List of S.H.I.E.L.D. Training Essentials

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I figured this would be a helpful resource for those wondering who has been featured in SHIELD Training**.**

#1) 09/28/2017:

Featured: Rogue (Classic)

Classic Essentials: Cyclops (Classic), Professor X (Charles Xavier), Wolverine (X-Force)

*** From this point on, SHIELD Training began requiring the most recently released 4-star character as the Latest Essential, along with two older Classic characters. ***

#2) 10/19/2017:
Featured: Nightcrawler (Classic)
Latest Essential: Rogue (Classic)
Classic Essentials: Elektra (Unkillable), Invisible Woman (Classic)

#3) 11/15/2017:
Featured: The Hulk (The Main Event)
Latest Essential: Nightcrawler (Classic)
Classic Essentials: Star-Lord (Legendary Outlaw), Thor (Goddess of Thunder)

#4) 11/30/2017:
Featured: Nico Minoru (Runaways)
Latest Essential: The Hulk (The Main Event)
Classic Essentials: Iron Man (Hulkbuster), Nick Fury (Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

#5) 12/24/2017:
Featured: America Chavez (Young Avengers)
Latest Essential: Nico Minoru (Runaways)
Classic Essentials: Carnage (Cletus Kasady), Kingpin (Wilson Fisk)

#6) 01/11/2018:
Featured: Kraven the Hunter (Sergei Kravinoff)
Latest Essential: America Chavez (Young Avengers)
Classic Essentials: Ant-Man (Scott Lang), The Thing (Classic)

#7) 02/08/2018:
Featured: Black Panther (King of Wakanda)
Latest Essential: Kraven the Hunter (Sergei Kravinoff)
Classic Essentials: Deadpool (X-Force), Sam Wilson (Captain America)

#8) 02/22/2018:
Featured: Shuri (Master Engineer)
Latest Essential: N/A
Classic Essentials: Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze), Jean Grey (All-New X-Men), Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)

*** Note for #8 they chose to deviate from their usual pattern and feature three Classic characters. This was because the would-be Latest Essential (Black Panther) was not yet in tokens. ***

*** From this point on the Latest Essential switched from being the newest 4-star released to the one set to leave the Latest Legends pool. ***

#9) 03/22/2018:
Featured: Valkyrie (Asgardian Warrior)
Latest Essential: Vulture (Adrian Toomes)
Classic Essentials: Red Hulk (Thunderbolt Ross), X-23 (All New Wolverine)

#10) 04/05/2018:
Featured: Jubilee (Uncanny X-Men)
Latest Essential: Mockingbird (Bobbi Morse)
Classic Essentials: Iceman (All New X-Men), The Hulk (Totally Awesome)

#11) 05/03/2018:
Featured: Black Widow (Infinity War)
Latest Essential: Yondu (Awesome Mix Volume 2)
Classic Essentials: Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew), Venom (Eddie Brock)

#12) 05/31/2018:
Featured: Spider-Man (Infinity War)
Latest Essential: Lockjaw (Royal Bulldog)
Classic Essentials: Drax (The Destroyer), Nova (Sam Alexander)

*** On 06/06/2018 dilution returned and so there is technically no distinction between Classics and Latests. ***

#13) 06/13/2018:
Featured: Wiccan (Billy Kaplan)
Newer Essential: Rogue (Classic)
Older Essentials: Spider-Man (Miles Morales), Quake (Daisy Johnson)

#14) 07/12/2018:
Featured: Ghost (Quantum Thief)
Newer Essential: Nightcrawler (Classic)
Older Essentials: Spider-Gwen (Gwen Stacy), The Punisher (MAX)

#15) 07/26/2018:
Featured: Emma Frost (Astonishing X-Men)
Newer Essential: Spider-Man (Infinity War)
Older Essentials: Ant-Man (Scott Lang), X-23 (All New Wolverine)

*** Note for #15 they chose to deviate from their usual pattern and made two older character who have already been required (Ant-Man and X-23) essential again in lieu of those who haven’t had a chance to be essential. ***

#16) 08/23/2018:
Featured: Nebula (Infinity War)
Newer Essential: Shuri (Master Engineer)
Older Essentials: War Machine (James Rhodes), Winter Soldier (Bucky Barnes)

