Characters for Dark Dimension

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Intro

Dark Dimension (DD) is the official end-game content of Marvel Strike Force. Players doing it are in the end game because the requirements for DD are not easy.

Currently, there are 5 Tiers of Dark Dimension, and requirements are gradually increasing. Basically, it means that the initial decision of the DD team is extremely important because reaching the next requirement is a lot easier with already improved characters.

Clearing each Tier of Dark Dimension provides a significant progression boost because it awards players with an enormous number of most-needed resources. Dark Dimension I will ask for Heroes with 6*. After that, you will need characters at T13, T14, T15, and Tier 16. DD mechanic is simply ingenious because as soon as you finish 1 DD Tier you will get enough resources to reach the requirements for the next Tier.

Dark Dimension is an Epic Campaign game mode in MSF that is unlocked when the player reaches level 65. The task is to complete the nodes, where players face a lot of enemies and get crucial (for progress) rewards. There are different requirements for each DD, which we will explain separately in each DD section.

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It is end-game content that was usually difficult at the time of release. At the moment, the starting DDs are easy, mainly due to the evolution of the game and the new characters that are available to us and which can now progress comfortably through older DD.

On this page, we’ll explain each of the DDs, ending with the yet-to-be-released DD 6, and suggest the best teams/characters players can use.

Take care of the equipment you need for the Characters because it is not good to accumulate Characters with the same Gear trait. As you know, the game divides Characters into 5 groups, according to the equipment they use: Skill, Tech, Bio, Mystic, Mutant. You should (if possible) have the 5 characters you take to the Dark Dimension be as diverse as possible in Gear trait. Because that way, it will be easier for you to reach a required Gear Tier with all of them.

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Dark Dimension – I

Requirements:

  • 5 characters with 6 Yellow Stars
  • You can battle each node with at least 1 eligible character

When you reach Commander level 65, the Dark Dimension game mode will open for you. To start Dark Dimension I, you need to have 5 characters with 6+ Yellow Stars. When you achieve that, you can play DD I. You need 5, 6+ Yellow Star characters to start it, but you can play each node with at least 1 character.

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Character suggestions

What we suggest for DD-I are characters with which you can easily farm Shards and are also very useful for DD and other game modes. Here are some of our suggestions:

  • Shang Chi (Blitz Store) – Skill
  • Nemesis (Cosmic Crucible Store) – Mutant, Carbonadium
  • Squirrel Girl (Nexus 4-3) – Bio
  • Captain America (Nexus 1-3) – Bio
  • Vulture (Arena Store) – Tech, H.A.M.M.E.R. Tech

These 5 are our picks for new players because they are all useful even through the later game, and you won’t go wrong if you invest your resources in them. There are other great characters, such as Gamora, Wakandian Characters, and Young Avenger Characters which can prove themselves excellently in DD-I.

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Rewards:

We can collect prizes after and during the first and second runs. After that, you can play that DD as much as you want, but you won’t get anything except Profile Border Upgrades.

DD-I contains 10 nodes. Following completing each, you will get 100K Gold and 4K Gold Orb Fragments. After two runs through DD-I, you will earn 2M Gold and 80K Gold Orb Fragments just from the rewards you get from completing nodes.

When you complete all 10 nodes for the first time and thus DD-I for the first time, you get the following rewards:

  • 6 random fully crafter T13 Items
  • 600 random T13 pieces of gear
  • 720 Superior Basic Catalyst
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When you complete all 10 nodes for the second time and thus DD-I for the second time, you get the following rewards:

  • 9 random fully crafter T13 Items
  • 900 random T13 pieces of gear
  • 1080 Superior Basic Catalyst

As you can see, DD-I is a great way to collect crucial game resources like Gear and Gold. From the very start of the game, try to unlock the farming spots of the mentioned heroes and raise them to 6 Yellow Stars as soon as possible.

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Dark Dimension – II

Requirements:

  • 5 characters with Gear Tier 13 
  • You can battle each node with at least 1 eligible character

Requirements for DD-II are somewhat different compared to DD-I. Namely, you need 5 Characters at T13 Gear, so it is theoretically possible to start DD-II before DD-I. If this happens – it means you have not farmed the characters from the very beginning of the game. However, this will not negatively affect your progress. 

Character suggestions

Since DD-II doesn’t require you to have a high amount of Yellow Stars on the characters, here we will suggest some slightly more exclusive characters. Note that the characters we propose for DD-I can do the job in DD-II as well.

  • Shang Chi (Blitz Store) – Skill
  • Nemesis (Cosmic Crucible Store) – Mutant, Carbonadium
  • Squirrel Girl (Nexus 4-3) – Bio
  • Captain America (Nexus 1-3) – Bio
  • Vulture (Arena Store) – Tech, H.A.M.M.E.R. Tech
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In addition to the above characters, here are a few more that you should definitely bring to DD-II if you unlock them in time:

  • Nick Fury (Legendary – 5 Kree Minion Characters at 5 Yellow Stars need for unlocking) – Skill
  • Hela (Villains 7-6; Hard Heroes 2-3) – Mystic, Miasma
  • Shuri (Legendary – 5 Spider Werse Characters at 5 Yellow Stars need for unlocking) – Tech, Vibranuim
  • Cloak (Raid Store; Hard Villains 2-6) – Mystic, Miasma
  • Ikaris (Raid Store) + Sersi (Hard Villains 2-9) – Mystic, Astral Energy + Uru
  • If you plan to go for Apocalypse, you can farm, Level up, Gear up, and bring to DD Horseman teams characters (Wong, Gambit, She-Hulk, Strange Heartless …)

Rewards:

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We can collect prizes after and during the first and second runs. After that, you can play that DD as much as you want, but you won’t get anything except Profile Border Upgrades.

DD-II contains 16 nodes. Following completing each, you will get 200K Gold. 

Every odd node will give you 8K Gold Orb Fragments, and every paired node – 2K Mega Orb Fragments, with Gold (after completion). 

After two runs through DD-II, you will earn 3.2M Gold, 128K Gold Orb Fragments, and 32K Mega Orb Fragments just from the rewards you get from completing nodes.

