PVE: Simulator (2016-11-21 to 2016-11-24)

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PVE: Simulator (2016-11-21 to 2016-11-24)

Event Info:

The Simulator
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 Nodes after Sub-Events End? No
Main Bracket Size: 1000 Sub Bracket Size: 1000
Unique Reward(s): 3500 ISO Reward - In each sub-event, the final node on the left branch has a 3500 ISO reward.
Other Notes:
Total number of sub-events and overall length of the event has varied.
Sub-Event Nodes: 10 Total. 6 Regular (repeatable); 3 Essential (repeatable); 1 One-Time Only
Link to mags1587 PVE Format Guide

This Event Essentials:

Agent Venom
Indestructible
Steve Rogers Captain America

New Characters:
Stephen Strange



This Week:

Gwen Poole
All-New X-Men
Reed Richards
Classic


Uncanny X-Men
Pietro Maximoff
Most Wanted
Mohawk
Patch


Original
Marvel NOW!


Original
Model 35

Level 8

Single Player Rewards

1: 5000 , 150 , 3 x , 2 x , , & Previous Rank Covers
2-5: 4500 , 150 , 3 x , , , & Previous Rank Covers
6-10: 4500 , 150 , 3 x , , ,
11-20: 4000 , 100 , 3 x , , ,
21-50: 3500 , 100 , 3 x , , ,
51-100: 3500 , 100 , 3 x , , ,
101-200: 3000 , 100 , , , ,
201-300: 2750 , 100 , , , ,
301-400: 2500 , , 3 x , , ,
401-500: 2250 , , 2 x , , ,
501-600: 2000 , , 3 x , , ,
601-800: 1750 , , 2 x , , ,
801-1000: 1500 , , , , ,

Progression Rewards:

100: 400
500: +3 Stockpile
1000: 400
3000:
4500: 400
6000: 600
7500:
9000: 5
10500:
12000: 750
13500:
15000: 5
16500: 50
18000: 750
19500: 100
21000: 1000
22500:
30500:
35500: 1250
42000: 15

Alliance Rewards:

1-2: 4000 , 175 , 3 x ,
3-10: 3500 , 175 , 2 x ,
11-25: 3000 , 150 , 2 x ,
26-50: 2750 , 100 , 2 x ,
51-100: 2500 , 100 , 2 x ,
101-250: 2500 , 50 , ,
251-500: 2250 , 50 , ,
501-100: 2250 , , ,
1001-10000: 1500 , , ,

Level 7

Single Player Rewards

1: 4500 , 150 , 3 x , , , & Previous Rank Covers
2-5: 4000 , 150 , 3 x , , , & Previous Rank Covers
6-10: 4000 , 100 , 3 x , , , & Previous Rank Covers
11-20: 3500 , 100 , 3 x , , ,
21-50: 3500 , 100 , 2 x , , ,
51-100: 3000 , 50 , 3 x , 3 x , ,
101-200: 2750 , 50 , 3 x , , ,
201-300: 2500 , 50 , 2 x , , ,
301-400: 2250 , , 2 x , , ,
401-500: 2000 , , , , ,
501-600: 1750 , , 3 x , , ,
601-800: 1500 , , 2 x , , ,
801-1000: 1250 , , , , ,

Progression Rewards:

100: 400
500: +3 Stockpile
1000: 400
3000:
4500: 400
6000: 600
7500:
9000: 5
10500:
12000: 600
13500:
15000: 5
16500: 50
18000: 750
19500: 50
21000: 1000
22500:
30500:
35500: 1000
42000: 15

Alliance Rewards:

1-2: 3500 , 150 , 3 x ,
3-10: 2750 , 150 , 2 x ,
11-25: 2500 , 100 , 2 x ,
26-50: 2000 , 100 , 2 x ,
51-100: 1750 , 50 , 2 x ,
101-250: 1250 , 50 , ,
251-500: 1000 , 25 , ,
501-100: 750 , , ,
1001-10000: 700 , , ,

