Requirements for Legendary Characters

Intro

Legendary Characters are the trademark of Marvel Strike Force. They can be farmed in specific Events that are permanently available in the Events section, with the exception of the Omega Red Event, which is running once every month or two. Their mechanics make them extremely valuable and rare even though the actual strength and importance of some of them are not matched by the difficulty of their unlocking.

MSF game concept emphasizes new Heroes over old ones, making older Characters useless at some point. Developers do periodically implement slight reworks, to increase the importance of older Characters. Which had varying levels of success, for instance – Nick Fury and Magneto were at the top of the food chain at their time, but their value decreased. And now they are back at the top, with a couple of slight reworks and new team member introductions.

Having all of that in mind, here’s the list of all requirements for Legendary Characters. We will start with the oldest Legendary and finish with the most recent.

Iron Man

Requirements: 5 S.H.I.E.L.D. Characters with 3 Yellow Stars are needed to unlock Iron Man.

Options are:

S.H.I.E.L.D. Security – (Arena Store)
S.H.I.E.L.D. Trooper – (Villains 4-3/Raid Store)
S.H.I.E.L.D. Operative – (Heroes 4-3)
S.H.I.E.L.D. Medic – (Villains 1-6)
S.H.I.E.L.D. Assault – (Nexus 2-3)
Captain America – (Nexus 1-3)
Black Widow – (Villains 1-9)
Hawkeye – (Heroes 1-9)
Agent Coulson – (Blitz Store)
Quake – (Arena Store, Heroes 6-6)
Yo-Yo – (Raid Store)
Maria Hill – (War Store, Heroes Hard 2-6)
Nick Fury – (Legendary Event)

Star-Lord

Requirements: 5 Ravager or Guardian Characters at 4 Yellow stars are needed to unlock Star-Lord.

Options are:

Groot – (Nexus 2-9)
Rocket Racoon – (Raid Store)
Drax – (Arena Store)
Gamora – (Blitz Store)
Mantis – (Blitz Store)
Star-Lord (Annihilation) – Only in Orbs
Cosmo – Only in Orbs
Yondu – (Heroes 2-6)
Star-Lord [T’Challa] – (Doom 3-9)
Ravager Boomer – (Blitz Store)
Ravager Stitcher – (Raid Store)
Ravager Bruiser – (Heroes 5-6)

Nick Fury

Requirements: 5 Kree Minions at 3 Yellow Stars are needed to unlock Nick Fury.

Options are:

Kree Noble – (Heroes 2-9)
Kree Cyborg – (Nexus 3-6)
Kree Reaper – (Heroes 4-6)
Kree Royal Guard – (Blitz Store)
Kree Oracle – (Raid Store)

Magneto

Requirements: 5 Brotherhood or X-Men Characters with 4 Yellow Stars to unlock Magneto.

Options are:

Pyro – (War Store)
Sabretooth – (Raid Store)
Juggernaut – (Arena Store)
Mystique – (Villains 5-6)
Toad – (Blitz Store)
Blob – (Arena Store)
Storm – (Mystic 2-3)
Wolverine – (Daily Objectives)
Colossus – (Heroes 7-9)
Psylocke – (Cosmic 3-6)
Beast – (Nexus 5-6)
Cyclops – (Raid Store)
Bishop – (War Store)
Iceman – (Villains 7-9)
Kitty Pride – (Raid Store)
Magik – (Heroes 6-9)
Jubilee – (Legendary Event)
Phoenix – (Legendary Event)
X-23 – (War Store)
Rogue – (Famine Scourge)
Gambit – (Cosmic Crucible Store)
Dazzler – (War Store, Hard Heroes 6-9)
Fantomex – (Hard Villains 3-3)
Sunfire – (Blitz Store)

Shuri

Requirements: 5 Spider-Verse Characters with 5* are needed to unlocking Shuri.

