Why is America Chavez the chase champion for the newest saga?

Don’t get me wrong, she’s obviously a great champion but why is a champion who’s already been in the basic 7* crystal since the early days of 7*s? Why not a reworked champ or a new 6* added into the 7* roster? To me that’s more exciting than chasing a regular champ most of us already have

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Average_Desi

Ascended Chavez

Marzipan87

you can get ascension materials for level 2 as well

NARWH4L

I would circle back and read the stream recap, because this was pretty well explained during the stream. I imagine it would also help you to avoid making other posts in a similar light.

ahmynuts

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2943414#Comment_2943414

It always comes back to reading

Graves_3

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2943411#Comment_2943411

Are there enough materials for r2 for just f2p or does this need some spending?

ahmynuts

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2943424#Comment_2943424

A2 if you spend. A1 for free

NARWH4L

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2943424#Comment_2943424

120 available tokens for free. Need 100 for A1, then another 100 (split between two bundles) for A2.

Syndicated

dont worry, this Will be the new standard for sure, ascension Will be the prize for everything, just wait for banquet and a ton of 200 units Crystals lol

Buttehrs

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2943457#Comment_2943457

Well, they did tell us during this last banquet that the 2026 banquet will mainly be focused for shiny new r6s.

Sambob

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2943414#Comment_2943414

would've been less typing to just answer the dudes question

NARWH4L

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2943465#Comment_2943465

This post was answered hours ago and you came here to say nothing. Would've been less typing to say nothing more literally.

I suggested he check the stream recap after others already answered the question because there's probably more he missed.

Usagicassidy

I do agree with the overall question though in a sense saying "what's the point?"

A Saga Chase is done over a long period of time, about 3 months, with having to hit top objectives of a lot of different game modes throughout the event. What we get as a reward isn't a new champion, but an Ascended version of a champion that most of us already have. No new kit, no buff, just the same exact champ.

When I looked at the Battle Decks of everyone during the last season where we had 40 champs, I almost never saw her in someone's deck, I basically never saw her as a Rank 4 Mystic, and if I did see her, she was always Rank 3. When it comes to Everest content, long form content like Colosseum, or War attack and defense, she's nary an option as well. Don't get me wrong, America is a good strong champion, but outside of the most general of questing, she doesn't really rank as someone very viable for content, and I don't think a slightly higher rating is going to be a good incentive.

So we're getting ascension of a character that most people aren't already ranking up in the first place, when we still have multiple ranks (rank 5, rank 6) to go, it just feels like "why would I invest a lot of time and effort into 'chasing' this 8% rating bump, when I've already chosen not to take her up to Rank 5 or even rank 4 at the moment.

I say this all about America, yes, but like Syndicated said, this will likely be how Saga Chases and Ascensions and etc look for the future. And I can't say I'm a fan of it.

WednesdayLength

For someone that posts so much you dont listen to the streams very much. They explained it pretty in depth

WednesdayLength

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2943480#Comment_2943480

Her simply being ascended is going to be huge for her. The difference between no ascension and level 1 alone is pretty solid

Herbal_Taxman

BRO, the iso-bomb phase is gonna be insane!!!

(Her usage hasn’t fallen off because of damage or health or whatever a slightly higher challenger rating might provide. It’s the meta. Game has left her behind as a “great questing champ.”)

BringPopcorn

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2943509#Comment_2943509

Will it be that great after the Echo Damage nerf though....

DancingElephant

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2943480#Comment_2943480

Ascension do make a difference, the reason she is not used is because is that she is just slightly worse than other OP mystics. She is not bad, just not as good to keep her in BG deck (the fact that people take her to rank 3 proves that). I think ascension might be good enough to bring her back into BG, especially if people get her to ascension 2. And she is certainly better than most of currently ascendable champions.

DancingElephant

I actually had Chavez in the deck for a long time until Nico and Pavitr came out.