Well, Europeans get their tournament now

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Ends at 5 AM PST...lol

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Double shot implies 1 for EU 1 for NA I guess.

In any case 1100 tier prize is reward enough.

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DumDumDugn wrote:

Ends at 5 AM PST...lol

D'oh! I missed that (though looks like 6). Oh well, they certainly deserve a shot and there are other good rewards as already noted.

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This ends during my train ride to work

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Guess we need to stop whining and start winning.

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For the working population it's even worse then the usual times. It's midweek middle of the day. But I guess Asia is really happy.

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The world would be a more efficient place if we all lived in the same time zone.


Let's make it happen.

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End times are fine for the first time ever, so please refrain from complaining about it, my dear American fellows.
I'll be shooting for the widow rewards as my widow so far is at 2/1/5. I think I will try to max out red, it looks quite potent at higher stages. Green on the other hand just gets even more expensive than it already is at earlier levels, so MEH...
Seem to be the only one that doesn't care about IM40, he's got the same problem as the IM35- no synergies whatsoever in comparison to other heroes.

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f3nfire wrote:

End times are fine for the first time ever, so please refrain from complaining about it, my dear American fellows.

Unstable is really great, Double Shot is ok for me, but I can see European working people complaining.

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I'll be shooting for the widow rewards as my widow so far is at 2/1/5. I think I will try to max out red, it looks quite potent at higher stages. Green on the other hand just gets even more expensive than it already is at earlier levels, so MEH...

At level 5 her green skill attacks all opponents, so it doesn't 'just' get more expensive.

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Seem to be the only one that doesn't care about IM40, he's got the same problem as the IM35- no synergies whatsoever in comparison to other heroes.

What do you mean by 'no synergies' for IM40? He fires up his charge and then either him or his teammates can use the extra AP. In fact, usually when I collect Charge countdowns it's game over for opponent.

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What do you mean by 'no synergies' for IM40? He fires up his charge and then either him or his teammates can use the extra AP. In fact, usually when I collect Charge countdowns it's game over for opponent.

Depends on your team composition I'ld say. But as far as I can see, we got quite the different priorities judging by your response to my concerns regarding Grey Widow. My main problem with Grey Beauty is that I run **Wolverine as my core part (only maxed hero for me so far). IM40 works GREAT with Thor and Ragnarök as far as I can see. But isn't the increasing cost of IM40s yellow skill crippling to the idea of getting red AP quickly and relatively cheap? I would love to have him at 11 powers but as an EU player I can't afford to get up at 4am just to get a top 50 spot. For the last days I was grinding to #1, went to bed and hoped for waking up to a pleasant surprise. Didn't work out, but hey...

So what would you propose? IM40/Thor/xxx? And how to fuel up the Widow so she can wreck people quickly? Would really like to hear your thoughts on that given your well earned prominence on the boards.

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Her purple does a bang up job of generating her own green. Thor generates green too slow imo. Ragnarok and x/x/3 IM 40 are the best external options.

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f3nfire wrote:

Depends on your team composition I'ld say. But as far as I can see, we got quite the different priorities judging by your response to my concerns regarding Grey Widow. My main problem with Grey Beauty is that I run **Wolverine as my core part (only maxed hero for me so far). IM40 works GREAT with Thor and Ragnarök as far as I can see. But isn't the increasing cost of IM40s yellow skill crippling to the idea of getting red AP quickly and relatively cheap?

I love Wolverine Astonishing and use him whenever I can. I pair him with Spidey for stuns, useful before Wolverine gets his green. Third is usually forced by tournament, but if I can choose I go with IM40. True, he is my highest level right now at 100 and I have him 3/5/3 (don't have luck with red). With Charge he generates 9 Blue and Red plus 6 Green. I usually make sure to have at least one Red AP more, so I can create 4 Strike tiles with my Wolverine right away and after that... well, you know well how it goes, cause you use Wolvie as well I leave Red for a finishing move from Wolverine usually.

And I think Ranzera answered well how to quickly generate green quickly. With IM40 and Grey Suit in team you have two characters being able to hit all opponents from two different colours!

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Yep- if she gets the purple skill bar blinking it is usually game over for the enemy Thor but how collecting purple means putting her into serious danger because of all the spammy skills of Thor/Rag. Let's see if I can get her maxed out skillwise...damn, you make me want the IM40 after all now. BE CURSED!

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f3nfire wrote:

What do you mean by 'no synergies' for IM40? He fires up his charge and then either him or his teammates can use the extra AP. In fact, usually when I collect Charge countdowns it's game over for opponent.

