Witness the Great Revival! Act 6 Chapter 1 - Coming March 13th

BORN AGAIN
Carina has awoken. For ages she’s been trapped in her crystal prison, but with the support of Ægon, The Collector finally has his daughter back, but she’s not interested in standing still. Keen to find her place in The Battlerealm, Carina begins to understand her power and explore the fringes of the unknown, but Carina’s rebirth has reminded the Elders that the scars of their past have yet to fully heal. Taneleer Tivan and En Dwi Gast must jockey for Carina’s attention as they both attempt to mold her into the Elder they think she ought to be. Unfortunately for the both of them, Carina is as rebellious as she is powerful, and her defiant nature might just prove too much for the old Elders to handle…

Join Carina, Ægon, The Collector, and The Grandmaster when the final episode in the Elder Saga begins in ACT 6: REBIRTH!

RELEASE + LEGENDS
Act 6 Chapter 1: Great Revival releases on MARCH 13TH for all who have completed Act 5: ELDER’S WAR to enjoy.

Alongside this release, we’re happy to announce a Legends Run for Chapter 1! This Legends run will begin the moment you start Act 6 Chapter 1, and end the moment you 100% explore all Quests in the Chapter. You’ll have until April 13th at 10:00:00 AM PDT to log a time. The rewards for the Legends run of Act 6 Chapter 1 are:

Rank 1-5
10x Tier 5 Class Catalyst Fragment Crystals (2% each of a random Tier 5 Class Catalyst)
22,500x Tier 5 Basic Catalyst Fragments
2x Tier 2 Alpha Catalysts

Rank 6-100
5x Tier 5 Class Catalyst Fragment Crystals (2% each of a random Tier 5 Class Catalyst)
11,250x Tier 5 Basic Catalyst Fragments
1x Tier 2 Alpha Catalysts

In a new turn of events, we’ll also be featuring a Legends Run for all Chapters of Act 6, and a special Act Legends Reward throughout the release of Act 6! The top times for each Chapter’s Legends will be collected, and awarded with a new 6-Star Champion never before owned by any Summoner!

In order to win the Act Legends Reward, you’ll need to place in the top times of each Chapter, as follows:

Chapter 1 - Top 20 Times
Chapter 2 - Top 40 Times
Chapter 3 - Top 60 Times
Chapter 4 - Top 100 Times

If you happen to qualify for all 4 Chapters, you’ll receive the Champion 4 times, meaning you can Awaken them this way! We will have more to reveal about each Chapter’s and the Act Legends rewards in the future, but that’s all we have for you for now.

CHAMPION REQUIREMENTS
Act 6 is some of the most challenging content to date, and the perils within require only the strongest Champions of The Contest. Chapter 1 will contain CHAMPION REQUIREMENTS that will restrict the Champions you use to ONLY 5 and 6-Star Champions.

BUFFS
There are 7 new buffs making an appearance in Act 6 Chapter 1. Each Quest features one or more of these Buffs as Global effects, so you’ll need to bring your best. See below for each Buff and a little description of our intentions with it.

NO RETREAT! - When the Attacker dashes back, they gain Degen Timer for 1.2 seconds. Dashing back again while the Degen Timer is active causes a Passive Degen, dealing 200% of the Defender's Attack as direct damage over 6 seconds.
This Buff is meant to impose the mentality of its title: Do not retreat. While other similar Buffs like Caltrops can be easily countered with an Immunity, No Retreat requires careful planning and execution on playstyle to overcome. No Retreat was designed to be possible - but challenging - to avoid.

Special Delivery - The Attacker begins the fight with 15 Combo charges. Each landed basic attack decreases the Combo charges by 1, and launching a Special Attack will reset the charges. If all charges are removed, they are reset, and the Attacker suffers a Passive Degen equal to 100% of the Defender's Attack Rating over 4 seconds.
Similar to fighting Thor Ragnarok, this Buff will require you to make sure you have a Special Attack at the ready, but there are sure to be challenges to that strategy strewn throughout…

Combo Party - For every 10 hits of the Combo Meter, the Attacker gains a permanent Cruelty Buff, granting +500 Crit Damage Rating. When struck, the Attacker loses all Cruelty Buffs if their combo meter is lost and takes 40% of the Defender's attack as direct damage for each Buff removed this way.
This buff is generally quite simple, and is intended to create a “ride the line” feeling - you want to get your combo count up, but losing it will cost you dearly.

