As you progress through MARVEL Cosmic Invasion, your hero will gain experience points (XP) through combat, completing missions, and discovering secrets. Accumulating XP leads to leveling up, which is a fundamental aspect of your hero's growth. Each level gained typically grants you attribute points and skill points, allowing you to further customize and enhance your hero's capabilities.
Leveling Up:
- Upon reaching certain XP thresholds, your hero will level up. This often results in a small increase to base stats like Health, Damage, or Defense.
- Crucially, leveling up usually awards you with Skill Points. These points are the currency used to unlock new abilities or upgrade existing ones within your hero's dedicated Skill Tree.
Skill Trees:
- Each hero possesses a unique Skill Tree, a branching network of abilities and passive enhancements. You'll spend your earned Skill Points to unlock nodes on this tree.
- Active Abilities: New active abilities can be unlocked, expanding your combat repertoire. These might be new attacks, defensive maneuvers, or utility skills.
- Ability Upgrades: Existing active abilities can be upgraded to increase their damage, reduce their cooldown, lower their Cosmic Energy cost, or add secondary effects.
- Passive Skills: These nodes grant permanent bonuses to your hero, such as increased critical hit chance, faster regeneration of Cosmic Energy, or improved resistance to certain damage types.
The structure of the Skill Tree allows for diverse build paths. You can choose to specialize in raw damage, become a defensive powerhouse, or focus on crowd control. Carefully consider which upgrades best suit your playstyle and the challenges you anticipate. Some branches may offer synergistic bonuses, encouraging you to invest in specific upgrade paths.