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  • revskip
    revskip Posts: 1,010 Chairperson of the Boards
    Does anyone know if Invisibility would shield you from the bombs if it was the last character standing?
  • Marvelfamily
    Marvelfamily Posts: 208
    Deadpool 3*, Kamala Khan and a 5*, that's my run.
  • Vhailorx
    Vhailorx Posts: 6,085 Chairperson of the Boards
    revskip wrote:
    Does anyone know if Invisibility would shield you from the bombs if it was the last character standing?

    Invis should work since the bombs are single target. Haven't tested.
  • pheregas
    pheregas Posts: 1,721 Chairperson of the Boards
    Just a couple strategic comments:

    Using OML as a meat shield for bomb drops is great, especially paired with Xpool's X-Enforcer. I've been running Xpool at 3/5/5. Switch provides some purple as a 3rd, but anything with a countdown timer is doomed to fail. Same with strike tiles. Board moves too quickly downwards. Another reason why What the What is at 5. icon_e_smile.gif

    Quake's Resonance Frequency at Rank 5 take's out bombs. You get 8 tiles destroyed, (at 7 blue AP), so it's pretty easy to predict what bomb is going to drop where.

    I think tucking Ghost Rider in my back pocket is going to be brilliant once OML eats a bomb.

    Confirmed by an alliance-mate. 4clops Called Shot does not destroy bombs. Didn't think it would, but it was confirmed.
  • cyineedsn
    cyineedsn Posts: 361 Mover and Shaker
    Random Note: Had the board shuffle at the start of my turn, and it put 2 bombs at the bottom, but nothing happened. So, I proceeded to use Countdown for What thinking I would get to match those bombs, but after using the ability the bombs went off
  • Tryke
    Tryke Posts: 320 Mover and Shaker
    New to Ultron? Here is a tip that might help:

    Just take out your boosted champed Hulkbuster and punch him in da face.
  • Vhailorx
    Vhailorx Posts: 6,085 Chairperson of the Boards
    aesthetocyst wrote:
    Rd 8 Ultron health is 72872. Bomb dmg around 23K.

    Wow, more than 40% increase in health over round 7. I thought they smoothed out scaling above 287. . .
  • Meander
    Meander Posts: 267 Mover and Shaker
    aesthetocyst wrote:
    Rd 8 Ultron health is 72872. Bomb dmg around 23K.


    Don't forget your Ghost Rider T/U's kids!
  • Meander
    Meander Posts: 267 Mover and Shaker
    cyineedsn wrote:
    Random Note: Had the board shuffle at the start of my turn, and it put 2 bombs at the bottom, but nothing happened. So, I proceeded to use Countdown for What thinking I would get to match those bombs, but after using the ability the bombs went off

    I can confirm this as well with abilities. Daisy green will not blow up a bomb upon use, but once you move it will blow up. I was able to confirm using another Daisy green will not trigger that bomb, but did not test if another ability was launched.
  • Vhailorx
    Vhailorx Posts: 6,085 Chairperson of the Boards
    Meander wrote:
    cyineedsn wrote:
    Random Note: Had the board shuffle at the start of my turn, and it put 2 bombs at the bottom, but nothing happened. So, I proceeded to use Countdown for What thinking I would get to match those bombs, but after using the ability the bombs went off

    I can confirm this as well with abilities. Daisy green will not blow up a bomb upon use, but once you move it will blow up. I was able to confirm using another Daisy green will not trigger that bomb, but did not test if another ability was launched.

    So can you use daisy green and then a second power to destroy any bombs that shuffle to the bottom row?
  • Ulizeus
    Ulizeus Posts: 35
    Maybe that's why they schelude this near the weekend, to take a break, so the monday they will say "Oh, we forgot to adjust the scalling from the tests", really annoying to hear that 1 year ago it was half the difficult than now -_-
  • Tiger_Wong
    Tiger_Wong Posts: 1,056 Chairperson of the Boards
    IF, 3*CM, and Flaptain 1/2/5 have gotten me through and I'm about to finish round 6. CM can still tank 1 bomb so if I gather enough AP, I can usually nuke it with a one shot from Flaptain's Y+R combo or have the damage close enough for Fist to finish it off.

