Are Variants 1-4 Even Worth Exploring at This Point?

As a man that’s explored almost everything there is in this game, i’m sitting here wondering if i should even put the time into exploring variants 1-4. What would you guys do? Explore the rest of the variants just to say i did it or not waste my time?

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Kill_Grey

2-4 are pretty fun and worth it if you can put in the time and energy refills. I explored them a while ago. Variant 1 is just trash... Completed a while ago, and never went back in for exploration. Probably gonna get on it after act 6 is explored lol.

zuffy

Variant 1 is not worth it. As for V2-4, I think those rank up gems are still worth it if you can explore the variants with minimum cost.

Kavya30

I’ve personally only explored V4 and above and just completed 2 and 3. V1 is plain trash as said by others and I do not intend to touch it any time soon. 2 and 3 are fun as well but with so much newer content I didn’t explore it. Might do though

Hoodie25

If you’re only in it for the rewards, then steer clear (especially for V1). But if you’d like a fun challenge with some rewards on the side, then it’s definitely worth it

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GoDlyZor

Variant 1 isn't worth it. I explored it last week since I had nothing but that and abyss left for permanent content but it wasn't fun. The fights are quite easy now, nothing compared to when they first got released, but the energy required is ridiculous. Newer variants have much more friendly map design. I still think all the others are worth it at this point just based on time and effort to do it but wouldn't put it high on the priority list unless you really don't have any other content to do.

Worknprogress

Yeah there's absolutely no value in 4 R5 gems...

Agent_X_zzz

Of course there is worth in them

Deacon

2-4 sure. but Variant 1 can take a dive off the deep end even to this day lol i've explored all Variants and I can tell you with certainty that Variant 1 was the most worthless because of how poorly designed it is.

AMS94

1 is definitely not worth it
Do 3 & 4 first as they are shorter, easier & comparatively more fun.....go fr 2 at last if u want to but it won't be a big deal if u feel like not doing 2 as well

Will3808

Yes, I’d definitely explore v2-4. V1 is questionable but if you’ve actually explored everything else in the game, I’d say it’s worth it.

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Jaded

They are all worth it, but now people have a choice to skip the harder ones till their rosters are more developed. There is definitely value in them all.

World Eater

I think so. Work backwards from the most recent to the oldest. The 2015-2017 variant gems are very useful now that various champs have been buffed.

LeNoirFaineant

Honestly Variant 1 was only hard when it came out because most of us didn't have the roster for it. It's far more manageable now. A lot of one of the chapters can be cheesed with Thing synergy team.

AzKicker316

V1 is the only one I won't go back to, did a completion run but not worth exploring

SwarmOfRavens

Honestly Variant 1 was only hard when it came out because most of us didn't have the roster for it. It's far more manageable now. A lot of one of the chapters can be cheesed with Thing synergy team.

Yea most of the difficulty was in how limited the options were.
First two chapters aren't a problem, the third is where it gets a bit tricky but I'm pretty sure thing synergy can do literally every path (maybe the poison one might be tricky)

Mr_Platypus

Honestly Variant 1 was only hard when it came out because most of us didn't have the roster for it. It's far more manageable now. A lot of one of the chapters can be cheesed with Thing synergy team.
Yea most of the difficulty was in how limited the options were.
First two chapters aren't a problem, the third is where it gets a bit tricky but I'm pretty sure thing synergy can do literally every path (maybe the poison one might be tricky)

Yeah it’ll work for literally every path, it’s what I used sometime last year when I went back to it to use some expiring revives

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SirGamesBond

Yes!

JDunk2291

Variant 1 is by far the hardest and the way the game and champions have advanced and upgraded...V1 is TOO Hard, it has the MOST Paths to cover and the rewards dont feel parallel to the content. Also remember Ultron just recieved a Decent buff which would make those boss fights and ambushes even more painful. Unless they tone down V1 by taking out some of those nodes with all of those paths to cover, I would STAY AWAY from Variant 1.

Worknprogress

Considering the rosters most of us that did it when it released had at the time, I don't think anyone today should be complaining about the difficulty. It's also optional so you can always just not do it. It probably still the hardest variant by a good bit but with newer champs in the game now, it's FAR more manageable that it was initially

ShinobiGuy

I’ve 100% all the others and will probably be done with variant 8,9 and 10 before I finish this. It was bad before but even worse now with the Ultron buff 😬😬

ReignkingTW

Not really. I did 6 and 7 to get t5cc and thronebreaker. The 1-star part where Hulk is the only answer is awful and I won't bother.

And then when you find out some of those rank up gems are limited to 2015-2017?

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king_ov_scrubs

As a man that’s explored almost everything there is in this game.
Doesn’t sound like you’ve explored almost everything in the game if you’re missing 4 whole variants lol...

lol bozo

TyEdge

Variant 2 isn’t worth it at all. 9 quests instead of 6. An astronomical number of paths. The chapter completion gems don’t include 2016.

Variant 3 is worth it because you can basically do it all with sentinel and warlock.

Variant 4...I don’t know how bad 1-star hulkbuster makes the end, but I had loads of paths I cleared itemless. The 2-3-4 star quests are a breeze.

Ercarret

I really enjoyed V4. It was my first Variant. V3 was also pretty fun, while V2 is very restrictive since you take so much damage with a lot of champions. I've held off from exploring it until I've built up a better roster of XL champions, but since ranking up XL champions isn't a priority of mine in and of itself that takes quite a bit of time.

V1...nah. I've gone in several times, but I always end up nuked immediately. That and woefully outdated rewards don't make me terribly excited about ever touching it. I mean, the rewards in V2 aren't better (I think?), but there's less of it left to complete for me and I enjoy its design more.

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king_ov_scrubs

As a man that’s explored almost everything there is in this game.
Doesn’t sound like you’ve explored almost everything in the game if you’re missing 4 whole variants lol...

lol bozo
I noticed you didn’t share your variant screen lol...

obviously from the title, one could deduce that i haven’t explored variants 1-4…