PVE Heroic: Venom (2016-10-24 to 2016-10-27)

optimus2861

Falcon plus baby Daken isn't the fastest, but with Thor tagging along for big hitting power, it works. My collection of 4* for this event is all rabble; XP & XF are 5 covers, Punisher 3, Peggy just 2, and of course I don't have a new Blade (yet). No help from any of them.

MadScientist

My Blade has 2 2 covers and I haven't used a single ability from him. Boy, undercovered 4 characters are a pain in their required node.

ZootSax

I'm so used to using IM40 only as a battery that I almost lost the Falcon essential when I forgot Iron Man had two viable damaging powers after Falcon and 2* Storm fell. Opps.

None of my 4*'s are viable this event, but the available 2* & 3*'s have been getting the job done. There's been a lot of goofy, Squirrel-based teams, but beggars can't be choosers.

Ryz-aus

Scaling is completely broken for me - I have the featured 4*s champed and see nodes that look like this:

Bowgentle

Ryz-aus wrote:

Scaling is completely broken for me - I have the featured 4*s champed and see nodes that look like this:

I... wow.
Did you sit out the last 25 PVEs?

Punisher5784

I am always stuck with undercovered and underleveled 4*s during Heroics. The best team for this event that I use for all 6 clears is IM40, Human Torch and Dare Devil. Focus on 6 Yellow immediately, then let send the CDs. Once resolved Torch throws 2-3 fireballs to kill one enemy while DD stuns the other two the rest of the match. I have not had to use too many healthpacks this event.

Surprised no one is suggesting this.

johnmcclane

Punisher5784 wrote:

I am always stuck with undercovered and underleveled 4*s during Heroics. The best team for this event that I use for all 6 clears is IM40, Human Torch and Dare Devil. Focus on 6 Yellow immediately, then let send the CDs. Once resolved Torch throws 2-3 fireballs to kill one enemy while DD stuns the other two the rest of the match. I have not had to use too many healthpacks this event.

Surprised no one is suggesting this.

I'm using that team too, togheter with XFDeadpool+XFW+random third party (under-covered Peggy, OBW, Falcon)

doomette

The last Blade node (Carnage and 2 Muscles) is...unpleasant with a single covered Blade. Poor OBW is trying to keep up with the countdown tiles, but soon gets taken down by the absurd amount of attack tiles and I don't have anyone else to tank blues for her. I really, really hate Muscles.

Kishida

Punisher5784 wrote:

I am always stuck with undercovered and underleveled 4*s during Heroics. The best team for this event that I use for all 6 clears is IM40, Human Torch and Dare Devil. Focus on 6 Yellow immediately, then let send the CDs. Once resolved Torch throws 2-3 fireballs to kill one enemy while DD stuns the other two the rest of the match. I have not had to use too many healthpacks this event.

Surprised no one is suggesting this.

I'm right there with you re: undercovered 4*s (in Heroics and everything else), but I found some pairings that work okay with them. IM40 + Torch are my go-to, with either 1/0/2 Gwenpool or 0/2/1 Peggy. For those torturous Carnage nodes, I swapped out Torch for Thor and used for stun and somehow made it through the initial clears.

dsds

Xforce, deadpool are great. Deadpool purple, then xforce black usually kills everyone. Deadpool red also gives true healing. So does xforce yellow. No need for other teams.

Peggy, im40 is pretty good too. If the node allows for a third, I use human torch. That way I don't waste the green from im40's yellow. My peggy has really low red. So I use im40's red when he recovers from his yellow stun.

jojeda654

It may be too late now, but does anyone know how many nodes are in the first sub? My notes say 9, but I'm looking at sub 2, and I see there are 10 nodes here. The extra node locks, but I'm still left wondering if I missed a node in the previous sub.

ZootSax

doomette wrote:

The last Blade node (Carnage and 2 Muscles) is...unpleasant with a single covered Blade. Poor OBW is trying to keep up with the countdown tiles, but soon gets taken down by the absurd amount of attack tiles and I don't have anyone else to tank blues for her. I really, really hate Muscles.

Yeah, I'm trying to figure out what to use there. Squirrel Girl seems like a must, but I don't have anyone to keep the Muscles under control...

