PVE: Hearts of Darkness (2016-05-12 to 2016-05-15)

jojeda654 · May 2016

Event Summary

Hearts of Darkness
Length of Event: 3 days
Sub-Events? Yes
Alliance Rewards in Sub-Events? Yes
Number of Sub-Events: 3 Length of Sub-Events: 24 hours
Main Bracket Size: 1000 Sub Bracket Size: 1000
Unique Reward(s): ?
Other Notes:

There are Main nodes to open up the sub-events. These nodes are one time only nodes.

Event Details

Sub 1
- Three in the Hand (100)
  Shinobi, Shinobi, Shinobi
- Unholy Alliance
  - Unpleasant Surprises (244)
    Don, The Hood, Shinobi
  - Tracking the Source (159)
    Thug, Muscle, Thug
  - Tempting Fate (191)
    The Hood, Koran, Koran
  - Full House (518)
    - Wave 1: Kishu, Kishu, Shinobi
    - Wave 2: Teisatsu, Konran, Teisatsu, Teisatsu, Konran
    - Wave 3: Shinobi, Shinobi, Shinobi
    - Wave 4: Kishu, Konran, Kishu
  - Run From the Rider (311)
    The Hood, Hitman, Hitman
  - Hand in Hand (613)
    - Wave 1: Shinobi, Muscle, Shinobi, Hitman
    - Wave 2: Don, Thug, Kishu, Thug, Thug
  - Target-Rich Environment (451)
    The Hood, Konran, Don
  - Essential: Legendary (387)
    Kishu, Kishu, Muscle
  - Essential: Rare (573)
    - Wave 1: Don, Teisatsu, Teisatsu
    - Wave 2: Muscle, Don, Muscle
  - Essential: Uncommon (451)
    Teisatsu, Konran, Thug
Sub 2
- Interrogation (100)
  Thug, Muscle, Hitman
- Dark Design
  - Mountfort, IL (300)
    Shinobi, Teisatsu, Shinobi
  - H.A.M.M.E.R. Patrol (150)
    Soldier, Lieutenant, Soldier
  - Worst of Both Worlds (240)
    Pyro, Thug, Konran
  - Ninjas and Hired Guns (786)
    - Wave 1: Sniper, Pyro, Grenadier
    - Wave 2: Teisatsu, Kishu, Teisatsu
    - Wave 3: Soldier, Shinobi, Kishu, Shinobi, Commander
    - Wave 4: Muscle, Don, Thug
  - Spies and Swords (465)
    Lietenant, Spy, Kishu
  - Lost Souls (555)
    The Hood, Kishu, Hitman
  - The Unimaginable Power (1275)
    - Wave 1: The Hood, Shinobi, Grenadier
    - Wave 2: Soldier, Soldier, Assasin, Kishu, Shinobi, Thug, Hitman
    - Wave 3: THe Hood, Muscle, Don
  - Essential: Legendary (555)
    Muscle, Konran, Muscle
  - Essential: Rare (1428)
    - Wave 1: Don, Teisatsu, Teisatsu
    - Wave 2: Konran, Soldier, Soldier
    - Wave 3: Grenadier, Pyro, Lieutenant
    - Wave 4: Hitman, Assasin, Spy
  - Essential: Uncommon (555)
    Shinobi, Commander, Soldier
Sub 3
- Move or We Move You (100)
  Shinobi, Konran, Muscle
- Spirits of Vengenace
  - Ghosts of the Past (557)
    Commander, Sniper, Pyro
  - The Devil's Due (449)
    Bullseye, Kingpin, Elektra
  - Keep Moving (277)
    Soldier, Analyst, Analyst
  - Family Business (864)
    - Wave 1: Daken (Dark Avengers) Cyclops (Uncanny X-Men), Beast (Classic)
    - Wave 2: Deadpool (It's Me, Deadpool!), Colossus (Classic), Psylocke (Classic)
    - Wave 3: Magneto (Classic), Jean Grey (All-New X-Men), Storm (Classic)
  - The Hand's True Power (1010)
    Kishu, Shinobi, Konran
  - Back to the Beginning (847)
    Hitman, Don, Hitman
  - The Rider Awakens (1450)
    - Wave 1: Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze), Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius), Daken (Classic)
    - Wave 2: Sentry (Dark Avengers), Loki (Dark Reign), Magneto (Classic)
    - Wave 3: Mystique (Raven Darkholme), Bullseye (Classic) , Ares (Dark Avengers)
  - Essential: Legendary (883)
    Cyclops (Classic), Professor X (Charles Xavier), Jean Grey (All-New X-Men)
  - Essential: Rare (1776)
    - Wave 1: Teisatsu, Thug, Soldier
    - Wave 2: Shinobi, Lieutenant, Hitman
    - Wave 3: Don, Pyro, Konran
  - Essential: Uncommon (883)
    Venom (Dark Avengers), Ragnarok (Dark Avengers), Moonstone (Dark Avengers)

Powered Up

Progression awards:

100:

500: 100

1000: Rainbow Power Boost
1700:

3000: Rainbow Stockpile
4600: 140

6600:

9000: 140

11500:

14000: 140

17000:

20000: 250

23000: 25

26500: 250

30000:

34000: 500

39000: 25

45500:

52000: 1000

59000: 25

Placement rewards:

1:

+ rewards for 2-5
2-5:

+ rewards for 6-10
6-10:

+ rewards for 11-20
11-20:

, 1500

, 50

21-50:

, 1000

, 50

51-100:

, 1000

, 25

101-200:

, 500

, 25

201-300:

, 500

301-400:

, 250

401-500:

x 3, 250

501-600:

x 2, 250

601-800:

