PVE: Venom Bomb - (2017-01-26) to (2017-01-30)

rainkingucd

PVE: Venom Bomb (2017-01-26) to (2017-01-30)

Event Info:

Key:

Locks
Repeats
Loaner

[*]Sub 1

• Times Square Showdown (100)
  Soldier, Grenadier, Soldier
• Times Square
  • Tendrils, Tendrils Everywhere (200)
    Carrier, Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius), Carrier
  • Alien Rage (100)
    Carrier, Demolisher, Carrier
  • Bedlam & Bullets (160)
    Mutation, Soldier, Demolisher
  • Experimental Chaos (220)
    Horror, Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius), Carrier
  • A Boy & His Dogs (250)
    Mutation, Lieutenant, Mutation
  • Running Wild (310)
    Carrier, Demolisher, Carrier
  • Dark Reinforcements (370)
    Venom (Dark Avengers), Daken (Dark Avengers), Demolisher
  • Essential: Legendary (430)
    Carrier, Horror, Carrier
  • Essential: Rare (400)
    Horror, Spy, Horror
  • Essential: Uncommon (370)
    Pyro, Soldier, Pyro

[/*]
[*]Sub 2

• Bad Pennies (100)
  Ares (Dark Avengers), Bullseye (Dark Avengers), Daken (Dark Avengers)
• Empire State
  • Sight Seeing Symbiotes (266)
    Mutation, Carrier, Mutation
  • Teeth & Claws (133)
    Horror, Daken (Dark Avengers), Demolisher
  • Excessive Force (213)
    Carrier, Bullseye (Dark Avengers), Venom (Dark Avengers)
  • Dogs of War (293)
    Mutation, Ares (Dark Avengers), Mutation
  • Symbiotic Warfare (333)
    Soldier, Horror, Soldier
  • Big Mac (412)
    Venom (Dark Avengers), Daken (Dark Avengers), Horror
  • Venomous Reunion (492)
    Demolisher, Venom (Eddie Brock), Carrier
  • Essential: Legendary (572)
    Carrier, Demolisher, Carrier
  • Essential: Rare (532)
    Pyro, Spy, Horror
  • Essential: Uncommon (492)
    Yelena Belova (Dark Avengers), Commander, Demolisher

Sub 3

• A Bridge Too Far (100)
  Carrier, Mutation, Carrier
• Brooklyn Bridge
  • One of Us (332)
    Mutation, Venom (Eddie Brock), Horror
  • High Wire Act (166)
    Carrier, Horror, Carrier
  • Wild Pack (266)
    Mutation, Mutation, Mutation
  • Big Mouth Strikes Again (365)
    Demolisher, Horror, Demolisher
  • Back on the Scene (415)
    Moonstone (Dark Avengers), Mutation, Bullseye (Dark Avengers)
  • Unbelievable Power (515)
    Carrier, Venom (Eddie Brock), Demolisher
  • Back in Red & Black (614)
    Venom (Eddie Brock), Demolisher, Carnage (Cletus Kasady)
  • Essential: Legendary (714)
    Horror, Venom (Eddie Brock), Moonstone (Dark Avengers)
  • Essential: Rare (664)
    Demolisher, Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius), Mutation
  • Essential: Uncommon (614)
    Carrier, Mutation, Carrier

Sub 4

• Liberty Island (100)
  Soldier, Moonstone (Dark Avengers), Grenadier
• Liberty Island
  • Total Carnage (400)
    Bullseye (Dark Avengers), Carnage (Cletus Kasady), Horror
  • Gross Encounters (200)
    Mutation, Spy, Demolisher
  • Teeth, Tongues & Tendrils (320)
    Carrier, Demolisher, Horror
  • Root for the Underdog (440)
    Spy, Sentry (Dark Avengers), Ares (Dark Avengers)
  • Less and Less Human (500)
    Mutation, Demolisher, Carrier
  • Venom & His Horrible Friends (620)
    Bullseye (Dark Avengers), Venom (Eddie Brock), Moonstone (Dark Avengers)
  • Terrible Teamwork (740)
    Carnage (Cletus Kasady), Horror, Venom (Eddie Brock)
  • Essential: Legendary (860)
    Carnage (Cletus Kasady), Demolisher, Venom (Eddie Brock)
  • Essential: Rare (800)
    Mutation, Carnage (Cletus Kasady), Mutation
  • Essential: Uncommon (740)
    Moonstone (Dark Avengers), Soldier, Bullseye (Dark Avengers)

[/*]

This Event Essentials:

James Rhodes
Classic
Classic

New Characters:
:ririwilliams: Ironheart
Carol Danvers



This Week:

Eddie Brock
Janet van Dyne
Scott Lang
Charles Xavier
Goddess of Thunder


Otto Octavius
It's Me, Deadpool!
Dark Avengers
Dark Reign
Guardians of the Galaxy


