Cosmic Crucible - Team Counters (Season 8)

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Intro

In ourCosmic Crucible-best Defense Teamsarticle, we suggested what teams are justified to be placed on CC Defense. This page will offer Counters for the defenses that we suggested as well as the most popular defenses you might encounter

IMPORTANT – As the new Crucible Season starts things may change quickly and this page will be updated continuously. Step-by-step descriptions of Counters and Video Guides will be added as the Season progresses. If you have any suggestions or need counters for specific teams, contact us on Discord.

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Explanation

On each Stage you will see the name of the Defensive team and a list below, with possible counters. At the Top of the page, we have a list of Teams and with a simple click on the team’s name, you will be instantly transferred to their list of counters with a brief explanation for each counter. Next to each counter team, you will see a symbol representing Punch Ups.

Here is the list of symbols:

10% Punch Down – ▼
Even match up – ⊜
5% Punch Up – ▲
10% Punch Up – ▲▲
20%+ Punch Up – ▲▲▲

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Season 8

Season 8 introduces new Global and Stage Rules but it also keeps the best recent addition – Exhausted Effect

[Exhausted Effect]After each Defensive victory, that team will have Exhausted applied to them. The Effect can stack up, each time reducing the stats (Damage, Armor, Resist, Focus, and Damage Reduction) by 20%. So if the defensive team manages to defend itself 2 times, then by the third battle their Stats will be reduced by 40%. This Effect cannot be cleared. Canceled Attacks Do Not apply Exhausted.

Global Rules keeps the focus on Cabal, granting them the Masters Of Evil trait. For most of the time, you won’t take advantage of this, because MoE are powerful in CC and more often you would want to have 2 great teams instead of one overpowered team. But you do have an option to mix and match them if you ever need it.

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The bonuses Cabal will gain from the MoE trait will mostly come down to the Passive abilities of MoE characters. Kang will provide them with more Crit Chance&Damage, plus Speed Up on Spawn, and he will also apply Vulnerable on turn. Titania will increase their Max Health by +50%, Moonstone will increase their Focus by +150%. Ultron will boost their Armor by +50% and Absorbing Man will increase Resistance by +50%.

Every counter listed below should function as intended based on our experience and theory-crafting. But as the season goes things will change, we might find some counters work better, others worse, so this page will be constantly updated, which is especially true for the first couple of weeks of the season. Our goal is to make the best Counters List so feel free to contact us on Discord if you find a good defense or counter that is not yet listed.

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General Counters

First, here’s the list of general counters for the most commonly used Defensive teams. These are not accounting for any stage rules.

Astonishing X-Men
Black Order
Bifrost
Bionic Avengers
Darkhold+Apocalypse
Darkhold/Dormhold
Death Seed
Dormammu + Heroes for Hire
Dormammu + Young Avengers
Gamma
Rebirth
Heroes For Hire
Hive-Mind
Hero Asguardians
Infinity Watch
Invader
Masters of Evil
New Avengers
P.E.G.A.S.U.S.
Secret Avengers
Secret Defenders
Tangled Web + 2
Underworld
Unlimited X-Men
Wakanda
War Dogs
Weapon X
Web-Warriors
Young Avengers

Astonishing X-Men

Masters of Evil ▲▲▲
Black Order ▲▲▲
Bionic Avengers ▼
Unlimited X-Men ▲▲▲
Gamma ▲▲▲
Death Seed ▲▲▲
Eternals+2 ▲▲▲
Infinity Watch ▲▲▲
P.E.G.A.S.U.S. ▲▲▲
Darkhold ▲▲▲
Tangled Web+2 ▲▲▲
War Dogs ▲▲▲
Wakanda ▲▲▲
Weapon X ▲
Hero Asgardian ▲▲
Young Avengers ▲

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Black Order

Masters of Evil ▲▲▲
New Warriors ▲▲
Black Order ▲
Infinity Watch ▲▲▲
Unlimited X-Men ▲▲▲
Darkhold ▲▲▲
Gamma ▲▲▲
Tangled Web+2 ▲▲
Death Seed ▲

