Yeah, I usually do t5 or t10 so in a 7 day event I would be losing out on some 4* placement covers. The upside though is that EotS is my favorite event so there’s that.
The last time Iso-8 Brotherhood was run was 9/14/2017. Back then, there were no 5* essentials. So I guess you are safe from that event for theforseeable future
Ninjas. Lots and lots of ninjas. If you don’t like Caltrops and/or Turn to Smoke, you might want to knock your SCL down a notch.
Also, even though 2-star Wolverine is “powered up” you won’t be able to use him for the first few days. I’m pretty sure that all the Wolverine characters (2-star up through 5-star) are locked out until about halfway through the event.
Be careful of the Kishu’s black power if you rely on special tiles because it steals two of your’s and converts them to enemy strikes.
Quake is doubly useful against Kishu because not only does her yellow trivialize their Caltrops, but her blue can negate both the countdowns and shields on their purple tiles. She doesn’t do much against the others.
Kraven is quite useful if both Kishu & Teisatsu are around, but utterly useless otherwise.
Be wary of using Peggy to clear Teisatsu’s, as her blue stun stops before the countdown damage is applied, so their Turn to Smoke will still trigger even if they were previously stunned (I only mention this because she’s boosted).
Except for Kishu’s, all Hand abilities are either fall on red or black tiles, so characters that create those colored tiles (Magik, 3* Cyclops, Cloak & Dagger, Domino, 2* Magneto, etc) are deceptively good against goon-only nodes. On the flip-side of this, traps on those two colors are especially vulnerable, which is why 4* Elektra isn’t as good this event even though it was the one created to celebrate her release (if her red power’s trap falls on a purple tile, she can be amazing, even in this event, as she’ll always have AP to steal)
If you’re at a lower tier and don’t have Quake, 1*/3* Storm’s black ability at five covers is also a solid way to negate Kishu’s Caltrops by overwriting the traps.
For the first four days of this event, a few of the wave nodes have Wolverine in the later waves and/or as a later character in a single wave. With all the red-feeding ninjas around it’s easy to eat an Adamantium Slash if you aren’t careful in your wave nodes
If your roster lacks the ability to brute force things and/or you’re lacking a lot of the 3*/4*/5* characters regularly suggested on the forum, look at characters that maximize board control. 2* Captain America was my all-star this event until I got a better roster, even though he’s a really lackluster character otherwise (2* Cap/1* Storm/OBW was one of the better teams I found for this event prior to becoming more of a 3* player).
There’s probably a lot more, but that’s all I got off the top of my head
Ah yes, EotS. One of my favorite PVE events, lots of wave nodes for extra tokens, a good story, and pretty easy all things considered. Plus no Dark Avengers or sniper/muscle/don nodes. And, years ago Quake’s passive was broke and she reduced all enemy power damage to 1 during an EotS event, and that was a lot of fun.
only 1 cover of her (champ reward from SWitch) . I’m beginning the 3* → 4* transition. Thanks for the Quake tip, gonna have that in mind for the future
My 2/5/5 Vulture has needed that blue cover for months. When i saw the 2 progression rewards were black and green i couldnt believe it. Figured id have to wait a year or more to see him pop in rewards again.