Lose Yourself to the Abyss!

Summoner!

Since The Contest began, an extreme danger has lurked around every corner, ready to prey on those seeking a true challenge…

First, The Realm of Legends was created by the Collector, with the intention that no Summoner would pass through it. The days grew into months before the first Legend of The Contest was able to claim victory over the Realm. Now, this relic of the early days of The Contest plays its role as a test of strength against the one-armed Assassin.

Then, seeking to trivialize his brother’s accomplishment, The Grandmaster created the Labyrinth of Legends to test the skill of the Summoners of The Battlerealm. His determination to break the Summoner’s spirit was met by our Summoners determination to best the Grandmaster’s game.

Now, a dark presence, formerly unknown to all, has opened up their corner of the Battlerealm. Dare to delve into this pocket of despair and dread, where hope goes to die.

Welcome to The Abyss of Legends!

The Abyss of Legends is the hardest content ever seen in The Contest.

This is the new Everest of content in the game. With each addition such as Realm, Labyrinth, and now the Abyss, the intention is to create content that Summoners will grow into in the coming months and years, and not content that can be fully explored in an afternoon.

When Realm of Legends was introduced, it was several months before all of the secrets and tools were uncovered to beat it. This is our goal for The Abyss.

Doesn’t sound so bad? I like your optimism. Shame it won’t do any good here.

Firstly, to enter the Abyss, you must have earned the Cavalier designation. If you have not yet been able to complete Act 6, Chapter 1, The Abyss is being locked away for your own safety.

Like the Labyrinth, The Abyss has an extensive, twisting map, with multiple paths and a locked camera, preventing you from scouting ahead. Unlike Labyrinth’s 2 Global Buffs, Abyss has 7.

Bear in mind, Summoner, the “Mark of the Labyrinth” buff contained multiple smaller effects encapsulated in one single buff. The Abyss breaks all of these effects into different buffs to allow the space to better describe them.

Additionally, many of your encounters will introduce new abilities to Champions that you are not familiar with. Be sure to read up on these every time you come across an encounter.
Rewards

Besides the standard Completion and Mastery rewards, the Abyss has 5 Abyssal Chests scattered throughout. Once claimed the chest will not respawn. Though these are rare, each one contains great treasures.

Legends of the Abyss

The first 20 to 100% explore the Abyss will receive a duped 6* Thanos (2x 6-Star Thanos).
The first 300 to 100% explore the Abyss will earn a Legends title.
The first 300 to 100% explore the Abyss will also receive a 5* Kang & a 6-Star Awakening Gem Crystal.
The first 300 will also get Legends points, as detailed in the Legends Leaderboard section below.

Yes, you read that correctly - first to Explore. Unlike our event quest Legends Runs, where the best times in a given window receive Legends titles and rewards, Abyss Legends are first-come, first-served.

We will be periodically (after the first few weeks, about once a month) checking to see who completed Abyss, review their play, and award Legends.

Abyss of Legends - Legends Points
#1 -300 Points
Top 20 - 250 Points
Top 100 - 100 Points
Top 200 - 75 Points
Top 300 - 50 Points

Our Vow

Let it be known, Summoner, that using any nefarious exploits, cheats, or other manners of manipulation will not be tolerated in The Abyss, and will be dealt with swiftly.

All those that make their way through the Abyss will be reviewed to ensure their legitimacy before any Legends prizes are awarded.

The Abyss does not deal in second chances, and will banish forever those who would attempt to break its rules.
The wait is almost over…
The long awaited, and fabled follow up, to the Labyrinth of Legends will be here on January 22nd at 10AM PST.

Heed these words, Summoner! The Abyss is not a challenge to be trifled with. We do not expect anyone to conquer the challenge any time soon. You will fail multiple times, but you can use those first attempts to acquaint yourself with the challenge ahead before you commit to taking on the darkness of The Abyss of Legends!

Comments

XSquad

The most important question here really is....what is the energy cost?

DrBruceWayne

My personal view is that, based on the announced information, the Abyss has 5 paths, all with chests on them.

This means that Kabam did indeed listen to feedback about LOL that subsequent clears we’re underwhelming (completion runs #2-6) and shifted some of the exploration rewards out to chests to alleviate that concern.

So upon completion, we are looking at 1 additional t5b, t2a, 20 Sig stones, 5* crystal etc. Each subsequent completion run will also award the “additional” rewards up to the final exploration run.
@xNig Sorry if someone corrected you already, but the chest is on a random path and can only be claimed once, it doesn't respawn after that.
It’s 5 chests on fixed paths that won’t respawn after being claimed.

@xNig Got it, thank you for the clear up.

BPT_Corey2386

The 240 cap is just a cheap way to end the fight very early. They didnt had a better idea. So they just went "you lose".

