PVE: The Gauntlet (2016-05-08 to 2016-05-15)

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  • snooka
    snooka Posts: 23 Just Dropped In
    Nicholas Hewitt wrote:
    rowdster wrote:
    Nicholas Hewitt wrote:
    rowdster wrote:
    My venom Brock is 121, 1-2-3. What team can win the last essential node?

    What is the enemy team composition, if you don't mind me asking?
    363 patch/jean grey/cyclops

    Oh dear god. Prof X seems to be my saving grace this run through, which with Patch would be nice. Maybe Iron Fist to get an immediate attack tile, let both IF and Venom die and just start invisible-ing?

    here is my advice for this node (worked on first try):
    enemy level: Patch, Jean & Cyclops @ 424 (!!!)
    my team:
    Venom Eddie Brock (3/4/2) @ 230
    ProfX (5/3/5) @ 216
    Elektra (3/5/5) @365

    rush for black and hide elektra; steal strike tiles from patch with elektra.
    kill with absurd high damage (comes from attack & strike tiles) of profX passive and elektra's red.
    if needed go invisble with prof
  • snooka
    snooka Posts: 23 Just Dropped In
    carrion pigeons wrote:
    Is Venom essential on both branches of Sub 3, or just the last one? (Currently on Sim 32, wondering if I have a shot at getting Squirrel Girl before getting completely outscaled).
    he is only essential at the last node (there is also a command point to get).
    loki is essntial on the previous two
  • Figure15
    Figure15 Posts: 284 Mover and Shaker
    rakesh14021983 wrote:
    Absolutely ANY ideas on Sim 34?

    I am sure there MUST be someone here who has beaten that.

    Patch Loki dd
  • rainkingucd
    rainkingucd Posts: 1,419 Chairperson of the Boards
    Updated OP with essentials. Hopefully got Alpine Tactics correct (assuming same pattern as last gauntlet)
  • Ouroboros9999
    Ouroboros9999 Posts: 139 Tile Toppler
    What works for node 37?

    Deadpool/Loki/hood
  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards
    Ouroboros9999 wrote:
    What works for node 37?

    Deadpool/Loki/hood
    I just beat that handily with OML/Cyke/IM40.

    The real problem are the nodes that lock out OML and/or Cyke.
  • AXP_isme
    AXP_isme Posts: 809 Critical Contributor
    Can anyone offer some advice for sim 36 IF/cage/blade with a predominantly 3* roster?

    I've tried patch/Loki, cap/im40 and winfinite but it's scaled so high that the combination of the attack tile and the inevitable strike tiles kills me before I can gather enough AP to get going.
  • Quebbster
    Quebbster Posts: 8,070 Chairperson of the Boards
    AXP_isme wrote:
    Can anyone offer some advice for sim 36 IF/cage/blade with a predominantly 3* roster?

    I've tried patch/Loki, cap/im40 and winfinite but it's scaled so high that the combination of the attack tile and the inevitable strike tiles kills me before I can gather enough AP to get going.
    Hulkbombing? Captain Marvel feeding someone else?
    If you are going to take damage every turn, you may as well make it work to your advantage...
  • AXP_isme
    AXP_isme Posts: 809 Critical Contributor
    Quebbster wrote:
    AXP_isme wrote:
    Can anyone offer some advice for sim 36 IF/cage/blade with a predominantly 3* roster?

    I've tried patch/Loki, cap/im40 and winfinite but it's scaled so high that the combination of the attack tile and the inevitable strike tiles kills me before I can gather enough AP to get going.
    Hulkbombing? Captain Marvel feeding someone else?
    If you are going to take damage every turn, you may as well make it work to your advantage...

    Yep, hulkbombing got me through by the skin of my teeth. 55k HP is a lot to eat through
  • supergarv
    supergarv Posts: 410 Mover and Shaker
    I have worked hard on my roster the past few weeks and was looking forward to maybe beating my first gauntlet (after ~400 days of playing).

