Back in the game after 4 long years

Hi, as the title says, I left the game in 2021 and just returned in 2025. So many changes! I've been playing for over a week now. Who is the current meta? Who are the top 10 best champions?

They're giving me a 6-star class Nexus crystal as a returning player. Which class should I choose? Which class is the safest option?

I'm currently Thronebreaker and aiming for the next title. Any advice?

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Darthbane3141

Watch some YouTube tier lists to see the best champions. You should be able to get through act 7 easily if you could do act 6 pre nerf. Don't rank up too many 6 stars because you'll start using a lot of 7 stars soon.

willrun4adonut

Choose cosmic for your Nexus. There are more bangers in there than the other classes.

EddieVanW

Vega puts out a best champs list every month, and it was a big help when I returned from my break. Here’s the most recent list:

https://youtu.be/zVKSPqR-CHA?si=Jz0MNj0_CdaddPGX

TotemCorruption

You're going to want to complete Act 7-9.1 and fully explore 8-9.1 as those have the best rewards for the least amount of grind/difficulty.
After completing Act 6, I was able to go through the rest in a few weeks.
The only fight that roadblocked me was a Black Widow Clairvoyant boss somewhere in Act 8. I literally had to restart the whole path and bring Void with me.
So that would be my recommendation, try to get a 6* Void if you don't have one.

Darthbane3141

You're going to want to complete Act 7-9.1 and fully explore 8-9.1 as those have the best rewards for the least amount of grind/difficulty.
After completing Act 6, I was able to go through the rest in a few weeks.
The only fight that roadblocked me was a Black Widow Clairvoyant boss somewhere in Act 8. I literally had to restart the whole path and bring Void with me.
So that would be my recommendation, try to get a 6* Void if you don't have one.

The Claire Voyant boss is in 9.1.4. It is probably the worst designed boss in the game. I managed to nuke it with Hulk, but for OP I don't recommend this strategy. If you have a Void use one. Explore act 9.1 before act 8, and explore the second half of act 8 first. Don't explore act 7 unless you're bored and want to for no reason.

GroundedWisdom

You're going to want to complete Act 7-9.1 and fully explore 8-9.1 as those have the best rewards for the least amount of grind/difficulty.
After completing Act 6, I was able to go through the rest in a few weeks.
The only fight that roadblocked me was a Black Widow Clairvoyant boss somewhere in Act 8. I literally had to restart the whole path and bring Void with me.
So that would be my recommendation, try to get a 6* Void if you don't have one.
The Claire Voyant boss is in 9.1.4. It is probably the worst designed boss in the game. I managed to nuke it with Hulk, but for OP I don't recommend this strategy. If you have a Void use one. Explore act 9.1 before act 8, and explore the second half of act 8 first. Don't explore act 7 unless you're bored and want to for no reason.

Went into that one ill-prepared, and burned a hole in my stores.

World Eater

Run like hell

JESUSCHRIST

Hi, as the title says, I left the game in 2021 and just returned in 2025. So many changes! I've been playing for over a week now. Who is the current meta? Who are the top 10 best champions?

They're giving me a 6-star class Nexus crystal as a returning player. Which class should I choose? Which class is the safest option?

I'm currently Thronebreaker and aiming for the next title. Any advice?

Hi Imran

Interested to know why you quit playing in 2021 which is a weird time as most people picked up playing games during that period when they were "stuck" at home

Also interested to know why you suddenly return after 4 years

And also how you find the AI now?

phillgreen

Welcome back. Take cosmic for your nexus.

Don't forget to complain that BG's isn't fair and deathless pieces are too expensive.

Use the term slap in the face and mention you are F2P at every opportunity. If you don't like a reply here on the forum, call the poster a whale with no life.

That about covers the forum experience!

Darthbane3141

Welcome back. Take cosmic for your nexus.

Don't forget to complain that BG's isn't fair and deathless pieces are too expensive.