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When you complete DD-II for the first time, you get the following rewards:

  • 310 Ultron Character Shards (5 Yellow Stars)
  • 18 random fully crafter T13 Items
  • 1800 random T13 pieces of gear
  • 2160 Superior Basic Catalyst

When you complete DD-II for the second time, you get the following rewards:

  • 500 Ultron Character Shards (7 Yellow Stars)
  • 27 random fully crafter T13 Items
  • 2700 random T13 pieces of gear
  • 3240 Superior Basic Catalyst

Completing DD-II, we unlock Ultron, a member of the Masters of Evil team, who will be indispensable for the upcoming Events through which we will unlock exclusive characters and win other prizes. So – try to do DD-II properly, as smartly as possible. Sometimes it’s better to spend a little more time with characters that are a little more ineffective but easy to farm or gear up.

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Dark Dimension – III

Requirements:

  • 5 characters with Gear Tier 14 
  • You can battle each node with at least 1 eligible character

Here things become a bit more complicated compared to the previous two DDs. In order to start DD-III, we need 5 Gear Tier 14 characters, but to complete it, we need significantly more. Namely, nodes 1-4 do not have any trait requirements. So they can be started with any 5 Characters T14 gear.

After that, the fun begins. The 5-8 nodes require from you 5 Global Characters Gear T14. Then for nodes 9-12, we need 5 Cosmic Characters Gear T14. And finally, on nodes 13-16, we need 5 City Characters Gear T14.

For a fully effective run, we need at least 15 Gear T14 Characters. 5 each for Global, City, and Cosmic nodes. Nodes 1-4, we can compete with any of these 15.

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Character suggestions

Now we will list the best characters for each trait with which you will easily pass DD-III.

No Requirements / Global

The best team for these 8 nodes is Death Seed. As long as you have all the Death Seed characters, level them up and equip them, and you’ll have literally no problem 1-shotting every node.

If you don’t have the Archangel and the team, or you don’t have all of them – then the situation becomes interesting. These are the best that we can recommend to you from the Characters that are currently farmable in the game:

  • MLF, Rogue, Red Hulk (if you have them)
  • Gambit (Cosmic Crucible Store) – Mutant, Osmium
  • Agatha Harkness (Cosmic Crucible Store), – Mystic, Arcane Magic
  • Nick Fury (Legendary – 5 Kree Minion Characters at 5 Yellow Stars need for unlocking) – Skill, Superhuman Serum
  • Shuri (Legendary – 5 Spider Werse Characters at 5 Yellow Stars need for unlocking) – Tech, Vibranium
  • Spider Weaver (Incursion 3-7) – Mystic, Molecular Cloth
  • Ultron (complete DD-II) – Tech, Adamantium
  • Captain America (Nexus 1-3) – Bio, Vibranium
  • Wong (Heroes Hard 1-3) – Mystic, Focused Chi
  • Omega Red (Legendary – Nick Fury, Winter Soldier, and 3 Secret Avengers at 5 Yellow Stars required for unlocking) – Mutant, Carbonadium
  • Rescue (Blitz Store) – Tech, Gamma Radiation
  • Captain America (Sam) (Doom 2-6) – Skill, Vibranium

These are the most potent options for DD Global, with which you can pass nodes 1-4 (non-requirement). Choose carefully, and be sure you have a Protector, Support, Damage Dealer, and Controller – a good combination. We propose something like this:

  • Captain America – Bio, Vibranium
  • Omega Red – Mutant, Carbonadium
  • Spider Weaver – Mystic, Molecular Cloth
  • Nick Fury – Skill, Superhuman Serum
  • Rescue – Tech, Gamma Radiation
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Cosmic

For Cosmic requirements nodes, here is the best team in our opinion:

  • Vahl (currently non-farmable but in Orbs) – Mystic, Osmium
  • Photon (currently non-farmable but in Orbs) – Bio, Molecular Cloth
  • Kestrel (currently non-farmable but in Orbs) – Skill/Tech, S.H.I.E.LD. Tech
  • Kang (Incursion 3-8) – Tech, Quantum Energy
  • Nova (Nova Trials) – Bio, Osmium

If you do not have and are not able to farm these characters because 2 of them are currently non-farmable, and one is brand new, we recommend the following as adequate replacements:

  • Ikaris (Raid Store) – Mystic, Astral Energy
  • Sersi (Hard Villains 2-9) – Mystic, Uru
  • Hela (Villains 7-6; Hard Heroes 2-3) – Mystic, Miasma
  • Deathpool (currently non-farmable but in Orbs) – Mystic, Miasma
  • Strange (Heartless) (Arena Store; Villains Hard 5-9) – Mystic, Prometheum
  • Silver Surfer (Doom 1-9) – Mystic, Astral Energy
  • Doctor Strange (Mystic 2-9) – Mystic, Palladium
  • Thanos (Nexus 8-9) – Mystic, Palladium
  • Infinity Watch team (all farmable)
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City

Here is the best team (in our opinion) for City requirements nodes:

  • Dagger (Arena Store; Villains Hard 4-6) – Mystic, Miasma
  • Cloak (Raid Store; Villains Hard 2-6) – Mystic, Infinite Energy
  • Ghost Rider (Robbie) (currently non-farmable but in Orbs) – Mystic, Miasma
  • Ms. Marvel (Hard Light) (currently non-farmable but in Orbs) – Mutant, Promethium
  • Vulture (Arena Store) – Tech, H.A.M.M.E.R. Tech

Some good characters you can also bring:

  • Mister Negative (free daily gift from Web Store) – Mystic, Infinite Energy
  • Squirrel Girl (Nexus 4-3) – Bio, Unstable Cloth
  • Kingpin (Nexus 7-9) – Skill, Vibranium
  • She-Hulk (Blitz Store) – Bio, Gravitonium
  • Spider-Man 2099 (Cosmic Crucible Store) – Bio, Molecular Cloth
  • Gwenpool (Blitz Store) – Mystic, H.A.M.M.E.R. Tech
  • Firestar (War Store) – Mutant, Ballistic Weave
  • Spider-Man (Big Time) (rewards from Raid Seasons) – Tech, Chromium
  • Shang Chi (Blitz Store) – Skill, Molecular Cloth
  • Ronin (currently non-farmable but in Orbs) – Skill, Osmium
  • Kraven the Hunter (currently non-farmable) – Skill, Molecular Cloth
  • Lizard (currently non-farmable) – Bio, Unstable Cloth
  • Spider-Man (Noir) (Heroes Hard 7-9) – Mystic, Ballistic Weave
  • Mysterio (Heroes 2-3) – Tech, Luminium
  • Shocker (Heroes 3-9) – Tech, H.A.M.M.E.R. Tech
  • Black Cat and Green Goblin (Classic) (if you have them)
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Rewards

We can collect prizes after and during the first and second runs. After that, you can play that DD as much as you want, but you won’t get anything except Profile Border Upgrades.