Options are:

Spiderman – (Blitz Store)
Spiderman (Miles) – (Blitz Store, Heroes 3-3)
Venom – (Nexus 6-9)
Carnage – (War Store)
Scream – (Arena Store)
Spiderman [Symbiote] – (Doom 4-9)
Anti-Venom – (Hard Heroes 4-6)
Ghost-Spider – (Arena Store)
Scarlet Spider – (War Store, Hard Villains 3-9)
Spider-Punk – (Arena Store, Hard Heroes 3-3)
Rhino – (Blitz Store)
Mysterio – (Raid Store, Heroes 2-3)
Green Goblin – (Villains 2-3)
Shocker – (Heroes 3-9)
Vulture – (Arena Store)
Electro – (Blitz Supplies)
Swarm – (Arena Store)
Doctor Octopus – (Legendary Event)
Spider-Weaver – (Only in Orbs)
Spider-Man 2099 – (Only in Orbs)
Spider-Man (Noir) – (Hard Heroes 7-9)
Kingpin – (Nexus 7-9)
Agent Venom – (Only in Orbs)
Mister Negative – (Free Daily Claim from Web Store)
Morbius – (Hard Heroes 7-6)
Spider-Man (Big Time) – Raid Season Rank Rewards

Phoenix

Requirements: 5 Villain/Mystic/Controller Characters with 3 Yellow Stars are needed to unlock Phoenix.

Options are:

Nobu – (Villains 6-3)
Hand Assassin – (Nexus 7-6)
Ronan the Accuser – (Raid Store)
Mordo – (Arena Store)
Loki – (Raid Store)
Hela – (Villains 7-6, Hard Heroes 2-3)
Morbius – (Hard Heroes 7-6)
Morgan Le Fay – (Pestilence Scourge)
Doctor Doom – (Dark Dimension IV)
Mister Negative – (Free Daily Claim from Web Store)
Sylvie – Currently not farmable

Doctor Octopus

Requirements: 5 X-Force Characters with 4 Yellow Stars are needed to unlock Doctor Octopus.

Required characters are:

Cable – (War Store, Mystic 1-9)
Negasonic – (Raid Store)
X-23 – (War Store)
Deadpool – (Arena Store)
Domino – (Blitz Store)

Invisible Woman

Requirements: 5 Sinister Six Characters with 4 Yellow Stars are needed to unlock Invisible Woman.

Options are:

Rhino – (Blitz Store)
Mysterio – (Raid Store, Heroes 2-3)
Green Goblin – (Villains 2-3)
Shocker – (Heroes 3-9)
Vulture – (Arena Store)
Electro – (Blitz Store)
Swarm – (Arena Store)
Doctor Octopus – (Legendary Event)

Black Bolt

Requirements: 5 Asgardian Characters with 3 Yellow Stars are needed to unlock Black Bolt.

Options are:

Loki – (Raid Store)
Thor – (Raid Store, Heroes 7-3)
Sif – (War Store)
Hela – (Villains 7-6, Hard Heroes 2-3)
Heimdall – (Arena Store)
Mighty Thor – (Hard Villains 4-9)
Valkyrie – (Hard Heroes 5-9)
Loki (Teen) – Currently not farmable
Thor (Infinity War) – Currently not farmable
Beta Ray Bill – Currently not farmable
Sylvie – Currently not farmable
Vahl – Currently not farmable

Ebony Maw

Requirements: Black Bolt and 4 Inhuman Characters with 4 Yellow Stars are needed to unlock Ebony Maw.

Options are:

Crystal – (Arena Store)
Quake – (Arena Store, Heroes 6-6)
Karnak – (Nexus 8-6)
Yoyo – (Raid Store)
Ms. Marvel – (Mystic 2-6)
Black Bolt – (Legendary Event)

Jubilee

Requirements: 5 Pym Tech Heroes with 3 Yellow Stars are needed to unlock Jubilee.

Options are:

Ghost – (War Store)
Yellow Jacket – (Doom 3-6)
Ant-Man – (Blitz Store)
Stature – (Cosmic 1-9)
Wasp – (Villains 4-9)

Adam Warlock

Requirements: Jubilee and X-Factor Characters with 4 Yellow Stars, Gear Tier 10 to unlock Adam Warlock.