Bifrost

Masters Of Evil ▲▲▲
New Warriors ▲▲▲
Secret Defenders ▲▲▲
Death Seed ▲▲▲
Unlimited X-Men ▲▲▲
Eternals + Tangled Web ▲▲▲
Gamma▲▲
Darkhold ▲▲▲
War Dogs ▲▲
Eternals + Kestrel ▲▲
Weapon X ▲

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Rebirth

Masters of Evil ▲▲▲
Darkhold/Dormhold ▲▲▲
Infinity Watch ▲▲▲
Unlimited X-Men ▲▲▲
Gamma ▲▲▲
Death Seed ▲▲
Rebirth ▲
War Dogs ▲▲
Tangled Web+2 ▲▲▲
Weapon X ▲
Eternals+3 ▲▲
New Warriors ▲▲▲

Secret Avengers

Masters of Evil ▲▲▲
Eternals +3 ▲▲▲
Weapon X ▲▲
Infinity Watch ▲▲▲
New Warriors ▲▲▲
Darkhold ▲▲▲
Unlimited X-Men ▲▲▲
Gamma ▲▲▲
Death Seed ▲▲▲
Wakanda ▲
War Dogs ▲▲▲
Tangled Web+2 ▲▲▲

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Superior Six

Superior Six + Super Skrull (instead of Spider-Slayer or Lizard) ▲▲▲
Super Skrull + Doom + 1 Villain + 2 Heroes ▲▲
Superior Six ▲
Superior Six + Apocalypse (instead of Spider-Slayer or Lizard) ▼
Eternals + Doom + Noir ▼
Out Of Time ▼▼
Undying + Apocalypse +1 ▼
Eternals + Doctor Doom + Spider-Man (Noir) + 2 ▼

Secret Defenders

New Warriors ▲▲▲
Superior Six ▲▲▲
Masters Of Evil ▲▲
Cabal + 2 Villains ▲▲▲
Darkhold ▲
Death Seed ▼▼▼

Gamma

Masters of Evil ▲▲▲
Superior Six ▲▲▲
Cabal + 2 Villains ▲▲▲
New Warriors ▲▲▲
Secret Defenders ▲▲▲
Unlimited X-Men ▲▲
P.E.G.A.S.U.S. ▲▲
Tangled Web +2 ▲▲
Dormammu+Apocalypse+Doctor Doom+2 ▲▲
Dormhold ▲
Eternals + Dormammu ▼▼

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Gamma+Apocalypse

Superior Six (with Mysterio instead of Spider-Slayer) ▲▲▲
Secret Defenders + Apocalypse/Super Skrull ▲▲▲
Cabal + 2 villains ▲▲
Apocalypse+Nova+Kestrel+Cable▲▲
Apocalypse+Omega Red+Nova+Cable+1▲
Out Of Time ▼
Masters of Evil ▼▼▼

Hive-Mind

New Warriors ▲▲▲
Masters Of Evil ▲▲▲
Superior Six ▲▲▲
Cabal +2 Villains ▲▲▲
Secret Defenders ▲▲
Hive-Mind + Emma Frost (no Venom) ▲▲
Tangled Web +2 ▲
Out Of Time ▼
Void Knight + Emma Frost + 3 ▼

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Heroes For Hire

Masters of Evil ▲▲▲
P.E.G.A.S.U.S. ▲▲▲
Darkhold/Dormhold ▲▲▲
Infinity Watch ▲▲▲
Unlimited X-Men ▲▲▲
Gamma ▲▲▲
New Avengers ▲▲
Bionic Avengers ▲
Black Order ▲▲
Death Seed ▲▲
Rebirth ▲
War Dogs ▲▲▲
Tangled Web+2 ▲▲▲
Weapon X ▲▲
Eternals+3 ▲▲
New Warriors ▲▲▲

Young Avengers

Masters of Evil ▲▲▲
A-Force + Doctor Doom ⊜
Darkhold ▲▲▲
Weapon X ▲
Unlimited X-Men ▲▲▲
New Warriors ▲▲▲
Eternals+Rhino+2 ▲
Black Order ▲
Young Avengers ▲
Gamma ▲▲▲
Death Seed ▲▲
Wakanda ▲
War Dogs ▲▲▲
Tangled Web+2 ▲▲▲