Long Distance Relationship - While close to the Defender, the Attacker gains a Weakness Debuff every 3 seconds, reducing their attack by 10% permanently. Staying far away from the Defender causes these Weakness effects to fall off.
The goal here is to encourage you to find “openings” to deal as much damage as possible. Waste those openings, or just spend too long near the opponent, and you’ll need to back off in order to gain your damage back. If you’re pinned in a corner, you’ll want to use your abilities to create some space and start dealing damage again.

Close Encounters - While close to the Defender the Attacker Regenerates 1% of their Max Health every second. While far away from the Defender, the Attack Degenerates 3% of their Max Health every second.
Sort of the inverse of Long Distance Relationship, Close Encounters encourages you to stay as close to the Defender as possible, and being efficient as you bait specials or get out of the way of abilities that could cause trouble up close (like Mephisto or Omega Red).

Power Struggle - The Attacker cannot gain Power during the fight through normal means. Each time the Defender reaches a full bar of Power, the Attacker is granted one as well and whenever the Defender launches a Special Attack, the Attacker loses an equal amount of Power.
This one is all about a “use it or lose it” mentality - you’ll want to make sure you’re keeping an eye on your Opponent’s power and how it relates to your own. Characters who can control power using their specials, like Vision or Magik, will excel here.

Hurt Locker - Using the same type of Special Attack twice in a row gives the Attacker a Delayed Blast charge for 5 seconds which may be removed by landing a Heavy Attack. If the Blast expires, the Attacker takes 50% of their Health as direct damage.
This one is (as the name might suggest) focused on creating a “bomb defusal” moment while you play. If you make a mistake, you’ll have a small window to correct it before your mistake comes back to bite you. Rest assured there will be challenges that will threaten to trip you up…

PI RANGES
Keep in mind these are approximate - there is some variation around the values but in general, this is what you can expect:

Quest 1
Paths: ~22,500-28,000 PI
Boss: ~ 55,000 PI
Quest 2
Paths: ~23,000-30,500 PI
Boss: ~ 58,500 PI
Quest 3
Paths: ~23,500-30,500 PI
Boss: ~ 50,000 PI
Quest 4
Paths: ~23,500-35,500 PI
Boss: ~ 54,000 PI
Quest 5
Paths: ~27,000-31,000 PI
Boss: ~ 66,000 PI
Quest 6
Paths: ~28,000-39,000 PI
Boss: ~ 72,000 PI

ENERGY/PATHS
In general, quests in Chapter 1 have a consistent energy requirement the whole way through. On average, All quests in Chapter 1 will have:

3 Energy Per Step
~ 9-10 paths
~ 600 Energy for Quest Mastery

REWARDS
Of course, we know that any announcement of new Story content wouldn’t be complete without some nice rewards for your efforts. Here’s what you can expect:

Quest 1 - 6 (Completion + Exploration)

30x 5-Star Signature Stone Crystals
180,000x Gold
63,000x Tier 2 Alpha Catalyst Fragments
50x Units

Chapter 1 Completion
9,000x Tier 5 Basic Fragments
2,000x 6-Star Shards
5,000x 5-Star Shards
1x 5-Star Rank up Gem Crystal (2-3)
1x Tier 4 Basic Catalyst
1x Tier 4 Class Catalyst Crystal
500,000x Gold

Chapter 1 Mastery
1x Tier 5 Class Catalyst Fragment Crystal (25%)
1x 5-Star Rank up Gem Crystal (3-4)
Tier 5 Basic Catalyst
4,000x 6-Star Shards
8,000x 5-Star Shards
3x Tier 4 Basic Catalysts
3x Tier 4 Class Catalyst Crystals
1,000,000x Gold

