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Ramadu
Aug 25, 2004

2015 NFL MVP


wooo beat shadowlands this week. feelin fly. :getin:

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ZodiakLucien
Jul 27, 2013

Ramadu posted:

wooo beat shadowlands this week. feelin fly. :getin:

I got 24 this week :(. Since the selectors last a week, if you get them on the last day you can potentially keep them until the update, depending when it is.

C. Everett Koop
Aug 18, 2008

Adult Sword Owner posted:

He doesn't even have a melee skill

too much of a sissy to be able to punch someone, smh

Push El Burrito
May 9, 2006

Soiled Meat
What are you supposed to win by picking the winner of these tournaments? Is it fame?

C. Everett Koop
Aug 18, 2008

BROCK LESBIAN posted:

What are you supposed to win by picking the winner of these tournaments? Is it fame?

straight cash, homie

Brute Squad
Dec 20, 2006

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race

Applied to Goonlactus as kelvron.

Been playing off and on since the beginning. Got back into it a few weeks ago.

Cinara
Jul 15, 2007
Adding a couple T2 reviews that have not been done yet.

Thor - His new uniform is a must, far better any of his old ones due to the improved animations on his skills. A solid T2, but not top tier compared to several of the other new universal T2 options like Captain Marvel or Black Bolt. Thor got multiple large buffs from different sources all at the same time, with the guard on his 6* skill, the new costume, and the T2. I have been able to do any WB besides Infinite Thanos who I don't bother with usually, facetanking all of them for ~30-45 second kills. The immunity pierce effect on his T2 was a nice help for the universal relay stages in Shadowlands, allowing him to easily solo them. On the plus side, he is now one of fastest autoplay characters for farming stages.

Sister Grimm (Nico) - Sadly, not worth it due to the massive number of powerful blast characters available. She still suffers from being pretty squishy and not having enough iframes on her skills that have long animations. The T2 helps a lot for Shadowlands, giving her some much needed sustain, but she requires careful play to stay alive on later stages. She can do most of the content in the game, but you will spend a lot of time kiting and waiting on your 6* or clones to come back. Between being a blast character and the extreme difficulty in getting all her gear to 20 I would not recommend her.

Coolness Averted
Feb 20, 2007

oh don't worry, I can't smell asparagus piss, it's in my DNA

GO HOGG WILD!
🐗🐗🐗🐗🐗

BROCK LESBIAN posted:

What are you supposed to win by picking the winner of these tournaments? Is it fame?

It's a balancing act of picking enough of an underdog to get a decent payout, but enough of a sure bet that they won't drop in the first round. The further an alliance goes the more cash you get, but there's a very big multiplier based on how many other people support them.
If you look at the rewards guide, you're better off with a 3-5% supported team getting eliminated in quarter finals than the sure bet always wins team taking first with 25% support.

NmareBfly
Jul 16, 2004

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!


kelvron posted:

Applied to Goonlactus as kelvron.

Gotcha. I appear to be able to approve people in Goonlactus now. Power overwhelming.

I feel like I should T2 people that haven't been reviewed yet just in case there are hidden gems. Mockingbird and Gamore here we go!

Push El Burrito
May 9, 2006

Soiled Meat
I can beat Korvus with Sharon and Carnage but not with Enchantress so that's sad. She has a bunch of big moves instead of little ones and he dodges them so much. Oh well I'll take my two bios.

Coolness Averted
Feb 20, 2007

oh don't worry, I can't smell asparagus piss, it's in my DNA

GO HOGG WILD!
🐗🐗🐗🐗🐗

NmareBfly posted:

Gotcha. I appear to be able to approve people in Goonlactus now. Power overwhelming.

I feel like I should T2 people that haven't been reviewed yet just in case there are hidden gems. Mockingbird and Gamore here we go!

Mockingbird is pretty good, but just plain gets outshined by some of the other blast options, like you're gonna want SR and Enchantress first. She's a decent WB striker, and you're probably already taking her at least one day a week since she's a dodge ignore striker though.

She does really high auto-attack damage, so usually I just keep her shield up and spam attack in stuff like Shadowlands. She can't solo a rumble, but if you give her 2 other random 60 t1 blaster schlubs they can usually tank long enough for her to win, at least on floors 1-7.

