Announcing Event Quest: Night Riders

CATCH A RIDE!

The Cabal’s power is dwindling, and the Avengers are closing in to wipe them out. Not the sort to surrender easily, they begin to retaliate around The Battlerealm.

Suspicious of their true motives, Night Thrasher investigates the source with the help of a friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man, and a powerful android called Darkhawk. What are the Cabal really planning, and is there time to stop them?

NEW WARRIORS!

With a nosegrind and a dive bomb, two new Champions enter The Contest!

Night Thrasher, A.K.A. Dwayne Taylor, is a skateboarding vigilante taking justice into his own hands after the murder of his parents. Utilizing his radical array of gadgets, he’s able to incinerate, shock, and disorient his foes. To maintain the element of surprise, he’s not afraid to pull out his skateboard to really throw his opponent’s defenses for a loop!

Darkhawk, A.K.A. Christopher Powell, was a teenager when he found the amulet that could transform him into a powerful android which would give him an “edge against crime”. Packing a gnarly combination of grapple cables, sharp wings, and numerous combat protocols, he’s well suited to this new life of fighting crime.

Q&A
How long does this quest run for?
This quest will be starting on the December 5th at 10:00AM PST and will run until January 9th at 10:00AM PST. Those attempting Legends runs will have until 10 AM PST on December 19th to 100% explore both Heroic and Master difficulties.

How do I get the Legends title associated with Master Difficulty?
The Legends title and rewards will be given to the 100 players who 100% explore HEROIC AND MASTER difficulties in this Event Quest the fastest. Just like recent Event Quests, this quest will take advantage of the Time Attack system we’ve put in place for our Monthly Quest Legends Program. This means that the players that completely explore Heroic and Master difficulty the fastest within the first 2 weeks of the event being live will win the title. More information on that can be found here:https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/27/time-attack-legends-program

In addition to this distinction, these first 100 will receive the following rewards:
#1-5 - 3x Tier 4 Class Catalyst Crystal
#6-100 - 1x Tier 4 Class Catalyst Crystal
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Rewards

For completing and mastering all of the Beginner Quests, you earn:
4000x Premium Crystal Shards (2x Crystals)
150x Units
900x Tier 4 Generic Catalyst Fragments
2x Generic Tier 1 Catalysts
2x Generic Tier 2 Catalysts
15x Tier 3 Generic ISO
18x Tier 2 Class ISO (3/each class)
1x New Warrior Title

For completing and mastering all of the Normal Quests, you earn:
1x 3-Star Spider-Man (Classic)
5000x Premium Crystal Shards (2.5x Crystals)
2000x 3-Star Crystal Shards (1x Crystal)
150x Units
2700x Tier 4 Generic Catalyst Fragments
1x Alpha Catalyst
3x Tier 2 Generic Catalysts
5x Tier 3 Generic ISO
7x Tier 4 Generic ISO
30x Tier 2 Class ISO (5/each class)
1x New Warrior Title

For completing and mastering all of the Heroic Quests, you earn:
4000x Premium Crystal Shards (2x Crystals)
3x Premium Hero Crystals
1x 3-Star Hero Crystal
800x 4-Star Crystal Shards (40% of a Crystal)
1000x 5-Star Crystal Shards (10% of a Crystal)
150x Units
1x Tier 4 Generic Catalyst
1x Alpha Catalyst
2x Tier 3 Generic Catalysts
12x Tier 4 Generic ISO
30x Tier 3 Class ISO (5/each class)
10x Tier 4 Class Catalyst Fragment Crystals
1x New Warrior Title

For completing and mastering all of the Master Quests, you earn:
3x Premium Hero Crystals
1x 3-Star Hero Crystal
3000x 3-Star Crystal Shards (1.5x Crystals)
2000x 4-Star Crystal Shards (100% of a Crystal)
1500x 5-Star Crystal Shards (15% of a Crystal)
150x Units
3x Alpha Catalyst
1x Tier 4 Generic Catalyst
3600x Tier 2 Alpha Catalyst Fragments (10% of a Catalyst)
55x Tier 4 Class Catalyst Fragment Crystal
10x 4-Star Signature Stone Crystals
5x 5-Star Signature Stone Crystals
28000x Tier 4 Basic Catalyst Fragment
1x Skate and Destroyer Title

For completing and mastering all of the Uncollected Quests, you earn:
4020x 4-Star Crystal Shards
7500x 5-Star Crystal Shards
2500x 6-Star Crystal Shards
12000x Tier 2 Alpha Catalyst Fragment
10x 5-Star Signature Stone Crystal
9000x Tier 5 Generic Catalyst Shard
1x Tier 4 Class Catalyst Crystal

Comments

Tyler

Im not even happy with this game over this event. All the utilities this game puts on nodes no thank you. I play the master and lol o got rinsed by dark hawk im done with this game

SandPounder

This has to be your worst event quest ever. When master node is darned near impossible for a vast majority of your player base, you have failed. I’ve never been closer to quitting this game thanks how utterly insane you made the Darkhawk fight for master level difficulty

Epic fail Kabam, epic fail.

