PVE Heroic: Juggernaut (2016-07-04 to 2016-07-07)

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Event Info

[spoiler]Heroic Juggernaut
Length of Event: 3 days
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): None
Other Notes:

• There are Main nodes to open up the sub-events. These nodes are one time only nodes.
• One node in Main (a team-up node) is repeatable and playable for points throughout the event.
• Enemy Types (Main): Juggernaut, Venom, Yelena Belova, Bullseye (2*), Daken (2*), Moonstone, Hammer Goons
• Sub-Event 1: Can’t Stop
  • Number of Main Nodes to Open Sub-Event: 5
  • Sub-Event Nodes: 9 Total. 6 Regular (repeatable); 3 Essential (repeatable)
  • Enemy Types: Venom, Doctor Octopus, Hammer Goons, Maggia Goons
• Sub-Event 2: Won’t Stop
  • Number of Main Nodes to Open Sub-Event: 4
  • Sub-Event Nodes: 9 Total. 6 Regular (repeatable); 3 Essential (repeatable)
  • Enemy Types: Bullseye (2*), Kingpin, Hammer Goons, Maggia Goons, Hand Goons
• Sub-Event 3: Don’t Stop
  • Number of Main Nodes to Open Sub-Event: 4
  • Sub-Event Nodes: 11 Total. 6 Regular (repeatable); 3 Essential (repeatable); 2 One-Time Only
  • Enemy Types: Juggernaut, Daken (2*), Magneto (3*) Hammer Goons, Maggia Goons, ISO-8 Goons

Link to mags1587 PVE Format Guide[/spoiler]

Powered Up (and only usable characters)

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(Essential)

(new)

(new)

(Essential)

(Essential)

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Progression awards:

[spoiler]100:

500: 100
1000: rainbow damage boost
1500:

2300: rainbow AP stockpile
3400: 140
4700:

6000: 140
7500:

9500: 140
11500:

13500: 250
15500: 25
17500: 250
20000:

23000: 500
27500: 25

32000:

37500: 1000

43000: 25
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Placement rewards:

[spoiler]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
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Sub-Event Placement Rewards

[spoiler]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

Alliance
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:
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Reinforcements (will update as known)

[spoiler]Sub 1: Can’t Stop

star:

Sub 2: Won’t Stop

Sub 3: Don’t Stop

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Previous runs
PVE Heroic: Juggernaut (2016-04-04 to 2016-04-07)
PVE Heroic: Juggernaut (2016-01-18 to 2016-01-21)
PvE Heroic Juggernaut: November 16th - November 19th, 2015
PVE: Juggernaut: Heroic
Juggernaut: Heroic June 1 - June 4
Heroic: Juggernaut Nov 6 - 9
JUGGERNAUt HEROIC! Sep 12 - Sep 15
Juggernaut Heroic (June 23 to Jule 25)
Heroic Mode Juggernaut is up!

[Quebbster]

Looks like there will be a chance for some nostalgia here. The Three-stars are a lot more useful than the fourstars…

[DTStump]

I might actually champion
since I’m getting 3 covers from the last PvE, he’ll probably be very useful in this event and Jean Grey covers as champion rewards are a great reason to go ahead.

For this event’s progression rewards I’m targeting:
sub 1: 12k (EDIT: final sub 1 score = 12308, 5 suboptimal clears, 2 essentials)
sub 2: 15k (EDIT: final sub 2 score = 14767, 5 suboptimal clears, 2 essentials).
sub 3: 16k (EDIT: final sub 3 score = 16004, 4 suboptimal clears + 3 hard nodes, 2 essentials. Total: 43079)

Should be feasible with about 4 suboptimal clears per day and 2 essential characters. (EDIT: after my sub 2 results, it looks like 5 clears are necessary).

Some quotes from last time we had this event:

@madsalad

God, this Heroic is kicking my teeth in. I entered the last sub with a little over half the points required for full progression. This will be the first one in a while that I didn’t not get the 25 CP progression reward. The limited roster this time around basically hit all of my non-championed 2* and 3*s except for Patch, SWitch, LCap, Mags, Thor and Storm. This has been brutal and not fun at all.

@Vhailorx

It does feel like trolling to win 3x crit boosts after beating one of the super cheap final nodes (carnage + red generating goons, hood + 2x muscle, or kingpin + bullseye + muscle).

@frostCoH

The final node with Kingpin is absolutely unbeatable with my roster. I have tried gone through 10 health packs. I refuse to spend HP on this absurd event.

@Tatercat

If you think Doc Ock was bad, wait until you see Kingpin + Muscle + *2 Bullseye at the end of the 2nd sub.

If you target Kingpin, the Muscle gets out strike tiles for absurd damage and that’s before the tommy gun hits.

If you target the Muscle, KP finger pokes you death as the Muscle feeds him yellow for Maggia Pawns.

And Bullseye slows everything down with shield tiles.

So… have fun!

[DTStump]

Sub 1 reinforcements:

[snlf25]

Taking a big fat pass on this one. Heroics are usually bad but this is a dumpster fire, and that dumpster is full of poop.

[sinnerjfl]

Beast is actually doing most of the work this time around, his blue special tiles pack quite a punch and his green is pretty good.