NmareBfly
Jul 16, 2004

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!


You're thinking of Songbird. I already have her T2'ed. Mockingbird is Speed and also by all accounts bad but I bought her uniform because I want to ask her about her feminist agenda so I feel like I should 420 her now at least.

Songbird is great, I usually save her to solo one of the later lady-only relays which she does with aplomb and grace while not taking any damage at all. She can kill all WB's but iThomas too but it's more of a pain than with my A teams so I don't usually bother. I also didn't have her at T1 for long so it's hard to judge how much if any she improved -- mainly I just know I can stunlock a relay for the entire duration without really trying.

Push El Burrito
May 9, 2006

Soiled Meat

NmareBfly posted:

You're thinking of Songbird. I already have her T2'ed. Mockingbird is Speed and also by all accounts bad but I bought her uniform because I want to ask her about her feminist agenda so I feel like I should 420 her now at least.

I'm kind of mad that's not actually a costume option now.

Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008

I'M HAVING A HOOT EATING CORNETTE THE LONG WAY

NmareBfly posted:

Gotcha. I appear to be able to approve people in Goonlactus now. Power overwhelming.

I feel like I should T2 people that haven't been reviewed yet just in case there are hidden gems. Mockingbird and Gamore here we go!

Merry kyuuuuumas

RatHat
Dec 31, 2007

A tiny behatted rat👒🐀!

Coolness Averted posted:

It's a balancing act of picking enough of an underdog to get a decent payout, but enough of a sure bet that they won't drop in the first round. The further an alliance goes the more cash you get, but there's a very big multiplier based on how many other people support them.
If you look at the rewards guide, you're better off with a 3-5% supported team getting eliminated in quarter finals than the sure bet always wins team taking first with 25% support.

I just pick that Korean Alliance that wins 90% of the time for easy gold every week.

PaybackJack
May 21, 2003

You'll hit your head and say: 'Boy, how stupid could I have been. A moron could've figured this out. I must be a real dimwit. A pathetic nimnal. A wretched idiotic excuse for a human being for not having figured these simple puzzles out in the first place...As usual, you've been a real pantload!

fart simpson posted:

Also unlock Odin what the heck

I cannot get past Surtur in the City. Even Dr. Strange with good isos and obelisks manages to die from standing in fire between invuln windows or getting hit with a perfectly timed meteor.

My team I've been sending is Dr. Strange leading Thanos and Sharon and can't get the job done. Suggestions welcome.

Coolness Averted posted:

She does really high auto-attack damage, so usually I just keep her shield up and spam attack in stuff like Shadowlands. She can't solo a rumble, but if you give her 2 other random 60 t1 blaster schlubs they can usually tank long enough for her to win, at least on floors 1-7.

Quoted this for truth. Songbird and any of blasters you've got that don't hold out well on their own can do a speed rumble.

She's also good at the energy reflect stages because her waves are physical damage not energy, so run in there and lock everyone down.

PaybackJack fucked around with this message at 21:53 on Jan 3, 2017

Atoramos
Aug 31, 2003

Jim's now a Blind Cave Salamander!


I have no idea about anything in this game, but I've been phonegaming more and this looks neat. Applied to Goonlactus.

MonkeyBot
Mar 11, 2005

OMG ITZ MONKEYBOT
I need one Rank 6 BM for Dr. Strange and am on level 15 of SL for the first clear and can't manage it. So frustrating. I have Racon Boss, Loki Boss or Destroyer Boss as options and most of my good heroes are used up already. Any suggestions for those?

ICR
Dec 31, 2008

PaybackJack posted:

I cannot get past Surtur in the City. Even Dr. Strange with good isos and obelisks manages to die from standing in fire between invuln windows or getting hit with a perfectly timed meteor.

My team I've been sending is Dr. Strange leading Thanos and Sharon and can't get the job done. Suggestions welcome.


Quoted this for truth. Songbird and any of blasters you've got that don't hold out well on their own can do a speed rumble.

She's also good at the energy reflect stages because her waves are physical damage not energy, so run in there and lock everyone down.

I did Ancient One leading with Sharon and Strange. I just constantly swap between the three for health regeneration after attack patterns and I knocked Surtur out of problem. I've down in multiple times since. Use the character swap a lot and your guys will stay full health.

