PVE: Growth Industry - November 12 - November 19, 2015

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  • OneLastGambit
    OneLastGambit Posts: 1,963 Chairperson of the Boards
    Question?

    How do you beat the final node if you don't have the following covered well enough..

    LCap
    Hood
    Switch
    .... basically any 3*

    Any help here would be hot. My strategy for the previous wave node is spoiled thanks to being forced into using ant man
  • Malcrof
    Malcrof Posts: 5,971 Chairperson of the Boards
    OneLastGambit wrote:
    Question?

    How do you beat the final node if you don't have the following covered well enough..

    LCap
    Hood
    Switch
    .... basically any 3*

    Any help here would be hot. My strategy for the previous wave node is spoiled thanks to being forced into using ant man

    Make an online roster, would be much easier to help if we could see whatcha working with!
  • OneLastGambit
    OneLastGambit Posts: 1,963 Chairperson of the Boards
    Malcrof wrote:
    OneLastGambit wrote:
    Question?

    How do you beat the final node if you don't have the following covered well enough..

    LCap
    Hood
    Switch
    .... basically any 3*

    Any help here would be hot. My strategy for the previous wave node is spoiled thanks to being forced into using ant man

    Make an online roster, would be much easier to help if we could see whatcha working with!

    Is there a link to it somewhere?
  • Cousin Simpson
    Cousin Simpson Posts: 1,086 Chairperson of the Boards
    Marty17 wrote:
    scottee wrote:
    Yeah, Lazy Cap and Hood beat everything once they get going. Especially wave nodes.

    Agreed. Round 1 was somewhat challenging to accumulate enough AP. Once I had enough redtile.pngbluetile.pngblacktile.png , I had to say, it was a piece of cake. One advice is definitely use icon_captainamerica.pngblueflag.png on goons even after KOing tile movers to prevent them accumulating ludicrus amount of AP which if you match to end a round, the next wave tile mover COULD execute a devastating ability.

    Alternately, you can KO the last surviving goon of a wave with Steve's red to cycle to the next wave, and then stun the new non-goon.
  • OneLastGambit
    OneLastGambit Posts: 1,963 Chairperson of the Boards
    OK this is the tools at my disposal...

    http://mpq.gamependium.com/rosters/OneLastGambit/
  • OneLastGambit
    OneLastGambit Posts: 1,963 Chairperson of the Boards
    OneLastGambit wrote:
    Malcrof wrote:
    OneLastGambit wrote:
    Question?

    How do you beat the final node if you don't have the following covered well enough..

    LCap
    Hood
    Switch
    .... basically any 3*

    Any help here would be hot. My strategy for the previous wave node is spoiled thanks to being forced into using ant man

    Make an online roster, would be much easier to help if we could see whatcha working with!

    Is there a link to it somewhere?

    I'm about to give it a go with CStorm and OBW see how that pans out...
  • OneLastGambit
    OneLastGambit Posts: 1,963 Chairperson of the Boards
    OneLastGambit wrote:
    OneLastGambit wrote:
    [quote="Malcrof
    quote]

    Is there a link to it somewhere?

    I'm about to give it a go with CStorm and OBW see how that pans out...

    In the words of the surfaris... wipe out.

    Plan B...

    Lets try LCap and Hulk
  • Tatercat
    Tatercat Posts: 930 Critical Contributor
    OneLastGambit wrote:
    OK this is the tools at my disposal...

    http://mpq.gamependium.com/rosters/OneLastGambit/

    Ugh, the Hood strategy is out with no blue cover. LCap is great for survival nodes but he's not got enough covers to target countdowns. Maybe Thor/ModMags/C.Storm? I use them for the 2* DDQ, but I don't see them lasting that grind. Maybe put in LDaken instead of Thor, for healing and strike tiles? Either way it's going to be a longshot.

