Story quests ridiculously hard after 5.2

JJPThor

Is it just me or is it once you beat the collector and start going into 5.3 it just becomes stupidly hard unless you spends loads of units on revives? What level of champs do you need? Even with a few rank 4 5* I’m struggling ....

Negritis

there is a difficulty spike but nothing specific 5* rank4 can't handle
you need to check the actual paths, and who is weak to plan what to bring

and no its not "that" hard

TheHeroDeserved

I would argue that 5.3 is hard yes - but, it really comes down to your collection of champs. The chapter requires a large variety of multiple classes, given the reduction in attack. Act 5.4 is easier, but the bosses still requires certain champs if you dont want to chip away with units - i.e. Iceman for Mephisto and Medusa for Ultron.

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Thi101

50% attack reduction is a bit too much ._.
Even my champs that ramp up damage (Proxima and SG) can make up for the attack loss ._.

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Mr_Platypus

In 5.3? No not really, Its certainly long and tedious but nothing some maxed 4*s and above can’t handle if you’re semi competent at the game.

m3chan1c

5.3 was pain to fight, that attack reduction wasn't great idea, it practically make 5 other classes less effective and made fights super long.

Prathap

If you have GR., it’s a cakewalk.... longer fights but manageable

NOOOOOOOOPEEEEE

I used sparky made this a whole lot easier

FarmBeard

5.3 takes tenacity. It’s designed for whales to take entire teams of class specific champs into the fray. The rest of us just need to use what we have, and a whole lot of restarting maps; it’s a huge pain, but tanking one fight and restarting beats spending units.

IcsGrec

5.3 is an endurance job. The fights are easy, but you have to keep your concentation for a long time in order NOT to screw up.
I used a 4/55 Hyperion back at the time to clear most of the paths. Even with -50%, his damage output is quite something

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Jaymix79

I just finished Act 5 last night. Initial clear. Act 5.3 is just long and boring. You’ll push through it. 5.4 is a lot better until the Ultron boss.

psychodad

5.3.1 just required me restarting several times until I could get past the first guy without dying. but as I recall, once I was able to, it didn't take any revives. so it's not a massive spike, but it's designed to ensure you have a diverse crew of champs.

WolverDominator

I see you when you are at 6.2.3 omega red plus icarus global node

Worknprogress

FarmBeard said:

5.3 takes tenacity. It’s designed for whales to take entire teams of class specific champs into the fray. The rest of us just need to use what we have, and a whole lot of restarting maps; it’s a huge pain, but tanking one fight and restarting beats spending units.

This is flat out laughable considering the champ options and rank resources that are available in game for players just taking this on now compared to those of us that did it when it was released

monomugg

i think 5.3 is scary at first, but it helps be more careful when fighting, because you know fights are going to be longer because of the attack reduction, but they're not that complicated. it's doable. personally my mvp was spider-man stark enhanced

now... 5.4 is a bit more fun to do in comparison with 5.3

Lufaso

It's long, not difficult

MasterSmoke

Act 6 isn’t worth it that mess is hard

Aomine_Daiki10

JJPThor said:

Is it just me or is it once you beat the collector and start going into 5.3 it just becomes stupidly hard unless you spends loads of units on revives? What level of champs do you need? Even with a few rank 4 5* I’m struggling ....

This is very funny. It is very much doable with 4*. So if you are struggling with rank 4/55 then you need to watch videos and get in there with the right champion

Jwallace25

Aegon ramped up still puts out good damage.

Tehsigzorz

Negritis said:

there is a difficulty spike but nothing specific 5* rank4 can't handle
you need to check the actual paths, and who is weak to plan what to bring

and no its not "that" hard

Act 5 is not hard as long as you have a good team of maxed out 4 stars tbh

FreeToPlay_21

It's not hard, but it's very long. I did it a few weeks ago with:

5/50 4* sig 70 Ægon
5/50 4* sig 20 Cap IW
4/40 4* Infinity Man
4/40 4* Emma Frost
3/45 5* Old Man Logan (pre-buff)

This was unboosted and with almost no revives used, but a lot of health potions though. If a noob like me can do it with these champions, then there is hope for everyone. Especially with 4/55 5* champions.

Jh_Dez

Oh boy I wonder how you'll describe act 6 when you get there lol

klobberintyme

JJPThor said:

Is it just me or is it once you beat the collector and start going into 5.3 it just becomes stupidly hard unless you spends loads of units on revives? What level of champs do you need? Even with a few rank 4 5* I’m struggling ....

5.3 and onward the emphasis on having specific champs ramps up, that's most likely what you're having difficulty with. From DoT champs that you can push through 5.3 class disadvantage to the 5 champs (and their synergies) you can use to clear 5.4.6 ultron boss with, to the 5 star firewall just to start 6, to the biohazard/vigor 6.1.5 xbones boss that stands in the way of cavalier, it's all about what champs you got from here on out. Good luck.

Lukaziz

Doesn't get hard till 6.2

Zuro

WolverDominator said:

I see you when you are at 6.2.3 omega red plus icarus global node

What is that even supposed to mean? icarus is light work

Lvernon15

If you can’t do it with 4/55 5 stars that’s more a skill issue, I was fine doing it with 3 5-50 4 stars and 2 4-40 4 stars back in the day, explored it with 1 r4 5* which was a bit of a pain but that was just a few paths

Lvernon15

WolverDominator said:

I see you when you are at 6.2.3 omega red plus icarus global node

You mean by far the easiest quest in the whole of act 6? 6.2.3 is like the 5.1.4 of act 6 where the global just makes it stupidly easy

LeovaM

Can't agree with this one.

While just completing Act 5 - yes, it was sort of difficult. In 5.3 there was attack reduction in each map for every class except one, and in 5.4 there is Mephisto, M.O.D.O.K. and Ultron of course, who were pretty much a pain in the ass.

But after completing and getting some champs to rank 4 it became much easier to start exploring, I remember when I duped my 5* Hyperion and took my Stark Enhanced SM to rank 4, I realized that I CAN actually explore this. Even though, Mephisto was bad, didn't have any good incinerate immune champ that time, so I explored that map beating him with Stark Spidey, dexing and running from during all fights, and with my 4* 5/50 Iceman, whose damage may I say was not so good))

And, obviously, Ultron. Ughhh, so much nerves were waisted there. Tried pretty much everyone on him, there is 8 paths, two times knocked him down with Loki, one time with Spidey, one with Hyperion and four times with 6* Doctor Octopus, who was very useful, because I noticed that even if Ultron evades, he still could reach him with his tentacles with next hit, and that power gain block helped so much.

So what I want to say - Act 5 is not that difficult, if you compare it with Act 6 even the first chapter. There is so many annoying fights - dealing with 6.1.1 global node, 6.1.2 Sentinel and Ultron, Crossbones and Red Hulk in 6.1.5. In 6.2 everything gets even worse - Mr. Sinister boss, global node in 6.2.5, Mordo in the end of it with his buffs, which cannot be removed because for the first time you want to do easy path, which is keeping all these buffs on him, and of course Champion in the end, who is the most difficult boss to defeat if you don't have Supreme, CapIW, She-Hulk or Stealth Spidey.