Modern
Dark Avengers


Modern
Modern

Level 8

Single Player Rewards

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

Progression Rewards:

100: 400
500: +3 Stockpile
1000: 400
3500:
5500: 400
8000: 600
10000:
12500: 5
14500:
17000: 750
19000:
21500: 5
23500: 50
26000: 750
28500: 100
31000: 1000
33500:
46500:
54500: 1250
65000: 15

Alliance Rewards:

1-2: 5000 , 150 , ,
3-10: 4500 , 150 , ,
11-25: 4250 , 150 , ,
26-50: 4250 , 100 , ,
51-100: 4000 , 100 , ,
101-250: 3500 , 100 , ,
251-500: 3000 , 100 , ,
501-10000: 2750 , 100 , ,

Level 7

Single Player Rewards

1-2: 4500 , 150 , , & Previous Rank Covers,
3-10: 4000 , 150 , , ,
11-20: 4000 , 100 , , ,
21-50: 3500 , 100 , , ,
51-100: 3250 , 100 , , ,
101-200: 3000 , 50 , 3 x , ,
201-300: 2750 , 50 , 3 x , ,
301-500: 2250 , , 2 x , ,
501-600: 2000 , , , ,
601-800: 1750 , , 3 x , ,
801-1000: 1500 , , 2 x , ,

Progression Rewards:

100: 400
500: +3 Stockpile
1000: 400
3500:
5500: 400
8000: 600
10000:
12500: 5
14500:
17000: 600
19000:
21500: 5
23500: 50
26000: 750
28500: 50
31000: 1000
33500:
46500:
54500: 1000
65000: 15

Alliance Rewards:

1-2: 4500 , 150 , ,
3-10: 4250 , 150 , ,
11-25: 4000 , 100 , ,
26-50: 3500 , 100 , ,
51-100: 3250 , 100 , ,
101-250: 3000 , 50 , ,
251-500: 2750 , 50 , ,
501-10000: 2500 , 50 , ,

Level 6

Single Player Rewards

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

Progression Rewards:

100: 400
500: +3 Stockpile
1000: 400
3500:
5500:
8000: 500
10000:
12500: 5
14500:
17000: 500
19000:
21500: 5
23500: 50
26000: 750
28500: 50
31000: 750
33500:
46500:
54500: 1000
65000: 15

Alliance Rewards:

1-2: 4000 , 100 , ,
3-10: 3500 , 100 , ,
11-25: 3250 , 100 , ,
26-50: 3000 , 100 , ,
51-100: 2500 , 100 , ,
101-250: 2000 , 50 , ,
251-500: 1750 , 50 , ,
501-10000: 1500 , 25 , ,

Level 5

Single Player Rewards

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

Progression Rewards:

100: Rainbow Damage Boost
500: 400
1000: +3 Stockpile
3500:
5500:
8000: 500
10000:
12500: 5
14500:
17000: 500
19000:
21500: 5
23500: 50
26000: 500
28500: 25
31000: 500
33500:
46500:
54500: 500
65000: 15

Alliance Rewards:

1-2: 3500 , 100 , ,
3-10: 3250 , 100 , ,
11-25: 3000 , 100 , ,
26-50: 2750 , 50 , ,
51-100: 2250 , 50 , ,
101-250: 1750 , 25 , ,
251-500: 1500 , 25 , ,
501-10000: 1000 , 25 , ,

Level 4

Single Player Rewards

1-2: 3000 , 50 , , & Previous Rank Covers,
3-10: 2750 , 50 , , ,
11-20: 2750 , 50 , [img]https://[/img]

Quebbster

I wish the bottom reward was something other than Purple Howard... I want to champ my 3/2/5 Howard this time around. Oh well, I can usually swing top 20 and the blue cover there would be very welcome.

rainkingucd

Quebbster wrote:

I wish the bottom reward was something other than Purple Howard... I want to champ my 3/2/5 Howard this time around. Oh well, I can usually swing top 20 and the blue cover there would be very welcome.

You should be able to nab as progression next event. And Webbed Wonder had a first run, second run. Hopefully that means for this run. That'll give you 4/3/5 with a on the side. Good luck on Top 20!

Quebbster

rainkingucd wrote:

Quebbster wrote:

I wish the bottom reward was something other than Purple Howard... I want to champ my 3/2/5 Howard this time around. Oh well, I can usually swing top 20 and the blue cover there would be very welcome.

You should be able to nab as progression next event. And Webbed Wonder had a first run, second run. Hopefully that means for this run. That'll give you 4/3/5 with a on the side. Good luck on Top 20!

Thanks, I am cautiously optimistic about this. Between the guaranteed covers, placement rewards and possibly a bit of luck with the Webbed Wonder vault I should be able to pull this off.