Level 6

Single Player Rewards

1: 4000 , 100 , 3 x , , , & Previous Rank Covers,
2-5: 3500 , 100 , 3 x , , , ,
6-10: 3250 , 100 , 3 x , , , ,
11-20: 3000 , 100 , 3 x , , , ,
21-50: 2500 , 100 , 3 x , , , ,
51-100: 2000 , 50 , 3 x , , , ,
101-200: 1750 , 50 , 2 x , , , ,
201-300: 1500 , 25 , 2 x , , , ,
301-400: 1250 , , 2 x , , , ,
401-500: 1000 , , 3 x , , , ,
501-600: 750 , , 2 x , , , ,
601-800: 600 , , , , , ,
801-1000: 500 , , , , , ,

Progression Rewards:

100: 400
500: +3 Stockpile
1000: 400
3000:
4500:
6000: 500
7500:
9000: 5
10500:
12000: 500
13500:
15000: 5
16500: 50
18000: 750
19500: 50
21000: 750
22500:
30500:
35500: 1000
42000: 15

Alliance Rewards:

1-2: 3000 , 150 , 2 x ,
3-10: 2250 , 100 , 2 x ,
11-25: 2000 , 100 , 2 x ,
26-50: 1500 , 100 , 2 x ,
51-100: 1250 , 50 , 2 x , 2 x
101-250: 1000 , 50 , ,
251-500: 750 , 25 , ,
501-100: 700 , , ,
1001-10000: 600 , , ,

Level 5

Single Player Rewards

1: 3500 , 100 , 3 x , , , ,
2-5: 3250 , 100 , 3 x , , , ,
6-10: 3000 , 100 , 3 x , , , ,
11-20: 2750 , 50 , 3 x , , , ,
21-50: 2500 , 50 , 2 x , , , ,
51-100: 2000 , 25 , 2 x , , , ,
101-200: 1750 , 25 , 2 x , , , ,
201-300: 1500 , 25 , 2 x , , , ,
301-400: 1250 , , 3 x , , , ,
401-500: 1000 , , 3 x , , , ,
501-600: 750 , , 2 x , , , ,
601-800: 600 , , , , , ,
801-1000: 500 , , , , , ,

Progression Rewards:

100: Rainbow Damage Boost
500: 400
1000: +3 Stockpile
3000:
4500:
6000: 500
7500:
9000: 5
10500:
12000: 500
13500:
15000: 5
16500: 50
18000: 500
19500: 25
21000: 500
22500:
30500:
35500: 500
42000: 15

Alliance Rewards:

1-2: 2500 , 50 , ,
3-10: 1750 , 50 , ,
11-25: 1500 , 50 , ,
26-50: 1000 , 50 , 2 x ,
51-100: 750 , 50 , 2 x ,
101-250: 750 , 25 , ,
251-500: 600 , 25 , ,
501-100: 600 , , ,
1001-10000: 500 , , ,

Level 4

Single Player Rewards

1: 3000 , 50 , 3 x , , & Previous Rank Covers,
2-5: 2750 , 50 , 3 x , , & Previous Rank Covers,
6-10: 2750 , 50 , 3 x , , & Previous Rank Covers,
11-20: 2500 , 25 , , , ,
21-50: 2250 , 25 , , , ,
51-100: 2000 , 25 , , , ,
101-200: 1500 , 10 , 3 x , , ,
201-300: 1250 , 10 , 2 x , , ,
301-400: 1000 , , 2 x , , ,
401-500: 800 , , 2 x , , ,
501-600: 7

HaywireII

Venom required node vs Ice Man, Scarlet Witch and Storm on Day 1 is a disaster for me. 1 Yellow cover Venom and no 4* champions boosted this week. 5 Health Packs for the first 2 clears.

Punisher5784

I am skipping this event.. I don't need the stress of difficult Simulator nodes leading into Thanksgiving.

killercool

Punisher5784 wrote:

I am skipping this event.. I don't need the stress of difficult Simulator nodes leading into Thanksgiving.

I figure I will just go for some progression, see if I can hit the new Venom cover and call it a day - maybe even go for the CP if it looks likely. Definitely not an event I enjoy grinding for top 10 in.

shadowyoshi

Also a skip here. Play through to the big iso cache on each sub and otherwise break time before the holiday weekend.

