Best way to level

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  • Unknown
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    I level them together. So have about eight 3* characters at 133 right now. That way I can get top 100 in PVP for a 3* cover and then do OK in PVE.
  • MarvelMan
    MarvelMan Posts: 1,350
    I was tempted not to share the way I level as I have noticed it works well for PVP and has some advantages for PVE as well, but here goes. Keep in mind its a theory, and it might be more my play style/timing and roster strength than the leveling strategy.

    I ignore a character til it has 10+ covers. Like completely ignore it. No iso, nothing. I treat it as equivalent to the loaner, which has a serious healing advantage (it starts each fight at full) over the one on your roster for minimal offensive loss. In three star land at 8,9 and sometimes even 10 covers, when soft capped the featured still gets carried by the other two so why bother? Occasionally, especially with chars I feel might be tier 1 or 2, I push them to lvl 67 early so they have 3 digit levels when featured which gives some people pause if all they have is the loaner.

    Once I have the char covered, not necessarily optimally, I evaluate whether they would improve my team by being leveled, or whether it would just push me into MM where I see 270XF/270FT/249Featured. And sometimes even then it is worth it depending on who it is, what slice Im in, whether the covers are desirable and if Im going to shield. I also look at this depending on where I am in a PVP, what MM Im getting and what my goal is. If I want T25 and all I see are 16-21 point matches I might add a few levels or bring the featured to 67 just to get a boost on viable matches. Usually I dont have to worry about using a loaner to place T25, it just takes a little more strategy, luck in when I play and some HP for shielding earlier (8 hr vs 3hr, or even 8 + 3).

    Im not positive but I feel this method also helps with PVE as my roster strength stays lower than people who use any iso they get their hands on so my scaling is lower, but its also possible that I dont grind as hard as people with equivalent rosters. I usually shoot for T50 in PVE and T25 in PVP (T10 every third or so with the occasional T5 and the rare #1 prior to cooldowns).

    A side effect to the nasty effect the diluted 3* pool has on my method is that I have no 3*s that are covered which I want to level....and therefore will soon be pushing 800k iso stockpiled. If I ever get lucky with tokens and manage to cover some of my in progress chars Ill have the iso to push them all the way to 166 instantly.

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