Chapter Total (all of the above)

1x Tier 5 Class Catalyst Fragment Crystal (25%) (Note: This is a Special Crystal, and not the regular Tier 5 Class Catalyst Fragment Crystal)
1x 5-Star Rank up Gem Crystal (2-3)
1x 5-Star Rank up Gem Crystal (3-4)
13,000x 5-Star Shards
30x 5-Star Signature Stone Crystals
6,000x 6-Star Shards
1,680,000x Gold
63,000x Tier 2 Alpha Catalyst Fragments
4x Tier 4 Basic Catalysts
4x Tier 4 Class Catalyst Crystals
1x Tier 5 Basic Catalysts
9,000 Tier 5 Basic Catalyst Fragments
540x Units

BECOME A CAVALIER
A new Act, a new Progression point! Summoners that complete Act 6 Chapter 1 will gain the new designation of “Cavalier”!

This designation is not as game changing as Uncollected, and is a step up similar in scope to becoming Contender, Proven or Conqueror.

Cavaliers will have access to a brand new Cavalier Crystal that guarantees at least a 3-Star Champion with a 38% chance at a 4-Star Champion, an 11% chance at a 5-Star Champions, and a rare 1% chance of a 6 Star Champion! These Crystals will be available for 200 units each.

Cavaliers will also have access to:

- A 25 Unit Discount on Grandmaster Crystals
- A new Cavalier Calendar in place of the Grandmaster Calendar that will grant a Grandmaster Crystal over 7 days, instead of 14
- An upgraded Daily Crystal that contains a rare chance of T5B Fragments, 5-Star Shards, or 6-Star Shards, and double the amount of - T2A Fragments, T4CC Fragments, and T4B Fragments!
- A slightly upgraded Free (4-hour) Crystal with more Gold!

This is the next step after becoming Uncollected, and we plan to continue to add more as the Story progresses!

Comments

benshb

Here is a proposition: let us bring in the 4* champions, at least for synergies, and prevent us using them by having a same mechanic that you used in labyrinth (the enrage timer).

4 stars are not prevented from use in Labyrinth, they have an enrage timer; they just don't have the longest available enrage timer.

Yeah I know, with "prevent" I meant that we should be able to use the 4*-s, as we can use 4*-s in labyrinth - for a limited time.

Mike12867

By far, this is the most popular Youtuber who voiced his opinion! I love this guy and his thoughts and you should follow his lead too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD5hmhhssFM&list=WL&index=6

KerayZ

i like his hat lol

Mr_Platypus

Well this is awkward, I’ve quite a wide 5* roster, only about 6-7 are useful but still a lot of them. And I’ve spent a long time pointing out that 4*s aren’t as useless as everyone makes them out to be.
Great job in silencing me there kabam! Heck I was even gonna grind out arena for nick fury 4*, not anymore if you’re gonna start putting hard restrictions on champion rarity!
Great job with the announcement, 10/10 idiotic to release without explanation.

MaatMan

can some people complaingn they wont be able to do it show screenshots of their 5* and 6* rosters. will help see who can do it and is just complaining and who is honestly not able / ready for it.

Here is my top
I know i can make it work if i have the skill.

You still don't seem to get it so let me put it this way, a 3/45 5 star has similar base stats to a 5/50 4 star. The 5 star would be allowed in Act 6.1 but the 4 star wouldn't. This is an arbitrary distinction being used to justify gatekeeping. It doesn't matter if my roster or your roster is able to handle a challenge; you can't guarantee that someone else will ever have the roster to be able to do it. People use 4 stars to fill in the gaps of their 5 star roster for attacking purposes and providing the synergy is there, lower rarity champions are also used for synergy purposes. This is not the same thing as not having a strong enough roster for the content, new players aren't expected to complete the harder difficulties in monthly quests, and they aren't even allowed to do them until they reach a certain level and have completed relevant content. But unlike leveling up the champions you do have and becoming uncollected, you can't just decide to have the champions you need for the proposed rarity gate in act 6.1.
you dont get the point.
its a progression gate.
a player who has played for less than 12 months will struggle to have the roster.
a player who has played for 1-2 should have and if not will be close to.
and a player who has played for over 22 years really should have enough. if not they are a very casual player who is not looking to do endgame content.
The game was released in December of 2014, if you've been playing it for 22 years we have a different problem, one of time travel. Progression gates are handled differently in other areas of the game such as requiring you to be a certain level or have beaten specific content. This is completely different and I'm not sure how to explain it in simpler terms. Gatekeeping based on rarity is not a progression block, became as I've pointed out a 5/50 and a 3/45 are effectively the same. They have the same exact challenge rating. There's no logical reason for one to be allowed and the other denied.

