Ascended Winners and Losers

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  • dianetics
    dianetics Posts: 1,653 Chairperson of the Boards

    She is literally a no go. The only way it would be palatable is if she did the damage to all toons not just your team.

  • IrisRyu
    IrisRyu Posts: 174 Tile Toppler

    Magik’s self-damage increases to almost 10k per turn once she’s maxed out, so that’s no bueno. Ascended 3* Hunter is an infinitely better match damage booster and there’s no cap on the number of Inspire tiles. Pair Hunter with Melinda May and whichever boosted match damage toon that you prefer for some match damage hilarity.

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 5,967 Chairperson of the Boards

    I haven't actually used her, but I'd happily eat 10k every turn if it's worth it in speed/power. I'm always using boosted characters, though -- if you're choosing to use unboosted guys you'll have a lot less cushion (but why would you do that?).

    Also: people hate self-damage, but there are plenty of cases where it works out to be cheaper on packs than letting a dangerous enemy hang around forever.

  • IrisRyu
    IrisRyu Posts: 174 Tile Toppler

    If you only use boosted characters then you’re looking at over 25k of self-damage every turn and you still have to get to 10 black AP for her boosted match damage to kick in. She’s not particularly fast and the match damage boost for both teams is a double-edged sword. Magik is very good with Dark Beast and a handful of other characters, but her utility is pretty limited. I, personally, wouldn’t prioritize ascending her over other 3*’s. There are many others that are much better without the drawbacks.

  • Glockoma
    Glockoma Posts: 555 Critical Contributor

    Well, can confirm, it’s not that bad. Had L361 4* Domino to increase the black generation L504 5* Colossus for defense.

    The high output is great and things don’t stick around too long by the time she transforms. Most teams were alive for (2) turns and exemplifies the other reason you bring her: purple.

    That purple power for 6AP:

    Darkchylde casts a curse dealing 11412 damage and converting 3 random basic tiles to Critical tiles. Then drains up to 2 Black friendly AP.
    (PASSIVE) Once per turn, whenever an enemy makes a match in Darkchylde's strongest colors, or friendly AP is destroyed or stolen, Darkchylde casts a counter curse that deals 1929 damage and gains 1 charge(s).
    At the start of her turn, Darkchylde converts 1 random basic tile to a Critical tile per charge.
    Darkchylde takes 50% percent less match and ability damage from Supernatural enemies.

    It’s just wild. May dump Domino (only ate black twice for about 9k damage most battles) to pick up another high health like OR for the efficiency. Perhaps a purple generator since Magik’s black also punishes enemy black matches by self-generation. I reached over 10 black AP quite quickly.👍

    I’m very happy with the ascension.

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 5,967 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited 3 March 2024, 03:44

    Maybe try Alligator Loki? He generates purple charged tiles, punishes the enemy for matching them, and is invisible most of the time. If you're fighting m'Thors he'd be even better.

    Oh, and his super cheap yellow makes charged yellow tiles, which Colossus will love when he's already stacking his and Magik's match damage boost.

  • Glockoma
    Glockoma Posts: 555 Critical Contributor
    edited 3 March 2024, 02:15

    @entrailbucket said:
    Maybe try Alligator Loki? He generates purple charged tiles, punishes the enemy for matching them, and is invisible most of the time. If you're fighting m'Thors he'd be even better.

    Love it.

    Everyone’s mile will vary based on their roster.

    One thing is certainly interesting and perhaps something most can agree upon: these ascended tiers really make things intriguing. My penchant for only chasing 5’s has completely 180’d.

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 5,967 Chairperson of the Boards

    @Glockoma said:

    @entrailbucket said:
    Maybe try Alligator Loki? He generates purple charged tiles, punishes the enemy for matching them, and is invisible most of the time. If you're fighting m'Thors he'd be even better.

    Love it.

    Everyone’s mile will vary based on their roster.

    One thing is certainly interesting and perhaps something most can agree upon: these ascended tiers really make things intriguing. My penchant for only chasing 5’s has completely 180’d.

    I think you can still absolutely get by just chasing the strongest 5*, and using them for everything.

    What ascension (plus the boosted list) has given us is an absolute explosion of other options that are all just about as competitive, for players who want to do something different.

    People used to complain that the only way to get ahead was to get the one best team and use them for everything, and it actually was that way for a really long time. Now I have so many strong, fun options every week that sometimes I have trouble deciding what to run.

  • Borstock
    Borstock Posts: 2,744 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited 3 March 2024, 21:35

    Not sure if anyone has posted Moon Girl/Devil Dino numbers. At 450, she has 81,192 health and:


  • ThaRoadWarrior
    ThaRoadWarrior Posts: 9,470 Chairperson of the Boards

    That was fast

  • ThaRoadWarrior
    ThaRoadWarrior Posts: 9,470 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited 4 March 2024, 00:41




    Sometimes I feel like the only Negasonic fan, so here are her ascended powers if anyone is interested.

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 5,967 Chairperson of the Boards

    I had a super fun team with her and now I can't remember what it was. I remember waiting for a cascade to go off for like 5 minutes though.

  • ThaRoadWarrior
    ThaRoadWarrior Posts: 9,470 Chairperson of the Boards

    Jane + Onslought + Negasonic will do that. you can swap jane for other passive charge creators like Bolt or Storm.

  • Borstock
    Borstock Posts: 2,744 Chairperson of the Boards

    @ThaRoadWarrior said:
    That was fast

    I'm at the point where I target characters I perceive as "fun" over those who might help me terrorize others. I think Moon Girl/Devil Dino is a ton of fun in the right situation, so I prioritized them.

  • Omegased
    Omegased Posts: 605 Critical Contributor

    I love negasonic with Riri/mThor

  • Daredevil217
    Daredevil217 Posts: 3,991 Chairperson of the Boards

    How are people ascending 3s so fast?! I started with 3 or 4 copies of the old school 3s which gave me a head start when ascension started and I have only one 5 currently and that’s because I solely favorited IM40.

  • dianetics
    dianetics Posts: 1,653 Chairperson of the Boards

    Since both he and OR are boosted right now I breezed through PvE in about 10-15 minutes. I've also been crushing PvP using black ap boosts.
    Got upwards of 36k blue match damage. He really is a monster.

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 5,967 Chairperson of the Boards

    @BriMan2222 said:
    I heard that ascended dark beast is pretty good when boosted so I tried him out, and yeah. His match damage gets nuts once you collect some black ap.

    He's completely insane, I love him. Anybody with a match damage boost just goes crazy when ascended.

  • MegaBee
    MegaBee Posts: 1,047 Chairperson of the Boards

    @entrailbucket said:
    I had a super fun team with her and now I can't remember what it was. I remember waiting for a cascade to go off for like 5 minutes though.

    Negasonic, Throg, Gator Loki?

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