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Fantastic Force Recruitment Midpoint analysis
With two weeks of the Fantastic Force Recruitment event now in the books, I've had a chance to analyze the data I've collected up to this point. Here's basically what I have. First of all, here's a tabulation of all the hands I've recorded. I accidentally lost the data from day one and a bit of day two, so week one…
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Optimizing Arena (Ascension, Express, Recoil)
TL;DR: - Ascension helps a lot in the trials arena - Recoil masteries also help but with downsides - Express mode is generally faster (for me) than trying to hit the biggest match in the trials arena. - Total units available to moderate grinders in the game is about 96,000. - It is possible to grind out all the milestones…
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I'm probably ascending the wrong champs (as an arena grinder)
A couple weeks ago I posted an article about how fast I was currently competing all the milestone rewards in the standard three-day cycle arenas (the two 4-7* arenas and the Summoner Trials). The bottom line is that on average I was taking about 34 rounds to do the basic arena, 44 rounds to do the featured, and about 116…
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The Biggest Crystal Opening in MCOC History (?)
At least until someone decides to laser project the game on the side of a building. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0sqewseRhQ Finally, a setup where I can actually see how many rock stacks Thing has and not have to count in my head to tell if that's a 6 or an 8. The old guys know what I'm talking about.
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PSA: Massive power outage potentially affecting players in Spain, Portugal, France
Alliances with players in Europe, specifically Spain, Portugal, and France may be experiencing power and/or connectivity disruptions today. Be aware some of your players may be unable to log into game, or even communicate that they are unavailable. Try to cut them some slack if they are unable to enter AQ immediately or…
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Ascension and relative power levels
I was trying to make some ascension decisions the other day when I decided to actually calculate precisely where Ascended champs fall in the power spectrum of champion rarity. How does an ascended 6* compare to 7* champs? Are ascended 5* champs viable competitors to 6* champs? That sort of thing. There's no way to do a…
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We can still change the Women of Power rework outcome. *Without* losing rewards.
So here's where we are now: X-23 currently has about a four millon ballot lead on Rogue, who is in second place. With a little more than two weeks to go and no signs of the trends changing, X-23 will be the winner by a substantial margin. Can anything change this? Well, yes. As I mentioned in my previous post…
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The WoP 2025 rework vote isn't over yet
So here's the current state of voting for the Women of Power 2025 rework event: The clear leader is X-23 with about 32 million votes. Rogue is in second with about 29 million, and everyone else is far behind. If nothing changes significantly, the only race is between Proxima and Squirrel Girl for fifth place: they are in…
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Epoch of Pain is not as bad as it seems, even if you're a scrub
... don't get me wrong, it sucks, it is just not as scary as some suggest. In fact, you could be the worst end gamer on the planet and as long as you at least have the roster, and you like to grind the Apothecary or are willing to spend some (not a huge amount) of units, completion at least is a reasonably attainable goal.…
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Impact of the Pity system on Special Valiant crystals
According to the latest stream, Kabam is experimenting with a form of pity system in the context of special Valiant featured crystals. According to the stream, the system will work as follows: If you pull four crystals in a row that are not 6* rarity or higher, the next one will be at least a 6* champ If you pull 29…
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Summoner's Choice 2025: and then there was one.
And with today's live stream, the choice has been made. Your winner of the 2025 Summoner's Choice is: Mr. Knight. Now, followers of my Summoner's Choice series might be a bit disappointed, but it is important to recognize that while the Darkety Darkest champ did not win, we still got a very dark champion. Dark hair, dark…
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How to get Units in MCOC in 2025 (its like 2024 but with fewer typos)
Note: this is a repost of my original units guide from (https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/381330/faq-how-to-get-units-in-mcoc) but with a small error corrected plus updated calculations factoring in that correction. The error was a typo in Proven exploration total units, which also affects the total…
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Summoner's Choice: The Semifinal round begins
Two weeks ago I did my usual deep dive scientific quantitative analysis of the Summoner's Choice options for 2025. There, I applied my 2024 theory of who would win. My overall conclusion was that the top four finishers would be: Daredevil (Elektra), Hunter's Moon, Mr. Knight, and Shroud. How well did my analysis match the…
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Frequently Asked Questions about Combat and Combat mechanics
Preface This information has been collated from various sources, from the forums, the game's subreddit, discussions with other knowledgeable players, and my own game testing and experience. The information contained within is accurate to the best of my knowledge and ability to check, but the game is constantly evolving and…
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Summoner's Choice 2025: And Then There Were Two
It comes down to this. The final round of Dark vs More Dark. The top two choices in the official DNA Darkety Dark Summoner's Choice metric: Mr. Knight and The Shroud, have made it into the finals, as expected. And now it comes down to which champion takes the Black Crown and slips into the shadows of the Contest. And so we…
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GAME CLIENT UPDATE - FIX APPARENTLY MADE
I believe restarting game clients should address the issues people were seeing earlier this morning (missing form alliance, units gone, etc). It was working for me as of one minute ago, but report if there are lingering issues.