Tatercat

Hm. I’ve been in the process of maxing and champing Wasp (should be done in another day) since I got so many extra covers from the past two events. And while she’s actually better than I was expecting, given the normal board rumblings on her, I’m very disappointed that she really doesn’t have any synergy with Antman. Their yellow and blue just stumble over each other too much that its an actual hassle to run them together. Which is shame, with both of them boosted this week I thought it would be fun to use them as a team.

They do both go well with 4* Carol though, especially Wasp. Her blue passive is constantly triggering Carol’s yellow passive for lots of buffs. (especially if you have a OML to team with them). Same with Antman’s yellow with Carol. I’ll have to fall back to 4*Thor/IM40 as the event goes on, but they’re fun for now.

Punisher5784

Ah.. it's events like these I wish JG and SW were still boosted

dpoch

Considering going CL6 instead of 8 for this run since my War Machine red is already maxed, & my Howard could use more non-purple covers (with offered at the lowest qualifying reward tier for both individual & alliance play) currently sitting at 1-1-3). If I can hit T20 or possibly T10, more Howard covers should be easier to get.

Any comments or suggestions? Posts on when the second slice for CL6 flips would be great. Thanks in advance.

rainkingucd

Quebbster wrote:

rainkingucd wrote:

Quebbster wrote:

I wish the bottom reward was something other than Purple Howard... I want to champ my 3/2/5 Howard this time around. Oh well, I can usually swing top 20 and the blue cover there would be very welcome.

You should be able to nab as progression next event. And Webbed Wonder had a first run, second run. Hopefully that means for this run. That'll give you 4/3/5 with a on the side. Good luck on Top 20!

Thanks, I am cautiously optimistic about this. Between the guaranteed covers, placement rewards and possibly a bit of luck with the Webbed Wonder vault I should be able to pull this off.

You'll pull a random colour purple Howard now . Worst case, it's purple and no luck. Worst worst case, it'll be like the Chulk random colour and get added as a second Howard recruit

Brigby wrote:

*Update: In the last mission of the third day of Webbed Wonder Story Event, a cover of Howard the Duck is the first mission reward. This has historically been a static cover, however the developers have now implemented a way to give a random Howard the Duck cover.

Quebbster

rainkingucd wrote:

Quebbster wrote:

rainkingucd wrote:

Quebbster wrote:

I wish the bottom reward was something other than Purple Howard... I want to champ my 3/2/5 Howard this time around. Oh well, I can usually swing top 20 and the blue cover there would be very welcome.

You should be able to nab as progression next event. And Webbed Wonder had a first run, second run. Hopefully that means for this run. That'll give you 4/3/5 with a on the side. Good luck on Top 20!

Thanks, I am cautiously optimistic about this. Between the guaranteed covers, placement rewards and possibly a bit of luck with the Webbed Wonder vault I should be able to pull this off.

You'll pull a random colour purple Howard now . Worst case, it's purple and no luck. Worst worst case, it'll be like the Chulk random colour and get added as a second Howard recruit

Brigby wrote:

*Update: In the last mission of the third day of Webbed Wonder Story Event, a cover of Howard the Duck is the first mission reward. This has historically been a static cover, however the developers have now implemented a way to give a random Howard the Duck cover.

Yeah, I saw that. Guess I need more placement rewards to be really sure.

sambrookjm

Punisher5784 wrote:

Ah.. it's events like these I wish JG and SW were still boosted

To be fair, I wish that they were boosted in just about every event...but this one in particular is well suited for Jean Grey. Even unboosted, I've still been using those two to clean out a lot of the Symbiote nodes. Even with a LVL 158 3/2/3 War Machine, I was able to do his required node while only getting hit once or twice with countdown tiles.

Edit - I'd forgotten about the joy that is the Ares node with two Mutations that are both feeding him red and green. Because who doesn't love getting Rampaged every third turn? At least it's not Carnage...yet.

beyonderbub

Any suggestions on a fast clearing team for this event? Using champ prof x, champ switch and a lvl 340 oml for the non required nodes. I've got all boosteds champed except for the newer 4*s: riri, 4cap Marvel and war machine; it's taking me about 2 hours for the 4x clear and an hour and a half for the event end node clear down to 1 point. I'm missing some synergy here and would hope to trim clear times down by half an hour each for the next subevent? Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks.

killercool

beyonderbub wrote:

Any suggestions on a fast clearing team for this event? Using champ prof x, champ switch and a lvl 340 oml for the non required nodes. I've got all boosteds champed except for the newer 4*s: riri, 4cap Marvel and war machine; it's taking me about 2 hours for the 4x clear and an hour and a half for the event end node clear down to 1 point. I'm missing some synergy here and would hope to trim clear times down by half an hour each for the next subevent? Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks.