22 was clearly a typo. it was clearly intended to be 2. my keyboard often decides to double press and i missed this.

lets wait and see wat kabam say tommorrow. see if that shows some logical rationale.

Epistriatus

Okay, I'm interested. T5 cc fragment crystals are good, but it looks like you'll have a hard time making a fully formed. But I think no retreat is just a cheap node. One last question, when will we see featured cavalier crystals?
No Retreat was initially much harder (it was initially just Caltrops, with a smaller Degeneration), and we actually made it much easier to avoid as a result of feedback from a small group of Beta Testers. Hopefully when you try it out for yourself you'll get a sense of the rhythm it creates!

As for the T5CC, it's important to remember that, as with Act 5, most of the juicy rewards were included as the content and the Act progressed. You won't be able to fully form a T5CC quite yet, but Chapter 1 is meant to get you started in a significant way (we opted to give 25% of ONE catalyst instead of 25% of potentially all 6 Catalysts in the form of 2% Fragment Crystals).
A penalty to using dex is still a penalty that shouldn’t happen, no matter how you spin it. You’re penalizing a player for using skill. You removed caltrops for that exact reason, now you come back with this? Laughable

There also used to be a fun node/buff called "slashed tires." Players found a way around that buff or some other means to deal with it.

GroundedWisdom

To everyone that is saying the 5-6* restriction is ok/tolerable/acceptable/encouraged, I want to ask you 1 question: are you ok with this game turning into a 100% pay to win structure?

I ask this because every single summoner's roster is based upon the CHANCE that they pull good champions. There are well over 100 5* in the game, even more 4*, and a lot of these champions are either straight up awful or provide only very specific utility (sometimes only with the help of synergies) that they would be an absolute waste of resources to rank up. Obviously the more 5/6* champions each summoner gets, the BETTER chance they have at pulling a champion that would actually help them complete the content in Act 6 and there are 2 ways to do this: spend time to do quests/arena/AW/AQ to obtain the shards/resources, or pay for grandmaster crystals and hope for the best. EVEN THEN, there is still NO guarantee that the 5 * champs you receive will help you in any way.

So what does all this mean, you may ask. Simple, Kabam is telling you to either 1: WAIT, and get even further behind end-game players in term of progress, or 2: PAY even more money to get a better chance to get what you need right now so you don't fall behind. Ultimately this structure completely favors the payers, and when you a specifically blocking content behind a wall that favors people that pay (NO OTHER CONTENT IN THE GAME HAS A RESTRICTION THAT BENEFITS PEOPLE THAT PAY), then you are specifically in favor of this game stunting its growth of incoming players as any new free to play players are told to get to the back of the bus if they don't get good luck with their first 20 or so 5 stars or first 3 6*.

Ultimately I want you to answer why it benefits ANYONE in the game to block 4* and below from Act 6 content? Especially when there are recorded cases of people using 4* in LOL and Variant.

It's not pay-to-win. It's one aspect of the game that you need 5*s and up. The highest Quest, to be exact. Which means you need to use 5*s, which you acquire through game play in significant quantity on the way to Act 6.

Thestoryteller6

Hi Kabam, let me give some feedback on restricting act 6 to only 5 and 6* champions.

I understand why you would do such a thing. I understand that as synergies become more and more powerful, you need some way to rein those in. And I assume you also want to future proof act 6 and make it stay challenging for ages.