Bionic Avengers

Masters of Evil ▲▲▲
Infinity Watch ▲▲▲
Unlimited X-Men ▲▲▲
Gamma ▲▲▲
Death Seed ▲▲▲
Wakanda ▲▲▲
War Dogs ▲▲▲
Weapon X ▲▲▲
X-Factor+Zemo ▼
Bionic Avengers ▲
Darkhold ▲▲▲
Tangled Web+2 ▲▲
Skill Raid team ▲
Rebirth ▲▲▲
Invaders ▲▲▲

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Hero Asguardians

Masters of Evil ▲▲▲
Eternals +3 ▲▲
Gamma ▲▲▲
Death Seed ▲▲
Infinity Watch ▲▲▲
Wakanda ▲
War Dogs ▲▲▲
Hero Asgardian ▲
Darkhold ▲▲▲
Skill Raid team ▲
Rebirth ▲▲

Death Seed

Superior Six ▲▲▲
Unlimited X-Men ▲▲▲
X-Treme X-Men ▲▲
Infinity Watch ▲
Masters of Evil ⊜
Gamma ▲▲▲
Death Seed ▲▲▲
Tangled Web + 2 ▲▲▲
Darkhold ▲
New Warriors ▲▲▲
Rebirth ▼▼

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Infestation

Masters Of Evil ▲▲▲
New Warriors ▲▲▲
Cabal +2 Villains ▲▲▲
Out Of Time ▲▲▲
Superior Six + Vulture (instead of Slayer) ▲▲▲
Secret Defenders ▲▲
Darkhold ▲▲
Hive-Mind ▲▲
Gamma ▲▲
Death Seed ▲▲
Infinity Watch ▲
Eternals + Red Guardian ▲
Unlimited X-Men ▲▲
War Dogs ▲▲

Invaders

Stage 1 – Field Medic

On Defense and Offense, All Characters:

On Turn, clear Vulnerable from self and heal +20% of Max Health for each Vulnerable removed this way.
Characters with Vulnerable gain -25% Resistance.

Possible Defensive Teams in Stage 1 (click on the team’s name to scroll to them):

Mercs For Money+
X-Treme X-Men
Gamma+
Infinity Watch
Infestation
New Avengers
Black Order

Mercs For Money

Cabal +2 Villains ▲▲
Morgan, Red Hulk, Archangel, Apocalypse, Echo ▲▲
New Warriors (use Echo instead of Dagger if Mercs have Noir) ▲▲

New Warriors – start with Gwenpool’s Basic on anyone except for Logan, and on Firestar’s Turn use her Ultimate targeting Logan. The damage and Bleeds that she will apply can eliminate Logan immediately, but you need a massive Firestar for that.

Mercs For Money + Black Knight (instead of Deathpool)

Cabal + Baron Zemo, Emma Frost ▲▲
Cabal + Apocalypse + Echo ▲▲

Secret Defenders

New Warriors ▲▲
- New Warriors + Lizard (if SD have Noir) ▲▲
Superior Six ▲▲▲
Cabal + 2 Villains ▲▲
Out Of Time ▲
Darkhold ▼▼

X-Treme X-Men (full or with Rogue)

Superior Six ▲▲▲
Cabal + 2 Villains ▲▲
Masters Of Evil ▲ (if enemy has Rogue best to use Apocalypse instead of Ultron)
X-Treme X-Men ▲
Out Of Time ▲
Secret Defenders ▼▼
Unlimited X-Men (with Nightcrawler and Emma Frost instead of Fantomex and Sunfire) ▼▼
New Warriors ▼▼▼

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Gamma

Superior Six ▲▲▲
Cabal +2 Villains ▲▲▲
New Warriors ▲▲▲
Masters of Evil ▲▲▲
Secret Defenders ▲▲▲
P.E.G.A.S.U.S. ▲▲
Out Of Time ▲▲
Unlimited X-Men + (any Pre-Taunt in a corner) ▲
Apocalypse+Nova+Kestrel+Emma Frost▲▲
Apocalypse+Omega Red+Nova+Emma Frost+1▲
Tangled Web+Eternals + (any Pre-Taunt in a corner) ▼