Tony_Foot

HaywireII wrote:

Venom required node vs Ice Man, Scarlet Witch and Storm on Day 1 is a disaster for me. 1 Yellow cover Venom and no 4* champions boosted this week. 5 Health Packs for the first 2 clears.

I had one go and decided to leave it at that. I ran peggy with 5 yellow and Ice still bent me over. I won but took a heap of damage. I will just go for the easy 4* progression and wait for something else.

kobu

Tony Foot wrote:

HaywireII wrote:

Venom required node vs Ice Man, Scarlet Witch and Storm on Day 1 is a disaster for me. 1 Yellow cover Venom and no 4* champions boosted this week. 5 Health Packs for the first 2 clears.

I had one go and decided to leave it at that. I ran peggy with 5 yellow and Ice still bent me over. I won but took a heap of damage. I will just go for the easy 4* progression and wait for something else.

I've got 3 clears and hitting a wall. I tried Teen Jean but she's too low level to be effective. I teamed her with Thing hoping he'd shield her but no luck. Storm's damage is both too weak and far too strong round by round. I think I need some usable 5*s that can't be stunned.

Punisher5784

Tony Foot wrote:

HaywireII wrote:

Venom required node vs Ice Man, Scarlet Witch and Storm on Day 1 is a disaster for me. 1 Yellow cover Venom and no 4* champions boosted this week. 5 Health Packs for the first 2 clears.

I had one go and decided to leave it at that. I ran peggy with 5 yellow and Ice still bent me over. I won but took a heap of damage. I will just go for the easy 4* progression and wait for something else.

Did he use an ice... pick?

apmonte

kobu wrote:

Tony Foot wrote:

HaywireII wrote:

Venom required node vs Ice Man, Scarlet Witch and Storm on Day 1 is a disaster for me. 1 Yellow cover Venom and no 4* champions boosted this week. 5 Health Packs for the first 2 clears.

I had one go and decided to leave it at that. I ran peggy with 5 yellow and Ice still bent me over. I won but took a heap of damage. I will just go for the easy 4* progression and wait for something else.

I've got 3 clears and hitting a wall. I tried Teen Jean but she's too low level to be effective. I teamed her with Thing hoping he'd shield her but no luck. Storm's damage is both too weak and far too strong round by round. I think I need some usable 5*s that can't be stunned.

I didn't have too much trouble using Cho and 4* Cyclops with my one cover venom. I boosted AP and denied blue and black. I still burned some health packs, but it wasn't terrible. As always, the board plays a part in determining your fate.

Tatercat

apmonte wrote:

kobu wrote:

Tony Foot wrote:

HaywireII wrote:

Venom required node vs Ice Man, Scarlet Witch and Storm on Day 1 is a disaster for me. 1 Yellow cover Venom and no 4* champions boosted this week. 5 Health Packs for the first 2 clears.

I had one go and decided to leave it at that. I ran peggy with 5 yellow and Ice still bent me over. I won but took a heap of damage. I will just go for the easy 4* progression and wait for something else.

I've got 3 clears and hitting a wall. I tried Teen Jean but she's too low level to be effective. I teamed her with Thing hoping he'd shield her but no luck. Storm's damage is both too weak and far too strong round by round. I think I need some usable 5*s that can't be stunned.

I didn't have too much trouble using Cho and 4* Cyclops with my one cover venom. I boosted AP and denied blue and black. I still burned some health packs, but it wasn't terrible. As always, the board plays a part in determining your fate.

So far Agent Venom’s sole use has been to eat Iceman’s stuns in that node. As an alliance mate called it, Agent Fodder.

VicVicVic

I burned through 6 health packs just to clear the Venom (Agent Venom) node 3 times. Any suggested character line-up for that node? Thanks.

Tatercat

VicVicVic wrote:

I burned through 6 health packs just to clear the Venom (Agent Venom) node 3 times. Any suggested character line-up for that node? Thanks.