Its like the collector in 5.2 but for every single champ.
I bet they will still be able to evade Nick F Ghost etc.
The locked camera and damage cap sucks as well.
+ the rewards look okay but the "extra spice" is missing imo

At least they didnt bring limber back

For sure one of the worst things in abyss and straight up money grab.Theres no point for it except to end the fight.

Only thing worse then hitting that 240 hit cap then death is if you were playing the game and every time you hit the 240 hit threshold @Kabam Miike personally walks in you’re house grabs you’re phone closes the game and flips you off.

Diksh619

As a feedback, here are the issues:
1. Skill factor taken away due to combo restriction using skirmish/war charges
2. Camera lock down is unhealthy for the game
3. If this content is expected to be cleared in 2+ years then the rewards are bad(t2 alpha, t5 class selector non availability, no reward champion as the ultimate trophy champ)
4. Increase in damage cap must be at least 100k or more

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xNig

My personal view is that, based on the announced information, the Abyss has 5 paths, all with chests on them.

This means that Kabam did indeed listen to feedback about LOL that subsequent clears we’re underwhelming (completion runs #2-6) and shifted some of the exploration rewards out to chests to alleviate that concern.

So upon completion, we are looking at 1 additional t5b, t2a, 20 Sig stones, 5* crystal etc. Each subsequent completion run will also award the “additional” rewards up to the final exploration run.
@xNig Sorry if someone corrected you already, but the chest is on a random path and can only be claimed once, it doesn't respawn after that.
It’s 5 chests on fixed paths that won’t respawn after being claimed.
@xNig Got it, thank you for the clear up.

Welcome 😊

Always happy to help.

xNig

As a feedback, here are the issues:
1. Skill factor taken away due to combo restriction using skirmish/war charges
2. Camera lock down is unhealthy for the game
3. If this content is expected to be cleared in 2+ years then the rewards are bad(t2 alpha, t5 class selector non availability, no reward champion as the ultimate trophy champ)
4. Increase in damage cap must be at least 100k or more

Well.. there’s a profile pic.

The Cultron I got from LOL 100% has been sitting at R3 for 2+ years and the only action he gets is from arena.

At least I can show the profile pic. Lol

Alrulz

People keep saying 240 hits but that's only playing perfectly with intercepts.
Every blocked hit or time you get hit takes a charge away. So even if you assume you parry after every combo that cuts you down to only 200 hits

Brand V says when the Defender blocks, not when the attacker blocks (or parry’s ). So parry’s won’t use up charges. However, hitting into THEIR block will use up charges, so if you hit their block to build up their power, you will drastically reduce the amount of damage you can do before unblockable /unstoppable.
At least that’s the way I would interpret it.

RagamugginGunner

1. what if we claimed a chest but didnt kill the boss, just restarted..will it be respawned or we have to kill the boss or chest is lost forever
2. Will there be any kind of Limber or Stun immune?
3. Any defenders with unavoidable damage like korg, electro etc?
4. And champion with mechanic like 6.2.6 champion?

Thank you

I imagine the chest will be just before the boss like in LOL.
Limber is a huge question. AA might be the best here is there is no limber.
Probably
Final boss

xNig

Doesn’t seem to have limber but I’d imagine a blocked hit from the defender is pretty devastating.

RagamugginGunner

hmmmm, this seems weird...as a player that has every piece of content 100% done at the moment so I consider myself as "endgame" player...however I still can't see any way how I'm prepared for a content like this...so the question is..what's the point of releasing a content that nobody should be able to do now ? why not releasing it when at least some players are prepared ? not just an wallet unitsman players ?

Same. 100% everything in the game and have 29 r5/r2 champs but don't see much to get around the hit cap. I guess I'm not endgame enough??

xNig

hmmmm, this seems weird...as a player that has every piece of content 100% done at the moment so I consider myself as "endgame" player...however I still can't see any way how I'm prepared for a content like this...so the question is..what's the point of releasing a content that nobody should be able to do now ? why not releasing it when at least some players are prepared ? not just an wallet unitsman players ?
Same. 100% everything in the game and have 29 r5/r2 champs but don't see much to get around the hit cap. I guess I'm not endgame enough??

I believe there should be alternatives but before we overspeculate, let’s wait for it to release and we can get a better picture to assess it.

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RagamugginGunner

It'll be very interesting to compare these rewards to Act 6 final rewards. The Abyss completion rewards feel similar to things that'll be in Act 6 (6* AG crystal, t5cc crystal). I fear that the balance between the Act 6 and Abyss rewards will be way off in comparison to difficulty and cost.

Basically like you get more rewards in a day doing Variant 3 or 4 then completing all of Act 6.2 or 6.3 for a fraction of the cost and time invested.