Use the term slap in the face and mention you are F2P at every opportunity. If you don't like a reply here on the forum, call the poster a whale with no life.

That about covers the forum experience!

I wish that this was an exaggeration.

DNA3000

Welcome back. Take cosmic for your nexus.

Don't forget to complain that BG's isn't fair and deathless pieces are too expensive.

Use the term slap in the face and mention you are F2P at every opportunity. If you don't like a reply here on the forum, call the poster a whale with no life.

That about covers the forum experience!

Slap in the face is so 2022.

Magrailothos

2021?

You left around the time Kabam was upgrading some old champs; and a lot of them got better.

So, forget what you think you know about which champions are good:
- Bishop doesn't self-destruct anymore, and he's great now.
- So is Punisher-2099, America Chavez, Classic Iron Man, and Superior Iron Man
- Terrax, Nova, Hawkeye and Colossus are solid
- And Juggernaut and Deadpool X-Force are (I'm not kidding!) ridiculously overpowered nukes that can kill anything that moves...

phillgreen

2021?
- And Juggernaut and Deadpool X-Force are (I'm not kidding!) ridiculously overpowered nukes that can kill anything that moves...

This would be the weirdest bit to wrap your head around after being away for a while.

Terminatrix

Oooohhhh boy where do we even start? 😅😂

Smoky4ii20

Hi, as the title says, I left the game in 2021 and just returned in 2025. So many changes! I've been playing for over a week now. Who is the current meta? Who are the top 10 best champions?

They're giving me a 6-star class Nexus crystal as a returning player. Which class should I choose? Which class is the safest option?

I'm currently Thronebreaker and aiming for the next title. Any advice?

Nice timing 👌

Terminatrix

2021?

You left around the time Kabam was upgrading some old champs; and a lot of them got better.

So, forget what you think you know about which champions are good:
- Bishop doesn't self-destruct anymore, and he's great now.
- So is Punisher-2099, America Chavez, Classic Iron Man, and Superior Iron Man
- Terrax, Nova, Hawkeye and Colossus are solid
- And Juggernaut and Deadpool X-Force are (I'm not kidding!) ridiculously overpowered nukes that can kill anything that moves...

Bishop used to self destruct?? 😳Interesting....how?

Usagicassidy

Have fun!

The games in the best, most stable position it's ever been in! And absolutely nothing in the game is currently pay2win! Hallelujah!!

...

heehee

Hi, as the title says, I left the game in 2021 and just returned in 2025. So many changes! I've been playing for over a week now. Who is the current meta? Who are the top 10 best champions?

They're giving me a 6-star class Nexus crystal as a returning player. Which class should I choose? Which class is the safest option?

I'm currently Thronebreaker and aiming for the next title. Any advice?

Better to continue your streak and never come back. You came back at the worst time. This is kabam's worst year.

Terminatrix

We have 7* champs now, and man get ready for the ride lol. They are in the basic crystal, and one called the Titan crystal.

We have r4 7*'s now lol. I don't have a single one, but other players do. It takes 3 T7 basic catalysts to r4 a 7*. Highest rank they can reach is r6.

We have content called Battlegrounds where you can fight against other players to climb up the totem pole of rewards. You can build your battledeck of champs, ban 3 of the opponents champs, draft 7 of your champs, place them on attack/defense, then play 2 or 3 rounds against your opponent.

We suffered through a demoralizing, death demanding, soul snatching quest called Necropolis, and every 'season of pain' content called "Winter of Woe", "Spring of Sorrow" "Summer of Suffering", and "Autumn of Agony". They had just ONE mini boss. At the end of the seasons, we had to fight all of the mini bosses, plus 2 new ones and a final boss. The Seasons were recently combined to form the "Epoch of Pain" quest that introduced the god of War....ARES. 😤

Serpent, Bullseye, Onslaught, Enchantress, Sentinel, Photon were some new additions in your absence, and are some A-holes on defense without STRONG counters. Bullseye is so annoyingly OP that he's had quit a few "counters" released for him, but they didn't really counter him lol. Many of of us call him "Bullsh¡t", or "Bully" lol.