I still don't like the decision, though, for four reasons:

First, it's fun to figure out tricks to get through certain nodes more easily. And, having figured them out, it's fun to try them out.

Second, having a couple of lanes that people can cheese their way through with synergies isn't going to break the whole act. Variant 3.1 has 2 health switch paths that players can use the Heimdall synergy to cheese through. But nobody thinks Variant is anything but difficult content!

Third, players who use a low-level version of a champ for synergies already handicap themselves because one slot is used on a pretty useless champ.

Fourth, right now I still feel excited when I pull certain 2, 3 and 4* champs, especially those with strong synergies. The restrictions on act 6 render everything below 5* worthless and that kills the excitement of a lot of crystal opening.

The class restrictions on Variant aren't quite as bad as most of the time it feels more like a puzzle (I would usually use Blade for this node but he's not allowed in this chapter so how can I get through using this class of champ with these synergies?). Even then, there are some nodes that still feel absolutely terrible, where it's either only one champ that can get through or a ton of potions.

I really hope you reconsider.

GroundedWisdom

As for benefiting, that's not really the goal of a roadblock. It's meant to limit what you can use. The reasoning behind that is to make it harder to do for some than others. That's the only logical purpose of a requirement, to restrict what you use to the requirement. Now, their reasons are yet to be seen, but I can understand the need for progress gates. I remember when Uncollected first came out. It was something to work towards. Then everyone became Uncollected, figuratively speaking, and that created a flood of Resources and people of all different levels of progression acquiring it. All you had to do was down The Collector once. That also had drawback effects in terms of overall balance. This is just another way to group levels of progression as I see it.

MaatMan

exactly as i just said elsewhere.

i will be going for nick fury 4* in arena cus i assume synergy monster with everyone.
i use 4* heimdall often cus of his synergy he was MVP for cap marvel challenge even though he barely fought himself.
am i frustrated at this announcement. yes.
am i dissapointed. yes.
will it affect my roster and team i sue. yes.
is it the end of the world. no.
will i still do this anyway. yes.

all i am saying is kabam have chosen to do this and we can work around it and work with it so we should just adapt as we always do as games progress.

LeNoirFaineant

@Thestoryteller6 nice post.

Logansdad_16

Terrible for lesser players who haven’t stacked 5*& 6* champs. Discrimination against those people. Kabam You will force these players to give up. Please look at his and change it.

LeNoirFaineant

Terrible for lesser players who haven’t stacked 5*& 6* champs. Discrimination against those people. Kabam You will force these players to give up. Please look at his and change it.

It's the hardest story content in the game. It's end game. I don't like the decision either but let's hold off on the discrimination lol.

TheSquish671

Just pulled 5* ghulk, hopefully face me works against act 6 degens.

Also, I'm a bit confused. The last thing that happened in story quests(after 5.4), doctor strange reassembed the shards, but the piece at the heart was missing. But now in 6.1, they're showing that carina is back. Did i miss something? When did they get the last piece?

If i didn't miss anything i'm guessing that's what act 6.1 will be about

Ordalca

Just pulled 5* ghulk, hopefully face me works against act 6 degens.

Also, I'm a bit confused. The last thing that happened in story quests(after 5.4), doctor strange reassembed the shards, but the piece at the heart was missing. But now in 6.1, they're showing that carina is back. Did i miss something? When did they get the last piece?

Several months back, it showed her in a bed turning back from crystal with the collector sitting by the bed. It was in the ending cutscene for one of the event quests. I believe the story of that quest was getting the last piece.

Also, they said earlier that gulk will regen against the act 6 specific degen.

TheSquish671

Just pulled 5* ghulk, hopefully face me works against act 6 degens.

Also, I'm a bit confused. The last thing that happened in story quests(after 5.4), doctor strange reassembed the shards, but the piece at the heart was missing. But now in 6.1, they're showing that carina is back. Did i miss something? When did they get the last piece?

Several months back, it showed her in a bed turning back from crystal with the collector sitting by the bed. It was in the ending cutscene for one of the event quests. I believe the story of that quest was getting the last piece.