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Infestation

Masters Of Evil ▲▲▲
New Warriors ▲▲▲
Cabal +2 Villains ▲▲▲
Out Of Time ▲▲▲
Superior Six + Vulture (instead of Slayer) ▲▲▲
Secret Defenders ▲▲
Darkhold ▲▲
Hive-Mind ▲▲
Gamma ▲▲
Death Seed ▲▲
Infinity Watch ▲
Eternals + Red Guardian ▲
Unlimited X-Men ▲▲
War Dogs ▲▲

Infinity Watch

Superior Six ▲▲▲
Sinister/Superior Six (Green Goblin (Classic), Doc Oc, Kraven, Mysterio, +1) ▲▲▲
Masters of Evil ▲▲▲
Apoclaypse+Eternals+2 ▲▲▲
P.E.G.A.S.U.S. ▲▲
Secret Defenders ▲▲
Out Of Time ▲▲
New Warriors ▲
Unlimited X-Men (full or with Emma Frost instead of Fantomex) ▲▲
War Dogs ▼▼

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New Avengers (full or with Nick Fury)

Masters Of Evil ▲▲▲
New Warriors ▲▲▲
Cabal +2 Villains ▲▲▲
Superior Six + Vulture (instead of Slayer) ▲▲▲
Out Of Time ▲▲▲
Hive-Mind ▲▲▲
X-Treme X-Men ▲▲
Darkhold ▲▲
Gamma ▲▲
P.E.G.A.S.U.S. ▲▲
Secret Defenders ▲▲
War Dogs ▲
Eternals +2 (with a Pre-Taunt in a corner) ▲
Black Order ▼▼

Black Order

Masters of Evil ▲▲▲
Superior Six ▲▲▲
Out Of Time ▲▲▲
Unlimited X-Men ▲▲▲
Darkhold ▲▲▲
Gamma ▲▲▲
New Warriors ▲▲
Infinity Watch ▲▲
Tangled Web+2 ▲▲
Black Order ▲
Eternals + pre-Taunt ▲
Death Seed ▼

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Stage 2 – Blood Transfusion

On Defense and Offense, All Characters:

On Turn, gain Bleed.
Characters with Bleed, gain +5% Damage per Bleed
When applying Bleed, gain Defense Up.

Possible Defensive Teams in Stage 2 (click on the team’s name to scroll to the them):

Mercs For Money+
Out Of Time
Secret Defenders
P.E.G.A.S.U.S.
Infinity Watch

Mercs For Money

Cabal +2 Villains ▲▲
Morgan, Red Hulk, Archangel, Apocalypse, Echo ▲▲
New Warriors (use Echo instead of Dagger if Mercs have Noir) ▲▲

Mercs For Money + Black Knight (instead of Deathpool)

Cabal + Baron Zemo, Emma Frost ▲▲
Cabal + Apocalypse + Echo ▲▲

Out Of Time

Superior Six ▲▲
Cabal +2 Villains ▲▲
Undying + Apocalypse + Void Knight ▲▲
Secret Defenders + Void Knight/Apocalypse (instead of Dr. Strange) ▲▲
Hive-Mind + Apocalypse (instead of Venom) ▲
New Warriors ▼▼
Hive-Mind ▼▼▼

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Secret Defenders

New Warriors ▲▲
- New Warriors + Lizard (if SD have Noir) ▲▲
Superior Six ▲▲▲
Cabal + 2 Villains ▲▲
Out Of Time ▲

P.E.G.A.S.U.S.