Blade is really useful for the 1st sub as well.

[Xzasxz]

@sinnerjfl

Blade is really useful for the 1st sub as well.

Seqriously?
vs
mean tons of attack files for the enemy. Blade is definitely the character NOT to use IMO.

[mckauhu]

@Xzasxz

@sinnerjfl

Blade is really useful for the 1st sub as well.

Seqriously?
vs
mean tons of attack files for the enemy. Blade is definitely the character NOT to use IMO.

Yes he totally is just make sure to match reds with strike tiles before dock ock does. I wiped three hardest rounds in a row without health packs with just Blade in my team.

[DTStump]

My roster’s first page in the first sub:

• produces special tiles with blue and yellow, and green power depends on it
  
• produces CDs with green and protection tiles with yellow
  
• produces a green CD or attack tiles with black
  
• produces attack tiles with black
  
• produces CDs with green passive and steals assault and protect tiles with black
  
• is all about special tiles
  

• mostly useless at 0/1/0

So basically the only character I have that has a decent matchup against Doc Oc is Daredevil (ugh). This first sub has been… fun and challenging.

[sinnerjfl]

@Xzasxz

@sinnerjfl

Blade is really useful for the 1st sub as well.

Seqriously?
vs
mean tons of attack files for the enemy. Blade is definitely the character NOT to use IMO.

Ill still take Blade considering the other choices, the attack tiles from Doc Ock are annoying but manageable. Blade comes out on top damage wise, especially if you can fire his purple (it just melts enemies).

[Xzasxz]

@mckauhu

@Xzasxz

@sinnerjfl

Blade is really useful for the 1st sub as well.

Seqriously?
vs
mean tons of attack files for the enemy. Blade is definitely the character NOT to use IMO.

Yes he totally is just make sure to match reds with strike tiles before dock ock does.

Matching red is denying Blade’s passive - his main asset. Without strike tiles Blade creates purple attack tiles with ca 1/3 of their max strength. Why to use such a crippled char?

@mckauhu

I wiped three hardest rounds in a row without health packs with just Blade in my team.

As this game is greatly luck dependant, this can happen. But was it thanks to Blade, or the two other chars?

[mckauhu]

@Xzasxz

@mckauhu

@Xzasxz

@sinnerjfl

Blade is really useful for the 1st sub as well.

Seqriously?
vs
mean tons of attack files for the enemy. Blade is definitely the character NOT to use IMO.

Yes he totally is just make sure to match reds with strike tiles before dock ock does.

Matching red is denying Blade’s passive - his main asset. Without strike tiles Blade creates purple attack tiles with ca 1/3 of their max strength. Why to use such a crippled char?

@mckauhu

I wiped three hardest rounds in a row without health packs with just Blade in my team.

As this game is greatly luck dependant, this can happen. But was it thanks to Blade, or the two other chars?

It is thanks to whole combo have used it in the hardest nodes. It doesn’t matter even if you take a few of reds, there will drop new ones anyway and when you fire his purple, it’s goodbye to enemies.

[The_Finn]

Based on the quotes above my natural question is–what do I need to do to tank this event in the most optimal fashion?

[Black_Duke]

I will miss Blade in the next Sub. His passive has speeded up those annoying fights against Venom.

Besides: Does anyone already know who will be the reinforcement for Sub2?

[Xzasxz]

I’ve suffered instant kills from DocOck manipulation having just a few special tiles on the board. Game have tendency to match them all with maximum possible damage. So I have given up Blade. As I do not have any usable 4
my choice is limited. Yet I managed to clear hard nodes with 3



with very limited use of
. Must admit, that Maggia Thug, spamming damage every single turn, was the biggest threat.

[Quebbster]

@Xzasxz

As I do not have any usable 4
my choice is limited.

No one has any usable fourstars this time…

[mckauhu]

@The Finn

Based on the quotes above my natural question is–what do I need to do to tank this event in the most optimal fashion?

Use Blade with Squirrel girl. Squirrel girl makes strong defense and Blade strong attack. You can also fire Squirrels green and her passive trigger benefits from Blades strike tiles. That is how you don’t lose so much health either and on top of that if third character is OBW to heal or DD to stun… Well you become pretty overwhelming.

[DTStump]

Sub 2 reinforcements:

[waywreth]

Been using the not-a-combo team of DD, Blade, and Torch. With DD I get enough
to clear out Doc’s tiles and just try to kill him first. DD’s
isn’t bad either, the stun is good enough so I can get
and Torch can do his thing. So far I haven’t wiped with that team yet. Those three are all champed for me.

[BlackSheep101]

@Xzasxz

Seqriously?
vs
mean tons of attack files for the enemy. Blade is definitely the character NOT to use IMO.

Doc Ock will not match reds unless forced to. He might match purple if teamed up with Venom or a goon that uses purple. (but if you’re dropping Blade’s attack tiles with purple matches on the board, you’re doing it wrong)

Blade, Beast and Loki just ran through the hard nodes, and firing KYEC always ended the match very quickly. They were beaten, battered and bruised by the time I cleared the last node, but I didn’t need to use a health pack.