Also, they said earlier that gulk will regen against the act 6 specific degen.

Oh yeah i remember that now. Collector had the heart piece with him right?

bloodyCain

Hey everybody,

We're seeing your concerns, and desire for more clarification on the Champion Requirements. We're going to write something up to clearly present our intentions with these requirements and their purpose. We don't want to create any more confusion, so we're going to take our time with this. We'll have something to give you insight into our intentions tomorrow.

So basically an explanation on your side of why 4* can't enter Act 6 and nothing else. Don't get your hope high, peeps! 4* will still be banned in Act 6.1

MaatMan

Just pulled 5* ghulk, hopefully face me works against act 6 degens.

Also, I'm a bit confused. The last thing that happened in story quests(after 5.4), doctor strange reassembed the shards, but the piece at the heart was missing. But now in 6.1, they're showing that carina is back. Did i miss something? When did they get the last piece?

Several months back, it showed her in a bed turning back from crystal with the collector sitting by the bed. It was in the ending cutscene for one of the event quests. I believe the story of that quest was getting the last piece.

Also, they said earlier that gulk will regen against the act 6 specific degen.

it was aegon who was the one with the power to bring her back

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thekemist

well with kabam restricting act 6 to 6 and 5 stars only....how about removing giving better access to 4 and 5 star shards so we can grow our rosters faster. this has to be a give and take thing.

LSDin

This move is atrocious!

How many of us have spent hundreds if not thousands in the game buying offers to actually rank up 4 stars that have long term viability for future content? I've ranked up 4*'s knowing that while my future is 5/6*'s - I need certain champs for synergy purposes - and if I'm rolling w. a 4* champ on my squad of 5*'s for that purpose I want them to be r5 max / max sa ~ so if I do use them while clearing a path they are a viable option. I have spent hundreds (if not more) in this game and Kabam has turned around and slapped me in the face - and then slugged me in the gut dropping me to the ground while laughing & urinating on me and calling me a stupid pitiful fool - that's how it feels .. after I have supported this company financially for so long 🤬

absolutely horrible and in all reality ~ quite possibly fraudulent on their part.

TheMart

Please reverse the decision on 4* champs - it makes no sense whatsoever and affect so much gameplay.

Nobody will run 4* Arena anymore, synergies will be lost, and you are just removing the fun element of trying different champs. Really bad decision, I think the whole community would agree.

Even the very end game players with large rosters like to test themselves by taking in a 4* champs sometimes.

Jass007

Omgggg I can't believe they blocked 4 stars from act 6 ....what s the use of ranking up four stars ...all that gold t4c everything wasted ..kabam guys this move will be highly ridiculed among community members ..I'm sure

Jass007

This gives average players with only 4-5 good five stars absolutely no chance whatsoever to even complete once ...I may be wrong but I highly object omission of 4 stars from champion requirement

DrZola

This game should be about skill & strategy
It has always been about twitch skill, strategy, and roster progress. And of those three, one of them is the foundation the game is built on, and unlikely to be altered by asking.

I like the nod to roster progress, which is premised on pRNG. Because you can only progress the roster that happens for you.

Dr. Zola

Lufaso

No 4* is the worst decision you ever made.

Lufaso

If you did something like that it would have been so much fun :
6.1.1 only 1*
6.1.2 only 2*
6.1.3 only 3*
6.1.4 only 4*
6.1.5 only 5*
6.1.6 only 6*

TitanPunch

Kabam: ok. We need more people to buy our well priced GMCs. So this is what we are going to do. You had fun with your 4*. They served their purposes but too bad they can’t be used anymore for act 6. if you like those 4* champs, just try your luck at our amazing GMC casino. 5* champs just cost 6000 units on average.

Good luck summoners!

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TheSquish671

If you did something like that it would have been so much fun :
6.1.1 only 1*
6.1.2 only 2*
6.1.3 only 3*
6.1.4 only 4*
6.1.5 only 5*
6.1.6 only 6*

That sounds worse