Puzzle Gauntlet tug of war

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  • TheEyeDoctorsWife
    TheEyeDoctorsWife Posts: 829 Critical Contributor
    Deadliest Woman still activates Insta-Kill so they still haven’t addressed that loophole. 
  • Mr_F
    Mr_F Posts: 744 Critical Contributor
    Deadliest Woman, IMO , does 0 damage. It changes status from "alive" to "downed".
    Its should not be able in PG but still...
  • Sekilicious
    Sekilicious Posts: 1,766 Chairperson of the Boards
    TheEyeDoctorsWife said:
    Deadliest Woman still activates Insta-Kill so they still haven’t addressed that loophole. 
    I would be shocked (SHOCKED!!!) if they do. Puzzle gauntlets are such a small part of the game and no extra rewards for speed or cheese. They did add Spid3r-man to at least one node.  I like to tell myself that is their deadliest woman nerf.
  • ThaRoadWarrior
    ThaRoadWarrior Posts: 9,454 Chairperson of the Boards
    For some reason on this one I was underwhelmed, but I think that's because i had it in my heart going in that I was going to use it to see how much damage I could do with Ronan/To4ch with a board full of repeaters in a relatively low-stakes environment like we typicaly get in PG, and then it was a completely different setup lol. I cleared the two solo nodes, got a pair of 3* Wongs, and now i'm looking at the rest of these nodes wonderin ghow badly I need that red iso (not at all). Maybe I'll get into a better headspace for it a few days in.
  • hothie
    hothie Posts: 210 Tile Toppler
    I enjoyed it. Have cleared each level once, will try for the red iso later if i feel up to it and have time. The Carnage level was very close for me. He hit me once, one more and I would have lost it. But I carefully board managed after getting hit, and with a little bit of luck, won that one. It was a nice change of pace to previous PGs, while still being at least a bit of a challenge.
    I specifically enjoyed not having to drain health packs on this one, as previous PGs have hurt me badly for not having the "right" characters at a high enough level. Would love to see something like this again.
  • DyingLegend
    DyingLegend Posts: 1,208 Chairperson of the Boards
    I appreciate the new mechanic but at the same time, not a fan of the new mechanic. 

    I just ended up playing the stun-lock game to keep the tiles from swapping.
  • Daniel2121
    Daniel2121 Posts: 207 Tile Toppler
    edited September 2021
    Oh boy, I just completed the final node on the upper path. That was EXCRUCIATING. So the tug of war in this one switches sides when a side's countdown tile expires. Enemy team is 5* Deadpool / 5* Hawkeye / Coulson.

    After much failure with some random heroes I decided to go with Polaris + Medusa + Knull. I tried my best to fill the whole board with attack/strike/protect tiles, but that took roughly a whole hour. The AI was spamming skills left right and centre all the while. Abyssal Blades in particular was the biggest hassle imho. I still decided to kill Coulson first, however.

    I have no idea if that was the best way to solve this node, probably not, seeing as how it took me like 2 hours of playing, but I simply couldn't figure a better way.

    The worst thing however was after I finally got that basic support ticket. I got a 1* Web Shooter (I had the 2* version long ago). Imagine playing a match for 2 hours just to get THAT.
  • dianetics
    dianetics Posts: 1,641 Chairperson of the Boards
    Daniel2121 said:
    Oh boy, I just completed the final node on the upper path. That was EXCRUCIATING. So the tug of war in this one switches sides when a side's countdown tile expires. Enemy team is 5* Deadpool / 5* Hawkeye / Coulson.

    After much failure with some random heroes I decided to go with Polaris + Medusa + Knull. I tried my best to fill the whole board with attack/strike/protect tiles, but that took roughly a whole hour. The AI was spamming skills left right and centre all the while. Abyssal Blades in particular was the biggest hassle imho. I still decided to kill Coulson first, however.

    I have no idea if that was the best way to solve this node, probably not, seeing as how it took me like 2 hours of playing, but I simply couldn't figure a better way.

    The worst thing however was after I finally got that basic support ticket. I got a 1* Web Shooter (I had the 2* version long ago). Imagine playing a match for 2 hours just to get THAT.
    I cheesed it with Polaris R4G and Gamora and just chased the tug of war tiles.
  • Daniel2121
    Daniel2121 Posts: 207 Tile Toppler
    dianetics said:
    Daniel2121 said:
    Oh boy, I just completed the final node on the upper path. That was EXCRUCIATING. So the tug of war in this one switches sides when a side's countdown tile expires. Enemy team is 5* Deadpool / 5* Hawkeye / Coulson.

    After much failure with some random heroes I decided to go with Polaris + Medusa + Knull. I tried my best to fill the whole board with attack/strike/protect tiles, but that took roughly a whole hour. The AI was spamming skills left right and centre all the while. Abyssal Blades in particular was the biggest hassle imho. I still decided to kill Coulson first, however.

    I have no idea if that was the best way to solve this node, probably not, seeing as how it took me like 2 hours of playing, but I simply couldn't figure a better way.

    The worst thing however was after I finally got that basic support ticket. I got a 1* Web Shooter (I had the 2* version long ago). Imagine playing a match for 2 hours just to get THAT.
    I cheesed it with Polaris R4G and Gamora and just chased the tug of war tiles.
    But the only countdown tile you'd have with that team would be Grocket's green.
  • TheEyeDoctorsWife
    TheEyeDoctorsWife Posts: 829 Critical Contributor
    Daniel2121 said:
    dianetics said:
    Daniel2121 said:
    Oh boy, I just completed the final node on the upper path. That was EXCRUCIATING. So the tug of war in this one switches sides when a side's countdown tile expires. Enemy team is 5* Deadpool / 5* Hawkeye / Coulson.

