Champion Acquisition & Powering Up

Published: Fri Mar 21

Introduction to Champions

Published on: 2025-03-21 Welcome back, Commanders!

Today, we're diving into how to get and strengthen your champions in DC: Dark Legion. Let's build your dream team!

Obtaining Champions

  1. Pre-Registration Rewards:
  • Harley Quinn (Recommended): Best early boost, synergizes with 7-day login.
  • Batman (Good): Solid choice, especially for light spenders.
  • Green Lantern (Heavy Spenders Only): Powerful, but paywalled.
  • Skip Wonder Woman and Flash (easily obtainable in-game).
  1. 7-Day Login Rewards:
  • Get 10 free Harley Quinn shards!
  1. Path of Justice (Complete quests for a Mythic Hero Selector.):
  • Poison Ivy (Recommended): Great healer and damage dealer.
  • Lex Luthor (Legion of Doom Focus): Solid choice.
  1. Purchasing Shards:
  • Batman Starter Pack: Good value.
  • Daily Deals: Purchase small amounts of shards for different heros, like Lex Luthor or Poison Ivy.
  1. Mother Boxes:
  • Decode for shards and other rewards. Aim for Divine Energy Keys (red boxes) for Mythic shards.
  1. The Bleed:
  • Use World Anvil Fragments to pull Mythic and Legendary champions.
  • Focus on Interstellar Visitor (weekends) and Supreme Commander to get fragments.
  • Plan ahead, and save fragments for the bleed characters that you really want.
  1. Custom Mythic Champion Shards:
  • Earn through Darkest Timeline and seasonal events.
  • Select specific Mythic shards (excluding bleed characters).
  1. Stores:
  • Mystery Store: World Anvil fragments (prioritize 60 and 180 gem options).
  • League Store: Shazam or Flash (use sparingly; focus on Quantum Components).
  • Metabrawl store: Bane and Raven shards.

Powering Up Champions:

  1. Levels:
  • Increase War Room level to raise champion level cap.
  • Focus on your top 5 champions.
  1. Stars:
  • Obtain duplicates through The Bleed and Mother Boxes.
  • Legendary characters are easier to star up.
  1. Legacy Pieces:
  • Obtain through The Bleed, Monitor's Legacy Pass, and House of Secrets.
  • Match stats to champion roles (e.g., attack for damage dealers, defense for tanks).
  1. Force (ACDC Shards):
  • Upgrades champion abilities.
  • Focus on percentage-based upgrades.
  1. Gear:
  • Craft and upgrade gear in the Armory.
  • Deconstruct excess gear for building blocks.
  • Look for gear with tag bonuses that match your team.

Note on Champion Reset:

  • Reset champions level 1-300 (excluding Force).
  • Only level 5 champions to save resources.

Key Takeaways

  • New Players should prioritize Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy for any free champion selectors or events.
  • Save your gems for Interstellar Visitor so you can buy anvils to be used in the Bleed.
  • Focus on leveling and gearing your top five champions early on. You can view our Basic Starter Teams infographic here:
July 2025 Bleed Strategy Guide
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