Adventures with 5* Wasp.

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  • Mr_F
    Mr_F Posts: 770 Critical Contributor

    Thanks. Will try those options and came back later with feedback. And Cosmo... I did not new that he can do that. I really have to re-read all 4* kits from last like 15 months. Being 5* player before ascension made me to not pay much attentions to them.

  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards

    You definitely need Colossus.

  • IrisRyu
    IrisRyu Posts: 177 Tile Toppler

    Or, if you can’t beat MThor, why not use her? Pair MThor and Riri and just stunlock the enemy team. They’re $@?! on defense, but should make for more health pack friendly climbs until you can level up Colossus (or other counters).

  • Mr_F
    Mr_F Posts: 770 Critical Contributor
    edited January 2024

    It's not like I can't beat her. I just need better and more staple solution to mThor/SC. Suggested Kang/OR for just mThor has worked so far = unlucky not so many mThor/SC. Have to drop a bit lower in X-23 PVP. Cosmo... well not so much. Too much coin flip with her*.

    Will test Riri/Jane. TY.

    *Cosmo is female, if I am not wrong.

  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards

    Colossus completely takes Shang out of the equation.
    Kill Jane first, let Shang make his cascades and crits and laugh at him doing no damage.

  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards

    For future use of course.
    Right now he has to suck it up.

  • Mr_F
    Mr_F Posts: 770 Critical Contributor
    edited January 2024

    Status update:

    Vulture is champed. Magic in progress with state of 4/3/3 (lucky 500 bonus shards). 18 4* left to champ + Multiple Man and Angela (not fully covered or rostered).

    LL status is that I wait for Peggy to leave and then I need one more cover for Goose: 5/4/2 they are now but next PVE will give me sharded cover bringing them to 5/4/3. Hunter is 3/3/3 and Hex-23 2/0/0 (and 1825 shards). I'm still thinking what to do next: keep hoarding for Hunter/Hex-23/next 5* and finish Goose with shards or try to pull that one cover for her. Propably the 1st option as that means ~6 weeks of ISO not spend on 5* = another ~6-7 4* champed. We will see.

    As of PVP: Kang/mThor are ok but not satisfying to play. i mean I do not enjoy that combo. This week I am using Yellowjacket as main source of damage and next will be Crystal (in both cases they are my solo boosted champed 5* that week) so the real testing how to deal with mThor/SC will be not sooner than february. Simulator is done and I just play it for daily mission and safely float ~1400-1500 pts.

    Also side project have I Started: Wasp as my 1st max champ 4*. Or Ant-Man to thanks him for his work in champing 5* Wasp. Still did not decided but currently it is Wasp just to get few more champl lvs. for Hope van Dyne.

  • rainkingucd
    rainkingucd Posts: 1,535 Chairperson of the Boards

    I really enjoyed 4* Wasp. She was part of my go to 4* team when I didn't have any viable 5*: Wasp/Medusa/Captain Marvel.

    I only need 3 more covers until I can ascend Wasp, and 10 more of Captain Marvel.

    You could target both Wasp and Ant-Man for max champ / ascension, then run an all 5* swarm team

  • Mr_F
    Mr_F Posts: 770 Critical Contributor

    @rainkingucd said:
    I really enjoyed 4* Wasp. She was part of my go to 4* team when I didn't have any viable 5*: Wasp/Medusa/Captain Marvel.

    I only need 3 more covers until I can ascend Wasp, and 10 more of Captain Marvel.

    You could target both Wasp and Ant-Man for max champ / ascension, then run an all 5* swarm team

    I thougt about it too. But still she need like 40 covers to get close to him.

  • Mr_F
    Mr_F Posts: 770 Critical Contributor
    edited February 2024

    Hex-23 entering LL preparations:

    I have 73 LL which should give me enough shards to champ Magik. I need one cover for Goose - alternatively through shards. My Hunter is 4/3/3 +765 shards. Equals to needing 2 covers. I expect to champ all 3 as of tommorrow - 540k ISO is prepared.

    As of the other main goals:
    16 4* left to champ and only Multiple Man is not within champ range (5/3/3). 4* Wasp is 320 and Ant Man is 344 - I will try to max champ and re-roster them ASAP and then again max champ both and ascend.
    Next to target is Collossus. Apparently I need him to fight mThor and SC so... Wanted somebody else but gotta champ them all and order is not a big deal.

    Will report results tommorrow.

    EDIT: SWEET POTATO next week buffs... four 5* buffed for me!

    02/08/24 - 02/15/24
    5 Star: Arcade (Edward Acra)
    5 Star: Emma Frost (Phoenix Five)
    5 Star: Riri Williams (Ironheart 3.0)
    5 Star: She-Hulk (Immortal)

  • Mr_F
    Mr_F Posts: 770 Critical Contributor

    I am flexible here and prepared for any configurations of (no) luck. Standard rules of wise pulling/Choo Choo LL Train will be applied. I do not expect champing Hex-23 but the rest is possible so I have prepared for that too.