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TheTalents

I hate to always be the guy to criticize Kabam but if this content may take 3 to 4 years to beat like Kabam Mike has claimed this rewards are terrible and severely out dated. We should have an opportunity at r4 6 stars with the amount of hype that has been placed on this difficulty.

Mcord11758

I hate to always be the guy to criticize Kabam but if this content may take 3 to 4 years to beat like Kabam Mike has claimed this rewards are terrible and severely out dated. We should have an opportunity at r4 6 stars with the amount of hype that has been placed on this difficulty.

Yeah there is a big disconnect with this content being intended for the future. I for one only completed lab and since I have been able to explore it, don’t see the value in the rewards. Same will happen with this

BowTieJohn

Going to be some time before I even enter as I am not Cavalier yet.

Garga

@Kabam Miike no special champ like ultron from labyrinth of legend? Just a profile picture?

TheTalents

I have to say, I do respect the integrity of the challenge. Even though there are aspects that disappoint me, it looks really hard. Kabam’s general idea for this content is perfect. A lot of players now think that once content is released they can do initial and 100% in a matter of days. This is evident with Act 6. Abyss is here to tackle that disillusion, and I support it. Yes, it’s hard. Yes, you will have to rank up champions much higher. And no, most of you (us) will not complete this content anytime soon. A true new Everest if what I am reading plays out well.

What about the rewards though? The rewards will be normal by the end of this year. The average end game alliance will have 3 to 5 r3 6 stars without even touching this content. For the amount of difficulty involved I believe anything short of a r4 champion reward is underwhelming for exploration.

Buttehrs

I have to say, I do respect the integrity of the challenge. Even though there are aspects that disappoint me, it looks really hard. Kabam’s general idea for this content is perfect. A lot of players now think that once content is released they can do initial and 100% in a matter of days. This is evident with Act 6. Abyss is here to tackle that disillusion, and I support it. Yes, it’s hard. Yes, you will have to rank up champions much higher. And no, most of you (us) will not complete this content anytime soon. A true new Everest if what I am reading plays out well.
What about the rewards though? The rewards will be normal by the end of this year. The average end game alliance will have 3 to 5 r3 6 stars without even touching this content. For the amount of difficulty involved I believe anything short of a r4 champion reward is underwhelming for exploration.

Only problem with that is, we just now can r3 a 6* and that's only if your in a top alliance essentially. Or spend cold hard cash. If we can r4 by the end of the year that means 2 things. 1. This quest will be outdated since theres no t3a or t6b. 2. The developers must be working on what comes next after 6* because the same thing happened with 4 and 5*.

VanillaCoke

One thing I’ve realized: why would you create champions like Proxima Midnight (released in 2017 btw) and Sunspot, when they can’t really reach their full potential (in terms of damage output) because of these damage caps in LoL and now AOL? While I understand you don’t want players to wreck through the content, I don’t understand why you’d release these champions if we can’t reach their peak damage?

TheTalents

I don’t see the hit cap any different from the enrage timer back in the day. Yeah maybe with synergies you could achieve a larger timer but it essentially punished you from bringing someone not at the level for it. So, it’s basically the same just harder (which makes sense).

Now, the damage cap I am disappointed it exists. I really thought all this insane specials were going to shine here.

But the worst of ALL is the locked camera. I wish you would remove it. Imo it doesn’t add difficulty in a quest. It adds a nuisance.
A hit cap literally punishes skill and rewards nothing but money it's a bad direction to go
Right now yes. Eventually, when we have the necessary level of champs to do it, it won’t. A R4 maybe will be able to do it

I’m sorry but this is what they are aiming for. That’s the intent. There is no skill cap available in this game given the level of players we have. At least I can’t think of something skill based where the top players won’t be able to do it rather quickly. Of course I could be wrong here but even then (without the hit cap and with another skill-challenge) all you need is a little bad luck for that 1% evade and you’ll still die.

Trust me. I don’t like it. I’d rather have it with the skill-challenge. But as I saw lol and now this, I don’t think this content is meant for that.

I gotta disagree with this sentiment. The locked camera and rewards are just unreasonable. Its going to be a revive dump anyways so at least make it less painful by making the rewards something that will last for a couple years at least.

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Mcord11758

Surprised I haven’t seen anyone mention AA yet. Considering there’s no limber in this one, he could be a prime option for fights that aren’t bleed or poison immune.

Assuming he doesn’t die to block damage after a couple parry

Magrailothos

I won't be trying the Abyss any time soon; but this post of the announcement made me smile:

The Realm of Legends ... this relic of the early days of The Contest plays its role as a test of strength against the one-armed Assassin.

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Pseudouber

We'll this just doesn't sound FUN at all. I guess I dont have to do it right.

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