It would depend on your roster. Judging from your 6 health packs being used, I’m guessing you’re not in 4* land yet, so start with IM40 and let his recharge guide your partner. Preferably C. Mags since his red and blue are both good with board shake. Your first order of business is to deny blue while you whittle down Iceman anyway, so that blue will feed him. That along with recharge, should give you enough to do some damage. 3* Cyclops (who’s boosted) is also good, just switch IM40 to 3/5/5 if he’s champed so the blue isn’t going to waste. Daredevil might be a darkhorse pick here: He can stun, and turn any special tiles (like from Mohawk’s Hailstorm) into a lot of damage. His red is less valuable as none of those characters need red so they won’t match for optimal damage.

In 2* land, maybe Original Black widow? Stealing that blue from Iceman constantly might help, but its going to be tough (but then again the 4* essential node is supposed to be tough for 2*’s.)

seraphiel

Well, I'm done with that. The guy I would normally use to deal with a trash node like that is in the node.

Venom is too useless with one cover to be anything but a punching bag, and I can't make enough of a functioning duo with anything else I have. I tried 3* Cyclops and 2* Black Widow (to suck up purple and blue; Useless Venom still matched black), and it worked, once, more by accident than anything. I can't build a reliable strategy though; all it takes is one bad cascade to inevitably lose.

So that's fun, I guess?

waywreth

4Clops (champ), Quicksilver (champ) at 3/5/5, and Agent (fodder) Venom with 2 yellow covers worked for me. Cost me one or two health packs. Killed Iceman first, SWitch 2nd.

Kept Venom out front whenever possible. QS worked good since Iceman kept making blue - it does take away from 4Clops Red, but his blue is still good damage, and the AoE from QS and cheaper green adds up.

sambrookjm

Ran into a not-so-fun bug in the final node vs Moon Knight. My team was Thing, Jean Grey and Scarlet Witch. Moon Knight got 12 green in about seven turns, so he did his Moonsilver Blades for 12K damage. The random person he chose was Jean Grey, who was in the middle position. Thing was in front already, and his Rock Solid didn't trigger. Net result - Jean eats 12K to the face, and I get no Protect Tiles out of the deal.

I've already reported this one to the devs.

TheSeven

Does anyone have any advice as to where one should be at point wise after the first and second subs if all they care about is the 4 star progression cover?

I would like to earn it with a minimum effort and without having to grind the last sub.

Tatercat

The Seven wrote:

Does anyone have any advice as to where one should be at point wise after the first and second subs if all they care about is the 4 star progression cover?

I would like to earn it with a minimum effort and without having to grind the last sub.

Quickest route to the 4 star progression reward would be to do all 6 clears in the first node, then you should hit that Venom cover before you finish the 4 clears (for each node) in the 2nd node. That’s how and when I got that black cover reward (of all the colors for him… jeez).

You could do just 4 clears on each node each day but you’ll very likely be in the 3rd sub when you hit that progression then. If you just want to be done with it, see above - more work up front, but you'll be done with it quicker. I wouldn’t blame you for skipping the 3rd sub entirely this holiday, here's the hard nodes for that final sub:

4* Venom essential: Fury/Kingpin/Red Hulk

Sim 7 (the 3500 iso non-repeatable node): 4* Cage/3* Strange/Moon Knight (and they’re bringing a whales TU with them!)

Sim 6: Quake/Iceman/X-pool (the real brutal one, even a boosted JG champ is no good in there.)

dsds

Tony Foot wrote:

HaywireII wrote:

Venom required node vs Ice Man, Scarlet Witch and Storm on Day 1 is a disaster for me. 1 Yellow cover Venom and no 4* champions boosted this week. 5 Health Packs for the first 2 clears.

I had one go and decided to leave it at that. I ran peggy with 5 yellow and Ice still bent me over. I won but took a heap of damage. I will just go for the easy 4* progression and wait for something else.

I got the 1cp reward in every node that had it. Key was running Hulk with Patch. It went pretty fast once patch's green was out. It costs a lot of health but patch and hulk are fast healers so it takes half the time to fully heal. I added red hulk for the non essential node that gave cp. Anger and rulk's red does very little damage but it is quite considerable when you add patch's green strike tiles into the equation. Also the crazy cascades that results from the board shakes that do over 1000 damage each. It's better than risking a ton of wipes with other characters