Still have a lot of ***s to champion ... Beast, Captain Marvel, Colossus, Doom, Torch, Iron Man, Rags, Squirrel, Storm, Punisher, Bullseye, Doc Oc, Quicksilver, Sentry, Vision. Definitely ready for this part to be over lol
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 1 September 2016 18:41 (seven years ago) link
Cos I pulled a Sentry last night, and he at least gives Red Hulks as champ rewards. Plus, every time they run Prodigal Sun, I'll be getting a guaranteed Sentry.
― write sed fread (Leee), Thursday, 1 September 2016 19:56 (seven years ago) link
ILX-shaming is real, because now I've championed SG.
― write sed fread (Leee), Thursday, 1 September 2016 20:08 (seven years ago) link
hahah
so, Team Iron Man?
― Nhex, Thursday, 1 September 2016 20:13 (seven years ago) link
I champed every 3 star save Sentry; Squirrel Girl is good!
― droit au butt (Euler), Thursday, 1 September 2016 20:18 (seven years ago) link
I kinda like Sentry for some reason. He's one of the worst for sure but I use him fairly regularly. Usually only his yellow.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 1 September 2016 21:32 (seven years ago) link
I got my final Phoenix cover as a daily reward. Championed.
― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Monday, 12 September 2016 02:43 (seven years ago) link
Mine is 5/0/4. Sometimes life isn't fair. (I did just champ 4* Cyclops and like woah.)
― write sed fread (Leee), Monday, 12 September 2016 17:22 (seven years ago) link
Huh. I beat every node in Wilderness Survival, but can't move on to the next level?
― Nhex, Monday, 12 September 2016 20:56 (seven years ago) link
It's a bug, you either have to give it a few minutes or force close the app for the next Gauntlet event to open.
― write sed fread (Leee), Monday, 12 September 2016 21:31 (seven years ago) link
phew, thanks
― Nhex, Tuesday, 13 September 2016 00:25 (seven years ago) link
omg I just got my 13th XFW cover
you guys, I'm (eventually) gonna have a championed 4*
what a great day
― Don't boo, vote (DJP), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 17:34 (seven years ago) link
rah
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 17:43 (seven years ago) link
I kind of wish it was one of the 4*s that people actually care about now, but still; I feel like I've broken a barrier
― Don't boo, vote (DJP), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 17:45 (seven years ago) link
as someone who recently champed his first 4* (and it was xfw): he is so sick in PVE. also pairing with XFD is very fun. dudes can heal for real which makes them total work horses. you will not regret!
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 17:57 (seven years ago) link
speaking of fun PVE, does anyone else have Silly Strike Tile teams that they like to use to destroy random PvE nodes? I've been having a gigantic blast with OML/R&G/Black Panther (esp since OML and R&G have true healing and can tank the colors where BP would be vulnerable)
― Don't boo, vote (DJP), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 18:26 (seven years ago) link
still rolling with cage/iron fist/scarlet witch or kamala khan or Magneto as my power team
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 18:32 (seven years ago) link
Patch, bullseye, Loki are a nice combo in this Gauntlet. I also bring my otherwise useless Phoenix for her red to go with model 40 and ice man.
Dan, Wolverine was my first championed 4*, and even though he's mid-tier now, having one champ makes it marginally easier to get your next champ.
― write sed fread (Leee), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 20:29 (seven years ago) link
down to my last 11 ***s to champion: The best of the remaining imo - beast, bullseye, quicksilver, gamora, colossusthe dross but GOTTA CHAMP EM ALL - captain marvel, daredevil, ragnarok, sentrystill need 1 or 2 covers - vision, doc ock
I'm working on beast now; what's left there to prioritize?
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 20:38 (seven years ago) link
dang, you got 11 left? i got 11 left too. IT IS A RACE.
(that you will win because i have cage at 12 covers, cyclops at 11 covers, and bullseye at lol 4 covers bc i could never get him for the LONGEST TIME)
out of those ones i guess prioritize quicksilver because he's actually sneaky great, esp with invisible woman (her bubbles count as blurs on team up tiles), and kind of in general? idk i like him! plus he gives iceman eventually.
capmarvel gives thing, which is cool. idk i look at my prioritization of my last 11 as "who will give me good covers in 9 months?"
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 20:45 (seven years ago) link
thx, i will try quicksilver/bullseye after beast i think.
serious question: is this the most posted to thread on ILX?
