Hello! This is a guide to get you through the Cosmic Trial with Jean Grey. Note: This is NOT the best Jean Grey. It is NOT end game Jean Grey. You will not find the BiS items in this build. 

 

Set Up

I capped myself at 150 Infinity Points for these trial guides. It won't take too long to build up that many. By the time you've leveled up a few characters for synergies and farmed some Heroic (Red) Challenges and terminals for some gear you may even be past 150 IP when you try the trial. Worst thing that can happen when you try the trial is you fail there is no punishment. So give it a shot and see if you're missing damage, survivability or both.

Not all end game builds work equally well with less IP and gear. I tried a couple of the builds that already existed and found one that worked well to get through the Cosmic Trial. 

While leveling Jean Grey felt so strong and I was sure the Trial would be a cake walk for her. Survivability definitely was easy, but her damage was lacking and I failed my first attempt. I had to move some things in the build and it was a squeaker when I passed on the second attempt.

Synergies

I did not have the best synergies when I cleared the Trial - I just went with what I had. What I put in this build would definitely be better than what I used.

Infinities

We only have one really hard hitting ability in the build and it is a guaranteed brutal strike. So I went with The Power Gem - (Strike Through) with my 150 IP. That gave me +75% brutal strike damage. 

Gear 

I used a  when I did the trial. After I finished I decided, nope, not ideal. I would recommend you go with a  instead. I thought I would need the bonus spirit from the crystal, but I didn't really. I would have much rather had the higher damage from the rod.

Again spirit wasn't the issue I thought it would be so instead of , if your short on damage go for another artifact in this slot w/ good damage stats and/or a high int roll maybe. We want to focus on adding damage in our artifact slots - her survivability is solid. A  could even go well here as we have no other invulnerability in our build.

For slot 1-5 I used her uniques in all slots but 3. In slot 3 I used a . If you don't have one I don't think this piece will make or break the run her slot 3 unique will probably be fine. I did not find a , I would definitely have worn it if I did. So if you do, you should.

Team Up

My first try I used Jessica Jones for the grouping. But Jean is a tanky lady and being short on damage I swapped to Coulson.

Playstyle

 This is our filler, drains health, this is why I was so concerned about spirit. I thought this would bleed me dry. Its actually quite manageable.

 

- Good CC. Satisfying to bounce enemies around. Use it on CD for the damage and CC. Has a large area.

- Don't sleep on this ability. I saw it in other builds but I thought it didn't seem that strong and maybe i'd leave it out for a simpler game play. It adds alot more to Jean's damage than I assumed. It's a large circle, you can have 2 down at a time.

- Your escape. I honestly didn't use it a ton. Jean can face tank a fair amount of damage and your better off just channeling your drain and popping your barrier + medkit. I kept it on the bar for dodging insta kills and breaking CC though.

- Of all her abilities this one disappointed me the most. I used it on CD for the damage and Phoenix Force build up, but I was not impressed with this ability to be honest.

- Barrier. Gives some damage absorption and applies weaken. It also builds 10 Phoenix Force. I did not save it for defensive. I used it on CD to build up the Phoenix Force as quick as possible.

- When you build up your Phoenix Force bar to full this icon will light up and you can expel it. Activating Dark Phoenix. You'll get a giant aura. It buffs you, makes you immune to CC and deals damage all around you for 10s. (No you can't extend it w/ power duration).

- This is our big hitter. Guaranteed Brutal Strike. Use it every time its up.

I did not expect Jean Grey to be a hero that stands in the middle of shit and drain tanks through, but here we are. Know what damage you can safely eat to keep pumping out your own. Don't waste time (and lose damage output) dodging stuff you don't have to. 

I blew my Ultimate as soon as Red Skull spawned in while I still had minions up. Its a giant aoe so it hit everything and I was able to get Red Skull alone quicker and still damage him with the ult as well. The ult also refills your Phoenix Force so use it right after you've popped your .

 

 

Hopefully this helps you clear the Cosmic Trial so that you can start farming your best gear and move on to bigger and better content and bigger and better guides! Have fun out there.

Thanks!

 Lil