#17) 09/06/2018:
Featured: Dazzler (Classic)
Newer Essential: N/A
Older Essentials: Iron Man (Hulkbuster), Kate Bishop (Hawkeye), Moon Knight (Marc Spector)

*** Note for #17 they chose to deviate from their usual pattern and required three older characters, including one who was already essential (Iron Man). ***

#18) 10/04/2018
Featured: Taskmaster (Tony Masters)
Newer Essential: Emma Frost (Astonishing X-Men)
Older Essentials: Peggy Carter (Captain America), Wasp (Janet Van Dyne)

#19) 11/01/2018
Featured: Domino (X-Force)
Newer Essential: Dazzler (Classic)
Older Essentials: Gwenpool (Gwen Poole), Luke Cage (Power Man)

#20) 11/15/2018
Featured: Bishop (Classic)
Newer Essential: Emma Frost (Astonishing X-Men)
Older Essentials: Blade (Modern), Venom (Agent Venom)

#21) 11/29/2018
Featured: Prowler (Aaron Davis)
Newer Essential: Dazzler (Classic)
Older Essentials: Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers), Medusa (Inhuman Queen)

#22) 12/24/2018
Featured: Spider-Ham (Peter Porker)
Newer Essential: N/A
Older Essentials: Agent Coulson (Agents of SHIELD), Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze), Riri Williams (Ironheart)

*** Note for #22 they chose to deviate from their usual pattern and required three older characters, including one who was already essential (Ghost Rider). ***

#23) 01/31/2019
Featured: Namor (The Sub-Mariner)
Newer Essential: Domino (X-Force)
Older Essentials: Cloak & Dagger (Classic), Mordo (Master of the Mystic Arts)

#24) 02/14/2019
Featured: Magik (Classic)
Newer Essential: Bishop (Classic)
Older Essentials: Iron Fist (Danny Rand), Rocket & Groot (Awesome Mix Volume 2)

#25) 03/14/2019
Featured: Talos (Skrull Warlord)
Newer Essential: Namor (The Sub-Mariner)
Older Essentials: Cyclops (Classic), Gamora (Awesome Mix Volume 2)

#26) 04/18/2019
Featured: Thanos (Endgame)
Newer Essential: N/A
Older Essentials: Carnage (Cletus Kasady), Moon Knight (Marc Spector), Nick Fury (Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

*** Note for #26 they chose to deviate from their usual pattern and required three older characters, all of whom were already essential ***

#27) 05/02/2019
Featured: Hawkeye (Ronin)
Newer Essential: Magik (Classic)
Older Essentials: Professor X (Charles Xavier), Sandman (Flint Marko)

#28) 05/23/2019
Featured: Sabretooth (Victor Creed)
Newer Essential: Thanos (Endgame)
Older Essentials: Thor (Goddess of Thunder), Wolverine (X-Force)

#29) 06/20/2019
Featured: Black Cat (Master Thief)
Newer Essential: Hawkeye (Ronin)
Older Essentials: Kingpin (Wilson Fisk), Star-Lord (Legendary Outlaw)

#30) 07/04/2019
Featured: Mysterio (Quentin Beck)
Newer Essential: N/A
Older Essentials: Peggy Carter (Captain America), Invisible Woman (Classic), Elektra (Unkillable)

#31) 08/01/2019
Featured: Juggernaut (Fear Itself)
Newer Essential: Sabretooth (Victor Creed)
Older Essentials: The Hulk (The Main Event), America Chavez (Young Avengers)

#32) 08/29/2019
Featured: Human Torch (Jim Hammond)
Newer Essential: Mysterio (Quentin Beck)
Older Essentials: Black Panther (King of Wakanda), The Thing (Classic)

#33) 09/19/2019
Featured: Captain America (Worthy)
Newer Essential: Juggernaut (Fear Itself)
Older Essentials: Hawkeye (Ronin), Mockingbird (Bobbi Morse)

#34) 10/10/2019
Featured: Spider-Man 2099 (Miguel O’Hara)
Newer Essential: Human Torch (Jim Hammond)
Older Essentials: Spider-Gwen (Gwen Stacy), Spider-Man (Infinity War)

Below is every 4* listed in release order. Next to them (if applicable) is a number representing which SHIELD Training they were featured in. As you can see, while jumping around a bit, they are definitely targeting the oldest characters first. Should give a rough idea what to expect moving forward.