Options are:

Longshot – (War Store)
Shatterstar – (Arena Store)
Polaris – (Cosmic 1-6)
Multiple Man – (Raid Store)
Jubilee – (Legendary Event)

Omega Red

Requirements: Nick Fury, Winter Soldier, and Secret Avenger Heroes with 5*, Gear T12, and ISO-8 level 3 are needed to unlock Omega Red.

Viable options are:

Captain America [Sam Wilson] – (Doom 2-6)
Sharon Carter – (Raid Store, Hard Villains 2-3)
Maria Hill – (War Store, Hard Heroes 2-6)
Winter Soldier – (Heroes 6-3)
Nick Fury – (Legendary Event)

Morgan Le Fay

Requirements: Earn Points in Pestilence Scourge Event:

425k Points: Earns a 3* Morgan Le Fay via Rank Rewards
500k Points: Immediately unlocks a 3* Morgan Le Fay
500k + Points: Earn additional Shards

Nodes 5 and 10 in Pestilence Scourge Event will require Dark-Hunter and/or Web-Warrior Heroes.

Options are:

Ghost Rider – (Cosmic 3-9)
Elsa Bloodstone – (Nexus 5-3)
Doctor Voodoo – (Mystic 1-6)
Morbius – (Hard Heroes 7-6)
Mordo – (Arena Store)
Spider-Man – (Blitz Store)
Spider-Man [Miles] – (Blitz Store, Heroes 3-3)
Ghost Spider – (Arena Store)
Scarlet Spider – (War Store, Hard Villains 3-9)
Spider-Punk – (Arena Store, Hard Heroes 3-3)

Rogue

Requirements: Earn Points in Famine Scourge Event:

425k Points: Earns a 3* Rogue via Rank Rewards
500k Points: Immediately unlocks a 3* Rogue
500k + Points: Earn additional Shards

Nodes 5 and 10 in Famine Scourge Event require Young Avengers, Inhumans, and/or A-Force Characters.

Options are:

Squirrel Girl – (Nexus 4-3)
Spider-Man (Miles) – (Blitz Store, Heroes 3-3)
Echo – (War Store, Hard Heroes 5-6)
Ms. Marvel – (Mystic 2-6)
Kate Bishop – (Mystic 3-9)
America Chavez – (Villains 6-9)
Quake – (Arena Store, Heroes 6-6)
Black Bolt – (Legendary)
Karnak – (Nexus 8-6)
Crystal – (Arena Store)
Yo-Yo – (Raid Store)
Captain Marvel – (Blitz Store)
Jessica Jones – (Villains 2-9)
Spider-Woman – (Hard Heroes 4-9)
Nico Minoru – (Raid Store, Hard Villains 6-6)

However, we recommend that you focus on the Young Avengers, as the other teams are not good enough to overcome all the challenges of Famine Scourge nodes 5 and 10. So the standard Young Avenger line-up (Without Miles).

Red Hulk

Requirements: Earn Points in War Scourge Event:

425k Points: Earns a 3* Red Hulk via Rank Rewards
500k Points: Immediately unlocks a 3* Red Hulk
500k + Points: Earn additional Shards

Nodes 5 and 10 in War Scourge Event require Hero Asgardian, Ravagers, and/or Wave I Avenger Characters.

Options are:

Thor – (Raid Store, Heroes 7-3)
Mighty Thor – (Hard Villains 4-9)
Valkyrie – (Hard Heroes 5-9)
Heimdall – (Arena Store)
Sif – (War Store)
Vahl – Currently not farmable
Beta Ray Bill – Currently not farmable
Thor (Infinity War) – Currently not farmable
Yondu – (Heroes 2-6)
Ravager Stitcher – (Raid Store)
Ravager Boomer – (Blitz Store)
Star-Lord (T’Challa) – (Doom 3-9)
Ravager Bruiser – (Heroes 5-6)
Hulk – (Achievements)
Iron Man – (Legendary)
Captain America – (Nexus 1-3)
Black Widow – (Villains 1-9)
Hawkeye – (Heroes 1-9)

For War Scourge, we recommend either going with a Hero Asgardian team or trying a combination of Wave I Avengers (Hulk, Captain, and one more) with Thor and Mighty Thor.

