The Basics | Gameplay M&M: Duel of Champions Guide

After you start the game for the first time (assuming that you have not done so, yet) you will be presented with a choice from among three decks of cards: Inferno, Haven and Necropolis. After you make your choice, you will be playing this deck of cards until you decide to put together a new one or improve the existing one. I would like to mention that the Haven deck is too defensive as for the beginning of the game. It is recommended against to choose this deck if you do not like having it uphill at the beginning of the game.

An example interface of a player with low experience level.

After you make your choice, you will see a very simple interface of the game. On top-left there is account information. Above the standard (1) there is your current ELO (the system of points in ranking games). The standard (1) is your sign and son you will be able to change it. To the right of the standard (2) there is the experience bar which fills up proportionately to the matches played by you. To the right of the bar (2) there is your experience level. Under the experience bar (3) there is a box where all your funds are mentioned (gold, and seals), as well as tournament coupons, which you are going to need if you want to join a tournament. The funds themselves are spent on new sets of cards.

The game is available in Polish. It is a good idea to switch to this language, because, if you start translating cards on your own, you may, eventually, not know what they are all about, or simply misguide yourself. So, to switch into Polish you need to click on the ratchets at the right-bottom of the screen > Options > select the Gameplay tab, if it isn't already open > check Polish in the language list. The only thing left to do here, is restart the game to make the selection take effect. To quit the game, you do the same but, instead of Options, click Quit Game.

In the logging screen you can see that the language has been switched. So, now you only need to log in and carry on with learning about the interface.

If you enter the game for the first time on a given day, you will also see the reward window that grows additional funds for entering the game on a daily basis. Here, you can see your progress in growing these funds, how much it will grow until tomorrow, for entering the game and, if you want to continue growing the reward or to claim it right away. Of course, it pays off to enter on several consecutive days to claim a bigger reward. Still, if you are not sure if you will be able to log in on the next day, and you are bent on claiming the reward, left-click on it to claim the reward. To continue growing, click on the option to the right.

Since you are in the main page now, what you see is a collection of innovations here, introduced by the programmers. The "Play" button (5) and all that you can find after pressing it, has been described in the subchapter devoted to the modes of gameplay. So, to the right of the abovementioned button, there is a simple menu (6).

The Profile

The first item has been skipped, because clicking on it will take you to the start page which you have already seen. So, the second button refers you to the information about your account. . In the first tab, you can change your standard that you are going to fight under. It only serves as an identification , much like an avatar on the internet forums. The standard can be selected by pressing the arrows under it. Some of the flags are locked, because you will unlock them later on by winning achievements. Next to the flag, it reads "colllectio", which shows you how many cards, of how many possible (does not count doubles), you currently have. Switch to the second tab now, called "achievements". You can see here a list of achievements that you can win, how to win it and, the reward that you will get for unlocking the achievement.

The Shop

Another (third counting from the left) element in the menu is the shop. By selecting the button to the right, which reads "You need more funds", you can buy more funds like gold or seals. The gold can be gathered by playing a regular game but, the seals can be purchased only with achievements. The shop is divided into three more tabs:

Promoted - you will find here a recommended item from another tab. It is usually a very popular item.

Quick - non-standard offers like tournament coupons or boosts for gold or experience that you win per round.

Packs - The sets of cards are grouped, depending on which series they originate in and their size or the possibility of finding a rare card.

Set- a collection of 10 packages of cards from the same series ( the amount can be checked in the description)

Package - varies, depending on the name (all information in the description)

Premium Pack - a pack that includes a number of premium cards . Each premium card is a reflective card.

Decks - these are the basic decks that you come across while setting up the account. They will help you gather basic cards from a given faction (including the hero's)

Redeem code - this is where you enter the code for a special set.

Cards and Decks

The collection of your cards includes all of your cards, alongside with the filter that allows you to search for a specific card. Below, you can also edit, or create a new deck. To the right, there is a button which, when clicked, opens packs purchased in the shop. After you open the pack, you will be presented with cards that you got for opening it. Each card can be zoomed in by right-clicking on it. When you introduce changes to a deck or create a new one, the screen is split into two. In the top portion there are cards that can be added to the existing deck. In the bottom portion there are cards that already are in the deck. At this moment, a counter appears at the bottom of each card. This counter is present on all cards from the previous categories. The counter displays how many cards have been added or, how many of them have not been added, depending on what card is currently viewed. The second number tells you how many cards of this type (doubles) you already have.

Infernal Pit

This section unlocks only after you have gained the 5th experience level of your account. It allows you to get rid of the unwanted cards in exchange for gold. Every card is worth a different amount of gold. The price list is as follows:

Common- 50 gold, Hero- 1000 gold

Uncommon - 300 gold

Rare - 1000 gold (also in the case of a Hero)

Epic - 2000 gold

Premium cards are worth the same amount of gold as their "regular" counterparts. In this section, you can also find an Infernal Card which changes every 8 hours. You can get this card only once. At the beginning of the game, chances of winning it are 0%. To increase your chances, you need to sacrifice other cards. To increase your chances of obtaining such a card, you need to make a more valuable sacrifice, depending on what card it is. The price of the offering sums up. In order to attain 100%, the offering must be twenty times higher than as if you wanted to sacrifice it. E.g. in order to obtain such a card, the offering must be ( 20 * 50 = 1000 ) 1000 gold, at least.

However, in this case, a premium card is worth forty times as much as its basic counterpart. Here is an example for you. If you want to obtain an Uncommon Premium card you need to make a sacrifice for the total value of ( 20 * 300 * 2 = 12000 ) 12000 gold, to have a 100% chance of obtaining it. Of course, you can always risk with a lower value of sacrifices, which results in lower percentage of chances of obtaining it.

The last section, right after the Infernal Pit is Ranking that concerns players from various tournaments or, the overall ranking of players, regardless of their experience. To be promoted in these ranking lists, you need to play tournament games that you access with tournament cards.