Oh, and Sub 3 reinforcements:

Poodlec

Well, i have 2 covers for Blade( & ), but that not helps much. I will try to compensate this with oter heroes, but i don't have a single championed hero available, so i may just forget about getting Cyke and go with Quicksilver if my planned team(Squirrel, Torch and pathetic weakling Blade) will not make it somehow.

stochasticism

Poodlec wrote:

Well, i have 2 covers for Blade( & ), but that not helps much. I will try to compensate this with oter heroes, but i don't have a single championed hero available, so i may just forget about getting Cyke and go with Quicksilver if my planned team(Squirrel, Torch and pathetic weakling Blade) will not make it somehow.

Cyke and qs not an option since this is a heroic.

Poodlec

stochasticism wrote:

Poodlec wrote:

Well, i have 2 covers for Blade( & ), but that not helps much. I will try to compensate this with oter heroes, but i don't have a single championed hero available, so i may just forget about getting Cyke and go with Quicksilver if my planned team(Squirrel, Torch and pathetic weakling Blade) will not make it somehow.

Cyke and qs not an option since this is a heroic.

They are rewards and i'm reeeeeally close to get Cyke(have that possibility to get in top10 if i fully clear that sub3).

Smudge

jojeda654 wrote:

It may be too late now, but does anyone know how many nodes are in the first sub? My notes say 9, but I'm looking at sub 2, and I see there are 10 nodes here. The extra node locks, but I'm still left wondering if I missed a node in the previous sub.

I was going to just answer, but I wanted hard evidence just the same. It's 9 nodes in sub 1, 10 nodes (the single one-time) in sub 2, and 10 (with the one-time node) in sub 3.

Source: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=14484&p=208532&hilit=venom+heroic+episode#p208532

JackTenrec

Carnage + Muscle spam on a node where most people have maybe 2-3 covers in the essential (I have 2 and I'm being obliterated most times before I can even kill Carnage). There is not enough tinykitty for me to curse about how tinykitty this tiny tinykittying tinykitty is.

doomette

ZootSax wrote:

doomette wrote:

The last Blade node (Carnage and 2 Muscles) is...unpleasant with a single covered Blade. Poor OBW is trying to keep up with the countdown tiles, but soon gets taken down by the absurd amount of attack tiles and I don't have anyone else to tank blues for her. I really, really hate Muscles.

Yeah, I'm trying to figure out what to use there. Squirrel Girl seems like a must, but I don't have anyone to keep the Muscles under control...

I baaaaaarely managed 4 clears, but for the life of me I can't remember who I brought (no doubt my brain is saving me from remembering the trauma). I want to say Peggy, even though I just have 1 of her , it slowed down those %^#* Muscles. Maybe Squirrel Girl too? I love SG.

ZootSax

doomette wrote:

ZootSax wrote:

doomette wrote:

The last Blade node (Carnage and 2 Muscles) is...unpleasant with a single covered Blade. Poor OBW is trying to keep up with the countdown tiles, but soon gets taken down by the absurd amount of attack tiles and I don't have anyone else to tank blues for her. I really, really hate Muscles.

Yeah, I'm trying to figure out what to use there. Squirrel Girl seems like a must, but I don't have anyone to keep the Muscles under control...

I baaaaaarely managed 4 clears, but for the life of me I can't remember who I brought (no doubt my brain is saving me from remembering the trauma). I want to say Peggy, even though I just have 1 of her , it slowed down those %^#* Muscles. Maybe Squirrel Girl too? I love SG.

This node is utterly ridiculous for a restricted roster event. In any case, Squirrel Girl, IM40 and a single green cover Blade get me through. In champed 3* land, Blade still tanks two colors, so his whole purpose was to jump in front before Carnage fired off his scythe. For the first couple clears, SG one-shot anyone with Nuts From Above--afterwards it only worked after a scythe. I swear, I don't use Squirrel Girl a ton, but she's easily my MVP in every event she's boosted in.

Hitting progression for the event netted me my first OML cover. None of my 5*'s has more than 3 covers, but I have every one except Cap at the moment.

jojeda654

First, I wanted to say thanks to everyone who answered my questions on this event. It was very helpful and I appreciate it.
Second, I was able to get the Blade cover. It was interesting to see how precise it was. I got it exactly after doing 4 clears on both Sub 1 and 2, without being able to complete the one essential.
I also found it interesting that each sub had more nodes than the previous one. The first sub had 3 nodes in the main page. The second had 4, and the third had 5. The last two subs had an additional node in the subs themselves. Luckily, they're locked after you win once.