DD-III contains 16 nodes. Following completing each, you will get 250K Gold. 

Every odd node will give you 8K Gold Orb Fragments, with Gold (after completion). 

Nodes 2, 6, 10, and 14 will reward you with 2K Mega Orb Fragments and 200 T4 Ability Materials, with Gold (after completion). 

Nodes 4, 8, 12, and 16 will reward you with 5K Elite 5 Credits, with Gold (after completion).

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After two runs through DD-III, you will earn 8M Gold, 128K Gold Orb Fragments, 16K Mega Orb Fragments, 1.6K T4 Ability Materials, and 40K Elite 5 Credits just from the rewards you get from completing nodes.

When you complete DD-III for the first time, you get the following rewards:

  • 600 Silver Promotion Credits
  • 27 random fully crafter T14 Items
  • 4320 random T14 pieces of gear
  • 5400 Superior Basic Catalyst
  • Superior – Quantum Energy, Miasma, Vibranium, Superhuman Serum – 12 of each

When you complete DD-III for the second time, you get the following rewards:

  • 5 Red Stars for Ultimus
  • 250 Gold Promotion Credits
  • 36 random fully crafter T14 Items
  • 6480 random T13 pieces of gear
  • 8100 Superior Basic Catalyst
  • Superior – Infinite Energy, Arcane Magic, Carbonadium, Alien Spores, Astral Energy, Uru, Adamantium, Bloodborne Nanobots – 12 of each

DD-III doesn’t reward players who complete it with a new Character. Instead, they get a bunch of Silver and Dark Promotion Credits in addition to the standard rewards. That is not bad because it will speed up the process of raising Red Stars for crucial characters in the roster.

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Dark Dimension – IV

Requirements:

  • 5 characters with Gear Tier 15 
  • You can battle each node with at least 4 eligible characters

DD-IV takes place in a similar style to DD-III. In order to start DD-IV, we need 5 Gear Tier 15 characters, but to complete it, we need significantly more. Namely, nodes 1-3 do not have any trait requirements. So they can be started with any 5 Characters T15 gear.

For nodes 4-6, we will need non-legendary Global Characters. Compared to DD-III, we cannot use Legendary Characters now. It makes the game difficult for us, but what’s there is.

The story is the same for the following nodes: 7-9 non-legendary Cosmic, 10-12 non-legendary City. And finally, 13-15 Legendary Characters. All Characters need to be Gear T15, of course.

The number of characters required is increased compared to DD-III. Completing this Dark Dimension requires players to have 20 Gear T15 characters. 

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Character suggestions

Now we will list the best characters for each trait with which you will easily pass DD-IV.

No Requirements / Non-Legendary Global

For nodes 1-6, we are suggesting players use Global Characters. These are the best that we can recommend to you from the Characters that are currently farmable in the game (and some of them are non-farmable):

  • Nemesis (Cosmic Crucible Store) – Mutant, Carbonadium
  • Spider Weaver (Incursion 3-7) – Mystic, Molecular Cloth
  • Captain America (Nexus 1-3) – Bio, Vibranium
  • Black Widow (Villains 1-9) Skill, S.H.I.E.L.D. Tech
  • Quicksilver (Cosmic Crucible Store) – Mystic, Fortified Chromium

Some good characters you can also bring:

  • Gambit (Cosmic Crucible Store) – Mutant, Osmium
  • Wong (Hard Heroes 1-3) – Mystic, Focused Chi
  • Dark Beast (Nexus Hard 2-9) – Mutant, Experimental Formula
  • Ultron (complete DD-II) – Tech, Adamantium
  • Agatha Harkness (Cosmic Crucible Store) – Mystic, Arcane Magic
  • Captain Carter (Cosmic Crucible Store) – Bio, Molecular Cloth
  • Abomination (Cosmic Crucible Store) – Bio, Gamma Radiation
  • Rescue (Blitz Store) – Tech, Gamma Radiation
  • Captain America (Sam) (Doom 2-6) – Skill, Vibranium
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Non-Legendary Cosmic 

For Cosmic requirements nodes, here is the best team in our opinion:

  • Vahl (currently non-farmable but in Orbs) – Mystic, Osmium
  • Photon (currently non-farmable but in Orbs) – Bio, Molecular Cloth
  • Kestrel (currently non-farmable but in Orbs) – Skill/Tech, S.H.I.E.LD. Tech
  • Kang (Incursion 3-8) – Tech, Quantum Energy
  • Deathpool (currently non-farmable but in Orbs) – Mystic, Miasma

If you do not have and are not able to farm these characters because 4 of them are currently non-farmable, we recommend the following as adequate replacements:

  • Ikaris (Raid Store) – Mystic, Astral Energy
  • Sersi (Hard Villains 2-9) – Mystic, Uru
  • Hela (Villains 7-6; Hard Heroes 2-3) – Mystic, Miasma
  • Strange (Heartless) (Arena Store; Hard Villains 5-9) – Mystic, Prometheum
  • Silver Surfer (Doom 1-9) – Mystic, Astral Energy
  • Doctor Strange (Mystic 2-9) – Mystic, Palladium
  • Thanos (Nexus 8-9) – Mystic, Palladium
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Non-Legendary City

Here is the best team (in our opinion) for Non-Legendary City requirements nodes:

