My journey to 1,200 started with the Scarlet Witch PvP. I thought I could get that one pretty easily because she works well with 5* Starlord. Well, I started the event and climbed to 404. Here’s my first mistake. I still had health packs and wasn’t taking hits but I stopped and shielded (I knew hits would come in while I was idle). I should have climbed higher. A few hours later I was ready to play again and started to climb. I picked the wrong time of day, 12:30 US central time, and by the time I was done I was shielded up at 434 and done on health packs. I was just not making any progress. My next climb was to around 600. It went smoothly and I shielded. Then I climbed over 725 and shielded again. By this time, I realized I’d used up way too much time and would have to kick things into gear. I went for 900 on my next hop, which was too ambitious, ate some hits, and settled in shielded around 800. The climb from 800-900 was pretty slow, as hits came in and I had to shield twice to get to 900. One thing I noticed was that I wasn’t quick enough to take two matches between hops. At this point in the event I was at 916 (I think?) and there just wasn’t enough time left to get to 1,200 so I ended there. Took home top 25 for my efforts!
The 2nd event was the Doc Ock PvP. I didn’t feel as good about this one but I thought I’d give it a go. I don’t remember many of the details of this event, but I did learn from my mistakes in the first one, and didn’t need to shield nearly as much. However, I still hadn’t figured out how to manage my time properly to give myself enough time to get to 1,200. I got the Prof X cover, reached a personal best of 922, and shielded out with no health packs left and not enough health to push any higher. I got another top 25 for my efforts!
This last event, the Black Panther PvP, I thought I could make a run. I had just max champed 3* BP, so I knew I would be going in with a 451 Starlord, 412 BP, and one of 380’s Blade, Carol, or Deadpool. I had learned from my time management failures previously, so I started very early in the event. I climbed to around 400 points and put up my first shield. I let my health packs regenerate and made my next climb to around 650 and shielded. I let my health packs regenerate and made my next climb to around 800 and shielded. I found some juicy targets and climbed to 934 and shielded. At this point, health packs weren’t the issue. I was having trouble finding high point targets. From the previous two events I had also learned it was risky for me to try to do two matches per hop. Since the goal here was more about reaching 1,200 than testing if I could get two matches per hop, I decided I’d find one juicy target per hop and take that route to 1,200. I waited a little bit and found a 62 point match of dual champ DD and Thanos and dropped all the whales on them. It actually ended up being worth 64 points so I was sitting at 998, shielded. I waited awhile more and nothing really big was coming in so I took a 45 point match and got to 1,043 and shielded. I was getting close to that dreaded “lunch time” in my time zone so I stopped for awhile. Good thing I did! I took about 6 hits while shielded. About 2 1/2 hours later I made another push. I found a 57 point match, won it, and shielded again at 1,100. Took a few more hits while shielded. This confirmed to me I was being smart about only taking one match per hop. Incidentally, I was seeing more and more dual champ 5* teams. This was concerning to me because I was wondering if I could reach 1,200. I waited awhile and I couldn’t find anything I could beat or beat quickly. I was thinking that my MMR would have broken by this point but as far as I could tell it still hadn’t. Finally, I found a weaker Blade/Carol team, beat them for 26 points, and shielded at 1,126. That’s when I made the post about asking God for a good point match. I waited a bit, cycled a few times, and finally saw a 71 point target that was a loaner BP, 455 Daredevil, and I forget the 3rd character but they weren’t strong. I thought if I could get this one without being hit, I could make it. I beat them as quickly as possible and they were actually worth 73 points. Yes, that’s right, I was at 1,199!!! I was shielded, but I started to really feel like I could make it. I took a break, messed around, and went back to cycling teams. I was taking the absolute quickest and easiest match I could find. For 6 points I found a loaner BP that was teamed with a duo of Blade/Carol that were very low level. I beat them, shielded up at 1,205, and made this post. However, I was on my last shield and it was an 8 hour shield with 9 hours+ left in the event. I figured I would just take the hits in the last hour plus since I was going to bed. Then I woke up about 4:30 am, and kind of dozed in and out until a little after 5 am, when I put up a 3 hour shield to finish. I lost a little over 100 points because my other had expired but I still managed to take top 10!
Sorry I didn’t really use paragraphs on these stories. I didn’t want to take up any more space than necessary.
The motto of this is: If you believe then you can achieve! Once again, thanks to all for the help!
