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Re: Problem with Okoye's sp2
Oh, Ordeal Thanos. How is she for Ordeal? Any particular fights you like her for other than Evade?She took nightcrawler, gwen, void, fury, and thanos for me. Honestly, I brought her in solely for the evaders, but she exceeded my expectations by doing the other fights for sure. All her fights were solos, except thanos who was almost a solo, I got him down to like 8%. Pure dmg takes you very far, it turns out.
Re: Problem with Okoye's sp2
Too many hits in her combo for him imo. Unless it only counts as 1 hit for him

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Re: Can Someone Give Us Exact Info on BG Matchmaking Rules?!
This is the post in question: https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/393626/battlegrounds-season-28

I think one of two things are happening: the first bullet point that says “Expanded tuning within the 5 minute duration to improve matching for all GC Summoners.” is implementing point 2 in some way OR and I doubt this is the case, the people who you matched with were waiting 5+ minutes so they matched with you. Granted, that doesn’t make sense, but it would seem that matchmaking has expanded for all people and it prioritizes who’s available at that time.

I think one of two things are happening: the first bullet point that says “Expanded tuning within the 5 minute duration to improve matching for all GC Summoners.” is implementing point 2 in some way OR and I doubt this is the case, the people who you matched with were waiting 5+ minutes so they matched with you. Granted, that doesn’t make sense, but it would seem that matchmaking has expanded for all people and it prioritizes who’s available at that time.

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Unexpected counter to Serpent in BG
Hi all! Today I met this guy in BG who seems defeated Serpent with iDoom with ease and cheese. He did not KOd him, but it seems he took him to immortality with 100% health and then paused the fight.
Is it a legal fight?
I tried fighting with my Serpent in practice mode and I could not do the same in 5 tries.
The first and foremost is that iDoom does not burn any energy from Serpent. I see critical energy burn messages, but nothing is done with energy.
So, it means, that IDoom energy control is impossible. Then, I do not understand how is it possible to do this fight so perfectly.
If somebody can explain and make a showcase, I would certainly appreciate it.
Is it a legal fight?
I tried fighting with my Serpent in practice mode and I could not do the same in 5 tries.
The first and foremost is that iDoom does not burn any energy from Serpent. I see critical energy burn messages, but nothing is done with energy.
So, it means, that IDoom energy control is impossible. Then, I do not understand how is it possible to do this fight so perfectly.
If somebody can explain and make a showcase, I would certainly appreciate it.
Re: Unexpected counter to Serpent in BG
It is against forum rules to share a screenshot with a user's name and essentially call them out for cheating. You should hide their usernameI deleted screenshot from original message. Did not have enough time to upload corrected one. So, adding it here.

I did not call him a cheater, read my topic message, there is no such thing.
Re: Can Someone Give Us Exact Info on BG Matchmaking Rules?!
I would like to see why some people would disagree. Not to open up an bad arguments but to see how others think too so we can have good results for all.My initial guess is the disagree people who just disagree, and then the people who don't like Beroman.
Can Someone Give Us Exact Info on BG Matchmaking Rules?!
Hello, can you tell us exactly how matchmaking works in BG? For example, what are the point ranges per minute in matchmaking? Also, what are the maximum and minimum points lost/gained? I thought it was 25/5, but I got 2 and 3 several times today.
Notably, I matched with this person after 3 minutes and another after 2 minutes. I thought this kind of matchmaking would happen only after 5 minutes. It seems that if you lose one of these kinds of matches, you need 10 wins to get the points back, which seems a bit harsh. This is especially concerning, considering that this season there are more modders at a lower level.
Wouldn't it be better if you kept it at the 25/5 range?! Also, I think it would be better if this kind of matchmaking only happened after the 5-minute mark and within 5 minutes kept a 200-point range as it was before.
Thank you!

Notably, I matched with this person after 3 minutes and another after 2 minutes. I thought this kind of matchmaking would happen only after 5 minutes. It seems that if you lose one of these kinds of matches, you need 10 wins to get the points back, which seems a bit harsh. This is especially concerning, considering that this season there are more modders at a lower level.
Wouldn't it be better if you kept it at the 25/5 range?! Also, I think it would be better if this kind of matchmaking only happened after the 5-minute mark and within 5 minutes kept a 200-point range as it was before.
Thank you!