Eternals, Omega Red, Shang-Chi, Falcon ▲▲▲
New Warriors ▲▲▲
Secret Defenders ▲▲▲
Masters of Evil ▲▲▲
Tangled Web+Undying ▲▲
Darkhold ▲
Death Seed ▲
Unlimited X-Men ▲
War Dogs ▼▼

Infinity Watch

Superior Six ▲▲▲
Sinister/Superior Six (Green Goblin (Classic), Doc Oc, Kraven, Mysterio, +1) ▲▲▲
Masters of Evil ▲▲▲
Apoclaypse+Eternals+2 ▲▲▲
P.E.G.A.S.U.S. ▲▲
Secret Defenders ▲▲
Out Of Time ▲▲
New Warriors ▲
Unlimited X-Men (full or with Emma Frost instead of Fantomex) ▲▲
War Dogs ▼▼

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Stage 3 – Double Tap

On Defense and Offense, All Characters:

On Succesful hit, if the primary target has Exposed, perform an additional attack against the target. This attack is based on the attacker’s Basic.
Characters with Exposed have -20% Resistance.

Possible Defensive Teams in room 3 (click on the team’s name to scroll to them):

X-Treme X-Men+
Secret Defenders
Bifrost
Out Of Time
Infinity Watch

X-Treme X-Men (full or with Rogue/Vahl)

Superior Six ▲▲▲
Cabal +2 Villains ▲▲
Masters Of Evil ▲
Secret Defenders ▲
New Warriors ▼▼

If X-Treme have a pre-Taunt character like Bishop, Secret Defenders, and New Warrior counters won’t do as well, so it would be best to either have a TCP advantage or to use an alternative.

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Secret Defenders

New Warriors ▲▲▲
Superior Six ▲▲▲
Cabal +2 Villains ▲▲
Out Of Time ▲▲
Secret Defenders (without Strange) ▲▲
Masters Of Evil ▲

If Secret Defenders have Noir instead of Strange, New Warriors might fail, to negate that you can replace Dagger with Lizard or any pre-Taunt, and place that character in a corner.

In a Secret Defenders mirror match you want your Hard Light to go after the enemy Hard Light, that way you will remove that Taunt from them (and not the other way around). So if the enemy team uses full SD, you can drop Strange and use someone else, which will force enemy Hard Light to go first. After just focus on eliminating Robbie first.

Bifrost

Masters Of Evil ▲▲▲
New Warriors ▲▲▲
Secret Defenders ▲▲▲
Death Seed ▲▲▲
Unlimited X-Men ▲▲▲
Eternals + Tangled Web ▲▲▲
Gamma▲▲
Darkhold ▲▲▲
War Dogs ▲▲
Eternals + Kestrel ▲▲
Weapon X ▲

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Out Of Time

Superior Six ▲▲
Cabal +2 Villains ▲▲
Undying + Apocalypse + Void Knight ▲▲
Secret Defenders + Void Knight/Apocalypse (instead of Dr. Strange) ▲▲
Hive-Mind + Apocalypse (instead of Venom) ▲
New Warriors ▼▼
Hive-Mind ▼▼▼

Infinity Watch

Superior Six ▲▲▲
Sinister/Superior Six (Green Goblin (Classic), Doc Oc, Kraven, Mysterio, +1) ▲▲▲
Masters of Evil ▲▲▲
Cabal + 2 Villains ▲▲▲
Out Of Time ▲▲▲
P.E.G.A.S.U.S. ▲▲
Secret Defenders ▲
Apoclaypse+Eternals+2 ▲▲
New Warriors ▲▲
Unlimited X-Men (full or with Emma Frost instead of Fantomex/Sunfire) ▼
War Dogs ▼▼

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Stage 4 – Under The Weather

On Defense and Offense, All Characters:

On Turn, clear all negative effects from this character.
On Turn end, gain Defense Down, Offense Down, Slow, and Disrupted.

Possible Defensive Teams in room 4 (click on the team’s name to scroll to them):

Spider-Society
Out Of Time
P.E.G.A.S.U.S.
Gamma
Black Order

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Spider-Society

Superior Six ▲▲▲
Cabal +2 Villains ▲▲
New Warriors ▲▲
- New Warriors + Lizard (no Dagger) ▲▲▲
Masters Of Evil ▲
Secret Defenders ▼▼
Tangled Web + Eternals +1 ▼▼▼

Spider-Society + Black Knight (no Noir)

Cabal + Apocalypse + Lizard ▲▲▲
Apocalypse + Lizard + 3 ▲
Superior Six ▼▼

Out Of Time

Superior Six ▲▲
Cabal +2 Villains ▲▲
Undying + Apocalypse + Void Knight ▲▲
Secret Defenders + Void Knight/Apocalypse (instead of Dr. Strange) ▲▲
Hive-Mind + Apocalypse (instead of Venom) ▲
New Warriors ▼▼
Hive-Mind ▼▼▼

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P.E.G.A.S.U.S.