Archangel

Requirements: Earn Points in Death Scourge Event:

425k Points: Earns a 3* Archangel via Rank Rewards
500k Points: Immediately unlocks a 3* Archangel
500k + Points: Earn additional Shards

Nodes 5 and 10 in Death Scourge Event will require Bionic Avenger and/or Wakandan Characters.

Options are:

Iron Man – (Legendary)
Deathlok – (Arena Orb)
Hulkbuster – (Cosmic Crucible Store)
Viv Vision – (Hard Villains 6-9)
Vision – (Nexus 3-9)
Shuri – (Legendary)
Black Panther – (Cosmic Crucible Store, Nexus 4-9)
Okoye – (Nexus 6-3)
Nakia – (War Store)
Black Panther (1MM) – (Hard Villains 7-9)
Killmonger – (Raid Store)
M’Baku – (Arena Store)

For Death Scourge we recommend using Bionic Avenger and War Dogs (Wakandan without Kilmonger and M’Baku). For high scores both teams are necessary.

Nova

Requirements: Earn Points in Nova Trials Event:

450k Points: Unlock Nova via the Rank Rewards
550k Points: Immediately unlock a 3-Star Nova
1,350k Points: Immediately unlock and get a 4-Star Nova

Nodes 2, 6, and 10 of Nova Trials require Masters of Evil, X-Factor, and/or Quicksilver

Options are:

Kang – (Only in Orbs)
Moonstone – (Only In Orbs)
Titania – (Only in Orbs)
Absorbing Man – (Nexus Hard Campaigns 1-9)
Ultron – (Dark Dimension II)
Longshot – (War Store)
Polaris – (Cosmic Campaign 1-6)
Multiple Man – (Raid Store)
Shatterstar – (Arena Store)
Quicksilver – (Weekly Cosmic Crucible Rewards, Rank Gold I and higher)

For Nova Trials we Recommend full Masters of Evil or MoE + Quicksilver (Drop Absorbing Man). Investing in X-Factor for this would be a waste of resources since they won’t be able to do much at all.

Apocalypse

To recruit Apocalypse, players must have 4 Horsemen teams (Darkhold, Unlimited X-Men, Gamma, Deathseed), Kestrel, Deathpool, and Spider-Weaver level 85, gear T16, and Iso-8 T2 Level 4. And complete the Apocalypse Saga at Heroic difficulty level (3-star all missions).

In order to be able to play the Heroic difficulty level at all, they must complete Pestilence, Famine, War, and Death Saga on the Heroic difficulty level (3 stars for all missions).

As we can see, yellow stars are not necessary to play Apocalypse or any other Saga. However, the more stars a character has, the stronger it is, which automatically means it will be easier to complete a specific challenge. This is exactly why we will indicate where characters can be farmed.

Required Characters:

Morgan Le Fay – (Pestilence Scourge)
Wong – (Hard Heroes 1-3)
Scarlet Witch – (Arena Store)
Strange (Heartless) – (Arena Store, Hard Villains 5-9)
Agatha Harkness – (Cosmic Crucible Store)
Rogue – (Famine Scourge)
Gambit – (Cosmic Crucible Store)
Dazzler – (War Store, Hard Heroes 6-9)
Fantomex – (Hard Villains 3-3)
Sunfire – (Blitz Store)
Red Hulk – (War Scourge)
Hulk – (Achievements)
She-Hulk – (Blitz Store, Hard Villains 7-6)
Abomination – (Cosmic Crucible Store)
Brawn – (Blitz Store)
Archangel – (Death Scourge)
Magneto – (Legendary Event)
Psylocke – (Cosmic 3-6)
Nemesis – (Only in Orbs)
Dark Beast – (Nexus Hard 2-9)
Kestrel – (Only in Orbs)
Deathpool – (Only in Orbs)
Spider-Weaver – (Only in Orbs)