Announcing Act 5 Chapter 4: Cornerstone
ACT 5 CHAPTER 4: CORNERSTONE ARRIVES DECEMBER 13TH AT 10:00 AM PST 15th AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00 AM PST
NOW I CAN SEE THAT WE’RE FALLING APART
The Grandmaster’s grip on the Champions of The Contest has slipped, his focus spread thin across an increasingly chaotic realm. With a window of opportunity presented to them, those resisting The Grandmaster’s rule double down in their efforts to find the missing pieces of the Cornerstone that holds The Battlerealm together, but their increased activity forces him to focus his cruel attention upon them, and strike back with his most powerful Champions to date… Can you and The Resistance muster your remaining strength and allies to repair the Cornerstone and discover the cause of all this chaos? Will The Grandmaster and his Lieutenants counter your strength and stand in your way?
FROM THE WAY THAT IT USED TO BE…. YEAAAAH
While the final Chapter of Act 5 might have some new additions, The Grandmaster isn’t above dusting off some of his trickiest tools to test your toughness. A locked camera view will keep you on your toes, while Portals whose names contain hints at the path they lead to will make things even more interesting! New Buffs and Opponents will no doubt keep things unpredictable as well, so be sure to pay attention in each map so you’ll know what team to bring!
YOU ARE MY FIRE, MY ONE DESIRE
The long awaited race to become an Act 5 Legend is here! For those who choose to compete for an Act 5 Legends Title, we will be using the same method as our Event Quests: The fastest 100 recorded times to 100% explore all Chapters in Act 5 between December 13th 2017 at 10:00:00 AM PST until January 31st 2018 at 11:59:59 PM PST will earn themselves a Legends title, plus the awesome rewards below. We count your start time from the moment you enter Quest 1 of Chapter 4, and end it when you 100% explore all of Act 5, which means if you’re going for a Legends title, you’ll want to have 100% explored Chapters 1-3 of Act 5 before you begin Chapter 4.
Top 100:
2x Tier 2 Alpha Catalysts
1x 4-Star Thanos
Top 5 (in addition to the above):
1x Tier 5 Basic Catalyst
1x 5-Star Kang Thanos - EDITED DECEMBER 4th @ 9:17 AM PST
Legends Points
#1: 100 Points
2-5: 75 Points
6-50: 50 Points
51-100: 25 Points
You probably have a lot more questions at this point so here’s some answers:
Q&A
Okay, how do Legends runs work with this?
The actual time recorded is however long it takes you from starting Chapter 4 to 100% exploring all Chapters, so if you start Chapter 4 thinking you’ll record the fastest time, but you still have under 100% exploration on any other quest in Act 5 outside of Chapter 4, your time will not be locked in until you 100% explore the rest of those quests. Here’s an example:
Player 1 has only completed Chapters 1-3.
Chapter 4 comes out, and they 100% Explore Chapter 4 in 3 hours.
Player 2 has 100% explored Chapters 1-3
Chapter 4 comes out, and they 100% explore Chapter 4 in 4.5 hours.
Player 1 has not yet logged a Legends time because they have not 100% explored Act 5.
Player 2’s Legends time is 4.5 hours because they fully explored the Act 4.5 hours after they began Chapter 4.
The period to record your legends time will be from December 13th 2017 at 10:00:00 AM PST until January 31st 2018 at 11:59:59 PM PST. It is important to note that you CAN continue to 100% explore and play Chapters 1-3 of Act 5 during this Legends qualifying period without risking “starting” your Legends clock, as long as you do not enter Chapter 4. It’s perfectly fine to prepare for a Legends run during the Legends qualifying period, just be careful not to start Chapter 4 or the clock will start ticking.
You’re locking the camera? Like Labyrinth?
Yes. Locking the camera along with the use of portals is meant to escalate the stakes of choosing certain paths and emphasizing “solving” the map as a riddle. Don’t worry, you won’t be COMPLETELY in the dark about what to expect on certain paths, but Chapter 4 is meant to be hard in more ways than just one, and adding some elements of gameplay/problem solving to the map is part of that.
What do you mean we won’t be COMPLETELY in the dark?
Portals are now labelled with short hints about the type of encounters you’ll find on the other side. For example, you may see a Portal with text next to it saying “POWER” which means the fights on that path will all focus around your opponent’s power meter. Perhaps another might say VITALITY OR RESILIENCE, which means there are 2 options at the end of that path, one which focuses on health (whether that be regeneration or simply high health pools), another on damage resistance, such as energy or physical resistance, or even high armor. As a general rule, here’s how Portal Labels are written:
A & B - The & joiner means BOTH effect A and effect B will be on the path this Portal leads to
A OR B - the OR joiner means you will be able to choose a path containing EITHER A or B, but not both, after exiting this Portal.
Some Paths feature Act 5 Buffs you’ve squared off against before, and those Portals will be labelled with the name of those specific Buffs so you know what you’re getting into.
Does this mean each path has their own unique Buffs?
Not necessarily. Most paths will have their own unique identity as far as Buffs are concerned, but some fights may not have any unique local Buffs. There are harder paths with their unique Buff identity with additional Buffs that highlight each Champion i.e. a path called Bane where every fight has the Bane Buff, but Colossus on that path has Enhanced Armor Up, Ultron has Stun Immunity, etc.
What about the bosses? Who are they? Do they have their own Buffs?
Each Boss has at least 1 unique Buff specifically designed to enhance their existing abilities. These Buffs have been created for these Champions especially in Act 5, so you won’t have encountered them before. Because we want each to be a cool and exciting surprise, we’re choosing NOT to reveal who the bosses will be and what their Buffs are. We know you want to know, but we do want to have some surprises in store when Chapter 4 releases. One thing we WILL say is this: All 6 Bosses in Act 5 Chapter 4 will be 6-Star Champions, however, as we are still in the process of finalizing the tuning of Adrenaline, these bosses will NOT have the Adrenaline mechanic activated.