Wolverine (X-Force) #1, #28
Invisible Woman (Classic) #2, #30
Nick Fury (Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.) #4, #26
Devil Dinosaur (Gigantic Reptile)
Thor (Goddess of Thunder) #3, #28
Elektra (Unkillable) #2, #30
Star-Lord (Legendary Outlaw) #3, #29
Professor X (Charles Xavier) #1, #27
Kingpin (Wilson Fisk) #5, #29
Iron Man (Hulkbuster) #4, #17
Carnage (Cletus Kasady) #5, #26
The Thing (Classic) #6, #32
Ant-Man (Scott Lang) #6, #15
Jean Grey (All-New X-Men) #8
Deadpool (X-Force) #7
Sam Wilson (Captain America) #7
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) #8
Iceman (All New X-Men) #10
Cyclops (Classic) #1, #25
Red Hulk (Thunderbolt Ross) #9
X-23 (All New Wolverine) #9, #15
Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze) #8, #22
The Hulk (Totally Awesome) #10
Miles Morales (Spider-Man) #13
Venom (Eddie Brock) #11
Nova (Sam Alexander) #12
Spider-Gwen (Gwen Stacy) #14, #34
Quake (Daisy Johnson) #13
The Punisher (MAX) #14
Howard the Duck (Howard, a Duck)
Drax (The Destroyer) #12
Winter Soldier (Bucky Barnes) #16
War Machine (James Rhodes) #16
Kate Bishop (Hawkeye) #17
Moon Knight (Marc Spector) #17, #26
Peggy Carter (Captain America) #18, #30
Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) #18
Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) #11
Luke Cage (Power Man) #19
Gwenpool (Gwen Poole) #19
Blade (Modern) #20
Venom (Agent Venom) #20
Medusa (Inhuman Queen) #21
Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers) #21
Riri Williams (Ironheart) #22
Mordo (Master of The Mystic Arts) #23
Agent Coulson (Agents of SHIELD) #22
Iron Fist (Danny Rand) #24
Cloak & Dagger (Classic) #23
Rocket & Groot (Awesome Mix Volume 2) #24
Gamora (Awesome Mix Volume 2) #25
Sandman (Flint Marko) #27
Vulture (Adrian Toomes) #9
Mockingbird (Bobbi Morse) #10, #33
Yondu (Awesome Mix Volume 2) #11
Lockjaw (Royal Bulldog) #12

The following characters had covers rewarded in SHIELD Training

Rogue (Classic) #2, #13
Nightcrawler (Classic) #3, #14
The Hulk (The Main Event) #4, #31
Nico Minoru (Runaways) #5
America Chavez (Young Avengers) #6, #31
Kraven the Hunter (Sergei Kravinoff) #7
Black Panther (King of Wakanda) #32
Shuri (Master Engineer) #16
Valkyrie (Asgardian Warrior)
Jubilee (Uncanny X-Men)
Black Widow (Infinity War)
Spider-Man (Infinity War) #15, #34
Wiccan (Billy Kaplan)
Ghost (Quantum Thief)
Emma Frost (Astonishing X-Men) #18, #20
Nebula (Infinity War)
Dazzler (Classic) #19, #21
Taskmaster (Tony Masters)
Domino (X-Force) #23
Bishop (Classic) #24
Prowler (Aaron Davis)
Spider-Ham (Peter Porker)
Namor (The Sub-Mariner) #25
Magik (Classic) #27
Talos (Skrull Warlord)
Thanos (Endgame) #28
Hawkeye (Ronin) #29, #33
Sabretooth (Victor Creed) #31
Black Cat (Master Thief)
Mysterio (Quentin Beck) #32
Juggernaut (Fear Itself) #33
Human Torch (Jim Hammond) #34
Captain America (Worthy)
Spider-Man 2099 (Miguel O’Hara)

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Cool, thanks for doing this. Not sure if you want to add Rogue or not, but she was the first to be featured. I can’t remember the date it started, but there was no new release essential, just three classic essentials: Professor X, Cyclops, and X-Force Wolverine.

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Not a problem. Thanks for the heads up on Rogue. For some reason I thought Crawler was first. OP has been updated!