It's been awhile since I gathered the event details. Below are the ones for this Heroic. I really doubt I can do the same for The Hunt. *shudders*

Event Details

Key:

Locks
Repeats During Subevent
Repeats Across Event
Loaner
Unlocks Subevent

[*]Sub 1

• Tall, Dark, and Nasty (200)
  Venom (Dark Avengers), Assassin, Grenadier
• Kidnapping (130)
  Venom (Dark Avengers), Pyro, Grenadier
• A Tasty Treat (130)
  Assassin, Venom (Dark Avengers), Assassin
• Venom's Trail (133)
  Soldier, Pyro, Grenadier
• Sticky Situation
  • Dark Avengers Ms. Marvel (200)
    Hitman, Moonstone (Dark Avengers), Grenadier
  • Entourage (293)
    Muscle, Moonstone (Dark Avengers), Muscle
  • Bedlam & Bullets (160)
    Mutation, Soldier, Demolisher
  • Illusions of Grandeur (372)
    Muscle, Loki (Dark Reign), Hitman
  • Dangerous Minds (412)
    Moonstone (Dark Avengers), Loki (Dark Reign), Pyro
  • A Sticky Situation (492)
    Venom (Dark Avengers), Loki (Dark Reign), Moonstone (Dark Avengers)
  • Essential: Legendary (452)
    Pyro, Loki (Dark Reign), Muscle
  • Essential: Rare (412)
    Assassin, Moonstone (Dark Avengers), Pyro
  • Essential: Uncommon (372)
    Lieutenant, Spy, Muscle

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[*]Sub 2

• The Search is On (130)
  Soldier, Grenadier, Assassin
• A Game of Stones (130)
  Soldier, Lieutenant, Pyro
• Great Responsibility (130)
  Venom (Dark Avengers), Ragnarok (Dark Avengers), Moonstone (Dark Avengers)
• Black Widow Imposter (370)
  Yelena Belova (Dark Avengers), Thug, Hitman
• Rescue Aunt May
  • Iso-8 Cache (166)
    Commander, Analyst, Spy
  • Impostor Wolverine (266)
    Lieutenant, Daken (Dark Avengers), Thug
  • Master of Magnetism? (365)
    Daken (Dark Avengers), Magneto (Marvel NOW!), Assassin
  • Something's Not Right (465)
    Daken (Dark Avengers), Cyclops (Uncanny X-Men), Grenadier
  • Face-off (515)
    Daken (Dark Avengers), Mystique (Raven Darkholme), Pyro
  • Mutant Masquerade (614)
    Daken (Dark Avengers), Mystique (Raven Darkholme), Venom (Dark Avengers)
  • Rescue Aunt May (216)
    Assassin, Daken (Dark Avengers), Venom (Dark Avengers)
  • Essential: Legendary (564)
    Grenadier, Mystique (Raven Darkholme), Thug
  • Essential: Rare (515)
    Commander, Daken (Dark Avengers), Grenadier
  • Essential: Uncommon (465)
    Pyro, Analyst, Hitman

Sub 3

• Stolen Data (130)
  Lieutenant, Daken (Dark Avengers), Pyro
• Iso-lated (130)
  Spy, Bullseye (Dark Avengers), Spy
• The New Face of War (130)
  Grenadier, Daken (Dark Avengers), Yelena Belova (Dark Avengers)
• Interference (130)
  Daken (Dark Avengers), Ragnarok (Dark Avengers), Bullseye (Dark Avengers)
• Yelena Belova (130)
  Yelena Belova (Dark Avengers), Hitman, Muscle
• Rescue Mary Jane
  • Swatting Flies (200)
    Muscle, Soldier, Spy
  • Sharpshooters (320)
    Analyst, Bullseye (Dark Avengers), Spy
  • Doctor in The House (440)
    Bullseye (Dark Avengers), Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius), Lieutenant
  • Remote Control (560)
    Analyst, Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius), Thug
  • Carnage Rules (620)
    Muscle, Carnage (Cletus Kasady), Lieutenant
  • The Odd Trio (740)
    Venom (Dark Avengers), Carnage (Cletus Kasady), Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius)
  • Rescue Mary Jane (260)
    Venom (Dark Avengers), Ragnarok (Dark Avengers), Daken (Dark Avengers)
  • Essential: Legendary (680)
    Muscle, Carnage (Cletus Kasady), Muscle
  • Essential: Rare (620)
    Spy, Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius), Analyst
  • Essential: Uncommon (560)
    Hitman, Bullseye (Dark Avengers), Lieutenant

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