PVE: Hearts of Darkness (2016-05-12 to 2016-05-15)

jojeda654

Event Summary

Hearts of Darkness
Length of Event: 3 days
Sub-Events? Yes
Alliance Rewards in Sub-Events? Yes
Number of Sub-Events: 3 Length of Sub-Events: 24 hours
Main Bracket Size: 1000 Sub Bracket Size: 1000
Unique Reward(s): ?
Other Notes:

• There are Main nodes to open up the sub-events. These nodes are one time only nodes.

Event Details

• Sub 1
  • Three in the Hand (100)
    Shinobi, Shinobi, Shinobi
  • Unholy Alliance
    • Unpleasant Surprises (244)
      Don, The Hood, Shinobi
    • Tracking the Source (159)
      Thug, Muscle, Thug
    • Tempting Fate (191)
      The Hood, Koran, Koran
    • Full House (518)
      • Wave 1: Kishu, Kishu, Shinobi
      • Wave 2: Teisatsu, Konran, Teisatsu, Teisatsu, Konran
      • Wave 3: Shinobi, Shinobi, Shinobi
      • Wave 4: Kishu, Konran, Kishu
    • Run From the Rider (311)
      The Hood, Hitman, Hitman
    • Hand in Hand (613)
      • Wave 1: Shinobi, Muscle, Shinobi, Hitman
      • Wave 2: Don, Thug, Kishu, Thug, Thug
    • Target-Rich Environment (451)
      The Hood, Konran, Don
    • Essential: Legendary (387)
      Kishu, Kishu, Muscle
    • Essential: Rare (573)
      • Wave 1: Don, Teisatsu, Teisatsu
      • Wave 2: Muscle, Don, Muscle
    • Essential: Uncommon (451)
      Teisatsu, Konran, Thug
• Sub 2
  • Interrogation (100)
    Thug, Muscle, Hitman
  • Dark Design
    • Mountfort, IL (300)
      Shinobi, Teisatsu, Shinobi
    • H.A.M.M.E.R. Patrol (150)
      Soldier, Lieutenant, Soldier
    • Worst of Both Worlds (240)
      Pyro, Thug, Konran
    • Ninjas and Hired Guns (786)
      • Wave 1: Sniper, Pyro, Grenadier
      • Wave 2: Teisatsu, Kishu, Teisatsu
      • Wave 3: Soldier, Shinobi, Kishu, Shinobi, Commander
      • Wave 4: Muscle, Don, Thug
    • Spies and Swords (465)
      Lietenant, Spy, Kishu
    • Lost Souls (555)
      The Hood, Kishu, Hitman
    • The Unimaginable Power (1275)
      • Wave 1: The Hood, Shinobi, Grenadier
      • Wave 2: Soldier, Soldier, Assasin, Kishu, Shinobi, Thug, Hitman
      • Wave 3: THe Hood, Muscle, Don
    • Essential: Legendary (555)
      Muscle, Konran, Muscle
    • Essential: Rare (1428)
      • Wave 1: Don, Teisatsu, Teisatsu
      • Wave 2: Konran, Soldier, Soldier
      • Wave 3: Grenadier, Pyro, Lieutenant
      • Wave 4: Hitman, Assasin, Spy
    • Essential: Uncommon (555)
      Shinobi, Commander, Soldier
• Sub 3
  • Move or We Move You (100)
    Shinobi, Konran, Muscle
  • Spirits of Vengenace
    • Ghosts of the Past (557)
      Commander, Sniper, Pyro
    • The Devil's Due (449)
      Bullseye, Kingpin, Elektra
    • Keep Moving (277)
      Soldier, Analyst, Analyst
    • Family Business (864)
      • Wave 1: Daken (Dark Avengers) Cyclops (Uncanny X-Men), Beast (Classic)
      • Wave 2: Deadpool (It's Me, Deadpool!), Colossus (Classic), Psylocke (Classic)
      • Wave 3: Magneto (Classic), Jean Grey (All-New X-Men), Storm (Classic)
    • The Hand's True Power (1010)
      Kishu, Shinobi, Konran
    • Back to the Beginning (847)
      Hitman, Don, Hitman
    • The Rider Awakens (1450)
      • Wave 1: Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze), Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius), Daken (Classic)
      • Wave 2: Sentry (Dark Avengers), Loki (Dark Reign), Magneto (Classic)
      • Wave 3: Mystique (Raven Darkholme), Bullseye (Classic) , Ares (Dark Avengers)
    • Essential: Legendary (883)
      Cyclops (Classic), Professor X (Charles Xavier), Jean Grey (All-New X-Men)
    • Essential: Rare (1776)
      • Wave 1: Teisatsu, Thug, Soldier
      • Wave 2: Shinobi, Lieutenant, Hitman
      • Wave 3: Don, Pyro, Konran
    • Essential: Uncommon (883)
      Venom (Dark Avengers), Ragnarok (Dark Avengers), Moonstone (Dark Avengers)

Powered Up

Progression awards:

100:
500: 100
1000: Rainbow Power Boost
1700:
3000: Rainbow Stockpile
4600: 140
6600:
9000: 140
11500:
14000: 140
17000:
20000: 250
23000: 25
26500: 250
30000:
34000: 500
39000: 25
45500:
52000: 1000
59000: 25

Placement rewards:

