Fresh Cut - August 2 - 5 - Season XVII

Moon Roach

FRESH CUT:

This Event:
Classic

New Characters:
All New X-Men
Scott Lang
This Week:

Cletus Kasady
Classic

Classic
Model 40
Classic
Dark Reign
Raven Darkholme

Modern
Modern

Model 35
Dark Avengers

Single Player Rewards

1. All rewards from the previous rank +
2-5. 5000 , 100 ,
6-10. 2000 , 100 ,
11-25. 1000 , 50 ,
26-50. 1000 , 50 ,
51-100. 500 , 25 ,
101-200. 500 ,
201-300. 250 ,
301-400. 2x Standard Token, 140
401-500. Standard Token, 70

Progression Rewards:

25. Standard Token
50. 100
100. +3 All Boosts
200.
300. Event Token
400. 25
500. 1000
575. 25
650. Event Token
725. 50
800.
850. 1000
900. Event Token
950. 1000
1000.
1300.

Alliance rewards:

1-2. 5000 , 250 ,
3-10. 5000 , 100 ,
11-25. 3000 , 100 ,
25-50. 2000 , 100 ,
51-100. 1000 , 50 ,
101-250. 1000 , 50
251-500. 500 , 25
501-1000. 500
1001-10000. 250

Ending Time Countdowns

Slice 1
Slice 2
Slice 3
Slice 4
Slice 5

edit: added icon, the text was there, but not interpreted.

Unknown

This PVP will be very bloody...Genie at first, hulkbuster at 1000. I also need R&G blue so even more pressure to perform well....

Malcrof

i need 2x R& G yellows, and would kill for (and looks like i have to) a 2nd HB red! May need to merc for this one, if i can make 1k for the first time

Quebbster

Most of the available three-stars share two colors with Betsy. I don't have the featured four-stars on a decent level (I suppose I could level Sue up... But no). I guess I'll have to default to Loki and X-force as Betsy's running mates.

puppychow

After endlessly grinding pve for a week using cage/if in the psylocke essential node, small surprise I decided to go for a re-run w/ the same combo. Great rainbow coverage, and to be honest I'd rather have Psylocke tanking damage.

Seantw05

Malcrof wrote:

i need 2x R& G yellows, and would kill for (and looks like i have to) a 2nd HB red! May need to merc for this one, if i can make 1k for the first time

It looks like it'll be your 5th HB black not second red good luck in your quest for 1k and hopefully you can find a t100 alliance to finish your R&G. I need 1k to make mine 3/4/1 and one yellow to finish my R&G off.

spectator

Malcrof wrote:

i need 2x R& G yellows, and would kill for (and looks like i have to) a 2nd HB red! May need to merc for this one, if i can make 1k for the first time

I still find it hard to believe you haven't made 1k in pvp yet with your roster

Malcrof

spectator wrote:

Malcrof wrote:

i need 2x R& G yellows, and would kill for (and looks like i have to) a 2nd HB red! May need to merc for this one, if i can make 1k for the first time

I still find it hard to believe you haven't made 1k in pvp yet with your roster

I have come close a couple times now, almost did it in the cage PVP. Before i gave up, i made it to 919. Found a match worth 54, beat it, but took a while, lost 38 points when it was over, for a net of +16, so at 935, next match, a net win as well, now at 952.. found a 61 pt match, and for some reason.. this stupid match had a barren board for both teams.. you know, heart pounding going as fast as you can, used boosts as well.. what felt like 3 hours later (was actually about 6 or 7 minutes), i won.. held my breath, and the net was .... drumroll.... -211

yah, still got my t100 to complete my psylocke (5/3/5 now), but seriously hating going for 1k.

Check my previous posts, this is the 3rd time ive made it over 950, and my 3rd fail at making it to 1k.. i may just be bad at it.