    I've never really used Human Torch though, maybe someone's found a strategy using him? You would need some kind of defense, maybe Cage added in with him?
  • OneLastGambit
    OneLastGambit Posts: 1,963 Chairperson of the Boards
    Tatercat wrote:
    OneLastGambit wrote:
    OK this is the tools at my disposal...

    http://mpq.gamependium.com/rosters/OneLastGambit/

    Ugh, the Hood strategy is out with no blue cover. LCap is great for survival nodes but he's not got enough covers to target countdowns. Maybe Thor/ModMags/C.Storm? I use them for the 2* DDQ, but I don't see them lasting that grind. Maybe put in LDaken instead of Thor, for healing and strike tiles? Either way it's going to be a longshot.

    I've never really used Human Torch though, maybe someone's found a strategy using him? You would need some kind of defense, maybe Cage added in with him?

    Failed with LCap and Hulk.

    Cant do MNMags/Thor/Storm because you have to use the loaner for this node. Tried MnMags and CStorm along with loaner and failed miserably.

    I'm not sure there is a strategy to win with my current roster, perhaps I'll have to scratch this event for now icon_e_sad.gif

    I should also add that my enemies are lvl 142-167
  • generalTsobot
    generalTsobot Posts: 65 Match Maker
    I was able to clear this on my first attempt with LCap, OBW, and loaner Antman. This is 2/3 of my DDQ Big Enchilada team, so it's familiar territory for me (Cage is my third).

    The strategy is similar to LCap + Hood, only a little more accessible for those without a usable Hood (i.e. 5 blue covers). Focus on purple, blue, red. OBW collects bonus blue and steals all other AP with her purple; LCap stuns, dishes damage, and overwrites tiles; Antman uses his yellow to add a smidge of extra oomph (or use LCap's yellow to negate match damage down to 1).

    If you're in a pickle with a countdown timer that you can't overwrite without enough blue AP for LCap, you can use OBW's blue to bail you out and heal. That's where I find OBW to be a little handier than Hood on survival nodes.

    LCap is 3/5/5 @ level 120. OBW is 3/5/5 @ level 94. Enemies on final node were level 145.
  • OneLastGambit
    OneLastGambit Posts: 1,963 Chairperson of the Boards
    generalTsobot wrote:
    I was able to clear this on my first attempt with LCap, OBW, and loaner Antman. This is 2/3 of my DDQ Big Enchilada team, so it's familiar territory for me (Cage is my third).

    The strategy is similar to LCap + Hood, only a little more accessible for those without a usable Hood (i.e. 5 blue covers). Focus on purple, blue, red. OBW collects bonus blue and steals all other AP with her purple; LCap stuns, dishes damage, and overwrites tiles; Antman uses his yellow to add a smidge of extra oomph (or use LCap's yellow to negate match damage down to 1).

    If you're in a pickle with a countdown timer that you can't overwrite without enough blue AP for LCap, you can use OBW's blue to bail you out and heal. That's where I find OBW to be a little handier than Hood on survival nodes.

    LCap is 3/5/5 @ level 120. OBW is 3/5/5 @ level 94. Enemies on final node were level 145.

    I might give this strategy a try. My LCap cant overwrite CD tiles but I can at least clear away strike/protect/attack tiles with his red and use OBW blue to heal and delay timers.
  • BigBZ32
    BigBZ32 Posts: 150 Tile Toppler
    After countless tries on the last node, I barely downed it with lvl 140 icon_captainamerica.png and lvl 140 icon_hood.png. Was very slow and methodical. Enemies were over lvl 200
  • mrflopwelligan
    mrflopwelligan Posts: 125
    Yup, my rainbow team of CMags, Cage and Fist made short work of all the nodes, and then I used Hood, LCap and Loaner Ant Man (my Ant man is 1/0/1).

    Once LCap gets going, there's no stopping him and Ant Man's blue steals those attack and strike tiles!
  • Cunneryn
    Cunneryn Posts: 112
    I personnally love using beast in those waves, he can create tons of protect tiles (while also producing tattack and strike tiles) and he can heal wich helps greatly (the heal can also produce a protect tile). I personnaly used him in combination with OBW (to remove all their AP) and wolverine (2 stars).