1: + rewards for 2-5
2-5: + rewards for 6-10
6-10: + rewards for 11-20
11-20: , 1500 , 50
21-50: , 1000 , 50
51-100: , 1000 , 25
101-200: , 500 , 25
201-300: , 500
301-400: , 250
401-500: x 3, 250
501-600: x 2, 250
601-800: , 250
801-1000: 250

Alliance rewards:

1-2: , 2500 , 100
3-10: , 2500 , 50
11-25: , 1500 , 50
26-50: , 1000 , 50
51-100: , 500 , 25
101-250: 500 , 25
251-500: 250 , 25
501-1000: 250
1001-10000: 140

Sub-Event Placement Rewards

1-2: x2, 1000 , 100 , 2
3-10: , 1000 , 100 , 1
11-50: , 1000 , 50
51-100: , 1000
101-200: , 500
201-300: , 250
301-400: , 250
401-500: x3, 250
5ß1-600: x2, 250
601-800: , 250
801-900: 140
901-1000: 70

Sub-Event Alliance Rewards

1-10: , 250
11-50: , 100
51-100: , 100
101-250: ,70
251-1000: x3, 70
1001-2000: x2, 70
2001-5000: , 70
5001-10000:

Ending Time Countdowns:

Slice 1
Slice 2
Slice 3
Slice 4
Slice 5

Previous runs

PVE: Hearts of Darkness (2016-02-15 to 2016-02-18)
Heart of Darkness Nov 26 - Nov 29

BlackSheep101

When this ran in February, the final progression was at 55k points.

thanos8587

BlackSheep101 wrote:

When this ran in February, the final progression was at 55k points.

inflation

TxMoose

inflation everywhere in this game except rewards.

kevingravy

Anyone know if Hearts of Darkness is the new PVE format with no point cooldowns for the first six clears or traditional flavor?

Gmax101

I'm kinda hoping it is... if only because 59k for progression seems... hmm... steep

to gun

Its the old format with ~8 Hr refresh timers

Quebbster

to gun wrote:

Its the old format with ~8 Hr refresh timers

Figured as much. They wouldn't run another test without announcing it first.

jojeda654

I decided to document the nodes in this event. I've added the details for the first sub to the first post under the Event Details section. I tried to capture the full point values for the nodes before I realized that rubberbanding was enabled for this event. Oh well... I'm leaving the values there so that I won't have to reformat the whole section when I get my hands on the base values. In the meantime, the opponents should be correct. I hope...

djpt05

Does anyone have any suggestions for teams for the next to last main node in the second sub?

It's Hood, Sniper and Kenshi

I'm 3-4 star transition so any suggestions would be appreciated. I've wiped three times on that node so far.

LewsTherin0

I used the tried and true Im40, KK, 3Steve. Not a fight created that I can't win with that team as long as I hit 6 yellow fairly early.

Sambuca

LewsTherin0 wrote:

I used the tried and true Im40, KK, 3Steve. Not a fight created that I can't win with that team as long as I hit 6 yellow fairly early.

That's my normal go-to team, but having wiped twice due to being yellow starved for 2 boards in a row, I've out KK for 3* Torch for any nodes with Hood in it since he's boosted. I can usually get either 6 yellow or 8 red to blow Hood up first. After that, it's business as usual.

fruinjuice

Any ideas for final node of 3rd sub? Getting some bad boards, but nothing seems intuitive for this one.

Quebbster

fruinjuice wrote:

Any ideas for final node of 3rd sub? Getting some bad boards, but nothing seems intuitive for this one.

I cleared it easily with Iceman, Hood and Iron Man 40. It's a lot trickier without Iceman though...

fruinjuice

Quebbster wrote:

fruinjuice wrote:

Any ideas for final node of 3rd sub? Getting some bad boards, but nothing seems intuitive for this one.

I cleared it easily with Iceman, Hood and Iron Man 40. It's a lot trickier without Iceman though...

Thanks - after thinking about it, I realized I just got my 5th PX blue...so I went with my Winfinite and demolished it.

jojeda654

Sub 2 details added to first post. Oddly, I think this time I was able to capture the base values for each node, since they appear to be round numbers. Except for the wave nodes, but I think that's typical.

One thing I will say is that it is hard to distinguish Shinobi from Kishu. Protip: Kishu have horns on their helmets, Shinobi are holding shurikens.

Moon Roach

I used my go-to Simulator team for The Rider Awakens, or whatever it's called, Gamora, IM40, 4* Thor. Stun is your friend.

rowdster

Moon Roach wrote:

I used my go-to Simulator team for The Rider Awakens, or whatever it's called, Gamora, IM40, 4* Thor. Stun is your friend.

That's the furthest I've gotten, but can't make it past mag, sentry, Loki.

I tried Logan, fist, witch several times. I'll try the stun team again.

Oshalei

Quebbster wrote:

fruinjuice wrote:

Any ideas for final node of 3rd sub? Getting some bad boards, but nothing seems intuitive for this one.

I cleared it easily with Iceman, Hood and Iron Man 40. It's a lot trickier without Iceman though...

Will this work without an optimally covered hood? Ive got a 335 iceman, a lvl 90 im40, and a hood with 4 blue. Ive actually got enough iso to level im near max but i cant do that AND champ hood to fix his covers

wgasadude

A bit slow, but kk, hood (boosted), shulk worked for me. Spam shulk green to keep health up, opponent ap down. Ride the other colors to knock em down. Use shulk blue to gain Daken strike tiles early. Hood yellow particularly to blast someone off the board ...

Edit: for the last node in sub three.

johnmcclane

Raven, Ares and Bully keep killing me.