On the flip-side.. climbed from 1600 - 2000+ untouched in about 1/2 hour in the shield sim yesterday, got my carnage green, and sitting there unshielded overnight. only dropped down to 1800... people are welcome to claim those points.. done in shield sim, need to drop down into the 1500's or so, so i can use it to farm iso...

spectator

Next time you start getting beat down alot, just stop your climb and try again later. Your next run at it will hopefully be quicker if you have some high point retaliation nodes. And remember, the vault is a good source of health packs so you don't have to wait 5 to 6 hours for them to regenerate

meekersX

Malcrof wrote:

i need 2x R& G yellows, and would kill for (and looks like i have to) a 2nd HB red! May need to merc for this one, if i can make 1k for the first time

Are you shielding prior to 1k? Our rosters are very similar, so what works for me should work for you. If placement doesn't matter, I push for at least 910 with 9-10 hours to go. I then place a shield and periodically check for matches as people are shield hopping. I am looking for at least 2 good nodes against players that I have confidence in maintaining their score. After giving those players time to finish their shield hop, at a convenient time I break my shield and fight them. The goal is to finish two matches as quickly as possible as attacks usually arrive within 5-6m.

Unknown

spectator wrote:

Next time you start getting beat down alot, just stop your climb and try again later. Your next run at it will hopefully be quicker if you have some high point retaliation nodes. And remember, the vault is a good source of health packs so you don't have to wait 5 to 6 hours for them to regenerate

agree, can't upvote for some reason

Malcrof

raisinbman wrote:

spectator wrote:

Next time you start getting beat down alot, just stop your climb and try again later. Your next run at it will hopefully be quicker if you have some high point retaliation nodes. And remember, the vault is a good source of health packs so you don't have to wait 5 to 6 hours for them to regenerate

agree, can't upvote for some reason

running low on HP , need to save enough to roster 4* Dp next week.. so, iffy on whether i can push for 1k or just get to 850+ shield and look to merc for the extra cover.

NickHewitt12

Does anyone know if there's any non-full brackets in S1? I haven't joined yet and I'm hoping to hop in with about 4 hours to go.

Unknown

Got to around 900 points before running out of health packs. Hate the powered up characters this week, and it's sad Luke Cage unbuffed pulls more weight than Psylocke. Had trouble finding a team to make work....going between Heroes for Hire + Betsy, or Killer Kam/Psylocke/Torch.

All on stream, of course.

Ram51

Malcrof wrote:

spectator wrote:

Malcrof wrote:

i need 2x R& G yellows, and would kill for (and looks like i have to) a 2nd HB red! May need to merc for this one, if i can make 1k for the first time

I still find it hard to believe you haven't made 1k in pvp yet with your roster

I have come close a couple times now, almost did it in the cage PVP. Before i gave up, i made it to 919. Found a match worth 54, beat it, but took a while, lost 38 points when it was over, for a net of +16, so at 935, next match, a net win as well, now at 952.. found a 61 pt match, and for some reason.. this stupid match had a barren board for both teams.. you know, heart pounding going as fast as you can, used boosts as well.. what felt like 3 hours later (was actually about 6 or 7 minutes), i won.. held my breath, and the net was .... drumroll.... -211

yah, still got my t100 to complete my psylocke (5/3/5 now), but seriously hating going for 1k.

Check my previous posts, this is the 3rd time ive made it over 950, and my 3rd fail at making it to 1k.. i may just be bad at it.

On the flip-side.. climbed from 1600 - 2000+ untouched in about 1/2 hour in the shield sim yesterday, got my carnage green, and sitting there unshielded overnight. only dropped down to 1800... people are welcome to claim those points.. done in shield sim, need to drop down into the 1500's or so, so i can use it to farm iso...

You need to learn how to shield hop when you reach around 880 pts in PVP. At 850+ you should expect to be hit multiple times by other players. Unless they've queued you before, Shielding makes you invisible to other players, giving you enough time to finish a match in peace.

At 880 pts use a 3 hour shield, then before the shield expires look for a 40 pt node,hit it then use a 8-hour shield. You're now at 920, look for another 40 pt node after 5-8 hours, hit it then use a 3 hour shield. You're now at 960 pts, look for another 40 pts node before the shield expires, hit it then you're at 1k.

