MPQ What's New June (Updated 6/22/22)

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Welcome to What's New MPQ! Below, you will find the schedule of our ongoing and future events, along with the character buff list for the week. If you're interested in our events archive, feel free to click open the 'Spoiler' tab to see the list of past events. We will open a fresh What's New thread at the start of every month, and it will be updated on Mondays of every week.

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Characters
5-Star: Kamala Khan (Origin)
4-Star: Hulkling (Dorrek VIII)
5-Star Clue: Broken Up

Recent and Upcoming Features
R252 Release Notes: See Here
R253 Release Notes: See Here
R254 Release Notes: See Here

PVE Events

5/26 - 5/29 Peer Into Madness - Gargantos Boss Event

• For this event, Featured Characters in pins can be specific, OR they can be general depending on the pin itself. So one pin may list "Doctor Strange" for all incarnations, while another could list "Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange)" for just that incarnation.
• Featured: Black Bolt, Doctor Strange (Sorceror Supreme), Professor X (Classic), America Chavez, Mister Fantastic, Peggy Carter, Professor X (Charles Xavier), Doctor Strange (Steven Strange)
  
• Additional Buffed Characters: Gargantos, Scarlet Witch (WandaVision), Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)
• Progression Rewards: Gargantos, America Chavez, Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange), Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)
• Alliance Rewards: Gargantos, Peggy Carter, Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)

5/26 - 6/2 Puzzle Ops

• Featured Support: Quantum Realm

5/29 - 6/3 The Hunt

• Featuring: Elektra (WWF), Rhino, Rocket & Groot (Most Wanted), Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
• Placement Rewards: Kingpin (Spider-Verse) Shards, Gertrude Yorkes, Colossus (Classic), Magneto (Marvel NOW)

6/2 - 6/6 Cosmic Chaos

• Featuring: Kingpin (Spider-Verse), Gertrude Yorkes, Colossus (Classic), Magneto (Marvel NOW)
• Placement Rewards: Kamala Khan Shards, Red Hulk, Elektra (Assassin), Daken (DA)

6/5 - 6/10 Venom Bomb

• Featuring: Hulk (Bruce Banner), Red Hulk, Elektra (Assassin), Daken (DA)
• Placement Rewards: Storm (Ororo Munroe) Shards, Lockjaw, Gambit (Modern), Thor (Marvel NOW)

6/9 - 6/14 Hearts of Darkness

• Featuring: Storm (Ororo Munroe), Lockjaw, Gambit (Modern), Thor (Marvel NOW)
• Placement Rewards: Gargantos Shards, Black Knight, Hood, Captain America (Steve Rogers)

6/13 - 6/17 Simulator

• Featuring: Gargantos, Black Knight, Hood, Captain America (Steve Rogers)
• Placement Rewards: Crystal Shards, Puck, Quicksilver, Black Widow (Original)

6/16 - 6/20 Webbed Wonder

• Featuring: Crystal, Puck, Quicksilver, Black Widow (Original)
• Placement Rewards: Moon Knight (Avatar) Shards, Hulkling (Dorrek VIII), Storm (Mohawk), Bullseye (DA)

6/20 - 6/23 Unstable Iso-8

• Featuring: Moon Knight (Avatar), Hulkling, Storm (Mohawk), Bullseye (DA)
• Placement Rewards: Deadpool (Spirit) Shards, Gertrude Yorkes, Daredevil (MWF), Storm (Classic)

6/23 - 6/26 Peer Into Madness - Gargantos Boss Event *NEW*
Note: This Event is a Dark Avengers HEROIC Event. Meaning that Dark Avengers ONLY may be used. Several Dark Avengers will be Loaned for this event.

• Featured: Green Goblin, Wolverine (Samurai Daken), Yelena Belova (Black Widow), Scorpion, Venom (Eddie Brock), Venom (Agent Venom), Sentry, Ragnarok, Bullseye (Classic), Daken (Classic), Ares, Bullseye (DA), Daken (DA), Moonstone, Venom (DA), Yelena Belova (DA)    
• Progression Rewards: Kamala Khan (Origin), Venom (Eddie Brock), Daken (Classic), Ragnarok
• Alliance Rewards: Kamala Khan (Origin), Scorpion, Ragnarok