Nojokejaym

i truly wonder who you guys are using for master mode it is really easy

Denslo500

I enjoyed this month's event quest. It was actually beatable.
If you are stuck, go check out Seatin's videos. He gives excellent strategies.

Beatlerao

Little tough with Corvus in master but I got him down all six times.

OKAYGang

Thorns is back eh? So I'm curious why was Black Widow nerfed again?

jac7721

Feel.vwry disappointed with Kabam. This month event quest is just ridiculous for master & uncollected. Darkhawk is way too difficult for average player like myself. I'm not sure how many manage to get through without spending. It just making me frustrated and give up playing. Slowly Kabam is killing the game.

RiderofHell

The damn hotfix didnt do jack the evade and swipe back still bugged i lost all my champs to it. Not to mention he barely use his sp2, Darkhawk was hard to fight as it is but no you thought that wasnt enough lets add unblockable light and medium to his raptor upgrades.

I told my alliance i give december a chance to change my mind nope same b.s. from last month rolled over to this month i am retiring after AQ and will finally be able to be free of this unbalanced and unfair game mechanics that only benefits you guys

phillgreen

Decided to run through Master.

Got DH down with 5/50 Quake, first try.

Ed_FatHobbit_88

I consider myself a relatively experienced player, and played through the EQ once on Uncollected, and on Master. I stopped at one play through, and have no desire to explore the rest. The level of frustration with fighting DH was well beyond any fun factor. I appreciate those who do like the increased difficulty of the last boss, and I completely understand their desire to keep the game a challenge. But, if you’re a casual gamer like me that occasionally likes to splurge on this game, I’d skip this EQ this month. If for some reason this becomes the “new normal” for EQs, I may be finding a new game that’s less frustrating.

RiderofHell

Ed_FatHobbit_88 wrote: »

I consider myself a relatively experienced player, and played through the EQ once on Uncollected, and on Master. I stopped at one play through, and have no desire to explore the rest. The level of frustration with fighting DH was well beyond any fun factor. I appreciate those who do like the increased difficulty of the last boss, and I completely understand their desire to keep the game a challenge. But, if you’re a casual gamer like me that occasionally likes to splurge on this game, I’d skip this EQ this month. If for some reason this becomes the “new normal” for EQs, I may be finding a new game that’s less frustrating.

Finally someone i can agree with

Magrailothos

Darkhawk having unblockable plus massive damage boosts at the start of the game does suck the fun out. It's too champion-dependent - there is no non-invulnerable 5/50 champion that can survive a five-hit combo at the beginning of the fight; so if he tags you, it's over. Fortunately there are a few of those now (see below).

I'm clearing it slowly - one route to go - but the fact is that any lag or mistiming at the first moment of the fight means death. I agree that makes it a very tense and not-fun start. Once you get past the SP2 and he's in anything other than his unblockable Null mode, it's do-able; though strategy clearly required.

For the guys above (@jac7721, @Ed_FatHobbit_88, @RiderofHell) here are some solutions to try; but some (or significant numbers of) revives may be required:

Single champions with Invulnerability

Luke Cage (Awakened)
Hela (Awakened)
Phoenix (Awakened)
Corvus (Awakened)
Magneto (Awakened) (caps damage, though not invulnerable)
Punisher (Awakened)
Mephisto (invulnerable whilst regenerating)

Single champion who can potentially control the fight

Quake - can win without landing a hit
Spider Man variant esp. Sparky - can evade out of a potentially lethal combo; may inflict armour break or weakness
Daredevil - ignores Stealth and can evade SP1 if Awakened
Psylocke - starts the fight with two Psi-charges; so despite class disadvantage, if you successfully bait+evade the SP2, she will immediately passively Power Lock Darkhawk, and you can go to work...)