Total HP used for shielding: 75+150+75 = 300. Since you get 100 HP from progression rewards, that's a net cost of 200 HP.

TOFU3

92X points, try to get IMHB rewards so I break my shield. One mins later 75x. FFFFFFUUUUUUU

spectator

Just got to 1000 without shielding in slice 3.

Climbed to just under 800 points and sat there for around 2 hours. Came back to about 150 point lost with a few high value retaliation nodes and 10 health packs. Down to 1 health pack by the end of my push.

Mainly used 166 kamala and SW with a level 140 psylocke (before boost) switching over to thor(166)/loki(140) against loki teams and fist(166)/cage(166) for hulk teams. boosted all colours +2 from 800 points onwards. Will now sit unshielded until tomorrow and climb again at around 8 hours before the end before throwing up a shield for points for the alliance.

It has been my easiest hulkbuster climb yet, I think I got lucky

EDIT: and today is also my one year anniversary so I picked up a purple devil dino. Yay. Its been a very good day

Malcrof

spectator wrote:

Just got to 1000 without shielding in slice 3.

Climbed to just under 800 points and sat there for around 2 hours. Came back to about 150 point lost with a few high value retaliation nodes and 10 health packs. Down to 1 health pack by the end of my push.

Mainly used 166 kamala and SW with a level 140 psylocke (before boost) switching over to thor(166)/loki(140) against loki teams and fist(166)/cage(166) for hulk teams. boosted all colours +2 from 800 points onwards. Will now sit unshielded until tomorrow and climb again at around 8 hours before the end before throwing up a shield for points for the alliance.

It has been my easiest hulkbuster climb yet, I think I got lucky

EDIT: and today is also my one year anniversary so I picked up a purple devil dino. Yay. Its been a very good day

Was about to ask for team recommendations for climbing, your post may have just answered everything i was going to ask, thanks!

spectator

kk/sw is very fast especially when boosted and kk keeps everyone healthy whenever psylocke uses her cheap abilities.

cage/fist is for stunning hulk and 3 colour nukes in yellow black and purple when holding onto 12 blacks.

loki is annoying to play against so i use thor/loki, loki to slow down attackers and thor to smack opponent loki in the face before he steals my ap (thunderstrike + call the storm is 5 to 7k damage, more than enough to kill a 7k HP loki)

good luck malcrof, you can do it

Malcrof

spectator wrote:

kk/sw is very fast especially when boosted and kk keeps everyone healthy whenever psylocke uses her cheap abilities.

cage/fist is for stunning hulk and 3 colour nukes in yellow black and purple when holding onto 12 blacks.

loki is annoying to play against so i use thor/loki, loki to slow down attackers and thor to smack opponent loki in the face before he steals my ap (thunderstrike + call the storm is 5 to 7k damage, more than enough to kill a 7k HP loki)

good luck malcrof, you can do it

ok, with a little over a day remaining in the event, not a single person in my bracket is over 1k.. i am ranked 33 with 530 points and unable to find worthwhile targets...

I still have 6 health packs remaining, and my 3 chars i use are full health, should i continue to hit the 30 and under pointers and climb to around 650-700 and shield, or... take some lumps and wait for people to pass me?

meekersX

Malcrof wrote:

ok, with a little over a day remaining in the event, not a single person in my bracket is over 1k.. i am ranked 33 with 530 points and unable to find worthwhile targets...

I still have 6 health packs remaining, and my 3 chars i use are full health, should i continue to hit the 30 and under pointers and climb to around 650-700 and shield, or... take some lumps and wait for people to pass me?

Personally, I wait for more people to climb higher. Sometimes if I'm bored I'll climb to 650 to get my token and inject more points into the time slice. Expect to fall 150 points or so from there, although retaliations make that easy to make back. Usually, I'll try to go from 600-900 in a single push ending with a shield.