Difficulty Levels Based on S.H.I.E.L.D. Clearance Levels - Update (8/4/17) *Updated

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  • Milk Jugz
    Milk Jugz Posts: 1,122 Chairperson of the Boards
    beyonderbub said:
    Yup. I got a figure which team can chew thru lvl 330 24k health quickest w/o draining health packs. I joined slice 5 scl 8 at 252. I was doing well with medusa/4grocket/4slord last event; just not finding the magic yet with this one
    If you have a high level Phoenix she pairs nicely with 4cyke. I might sub SL out and run mine @420 3/3/5. Her purple adds red for his blue to suck up. Then you either fire her red and get those nasty strikes or his red for major damage. That will help make up for Medusa and with Phoenix strikes really add to her passive damage.
  • beyonderbub
    beyonderbub Posts: 661 Critical Contributor
    My 4cyke has been on the bench; might be time for him to get the call. PHX is champed. I'll give it a try tonight. Thanks. 
  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards
    Seriously, Strange is all you need.

    Granted, mine is 467, but my yellow only does about 6700 and I'm burning through 24k Muscles like they're nothing.

    Bring Starlord to speed up his blue and cyke.

    You really shouldn't take more than 50 minutes with a champed Strange on 90% goon nodes.
  • beyonderbub
    beyonderbub Posts: 661 Critical Contributor
    My Strange is lvl 453 5/3/5 and his yellow passive is doing 5962 dmg. His blue is doing 6534 dmg/turn. Sounds good. I'll report back final grind and next sub's 4x clear tomorrow with these teams
  • Milk Jugz
    Milk Jugz Posts: 1,122 Chairperson of the Boards
    Bowgentle said:
    Seriously, Strange is all you need.

    Granted, mine is 467, but my yellow only does about 6700 and I'm burning through 24k Muscles like they're nothing.

    Bring Starlord to speed up his blue and cyke.

    You really shouldn't take more than 50 minutes with a champed Strange on 90% goon nodes.
    I wish mine hadn't got stuck at 4/2/4....... So close.....
  • fmftint
    fmftint Posts: 3,653 Chairperson of the Boards
    Milk Jugz said:
    Bowgentle said:
    Seriously, Strange is all you need.

    Granted, mine is 467, but my yellow only does about 6700 and I'm burning through 24k Muscles like they're nothing.

    Bring Starlord to speed up his blue and cyke.

    You really shouldn't take more than 50 minutes with a champed Strange on 90% goon nodes.
    I wish mine hadn't got stuck at 4/2/4....... So close.....
    Boosted Medusa is a good call too, +2k free damage every turn. 5 star is not always the right answer
  • animaniactoo
    animaniactoo Posts: 486 Mover and Shaker
    I'm running my favorite goon team of Medusa/Bl4de/3*Strange.

    Between Blade and Medusa you can do a lot of damage in a hurry. Strange - it's only about 1800 when he fires back, but the strike tiles/Blade's bloodlust will speed that up too.

    You've got additional options too - grab enough purple and you can move the board around to try to get to the blue tommy gun CD tile stuck in the corner. Gather Blue early to stun the goon for a few turns and deal more damage off that countdown tile too, and so on.
  • jgomes32
    jgomes32 Posts: 381 Mover and Shaker
    I'm in T5 (S3, SCL8). Also from some posts here,definitely looks like a solid 4* can still compete for T10, just like a solid 5* could under the old system.
  • beyonderbub
    beyonderbub Posts: 661 Critical Contributor
    Bowgentle said:
    Seriously, Strange is all you need.

    Granted, mine is 467, but my yellow only does about 6700 and I'm burning through 24k Muscles like they're nothing.

    Bring Starlord to speed up his blue and cyke.

    You really shouldn't take more than 50 minutes with a champed Strange on 90% goon nodes.
    Final grind is going at an 1 hr 3 min pace. Using OML / 5Strange / Starlord. Must have just been tired or distracted last night's. Subbing in Medusa or 4cyke when health is low
  • Milk Jugz
    Milk Jugz Posts: 1,122 Chairperson of the Boards
    Yeah must not watch Lord of the Rings during my end grind.... Missed 7th clear on a couple.... Fell to 24th..... Oh well.....
  • beyonderbub
    beyonderbub Posts: 661 Critical Contributor
    2nd subevent 4x grind in 57 min., thanks to the advice above. 
  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards
    beyonderbub said:
    2nd subevent 4x grind in 57 min., thanks to the advice above. 

