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

IKON

You guys realize that 4* are still useable in 99% of content?
Do you realize that this may only be the start? If we remain silent now, then who knows what´s about to come.

Slippery slopes are not a thing. And this is definitely not one.

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MaatMan

If the 4* ban don’t get lifted off this story quest consider me out so many will quit and your game will die eventually slowly more and more people are leaving this game this will make loads more leave at a much faster rate do the right thing kabam or watch the game crumble beneath your feet

more are leaving maybe.
i dunno if that rate has changed or not.
but there are also new players coming daily as well.

IKON

You guys realize that 4* are still useable in 99% of content?
Do you realize that this may only be the start? If we remain silent now, then who knows what´s about to come.
Slippery slopes are not a thing. And this is definitely not one.
Then you definitely don´t know what Kabam is capable of...

Slippery slopes are a fallacy. They could remove this requirement, and make chapter 2 6* only. One action does not depend on the other. They are in full control

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Hulk_77

I'm like 9 pages behind the conversation, but has anyone suggested that instead of the restriction being by star level, why not instead make it by challenge rating?

If the restriction was to bring a champ it needed to be at least 100 challenge rating, that would still allow 4*s that have been taken to rank 5, and also not allow 5*s that are below rank 3.

IKON

Act 6 is clearly intended for people who finished act5 100%, Variant 100% and LOL (at least once). Anyone who's done that has a great 5* roster already. Its not a whale/not whale thing. Its a finished content/not finished content thing.

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Werewrym

I don't find the champion requirements inherently a bad thing, my big issue is that many of my 4* champs are better than my 6* ones... For those of us with terrible 6* champs we may often fill in the gaps with a 4* champ or two. Why should we be punished for the amount of garbage that exists in the rarest crystal in the game?

Darkness275

You guys realize that 4* are still useable in 99% of content?
Do you realize that this may only be the start? If we remain silent now, then who knows what´s about to come.

This - exactly this.
In my posts saying that this move is Kabam making 4* irrelevant, I'm obviously not suggesting that 4* can't be used at all. They can obviously be used in Arena as well as content previous to this. Maybe even future special event and challenge content.

But who is to say that this isn't them testing the waters for their new direction?
Two and Three star characters became naturally phased out as four star characters became more relevant and as five and especially six star characters were introduced and had their pools grow.

Four star characters however, are still very relevant. Yes, they're becoming less so... but only as five and six star characters become more available. Four star characters are still very relevant and are used by many people to fill the gaps in their rosters, activate synergies or tackle challenging content when their five or six star roster can't quite do it. Four stars are also still relatively expensive to rank up... so it's not like we're not investing in them. Crystals, awards (like sig stones and awakening gems) are still geared towards improving four star characters.

This move however, isn't a natural progress... it's Kabam ACTIVELY pushing them out of relevancy. Yes, maybe it's JUST for this chapter... but the move itself is still extremely hostile and concerning. So maybe it's situational or maybe it's contextual, but as far as act 6 is concerned. Four star characters are completely irrelevant. But what's even worse? They haven't addressed the issue of the gap they're creating.

Two and Three stars only really lost relevancy as four stars became much more available.

Five and Six star crystals still cost 10k shards. They still require finishing end game content... and if end game content will now require five and six stars, that only increases the gap. That's not even mentioning: "Oh hey, here's a new act which restricts content to five and six stars. But wait! Good news... for completing it you get access to a crystal which guarentees you five and six star champions."

Because that's not even the case... we get access to a crystal which gives us three star champions. Awesome.

IKON

Act 6 is clearly intended for people who finished act5 100%, Variant 100% and LOL (at least once). Anyone who's done that has a great 5* roster already. Its not a whale/not whale thing. Its a finished content/not finished content thing.
Act 6 is intended for people who completed Act 5. At least it should be. Getting through all of the content you mentioned is possible with 4* champions. I have played the game for over 3 years, done most of the content in game and still don´t have a 5*/6* roster that is needed for Act 6 for 2 reasons:
-I rarely spend money on the game, thus I am lacking champions/rankup materials.
-I have had some bad RNG luck. My 5* Star Lord has been unawakened for over a year now.