  • Dagger (Arena Store; Villains Hard 4-6) – Mystic, Miasma
  • Cloak (Raid Store; Villains Hard 2-6) – Mystic, Infinite Energy
  • Ghost Rider (Robbie) (currently non-farmable but in Orbs) – Mystic, Miasma
  • Ms. Marvel (Hard Light) (currently non-farmable but in Orbs) – Mutant, Promethium
  • Vulture (Arena Store) – Tech, H.A.M.M.E.R. Tech

Some good characters you can also bring:

  • Mister Negative (free daily gift from Web Store) – Mystic, Infinite Energy
  • Squirrel Girl (Nexus 4-3) – Bio, Unstable Cloth
  • Kingpin (Nexus 7-9) – Skill, Vibranium
  • She-Hulk (Blitz Store) – Bio, Gravitonium
  • Spider-Man 2099 (Cosmic Crucible Store) – Bio, Molecular Cloth
  • Gwenpool (Blitz Store) – Mystic, H.A.M.M.E.R. Tech
  • Firestar (War Store) – Mutant, Ballistic Weave
  • Spider-Man (Big Time) (rewards from Raid Seasons) – Tech, Chromium
  • Shang Chi (Blitz Store) – Skill, Molecular Cloth
  • Ronin (currently non-farmable but in Orbs) – Skill, Osmium
  • Kraven the Hunter (currently non-farmable) – Skill, Molecular Cloth
  • Lizard (currently non-farmable) – Bio, Unstable Cloth
  • Spider-Man (Noir) (Heroes Hard 7-9) – Mystic, Ballistic Weave
  • Mysterio (Heroes 2-3) – Tech, Luminium
  • Shocker (Heroes 3-9) – Tech, H.A.M.M.E.R. Tech
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Legendary

Bring 4 Legendary Horseman: MLF, Rogue, Red Hulk, and Archangel. Those and Nova are the best combination for Legendary nodes. Legendary Horseman and Nova can be unlocked by completing their Scourges / Trials which are limited-time Events. They are usually repeated after some time, 30-45 days.

If you have them, you will one-shot all Legendary nodes. 

If you don’t have them, here are the options:

  • Omega Red (Legendary – Nick Fury, Winter Soldier, and 3 Secret Avengers on 5 Yellow Stars required for unlocking) – Mutant, Carbonadium
  • Magneto (Legendary – 5 X-Men or Brotherhood on 4 Yellow Stars needed for the unlock) – Mutant, Palladium
  • Shuri (Legendary – 5 Spider Werse Characters at 5 Yellow Stars needed for the unlock) – Tech, Vibranium
  • Nick Fury (Legendary – 5 Kree Minion Characters at 5 Yellow Stars needed for the unlock) – Skill, Superhuman Serum
  • Ebony Maw (Legendary – 5 Inhuman Characters at 4 Yellow Stars needed for the unlock) – Mystic, Arcane Magic
  • Doctor Octopus (Legendary – 5 X-Force Characters at 4 Yellow Stars needed for the unlock) – Tech, Titanium Alloy
  • Black Cat (Black Cat Trials) – Skill, Luminium
  • Green Goblin (Classic) (Green Goblin (Classic) Trials) – Tech, Experimental Formula
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Rewards

We can collect prizes after and during the first and second runs. After that, you can play that DD as much as you want, but you won’t get anything except Profile Border Upgrades.

DD-IV contains 15 nodes. Following completing each, you will get 300K Gold. 

Nodes 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, and 13 will give you 10K Gold Orb Fragments, with Gold (after completion). 

Nodes 5, 8, 11, and 14 will reward you with 2K Mega Orb Fragments with Gold (after completion). 

Nodes 6, 9, 12, and 15 will reward you with 5K Elite 5 Credits and 200 T4 Ability Materials, with Gold (after completion).

After two runs through DD-IV, you will earn 9M Gold, 140K Gold Orb Fragments, 16K Mega Orb Fragments, 1.6K T4 Ability Materials, and 40K Elite 5 Credits just from the rewards you get from completing nodes.

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When you complete DD-IV for the first time, you get the following rewards:

  • 310 Doctor Doom Character Shards (5 Yellow Stars)
  • 2 Red Stars for Doctor Doom
  • 20 random fully crafter T15 Items
  • 3600 random Superior Catalysts: Armor, Damage, Health, Focus, Resistance
  • 4500 Superior Basic Catalyst
  • Superior – Quantum Energy, Miasma, Vibranium, Superhuman Serum – 18 of each
  • Superior – Unstable Molecules, Isomer, Secret Intel, Arcane Powder, Spliced X-Gene – 110 of each
  • Superior – Laser Torch, Phosphates, Locked Case, Esoteric Glyphs, Cytoplasm – 55 of each
  • Superior – Charged Particles, MRI, Confidential Dossiers, Vial, Metabolic Enhancers – 35 of each
  • Superior – Dargonite, Hypercharge, Remote Access Codes, Psionic Essence, Biopolymers, Pressurized Tank, Spectral Analysis, Microdot, Mythic Geode, Phytonutrients – 70 of each (those are Mini Uniques)
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When you complete DD-IV for the second time, you get the following rewards:

  • 500 Doctor Doom Character Shards (7 Yellow Stars)
  • 4 Red Stars for Doctor Doom
  • 30 random fully crafter T15 Items
  • 4800 random Superior Catalysts: Armor, Damage, Health, Focus, Resistance
  • 7500 Superior Basic Catalyst
  • Superior – Infinite Energy, Arcane Magic, Carbonadium, Alien Spores, Astral Energy, Uru, Adamantium, Bloodborne Nanobots – 18 of each
  • Superior – Unstable Molecules, Isomer, Secret Intel, Arcane Powder, Spliced X-Gene – 160 of each
  • Superior – Laser Torch, Phosphates, Locked Case, Esoteric Glyphs, Cytoplasm – 80 of each
  • Superior – Charged Particles, MRI, Confidential Dossiers, Vial, Metabolic Enhancers – 50 of each
  • Superior – Dargonite, Hypercharge, Remote Access Codes, Psionic Essence, Biopolymers, Pressurized Tank, Spectral Analysis, Microdot, Mythic Geode, Phytonutrients – 90 of each (those are Mini Uniques)

DD-IV rewards players who complete it with Doctor Doom and a bunch of T15 Gear. Doctor Doom is a great plug-and-play Character, still usable in all game modes (he is an old Character). Even serviceable, it might be wise to wait with his build in favor of some more priority Characters.

