Hello! This is a guide to get you through the Cosmic Trial with Black Bolt. Note: This is NOT the best Black Bolt. It is NOT end game Black Bolt. 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. 

How did this guy need more tries to get through the Cosmic Trial than Nick Fury for me? Let's just say I did not vibe with this hero at all. When I passed it I literally had one second left. I did not have as good of gear as I put in the guide. Hopefully with these changes it will be a bit easier for you.

Synergies

Again I did not have all the synergies I listed in this guide. I would recommend getting as many of these if not all that you can. We're looking for phys/energy damage and crit.

Infinities

I stacked them all into the Time Stone - Temporal Loophole.

Gear 

 - I used this artifact for a the extra defense. I would recommend you use  (I didn't have one leveled).

 

I've been using  and  on alot of these CT guides. They just add so much beef. If you struggle with damage (I felt low damage when I was doing it) swap these out. Try a  or  or .

Team Up

Go with Agent Coulson. I needed all the damage I could get.

Playstyle

This build was the most fun of the variations I tried to clear the trial with and it was the first one I passed with. I did not go back and try to clean up the variation or re work any of my failed attempts. I was ok moving on with the Trial passed. And to be fair, this is a fun way to play the character, I'm certain there's stronger versions though. That being said this DID clear the trial. 

- Bound to the left click. Hold it down. Filler.

-Builds charge. Use it on CD.

-Builds charge. Use it on CD.

-I didn't need to use my dash much. Other abilities followed enemies and I had the jump. Good for CC removal. Can also be used to get the crit bonus from the ring.

-Not the signature anymore thanks to talent choices. Restores 50% of charge.

-Repositioning tool. Provides vulnerable. Great way to start a fight.

-If you have charge (which you basically always will). It's a 2s CD. It gives you DR. Like everything else use on CD. 

-This is your big damage. All our eggs are in this basket. Try not to hit a boss shield (like I did, almost cost me the Trial too). Thanks to a talent choice this is your new signature. You should have full charge when you use this (I practically was always at full). 

I started onto Hydra and Red Skull as soon as they appeared even though I had adds up still. I trusted on my area damage and team up to finish them off. I ulted right as soon as Red Skull was on the board to hit him and the remaining adds with it. Alternatively it says it instantly kills non boss enemies. You could use it on one of Skull's shield minions to clear it off the board instantly.

Of his builds I feel this is the easiest one to play and get through the trial with.

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