    Being in my transition from 2 to 3 stars, I don't have any fully covered 3 stars, but this strategy allowed me to beat the first wave node at almost full health. Now i'm simply waiting a bit to see if that strategy can be used in the second wave node as well.
  • ZootSax
    ZootSax Posts: 1,819 Chairperson of the Boards
    After some painful fights against Gorgon in various events, there's something immensely satisfying about having the loaner Ant-Man one-shot him with growing from his purple to start the last wave.

    LazyCap, MNMags and loaner did the final node for me. My Cap is cover-maxed, but level 107 as I wait for other 3*'s to catch up and/or be acquired.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Well, it's official.

    I just threw my top 15 heroes at the SECOND node in the event, and never even dented Doom.

    Making the mistake of rostering $ilver $urfer was my first mistake, and rostering OML has proven to be the move that broke my game completely.

    I cannot compete in PvP, PvE, and now the one event I was actually looking forward to.

    Looks like it's DDQ (sans the 4* node anyway) from here on out until I [cue raucous laughter] manage to complete and level my 3*s and get some 4*s going, unless D3 actually steps up and gives us an answer beyond, "don't open your prizes."

    Good luck to everyone else, and I sincerely hope you enjoy some non-competive MPQ! icon_e_wink.gificon_e_biggrin.gif

    DBC
  • DaveR4470
    DaveR4470 Posts: 931 Critical Contributor
    Beat the final node with maxed Cyclops (3*), level 160 KK, and a 2/1/1 Ant, max-boosting red/yellow and green/black. Strategy listed elsewhere in here was sound: get through the first round as best you can, then hammer the bad guy early and collect AP while dispatching goons for the other rounds. A big plus was stealing two of Sentry's sacrifice tiles (and laughing as he self-destructed from the second one) with STC.

    My advice: don't forget to use Ant-man's powers, even if it's the loaner. Pym Particles add up, and Crooks can swing the match.
  • sambrookjm
    sambrookjm Posts: 2,168 Chairperson of the Boards
    Many thanks to the Hood/3-star Cap tip with the Loaner Ant-Man. I tried with a few other teams, and barely made it through the first match with any of them. Give yourself some red and blue before the match, to help get started with Cap's abilities. Killing the ninja before triggering any of his Caltrops was definitely helpful, especially before the protect tiles started showing up. After that first round, I didn't take a point of damage. Even the LVL 70 Ant Man survived, and stealing Daken's tiles was quite helpful. All of the guys were level 198

    Now if only I could get a blue cover for Ant-Man, I'd be quite happy... My Ant-Man is currently a 3/0/3 breakdown.
  • PUM_SPAK
    PUM_SPAK Posts: 37 Just Dropped In
    ZootSax wrote:
    nigelregal wrote:
    Any team comps to beat the last node with a default ant man?

    I can barely break past wave 1 and got to wave 2 a few tries.

    If you have them, 3* Steve Rogers and 3* Iron Man should make short work of it (the wave with the Ultron sentry is the toughest, as you might not be able to keep their board-shakers stunned). In 2* land, OBW and someone tanky, like Thor, should be able to do it (although I haven't tried that myself). 2* Steve and Magneto is another solid option, although your margin of error is a bit finer than with 3* Steve.

    Good luck.

    LCap is the key! My Hood lacks blue covers, and IM40 is under-leveled, but I made it through with 3* Captain Marvel accompanying 3* Steve Rogers. When Capt Marvel is hit hard, she feeds red AP over to Steve. Her black includes a brief stun, and the resulting enemy attack tile can be cleaned up by one of Steve's shields.

    Good luck.
  • dijidiji
    dijidiji Posts: 38 Just Dropped In
    3* Spider-Man is a nice addition to the Lazy Cap/Hood combo for the Inner Space wave node. Spider-Man can drop some early protects by matching purple and can use yellow to heal if required. I got through the whole node with no boosts, 5* rostered, less than 10% damage on Cap, less than 5% on Hood, and Spider-Man untouched. Never had to use yellow to heal, was able to save it for Hood.

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