    Like I will stop if I get that one cover for Goose like in 10 pulls. But if after 20 pulls I will have her champed and need like 2-3 more pulls for Magic, I will do them and wait with Hunter for next pulling.

  • Mr_F
    Mr_F Posts: 770 Critical Contributor
    edited February 2024

    In short:

    Goose got 4 covers and is 454
    Hunter got 6 Covers and is 454
    Hex-23 got also 4 covers is 3/1/3 - I bought 1 green with shards as it is safe. I have 2 more covers with shards = 4 needed. At least one more will be from PVE, so I need 3 more.
    Magik got that needed shards and is 450 and I had 17 pulls left and with that I bring one cover for Colossus (3/2/1).

    In total 77 pulls with 14 covers so its just nice. In the end I have decided to broke hoard fully to champ Magik 'cause next pull session will be in ~two months, just after both Goose and Hunter will leave LLs. No need for more lvls for Hunter and no need to speed up Hex-23 champing too. I got Goose and Hunter champed after 31 pulls but decided that I want Magik champed today rather than wait few weeks and gave it a try and managed to to that.

    In the end I have ~100K ISO (all from lv up), 0 LL and ~200 CP left. Marvel Hoard Puzzle once again it is.

    Others updates:
    All 1* ascended after I got last needed cover for Venom. Spidey and IM are lv 144 and I am building next copy of them.
    ~4,8M ISO needed for 4*. I just got under 5M. Yai.

  • Mr_F
    Mr_F Posts: 770 Critical Contributor
    edited February 2024

    A quick update.

    Collossus is on the way but after some more digging Jeff will be next. His green is cheap and nice counter against mThor.

    Also been doing some testing and started to like Goose with Kitty. So far, my faster and safest treat for mThor/SC. So I went all in more to get more flerken covers and managed to champ Weapon Hex too (who feels amazing too). But after they will leave LL, I'll wait for Hunter to leave too before next pulling. I like her but she is not worth my effort and not even near as fun as even pre-rework Wasp has ever been to me. And I am not crazy about Victor so far so I can just champ him and forget.

    So far Goose is 458, Hunter 456 and Weapon Hex 453. Colossus is 5/3/3 thanks to all the extra stuff and some luck. And 4* Wasp went to 341 so far. In 3 cover she will catch up with Ant Man which means that I will try to max champ them together. I really want to ascend them fast so I can try that Hope/Janet/Scott combo.

  • Mr_F
    Mr_F Posts: 770 Critical Contributor
    edited February 2024

    Update time!

    I stopped pulling. Been spending everything I was getting to get more Goose. Results? Terrible yet awesome luck. Goose got just 2 more covers while Hunter 13.... Hex is 458 and I will pull before she will leave but now it's hoarding time. The other plus is that both Colossus and Jeffrey are champed and Both Ant-Man and Wasp are ~351 so.. ya'll know. This few more pulls wont make much difference so in the end I kept pulling until jeff was champed and Gwenpool was a big help (sharded cover).

    Sadly, That makes Wasp my 3rd most coverd 5... But 4 Wasp before ascending will give me like 7 more so... Happy me, I guess.

    Right know I leveled all my 3* up to maximum and will do it on spot. The plan is to ALWAYS have at least 100k ISO saved for such things and spend the rest. still 15 4* left to champ but that is ok.

  • Mr_F
    Mr_F Posts: 770 Critical Contributor
    edited March 2024

    Yet another update.

    Two changes:

    5*: To roster Martyr I had to broke the hoard to get some shards for Moondragon. Spend all CP in classic and few tokens in LL. So I decided to check my luck and spend the rest LL today. 1 Hex and 2 Victors. Now, I strongly would like to pull more Hex, most likely It would by safe to wait till both she and Hunter to leave to build hoard for Victor/Martyr/whatever. Will see. i champed Doc Strange and now working on Jean.

    4*: The other one is that I have 13 4* left and i decided to do it different approach. I am adding levels to all of them at once as long my ISO would not drop below 100k. Unless i have big ISO surpluss or want to champ speciffic one, like Moondragon, I will keep that. It a bit faster as it reqires somethng like 40-50k. so i need ~2,3M more. Propably can champ them in two months, especially if there will be some nice offers. Community Event speed it by a lot.

    4* Wasp is lv 355, and Ant Man is 354. So close.

  • Mr_F
    Mr_F Posts: 770 Critical Contributor
    edited March 2024

    Would be earlier but I juest came back from hospital (medical check up).

    I champed Jean Grey in between and working on IW Cap now.