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Yeah, I was one of those slightly perturbed at their choice of classic characters, because my Professor X at the time didn’t have 10 covers, so I couldn’t get him to Level 209 for the free Rogue cover. Well, less annoyed at the character choice, because it was very thematic, but more annoyed with the Level 209 lockout kept me from even trying for the Rogue cover.

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Brigby just updated the Feb 8th shield training info if you want to add that as well

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Updated. I also added a list of characters in release order in the OP, as well as the Shield Training they were featured in. Gives an idea of what we can expect going forward. For me it looks like Mr. F is the only one I need to invest iso in in the near future. Then I’m good until Ghost Rider.

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I had predicted Mr. F and Jean would be next based on the oldest who haven’t been featured. Interesting they jumped all the way up to Ghost Rider for the third. Guess I’ll be investing iso in him next!

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Since they already had Jean featured and Cyclops was unavailable, I am rather happy they skipped all the other Purple/green skilled fourstars Before Ghost rider. With Iceman, Rulk or X-23 featured it would be a lot of color overlap.

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Thanks for the heads up on this. I may need to change my 4* champing priorities. I’ve got a number of upcoming classics I haven’t champed because they’re classics and not all that great, of the upcoming list:

Iceman (All New X-Men)
Red Hulk (Thunderbolt Ross)
X-23 (All New Wolverine)
The Hulk (Totally Awesome) - At 13 not champed
Miles Morales (Spider-Man) - At 13 not champed (still L70)
Venom (Eddie Brock) - At 13 not champed
Nova (Sam Alexander)
Spider-Gwen (Gwen Stacy) - At 12 (still 70)

Looks like at least need to work on getting those 4 to 209 in the near future. So much ISO need at so many different levels, I’m gonna explode…

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If it’s any consolation, level 209 is just at the beginning of the steep uphill climb of the ISO cost. So it could be a lot worse even if I get the dislike of leveling unused characters…

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So my guess is due to the overwhelming amount of positive feedback last Training, that the newest release essential is being replaced with the character they are set to replace in the Latest Legends rotation. We will have to see next training if in fact, it is Mockingbird and two Classics.

If this is the case then it gives people plenty of time to cover the Latest essential while still rewarding long time players with the 2 Classic characters requirement. Well done.

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Updated! It looks like I was right about Mockingbird being next up (such an intuitive cookie!). So if the pattern holds, Yondu is next.

Also, Hulk and Iceman had the highest likelihood of being the next classics as well using the “one of the oldest yet to be featured” rule. So, cool to see that come true as well. Happy I was able to provide some insight into both patterns as I think it helps us plan for the future.

My Yondu is champed, but both Venom (second oldest not to be featured) and Quake (fifth oldest) need some iso invested in them! After that hurdle everyone else is champed and I’ll no longer need to worry about it. Training will just be guaranteed extra covers!

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Nova (Level 172), Venom (115), and Professor X (111) are my only classic 4s not at 209. Since Charles was featured in the inaugural event, I should just need to focus on Nova and Venom, which I think will be achievable, especially since I anticipate we’ll get a 5 in two weeks ahead of Infinity War, then two more weeks before the next 4* and SHIELD Training event.

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I built up around 370k iso hoarding until the new feature reveal (which I’m severely underwhelmed with). While I probably should have used it to Champ my dupe 3s, I instead brought Eddie, Quake and Howard up to 209. I know Howard won’t ever be in SHIELD Training, but I just wanted all my unchamped max-covered 4s even. And I’m champing him next time Webbed Wonder runs anyway.

Now left with 15k iso total but I’m set forever as far as classic 4s in SHIELD training go.

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Yeah, I plan to do something similar, once I have less pressing needs for my ISO in other areas.

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So the next one is Venom, Spider-Woman, and probably Mockingbird.

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Yondu, not mockingbird

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Oops. Got confused between it being the hero leaving latest, and the next hero leaving latest.

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Not terribly surprised it’s Venom, though it would have been nice if it were Miles or Nova. Miles is already champed and Nova is at least at 172. Eddie is languishing at 115, so will need to pump more ISO into him than I would have had to for Sam.

Spider-Woman seems to be kind of out of left field though.

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So close, just Eddie Brock not up to 209. Better luck next time …