Cinara
Jul 15, 2007
Strange did every stage 12 for me with zero issues, you just need to practice his rotation. Hit the 5, alternate 2 and 3 more or less as fast as you can and watch your buff. When the invulnerability from the 5 is at ~1 second left, hit his 4 for about 9 hours of iframes and then just hit the 5 again when it is back up. Repeat forever until boss dies, you will take zero damage if done right, or tiny amounts that the costume heal will fix right up. You don't need to move, swap characters, dodge attacks or really do anything besides mash his attacks.

The Dave
Sep 9, 2003

Might as well use these 280 tokens now right? Not sure what I should spend the remaining 20 on after the T2 ticket.

Dr. VonHugenstein
Feb 16, 2004
They Call Him Monsterrod
Anybody have Le Nouveaux Noir Panther at T2? I'm thinking about doing another combat T2 and it would be either him or uniformed Sif.

NmareBfly
Jul 16, 2004

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!


Atoramos posted:

I have no idea about anything in this game, but I've been phonegaming more and this looks neat. Applied to Goonlactus.

Yer in. Use your 6* newbie selector on Sharon Rogers, then the second one you get in a week on Loki. (for max efficiency)

The Dave posted:

Might as well use these 280 tokens now right? Not sure what I should spend the remaining 20 on after the T2 ticket.

:siren: Use your tokens today :siren:

They'll be useless when the shop closes at the end of the event.

NmareBfly fucked around with this message at 22:22 on Jan 3, 2017

b0ng
Jan 16, 2004

Thats a nice Game 7 you have there. Would be a shame if somebody nailed it down.

Cinara posted:

Strange did every stage 12 for me with zero issues, you just need to practice his rotation. Hit the 5, alternate 2 and 3 more or less as fast as you can and watch your buff. When the invulnerability from the 5 is at ~1 second left, hit his 4 for about 9 hours of iframes and then just hit the 5 again when it is back up. Repeat forever until boss dies, you will take zero damage if done right, or tiny amounts that the costume heal will fix right up. You don't need to move, swap characters, dodge attacks or really do anything besides mash his attacks.

This is good advice, but for 12-7 I just did 5 then 2 until the buff was wearing off then 5 again. For whatever reason dicking around with the 3 and 4 skills just got me clobbered.

RatHat
Dec 31, 2007

A tiny behatted rat👒🐀!
Yeah the timer is when the shop disappears, make sure you use your tokens today.

By the way the comic card chest is a good choice for your extra 20 tokens. It can give you cards that can normally only be gotten from the store comic chest(aka real money).

ZodiakLucien
Jul 27, 2013

Coolness Averted posted:

She can't solo a rumble, but if you give her 2 other random 60 t1 blaster schlubs they can usually tank long enough for her to win, at least on floors 1-7.

I haven't had much trouble soloing a rumble at t2, you just have to space her snare to hit multiple targets, which can be a little annoying, but once you get one good one the rest is cake. I don't know how much harder it is at t1

Push El Burrito
May 9, 2006

Soiled Meat

RatHat posted:

Yeah the timer is when the shop disappears, make sure you use your tokens today.

By the way the comic card chest is a good choice for your extra 20 tokens. It can give you cards that can normally only be gotten from the store comic chest(aka real money).

I got the 1872 Shaner Variant from my last token pulls so I'm gonna build that up and replace a card at some point because the OP says it's good.

RatHat
Dec 31, 2007

A tiny behatted rat👒🐀!
It's decent but the Drax card is almost as good so it's not quite as relevant anymore. The Thor Civil War #4 is what you really want, since it has All Attack as one of its main stats.

Push El Burrito
May 9, 2006

Soiled Meat
Right now I have Marvel Zombies, Loki, Black Widow, Armor Wars (it has a cooldown time) and GOTG (also has cooldown time). Figure once I get some stuff built up to replace those two I'll be good, but right now with those and max upgrades and alliance bonuses I'm sitting at about 50% cooldown time on folks so, you know, that feels pretty nice. Loki's bubble cools down before it ends.

Edit: I also got this for Car Rider which seems like it will work nice once I get him to 6 star.