    Done some testing and I had more success with Emma and OR against SC/mThor that when using Collossus or Jeff. Maybe I am using them incorectly or whatever. Will do some more testing and pairings. Maybe I was just unlucky those past few days? I decided to chase Shaw and bought the chained offer and already have him 209 (3/4/3) as he looks like a direct counter to mThor. Will see. Should have him champed in couple days.

    In 4* champing another change of plans. All of unchamped are leveled up to 229 which lead for me to neading like ~165k to champ one. And 'cause I earn ~40k+/day I previously wanted to keep at least 100k+, I decided to champ them on spot when I have ISO and know that nothing needing ISO will come up soon enough to worry. So I have 6 left: Hulkling, Human Torch, Ikaris, Melinda, Morbius and Rhino. Then I build that 100K fast enough to keep up on spot leveling on 3* and 5*. Right now I have stash some cause of Shaw and upcoming LL pulling sessions when Martyr will enter LL.

    Project: Swarm Team. Wasp and Ant-Man are ~364 now. Propably fully champ both in two weeks!

  • Mr_F
    Mr_F Posts: 770 Critical Contributor

    OUT OF ISO DEPT! OFFICIALLY OUT OF ISO DEPT! Everything rostered and leveled to level cap with exception to some 2* left to re-champ and ascend to 3* which would not be problem (wont be happening soon)!

    And Wasp is max champed! Ant-Man has upcoming PVP in few days when I can grab his last 3,5 covers!

    Other stuff: Cap is champed, working on Apoc.

  • BriMan2222
    BriMan2222 Posts: 1,712 Chairperson of the Boards

    @Mr_F said:
    OUT OF ISO DEPT! OFFICIALLY OUT OF ISO DEPT! Everything rostered and leveled to level cap with exception to some 2* left to re-champ and ascend to 3* which would not be problem (wont be happening soon)!

    And Wasp is max champed! Ant-Man has upcoming PVP in few days when I can grab his last 3,5 covers!

    Other stuff: Cap is champed, working on Apoc.

    Wait until you start ascending 4 stars. I had millions of iso with nothing to spend it on until the next character release, and then ascension came and I spent everything I had to ascend my maxed out four stars and their dupes.

    I still have like 30 something maxed 4 stars waiting on enough iso to level up their dupe and ascend them. Just about 14.5 million needed to finish them all.

  • Mr_F
    Mr_F Posts: 770 Critical Contributor
    edited March 2024

    @BriMan2222

    Actually, the difference is that you were already READY for ascencion and I am not. I dont have anybody ready for ascension, considering the fact that I want max champ everybody before ascending. Also anybody beyond 1* will come to me slowly. I have four 2* ascended and they are still not at max 3* champ despite few month passing since I ascended them. They are close but stilll it will take some time. I will not need suddenly milions of ISO to do anything there. It will come one by one to me. And I'm going to max champ everybody before ascending them as I do not see reason to speed that. if my 5* can give me every reward i want, then it does not matter whether I will ascend them now or 6 months later.

    One example: since I "discovered" how 3* Hunter can speed me up in some PVE weeks when I do not have 5* weekly buffed or have one. It was like 3 months ago. I shargeted her and still do not have her ascended to 4*. akk if ny 3* shards goes to her and still I need 40 more levels... Ascension is really slow, especially the way I plan to do it.

  • BriMan2222
    BriMan2222 Posts: 1,712 Chairperson of the Boards

    @Mr_F said:
    @BriMan2222

    Actually, the difference is that you were already READY for ascencion and I am not. I dont have anybody ready for ascension, considering the fact that I want max champ everybody before ascending. Also anybody beyond 1* will come to me slowly. I have four 2* ascended and they are still not at max 3* champ despite few month passing since I ascended them. They are close but stilll it will take some time. I will not need suddenly milions of ISO to do anything there. It will come one by one to me. And I'm going to max champ everybody before ascending them as I do not see reason to speed that. if my 5* can give me every reward i want, then it does not matter whether I will ascend them now or 6 months later.

    One example: since I "discovered" how 3* Hunter can speed me up in some PVE weeks when I do not have 5* weekly buffed or have one. It was like 3 months ago. I shargeted her and still do not have her ascended to 4*. akk if ny 3* shards goes to her and still I need 40 more levels... Ascension is really slow, especially the way I plan to do it.

    I wasn't ready for ascension though, that was my point. Even with a majority of the 4 stars maxed and with dupes and millions of iso I am still millions of iso short. There are how many 4 stars in the game now? like 150. It will take about 55 million iso to ascend every 4 star, and they are releasing new ones every month, and that is just the 4 stars. I also have dozens of 3 stars that are ready to ascend, but I'm not as worried about getting them ascended.

    Even with letting it come one by one to you, it will eventually catch up to you where you won't have the tens of millions of iso it requires to ascend everyone.