The "My Little Symbiote" Event

Free To A Good Home: Your very own Symbioid to raise, train, and send into battle! Well, it’s not your own… technically.

A group of intelligent Symbioids have been found in the Battlerealm! Unlike their more feral and brutish brethren, these Symbioids have developed a unique Universal class, and will obey the Summoner! You are being entrusted with the responsibility to care for one of these Symbioids (temporarily), and to harness their strength to overtake a new, even more challenging level of Difficulty that will make an appearance in the Contest this month!

Introducing to you, your own Summoned Symbiote!

That’s right Summoner, for a limited time only, we’re giving you all your own Symbioid! On October 2nd at 10:00 am PST, you’ll receive an in-game message that contains a 1-Star Summoned Symbioid! He may not sound tough, but with some love and care, this Symbioid will give you the power to take on some of the hardest temporary content that The Battlerealm has ever seen!

Throughout the Month, you’ll be earning Klyntar Katalysts and Strands. You’ll find the Katalysts in the new Blood and Venom: Symbiomancer Event Quest, and you’ll find Strands in the Blood and Venom: Symbiomancer Event Quest, and the special Occult Lab Event Quests. More Details on both of these to come soon!

Regular ISO-8 and Catalysts have no effect on the Symbioids, but you can use the Klyntar Katalysts to significantly boost the power of your Summoned Symbioid, But that’s not all! Utilize the Strands you collect to purchase Symbiotic Enhancements! Symbiotic Enhancements are Boosts that can only be applied to the Summoned Symbioid, and will only work in the Event Quest!

Utilizing Katalysts and Symbiotic Enhancements as best you can, the Summoned Symbioid may just be what you need to take on a Difficulty Level higher than you are used to! Speaking of which...

Another Level of Challenge!

Once you and your guest have had some time to become accustomed to each other, you’ll be given the opportunity to take on a new, more challenging Difficulty Level of the Blood and Venom: Symbiomancer Event Quest!

Introducing: Symbiote Difficulty! Symbiote Difficulty is a brand new Difficulty Level that will become available on October 17th! This difficulty level goes beyond what you’re used to in Master or Uncollected Difficulty level, but your new Symbiote friend may be up to the task if you’ve taken the time to fully invest in Klyntar Katalysts and Strands!

Heed our warning, Summoners! This is not going to be Easy. Many will try, and many will fail!

Do not get attached to the Symbioid!

While you might find yourself getting attached to your guest, the Symbioid is not yours to keep! Due to their unique physiology, the Symbioid cannot stay within the Battlerealm forever! When the event ends, you’ll be able to sell your Summoned Symbioid and receive a keepsake Title in return! If you choose to hold out, the Symbioid is likely to wander off one day, never to be seen again!

Quest Difficulties this Month

More information to come soon, but this month will feature an “Epic Difficulty” in place of the Uncollected Difficulty, and will be open to players Level 40 and above. You do not have to be Uncollected to take part in this Difficulty Level. This is only for this month. Master Difficulty will also not require a Key to enter.

Klyntar Katalysts and your Symbioid

Your Summoned Symbioid can get quite Powerful through the use of Klyntar Katalysts! Unlike most 1 Star Champions, the Summoned Symbioid has the ability to go up to Rank 5. You’ll want to get them to as high a Rank as you can Manage, and might want to use them to take on Content that you’re not usually comfortable with.

100% Exploration of Epic Difficulty will give you enough Katalysts to bring the Summoned Symbioid to Rank 5. At Rank 5, the Summoned Symbioid has roughly 30% higher Stats than a 6-Star Champion, at Rank 2 Level 35! And that’s not even counting the Symbiotic Enhancements...

Symbiotic Enhancements

As we mentioned above, Symbiotic Enhancements are Boosts that can only be applied to the Summoned Symbiod, and only have an effect in the Blood and Venom: Symbiomancer Event Quest. These Enhancements are quite powerful, so use them when you’re in a tight spot, or when taking on content more difficult than you’re used to!

Beware of Alliance Wars!

The Summoned Symbioid does not like Alliance Wars, and Alliance Wars do not like him! Throughout the length of the My Little Symbiote Event, Alliance Wars will feature a Global Buff that will deter Summoners from bringing their Symbioid in as either an Attacker, or Defender. The Summoned Symbioid only like Quests!

Get ready to welcome this adorable little critter into your home next month!

EDIT: The Costs for the Symbiotic Enhancements was incorrect. We've corrected the prices listed above to reflect costs in game.

Comments

Danger_Ross14

IanMoone wrote: »

This symbiote reminds me of 1* spidey in Act 4 where i was like "Awww that's cute a 1* spidey* then this happened.

Lol yeah I remember that guy. Hardest 1* fight ever.

IanMoone

Kabam Miike wrote: »

IanMoone wrote: »

This symbiote reminds me of 1* spidey in Act 4 where i was like "Awww that's cute a 1* spidey* then this happened.