    After much failure with some random heroes I decided to go with Polaris + Medusa + Knull. I tried my best to fill the whole board with attack/strike/protect tiles, but that took roughly a whole hour. The AI was spamming skills left right and centre all the while. Abyssal Blades in particular was the biggest hassle imho. I still decided to kill Coulson first, however.

    I have no idea if that was the best way to solve this node, probably not, seeing as how it took me like 2 hours of playing, but I simply couldn't figure a better way.

    The worst thing however was after I finally got that basic support ticket. I got a 1* Web Shooter (I had the 2* version long ago). Imagine playing a match for 2 hours just to get THAT.
    I cheesed it with Polaris R4G and Gamora and just chased the tug of war tiles.
    But the only countdown tile you'd have with that team would be Grocket's green.
    I fought fire with fire and stun locked them in a few moves with HE/Coulson/Gammera
  • Hellblazer666
    Hellblazer666 Posts: 189 Tile Toppler
    Daniel2121 said:
    Oh boy, I just completed the final node on the upper path. That was EXCRUCIATING. So the tug of war in this one switches sides when a side's countdown tile expires. Enemy team is 5* Deadpool / 5* Hawkeye / Coulson.

    After much failure with some random heroes I decided to go with Polaris + Medusa + Knull. I tried my best to fill the whole board with attack/strike/protect tiles, but that took roughly a whole hour. The AI was spamming skills left right and centre all the while. Abyssal Blades in particular was the biggest hassle imho. I still decided to kill Coulson first, however.

    I have no idea if that was the best way to solve this node, probably not, seeing as how it took me like 2 hours of playing, but I simply couldn't figure a better way.

    The worst thing however was after I finally got that basic support ticket. I got a 1* Web Shooter (I had the 2* version long ago). Imagine playing a match for 2 hours just to get THAT.
    Ya That one was a ****. Mantis came in really handy. cause she makes 1 countdown tiles that can stun for 4 turns so that helped me win it.
  • dianetics
    dianetics Posts: 1,641 Chairperson of the Boards
    Daniel2121 said:
    But the only countdown tile you'd have with that team would be Grocket's green.
    Gamora downs enemies if all purple are friendly special tiles.
  • fractalvisions
    fractalvisions Posts: 313 Mover and Shaker
    Daniel2121 said:
    Oh boy, I just completed the final node on the upper path. That was EXCRUCIATING. So the tug of war in this one switches sides when a side's countdown tile expires. Enemy team is 5* Deadpool / 5* Hawkeye / Coulson.

    After much failure with some random heroes I decided to go with Polaris + Medusa + Knull. I tried my best to fill the whole board with attack/strike/protect tiles, but that took roughly a whole hour. The AI was spamming skills left right and centre all the while. Abyssal Blades in particular was the biggest hassle imho. I still decided to kill Coulson first, however.

    I have no idea if that was the best way to solve this node, probably not, seeing as how it took me like 2 hours of playing, but I simply couldn't figure a better way.

    The worst thing however was after I finally got that basic support ticket. I got a 1* Web Shooter (I had the 2* version long ago). Imagine playing a match for 2 hours just to get THAT.
    Ouch. I went for Knull (countdowns from a passive power and his purple active), Captain Marvel (black puts down a countdown, yellow takes a countdown to 0) and Dr. Strange (blue both adds a countdown of his own and helps you stop the enemies' countdowns). Went a lot quicker.
  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 10,275 Chairperson of the Boards
    Loved it all apart from the blasted countdown one!
  • Seph1roth5
    Seph1roth5 Posts: 426 Mover and Shaker
    Like most of the PG, I enjoyed the first 3-4, then it got annoying, then it got REALLY annoying.  Oddly enough, the solo fights were the easiest this time for me because even my champed hulk would get one shot, so my char levels didn't matter.  It was all a matter of luck.

    Although, I don't know who chooses the required characters, but picking hulk in a PG where NONE of his powers can work, kind of blows.
  • Daniel2121
    Daniel2121 Posts: 207 Tile Toppler
    dianetics said:
    Daniel2121 said:
    But the only countdown tile you'd have with that team would be Grocket's green.
    Gamora downs enemies if all purple are friendly special tiles.
    Oh, I thought this was the 3* version of Gamora. For the double stun. I see now.

    I thought there should be a better way to do that node... well not one I could have used anyways as I don't have G4mora now.
  • Sekilicious
    Sekilicious Posts: 1,766 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited September 2021
    I haven’t done the countdown node yet, but expect that W4sp, Falcon, and probably Mantis or Hulk would do well in it. Or maybe Wasp, Vulture, Mantis would be better.
  • dianetics
    dianetics Posts: 1,641 Chairperson of the Boards
    Daniel2121 said:
    Oh, I thought this was the 3* version of Gamora. For the double stun. I see now.

    I thought there should be a better way to do that node... well not one I could have used anyways as I don't have G4mora now.
    Sorry I wasn't clear i should have said G4mora. I would guess as others have mentioned mantis would be a good take here.
  • KGB
    KGB Posts: 3,236 Chairperson of the Boards
    I won the countdown one easily with 3* Loki, IM40 and Gamora. You have 2 characters to create countdowns and Gamora to stun. I had the enemy team stun locked after 1 IM40 yellow resolved.
    I would let 1 enemy wake up from stun long enough to make a match 4 then it was stun time again.
    KGB
  • Daniel2121
    Daniel2121 Posts: 207 Tile Toppler
    edited September 2021
    Well if G4mora instakills the target AI with Deadliest Woman, it wouldn't matter if you had the enemy team permastunned or not, only that you could make all purple tiles specials and keeping her alive of course.

    Funny I had her rostered a couple days ago for the PvE event "Thick as thieves". Then I sold her to make room for Lokigator. I had no idea she'd be useful for this Gauntlet

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