    That's still kinda slow for a few 5* champs, but much better.
    Congrats :)
  • beyonderbub
    beyonderbub Posts: 661 Critical Contributor
    Bowgentle said:
    beyonderbub said:
    2nd subevent 4x grind in 57 min., thanks to the advice above. 

    That's still kinda slow for a few 5* champs, but much better.
    Congrats :)
    Yeah, not sure I can do it any faster. And none of those champs are Thanos. I'm guessing that those claiming 15-20 minute 4x clears in scl 8 probably has a 475+ Thanos and doesn't care about going thru health packs
  • Milk Jugz
    Milk Jugz Posts: 1,122 Chairperson of the Boards
    Milk Jugz said:
    Yeah must not watch Lord of the Rings during my end grind.... Missed 7th clear on a couple.... Fell to 24th..... Oh well.....
    Even after that, when I finished my initial clear on the 2nd sub, and not very fast as I was still watching.....  But I'm in 5th place overall, sub started 3 hours ago, still in 5th place.....  Not sure how that worked out for me.... 
  • Akari
    Akari Posts: 492 Mover and Shaker
    Loving the new change. 1:30 initial clears and 1 hr end grinds have turned into 30 min initial clears and 25 min end grinds.
  • revskip
    revskip Posts: 1,010 Chairperson of the Boards
    Was worried that I might not be able to finish top 10 in SCL 7 but through the first two subs I am sitting in 8th.  

    Finished my x4 grind in 35 minutes.  Scaling was so much more chill.  So far totally positive.  
  • Silverblade
    Silverblade Posts: 51 Match Maker
    My problem with placement rewards as they are now is that those who lack 4*s will always lack 4*s covered and leveled enough to beat those with built rosters, no matter how fast you try to clear things without optimized and really well covered (read championed) 4*s you won't get more 4*s to actually advance your roster to compete.
    So if you don't have championed 4*s (specially Medusa and Thanos) you won't earn 4*s to compete.
    It's taking me close to quit because no matter how much I try to compete it feels fruitless.
    And the same feeling goes to PVP, since you don't have a strong roster with championed Medusa/C4rol you can't compete to reach 900 points (I have been flatly told that and yes, if is a fact, no matter how hard one tries, it is impossible).
    Which is why I loved rewards by wins instead of points.
  • FokaiHI
    FokaiHI Posts: 272 Mover and Shaker
    Silverblade said:
    My problem with placement rewards as they are now is that those who lack 4*s will always lack 4*s covered and leveled enough to beat those with built rosters, no matter how fast you try to clear things without optimized and really well covered (read championed) 4*s you won't get more 4*s to actually advance your roster to compete.
    So if you don't have championed 4*s (specially Medusa and Thanos) you won't earn 4*s to compete.
    It's taking me close to quit because no matter how much I try to compete it feels fruitless.
    And the same feeling goes to PVP, since you don't have a strong roster with championed Medusa/C4rol you can't compete to reach 900 points (I have been flatly told that and yes, if is a fact, no matter how hard one tries, it is impossible).
    Which is why I loved rewards by wins instead of points.
    900 in pvp can be done with IM40 and a lot of other characters. Ie 4thor, Iceman, Peggy and G4mora. 

    Anyways. It's done for now. 
  • Blindman13
    Blindman13 Posts: 504 Critical Contributor
    edited August 2017
    Silverblade said:
    My problem with placement rewards as they are now is that those who lack 4*s will always lack 4*s covered and leveled enough to beat those with built rosters, no matter how fast you try to clear things without optimized and really well covered (read championed) 4*s you won't get more 4*s to actually advance your roster to compete.
    So if you don't have championed 4*s (specially Medusa and Thanos) you won't earn 4*s to compete.
    It's taking me close to quit because no matter how much I try to compete it feels fruitless.
    And the same feeling goes to PVP, since you don't have a strong roster with championed Medusa/C4rol you can't compete to reach 900 points (I have been flatly told that and yes, if is a fact, no matter how hard one tries, it is impossible).
    Which is why I loved rewards by wins instead of points.
    I rarely finish in the top 100 in PVE, and rarely complete at all in PVP, but I have over half the 4*s champed and the rest could be better covered but I'm hoarding CP until I have enough ISO to level them up.
    Getting 4*s from placement in PVE is not going to quickly advance your roster. Even if they give 4*s to the top 50 or 100, one cover every 3/4/7 days won't make or break you.
    Additionally, your complaint is that people with smaller rosters can't beat those with larger rosters. Why should they? The game provides plenty of opportunities to progress that don't involve competition with any other player, so you can build your roster up top the same level as those you wish to compete against.

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