, 250

801-1000: 250

Alliance rewards:

1-2:

, 2500

, 100

3-10:

, 2500

, 50

11-25:

, 1500

, 50

26-50:

, 1000

, 50

51-100:

, 500

, 25

101-250: 500

, 25

251-500: 250

, 25

501-1000: 250

1001-10000: 140

Sub-Event Placement Rewards

1-2:

x2, 1000

, 100

, 2

3-10:

, 1000

, 100

, 1

11-50:

, 1000

, 50

51-100:

, 1000

101-200:

, 500

201-300:

, 250

301-400:

, 250

401-500:

x3, 250

5ß1-600:

x2, 250

601-800:

, 250

801-900: 140

901-1000: 70

Sub-Event Alliance Rewards

1-10:

, 250

11-50:

, 100

51-100:

, 100

101-250:

,70

251-1000:

x3, 70

1001-2000:

x2, 70

2001-5000:

, 70

5001-10000:

Ending Time Countdowns:

Slice 1
Slice 2
Slice 3
Slice 4
Slice 5

Previous runs

PVE: Hearts of Darkness (2016-02-15 to 2016-02-18)
Heart of Darkness Nov 26 - Nov 29

BlackSheep101 · May 2016

When this ran in February, the final progression was at 55k points.

thanos8587 · May 2016

BlackSheep101 wrote:

When this ran in February, the final progression was at 55k points.

inflation

TxMoose · May 2016

inflation everywhere in this game except rewards.

kevingravy · May 2016

Anyone know if Hearts of Darkness is the new PVE format with no point cooldowns for the first six clears or traditional flavor?

Gmax101 · May 2016

I'm kinda hoping it is... if only because 59k for progression seems... hmm... steep

to gun · May 2016

Its the old format with ~8 Hr refresh timers

Quebbster · May 2016

to gun wrote:

Its the old format with ~8 Hr refresh timers

Figured as much. They wouldn't run another test without announcing it first.

jojeda654 · May 2016

I decided to document the nodes in this event. I've added the details for the first sub to the first post under the Event Details section. I tried to capture the full point values for the nodes before I realized that rubberbanding was enabled for this event. Oh well... I'm leaving the values there so that I won't have to reformat the whole section when I get my hands on the base values. In the meantime, the opponents should be correct. I hope...

djpt05 · May 2016

Does anyone have any suggestions for teams for the next to last main node in the second sub?

It's Hood, Sniper and Kenshi

I'm 3-4 star transition so any suggestions would be appreciated. I've wiped three times on that node so far.

LewsTherin0 · May 2016

I used the tried and true Im40, KK, 3Steve. Not a fight created that I can't win with that team as long as I hit 6 yellow fairly early.

Sambuca · May 2016

LewsTherin0 wrote:

I used the tried and true Im40, KK, 3Steve. Not a fight created that I can't win with that team as long as I hit 6 yellow fairly early.

That's my normal go-to team, but having wiped twice due to being yellow starved for 2 boards in a row, I've out KK for 3* Torch for any nodes with Hood in it since he's boosted. I can usually get either 6 yellow or 8 red to blow Hood up first. After that, it's business as usual.

fruinjuice · May 2016

Any ideas for final node of 3rd sub? Getting some bad boards, but nothing seems intuitive for this one.

Quebbster · May 2016

fruinjuice wrote:

Any ideas for final node of 3rd sub? Getting some bad boards, but nothing seems intuitive for this one.

I cleared it easily with Iceman, Hood and Iron Man 40. It's a lot trickier without Iceman though...

fruinjuice · May 2016

Quebbster wrote:

fruinjuice wrote:

Any ideas for final node of 3rd sub? Getting some bad boards, but nothing seems intuitive for this one.

I cleared it easily with Iceman, Hood and Iron Man 40. It's a lot trickier without Iceman though...

Thanks - after thinking about it, I realized I just got my 5th PX blue...so I went with my Winfinite and demolished it.

jojeda654 · May 2016

Sub 2 details added to first post. Oddly, I think this time I was able to capture the base values for each node, since they appear to be round numbers. Except for the wave nodes, but I think that's typical.

One thing I will say is that it is hard to distinguish Shinobi from Kishu. Protip: Kishu have horns on their helmets, Shinobi are holding shurikens.

Moon Roach · May 2016

I used my go-to Simulator team for The Rider Awakens, or whatever it's called, Gamora, IM40, 4* Thor. Stun is your friend.

rowdster · May 2016

Moon Roach wrote:

I used my go-to Simulator team for The Rider Awakens, or whatever it's called, Gamora, IM40, 4* Thor. Stun is your friend.

That's the furthest I've gotten, but can't make it past mag, sentry, Loki.

I tried Logan, fist, witch several times. I'll try the stun team again.

Oshalei · May 2016

Quebbster wrote:

fruinjuice wrote:

Any ideas for final node of 3rd sub? Getting some bad boards, but nothing seems intuitive for this one.

I cleared it easily with Iceman, Hood and Iron Man 40. It's a lot trickier without Iceman though...

Will this work without an optimally covered hood? Ive got a 335 iceman, a lvl 90 im40, and a hood with 4 blue. Ive actually got enough iso to level im near max but i cant do that AND champ hood to fix his covers

wgasadude · May 2016

A bit slow, but kk, hood (boosted), shulk worked for me. Spam shulk green to keep health up, opponent ap down. Ride the other colors to knock em down. Use shulk blue to gain Daken strike tiles early. Hood yellow particularly to blast someone off the board ...

Edit: for the last node in sub three.

johnmcclane · May 2016

Raven, Ares and Bully keep killing me.

PVE: Hearts of Darkness (2016-05-12 to 2016-05-15)

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