    But from what you guys are saying, round 7 is gonna be too much for CM to tank a bomb and feed AP to the others.

    My GS is only at a single green cover.
    My HB is only 2/0/2.

    Not sure what can push me through in the next round.
  • Quebbster
    Quebbster Posts: 8,070 Chairperson of the Boards
    Tiger Wong wrote:
    IF, 3*CM, and Flaptain 1/2/5 have gotten me through and I'm about to finish round 6. CM can still tank 1 bomb so if I gather enough AP, I can usually nuke it with a one shot from Flaptain's Y+R combo or have the damage close enough for Fist to finish it off.

    But from what you guys are saying, round 7 is gonna be too much for CM to tank a bomb and feed AP to the others.

    My GS is only at a single green cover.
    My HB is only 2/0/2.
    How much damage can your Sam Wilson do with a Divebomb? It gets really silly at high levels, my champion Sam can do around 45K damage with the yellow + red combo.
    Not sure what can push me through in the next round.
  • Orion
    Orion Posts: 1,295 Chairperson of the Boards
    If there ever was a time for Ghost Rider to shine, this is it. OML eats a round 8 bomb and Penance Stare does 50k.
  • Tiger_Wong
    Tiger_Wong Posts: 1,056 Chairperson of the Boards
    Quebbster wrote:
    Tiger Wong wrote:
    How much damage can your Sam Wilson do with a Divebomb? It gets really silly at high levels, my champion Sam can do around 45K damage with the yellow + red combo.
    .

    My Sam is 1/2/5 at level 152
    6011 base, 911 for every yellow protect.

    So far, I just save up for one big blast while I can and if that doesn't finish it, I usually have IF alive to finish him off with his purple.

    But it's getting really close. CM can only take one bomb right now before getting me AP and the next bomb kills her.

    Been thinking about LCap even though he's slow, he can buy me time.
  • Pylgrim
    Pylgrim Posts: 2,332 Chairperson of the Boards
    Winfinite still does it for me. I just replace SW with Phoenix (just a 255 level one) and boost 2 purple at the beginning. She tanks all colours for GSBW, so I only have to manage 3 purple matches before she dies (and if she dies before, just survive one more turn and she'll resurrect). Just remember to let her die before going off or she'll get green from 5-matches instead of purple. I have yet to lose once even in round 8.

    If you don't have Phoenix, BSSM will do.
  • atomzed
    atomzed Posts: 1,753 Chairperson of the Boards
    Orion wrote:
    If there ever was a time for Ghost Rider to shine, this is it. OML eats a round 8 bomb and Penance Stare does 50k.

    Agree. GR is my all star for this pve.

    In initial rounds I was using XDP, but xdp is less useful against the round 8 Ultron. I started playing with GR (un levelled but with 5 black) and boy he shines!

    Gather 12 black, let Oml take one hit from the bomb (23k) and PENANCE STARE Ultron. Boom 60+k dmg since his match dmg also piled up before the bomb.

    The good thing is that my Oml can survive 1 bomb and generate health in the sentry nodes.
  • Vhailorx
    Vhailorx Posts: 6,085 Chairperson of the Boards
    atomzed wrote:
    Orion wrote:
    If there ever was a time for Ghost Rider to shine, this is it. OML eats a round 8 bomb and Penance Stare does 50k.

    Agree. GR is my all star for this pve.

    In initial rounds I was using XDP, but xdp is less useful against the round 8 Ultron. I started playing with GR (un levelled but with 5 black) and boy he shines!

    Gather 12 black, let Oml take one hit from the bomb (23k) and PENANCE STARE Ultron. Boom 60+k dmg since his match dmg also piled up before the bomb.

    The good thing is that my Oml can survive 1 bomb and generate health in the sentry nodes.


    You all are too late, I had already updated the front page! But yes, GR is the all-star for round 8. Alas, I don't have a leveled. OML, so my imhb just had to eat the damage and use a healthpack each round. But the principal is the same.

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