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

joaoleal

I feel a bit proud that I finished the gauntlet before it was scaled back. Sim 42 was all level 354 and it took me 5 tries and a few boosts but I did it, now it's lvl 298 and it's way easier.

Favourite teams were:
KK - LCAP - IM40
OBW - Loki - Patch

This was my most frustrating try, no available matches to finish him off, next turn he heals and eventually I die
http://imgur.com/7ZD0EYA

DTStump

carrion pigeons wrote:

Scaling feels much better now, so thanks for that. Opposing characters are about 75 levels lower than they were, and it feels like an appropriate level of difficulty. I still won't finish because, sadly, I don't have a Venom, but hey, what can you do?

Same here - I'd like to thank the devs for taking our complaints into account. I also probably won't be able to finish the gauntlet, but because I don't have a Venom, not because it seems impossible to beat.

In my case, I had given up in the beginning of sub 3 because levels were too high (~315) for me. My best levels for this event are: 251b 212b 193b 187b 187b 187b 175 170. After the patch the enemy levels went down significantly and I managed to beat a few more nodes, and now they are about 260. Seems manageable with creativity and a little luck.

Since I can still win some event packs, I'm hoping a miracle happens and I pull a Venom before the end

DeNappa

optimus2861 wrote:

IM40/Torch/KK works as well. You cover all colors, get a strong AoE with KK's green that gets charged by IM's yellow and KK's purple, or a long-burning Flame Jet if you choose to use Torch's green, and you get quick healing through IM's yellow and Torch's red. You probably won't use Torch's black but it's there if you need it. Finally a nuke in IM's red (assuming 5 covers) and a mediocre AoE in his blue (assuming 3).

While it's a decent setup, if you're playing against overscaled opponents I'm worried that the lack of stunning may leave the team vulnerable. That means if you can't take down their big hitters before they fire their powers, they may nuke your team if you;re not careful.

optimus2861

DeNappa wrote:

optimus2861 wrote:

IM40/Torch/KK works as well. You cover all colors, get a strong AoE with KK's green that gets charged by IM's yellow and KK's purple, or a long-burning Flame Jet if you choose to use Torch's green, and you get quick healing through IM's yellow and Torch's red. You probably won't use Torch's black but it's there if you need it. Finally a nuke in IM's red (assuming 5 covers) and a mediocre AoE in his blue (assuming 3).

While it's a decent setup, if you're playing against overscaled opponents I'm worried that the lack of stunning may leave the team vulnerable. That means if you can't take down their big hitters before they fire their powers, they may nuke your team if you;re not careful.

True. I did manage to take out Rulk/Thor/Cyc with that team this morning though (I forget their exact level; probably 220'ish). Admittedly I did get lucky; with 18 green the AI chose to fire Thor's green instead of Rulk's. I've never been grateful to see Thor's hammer fill the screen before It hurt Torch but didn't take him out, and KK eventually healed him back up.

jgomes32

Still a bit hard for me. The Beast essencial specially. He is only lvl 76 (max 89) and 0/2/4. Luck will be needed.

chaos01

What are people using on the Loki essentials in sub 3? I don't have useable 4's but have most 3's champed.

Never mind. Used Loki, obw, patch. That team is beast.

optimus2861

I really don't know how I'd be getting through some of these nodes without Iron Man. 6 yellow = fast AP, and his red hits hard enough that it can finish someone off relatively early.

Still, I'm up to Sim-33 now and some enemy abilities can one-shot just about anybody I can throw at them. 4* Cyc red for instance if he's got the 10 TU. Heck, Ant-Man one-shotted my Witch in Sim-32 on my first attempt, with his second purple.

MightyBP

I've been working wonders with CMags/Loki/XFW (which is covered 2/4/3). All that board shake - It's absurd how long a single turn can go on when you're firing all of these powers. Prior to scaling, I had just gotten to the Squirrel Girl branch in Alpine - being almost 100 levels lower than the opponent meant that battles took FOREVER, but I was still winning.

I just pulled my first Eddie Brock cover, so I'm going to give Global a crack and see how far I can go.

Black Duke

I was lucky to get through the whole gauntlet for the first time. My favourite team which I have used for the most of the time was KK/IM40/CMags.

ZootSax

I had no idea how effective Loki/Patch/OBW was. I'll have to use that one more often. For Squirrel Girl's essentials, I've had better-than-expected luck with her, Daredevil and Mystique. It's nice when "throw three random boosted characters who happen to cover all colors" works for you...

tonyeq

Got to the end to find...

I'm not gonna finish because the only guy I don't have (pre-Civil War characters) is Venom. Burns my **** because I can use that Iceman!

optimus2861

ZootSax wrote:

I had no idea how effective Loki/Patch/OBW was.

I was staring at Sim-36 (Cage, Fist, Blade) wondering how I was ever going to clear it, then decided to try that very team.

Whoa.

Aggressive Recon -> Berzerker Rage -> Trickery. With the bonus of having Cage's and a few of Blade's tiles on the board to flip! It was all smooth sailing from there. OBW was doing nearly 4K match damage double-dipping on all the by the end, I think.

CCW1208

I start to find that the invisible team is fun from civil war
U can use invisible team to attack Iron man

So in Ganutlet PVE, u still can use invisible team for some difficult node
sim 36 (IF,cage and blade)
Venom node( Phenix, 4*cyclop and patch)
For the venom node, this tip could make u get 1 cp easily