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Dark Dimension – V

Requirements:

  • 5 characters with Gear Tier 16 
  • You can battle each node only when you have 5 eligible characters

DD-V takes place in a similar style to the previous two. In order to start DD-V, we need 5 Gear Tier 16 characters, but to complete it, we need significantly more. Namely, nodes 1-3 do not have any trait requirements. So they can be started with any 5 Characters T16 gear.

For nodes 4-6, we will need non-legendary non-legendary City Characters. Compared to DD-III, and the same as in DD-IV, we cannot use Legendary Characters now. It makes the game difficult for us, but what’s there is.

The story is the same for the following nodes: 7-9 non-legendary Global, 10-12 non-legendary Cosmic. And finally, 13-15 Legendary Characters. All Characters need to be Gear T16, of course.

Completing this Dark Dimension requires players to have 20 Gear T16 characters. 

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Character suggestions

Now we will list the best characters for each trait with which you will easily pass DD-V.

No Requirements / Non-Legendary Global

For nodes 1-3 and 7-9, we are suggesting players use Global Characters. Know that for non-requirement nodes (1-3), you can use whatever you want, whatever you upload to T16 first. Usually, it’s one of the Horseman teams. These are the best that we can recommend to you from the Characters that are currently farmable in the game (and some of them are non-farmable):

  • Nemesis (Cosmic Crucible Store) – Mutant, Carbonadium
  • Spider Weaver (Incursion 3-7) – Mystic, Molecular Cloth
  • Captain America (Nexus 1-3) – Bio, Vibranium
  • Black Widow (Villains 1-9) Skill, S.H.I.E.L.D. Tech
  • Apocalypse (Apocalypse Saga) – Mutant, Astral Energy

Some good characters you can also bring:

  • Doctor Doom (DD4) – Mystic/Tech, Miasma
  • Quicksilver (Cosmic Crucible Store) – Mystic, Fortified Chromium
  • Gambit (Cosmic Crucible Store) – Mutant, Osmium
  • Wong (Hard Heroes 1-3) – Mystic, Focused Chi
  • Dark Beast (Nexus Hard 2-9) – Mutant, Experimental Formula
  • Ultron (complete DD-II) – Tech, Adamantium
  • Agatha Harkness (Cosmic Crucible Store) – Mystic, Arcane Magic
  • Captain Carter (Cosmic Crucible Store) – Bio, Molecular Cloth
  • Abomination (Cosmic Crucible Store) – Bio, Gamma Radiation
  • Rescue (Blitz Store) – Tech, Gamma Radiation
  • Captain America (Sam) (Doom 2-6) – Skill, Vibranium
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Non-Legendary City

Here is the best team (in our opinion) for Non-Legendary City requirements nodes:

Here is the best team (in our opinion) for Non-Legendary City requirements nodes:

  • Dagger (Arena Store; Villains Hard 4-6) – Mystic, Miasma
  • Cloak (Raid Store; Villains Hard 2-6) – Mystic, Infinite Energy
  • Ghost Rider (Robbie) (currently non-farmable but in Orbs) – Mystic, Miasma
  • Ms. Marvel (Hard Light) (currently non-farmable but in Orbs) – Mutant, Promethium
  • Vulture (Arena Store) – Tech, H.A.M.M.E.R. Tech

Some good characters you can also bring:

  • Mister Negative (free daily gift from Web Store) – Mystic, Infinite Energy
  • Squirrel Girl (Nexus 4-3) – Bio, Unstable Cloth
  • Kingpin (Nexus 7-9) – Skill, Vibranium
  • She-Hulk (Blitz Store) – Bio, Gravitonium
  • Spider-Man 2099 (Cosmic Crucible Store) – Bio, Molecular Cloth
  • Gwenpool (Blitz Store) – Mystic, H.A.M.M.E.R. Tech
  • Firestar (War Store) – Mutant, Ballistic Weave
  • Spider-Man (Big Time) (rewards from Raid Seasons) – Tech, Chromium
  • Shang Chi (Blitz Store) – Skill, Molecular Cloth
  • Ronin (currently non-farmable but in Orbs) – Skill, Osmium
  • Kraven the Hunter (currently non-farmable) – Skill, Molecular Cloth
  • Lizard (currently non-farmable) – Bio, Unstable Cloth
  • Spider-Man (Noir) (Heroes Hard 7-9) – Mystic, Ballistic Weave
  • Mysterio (Heroes 2-3) – Tech, Luminium
  • Shocker (Heroes 3-9) – Tech, H.A.M.M.E.R. Tech
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Non-Legendary Cosmic 

For Cosmic requirements nodes, here is the best team in our opinion:

  • Vahl (currently non-farmable but in Orbs) – Mystic, Osmium
  • Photon (currently non-farmable but in Orbs) – Bio, Molecular Cloth
  • Kestrel (currently non-farmable but in Orbs) – Skill/Tech, S.H.I.E.LD. Tech
  • Kang (Incursion 3-8) – Tech, Quantum Energy
  • Deathpool (currently non-farmable but in Orbs) – Mystic, Miasma

If you do not have and are not able to farm these characters because 4 of them are currently non-farmable, we recommend the following as adequate replacements:

  • Ikaris (Raid Store) – Mystic, Astral Energy
  • Sersi (Hard Villains 2-9) – Mystic, Uru
  • Hela (Villains 7-6; Hard Heroes 2-3) – Mystic, Miasma
  • Strange (Heartless) (Arena Store; Hard Villains 5-9) – Mystic, Prometheum
  • Silver Surfer (Doom 1-9) – Mystic, Astral Energy
  • Doctor Strange (Mystic 2-9) – Mystic, Palladium
  • Thanos (Nexus 8-9) – Mystic, Palladium
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Legendary

Bring 4 Legendary Horseman: MLF, Rogue, Red Hulk, and Archangel. Those and Nova are the best combination for Legendary nodes. Legendary Horseman and Nova can be unlocked by completing their Scourges / Trials which are limited-time Events. They are usually repeated after some time, 30-45 days.

