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

Mirage_Turtle

After doing my completion run of Abyss it’s pretty frustrating the way they set this up. Currently it’s really just a unit grab unless you use Stealthy for each fight which he literally impossible since there are mutants on most paths as far as I know. Most of the fights with the exception of CMM, IMIW, and IW weren’t even very hard, they just required revive completion is less about skill and more about having to throw revives at it currently until more high ranked 6* become common.

That being said I’m glad I was able to get through it in 4K units which seems to be the average from what I’ve been hearing. I got 6* CMM for the first time and a skill T5 which I was praying for. Can’t believe RNG actually worked out for me. R3 Ronin incoming soon.
For any that are interested I finally got the resources I needed.

Let's see some gameplay footage.

RoninMan

After doing my completion run of Abyss it’s pretty frustrating the way they set this up. Currently it’s really just a unit grab unless you use Stealthy for each fight which he literally impossible since there are mutants on most paths as far as I know. Most of the fights with the exception of CMM, IMIW, and IW weren’t even very hard, they just required revive completion is less about skill and more about having to throw revives at it currently until more high ranked 6* become common.

That being said I’m glad I was able to get through it in 4K units which seems to be the average from what I’ve been hearing. I got 6* CMM for the first time and a skill T5 which I was praying for. Can’t believe RNG actually worked out for me. R3 Ronin incoming soon.
For any that are interested I finally got the resources I needed.

Let's see some gameplay footage.

https://youtu.be/h2vHqxEjZF4

Here is a short clip of Ronin against ROL CM. The basic attack damage is pretty good but my god the bleed damage is absolutely pathetic. A 4* R3 Venom does more bleed damage than a 6* R3 Ronin. Don’t believe me? Here’s a screenshot.

It is really frustrating that Kabam doesn’t see this as an issue. Champs like Claire and Sunspot don’t have high damage DoT effects because they lend to other abilities, but Ronin doesn’t have anything like that. 84 bleed damage is pathetic and I beg of you guys to PLEASE revisit his bleed damage.

@Kabam Miike @Kabam Zibiit @Kabam Vydious @Kabam Lyra

Edit: sorry I probably shouldn’t have posted it here. This is off topic.

Zuko_ILC

After doing my completion run of Abyss it’s pretty frustrating the way they set this up. Currently it’s really just a unit grab unless you use Stealthy for each fight which he literally impossible since there are mutants on most paths as far as I know. Most of the fights with the exception of CMM, IMIW, and IW weren’t even very hard, they just required revive completion is less about skill and more about having to throw revives at it currently until more high ranked 6* become common.

That being said I’m glad I was able to get through it in 4K units which seems to be the average from what I’ve been hearing. I got 6* CMM for the first time and a skill T5 which I was praying for. Can’t believe RNG actually worked out for me. R3 Ronin incoming soon.
For any that are interested I finally got the resources I needed.

That was very underwhelming actually but I do enjoy his animation and smooth gameplay.

RoninMan

After doing my completion run of Abyss it’s pretty frustrating the way they set this up. Currently it’s really just a unit grab unless you use Stealthy for each fight which he literally impossible since there are mutants on most paths as far as I know. Most of the fights with the exception of CMM, IMIW, and IW weren’t even very hard, they just required revive completion is less about skill and more about having to throw revives at it currently until more high ranked 6* become common.

That being said I’m glad I was able to get through it in 4K units which seems to be the average from what I’ve been hearing. I got 6* CMM for the first time and a skill T5 which I was praying for. Can’t believe RNG actually worked out for me. R3 Ronin incoming soon.
For any that are interested I finally got the resources I needed.

That was very underwhelming actually but I do enjoy his animation and smooth gameplay.

Yeah I know most people don’t like him but it’s his animations and play style that I find very enjoyable. He’s a load of fun to play and he makes intercepting actually very easy. Stun immune champs and limber aren’t a problem once you learn his rhythm. He basically intercepts all day long (except for baiting specials obviously). In that regard I find him to be a very good champ.

DNA3000

Here is a short clip of Ronin against ROL CM. The basic attack damage is pretty good but my god the bleed damage is absolutely pathetic. A 4* R3 Venom does more bleed damage than a 6* R3 Ronin.

You're looking at the floating numbers. But Ronin triggers bleeds way more often. Looking at the Auntm.ai numbers comparing 6*r2s, Venom's (CR120 adjusted) crit rate is 14% while Ronin's is 26%. Venom triggers bleed 80% of the time on crits, or 14% * 0.80 = 0.112 = 11.2% of the time. Ronin bleeds 100% of the time on crits, or 15% of the rest of the time, or 26% + 74% * 0.15 = 37.1%. Venom's bleed is 1985 over 4.5 seconds, Ronin's is 900 over 7 seconds. Venom's bleed deals twice as much damage but Ronin's bleed triggers three times as often, and since Ronin's bleed lasts longer its individual ticks generate smaller floating numbers per tick. Venom's tick numbers are going to be over three times larger comparing champs of equal rank, but Ronin should be dealing significantly more actual bleed damage over time by triggering more bleeds and having those bleeds last longer.

I would rather not count individual bleed ticks in screenvids, so I'm going by calculation. I'm assuming the champs work as documented and the bleeds aren't bugged or working differently.

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Mirage_Turtle

A thought on the CMM fight.. would you be able to use Corvus, survive on his awakened ability, and just throw endless sp2s and 3s from the power gain?

