my run with sentry cause I didn’t have wong at the time. I’ve since pulled Wong, and I strongly recommend using him instead.

peixemacaco

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2877883#Comment_2877883

You're welcome.

Your thread was on page 2 or 3 of the Forums and I saved it as your roster is phenomenal.