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 20:46 (seven years ago) link
i'm pretty close to championing my first ***. i've been holding off bc i think the ones i'm ready to champ are not super popular? i've got 13 covers for magneto classic and iron man model 40. i'm pretty close with a whole bunch of others tho. anyway since i've been hoarding i now have 640k iso, 123 deadpool covers and 21 heroic covers.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 13 September 2016 20:47 (seven years ago) link
no idea how you manage to keep that much in reserve.mag classic is pretty reliable and a good first 3 star to have on the front line.
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 20:49 (seven years ago) link
As is Iron Man! In fact, he and Magneto make a pretty good combo, you should champ them both!
― write sed fread (Leee), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 20:56 (seven years ago) link
yo, mag classic and im40 are two of my absolute JAMS. im40 doesn't need to necessarily be high-level as long as he has level 5 yellow tho... i had maxed him WAY back when his yellow wasn't as good so i can't say. definitely champ mags, that red/blue are great even now that i have like 30 champed dudes
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 20:58 (seven years ago) link
xpost yeah what leee said. champ both. then use both. then:
turn 1 match yellowturn 2 match yellowturn 3 recharge......turn 6 hit 'em with both of mags attacksrepeat
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 20:59 (seven years ago) link
IM40 gives Hulkbusters, who is kind of good, so there's at least one reason to champion him. Also, leveling him up gives him more health, and every once in a while you'll use his non-yellow powers to bail you out, and having them at higher levels means more damage done.
― write sed fread (Leee), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 21:03 (seven years ago) link
Ok good tips thank you all!
― Mordy, Tuesday, 13 September 2016 21:23 (seven years ago) link
Forks's last 11 (because I'm out sick today):
BeastNot a monster compared to Fist, Cyclops, IM40, but underrated! Think of him as a faster, slappier R&G with an AOE but without the trve healing. Hits for decent damage if you get blue special tiles out (which includes countdown tiles, wink wink), so you'll want to rush blue. And once that happens, you can also cast yellow to set up some protects that'll minimize your match damage. I have him at 5/5/3.
BullseyeVery useful in turning wave nodes into hilarity -- I use him every day in Big Enchilada -- and adds a fun little contest with yourself to see how to get as many strike tiles on board as you can. Also good against ninjas! 5/5/3.
GamoraShe's on my Big Enchilada team with Beast and Bullseye so that I have a decent red and a moderately useful black, but otherwise, she doesn't really stand well on her own. You'd have to include her on a Silly Strike Tile team for her red to be useful, in spite of the nice damage-per-AP ratio. 3/5/5 because there are so many better green abilities out there.
QuicksilverUnderrated, as Will sez. He's good at setting up or creating match-5s (so ModHawk and Professor X are good teammates), but also at lining up matches for trap tiles (so Daredevil namely, maybe Fury). I have him at 3/5/5 because I like to have more damage on green and blue, and when you use his black, it's not for the direct damage, it's for the tile rearrangement; however, you can definitely go with other builds depending on opponents and teammates.
DaredevilSo-so. With his blue and purple, he's decent partner for Patch, especially when you fight against a Hulk or someone else who has a passive that activates on damage taken (the stun, Berserker Rage, Radar Sense sequence does 7K+ base damage IIRC). If you want to use his red, you're better off making the matches yourself so you can recycle the trap tile, and in that case, you might want to bring Loki, Quicksilver, or Cyclops (for his red generation, but you'd want to use that for Cyclops's red anyway) (same with Mags: you'd probably use Mags's powers over DD's) -- basically anyone that can shuffle the board, cause cascades, place tiles to create matches, etc. Best build is situational, I respec him all the time (well, at least when I bother to use him nowadays).
Captain MarvelGood black/red battery, but she has to tank for that to be most effective. Crucial in boss fights, especially if you have a Ghost Rider with a decent-covered Penance Stare. 5 yellow is the key, spec her black/red depending on your team.
RagnarokHe's not good anymore, but has some niche uses. You want to generate blue? He's your man/robot. The self-damage on his green sucks but 2200 AOE to the enemy for 1200 to you isn't the worst tradeoff, especially if his teammates are trve healers. He's got pretty good health, so he can be an annoying part of your defensive PVP team (and in that case who cares about self-damage). 5/5/3 because if you're using Rags' blue, lol @ you.