New Warriors ▲▲▲
Secret Defenders ▲▲▲
Masters of Evil ▲▲▲
Eternals, Omega Red, Shang-Chi, Falcon ▲▲
Tangled Web+Undying ▲▲
Darkhold ▲
Death Seed ▲
Unlimited X-Men ▲

Gamma

Masters of Evil ▲▲▲
Superior Six ▲▲▲
Cabal + 2 Villains ▲▲▲
New Warriors ▲▲▲
Secret Defenders ▲▲▲
Unlimited X-Men ▲▲
P.E.G.A.S.U.S. ▲▲
Tangled Web +2 ▲▲
Dormammu+Apocalypse+Doctor Doom+2 ▲▲
Dormhold ▲
Eternals + Dormammu ▼▼

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Black Order

Masters of Evil ▲▲▲
Superior Six ▲▲▲
New Warriors ▲▲
Out Of Time ▲▲
Unlimited X-Men ▲▲
Darkhold ▲▲
Gamma ▲
Infinity Watch ▲
Black Order ▲
Tangled Web+2 ▲
Eternals + Loki + pre-Taunt +1 ▲

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Stage 5 – I’ll Be Back

On Defense and Offense,VillainCharacters:

On Spawn, gain Revive Once at 50% Max Health

Possible Defensive Teams in Room 5 (click on the team’s name to scroll to them):

Superior Six+
Darkhold+
Hive-Mind+
Black Order
Undying
Death Seed

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Superior Six

Superior Six + Super Skrull (instead of Spider-Slayer) ▲▲▲
Cabal + Kang and Titania ▲▲
Super Skrull + Doctor Doom + 1 Villain + 2 Heroes ▲▲
Super Skrull + Nova + Vahl + Hela + Pre-Taunt ▲
Undying + Apocalypse + Black Knight ▼
Superior Six + Apocalypse (instead of Spider-Slayer) ▼
Out Of Time ▼▼▼

When using Super Skrull with Doctor Doom, place Skrull in the corner and Doom next to him. Start with Skrull’s Basic on Lizard, then use Special on Green Goblin (Classic). Skrull will take 2 turns one after the other, and Green Goblin will counter after both attacks, the splash damage from those counters should trigger Doom’s Passive, and after you use his Ultimate, he will take 3 turns, and then Skrull will take 3 turns, that should be enough for the win.

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Hive-Mind

Superior Six ▲▲▲
Cabal +2 Villains ▲▲▲
New Warriors ▲▲
Masters Of Evil ▲▲
Secret Defenders ▲
Hive-Mind + Emma Frost (no Venom) ▲
Out Of Time ▼
Void Knight + Emma Frost + 3 ▼▼
Tangled Web +2 ▼▼

Darkhold(full or with Quicksilver instead of Scarlet Witch)

Superior Six▲▲▲
Secret Defenders + Apocalypse (instead of Dr. Strange)▲▲▲
Apocalypse+Nova+Kestrel+Cable▲▲▲
Cabal +2 Villains ▲▲▲
Tangled Web + Kestrel + Iron Man (Infinity War) + Nova▲▲
Secret Defenders▲▲
Out Of Time ▲▲
Apocalypse+Doctor Doom+Nova+Cable▲▲
P.E.G.A.S.U.S.▲
Darkhold + Emma Frost/Cable ▼▼
Tangled Web + Nova + Korg + Thor (Infinity War)▼▼

