Getting all 18 stars in Contest of Champions in Anime Vanguards Update 15.5 can be challenging, especially when you reach the later floors. Each floor has different requirements, and you need to build your team carefully to complete all the challenges.
In this guide, I will show you how to beat all six floors of Contest of Champions, including the best units to bring, which units you should upgrade, and how to complete the special challenges required to earn all 18 stars.
Some floors are easier than others, but Floors 5 and 6 can be particularly difficult if you don’t have the right units. I recommend preparing your team before attempting them so you don’t waste time repeating the same stages.
How to Get All 18 Stars in Contest of Champions (Anime Vanguards Update 15.5)
Floor 1 is probably the easiest floor in Contest of Champions. You don’t need a complicated team for this challenge because you can complete it using Transcendent Sanjuno alone.
For this floor, I recommend bringing Transcendent Sanjuno with the right upgrades and equipment to make him strong enough to clear the stage by himself.
Recommended setup:
- Unit: Transcendent Sanjuno
- Stat focus: Shadow Cost or Cost Reduction
- Trait: Assassin
- Equipment: Daggers of Destruction
The main strategy is to place Transcendent Sanjuno and let him handle the enemies. You can bring Shadow units if you want, but placing Sanjuno alone makes completing the unit placement requirement much easier.
Important: Keep Manual Mode enabled
One thing you need to be careful about is Baba. When Baba despawns, he can take Sanjuno with him if you aren’t using Manual Mode. This can cause you to lose the entire stage.
To avoid this, I recommend keeping Manual Mode enabled throughout the match. At the very least, make sure you switch to Manual Mode before Baba despawns around Wave 10.
Once you complete the stage with the required conditions, you should receive all three stars for Floor 1.
How to Beat Floor 2 in Contest of Champions
Floor 2 requires a little more planning because you need to complete multiple challenges while keeping your team within the placement and upgrade limits.
For this floor, I recommend using a team with strong Cosmic units, a farm unit, and support units that can increase your overall damage.
Recommended Floor 2 Team
Here is the team I recommend using:
- Hollow Se
- Death’s Grasp
- Today’s Strongest
- Remu
- Tempest Pirate
- Ice Queen
You won’t need to place every unit because one of the challenges requires you to use five or fewer units.
The main requirements for Floor 2 are:
- Use at least 2 Cosmic units.
- Place 5 or fewer units.
- Clear the stage with 19 or fewer purchased upgrades.
Best Placement Strategy
Start by placing Sukuna near the front of the map. After that, place your other units around the middle area.
There is a reason for this placement strategy. You want your units to cover the important areas of the map while keeping your support units in positions where they can help with the boss later.
Once Sukuna is placed, start upgrading Tempest Pirate to generate more Yen.
After you have enough money, place your other units.
I recommend following this placement order:
- Place Sukuna near the front.
- Start upgrading Tempest Pirate.
- Place your farm and support units when you have enough Yen.
- Place Hollow Se somewhere around the middle of the map.
- Place Death’s Grasp beside Hollow Se.
- Place Remu in a position where she can attack the boss later.
Ice Queen can also be used as part of your team setup.
Why This Team Works
The main reason this team works is because of the damage-sharing ability provided by Casteris.
Casteris can copy damage from nearby units. This is especially useful when you have Hollow Se on your team because he has very high base damage.
For example, when Hollow Se has high damage, Casteris can copy some of that damage and share it with units such as Death’s Grasp.
This means you don’t have to spend too many upgrades on every unit.
You can focus most of your upgrades on Tempest Pirate and Hollow Se while using the remaining upgrades on your other damage dealers.
Upgrade Strategy
The most important thing here is staying below the 19 purchased upgrade limit.
I recommend prioritizing your upgrades in this order:
- Upgrade Tempest Pirate to generate more Yen.
- Focus on Hollow Se and get him close to maximum upgrades.
- Use your remaining upgrades on Today’s Strongest or Remu.
- Increase Remu’s range if you want better coverage against the boss.
You should have enough upgrades remaining to improve your team’s overall damage without breaking the challenge requirement.
How to Defeat the Boss
When the boss appears, use your available abilities to deal as much damage as possible.