VisionI keep plugging the Vision/IF/Cage team! I mean, sometimes your Magneto needs a break, so you bring Vision in! His blue/red combo hits pretty hard, and if he's tanking matches, then that's 1K of damage per match 3 that he's doing when you have his blue CD tile out. (You might use his yellow despackling power with, say, Patch, but that's kind of a slow combo to roll IMO.) Also, since his blue and yellow are so cheap, he makes a decent teammate to Kamala -- they'd be annoying as a defensive team, too. I run him at 5/5/3.
OckOne of the last of the 3*s I championed, I still haven't used him much, but he's probably another good Patch partner. (Also! Carnage.) Not too bad against goons, either, since matching away their CD tiles gives you your own attack tile.
Sentrypoly uses him more I guess? Might be a decent annoyance on defense where self-damage doesn't matter.
Colossuslol ask Dan.
― write sed fread (Leee), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 21:44 (seven years ago) link
Daredevil is still pretty decent for the Red ability, though the usefulness of the Purple isn't that good now that we have characters than can blow up Strike, Attack, Defense, and Countdown tiles in one ability (DD's is just anti-strike). Continuous stun seems like it might a good pairing with BIB Spidey, but I only have 3 covers on him.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 13 September 2016 22:24 (seven years ago) link
(DD's is just anti-strike)
Radar Sense kills Attack and Protect too! But yes, when you have a Jean Grey, DD is kind of old news.
― write sed fread (Leee), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 23:02 (seven years ago) link
I like Colossus for tanking and for Fastball Special when I have to bench characters with better black abilities so they can heal. I still haven't champed him, though; still need to do him, Beast, Cap Marvel and Ragnarok.
― Don't boo, vote (DJP), Wednesday, 14 September 2016 00:40 (seven years ago) link
thanks for the breakdown Leee!
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Wednesday, 14 September 2016 14:18 (seven years ago) link
Buffs Character rebalances coming, apparently my man Star-Lord is among those getting tweaks.
― write sed fread (Leee), Wednesday, 14 September 2016 22:00 (seven years ago) link
Glad they're fixing the between-screens lag, been annoying me enough to seriously cut down my playing time over the last week or however long it's been since the last patch revision.
― Nhex, Friday, 16 September 2016 06:27 (seven years ago) link
yeah, wasn't going to say as it felt like a "and they put crispies in my chocolate, i HATE crispies" problem but still
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Friday, 16 September 2016 08:56 (seven years ago) link
the new clearance level RULE though
― droit au butt (Euler), Friday, 16 September 2016 08:57 (seven years ago) link
omg get this patch out already D3
― Nhex, Saturday, 17 September 2016 19:15 (seven years ago) link
What patch are you talking about? If you mean the clearance levels in PVE, that's already out!
― rm -rf / (Leee), Saturday, 17 September 2016 19:20 (seven years ago) link
no to eliminate the delay lag in all the animations
― Nhex, Saturday, 17 September 2016 19:24 (seven years ago) link
After Gwen's DDQ4, they're changing the order so that X-23 is up next.
― rm -rf / (Leee), Sunday, 18 September 2016 20:21 (seven years ago) link
Happy about that since my x23 is l250
Can I win the Gwen crash with 1-2-2 l113 or whatever max is?
Legendary yesterday was another IW who I max covered like a year plus ago, so mad
― droit au butt (Euler), Sunday, 18 September 2016 20:33 (seven years ago) link
YOU CAN DO IT.
― rm -rf / (Leee), Sunday, 18 September 2016 22:12 (seven years ago) link
champed magneto, iron man and lazy thor today. i guess i should hoard these legendary tokens for a bit?
― Mordy, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 14:24 (seven years ago) link
yeah, hold onto them until you can create roster slots for them
btw, picked up a 5* Hulk cover today (PURPLE!!!!!!)
― ¶ (DJP), Tuesday, 20 September 2016 14:30 (seven years ago) link
champed ares, daken, beast; nine covers for elektra XFW and Star Lord; champing my second 2 star wolverine for the iso; 1 cover apiece left for vision and doc ock and i have all my 3 stars ready to champ.Working quicksilver now; finding the current pve easy to run and profitable... but OHHHH that slowdown
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Tuesday, 20 September 2016 15:09 (seven years ago) link
er sorry, max champed daken and ares to 144
I'm sure max can give his own updates
― ¶ (DJP), Tuesday, 20 September 2016 16:12 (seven years ago) link
game has def become irritating to play... gotta do the story event tho for that last Cage cover
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 20 September 2016 18:03 (seven years ago) link
the steady trickle of SHIELD xp and more rewards has reinvigorated me
― Nhex, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 18:32 (seven years ago) link