Is this what we're doing now?

If you guys are going to do "buffs" like this Venom the Duck thing via relics and side quests, I'm here for it. Who's up next?

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Kabam (Osaurus) Rex

I don't know, who do you want to be next?

(This is not leaking that there will be more, but from a player POV, this is one of my favorite events in a while)

willrun4adonut

Vulture please!

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2899233#Comment_2899233

BigPoppaCBONE

Red Hulk, Rogue, Cap WW2, Black Widow, Vulture

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2899233#Comment_2899233

ESF

I have said this before and will again:

The day Annihilus gets just a little — not a lot. Just a little — more forgiving timers on his Stifles (something like 5.2 seconds, up from the base kit’s 4 seconds), you have the scariest Cosmic kit IN THE GAME.

I am totally serious. That kit is ridiculous and the only thing holding it back is the Stifle timer is just too tight, especially with bad/lag AI.

Absolutely terrifying kit just waiting to be unleashed

startropics

Agreed, this is a really cool way of buffing champs and would like to see more (hopefully through content like this).

Anotherconcernplayer

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2899233#Comment_2899233

Captain America - and his Relic should be a shield - When players activate the Striker a Shield fly out, bounce around the screen to hit the Def

Spiderman OG - His relic should either be a spider or Symbiote

I am GROOOOT - Rooket would be his Striker.

Actually think about it Groot would be the perfect candidate, we (Kabam and the community) can have our cake and eat it. Groot still stay as a meme champ (without the Relic), while at the same time OP woth the relic 🤩

ItsClobberinTime

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2899233#Comment_2899233

ANNIHILUS AND DORMAMMU PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.

Initially I thought this was a dumb way to buff champs but I have changed my mind now, this is a fun way to make them stronger without having to touch the kits themselves

ShadowReptile

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2899233#Comment_2899233

I’m probably alone in this one but as a pro wrestler I’d like to have The Champion be useful, don’t know if that could be fixed through a relic though

CheeseMaster482

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2899233#Comment_2899233

Red Hulk relic. Make it so it increases his heat charges by either 3 or 5.

Buttehrs

How about we buff the champs as well as doing a relic for em?

Polygon

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2899259#Comment_2899259

yes lets buff serpent

Darkknight_94

how about :

Since we have sagas run around for 3-4 months now.

How about theme based around that:

Example: frightful & fantastic tag

1 frightful tagged, 1 fantastic tagged champ relics

Released over span of saga( total 2 for 4 month saga) : if not 2 then 1 who canor will be both tagged attacker n defender during saga timeline.

Chobbly

This is a really fun little event, nice and quirky. It's a break from the cycle and that's why I like it.

More please...

ahmynuts

I like this idea however I have two concerns.

1. If there were to be more of these, I can't imagine they wouldn't be monetized which puts us in the realm of having to pay for a champ buff

2. Any champ that would hypothetically get this would need the relic equipped at all times to be good instead of just being good themselves

wuotan

is this a permanent "buff"?

Aaronxz

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2899246#Comment_2899246

And even easier for kabam than working on full reworks, great idea tbh

Aaronxz

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2899276#Comment_2899276

Relics are permanent, so yes :D

ItsClobberinTime

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2899274#Comment_2899274

I don't think they would want to monetize this at least not in the sense that you have to pay x amount to get the relic. There is barely any difference between this and buffing champs, and not a single buff this year was monetized so this just makes it even more unlikely. They're not interested in monetizing buffs, and the one time they did it with OG Iron Man they failed miserably and never did it again.

What they could however do is just make content a bit more challenging and try to monetize a little bit this way, by forcing people to either buy units, save revives and potions, or buy potion bundles with money. I wouldn't have any issues with the latter because you can't really complain about this type of monetization if it's mostly a skill issue on your part.

If they do however monetize it in the way you're talking about then yes no thanks, not interested in buying a new relic every three months.

Furrymoosen

There are 3 easy champs to improve just by rolling their synergies into a relic (though they should just be actual buffs anyway):

Cable, Blade and Agent Venom

Greed_Exodus

Buff groot by giving him a rocket raccoon relic, or something. Would be awesome

WednesdayLength

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2899236#Comment_2899236

Vulture is stat focus and 7 star rarity away from being great, he needs a tiny tune up if anything

WednesdayLength

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2899253#Comment_2899253

He's already useful

WednesdayLength

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2899283#Comment_2899283

What do you mean they tried and failed to monetize the iron man buff? They did the exact same roll out with

Myrmidon

I wish they could make trophy champions like Thanos and Kang somewhat useful at least through this way.

Rayven5220

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2899233#Comment_2899233

How about an OG Thor buff, instead of every Thor but OG Thor? 🤣

Ercarret

I will say this: this is a very fun event (if a tad bit complicated), but I nonetheless don't want this "buffs via relics" thing to happen too often. I really like relics in general and while it's neat to get a relic that "buffs" VtD, that special relic also takes up space from a regular relic. I'd rather have a good champion that I can then pick whichever relic I want them to have, than a bad champion who only becomes good with a specially-designed relic that blocks out any other choice.

However, if you ever decide to introduce 7* Battlecasts, this could be a fun way to introduce them. Actually, hey, wait a minute while I check…yeah, the VtD relic is actually the first 7* Battlecast that you've released! So yeah, in that sense I like it. I could absolutely get behind more Battlecasts slowly trickling out now that Statcasts can come out more regularly in bulk and fill that "need for a relic" space. Any new Battlecasts could be more specifically targeted towards a much smaller set of champions.

I still don't know if I'd want them to outright replace buffs for specific champions so I'd still want them to be a bit more general than this only-VtD one, but at the same time, they wouldn't necessarily have to be applicable to every champion in a specific class. Maybe you create one for Mutant #Mercenaries (of which there are four non-trophy champs in the game) or Skill #Silver champs (there are three non-trophy champs available as 7*s). Or you just say "This one's only for OG Spider-Man, Miles Morales and Spider-Gwen" and then lock it like that so that you don't have to worry about how it interacts with new champions down the line.

One thing that would be really cool when it comes to relics could be for them to add synergy partners to champs when those are used in single combat scenarios. Let's say a relic that can only be equipped by Red Hulk, Masacre and Domino (let's just pretend they are all of the same class for this example), and has two ability spots available where you can choose to add two out of those three champs as "synergy champions" when in single combat. Then you could have Domino go and do a one-champion fight and still have access to the Flaming Trinity synergy team or whatever it used to be called.

Synergies are so much fun, so it's kind of sad to see the game move further and further away from them. If relics could help bring those back in, that would be a ton of fun. And it would make sense for Battlecasts to do so, since they don't do anything on defense.

WednesdayLength

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2899307#Comment_2899307

There's not a single relic in the game thats better than what vtd gets with his signature relic now

ahmynuts

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2899309#Comment_2899309

But the issue is that this relic could have been a buff and we'd still have the ability to use whatever relic we want.

This isn’t a good idea to continue to do in piece of buffs. It just limits player choice even more in a game that already constantly railroads you into the meta

mbrace

The relic made VtD legitimately much better. It’s easier to control what his buffs are (love that fury and regen), and you can have them most of the time with some relic signature levels. He must be a beast in AQ and Incursions. Good job Kabam!

ItsClobberinTime

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2899300#Comment_2899300

With who? As far as I can remember there hasn't been a buff/rework that was heavily monetized and promoted as much as OG Iron Man's.