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GAME CLIENT BROKEN - KABAM NOTIFIED
Yes, everyone’s game clients appear to be busted. I’m guessing what we are seeing is just visual, but that’s an educated wish. Kabam has been notified and looking into it. That’s all I know at the moment.
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Banquet Realm Event Wrap Up: What do the numbers say?
Just going to start by saying there has been a lot of discussion about the structure and rewards and communication surrounding the banquet. This is not going to touch any of those subjects. There are plenty of threads doing that. This is strictly going to focus on the numbers, and what the numbers say, period. If that's…
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Banquet Realm Event Stretch Milestones: Are We There Yet?
After reaching Isophene, Kabam unlocked more milestones above the original highest milestone in the realm event. Of particular interest were milestones 38 and 43. Milestone 38 at 4,640,000,000 points contains an R2->R3 rank up crystal, and Milestone 43 at 5,040,000,000 points contains a trophy champ selector with 7*…
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MAN ATTEMPTS WOMENS DAY CHALLENGE, DOES MOST MANLY THING EVER
So like many of you I decided to start working through the Women's Day challenges. I knocked off a couple easy ones, then decided to tackle the Avengers Assemble one, the one requiring 2* Medusa in the Ultron's Assault Variant #1 map 3.3. So I entered that map and took a look around to try to figure out which path I should…
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Banquet Realm Event: By the Numbers
In the last two Realm Events I did weekly updates. This is technically six days into the Realm Event, but as this one is only two weeks long I am going to post updates on a different schedule. I was going to post every couple of days, but that seemed to be less interesting. The event started with a huge burst of points…
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Analyzing the Summoner's Choice 2025 options
So last year I discovered the secret to Summoner Choice winners: darkest option wins. With that in mind, its time to analyze the 2025 options for maximum dark. In order of darkety darkness from lowest to highest: #8: Echo - Darkety Dark points: Orphan, sometimes villain, dresses in black - Last because: Disqualified: deaf;…
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Thinking about paying cash in the web store? Here's what you need to know.
The new MCOC web store has an interesting feature. Based on location data, the web store will present you with a list of payment options. Some of those are obvious: Apple Pay, Google Pay, Amazon Pay, credit card, etc. But then there are some weird ones: CVS, 7-11, even (for some people) Chuck E Cheese. What the heck are…
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*ANOTHER* way to get gold OR ISO (completely for free)
This is the third in my unconventional "how to get gold" series, and this time this one is completely free. This isn't new, but not everyone is aware of this one and most are probably not aware of the specific change made to it recently. In the rank up store in-game there's a free offer you can get once per day. That offer…
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Another weird way to get gold (and a literally broken way to get T4B)
A while back I posted about a weird way for Valiants to get gold: https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/366400/the-weirdest-way-to-buy-gold-for-valiants Essentially, you could buy T5 Basics in the glory store and sell them for gold. This turns out to be far better than using glory to buy Uncollected Gold…
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Yes, both codes work (web store promo codes)
There are two web store promo codes floating around right now. They are: SINISTERJ4 SinisterSideshow (case sensitive) They both work, and both give two legends crystals. For those unaware, you enter these codes in the webstore, which requires you to first have a login to the web store. If your game account is linked to a…
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FAQ: How to get Units in MCOC
FAQ: How to get Units in MCOC One of the most commonly asked questions, at least periodically, is where can you earn Units in MCOC and how much can you earn. I decided to look for all the units in the game, where they are, and how much you can earn. I've broken it down into four sections: Minimal Grind, Moderate Grind,…
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Battleground Blitz Realm Event: Final Event Data (lots and lots and lots of data)
Due to technical reasons (BG rank reward delays) and some human issues (jetlag) I was only able to finalize my analysis, or rather my initial analysis of the Battleground Blitz today. So a day late, here's where we ended up. Final score: 1,193,487,854, just short of the 1.2 billion milestone, about where we were projected…
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1,000,000,000
Congrats everyone. Enjoy those Titans, and let’s see how many shards we can pick up.
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Battleground Blitz Special Report: Titan Crystal in sight
As I write this we are at 990 million points and averaging about 2.4 million per hour. Best guess is we will reach one billion points in about four to five hours, unlocking the Titan crystal slightly ahead of my earlier predictions due to a higher than expected rise in scoring. Reminder that to claim the Titan requires…