If you have them, you will one-shot all Legendary nodes. 

If you don’t have them, here are the options:

  • Omega Red (Legendary – Nick Fury, Winter Soldier, and 3 Secret Avengers on 5 Yellow Stars required for unlocking) – Mutant, Carbonadium
  • Magneto (Legendary – 5 X-Men or Brotherhood on 4 Yellow Stars needed for the unlock) – Mutant, Palladium
  • Shuri (Legendary – 5 Spider Werse Characters at 5 Yellow Stars needed for the unlock) – Tech, Vibranium
  • Nick Fury (Legendary – 5 Kree Minion Characters at 5 Yellow Stars needed for the unlock) – Skill, Superhuman Serum
  • Doctor Octopus (Legendary – 5 X-Force Characters at 4 Yellow Stars needed for the unlock) – Tech, Titanium Alloy
  • Black Cat (Black Cat Trials) – Skill, Luminium
  • Green Goblin (Classic) (Green Goblin (Classic) Trials) – Tech, Experimental Formula
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Rewards

We can collect prizes after and during the first and second runs. After that, you can play that DD as much as you want, but you won’t get anything except Profile Border Upgrades.

DD-V contains 15 nodes. Following completing each, you will get 500K Gold. 

Nodes 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, and 13 will give you 10K Gold Orb Fragments, with Gold (after completion). 

Nodes 5, 8, 11, and 14 will reward you with 5K Elite 5 Credits with Gold (after completion). 

Nodes 6, 9, 12, and 15 will reward you with 2K Mega Orb Fragments and 200 T4 Ability Materials, with Gold (after completion).

After two runs through DD-V, you will earn 15M Gold, 140K Gold Orb Fragments, 16K Mega Orb Fragments, 1.6K T4 Ability Materials, and 40K Elite 5 Credits just from the rewards you get from completing nodes.

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When you complete DD-V for the first time, you get the following rewards:

  • 310 Dormammu Character Shards (5 Yellow Stars)
  • 2 Red Stars for Dormammu
  • 10 random fully crafter T16 Items
  • Augmented Catalysts: Armor, Damage, Health, Focus, Resistance – 640 of each
  • 800 Augmented Basic Catalyst
  • Augmented – Quantum Energy, Miasma, Carbonadium, Superhuman Serum, Vibranium, Infinite Energy – 12 of each
  • Augmented – Unstable Molecules, Isomer, Secret Intel, Arcane Powder, Spliced X-Gene – 384 of each
  • Augmented – Laser Torch, Phosphates, Locked Case, Esoteric Glyphs, Cytoplasm – 320 of each
  • Augmented – Charged Particles, MRI, Confidential Dossiers, Vial, Metabolic Enhancers – 256 of each
  • Augmented – Dargonite, Hyperphage, Remote Access Codes, Psionic Essence, Biopolymers, Pressurized Tank, Spectral Analysis, Microdot, Mythic Geode, Phytonutrients – 36 of each (those are Mini Uniques)
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When you complete DD-V for the second time, you get the following rewards:

  • 500 Dormammu Character Shards (7 Yellow Stars)
  • 4 Red Stars for Dormammu
  • 15 random fully crafter T16 Items
  • Augmented Catalysts: Armor, Damage, Health, Focus, Resistance – 320 of each
  • 2400 Augmented Basic Catalyst
  • Superior – S.H.I.E.L.D. Tech, Arcane Magic, Vibranium, Alien Spores, Vibranium, Astral Energy, Uru – 12 of each
  • Augmented – Unstable Molecules, Isomer, Secret Intel, Arcane Powder, Spliced X-Gene – 192 of each
  • Augmented – Laser Torch, Phosphates, Locked Case, Esoteric Glyphs, Cytoplasm – 160 of each
  • Augmented – Charged Particles, MRI, Confidential Dossiers, Vial, Metabolic Enhancers – 128 of each
  • Augmented – Dargonite, Hyperphage, Remote Access Codes, Psionic Essence, Biopolymers, Pressurized Tank, Spectral Analysis, Microdot, Mythic Geode, Phytonutrients – 108 of each (those are Mini Uniques)

DD-V rewards players who complete it with Dormammu and a bunch of T16 Gear. Dormammu is a plug-and-play Character usable in all game modes. However, currently, Dormammu’s effectiveness decreases in some game modes. He is no longer in the Arena META. He is not usable in the new Incursion Raids, while he still has value in the War and Cosmic Crucible game modes. So in relation to what you prefer, decide for yourself whether to build Dormammu or not.

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Dark Dimension – VI

Here we will discuss everything related to DD-VI, the requirements, the characters we propose, and rewards.

DD-VI came out June 27th. Currently, we can purchase T18 Gear from the Supply Store, and there is a Teal Epic Orb in the Raid Orb section that contains T18 Gear. Fragments for that Orb we can obtain from Incursion Raid rewards. We must mention that buying from the Supply Store is very expensive, but it will make your DD-VI prep go faster. It is up to you if you want to do that or not.

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Requirements:

  • 5 characters with Gear Tier 18 
  • You can battle each node only when you have 5 eligible characters

It is a tricky topic because the Gear T18 is new to the game. Main way to get them right now is through the Incursion Raid and Supply Store, since T18 gear is still so rare, we should carefully choose who to level because mistakes can cost us dearly.

Choosing the Character to upgrade to Gear T18 will depend on many things. For example: which of the Characters do we own, at what level are some of our Characters, what are our personal preferences, and what are the new characters we know will soon be in the game? In general, there are a lot of aspects that influence the best course of action. Character availability, their origin, how many Gear pieces they require and even your own preferences.

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DD-VI will be similar to the previous Dark Dimensions with requirements. In order to start DD-VI, we need 5 Gear Tier 18 Characters, but to complete it, we need significantly more, 20 characters minimum.

Nodes 1-2 – Have no trait requirements, so we can use any GT18 character here. But since the next nodes require Global characters, we should prioritize them in terms of who to get to GT18 first and use them on these starting nodes as well.