    Now this run is simply beyond any proper scaling, it's ridiculous. Even with my best champed team, I just barely made it to half of the 2nd tier and with my much better roster I even fail sooner than the last runs. In my current node 27 I have to fight a lvl 304 Thor/Rhulk/Cyke with a team that has 27.600 hp against the enemy with 61.496 hp, where I cannot really prevent their AP powers from hitting over such a long match.

    Surely the CW scaling has negatively affected this PVE event. Would be nice to get a word from the devs, if this REALLY is their intention. Usually I want to make progress in a game over time, and not be blasted back into the stone age of impossible matches. Reaaaally frustrated by this.
  • fruinjuice
    fruinjuice Posts: 22 Just Dropped In
    Along with the Patch/Loki teams mentioned above, I'd like to recommend the following

    1) Switch/GSBW/PX
    2) IF/QS/PX
    3) KK/IM40/LCap (Node 30)
    4) Loki/IM40/LCap (Nodes 27/28)

    Many of those take some time and luck on the boards to keep rolling, but I am past 30 now and going to keep going.
  • Sambuca
    Sambuca Posts: 34 Just Dropped In
    I've been using GSBW/BP/Hood to great effect in this gauntlet. If your BP is higher than Hood, he completely tanks for him.
  • Ducon
    Ducon Posts: 4 Just Dropped In
    Here lies the fun -_-
  • Figure15
    Figure15 Posts: 284 Mover and Shaker
    Any tips for 42 that don't involve OML? icon_cry.gif

    XFDP/4pun/Ldaken.
  • loslupus77
    loslupus77 Posts: 38 Just Dropped In
    It took two days and a lots, lots of luck to finish Gauntlet (well I still have Wilderness-essentials to clear but that will get done once I have full set of health packs. I had to use whales only once (on Sim39 with JG, Ironman and Thor; my best bets outside of winfinite, but that would be no-no against JG) and boosts only twice, but it was only to save time and nerves (on Eddie Brock-essential and Beast-essential with Baglady, PX and Howard the Duck (who wants to clear all those invisibility nodes).

    This wasn't fun at all since the last nodes of Wilderness I practically used only two teams: winfinite and 4hor/IM40-combo with either Rulk or JG. The scaling was so crazy that other teams wouldn't had the chance. And even poor Xavier must be exhausted with mind-f**king teams with 30-40k health per character to their defeat...
  • irwando
    irwando Posts: 263 Mover and Shaker
    Just died 3 times on 39 (JG/IMHB/Thor) due to cascade into match 5s before I could get purple to whale it. This node really is just all luck isn't it?
  • Ouroboros9999
    Ouroboros9999 Posts: 139 Tile Toppler
    AXP_isme wrote:
    Can anyone offer some advice for sim 36 IF/cage/blade with a predominantly 3* roster?

    I've tried patch/Loki, cap/im40 and winfinite but it's scaled so high that the combination of the attack tile and the inevitable strike tiles kills me before I can gather enough AP to get going.

    I used LDaken/hulk/Lthor on that one. Hulk took damage and generated green for Dakens strike tiles and I thor's green too, targeting if, then blade then cage.
  • Ouroboros9999
    Ouroboros9999 Posts: 139 Tile Toppler
    Bowgentle wrote:
    Ouroboros9999 wrote:
    What works for node 37?

    Deadpool/Loki/hood
    I just beat that handily with OML/Cyke/IM40.

    The real problem are the nodes that lock out OML and/or Cyke.

    Let me rephrase, what works with a 3-4 transition team?
  • Figure15
    Figure15 Posts: 284 Mover and Shaker
    Ouroboros9999 wrote:
    Bowgentle wrote:
    Ouroboros9999 wrote:
    What works for node 37?

    Deadpool/Loki/hood
    I just beat that handily with OML/Cyke/IM40.

    The real problem are the nodes that lock out OML and/or Cyke.

    Let me rephrase, what works with a 3-4 transition team?

    Looks like you can do winfinite. I cleared it with mine, managed to down loki before his steal tiles could trigger.
  • winter37
    winter37 Posts: 54 Match Maker
    I usually look forward to the gauntlet, but this is the most joyless iteration of the event I've come acrossin just under 500 daya of playing. I've never seen black nodes before. Devs, why did you jack up the difficulty? It was PERFECT before?

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