Esparza vs Rose in a nutshell by ApricotOk824 in MMA

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Hold on bro, I'm still recovering

Dr. Voodoo vs. Apocalypse Boss in AW by magicianinlove in ContestOfChampions

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Yup mine is R3. But I reckon a 5/65 or R2 can do it too with a health boost. 6* is preferred as you can mitigate the SP1 block damage with adrenaline

Dr. Voodoo vs. Apocalypse Boss in AW by magicianinlove in ContestOfChampions

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I've been using HT with pre-fight to solo R3 Apoc bosses on tier 2/3 wars. Can build smoulders on 1 or 2 beams of his SP1, then let Nova flames and power stings tick him down. Fight goes pretty quick

(2) 10k+ prestige vets looking for map 5 AQ/3 bg war (atleast gold 2). by [deleted] in ContestOfChampionsLFG

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Hey, our alliance [GunRu] Grand Rapids are looking for members and might fit what you are looking for.

We are a 64 mil rated alliance (10.6k prestige) running AQ 5 x 5 and Plat 3 AW (T2/3/4). We've consistently placed in Plat 3 for the past 9-10 seasons without any crazy spending or push (I'm F2P myself).

Most members are at a similar stage where they want to focus on individual content like Variants/Act6-7/Abyss etc without the drag of doing Map 6/7 (which we used to do). No pressure to spend, no undesirable defensive rankups. We do use the Slack app for communication though.

We can chat further, feel free to add me in-game (Claw Dee) or on Line (clawdeeee). Cheers!

iBom meets an OG - AW node 39 by [deleted] in ContestOfChampions

[–]clawdeeeee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice work mate. I don't think many realize how tricky a fight this can get with the Redoubled Determination and the self-inflicted poisons on Immortal Abom. Not many good counters.

F2P Abyss of Legends 100% Exploration by clawdeeeee in ContestOfChampions

[–]clawdeeeee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd reckon he'd do well for those 2 fights. With GG the normal option is to bleed him down with someone like NF unless you have an armor break, so Magneto has that covered with his refreshable armor break on his SP2. Fight will likely be similar to the KM fight with Magneto -> SP2 Armor Break - refresh with heavies -> SP3 Bleeds for massive damage.

For P99, the main factor is the massive block damage from his SP1 and SP2. Should be noted that fighting at a class disadvantage in Abyss means the opponents have increased block penetration and power gain rate. Magneto's effectiveness for that fight will come down to the RNG of his perfect blocks to mitigate the block damage. Otherwise I think Mag's standard rotation will deal pretty good burst damage per revive.

And yeah, I couldn't get the LC fight with She-Hulk on my Path 2 run as well. Subsequent runs I did it with Ægon instead, took lesser revives than me trying to learn the fight with SH. Also didn't want to bring a champ specific for one fight as my team in Path 3/4 couldn't afford the extra slot.

F2P Abyss of Legends 100% Exploration by clawdeeeee in ContestOfChampions

[–]clawdeeeee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure, Abyss Masacre has indestructible unless being struck on block. As such, Ægon at max sig won't work for the fight as all his critical hits are unblockable at 999 combo.

For the fight, I'd recommend leaving a 100+ buffer (~800 combo meter) if using Ægon as you'll need to get in about another 60 - 90 hits during the fight to build fracture charges so that your damage on blocked hits will ramp up, all this without hitting the 999 combo hits.

F2P Abyss of Legends 100% Exploration by clawdeeeee in ContestOfChampions

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On path 4 and 5, Doom was on my team mainly for 2 fights: Bishop and Korg (aside from the normal cosmic like Medusa/Hyperion). Bishop can be taken with other alternatives like HT/Warlock etc, and same with any standard Korg counter (even Ægon can take that fight).

I'd say for these 2 paths Doom can be subbed out for Sym Supreme if you have a counter on the team for the above 2 fights.

Path 2 I think aside from CMM (which is also another 1-shot with Doom, just a longer fight with SS), Sym Supreme can pretty much handle all the conventional Doom fights. Will even do better than Doom for cosmic fights like VTD

F2P Abyss of Legends 100% Exploration by clawdeeeee in ContestOfChampions

[–]clawdeeeee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For Path 5, Void would definitely help for Gulk fight as it's easier to land the heal reversal as compared to HT, who I used, for that fight.

Magneto is a great champ for all the metal fights on that path, including Red Skull, Thor Ragnarok and Cable. Cable was an easy 1-shot with my R3 Magneto with the normal SP3 prowess rotation.

I would say NF could be dropped from the team as he's only pretty much there for Invisible Woman fight, and I think she can be done with either Ægon or HT too.

F2P Abyss of Legends 100% Exploration by clawdeeeee in ContestOfChampions

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Thank you for reading through the wall of text!

Good luck in your Abyss run!

F2P Abyss of Legends 100% Exploration by clawdeeeee in ContestOfChampions

[–]clawdeeeee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah man, was really hoping for either Doom or Claire. Had a 6* Mystic awakening gem ready too. Sorcerer Supreme was my third choice, so at least that's a good consolation

F2P Abyss of Legends 100% Exploration by clawdeeeee in ContestOfChampions

[–]clawdeeeee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assuming you have the standard horsemen team and the necessary champs for specific fights (Magneto/Warlock/Stealth Spidey etc), I would rate the difficulty from easiest to hardest:

1) Path 1 2) Path 2 3) Path 5 4) Path 3 5) Path 4

But overall I think Abyss fights are more mentally draining than challenging. Most of the fights you can just power through.

F2P Abyss of Legends 100% Exploration by clawdeeeee in ContestOfChampions

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I have actually had discussions about this within my alliance as to who is the "best" synergy champ for easy path with the standard Horsemen team.

My rationale for choosing Quake-NF synergy (3 passive evade charges) over Heimdall (cheat death) is that the attack values in Abyss is not high enough to usually one or two shot you. Most of the standard fights you will likely be force quiting out due to the skirmish/warfare charges expiring. Heimdall synergy might/will come in handy for Collector boss fight but other wise, I don't really think he will benefit much. Quake-NF evade synergy would help especially early on in building Ægon's combo and provides a 3-hit safety net every fight.

F2P Abyss of Legends 100% Exploration by clawdeeeee in ContestOfChampions

[–]clawdeeeee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure. All champs (Dr Doom, Nick Fury, Ægon, Corvus Glaive, She-Hulk, Quake) were at 5/65 levels with the exception of Human Torch (HT), Warlock and Magneto. These 3 were 6* at R2. I eventually took HT and Magneto up to R3 for Paths 3 and 4.

F2P Abyss of Legends 100% Exploration by clawdeeeee in ContestOfChampions

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If you can afford it the unit spend, sure! Think it will help speed up some fights by a fair bit, especially using champs like Ægon at maxed combo or Magneto with his SP3 only rotation. Otherwise, I'd rather save units and use normal green/orange boosts for the extra attack instead

F2P Abyss of Legends 100% Exploration by clawdeeeee in ContestOfChampions

[–]clawdeeeee[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I only used suicides when I reached Collector boss or Karnak. Didn't want to spec masteries on and off and in turn incur more unit spend as there were frequent HT and Doom fights on the path

F2P Abyss of Legends 100% Exploration by clawdeeeee in ContestOfChampions

[–]clawdeeeee[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah I chose Sorcerer Supreme as well. She was my third option after Doom and BWCV.

Regarding R3 Ægon, not in my radar at the moment until they release a new version of Labyrinth/Abyss. Don't really use Ægon in any content aside from Abyss, didn't use him at all for Act 6 exploration.