6/26 - 7/1 Fight For Wakanda *NEW*

• Featuring: Deadpool (Spirit of Vengeance), Gertrude Yorkes, Daredevil, Storm (Classic)
• Placement Rewards: Iceman (Bobby Drake) Shards, Wolfsbane, Black Widow (Grey), Ms. Marvel

PVP Events

5/29 - 6/1 Silk - Spider's Ilk

• Placement Rewards: Odin, Emma Frost, Luke Cage (HfH), Thor (Marvel NOW)

5/31 - 6/3 Avengers - Earth's Mightiest

• Placement Rewards: Okoye, Karolina Dean, She-Hulk, Daken (DA)

6/2 - 6/5 Karolina Dean - Sunday's Child

• Placement Rewards: Kamala Khan (Origin), Gamora (Awesome Mix 2), Rocket & Groot (Most Wanted), Thor (Marvel NOW)

6/5 - 6/8 Kamala Khan (Origin) - A New Marvel

• Placement Rewards: Onslaught, Gertrude Yorkes, Mystique, Magneto (Marvel NOW)

6/8 - 6/11 Mystique - Identity Theft

• Placement Rewards: Professor X (Classic), Valkyrie, Star-Lord (Peter Quill), Thor (Marvel NOW)

6/10 - 6/13 Valkyrie - Scrapper 142

• Placement Rewards: Iceman (Bobby Drake), Venom (Eddie Brock), Wolverine (Patch), Ms. Marvel (Captain Marvel)

6/12 - 6/15 Iceman (All New) - Ice Breaker

• Placement Rewards: Iron Man (Mark 46), Venom (Eddie Brock), Deadpool (It's Me!), Storm (Classic)

6/15 - 6/18 Deadpool - Weapon Tex-Mex

• Placement Rewards: Ronan, War Machine, Hood, Human Torch (Johnny Storm)

6/17 - 6/20 Odin - All-Father Knows Best

• Placement Rewards: Thor, Hulkling, Psylocke, Storm (Classic)

6/19 - 6/22 Hulkling - King's Court

• Placement Rewards: Scarlet Witch (WandaVision), Wiccan, Angel, Captain America (Steve Rogers)

6/21 - 6/25 Wiccan - Something Wiccan *NEW*

• Placement Rewards: Sersi Shards, Wasp (Hope Van Dyne), Psylocke, Storm (Classic)

6/24 - 6/27 Psylocke - Fresh Cut *NEW*

• Placement Rewards: Shang Chi Shards, Nico Minoru, Captain Marvel (Modern), Bullseye (DA)

6/26 - 6/29 Nico Minoru - Staff Appreciation Day *NEW*

• Placement Rewards: Jean Grey (Phoenix) Shards, Wiccan, Elektra (Assassin), Thor (Marvel NOW)

Buff List

5/26 - 6/2

• 5-Star: Doctor Strange, Electro, Killmonger, Magneto
• 4-Star: Invisible Woman, Kate Bishop, Monica Rambeau, Spider-Man, Wiccan
• 3-Star: Daredevil, Gambit, Psylocke, Squirrel Girl, Thor
• 2-Star: Hawkeye, Moonstone
• 1-Star: Juggernaut, Storm

6/2 - 6/9

• 5-Star: Deadpool, Elektra, Gamora, Wolverine (Old Man Logan)
• 4-Star: Hawkeye, Iceman, Kate Pryde, Nico Minoru, Sabretooth
• 3-Star: Colossus, Deadpool, Luke Cage, Rocket & Groot, She Hulk
• 2-Star: Daken, Magneto
• 1-Star: Black Widow, Venom

6/9 - 6/16

• 5-Star: Jean Grey, Kingpin, Loki, Storm
• 4-Star: Karolina Dean, Loki, Mockingbird, Northstar, Valkyrie
• 3-Star: Daken, Quicksilver, Ragnarok, Star-Lord, Wolverine
• 2-Star: Ares, Ms. Marvel
• 1-Star: Hawkeye, Iron Man

6/16 - 6/23

• 5-Star: Daredevil, Iceman, Odin, Professor X
• 4-Star: Black Cat, Karolina Dean, Kraven, Thing, Wiccan
• 3-Star: Angel, Hood, Magneto, Psylocke, Vision
• 2-Star: Captain America, Human Torch
• 1-Star: Spider-Man, Storm

