Use this simple trick to max out your MARVEL Cosmic Heroes characters in 5 minutes
MARVEL Cosmic Invasion, like many modern beat 'em ups, features light RPG mechanics that allow characters to level up and significantly improve their abilities. This guide shows you a simple, efficient way to max out your entire hero roster quickly, unlocking their full potential from the start.
NOTE: Strategy tested with multiple characters over the course of two complete playthroughs (8+ hours) in the game's 1.0.0.12208 Steam version. Video and screenshots captured from the same version
Maxing out characters in MARVEL Cosmic Invasion is really easy if you take goodadvantage of some of the game's mechanics
By amassing experience points, which are awarded after defeating a stage's main boss depending on your longest combo and defeated enemies, characters in MARVEL Cosmic Heroes can level up to level 10, unlocking upgrades such as HP and Focus upgrades, a Passive Skill unique to the character, and an additional color palette.
While using the same few characters across multiple stages ensures they can hit Level 10 or close by at the end of the game, there is a simple strategy to max out heroes in a single, quick run of the New York stage that takes no more than 5 minutes.
The 2000-Hit Combo Strategy
Using Beta Ray Bill, you can easily perform a 2000 hit combo in the game's very first stage
Since high combos yield the most experience, the goal is to achieve a combo streak in the ballpark of 2000 hits to max out a character instantly. While 2000 hits may seem daunting, it is easily reachable with minimal effort and game knowledge, thanks to the game's relaxed combo rules and a specific enemy encounter towards the end of the first stage, New York City.
Beta Ray Bill's basic combo is the best tool to achieve a 2000+ hits combo easily
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For the best results, select Beta Ray Bill as one of your characters. His basic combo attacks are the best to jugle multiple enemies and launch them towards the left side of the screen when required.
Play the first stage until you reach an enemy encounter towards the end of the stage, where several bugs swarm you.
As soon as the red danger indicator appears on the right side of the screen, get to the right corner and use the very first attack of Beta Ray Bill's basic combo string by tapping the Square/X/Y button with a slight pause. His punch comes out very quickly and has a big hitbox, making it easy to juggle the bees as they appear on screen without giving them the time to attack.
Continue juggling the bees until the very last wave, which can be easily spotted by the huge amount of bees swarming on-screen. As soon as the wave ends, complete Beta Ray Bill's combo to unleash the sweeping finisher that will send the bugs across the screen to the left side so that you can take advantage of wall-bouncing and the relaxed combo rules of the game to juggle them indefinitely. Do not use any other attack, or you risk dropping the enemies, and thus the combo.
Once your combo surpasses 2000hits, which should take only a few minutes if you managed to juggle more than a few bees, let the enemy fall and complete the stage. Even if at level 1, any character will instantly reach level 10.
As an additional bonus, employing the above strategy correctly also unlocks the "Maxed out Superhero!" Trophy/Achievement
Achieving a 2000+ hits combo with Beta Ray Bill is really easy, and doesn't require any in-depth game knowledge.
While maxing out heroes is not mandatory to complete the game, the extra HP and Focus upgrade can make the final few stages of the campaign way more manageable, so consider spending a few minutes to max out your favorite heroes to be better prepared for the game's final challenges, which can be really frustrating.
About the author: Francesco De Meo has been covering video games and technology since 2012, starting his career at small outlets like Gamersyndrome and GeekSnack.
After joining Wccftech gaming section in 2015, he quickly expanded his video gaming coverage with in-depth reporting, interviews with iconic industry figures such as Grasshopper Manufacture founder and No More Heroes creator Goichi "Suda51" Suda, Resident Evil series creator Shinji Mikami, Team NINJA's president and Nioh series director Fumihiko Yasuda, and Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama, reviews and on-the-ground coverage of major industry events such as Gamescom and E3.
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