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Death Seed

Superior Six ▲▲▲
New Warriors ▲▲
Death Seed ▲▲
Masters of Evil + Rhino (instead of Ultron) ▲▲
X-Treme X-Men ▲▲
Gamma ▲▲
Unlimited X-Men ▲
Tangled Web + 2 ▲
Darkhold ▲
Infinity Watch ▼

Black Order

Superior Six ▲▲▲
New Warriors ▲▲
Out Of Time ▲▲
Gamma ▲
Black Order ▲
Tangled Web+2 ▲
Unlimited X-Men ▼
Darkhold ▼
Infinity Watch ▼
Eternals + Loki + pre-Taunt +1 ▼▼

Undying

Eternals + Kestrel ▲▲
Death Seed ▲▲
Hive-Mind ▲▲
Darkhold ▼
Black Order ▼▼

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Stage 6 – Super Charged

On Defense and Offense, All Characters:

After using an Ultimate Ability, spread all Positive Effects to Adjacent Allies
Ultimate Abilities cost 2 less Ability Energy

Possible Defensive Teams in room 6 (click on the team’s name to scroll to them):

X-Treme X-Men+
Hive-Mind+
Spider-Society
Secret Defenders
Out Of Time
Infinity Watch
Black Order
Infestation

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X-Treme X-Men+

Superior Six ▲▲▲
Cabal + 2 Villains ▲▲
Masters Of Evil ▼▼▼
Secret Defenders ▼▼▼

Hive-Mind + Super Skrull (instead of Venom)

Cabal + Kang and Titania ▲▲
Superior Six + Super Skrull (instead of Slayer) ▲
Super Skrull + Vahl + 1 Hero and 2 Villains ▲
Super Skrull + Vulture + Doctor Doom + Cable +1 ▲
Cabal + 2 Villains ▲
Superior Six ▼▼▼

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Hive-Mind

New Warriors ▲▲▲
Masters Of Evil ▲▲▲
Superior Six ▲▲▲
Cabal +2 Villains ▲▲▲
Secret Defenders ▲▲
Hive-Mind + Emma Frost (no Venom) ▲▲
Tangled Web +2 ▲
Out Of Time ▼
Void Knight + Emma Frost + 3 ▼▼

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Secret Defenders

Superior Six ▲▲▲
New Warriors ▲▲▲ (use Lizard instead of Dagger if SD has Noir)
Cabal +2 Villains ▲▲▲
Masters Of Evil ▲▲▲
Secret Defenders +1 (instead of Dr. Strange) ▲▲
Void Knight + Apocalypse + pre-Taunt + 2 ▲▲
Super Skrull + 2 Heroes + 2 Villains ▲

Spider-Society

Superior Six ▲▲▲
Cabal +2 Villains ▲▲
New Warriors ▲▲
- New Warriors + Lizard (no Dagger) ▲▲▲
Masters Of Evil ▲
Secret Defenders ▼▼
Tangled Web + Eternals +1 ▼▼▼

Spider-Society + Black Knight (no Noir)

Cabal + Apocalypse + Lizard ▲▲▲
Apocalypse + Lizard + 3 ▲
Superior Six ▼▼

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Out Of Time

Superior Six ▲▲
Undying + Apocalypse + Void Knight ▲▲
Cabal +2 Villains ▲▲
Secret Defenders + Void Knight/Apocalypse (instead of Dr. Strange) ▲▲
Undying 3 + Apocalypse +1 ▲
Hive-Mind + Apocalypse (instead of Venom) ▼▼

Infinity Watch

Superior Six ▲▲▲
Sinister/Superior Six (Green Goblin (Classic), Doc Oc, Kraven, Mysterio, +1) ▲▲▲
Masters of Evil ▲▲▲
Cabal + 2 Villains ▲▲▲
Out Of Time ▲▲▲
P.E.G.A.S.U.S. ▲▲
Secret Defenders ▲
Apoclaypse+Eternals+2 ▲▲
New Warriors ▲▲
Unlimited X-Men (full or with Emma Frost instead of Fantomex/Sunfire) ▼
War Dogs ▼▼

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Black Order

Masters of Evil ▲▲▲
Superior Six ▲▲▲
New Warriors ▲▲
Out Of Time ▲▲
Gamma ▲
Black Order ▲
Tangled Web+2 ▲
Infinity Watch ▼▼