Dazzler, Spiral, Okoye, Shuri, IronHeart, Shocker, and more, are new attackers since your absence.

Some Mystcs have been good counters to Serpent. Spiral is one of them.

OG Storm, Dazzler, Okoye, Jabari Panther are good counters to Bullseye. Okoye is one of the best.

IronHeart, Havok, Jack O' Lantern, and more are strong counters to Onslaught, and ✨️Captain Marvel✨️ (CMM--my GIRL lol) is one of the best nukes for him.

Sentinel, Medusa, Juggs, Black Panther Civil War--have had a buffs. Phoenix and Cyclops are getting one.

Sentinel is now armor break immune (which really sucks 🤬) and is overly tanky on defense in Battlegrounds

Medusa and Juggs now deal more damage.

Photon is not as much of a headache now as she was when she first arrived, but is still a pain to a lot of players.
There is so much more to catch up on, but I'm done lol

Welcome back!

Magrailothos

2021?

You left around the time Kabam was upgrading some old champs; and a lot of them got better.

So, forget what you think you know about which champions are good:
- Bishop doesn't self-destruct anymore, and he's great now.
- So is Punisher-2099, America Chavez, Classic Iron Man, and Superior Iron Man
- Terrax, Nova, Hawkeye and Colossus are solid
- And Juggernaut and Deadpool X-Force are (I'm not kidding!) ridiculously overpowered nukes that can kill anything that moves...
Bishop used to self destruct?? 😳Interesting....how?

Overload used to be a point of weakness: When he went into Overload, it used to be him (instead of the opponent) who took the Energy burst damage.

TikkaMasala

Hi, as the title says, I left the game in 2021 and just returned in 2025. So many changes! I've been playing for over a week now. Who is the current meta? Who are the top 10 best champions?

They're giving me a 6-star class Nexus crystal as a returning player. Which class should I choose? Which class is the safest option?

I'm currently Thronebreaker and aiming for the next title. Any advice?
Better to continue your streak and never come back. You came back at the worst time. This is kabam's last year.

Fixed it for you…

But he’s right, why on earth did you come back? After 4 years! You did it! You were free! Delete and run away again. Fast!

Terminatrix

2021?

You left around the time Kabam was upgrading some old champs; and a lot of them got better.

So, forget what you think you know about which champions are good:
- Bishop doesn't self-destruct anymore, and he's great now.
- So is Punisher-2099, America Chavez, Classic Iron Man, and Superior Iron Man
- Terrax, Nova, Hawkeye and Colossus are solid
- And Juggernaut and Deadpool X-Force are (I'm not kidding!) ridiculously overpowered nukes that can kill anything that moves...
Bishop used to self destruct?? 😳Interesting....how?
Overload used to be a point of weakness: When he went into Overload, it used to be him (instead of the opponent) who took the Energy burst damage.

Wow. Yeah that sucked lol

BringPopcorn

Run...

Monubean

You have made a grave error!! Run as fast as you can. The bells and whistles of what you missed are actually, hammers and nails, kabam is at an all time low, and that's saying something!

JESUSCHRIST

Would have been much better if you came back last year when Kabam gave so many free 7* champions

ButteredPopcorn8008

Quit now save your soul

TotemCorruption

Quit now save your soul

Why not take your own advice?
OP seems happy, took a long break, now is excited to be back. Maybe you should try it too if you're so miserable?

TotemCorruption

Would have been much better if you came back last year when Kabam gave so many free 7* champions

But most of them were Spideys no?

SirGamesBond

Run...

Followed by the run sound.....you know what sound.

KabamDORK

Oh man.. Welcome back! I too came back as Thronebreaker back in August of last year. Was a lot to catch up on but it goes pretty smoothly for the most part. I enjoyed Act 7 and 8 content quite a bit! Good luck!