If Act 6 was that way, everyone would be lighting up the forums because rewards were way less.
Also, Act 5 is not just for people who did act 4 either. Theres a big difficulty jump.

Qu1ckshoT32_Gaming

Act 6 is clearly intended for people who finished act5 100%, Variant 100% and LOL (at least once). Anyone who's done that has a great 5* roster already. Its not a whale/not whale thing. Its a finished content/not finished content thing.
Act 6 is intended for people who completed Act 5. At least it should be. Getting through all of the content you mentioned is possible with 4* champions. I have played the game for over 3 years, done most of the content in game and still don´t have a 5*/6* roster that is needed for Act 6 for 2 reasons:
-I rarely spend money on the game, thus I am lacking champions/rankup materials.
-I have had some bad RNG luck. My 5* Star Lord has been unawakened for over a year now.
If Act 6 was that way, everyone would be lighting up the forums because rewards were way less.
Also, Act 5 is not just for people who did act 4 either. Theres a big difficulty jump.

What is your point? The only way to even access act 5 is by completing act 4. Just because you can beat act 4 doesn't mean you can beat act 5, but that's irrelevant to the point that you can still actually enter the quest with the champions you have.

MaatMan

I'm like 9 pages behind the conversation, but has anyone suggested that instead of the restriction being by star level, why not instead make it by challenge rating?

If the restriction was to bring a champ it needed to be at least 100 challenge rating, that would still allow 4*s that have been taken to rank 5, and also not allow 5*s that are below rank 3.

good idea.
i actually like it!!!!
kabam should take note and listen to this.

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_Kill_Switch_

Great. More unavoidable damage 😭 and really lackluster rewards. Although I don't doubt they'll get MUCH better as the Act progresses... but at what cost?

Ultimatheory

I'm wondering if the people complaining about this have done every other piece of content in the game 100% yet. This has been advertised as the final Act to the story. They probably intend it to be done after all other content is completed.

I can empathize with those with terrible RNG though. I like @Hulk_77 post above about Challenger Rating being a requirement rather than star level.

Hulk_77

So no tetreat gives a PASSIVE degen?!?! Does this mean that Gladiator Hulk will get face me from it? Like Starburst? Or is it just gonna tear me a new one for baiting a special, even with my Gulk that RNG gave me as both a 5 and a 6 star?

Passive debuffs activate Face Me, so he is going to face roll anything with those buffs.

IKON

I'm done with this. Hope y'all still complaining while i enjoy my act 6 rewards.

Waboba

A 4 star completed this. Just saying

How did ya do it without dying to Reverb, Dorm's degen and some other annoying champs with a 4* rank 1??
Impressive @Savage_
Btw, how many units did ya use to 100%, or did ya wasted your whole stash?

_Kill_Switch_

Guys, read the no retreat node properly. When you dash back, a degen timer starts for 1.2 seconds but you DON’T get damaged. Only if you dash back again while it’s active will you get damaged. It’s possible to avoid it by just not dashing back twice in quick succession?

The SP block damage is going to be through the roof seeing as some specials require you to evades more than one attack or projectile.
Also, they'll probably ensure a stun immune node is thrown in there lol

BowTieJohn

Definitely is motivating me to work on finishing Act 4. Thankfully others can check Act 6 out and help with advice and tips before I get there. I wish them well.

Suros_moon

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.
Why shouldn’t a skilled player be allowed to do content with 4*
Why shouldn't a very intelligent player with arthritis be allowed to play the game turn-based?

That's not a rhetorical question. It always seems easy and obvious to assert that some particular combination of factors is the "right" ones, and everyone else is just wrong. But the fact that this game rewards twitch skills is completely arbitrary. It is equally arbitrary, and equally reasonable, to gauge and gate progress by roster building as anything else.