You can use Necro Beam to increase your damage output. Hollow Se’s abilities and passives are also important, so make sure you use them at the right time.
The biggest advantage of this team is Hollow Se’s rewind ability.
Even if a Chosen enemy manages to get past your defenses, Hollow Se can rewind enemies and give you another opportunity to finish the stage.
This is especially useful because Chosen enemies can sometimes cause problems even when your team is strong.
Once you defeat the boss and complete the requirements, you should receive all three stars for Floor 2.
How to Beat Floor 3 in Contest of Champions
Floor 3 is another relatively easy floor once you have the correct units.
For this challenge, I recommend using a Holy-focused team with units that have active abilities.
Floor 3 Requirements
You need to complete the following challenges:
- Use at least 4 Holy units.
- Use at least 4 units with an active ability.
- Finish the final boss using an active ability.
Recommended Floor 3 Team
Here are the units I recommend:
- Deal Over Heaven
- Star Crusader Platinum
- Holy Deceiver
- Gilgamesh
- Miss Iron
- Sprint Wagon
You can also use Lucy as a farm unit depending on your setup.
Best Placement and Strategy
Start by using your Sprint Wagons and Lucy to help generate money.
For your Sprint Wagons, I recommend using the Yuzu familiar and Unlikely Doctor Memoria to improve money generation.
Lucy can also use a similar setup to help with your economy.
Next, place Deal Over Heaven and Holy Deceiver. Holy Deceiver is particularly important because he buffs the Holy damage of your other units.
You should also bring Star Crusader Platinum because of his time-stop ability.
His time stop is useful for slowing down enemies and giving your damage dealers more time to attack. He is also a Holy unit, which makes him a good fit for this challenge.
How to Defeat the Final Boss
Gilgamesh and Deal Over Heaven are your main options for dealing with the final boss.
When the Almighty boss appears, wait until you have the right opportunity and activate Deal Over Heaven’s ability, Your Reality Is Mine.
This ability can deal massive damage and potentially eliminate the boss quickly.
Make sure you actually finish the final boss using an active ability. Simply defeating the boss with normal attacks will not complete that particular challenge.
Once the boss is defeated using the active ability, you should complete the required conditions and earn all three stars for Floor 3.
How to Beat Floor 4 in Contest of Champions
Floor 4 mainly focuses on Dragon Ball units, so you will need to prepare a Dragon Ball-themed team.
This floor is also fairly easy once you understand the movement restrictions and know which abilities to avoid using.
Floor 4 Requirements
The main challenges include:
- Use at least 2 Blast units.
- Use at least 4 Dragon Sphere units.
- Clear the stage without your units moving more than 60 times.
Recommended Floor 4 Team
Here is the team I recommend:
- Holy Deceiver
- Goku Super 3
- Buu Evil
- Rosa Super 4
- Gogeta
- Sprint Wagon
For equipment, use the respective Memorias and Familiars that improve your units’ damage and overall performance.
Some recommended setups include:
- Holy Deceiver: Doctor 3 and Bloodier God.
- Goku Super 3: Familiar and Battle of the Strongest Memoria.
- Buu Evil: Candyball Graceful Mecha Memoria.
- Rosa Super 4: Monkey King Circlet.
- Gogeta: Use the appropriate damage and support equipment.
Important: Don’t Move During the Match
The most important requirement for Floor 4 is controlling your movement.
You should stay in one position throughout the match because enemies can follow you when you move around.
If you keep moving, you can end up increasing the movement count and failing the challenge.
My recommendation is to choose your position before starting the stage and stay there until the match is over.
Avoid Spamming Gogeta’s Teleportation Ability
Another important thing to remember is that Gogeta’s abilities can cause problems with the movement requirement.
Avoid repeatedly using his teleportation ability or spawning his clones.
The clones can count toward the movement-related challenge, which makes it harder to stay below the required limit.
If Gogeta starts spawning too many clones, you can consider selling him temporarily and placing him again later when you have enough money.
However, I recommend avoiding his clone ability whenever possible.
Best Upgrade Strategy
Once your units are placed, start upgrading your farms.