I think the struggle you'll find is that the abyss charges will start to fall off while you're waiting for the power bar to fill. She'll ultimately get Unblockable/Unstoppable much faster than normal using this method.

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Mirage_Turtle

I could be wrong.. wouldn't know without trying or seeing it done. But power gain seems pretty rapid, and you can always weave in a single hit from time to time. Even if she's unstoppable you can parry and do 1 or 2 hits.

edit: I guess parry may kill you/ take away charges if you're at 1 HP though

Every 15 seconds, you gain 1.5 bars of power over 10 seconds. That means if you started from 0 power, it would take a little over 18 seconds to get 2 bars of power. All the while, you'd have to evade her attacks or hit into her block...and we all know how hitting into a block is working these days. You can't land a hit or take a block because once Glaive Charges are expired, you'd die quickly to the energy damage you receive when over 1.5 bars of power.

Even if you could do this perfectly, you'll be losing a lot of abyss charges while dancing around. I applaud the creativity, but I don't think it's a practical strategy.

Werewrym

I used Void against CMM and it worked extremely well. He’d reverse her power gain so I never had to worry about her throwing specials. Just need to be careful about when she purifies debuffs. Try to have her purify them after FoTV activates.

SCZ

I used Void against CMM and it worked extremely well. He’d reverse her power gain so I never had to worry about her throwing specials. Just need to be careful about when she purifies debuffs. Try to have her purify them after FoTV activates.

I used him some also and worked decently. Aegon, Sym, Void, NF and OGCM. Few team revives and few singles for aegon and got it down. Went better than I expected. Each did their part.

Falong

are 300 legends are already done? lol

DataCool

for sure top300 abyss are done! but nobody from Kabam will confirm that, so people still keep trying ...

Wayde0wilson

I have 700 units, at how much units should I go for, I am free to play player, I do have max 5* aegon (not any of the other horseman)

DNA3000

for sure top300 abyss are done! but nobody from Kabam will confirm that, so people still keep trying ...

Well, since they have to investigate all the potential finishers for irregularities that would suggest cheating, it would be a while before they could confirm all 300 spots were earned even if 300 players had completed it already.

TheHeroDeserved

I have 700 units, at how much units should I go for, I am free to play player, I do have max 5* aegon (not any of the other horseman)

Probably aim for 3000-5000 units depending on your skill. You will struggle against cosmic if you dont have Doom or Syb Supreme. Check youtube for guides and walkthroughs.

DataCool

for sure top300 abyss are done! but nobody from Kabam will confirm that, so people still keep trying ...
Well, since they have to investigate all the potential finishers for irregularities that would suggest cheating, it would be a while before they could confirm all 300 spots were earned even if 300 players had completed it already.

For sure, there's is a lot to check and proof. But that's not the point!
The point is at the moment nobody knows when kabobs check will be.
Could be 1 week, 1 month or 1 year .....

Why not a weekly or all 2 weeks check, who finished ... was it legit or not ...
publish and reward all successful finishers.
This way would be much more fair to everyone!

AND: It's NOT MORE WORK for Kabam

Zuko_ILC

for sure top300 abyss are done! but nobody from Kabam will confirm that, so people still keep trying ...
Well, since they have to investigate all the potential finishers for irregularities that would suggest cheating, it would be a while before they could confirm all 300 spots were earned even if 300 players had completed it already.
For sure, there's is a lot to check and proof. But that's not the point!
The point is at the moment nobody knows when kabobs check will be.
Could be 1 week, 1 month or 1 year .....

Why not a weekly or all 2 weeks check, who finished ... was it legit or not ...
publish and reward all successful finishers.
This way would be much more fair to everyone!

AND: It's NOT MORE WORK for Kabam

They literally put it in their post.

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.

So a month after release and every month after. Really not that hard to read. We aren't even a month in yet. February 22nd will be 1 month.

Vani

Finished already 300 people the abyss? When a list will be announced?

OMGJimbo

Trying to see if there were anyone out there who used 5* AA to beat Deadpool in AOL. Seatin posted a video from a guy who used a 4* Torch to do it. I only have a 4* and am hesitant to go in blind like my first try on Path 2. That was ugly...

Zuko_ILC

Finished already 300 people the abyss? When a list will be announced?

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

RagamugginGunner

5 weeks tomorrow since the release. They have to send out the first batch of Legends rewards.

捣蛋破坏王

any update for legends list? even top 20?

Wongo

Can we get an update on this @Kabam Miike and any possibility to change the kang 5* to a thanos 5*?

Wongo

Surely there must be some update. @Kabam Miike

Tjk602

He will just close the thread. Everyone just use your generics. I’m done waiting for top 300. This isn’t even one of their priorities.

Wongo

He will just close the thread. Everyone just use your generics. I’m done waiting for top 300. This isn’t even one of their priorities.

Pretty ridiculous given how a generic is supposed to be the rarest resource especially a 6*... I want to make wise rank up decisions here and try to save the generic for the class i dont get..

At this point my guess is they know who cheated and probably waiting for them to spend money on completing Act 6.4 legend attempt for that final milking before banning them.

Zuko_ILC

He will just close the thread. Everyone just use your generics. I’m done waiting for top 300. This isn’t even one of their priorities.
Pretty ridiculous given how a generic is supposed to be the rarest resource especially a 6*... I want to make wise rank up decisions here and try to save the generic for the class i dont get..

At this point my guess is they know who cheated and probably waiting for them to spend money on completing Act 6.4 legend attempt for that final milking before banning them.

Actually that would be pretty smart. I hope that is their plan.