I have some concerns about the gating: synergies for example seems to be a grey area when it comes to this kind of restriction. But at the end of the day, all gates are arbitrary. You must be level 40, you must be uncollected, you must be able to afford the entry cost. Why can't someone just download the game, pick any champions they want, and then test their skills against Labyrinth? Because this is not that kind of game.

A true skills-only game would allow me to run any content I want with any champions I choose without having to grind to acquire them. But this is not that kind of game.

Why shouldn't a skilled player be allowed to do content with 4* champs? Here's the converse question. Why should any player be allowed to bypass the process of building a wide and high ranking roster, when that's one of the objectives of the game? Why should twitch skills be prioritized over roster building? What makes that objectively better?

Because the common assertion is that skill can be aquired and manifested completely by the user. But a good roster is completely out of their hands. Locking content behind an RNG gate is rather rodiculous. Some characters are objectively better than others which means you have a chance of being effectively locked out of this content indefinetley on the basis of not having a way to gurantee your roster becomes better. Having the variety between the three upper tiers helped to diminish this. Saying the gate SHOULD be abritrary doesnt meant it is. Hitting a level cap is also a false equivalency. Grinding XP and maxing your level is a guranteed progression. You arent going to earn it any more slowly for having a worse team. You beat X content you get Y xp. Crystals and rosters are not like this. I cant beat act 5 and get Ghost or Blade. Hell someone could open threee crystals and get three amazing pulls while i open 30 dupes. Even in this exadgerated state the idea that my progression is now completely locked, not tied, to a good roster isnt progression. Its artificial difficulty much like the PI and health pools in LOL.

HC_Boss

You guys realize that 4* are still useable in 99% of content?

So why can’t they just take the ban off they will gain more taking the ban off then leaving it there

1_ShuNeu_1

My main is prestige 7800, i also have a small second account with three 5*s
This requirement is totally dumb, ive been losing interest in the game lately and this is another slap in the face.

Totally pointless -- destroys syncs and demands pay to win.
My main could likley do it but even variant requires massive units.
Act 6 will be a total unit drain.

Waboba

A 4 star completed this. Just saying
not saying u r wrong.
you maybe did.
CapIW is a beast

but that image shows nothing at all.
it shows you have a team in a quest that had already been completed.
does not show that team doin anything at all.

@MaatMan he is lvl 41, he probably does't have any better champs(avengers and gotg) to do 100%, he is either a hacker or a god.

HC_Boss

Act 6 is clearly intended for people who finished act5 100%, Variant 100% and LOL (at least once). Anyone who's done that has a great 5* roster already. Its not a whale/not whale thing. Its a finished content/not finished content thing.

Act 5 100% all I have to show for it is a 5* sparky which a global node in act 6 counters my sparky have no
Blade
Domino
Corvus
Sym supreme
Starlord
Nothing capable of getting through this content and I’ll tell you right now no one here in this community or who works for kabam will complete act 6 with a duped 5* groot to make the story mode roster dependant on a rng game is a **** choice to do not one game ever created has stopped its community on players to completing the story mode kabam are doing that right now at least 65% of this community will have the skill to do it but not the roster is that fair no I don’t think so so stop being a troll kabam needs to listen here it’s very important to keeping there game alive if they ignore everyone here then we’ll thats reason enough to sack this game off and put no more time and effort in it

DrZola

I'm wondering if the people complaining about this have done every other piece of content in the game 100% yet. This has been advertised as the final Act to the story. They probably intend it to be done after all other content is completed.

I can empathize with those with terrible RNG though. I like @Hulk_77 post above about Challenger Rating being a requirement rather than star level.

Surely you aren’t suggesting there should be a 100% LoL/Variant/Maze requirement for Act 6, just like RttL is a prequisite for LoL...?

Dr. Zola

trmecca

So, you restriction 4* champions, but the end game content has a high probability to reward you with 3/4* champs which your couldn't use to begin with. What's the rationale here? So a 5*r1 has more value than anything below it.

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