Push El Burrito fucked around with this message at 00:09 on Jan 4, 2017

RatHat
Dec 31, 2007

A tiny behatted rat👒🐀!
That's a pretty hilarious Obelisk for Satana or Hellstrom. I'd probably want Invincibility on Car Rider.

ZodiakLucien
Jul 27, 2013
Did we ever find out what the elemental damage cap is?

RatHat
Dec 31, 2007

A tiny behatted rat👒🐀!
There isn't one.

Irony.or.Death
Apr 1, 2009


MonkeyBot posted:

I need one Rank 6 BM for Dr. Strange and am on level 15 of SL for the first clear and can't manage it. So frustrating. I have Racon Boss, Loki Boss or Destroyer Boss as options and most of my good heroes are used up already. Any suggestions for those?

Who do you have left? Off the top of my head, you can beat Racon with a T1 Gwenpool, Loki with a T1 Satana, and Destroyer with a T1 Yellowjacket/Kaecilius/Mordo.

NmareBfly
Jul 16, 2004

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!


I clear stage 15 Loki with YJ (T1, 420) solo every week. But yeah it's hard to offer advice when we don't know who you've got to work with.

The Dave
Sep 9, 2003

What magical things do I do with YJ to make him last like that?

Cinara
Jul 15, 2007
Use his 5, run in circles, repeat till thing is dead.

EDIT: You can use his other stuff if you want but he might die.

NmareBfly
Jul 16, 2004

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!


I have Stark on him but a pretty garbage obelisk (snare resist / ignore dodge / +110% damage why the hell do I even have this slotted?)

Stage starts, run towards Loki and hit the 5. When you land if the mobs aren't right next to you (or if they are but mostly in front) use the 4, then 2. The 4 will keep him stunlocked then the 2 is all iframes but if you're surrounded or he got his clones out just go right to 2 to avoid damage. Once 5 is back up, use that and repeat (even if mid-animation on 2). If 5 isn't up when you land from the 2, use the 3 and hope you don't get clipped too badly while hammering on the 5.

I have pretty decent cards so this works for me and I can kill Loki with about 20? seconds to spare but I can totally see DPS being an issue. Targetting can screw you up pretty badly -- if you totally whiff more than 2 or 3 5's because it decided to target someone besides Loki that can mean a restart. It seems to be pretty okay most of the time though. If it's still a no go try adding some on-attack strikers to your team (I used Nebula for this for a bit since she has no real use elsewhere in SL.) You can check if strikers are on attack or on hit in the Marvel Universe section (book icon on right in the team view.)

Edit: :siren: I am a dummy and do this on stage 10 loki, not 15. Maybe not enough DPS? :shrug:

NmareBfly fucked around with this message at 01:57 on Jan 4, 2017

Adult Sword Owner
Jun 19, 2011

u deserve diploma for sublime comedy expertise
heck

heckin darn it

Differo Cathedra
Oct 9, 2012

To be honest it was 4AM when I started making the gif and even I don't know what it's supposed to be about by the time I finished it an hour and a few GIS searches later :effort:


I've made a horrible mistake and installed this dumb game again. Applied to Worst Alliance as DifferoBiga.

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punchymcpunch
Oct 14, 2012



Ramadu posted:

wooo beat shadowlands this week. feelin fly. :getin:

Nice!

OK guys, here's some T2 Reviews That Haven't Been Covered Yet I Think, I Skimmed It

NEBULA



Nebula I was kind of disappointed with at first, but I've come around. She's pretty great in Shadowlands because she has some electric boogaloo that stuns people. You can zap a couple persons at once cos they have aoe. I use her with Lincoln lead, even when I'm doing female relay. Costume is a must, she looks like she just stepped out of a shampoo ad.

KAECY KAECEM



Mr Mads Mikkelsen is most definitely a top tier ultra character. His 5 does great damage and he has some other buttons that do stuff too I guess? He has some sort of physical immunity proc I think. When he wins a stage he does a cool tai chi stretch. He's a good striker probably. He lives two houses down from snorrence.

MILEY SPIDUS



Miles is a level 20-21 Shadowlands specialist. He's got two iframes that won't keep him safe against world bosses and a damage bonus versus villains that won't help much on any other floor. Against Carnage and Venom, though, he cleans house and just combos off on them and wins. Maybe he can do Loki too I dunno.

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