What's Your Favorite Stupid AI Move?

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  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Easy.

    Smite THEN Power Surge.
  • Moon Roach
    Moon Roach Posts: 2,863 Chairperson of the Boards
    manosinistra wrote:
    Easy.

    Smite THEN Power Surge.

    In the same vein, Adamantium Slash then Feral Claws.
  • PuceMoose
    PuceMoose Posts: 1,445 Chairperson of the Boards
    It's been mentioned before, but I always picture the A.I. thinking of itself like this when the enemy casts a high-AP countdown skill, then *immediately* matches it, especially if it's a skill that allows you to choose the countdown location.

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  • IceIX
    IceIX ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 4,328 Site Admin
    The scene:
    A neophyte new member of S.H.I.E.L.D., say Cyclops. Still needs to be shown the ropes.
    Captain America, who, after multiple battles is down to his dregs and eyeing that Health Pack post battle.
    Hulk, who just ate a Health Pack last time and is feeling great.

    Facing off against
    The Hood, powered up and ready to steal ALL the AP.
    Wolverine, clad in white tuxedo and eyepatch.
    A mirror image of Cyclops who doesn't look much more ready than the real thing.

    A few turns in, Hulk eyes some red AP that'll get Cap closer to throwing out a damaging vibranium shield boomerang, but it'll put Bruce out front for a turn with Patch starting to foam at the mouth.
    Hulk doesn't care, so he matches the Red.
    Hood laughs and steals the last Green Wolverine needs to enter a Berserker Rage.
    Hulk giggles.
    Hulk's Berserker Rage powered Anger knocks down the entire enemy team.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    ynglink wrote:
    2* icon_magneto.png using Polarity Shift. I've never seen the AI even try to use this in a way to create matches with it. Usually it places them, then makes a 3 match...

    Ditto to this, if it could figure it out, all the mags / storm teams would actually be scary.
  • Dragon_Nexus
    Dragon_Nexus Posts: 3,701 Chairperson of the Boards
    ynglink wrote:
    2* icon_magneto.png using Polarity Shift. I've never seen the AI even try to use this in a way to create matches with it. Usually it places them, then makes a 3 match...

    Even better when he turns 2 blue tiles into blue tiles. I've seen it, man.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    I've always wondered why MNM doesn't lock out Blue tiles for the AI's benefit, like GSBW locks out green tiles.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    When AI destroys its own tiles!
  • Xenoberyll
    Xenoberyll Posts: 647 Critical Contributor
    most have been mentioned, but here's another i like:

    Konran at max health using Black Arts to heal himself, killing a sidekick icon_e_smile.gif
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    1. I love when the AI uses clearly inferior abilities.

    For example, in this last PVP, I was playing a game versus Xforce, 4hor and a level 60 cyclops.

    I was doing my thing but then, from the sky, drops a match 6 red for them. They had 11 red and I thought "Oh great, here comes a smite."

    And then they used Cyclops' red haha. Did like 600 damage.

    2. The AI need 1 more of some AP to set off a huge ability...then they match Team up tiles.

    3. Sentry uses Sacrifice to kill himself when he's the only person left.

    4. When there is a lined up match 5 (one that they would actually make), but they use a board shake ability and throw the free AP/turn away.

    Bottom line, the AI in this game is a mess.
  • Dragon_Nexus
    Dragon_Nexus Posts: 3,701 Chairperson of the Boards
    There was a fight with Bagman and two minions I had once.
    It was amazing watching Bagman increase the countdown timer on his own minions attacks.
  • dr tinykittylove
    dr tinykittylove Posts: 1,459 Chairperson of the Boards
    My last match was hell... enemy cascaded all the blue, cast power surge, matched red... cyclops fires optic blast! Followed by a smite still, but hey, one character dead is better than 2. Still won that match, very very barely. icon_e_smile.gif
  • MojoWild
    MojoWild Posts: 765 Critical Contributor
    Not really a bad move, but it was still fun to watch in the lightning rounds today:
    Grocket matches a yellow, triggering his tu tile destruction and healing. The resulting cascade trips a Daredevil Ambush trap, which promptly smacks Grocket down and out. icon_e_smile.gif
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Another thing I see way too often.

    Characters that can place tiles.

    Like Captain America.

    The AI, a lot of times, casts that ability, places the tile next to two of the same color and makes a match 3 with it hahaha.
  • Wonko33
    Wonko33 Posts: 985 Critical Contributor
    Baiting the AI to make 4matches of colors he doesn't use..... I have a 5 green Loki.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    AI's X-Force use recovery when he's still at full health.
  • Xenoberyll
    Xenoberyll Posts: 647 Critical Contributor
    AI increasing the duration of countdown tiles - i.e. mystiques shapeshift or luke cages jab, jab
  • inadreves1
    inadreves1 Posts: 106 Tile Toppler
    Moon Roach wrote:
    manosinistra wrote:
    Easy.

    Smite THEN Power Surge.

    In the same vein, Adamantium Slash then Feral Claws.

    Other, Hailstorm then lightning strike. Thanks Ororo for clear your attack tiles
  • user311
    user311 Posts: 482 Mover and Shaker
    Most stupid move is the one I see in nearly every match. AI chooses to make a 4 TU match over a 4 color match... after it has already used its one TU.
  • IceIX
    IceIX ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 4,328 Site Admin
    Berto_Y wrote:
    AI's X-Force use recovery when he's still at full health.
    To be fair there, at least there's the secondary of dealing damage on matching it. So I can see some sense with that one. Just not optimal in most cases.

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