Synergies

Hela + Angela
Dormammu + Mordo
Heimdall with anyone
Thor Ragnarok + Hulk/Ghulk
Killmonger + BPCW

Best of luck, if you want a crack at it guys.

imShakib

The master level is way damn difficult and impossible with the damn buff. Tried more than 10-15 times with spending hell of a lot revives and pots. Please don't call it master in the next event quest if set as same difficulty. Instead try to name it - insane.

RiderofHell

Magrailothos wrote: »

Darkhawk having unblockable plus massive damage boosts at the start of the game does suck the fun out. It's too champion-dependent - there is no non-invulnerable 5/50 champion that can survive a five-hit combo at the beginning of the fight; so if he tags you, it's over. Fortunately there are a few of those now (see below).

I'm clearing it slowly - one route to go - but the fact is that any lag or mistiming at the first moment of the fight means death. I agree that makes it a very tense and not-fun start. Once you get past the SP2 and he's in anything other than his unblockable Null mode, it's do-able; though strategy clearly required.

For the guys above (@jac7721, @Ed_FatHobbit_88, @RiderofHell) here are some solutions to try; but some (or significant numbers of) revives may be required:

Single champions with Invulnerability
Luke Cage (Awakened)

Hela (Awakened)

Phoenix (Awakened)

Corvus (Awakened)

Magneto (Awakened) (caps damage, though not invulnerable)

Punisher (Awakened)

Mephisto (invulnerable whilst regenerating)

Single champion who can potentially control the fight
Quake - can win without landing a hit

Spider Man variant esp. Sparky - can evade out of a potentially lethal combo; may inflict armour break or weakness

Daredevil - ignores Stealth and can evade SP1 if Awakened

Psylocke - starts the fight with two Psi-charges; so despite class disadvantage, if you successfully bait+evade the SP2, she will immediately passively Power Lock Darkhawk, and you can go to work...)

Synergies
Hela + Angela

Dormammu + Mordo

Heimdall with anyone

Thor Ragnarok + Hulk/Ghulk

Killmonger + BPCW

Best of luck, if you want a crack at it guys.

Its funny how my SL.Magik died yet when i played with corvus he sp2 me after a brief showdown lol.

My second account no dice many champs u named arent even duped

Magrailothos

RiderofHell wrote: »

Magrailothos wrote: »

Darkhawk having unblockable plus massive damage boosts at the start of the game does suck the fun out. It's too champion-dependent - there is no non-invulnerable 5/50 champion that can survive a five-hit combo at the beginning of the fight; so if he tags you, it's over. Fortunately there are a few of those now (see below).

I'm clearing it slowly - one route to go - but the fact is that any lag or mistiming at the first moment of the fight means death. I agree that makes it a very tense and not-fun start. Once you get past the SP2 and he's in anything other than his unblockable Null mode, it's do-able; though strategy clearly required.

For the guys above (@jac7721, @Ed_FatHobbit_88, @RiderofHell) here are some solutions to try; but some (or significant numbers of) revives may be required:

Single champions with Invulnerability
Luke Cage (Awakened)

Hela (Awakened)

Phoenix (Awakened)

Corvus (Awakened)

Magneto (Awakened) (caps damage, though not invulnerable)

Punisher (Awakened)

Mephisto (invulnerable whilst regenerating)

Single champion who can potentially control the fight
Quake - can win without landing a hit

Spider Man variant esp. Sparky - can evade out of a potentially lethal combo; may inflict armour break or weakness

Daredevil - ignores Stealth and can evade SP1 if Awakened

Psylocke - starts the fight with two Psi-charges; so despite class disadvantage, if you successfully bait+evade the SP2, she will immediately passively Power Lock Darkhawk, and you can go to work...)

Synergies
Hela + Angela

Dormammu + Mordo

Heimdall with anyone

Thor Ragnarok + Hulk/Ghulk

Killmonger + BPCW

Best of luck, if you want a crack at it guys.

Its funny how my SL.Magik died yet when i played with corvus he sp2 me after a brief showdown lol.

My second account no dice many champs u named arent even duped

Sorry to hear that. It may just be the case that it isn't worth the resources needed for completion.

I mostly quest with 5/50, and 3/45 champions; and more than once I've got through to Darkhawk with 4 champs on full health; each of which has then been annihilated by his Unblockable high-damage Null state. I just exited, and re-ran; rather than healing up.

Finally explored Master level yesterday: now for Uncollected. I won't be exploring it, but hope to complete!