Nodes 3-5 – We will need non-Legendary Global Characters. Similar to previous Dark Dimensions, we can’t use Legendary characters until we get to nodes that specify them.

Nodes 6-8 – non-Legendary Cosmic characters

Nodes 9-11 – non-Legendary City characters

Nodes 12-13 – non-Horseman Legendary characters

Nodes 14-15 – Legendary or Apocalypse characters.

There are no Iso-8 requirements for Characters in DD-VI, but the higher Iso you have on them here, the easier it will be for you.

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Character suggestions

Non-Legendary Global – The best team (regardless of resource requirements)

  • Apocalypse (Apocalypse Saga) – Mutant; Astral Energy
  • Nemesis (Cosmic Crucible Store) – Mutant, Carbonadium
  • Captain America (Nexus 1-3) – Bio, Vibranium
  • Spider Weaver (Incursion 3-7) – Mystic; Molecular Cloth
  • Doctor Doom (Dark Dimension – IV) – Mystic/Tech, Miasma

Alternatives

  • Gambit (Cosmic Crucible Store) – Mutant, Osmium
  • Agatha Harkness (Cosmic Crucible Store) – Mystic, Arcane Magic
  • Quicksilver (Cosmic Crucible Store) – Mystic; Fortified Chromium
  • Wong (Heroes Hard 1-3) – Mystic, Focused Chi
  • Black Widow (Villains 1-9) – Skill, S.H.I.E.L.D. Tech
  • Abomination (Cosmic Crucible Store) – Bio, Gamma Radiation
  • Ultron (Dark Dimension – II) – Tech, Adamantium
  • Dark Beast (Nexus Hard 2-9) – Mutant, Experimental Formula
  • Captain Carter (Cosmic Crucible Store) – Bio, Molecular Cloth
  • Rescue (Blitz Store) – Tech, Gamma Radiation
  • Captain America (Sam) (Doom 2-6) – Skill, Vibranium
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Non-Legendary Cosmic

For Cosmic requirements nodes, here is the best team in our opinion:

  • Vahl (currently non-farmable but in Orbs) – Mystic, Osmium
  • Photon (currently non-farmable but in Orbs) – Bio, Molecular Cloth
  • Kestrel (currently non-farmable but in Orbs) – Skill/Tech, S.H.I.E.LD. Tech
  • Kang (Incursion 3-8) – Tech, Quantum Energy
  • Dormammu (Dark Dimension V) – Mystic, Miasma

If you do not have and are not able to farm these characters because 3 of them are currently non-farmable, we recommend the following as adequate replacements:

  • Ikaris (Raid Store) – Mystic, Astral Energy
  • Sersi (Hard Villains 2-9) – Mystic, Uru
  • Deathpool (currently non-farmable but in Orbs) – Mystic, Miasma
  • Hela (Villains 7-6; Hard Heroes 2-3) – Mystic, Miasma
  • Strange (Heartless) (Arena Store; Hard Villains 5-9) – Mystic, Prometheum
  • Silver Surfer (Doom 1-9) – Mystic, Astral Energy
  • Doctor Strange (Mystic 2-9) – Mystic, Palladium
  • Thanos (Nexus 8-9) – Mystic, Palladium
  • Cosmo (currently non-farmable but in Orbs) – Bio, Astral Energy
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Non-Legendary City

Here is the best team (in our opinion) for Non-Legendary City requirements nodes:

  • Dagger (Arena Store; Villains Hard 4-6) – Mystic, Miasma
  • Cloak (Raid Store; Villains Hard 2-6) – Mystic, Infinite Energy
  • Ghost Rider (Robbie) (currently non-farmable but in Orbs) – Mystic, Miasma
  • Ms. Marvel (Hard Light) (currently non-farmable but in Orbs) – Mutant, Promethium
  • Vulture (Arena Store) – Tech, H.A.M.M.E.R. Tech

Some good characters you can also bring:

  • Mister Negative (free daily gift from Web Store) – Mystic, Infinite Energy
  • Squirrel Girl (Nexus 4-3) – Bio, Unstable Cloth
  • Kingpin (Nexus 7-9) – Skill, Vibranium
  • She-Hulk (Blitz Store) – Bio, Gravitonium
  • Spider-Man 2099 (Cosmic Crucible Store) – Bio, Molecular Cloth
  • Gwenpool (Blitz Store) – Mystic, H.A.M.M.E.R. Tech
  • Firestar (War Store) – Mutant, Ballistic Weave
  • Spider-Man (Big Time) (rewards from Raid Seasons) – Tech, Chromium
  • Shang Chi (available in Blitz Store) – Skill, Molecular Cloth
  • Ronin (currently non-farmable but in Orbs) – Skill, Osmium
  • Kraven the Hunter (currently non-farmable) – Skill, Molecular Cloth
  • Lizard (currently non-farmable) – Bio, Unstable Cloth
  • Spider-Man (Noir) (Heroes Hard 7-9) – Mystic, Ballistic Weave
  • Mysterio (Heroes 2-3) – Tech, Luminium
  • Shocker (Heroes 3-9) – Tech, H.A.M.M.E.R. Tech
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Non-Horseman Legendary

Our picks for these nodes. For Non-Legendary requirements nodes, here is the best team in our opinion (regardless of resource requirements):

  • Nova (Nova Trials) – Bio; Osmium
  • Omega Red (Legendary – Nick Fury, Winter Soldier, and 3 Secret Avengers on 5 Yellow Stars required for unlocking) – Mutant; Carbonadium
  • Doctor Octopus (Legendary – 5 X-Force Characters at 4 Yellow Stars need for the unlock) – Tech, Titanium Alloy
  • Green Goblin (Classic) (Green Goblin (Classic) Trials) – Tech, Experimental Formula
  • Black Cat – (Black Cat Trials) – Skill, Luminium

Other Picks:

  • Nick Fury (Legendary – 5 Kree Minion Characters at 5 Yellow Stars need for unlocking) – Skill; Superhuman Serum
  • Shuri (Legendary – 5 Spider Werse Characters at 5 Yellow Stars need for unlocking) – Tech; Vibranium
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Legendary and/or Apocalypse