6/23 - 6/30

• 5-Star: Odin, Onslaught, Star-Lord, Daken
• 4-Star: Ant-Man, Black Cat, Human Torch, Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Northstar
• 3-Star: Black Widow, Captain Marvel, Elektra, Mystique, Storm
• 2-Star: Bullseye, Wolverine
• 1-Star: Juggernaut, Venom
  

Deadpool Dailies

6/1

• 4-Star: Thanos, Ikaris, Juggernaut, Sandman, Thor
• 3-Star: Cyclops, Black Panther, Iron Fist, Kamala Khan, Quicksilver
• Crash: Blade (Modern)

6/6

• 4-Star: Mantis, Gwenpool, Spider-Gwen, Kate Bishop, Misty Knight
• 3-Star: Scarlet Witch, Vision, Bullseye, Doctor Strange, Thanos
• Crash: Elsa Bloodstone

6/11

• 4-Star: Iron Man, Nebula, Black Widow, Spider-Man, Medusa
• 3-Star: Hawkeye, Star-Lord, Elektra, Gambit, Angel
• Crash: Doc Ock

6/16

• 4-Star: Riri Williams, War Machine, Wasp, Spider-Woman, Human Torch
• 3-Star: Black Widow, Doctor Doom, Hood, Loki, Magneto
• Crash: Hellcat

6/21

• 4-Star: Ghost Rider, Black Panther, Star-Lord, Polaris, Kate Pryde
• 3-Star: Ragnarok, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Punisher, Hulk
• Crash: Luke Cage

6/26 *NEW*

• 4-Star: Moon Knight, Shuri, Mordo, Black Cat, Punisher
• 3-Star: Wolverine, Daredevil, Psylocke, Thor, Captain America
• Crash: Throg

Bad

So much info on detail every month and updated every week!
It seems the new team is already showing up dedication and working hard.

TheEyeDoctorsWife

Wow the body isn’t even cold yet 

Bad

TheEyeDoctorsWife said:

Wow the body isn’t even cold yet 

I'll leave the concerns about the temperature of the body to you and I'll take instead the concerns about the game, thanks. 

Chrynos1989

So, the Boss Event starting on June 23rd will be gargantos again? Or just a typo?
not that I would complain, I like poking one eyed calamari with okoye spear…

ThisisClemFandango

Yup Gargantos again

AlexR

Chrynos1989 said:

So, the Boss Event starting on June 23rd will be gargantos again? Or just a typo?
not that I would complain, I like poking one eyed calamari with okoye spear…

New boss events seem to commonly rerun about 3 weeks after their initial debut. Was the same for Sinister Six and such. So, this makes perfect sense.

Timemachinego

AlexR said:

Chrynos1989 said:

So, the Boss Event starting on June 23rd will be gargantos again? Or just a typo?
not that I would complain, I like poking one eyed calamari with okoye spear…

New boss events seem to commonly rerun about 3 weeks after their initial debut. Was the same for Sinister Six and such. So, this makes perfect sense.

I believe they were taking input on it via some social channels so there's a chance the re-run will be retuned a bit.

AlexR

Not surprised. Checking to see if tuning is necessary is probably the reason for rerunning a new boss right after release in the first place, yeah.

BossGargantos hit for a good ~30k already as early as like the 4th round. 4th round bosses are normally a bit toothless. 4* Ghostrider solo'd Garg for me no problem, but I could totally see nerfing his damage in the earlier rounds so smaller rosters have a chance.

KGB

If he hit you for 30K, you were using special tile creators *cough* Polaris *cough* and he got off his Black power. That happened to me a couple of times and I was like **** after he one shotted a healthy L300+ Juggs.

KGB

AlexR

KGB said:

If he hit you for 30K, you were using special tile creators *cough* Polaris *cough* and he got off his Black power. That happened to me a couple of times and I was like **** after he one shotted a healthy L300+ Juggs.

KGB

No Polaris. Boosted Peggy. My boosted Peggy had 30k health and Garg was able to oneshot her in the early rounds via his blue. That's what gave me the idea to run a Ghostrider team, because I figured I could use that against him. From I want to say Round 5? onwards, I ran tank bait Juggs+support to raise his black match damage to hide Ghostrider/ Ghostrider/third.

Garg firing off his blue pretty much always outright killed 22k Juggs from then onwards too, which I could happily use to kill Garg via Ghostrider.

