F2P Valiant Speedrun

@DNA3000 , tagged you as I thought you might be interested again, apologies if you’re not.

Hello everyone!
With the release of act 8.4, there is now a path to valiant that doesn’t involve necropolis exploration, which for a new account would be quite crystal rng dependent.
So starting tonight, I’m doing a F2P valiant Speedrun, which will likely involve full act 8 exploration and necropolis completion (unless I am blessed with a necro mvp very early).
I have done similar Speedruns before, the most recent being a F2P Paragon Speedrun which took 9 days to complete. (Link below incase anyone wants to check it out)

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/356411/f2p-paragon-speedrun-record-attempt/p1

As far as I know, nobody has been mentally insane enough to attempt a valiant Speedrun before, so this time there is no goal to aim at set by another person. So I have set my own goal, 1 month (deadline day 12th May midnight GMT).
I’ll be honest, this could be a colossal failure, with the Paragon Speedrun I was quietly confident of smashing the goal due to act4/5 rework, as well as the release of 8.3 being after Nagases 23 day run, but this time, there is no time checkpoints to really aim for (eg: explore act 8 by day 21).
The most difficult part is gonna be being conservative enough that I can get over the finish line, but also being fast enough to beat the deadline, I can’t really wait around too long for the ideal champions.

As with the last Speedruns, I’ll be posting updates in this thread and am willing to answer any questions about the run that anybody may have.

Comments

PT_99

Nice one

captain_rogers

With that valiant speedrun, make sure you break your previous paragon speedrun of 9 days.

DNA3000

SandeepS

@DNA3000 , tagged you as I thought you might be interested again, apologies if you’re not.

Hello everyone!
With the release of act 8.4, there is now a path to valiant that doesn’t involve necropolis exploration, which for a new account would be quite crystal rng dependent.
So starting tonight, I’m doing a F2P valiant Speedrun, which will likely involve full act 8 exploration and necropolis completion (unless I am blessed with a necro mvp very early).
I have done similar Speedruns before, the most recent being a F2P Paragon Speedrun which took 9 days to complete. (Link below incase anyone wants to check it out)

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/356411/f2p-paragon-speedrun-record-attempt/p1

As far as I know, nobody has been mentally insane enough to attempt a valiant Speedrun before, so this time there is no goal to aim at set by another person. So I have set my own goal, 1 month (deadline day 12th May midnight GMT).
I’ll be honest, this could be a colossal failure, with the Paragon Speedrun I was quietly confident of smashing the goal due to act4/5 rework, as well as the release of 8.3 being after Nagases 23 day run, but this time, there is no time checkpoints to really aim for (eg: explore act 8 by day 21).
The most difficult part is gonna be being conservative enough that I can get over the finish line, but also being fast enough to beat the deadline, I can’t really wait around too long for the ideal champions.

As with the last Speedruns, I’ll be posting updates in this thread and am willing to answer any questions about the run that anybody may have.

If you do livestreams on twitch or YouTube id happily watch your progress. Love speedruns

Rayven5220

This is gonna be awesome to follow! Good luck!

The_Curd_Bros

Sounds awesome! Best of luck!

Nemesis_17

Wishing you luck man! Gonna be fun

Glassback

Really enjoyed your paragon one, it was my bedtime reading.

How you tackle necro completion will be really interesting, looking forward to this.

Thanks!

Slig

Good luck. I enjoyed the paragon run so I’ll be watching.

Kabam Crashed

Love it. I followed your last one and will be following this one as well.

Giantwalrus56

Stoked for this!!! Good luck 👍

SagaChampion

Good luck.....hope I can also do like this before 2099

DNA3000

Love it. I followed your last one and will be following this one as well.

I gave Yolo the heads up as well, so you know, he doesn't get banned. Again.

winterthur

A little favour (if it appears) as you are doing a speedrun.

Kindly post a screengrab of this offer.

Will you be acquiring Summoned Symbiote to help out in roster?

Priyabrata

Love it. I followed your last one and will be following this one as well.
I gave Yolo the heads up as well, so you know, he doesn't get banned. Again.

Why did he get banned ?

GalactikDonut

Why did he get banned ?

they progressed through the game so fast the auto anti cheat detector falsely banned them for hacking

Cantona59

A little favour (if it appears) as you are doing a speedrun.

Kindly post a screengrab of this offer.

Will you be acquiring Summoned Symbiote to help out in roster?

I didn’t even think about that.
Absolutely, the Symbiote would be a very powerful champion that any new account can obtain atm, so I think it’s fair game.

Cantona59

Also sorry, I didn’t get that bundle.

Luke9523

This is equally impressive and gut-punching.
I've been playing for 8 years and I'm still Paragon pushing for Valiant! 🤣🤣🤣

Good luck, can't wait to see the progress!

Cantona59

Day 1 Mini Recap!
First day of a new account Speedrun is always very similar, get through as many of the starter objectives and the first 3 acts.
Main thing of note from today was the premium hero crystals were on fire! Managed to pull 4* knull and cap Wilson which is really good.
Finished the day out completing act 3 to unlock the nick fury, and then began to unlock Steve through the side quest.

Tomorrow is gonna be side quest spam and then ripping through act 4 with an overpowered Steve.

ShinobiGuy

This is quite cool. Do you stream it or make some recap vids for it? I'd watch that.

Cantona59

This is quite cool. Do you stream it or make some recap vids for it? I'd watch that.

From Day 2 onwards I’m gonna be doing some YouTube recap videos of mostly the tougher bosses (Collector, 5.4 Ultron etc).
Also towards the end of the challenge when it gets to act 8 exploration and Necropolis, I will probably do some Twitch streams on it as it will be an absolute slog to get through.

ShinobiGuy

What's your channel name? YT and Twitch

SagaChampion

Day 1 Mini Recap!
First day of a new account Speedrun is always very similar, get through as many of the starter objectives and the first 3 acts.
Main thing of note from today was the premium hero crystals were on fire! Managed to pull 4* knull and cap Wilson which is really good.
Finished the day out completing act 3 to unlock the nick fury, and then began to unlock Steve through the side quest.

Tomorrow is gonna be side quest spam and then ripping through act 4 with an overpowered Steve.

Waiting for your daily progress.... please put in this forum... I'm very excited about your progress

SagaChampion

This is quite cool. Do you stream it or make some recap vids for it? I'd watch that.
From Day 2 onwards I’m gonna be doing some YouTube recap videos of mostly the tougher bosses (Collector, 5.4 Ultron etc).
Also towards the end of the challenge when it gets to act 8 exploration and Necropolis, I will probably do some Twitch streams on it as it will be an absolute slog to get through.

Waiting 🔥🔥

Cantona59

What's your channel name? YT and Twitch

YT : Cant0na~1
Twitch : cant0na_1

I’ll likely post a link in this thread when I’m about to stream as well

phillgreen

I thought you were crazy before, if you get this done, that confirms it.

IlociaM97

What's your channel name? YT and Twitch
YT : Cant0na~1
Twitch : cant0na_1

I’ll likely post a link in this thread when I’m about to stream as well

Nice, I'm gonna watch the paragon speed run while I wait for this one!

Kingering_King

YAY

Kingering_King

HES BACK FINALLY!!!!! WHOO HOOOO!!!!