  • Apocalypse (Apocalypse Saga) – Mutant; Astral Energy
  • Nova (Nova Trials) – Bio; Osmium
  • Doctor Octopus (Legendary – 5 X-Force Characters at 4 Yellow Stars need for the unlock) – Tech, Titanium Alloy
  • Green Goblin (Classic) (Green Goblin (Classic) Trials) – Tech, Experimental Formula
  • Black Cat – (Black Cat Trials) – Skill, Luminium

Other Picks:

  • Nick Fury (Legendary – 5 Kree Minion Characters at 5 Yellow Stars need for unlocking) – Skill; Superhuman Serum
  • Shuri (Legendary – 5 Spider Werse Characters at 5 Yellow Stars need for unlocking) – Tech; Vibranium
  • Omega Red (Legendary – Nick Fury, Winter Soldier, and 3 Secret Avengers on 5 Yellow Stars required for unlocking) – Mutant; Carbonadium
  • Morgan Le Fay (Pestilence Scourge) – Mystic, Osmium
  • Rogue (Famine Scourge) – Mutant, Ballistic Weave
  • Red Hulk (War Scourge) – Bio, Gamma Radiation
  • Archangel (Death Scourge) – Mutant, Fortified Chromium

By these nodes, we already have Apocalypse and 4 excellent Legendary Characters, so there is no point in spending additional resources to raise 4 Horseman Legendary Characters. It is very likely that with some of them (Red Hulk, Morgan Le Fay) and the Apocalypse, the last 3 nodes will be somewhat easier. However, it is not worth spending additional materials even if we spend a few days longer in DD VI.

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Conclusion

None of the above regarding suggestions for DD-VI Characters is certain, and absolutely everything is subject to change depending on what awaits us. As soon as you start collecting T18 Gear, don’t equip anyone yet, be patient – it will definitely pay off. The list may be confusing and misleading since we put in the best teams characters that basically should be ignored (like Eternals for example) but there was no way to show you differently what is the best setup at the moment and to explain to you that even they are the best setup you shouldn’t take the bite.

Hopefully, this will be helpful for a certain period but the page will need an update sooner rather than later.

Rewards

As we know, Super-Skrull is a Character obtained after completing the Dark Dimension – VI. As for the other prizes – we don’t know what they are. We know that we will get T18 Gear, and in addition to that, probably more valuable game recourses, but to what extent is not yet known.

We can collect prizes after and during the first and second runs. After that, you can play that DD as much as you want, but you won’t get anything except Profile Border Upgrades.

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DD-VI contains 15 nodes. After completing each (except the last), you will get 1.25M Gold. The last node will reward 2M Gold. 

Nodes 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 will give you T17 Mini Uniques. 50 different Mini Unique per node.

Nodes 5, 8, 12, and 14 will reward you with 2.5K Elite 5 Credits after completion. 

Nodes 11 and 13 will reward you with 2.5K Elite 6 Credits after completion. Node 15 will reward you with 5K Elite 6 Credits after completion.

Nodes 4, 7, 10, and 15 will reward you with 2K Mega Orb Fragments after completion.

Nodes 3, 6, 9, and 14 will reward you with 200 T4 Ability Materials after completion.

After two runs through DD-V, you will earn 39M Gold, 16K Mega Orb Fragments, 1.6K T4 Ability Materials, 20K Elite 5 Credits, and 20K Elite 6 Credits just from the rewards you get from completing nodes.

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When you complete DD-VI for the first time, you get the following rewards:

  • 310 Super Skrull Character Shards (5 Yellow Stars)
  • 2 Red Stars for Super Skrull
  • 10 random fully crafter T18 Items
  • Augmented Catalysts: Armor, Damage, Health, Focus, Resistance – 936 of each
  • 3200 Augmented Basic Catalyst
  • Augmented – Ballistic Weave, Vibranium, Molecular Cloth, Gamma Radiation, Carbonadium, Focused Chi, Unstable Cloth – 20 of each
  • Augmented – Unstable Molecules, Isomer, Secret Intel, Arcane Powder, Spliced X-Gene – 720 of each
  • Augmented – Laser Torch, Phosphates, Locked Case, Esoteric Glyphs, Cytoplasm – 288 of each
  • Augmented – Charged Particles, MRI, Confidential Dossiers, Vial, Metabolic Enhancers – 144 of each
  • Augmented – Nebulizer, Hyperphage, Nucleic Infusion, Biopolymers, Ritual Salts, Psionic Essence, Security Bypass, Remote Access Codes, Liquid Hydrazine, Dragonite – 44 of each (those are Mini Uniques)
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When you complete DD-VI for the second time, you get the following rewards:

  • 500 Super Skrull Character Shards (7 Yellow Stars)
  • 4 Red Stars for Super Skrull
  • Nick Fury Skrull Costume
  • 15 random fully crafter T18 Items
  • Augmented Catalysts: Armor, Damage, Health, Focus, Resistance – 1872 of each
  • 6400 Augmented Basic Catalyst
  • Augmented – Judas Bullets, Promethium, Adamantium, Gravitonium, Carbonadium, Titanium Alloy, Luminium, Experimental Formula – 20 of each
  • Augmented – Unstable Molecules, Isomer, Secret Intel, Arcane Powder, Spliced X-Gene – 1440 of each
  • Augmented – Laser Torch, Phosphates, Locked Case, Esoteric Glyphs, Cytoplasm – 576 of each
  • Augmented – Charged Particles, MRI, Confidential Dossiers, Vial, Metabolic Enhancers – 288 of each
  • Augmented – Nebulizer, Hyperphage, Nucleic Infusion, Biopolymers, Ritual Salts, Psionic Essence, Security Bypass, Remote Access Codes, Liquid Hydrazine, Dragonite – 88 of each (those are Mini Uniques)
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Conclusion

Assembling teams for Dark Dimension won’t be an easy job. However, if you follow our instructions, you will avoid a situation where you spend resources on the Hero that cannot successfully help you. That could be the difference between quitting and continuing playing.

We hope you won’t have any difficulties unlocking all the goodies DD has to offer. 

Good luck!