Depends on your team composition I'ld say. But as far as I can see, we got quite the different priorities judging by your response to my concerns regarding Grey Widow. My main problem with Grey Beauty is that I run **Wolverine as my core part (only maxed hero for me so far). IM40 works GREAT with Thor and Ragnarök as far as I can see. But isn't the increasing cost of IM40s yellow skill crippling to the idea of getting red AP quickly and relatively cheap? I would love to have him at 11 powers but as an EU player I can't afford to get up at 4am just to get a top 50 spot. For the last days I was grinding to #1, went to bed and hoped for waking up to a pleasant surprise. Didn't work out, but hey...

So what would you propose? IM40/Thor/xxx? And how to fuel up the Widow so she can wreck people quickly? Would really like to hear your thoughts on that given your well earned prominence on the boards.

Once you get IM40's yellow to L3 he works very well with Wolverine as well. Yes, the AP cost goes up. Adding green into the mix (and letting you max IM40) is worth it IMO.

I maxed Thor well before Wolverine, but I tend toward Wolverine in most cases since downtime is near zero every single time, and without using Heal packs.

And yes, Grey Suit's green is her best power -- at L5 it's a game over button once you reach 19 green. As for generating that green -- her own Purple, IM40's recharge, and/or Ragnarok are very good methods to getting there.

As for this tournament -- I'll probably be running my L104+ IM40, Wolverine, and Spidey. My BW Grey Suit needs two more green covers to max her out (and a lot of ISO), so until she gets those she's not so useful.

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f3nfire wrote:

I'll be shooting for the widow rewards as my widow so far is at 2/1/5. I think I will try to max out red, it looks quite potent at higher stages. Green on the other hand just gets even more expensive than it already is at earlier levels, so MEH...

As mentioned, her green ability is her strongest by far. Pair her with Thor (whose yellow generates green tiles) for a good result. Pair her with Ragnarok (who generates green even more cheaply with his red) for even better results.

As someone who has been running Grey Widow for a while, I think 5/3/5 is the absolute best build and her red is completely worthless. I've used it maybe 2-3 times, once to try it out (to discover its worthlessness) and the other times due to mis-tapping my phone screen. There are definitely other cards that make better use of red AP for damage, including Thor and Ragnarok, as mentioned.

Her purple is also a very nice skill that helps fund another shot of her green if needed, and as it's well documented, can also set up criticals.

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Maybe a month or so ago, Grey Widow figured prominently into my long term plans. At the time, around when model 40 came out, she was the only 3* I had a decent number of covers for, but I haven't gotten any since (need two greens and a purple still). I was excited to see her as a reward for this one, and hoping the second iteration will end at a different time (not that you folks don't deserve a chance at some rewards, so no complaints if it doesn't).

At any rate, I'm not sure how she figures into my plans anymore. I've been building up Magneto through the lightning rounds as a possible third instead.

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So happy about this. I live in the NA, but my shifts are 3:30-midnight, and I usually pass out around 6am, but I can't play during the last 8 1/2 hours sometimes, so I've been **** every other tournament. Thank you d3. You've made me a happy person.

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finwe wrote:

For the working population it's even worse then the usual times.

Yep.

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Humphrey wrote:

finwe wrote:

For the working population it's even worse then the usual times.

Yep.

Agree

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Sitting here, hitting the skip button. Now that I finally got a tournament schedule that would let me compete I start realizing how huge the gap got between me and the majority of players. I mainly encounter IM40s in their mid-40 to mid-80s. Ironically, some if those are rewards for tourneys I wasn't able to participate properly throughout the last weeks. Guess it's time to wave goodbye to the game or invest about 70€ just to see the level of competitiveness I may be able to buy melt away in the next weeks due to tournament times. If anyone wants an account (FB binding), drop me a message, I will give this one day of consideration and most probably move on.
Good luck!

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f3nfire wrote:

Sitting here, hitting the skip button. Now that I finally got a tournament schedule that would let me compete I start realizing how huge the gap got between me and the majority of players. I mainly encounter IM40s in their mid-40 to mid-80s. Ironically, some if those are rewards for tourneys I wasn't able to participate properly throughout the last weeks. Guess it's time to wave goodbye to the game or invest about 70€ just to see the level of competitiveness I may be able to buy melt away in the next weeks due to tournament times. If anyone wants an account (FB binding), drop me a message, I will give this one day of consideration and most probably move on.
Good luck!

Trash your shield rating. Trust me. You are matched in part based on your tourney ratings.