The rider awakens: 3 waves - level range 190-198.
Reward: Gold 2* recruit token Heart of Darkness.
I tried to complete this but i can’t get it done, it’s extremely difficult.
Why Devs? Why..?
I don’t mind a challenge, but this is rediculous.
I’m a 3 star player, what’s up with this? Is this supposed to be FUN?
I want to get that recruit token, but this is too hard.
I’m tired of your sh*..
/end rant
Yea this is really hard.
Same problem. First wave is too hard, too many ap for later waves. First try was IM40, IF, Cage → wipe. Second try was IF, Cage, KK → wipe. Third try, dont know, tried something paired with beast → wipe. Fourth try was 3Hulk, 2Storm, IM40 → done. I know, i´ve this node with a weaker roster in earlier events, but now my roster scales this up to the sky (for me). Scaling up a 3-wave node full of heroes (and not the weakest) is NOT FUN!
Thor (2 or 3-star), 2*-Mags, 2*-Storm. You need a bit of luck to get it going but once it gets going the opponents won’t be getting a turn. Easy-peasy. Just remember to never use Thor green and fire Storm’s green only once you have 23+ green AP.
Of course 3IM, 3Cap and KK is also a pretty trivial to get this thing done.
I finally managed it with Kamala, IM40, and Human Torch. I made it to the third wave and dropped a mega whales to be on the safe side - I didn’t like the look of Mystique holding 11 purple and 24 black.
My first attempt I was doing alright until Ghost Rider burned rubber and my CStorm cleared the enemy team but all my characters were super beat up. Tried playing conservatively on second wave, got Loki down, and then Sentry got off Supernova and that was that.
First time Hearts of Darkness ran, I couldn’t finish The Rider Awakens.
Second time, I got through it in the last clear.
This time, I got it on the first try. Boosted Iceman is really good.
The token should be 3*+ for the difficulty. Getting 2* Captain Marvel after having wiped this node more than 20 times seems like a ripoff.
Nope. This node is a piece of tiny kitty!! I can’t tiny kitty get past the 2nd tiny kitty round!!! That’s with full match damage boost and +2ap. THAT IS FREAKING INSANE!!! 
I’ve tried 3 times with 3 different teams and never even survive the 2nd round. WTH ARE YOU THINKING, D3??? Hard is one thing, but impossible is NOT FUN. You are pushing me to the edge of quitting with tiny kitty stuff like this!! I’ve played almost 2 years, but lately all I do is get pissed off at the RIDICULOUS difficulty of the game, and it makes me really wonder why I keep playing.
If you are trying to make me play less, you are succeeding.
Used my Cmag, Mohawk, Loki loop team, slow but AI gets little to no turns, cleared first shot.
Clear out any TU tiles with mag red/storm yellow, use storm green when possible, loki purple used when nothing else can be done, mag blue executes/bursts down priority targets and storm black to paper cut to death.
Really under the radar underrated team, I clear most PvE difficulties with it even if it’s slow.
Mine is 179-241, I finished it easily w/ OML (lvl 270 w/ 122) Psylocke+KK. It’s a slow group, but disgustingly powerful once it gets rolling.
(Well it helps that Psylocke is boosted for this event…)
If you don’t have a 1-1-1 OML, then try HB/FThor I’d suggest (hi HPs)
That sounds like an interesting team - my Old Man Logan is 255 / 1/0/2, but Kamala’s heal should help keep him alive. If I work up the intestinal fortitude to give that node another attempt I’ll give the combo a try.
I gave up, every time on the second round the enemy auto cascades to world rupture, then no matter how much I deny yellow cascades yellow so Sentry can create his strike tile the turn before world rupture goes off. Its so stupid. You know some douche programmer thought it would be awesome to be a jerk to the customers.
I did it on my first try with 169 cmag, boosted 140 loki, and 120 mohawk. It went exactly how marcusgraves described. I remember finishing it the last go around also with mostly a 2* roster.
I couldnt remember what the waves were so here they are, if it helps anyone:
Wave 1: 
Wave 2: 
Wave 3: 
Biggest problem is Sentry and his red/yellow.
Used PX/Blade/Hood to control their AP.
Blade/3Clops/SWitch
Blade sapped their strongest AP.
Scott brought the pain.
Wanda kept them quiet with stuns.
Was actually fairly easy this time around.
Thanks! I managed it on the first try, blade got killed in the second wave but my luck was i had a team up of black widow who stole 4 app of every colour. The last node the enemy didnt got a turn.
Made it on the 1st try using IM40 (lvl 169), Human Torch (lvl 214) and 2* Cap (lvl 220). Enemy levels 154-162.
Critical points were when Sentry got off his world rupture, but managed to stun him long enough to clear most cd tiles - and in the last round when Mystique had enough purple and black AP to fire Shapeshift and then Masterstroke twice. But managed to stun her as well, and IM40 provided Human Torch with enough red to fire 3 fireballs in succession on both occasions.
Torch was down to 190 HP, but the other two had plenty to spare.
Completed it after 4 attempts.
That 2nd wave is a bitch and a half.
Completed it using my 1 yellow cover OML (256), boosted 165 2* Mags and my 4/1/2 boosted hood (154).
154-162 Enemy levels.
Tried it with my boosted Iceman instead of hood and it was too slow.
Hood was an absolute lifesaver for the 2nd wave and being able to pop Mags red without missing a turn 
But yeah, thats probably the hardest node ive ever done in my short time playing.
First time Hearts of Darkness rolled around, I used Hood, Psylocke, and Kamala Khan to get through this survival. Dormamu’s Aid helps so much to keep the enemy from wrecking you with their powers. I think I focused Doc Oct first so I’d be free to use Psychic Knife and Psi Katana. It can still get away from you if there aren’t enough of the color you need stolen, but it got through where my Falcon, Steve Rogers, Punisher (my usual wave nodes setup) team failed.