KGB

AlexR said:

KGB said:

If he hit you for 30K, you were using special tile creators *cough* Polaris *cough* and he got off his Black power. That happened to me a couple of times and I was like **** after he one shotted a healthy L300+ Juggs.

KGB

No Polaris. Boosted Peggy. My boosted Peggy had 30k health and Garg was able to oneshot her in the early rounds via his blue. That's what gave me the idea to run a Ghostrider team, because I figured I could use that against him. From I want to say Round 5? onwards, I ran tank bait Juggs+support to raise his black match damage to hide Ghostrider/ Ghostrider/third.

Garg firing off his blue pretty much always outright killed 22k Juggs from then onwards too, which I could happily use to kill Garg via Ghostrider.

That's strange. I don't recall Boss Gargantos being any different stats wise that Gargantos we use.

His blue at 5 covers and L255 only hits for 1065 per blue. To be killing a 22K Juggs means he would need like 21 blue when he fired it and the AI alway fires when it gets enough AP (9).

Even in round 8, he was only L320 so he would hit for probably close to 1400K per blue then. But in round 4 he should still have been hitting for well under a 1000 per Blue.

 

KGB

P.S. Just realized you used Peggy. So his Blue would have needed to be 13 to fire which would do more damage when it did fire. Still shouldn't have done 20K in round 4.

AlexR

Boss Gargantos was definitely different than regular Gargantos. For one, his black costs 3 AP (and Peggy didn't affect it, it stayed 3 AP even with her on the field!). And his blue hit very hard very early. I unfortunately don't remember his exact stats-- but I do know he hit for more than 1000/blue AP. That would mean he'd barely do 9k damage and would have just dented boosted Peggy, nothing more. Or Juggs, for that matter. That would have made it a walk in the park and if that had been the case, I would not have needed to make my strategy "revenge kill" from R4-R5 onwards.

Hilk

Did we skip SIM and go directly to webbed wonder?

helix72

Hilk said:

Did we skip SIM and go directly to webbed wonder?

Do not pass Go, do not collect $200…

IceIX

Updated with the newest data. The 6/21 DDQ will be updated later this week.

Seph1roth5

So is the clue for the next 5* literally "coming soon" or is the clue coming soon?

My guess, the guy who did all those movie commercials with his "Coming soon...to a theater near you."  Did he have any kind of super powers?

IceIX

Seph1roth5 said:

So is the clue for the next 5* literally "coming soon" or is the clue coming soon?

My guess, the guy who did all those movie commercials with his "Coming soon...to a theater near you."  Did he have any kind of super powers?

Just not time to reveal the next clue yet. Although "Honest Trailers Man" could be our first 6-Star...

HoundofShadow

The next movie release is Thor: Love and Thunder, July 8, and the premier is on June 23.

Our next three releases are:
June 30 (5*)
July 14 (4*)
July 28 (5*)

It's unlikely for the dev to release Thoress tie-in 2/3 weeks (July 14) after it's out in theater because it will be too late. 

So, I'm going with 5* Jane Foster or 5* Gorr. 5* Valkyrie will fit the pride month theme and if the dev wants to pull a surprise, we get 5* Korg. 

BlackBoltRocks

IceIX said:

Seph1roth5 said:

So is the clue for the next 5* literally "coming soon" or is the clue coming soon?

My guess, the guy who did all those movie commercials with his "Coming soon...to a theater near you."  Did he have any kind of super powers?

Just not time to reveal the next clue yet. Although "Honest Trailers Man" could be our first 6-Star...

Jon Bailey is totally worthy of being the game's first 6*.

EddieCL

IceIX said:

6/15 - 6/18 Deadpool - Weapon Tex-Mex

• Placement Rewards: Ronan, War Machine, Hood, Human Torch (Johnny Storm)

6/17 - 6/20 Odin - All-Father Knows Best *NEW*

• Placement Rewards: Ronan, Hulkling, Psylocke, Storm (Classic)
• Note: Ronan rewards likely to change here.

6/19 - 6/22 Hulkling - King's Court *NEW*

• Placement Rewards: Scarlet Witch (WandaVision), Wiccan, Angel, Captain America (Steve Rogers)

Following the (usual) alphabetical order for placement rewards, the last 5* character we saw in placement rewards was Professor X (followed by Iceman and Iron Man(?) for the pride month theme). You are skipping Rescue, so probably the "Ronan rewards likely to change here" note suits better for the Deadpool event?