I have been going well with 4* Thor, IM40 and Moon Knight. Moon Knight covers the 3 colours that are neglected by the battery/wrecking ball combo of IM40 and 4* Thor and I am actually surprised by how often Moonsilver Blades and Fist of Khonshu come through for the win from the unboosted Moon Knight.

ZootSax

People in my bracket are going after Howard hard. I had thought that a top 100 might be feasible after seeing a few people say they'd have a weekend off in the announcement thread, but after three subs of four non-optimal clears and check marks on the trivials I'm only in 120th with ~2k to 110th. I have no idea what Top 100 would take, but it's safe to say that it's more than I'll do.

That said, I'm not sure if it's the charcter boosts or something else, but Venom bomb has been much more enjoyable for me than previously. Only the red-fed Moonstone have really been a chore and there's very few of those.

Good luck to everyone still going seriously.

Lukoil

ZootSax wrote:

People in my bracket are going after Howard hard. I had thought that a top 100 might be feasible after seeing a few people say they'd have a weekend off in the announcement thread, but after three subs of four non-optimal clears and check marks on the trivials I'm only in 120th with ~2k to 110th. I have no idea what Top 100 would take, but it's safe to say that it's more than I'll do.

That said, I'm not sure if it's the charcter boosts or something else, but Venom bomb has been much more enjoyable for me than previously. Only the red-fed Moonstone have really been a chore and there's very few of those.

Good luck to everyone still going seriously.

Venom Bomb is more enjoyable because there is no red power on carnage. That's huge.
On my top 100. I missed first sub (not even complete 4 clears on every node). But in the last 2 subs i went on 7 optimal clears. Should be in top50-100 (in the end of 3rd sub I was 82nd).

Dragon_Nexus

D'ya know, I never remember how much I dislike this event until I get to Carnage.

Every enemy turn is so long, so protracted, so ponderous watching countdown timer, RAWR, another countdown, RAWR, Passive fires off, maybe another passive...pause...Carnage makes a move...pause...attack tiles fire...pause...and now it's my turn. I make a match that doesn't cause a cascade and then I wait another 10-15 seconds for the enemy to get on with it again.

These fights just take forever...and with this week's boosted characters I can't seem to find a truely reliable fast combo. Thor and IM40 doesn't feel as punchy...and I always seem to lose countdown timers through cascade nonsense. Professor X and Scarlet Witch with Ant Man isn't bad, but the number of times the thing's about to fire off and gets surrounded by attack tiles, or the timer gets shoved on the side or in a corner so it doesn't generate a 5 just makes it take even longer.

This event more than most feels like a massive grind. I really feel the slowness when there's no AoE 4* boosted for the week.

Bennydrill

Personally I wasn't loving this event half as much until carnage turned up and made my champed Doc Oc worthwhile, I find the earlier ones harder with the other powered up 3 that are on offer this week... I've never voluntarily used Sentry before either who is turning out to be quite a beast.

Black Duke

Dragon_Nexus wrote:

D'ya know, I never remember how much I dislike this event until I get to Carnage.

Every enemy turn is so long, so protracted, so ponderous watching countdown timer, RAWR, another countdown, RAWR, Passive fires off, maybe another passive...pause...Carnage makes a move...pause...attack tiles fire...pause...and now it's my turn. I make a match that doesn't cause a cascade and then I wait another 10-15 seconds for the enemy to get on with it again.

These fights just take forever...and with this week's boosted characters I can't seem to find a truely reliable fast combo. Thor and IM40 doesn't feel as punchy...and I always seem to lose countdown timers through cascade nonsense. Professor X and Scarlet Witch with Ant Man isn't bad, but the number of times the thing's about to fire off and gets surrounded by attack tiles, or the timer gets shoved on the side or in a corner so it doesn't generate a 5 just makes it take even longer.

This event more than most feels like a massive grind. I really feel the slowness when there's no AoE 4* boosted for the week.

I'm feeling the same way. Especially the 3* Daken essential node in Sub4 is one of the worst I've ever played in PVE. Stupid mutations spawning CD tiles like crazy filling the board with Carnage's Attack tiles. When you're matching an enemies' Attack tile away, Mutation's Guard Dog kicks in, causing 1.4k damage per tile. Even my championed Thoress with 35k health has trouble to clear this node without losing more than the half of her health!

MPQ_Daywalker

FWIW, I have been having a ton of fun this Venom Bomb using boosted (champed) Professor X, boosted Daken and (non-boosted but champed) Star-Lord. SL is just there to reduce AP costs, so you can turn Prof. X invisible with just two purple 3-matches (especially if you're going against goons) and then the Professor can start buffing tiles, including Daken's strikes.

Using this team against Carnage was super fun. You get Carnage's attack tiles pretty early and if you get Prof. X invisible fast, you're buffing those attack tiles to insane levels.