Glad this isnt happening to us lol

Now you get to be on the other side of that situation!

Bout time we get our revenge haha

Kobster84

Actually could you tell us how high his stats will be
When maxed will he be as strong as a r5 5 star
And also will it cost gold to upgrade him

Bigdub63

Will you still be able to go after the legend title? If so which difficulty are being timed?

Tasty_Yum_Yums

Will the symbiod gain Prestige? Curious if this will impact AQ at the end of the month....

ONE_ABOVE_ALL

soo weird i m waiting

koche

can be used in the vs?

Kerneas

So I do not need gold to upgrade that Summoner symboi, right ?

Siddu501

To be clear, symbiote difficulty is epic difficulty right? Because you said uncollected will be turned to epic for a month, but no news about difficulty...

Evangelionlovr

@Kabam Miike I love it. My only concern is the energy requirements to do all the content but this idea is brilliant and looks like a ton of fun on paper. Good job to the Dev team.

SenorPants

VikingGunn85 wrote: »

A lot of confusion about this, I believe most people are not excited about investing in a temporary champion. We took time to develop our rosters, bad pulls lucky pulls. We made hard thought decisions on ranking some champions. This one's going to go away after you put the time in.
Will there be energy require or will my little buddy keep running through the special event?

Ranking a temporary champ with a temporary resource that you'll gain from running the events you would anyway doesn't impact your ability to invest in other champs. Yes, it'll take the place of one champ, and that adds a nuance we haven't had before. I think most are excited to see how it works, and for the variety it presents (compared to what has become fairly monotonous).

Kobster84

Just want to know how high rated the enemies in the new event will be
And also what will the symbiod stats be when he’s maxed

Werewrym

This sounds amazing!!! Can't wait for the update! Couple questions.

1: Is there some method of "Customization" that summoners can use to have their symbiote differ from other summoners? I see people have said this above, but I am not sure where they are getting this from the post. I am assuming the boosts that are described above are just temporary and everyone has access to them.

2: Will it cost gold for us to rank up our Symbiotes?

3: Any time frame on when we will get more info on rewards for the new difficulty?

Evangelionlovr

Also will the symbiote difficulty be possible with normal 4/55 champs? Or will it be a crit synergy + Symbiote thing?

Elusive

So there will be another difficulty?

Siddu501

Every time you mention about expiration of our pet symbioid, you're saying they'll wander off and nothing like they'll expire or gone, so is there a chance that they'll come back in the future?
If so, will it help me if I don't sell it for just a title and let it wander?

Jaffacaked

This is the type of content we need, sounds awesome

DJRipster

Is there any way you'd let us keep the Symbioid and not let him "wander off" ?

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KillerRino19

Kobster84 wrote: »

Just want to know how high rated the enemies in the new event will be
And also what will the symbiod stats be when he’s maxed

they said that he will be at the level of a 6* rank 2 when he is rank 5 or something like that

Kobster84

Ah fair enough my bad

Kobster84

KillerRino19 wrote: »

Kobster84 wrote: »

Just want to know how high rated the enemies in the new event will be
And also what will the symbiod stats be when he’s maxed

they said that he will be at the level of a 6* rank 2 when he is rank 5 or something like that

Damn that is nice can’t wait to max him

Lormif

Siddu501 wrote: »

To be clear, symbiote difficulty is epic difficulty right? Because you said uncollected will be turned to epic for a month, but no news about difficulty...

I think he is talking about the secondary quest, not the monthly, like our current xman quests.

BirdReynolds

@Kabam Miike regarding the increased difficulty, will that just be for symbiote level or will epic (uncollected) see a difficulty boost as well? I’d like to do a quick run through of that to get my next 6*, but not if it’s going to be a slaughterfest without a maxed out symbioid.

Sceptilemaniac

Guys second time in a row the event is based on entirely skill..
Credit where it's due..
Kudos!

IanMoone

Danger_Ross14 wrote: »

IanMoone wrote: »

This symbiote reminds me of 1* spidey in Act 4 where i was like "Awww that's cute a 1* spidey* then this happened.

Lol yeah I remember that guy. Hardest 1* fight ever.

When i died i was like what in the world just happened lol

Mastiffman

Sounds like a new cash grab, here’s a champ you can’t keep but if you want to can earn or you can spend money to rank them up. Still haven’t fixed the overheating issues or lag but hey lets just keep rolling out more champs every other week.

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Kobster84

Mastiffman wrote: »

Sounds like a new cash grab, here’s a champ you can’t keep but if you want to can earn or you can spend money to rank them up. Still haven’t fixed the overheating issues or lag but hey lets just keep rolling out more champs every other week.

They never said anything about spending money to get him maxed and I doubt they will

NOOOOOOOOPEEEEE

Can I name him Dave?