Other. Standard LRs, I hit the seed with the highest number of combined levels each time, leaving the loaner/2/1 and loaner/1/1 until the end… seems to keep me mid-pack (and less likely to get hit) until all the seed teams are gone.
Actually, I’m 90% sure at this point that you do. If you keep hitting the same node you will usually end up with a score of 229. If you rotate the nodes (or possibly vary it a little bit, I haven’t done extensive experimentation,) you will almost always end up with a score of 245 - one more hit.
I tinykitty you not.. I used to always hit the top node, then I stumbled on this and discovered that I can get an extra fight if I rotate. And I was doing the former for years.
Bottom left is my favorite, though not the one I start with. I play with my left hand, so I hit the lower left with my thumb and its easier. So I usually start with one of the others (usually the highest leveled team) and play that one and keep playing it until A) its a broken rewards node and I farm that node for 250iso until I run out of seeds, or b) my favorite seed team shows up. Then I’ll switch to the bottom left and beat that mule.
Once seeds are gone, I return to my saved favorite node and put out my trap cake.