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Do you agree that Hulkling is too strong to be a 7* ?
Yesterday, Karate Mike made the claim that the game is not ready for a 7* Hulkling, which caught me by surprise since Mike is a well reknowned BGs player so is obviously in loop on competitive game modes and that there already are champs more broken than Hulkling in the game.
We have D. Thanos, Serpent, Juggernaut etc.
Hulkling is not a long form content champ unlike for example Kate.
On defense he has a ton more counters nowadays, especially compared to other dual threat champs like Medusa , in fact you don't even need a mystic to fight him.
Champs like Onslaught are not only a potent dual threat but have tremendous use in other games including Long Form Content.
Tigra who ALREADY IS in the crystal is even more broken than Hulkling, as echoed by several on the forums. She's not shut down by as many nodes as Juggernaut, and takes on a myriad of defenders, including Serpent, D Thanos, Thing, Kindred, Red Skull, Zola, Nick Fury, Sentinel.

This Screenshot is against a rank 4 Red SKull so she is literally punching up 2 ranks, and all it took was a single sp2. So just imagine a rank 4 sig 200 where only a single sp2 will nuke even the tankier defenders. Majority of the people living under a cave think she's fine to release since she has a high skill ceiling, but even Trappy said the skill requirement in BGs is significantly less in a video where he agreed shed be too OP as a 7*.
We can all see the retaliation in regards to the exclusive 36k unit paywalled Dark Phoenix, we get that the company needs to make money, so EVEN IF you guys thought Hulkling was too strong to be a 7*, you could have at least put Galan in the crystal and put a different champ in his place for the Titan.
Alternatively, the other option could have been to just put Dark Phoenix within the crystal as if you're only interested in say 3 of the 5 champs, and you manage to pull them early on, you still have to drop loads of units to get her.
July 4 which many argue will benefit a player overall more , already has a 36k spend for the chase champ, so having this one also require 36k just seems like a slap to the face. At least, Hulkling could have made the spend more worth it as with 6 champs in the crystal, now youll be more inclined to spend more units and end up closer to the 36k for Phoenix . Especially since Apoc won't be starting with extra charges in BGs
We have D. Thanos, Serpent, Juggernaut etc.
Hulkling is not a long form content champ unlike for example Kate.
On defense he has a ton more counters nowadays, especially compared to other dual threat champs like Medusa , in fact you don't even need a mystic to fight him.
Champs like Onslaught are not only a potent dual threat but have tremendous use in other games including Long Form Content.
Tigra who ALREADY IS in the crystal is even more broken than Hulkling, as echoed by several on the forums. She's not shut down by as many nodes as Juggernaut, and takes on a myriad of defenders, including Serpent, D Thanos, Thing, Kindred, Red Skull, Zola, Nick Fury, Sentinel.

This Screenshot is against a rank 4 Red SKull so she is literally punching up 2 ranks, and all it took was a single sp2. So just imagine a rank 4 sig 200 where only a single sp2 will nuke even the tankier defenders. Majority of the people living under a cave think she's fine to release since she has a high skill ceiling, but even Trappy said the skill requirement in BGs is significantly less in a video where he agreed shed be too OP as a 7*.
We can all see the retaliation in regards to the exclusive 36k unit paywalled Dark Phoenix, we get that the company needs to make money, so EVEN IF you guys thought Hulkling was too strong to be a 7*, you could have at least put Galan in the crystal and put a different champ in his place for the Titan.
Alternatively, the other option could have been to just put Dark Phoenix within the crystal as if you're only interested in say 3 of the 5 champs, and you manage to pull them early on, you still have to drop loads of units to get her.
July 4 which many argue will benefit a player overall more , already has a 36k spend for the chase champ, so having this one also require 36k just seems like a slap to the face. At least, Hulkling could have made the spend more worth it as with 6 champs in the crystal, now youll be more inclined to spend more units and end up closer to the 36k for Phoenix . Especially since Apoc won't be starting with extra charges in BGs

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Re: If you have the units or cash - Max Heart of Fire? or save for July 4th?
This event comes with champion guarantees, July 4th will come with rank up guarantees. I guess it depends on what your priority is right now. But if you're already in grind mode for units, then it shouldn't be too hard to get yourself a good stash by the 4th.

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Re: Advice on onslaught
I find it tricky to get intervals for heavy when they're aren't stunned to pause neuroshock. Anyone got any tips when fighting as onslaught to use heavy when they NOT stunned?In non PvP fights like questing (anything that doesn't have the limber mastery on the defender), you can parry light light heavy and that'll get you the extended pause.

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