After that, focus on Holy Deceiver first.
The reason is that Holy Deceiver can improve the other units alongside him, making your entire team stronger.
You should then focus on upgrading your main damage dealers, especially Goku Black and Vegito.
These two units provide a large portion of your team’s damage, so make sure they receive enough upgrades.
How to Use Goku Black’s Ability
You can also use Big Spirit Beam a few times to help manage your ability setup.
However, don’t spam it continuously.
You can tap the ability without fully activating it to help prepare Goku Black for Tier 3.
The important thing is to avoid triggering the cooldown too early. According to this strategy, the third activation can trigger a 60-second cooldown.
Once your units are upgraded and positioned correctly, let them deal with the enemies.
Remember:
- Stay in one position.
- Avoid Gogeta’s clones.
- Don’t spam teleportation.
- Upgrade Holy Deceiver first.
- Focus on Goku Black and Vegito for damage.
Follow these steps, and you should be able to clear Floor 4 and earn all three stars.
How to Beat Floor 5 in Contest of Champions
Floor 5 is where things start getting more difficult.
The biggest recommendation I can give you is to get Poochie before attempting this floor.
You can technically complete Floor 5 without Poochie, but it will be much harder. You will need to rely on time-stop abilities and better timing to survive the stage.
Because Floor 6 also requires specific Memorias, I recommend farming the necessary units and equipment before attempting both floors.
Why You Need Poochie
Poochie makes Floor 5 considerably easier.
Without him, you will have to rely on other units to deal enough damage and control enemies. This can make the challenge frustrating, especially if your team doesn’t have enough damage.
I recommend farming Infinite Mode until you obtain Poochie.
Once you have him, you can replace Death’s Grasp in your Floor 5 team with Poochie.
Recommended Floor 5 Team
Use your existing team setup and make the following adjustment:
- Replace Death’s Grasp with Poochie.
- Equip the respective Memorias for your units.
- Use BB Familiars where appropriate.
- Make sure your main damage dealers have the correct equipment.
Once you have the correct setup, place your units and let them handle the enemies.
Floor 5 becomes much easier with Poochie because you have a stronger option for dealing with the challenge.
If you don’t have Poochie yet, I would honestly recommend spending some time farming Infinite Mode instead of repeatedly attempting this floor.
How to Beat Floor 6 in Contest of Champions
Floor 6 is another difficult challenge, mainly because of its equipment requirements.
Unlike the previous floors, you need to prepare specific Battle Tower Memorias before attempting this stage.
Floor 6 Requirements
The most important requirement is:
- Use at least 3 units equipped with Battle Tower Memoria.
You can obtain Battle Tower Memorias from the Battle Tower game mode.
However, getting these Memorias can take some time because you need to progress through the different Battle Tower challenges.
You will need to clear the Holy, Cosmic, and Unknown sections to work toward obtaining the required equipment.
How to Prepare for Floor 6
Before attempting Floor 6, I recommend doing the following:
- Farm Infinite Mode until you obtain Poochie.
- Work on obtaining Battle Tower Memorias.
- Make sure at least 3 of your units have Battle Tower Memoria equipped.
- Prepare your strongest units and their respective equipment.
- Check the challenge requirements before starting the stage.
The Battle Tower Memoria requirement is the main reason I recommend preparing for Floor 6 before attempting Floor 5.
You will need these Memorias anyway, so it makes more sense to farm them first rather than wasting time switching between different challenges.
Once you have three units equipped with Battle Tower Memoria, you can work on completing the remaining requirements and clearing Floor 6.
Getting all 18 stars in Contest of Champions in Anime Vanguards Update 15.5 is mostly about understanding each floor’s requirements and bringing the right team.
Floors 1, 3, and 4 are relatively easy once you know the correct strategy. Floor 2 requires a little more attention to your upgrades and unit placement, while Floors 5 and 6 need more preparation.
My biggest recommendation is to get Poochie and start farming Battle Tower Memorias before attempting the final two floors. This will save you a lot of time and make the entire challenge easier.
With the right units, equipment, and placement strategy, you should be able to work your way through all six floors and collect all 18 stars.
