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

How to Max Out Characters Quickly

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

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.

1. 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.
2. Play the first stage until you reach an enemy encounter towards the end of the stage, where several bugs swarm you.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Once your combo surpasses 2000 hits, 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

All MARVEL Cosmic Invasion Level Up Rewards

Upon reaching a new level, all heroes receive various stat upgrades and a unique Passive Skill. The progression for a standard character is as follows:

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.

If you are looking for more information on the game’s mechanics and progression system, you can check out our MARVEL Cosmic Invasion Ultimate Guide. You can also learn more about the game in our MARVEL Cosmic Invasion review.

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