4* DDQ, XFW V Cyclops, 2nd wave.

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  • The Viceroy Returns
    The Viceroy Returns Posts: 493 Mover and Shaker
    Took my 4 4 5 Level 200 Xforce 4 tries.
    Each time I used + crit 125%, +2 green/black, + 100% all damage.

    The first three fights were red or black heavy boards, and no matter what I did I could not deny him red or black.
    The fourth time I got a match-5 cascade run that got me 3 crits in a row.
    I beat him in like 5 turns.

    It's still crazy to me how luck-driven these fights are.
    Also I'm amazed that I somehow won this the first time it was run with a much lesser Xforce, and the AI had that **** Thor Red Team-Up that generated yellow tiles.

    Haven't opened the token yet, waiting to see what this "new feature" is.
  • Mawtful
    Mawtful Posts: 1,646 Chairperson of the Boards
    5/5/3 L270
    +g/b
    +all

    First try.
    I probably didn't need to use the boosts, since my first move cascaded 2 separate match 5's in my favour. Cyclops got 1 match before I had enough black to fire Surgical Strike against a red heavy board.

    Currently banking tokens until they provide the details of this new feature.
  • DeNappa
    DeNappa Posts: 1,396 Chairperson of the Boards
    Pff. Finally got it after numerous attempts (didn't count, but i think about 25ish) with my 1/4/1 XFW.

    I agree with the sentiment that it's so much luck based, and hardly any 'puzzle'. You can't expect a board where you can always deny him all needed colors; he's bound to gather some AP in the end. Most of the defeats I faced were due to Cyke accumulating enough AP by skyfall, either directly or by my match creating a red/black match opportunity for him to use. Yep, he will get those. icon_rolleyes.gif

    In the end I resorted to repeatedly using +2 b/g // +2 all // +100% dmg until I would run out of boosts. In the attempt with my last boosts, I finally ran into a favourable board + lack of skyfall. There was this moment when he was at 7red / 9black and a red match came up.. but the AI decided to go for a black match elsewhere. After that it was sweating and keeping fingers crossed that he wouldn't get that last red or black.

    Got a icon_ghostrider.pngredflag.png for my efforts.
  • Lystrata
    Lystrata Posts: 322 Mover and Shaker
    4 tries with a 1/2/4 XF (lvl 120). Used all match damage boosts on the final attempt (was using +ap boosts prior).

    Opened the token because I've lost faith in waiting for 'future fixes' with this game. icon_lol.gif Pulled purple Deadpool Uncanny etc.
  • jffdougan
    jffdougan Posts: 733 Critical Contributor
    Five tries with my 3/4/2 level 188. Got OML black.
  • Eddiemon
    Eddiemon Posts: 1,470 Chairperson of the Boards
    On the strategy front, once you have enough black for SS, you can stop denying yellow and just try to manage where the TU tiles lie. Cyclops will happily generate another 3500 points of damage for you to inflict on him and you get more chance of cascades destroying that many tiles.

    Couldn't beat him with 230 4/5/4 unbuffed but with +2 R/Y, +2 G/B and +2 All he was cake.
  • Wobby
    Wobby Posts: 286 Mover and Shaker
    Beat it on turn 3. Had two yellow cascades to open, which led to a black cascade.
    Matched Recovery, hit a Surgical. All she wrote.
  • Nellobee
    Nellobee Posts: 457 Mover and Shaker
    5/5/2 level 225. No boosts, good board first time out, won.
  • CyberVenom2001
    CyberVenom2001 Posts: 203 Tile Toppler
    5/5/3 lvl 270 here. Used +2 to black/green, +2 to all and full increase in damage to black/green matches. Also had a really really good board. Destroyed Cyke in 3 turns. Got a black Deadpool that I absolutely was craving! 2 more days and I get my 25 CP resupply, so I'm hoping for another
  • GurlBYE
    GurlBYE Posts: 1,218 Chairperson of the Boards
    I'd be really worried if the lot of you with max covered and nearly maxed/max leveled x forces didn't beat it first try tbh.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Took about 6 tries with XFW at 3/3/2. 100% Dmg/+2 G/B and +all colors. Didn't think I would make it but did! Second 4* DDQ win... ever (other being IW vs QS battle)
  • dan54321
    dan54321 Posts: 41 Just Dropped In
    Totally did not think I had a chance winning this one with my underpowered X-Force. Tried a few times this morning and got slaughtered. I gave up. But after browsing this thread this evening, I went back and used 100% match damage/+2 green and black/+2 All AP and won on my sixth try. Amazing. Many thanks to everyone on here for the help. I agree with the tip to try to manage the TU tiles to preempt Cyclops, and I did my best to focus on getting black and denying, but honestly I still needed a good amount of luck. Cyclops was 1 tile away from getting off his own black attack when I won.

    My reward was an Elektra -- not an amazing character, but at least it was a usable cover.
  • Lopan15
    Lopan15 Posts: 225 Tile Toppler
    Lvl 175 3-5-4 got it first try. Opened with lucky super cascade to fill black and replace with a red heavy board. SS took him wayyy down the two yellow matches later put out a heal tile which cyc matched right away to down himself. Have t opened my LT yet
  • Lopan15
    Lopan15 Posts: 225 Tile Toppler
    Lopan15 wrote:
    Lvl 175 3-5-4 got it first try. Opened with lucky super cascade to fill black and replace with a red heavy board. SS took him wayyy down the two yellow matches later put out a heal tile which cyc matched right away to down himself. Have t opened my LT yet


    Opened my LT. Got XF black. The only color I have maxed of course.
  • zonatahunt
    zonatahunt Posts: 251 Mover and Shaker
    Bested him my first try. I gotta say, I'm really sorta bummed that they didn't change up Wolvie's opponent.
  • irwando
    irwando Posts: 263 Mover and Shaker
    4/4/2 lvl 140. Beat him on the first try with +Gr/Bl, +all, +50% Damage on Gr/Bl. Rhulk Green for my efforts, I'll take it!
  • Quebbster
    Quebbster Posts: 8,070 Chairperson of the Boards
    GurlBYE wrote:
    I'd be really worried if the lot of you with max covered and nearly maxed/max leveled x forces didn't beat it first try tbh.
    A Full Blast from Cyclops is still a one-hit knockout even on a fully leveled X-force, and Optic Blast takes a significan chunk of Health, so it's by no means a guaranteed win even for a maxed X-force even though it's obviously an advantage.
    That said... my 5/5/3 level 270 X-force got it on the first try. Got lots of black early, waited for the sexy pose and then went wild. Easy peasy.
  • madsalad
    madsalad Posts: 815 Critical Contributor
    5/2/5 210 Wolvie. I have one Black cover more than I did last time around, and a few extra levels with what ISO I could spare.

    I took Cyc down first try and had almost all of my health left. I did not realize it at the time but, yes, not getting hit with the TU probably helped a lot. I did not know they took away the TU, is this permanent on these now?
  • HxiiiK
    HxiiiK Posts: 195 Tile Toppler
    3rd try on 5/5/3 L185, might be due to being underlevelled, and some underestimating cyke on my part, got a nice icon_ghostrider.pngblackflag.png for my efforts so no complaints here icon_lol.gif
  • jordanix
    jordanix Posts: 138 Tile Toppler
    2nd try with a 111 1/2/2. Yeah I don't really get how I won this so easily, zen or something.
    I'll say that I had the same build the first time this event was introduced and could not do it.

    I brought in g/b +2, g/b %, and all-colours %

    My LT delivered a icon_starlord.pngpurpleflag.png
    Terrible.

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