Infestation

Masters Of Evil ▲▲▲
New Warriors ▲▲▲
Cabal +2 Villains ▲▲▲
Out Of Time ▲▲▲
Superior Six + Vulture (instead of Slayer) ▲▲▲
Secret Defenders ▲▲
Darkhold ▲▲
Hive-Mind ▲▲
Gamma ▲▲
Death Seed ▲▲
Infinity Watch ▲
Eternals + Red Guardian ▲
Unlimited X-Men ▲▲
War Dogs ▲▲

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List of Video Counters

The videos listed here are from the previous Crucible Season, and while they can still be used to learn how some teams work, they won’t always function the same way in the new season, so don’t base your counters solely on them.

New videos with Counters for the Current season will be coming out every week.

Season 7 Part 1 Video

[St 1] Masters Of Evil (1,6 mil) VS Darkhold+Quicksilver (1,8 mil)
[St 1] Cabal with Morgan Le Fay and Omega Red (1,2 mil) VS X-Treme with Dorm (no Gambit) (2 mil)
[St 1] Masters Of Evil with Namor and Iron Patriot (1,5 mil) VS X-Treme with Rogue (2,2 mil)
[St 2] Hive-Mind (1,5 mil) VS X-Treme X-Men (2,1 mil)
[St 2] Hive-Mind (1,5 mil) VS Bifrost (2,2 mil)
[St 2] New Warriors (1,6 mil) VS Bifrost (1,8 mil)
[St 3] Superior Six with Vulture (2,1 mil) VS X-Treme with Rogue (2,1 mil)
[St 3] Cabal with Doom and Omega Red (1,5 mil) VS Out Of Time (1,9 mil)
[St 5] New Warriors (1,6 mil) VS Infinity Watch (1,8 mil)
[St 5] Secret Defenders with Apoc and Void (2,6 mil) VS Out Of Time (2,3 mil)
[St 6] Superior Six (2 mil) VS Secret Defenders with Dorm and MLF (2,3 mil)

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Season 7 Part 2 Video

[St 1]Superior Six VS X-Treme with Rogue
[St 1] Secret Defenders with Super Skrull VS X-Treme X-Men with Rogue
[St 1] Tangled Web with Kestrel VS Bifrost
[St 1] Tangled Web with Red Hulk, Archangel, and Emma Frost VS Tangled Web and Undying
[St 2] Hive-Mind VS X-Treme X-Men with Dorm
[St 2] Hive-Mind VS Bifrost
[St 2] Bifrost VS P.E.G.A.S.U.S.
[St 2] Cabal with Kang and Titania VS Hive-Mind
[St 3] Cabal with Doom and Vulture VS Out Of Time
[St 3] New Warrior VS Gamma
[St 3] New Warrior VS Infinity Watch
[St 4] Masters Of Evil VS Cabal with Doom and Omega Red
[St 4] New Warrior VS Darkhold with Quicksilver
[St 4] Masters Of Evil VS X-Treme X-Men
[St 4] Secret Defenders with Apocalypse VS X-Treme X-Men with Rogue and Black Knight
[St 5] New Warrior VS Infestation
[St 5] New Warrior VS Unlimited X-Men
[St 5] Cabal with Red Hulk and Kang VS Superior Six with Mysterio, no Green Goblin Classic
[St 6] Superior Six VS Secret Defenders with Spider-Man Noir
[St 6] Secret Defenders with Lizard VS Secret Defenders with Dormammu
[St 6] Superior Six VS Secret Defenders with Dormammu
[St 6] Tangled + Nova and Undying VS Bifrost with Nova and Thor (IW)

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Conclusion

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Cosmic Crucible - Team Counters (Season 8) | Marvel Church (2024)

Intro

Explanation

Season 8

General Counters

Stage 1 – Field Medic

Stage 2 – Blood Transfusion

Stage 3 – Double Tap

Stage 4 – Under The Weather

Stage 5 – I’ll Be Back

Stage 6 – Super Charged

List of Video Counters

Conclusion