My Hunt for Mr Negative

BitterSteelBitterSteel Member Posts: 9,264 ★★★★★
So as a few of you know, I think Negative is pretty cool. In fact he is my favourite champ of all time and I’ve never felt this hyped for a new addition to the game. I think he has so much potential and he’s so fun to play.

I’m really hoping this will be a short lived thread, and I can pull him really soon, but in case that it takes a while, I’m gonna make this thread and update it with my feature pulls for the next 90 days (or less)

I currently have 110k 6* shards, but will be opening the first round of crystals after July 4th so I can see what I have from there, or maybe get some more 6* shards if the offers are good.

As for the pool, whatever it was I would have been going for the featured Crystal so any good champs in there are a plus for me. As it happens, I’m actually ok with the pool. I don’t think it’s awful, but it could be much better.

Unfortunately two of the great pulls, sorcerer supreme and storm X I have at rank 3 6* on my mini account- so their worth is slightly diminished. Though I’d still R2 a sorcerer as I don’t have her as a 5*.

Regarding the rest, I’ve drawn up a little table of the pulls and who I’d like to get.



So it’s a solid half that I think are amazing pulls - ones I’d be happy to get.

Decent pulls I’d find some use out of, and there’s not much to be said for bad pulls. (Though I have a good feeling about DPXF and sinister for buffs)

If you disagree with my ratings that’s absolutely fine it’s more of a personal rating rather than who is objectively better. For example, I know sentinel is really good, but he’s not for me.

In any case, I’m really excited to start my hunt for Mr Negative, he would go straight to R3, and honestly once i get him I’ll probably stop opening the featured, so I’ll likely awaken him too with my science gem. I just love the champ so much.

Good luck to anyone opening crystals, featured or basic! Happy hunting!!

Comments

  • IKONIKON Member Posts: 1,360 ★★★★★
    Reasonable take on the 6* crystal and I very much agree.

    I know nothing about Mr Negative but I'm chasing him cause he looks so damn cool.
    Good luck in your chase.
  • BuffBeastBuffBeast Member Posts: 1,075 ★★★★
    I too am going be going for Mr. Negative. From what I’ve seen his play style looks really cool imo. Good luck
  • Eb0ny-O-M4wEb0ny-O-M4w Member Posts: 14,159 ★★★★★
    I think I've only continued opening the crystals to try to pull him as well, since I have 2x science T5CC and no good champ to use them on.

    I've opened 10x of these crystals. Got overall nice results, but no Mr. Negative (or even a Maw, sad news).

    Meh pulls:
    - 1x Sentinel (new);
    - 1x Black Panther (new).

    "Okay" pulls:
    - 1x Deadpool X-Force (new ; didn't had the 5-star);
    - 1x Black Widow (new ; didn't had the 5-star);
    - 1x Joe Fixit (dup first time, waiting for the buff);
    - 1x Mangog (new ; 5-star was rank 1 only);

    Good Pulls:
    - 1x Sorcerer Supreme (new ; didn't had the 5-star);
    - 2x Mr. Fantastic (new and dup, didn't had the 5-star);
    - 1x Shang-Chi (new ; didn't had the 5-star).

    So overall got pretty lucky with the new champs that I didn't even had as 5-stars. Considering taking either Joe or Fantastic to rank 3 in the future
  • BitterSteelBitterSteel Member Posts: 9,264 ★★★★★
    IKON said:

    Reasonable take on the 6* crystal and I very much agree.

    I know nothing about Mr Negative but I'm chasing him cause he looks so damn cool.
    Good luck in your chase.

    I understand the concerns over it I really do. There’s nobody in the basic part of it that is insanely broken. But I think overall it’s pretty decent. There’s no Apoc/ghost level champ.

    If you do pull Negative feel free to check out my guide I wrote. Ive had him since early access and been using him every second I can!

    Thank you!
  • BitterSteelBitterSteel Member Posts: 9,264 ★★★★★
    BuffBeast said:

    I too am going be going for Mr. Negative. From what I’ve seen his play style looks really cool imo. Good luck

    I think his playstyle is so much fun, he’s so well designed! Thank you and good luck to you too :)
  • EtherealityEthereality Member Posts: 685 ★★★
    edited June 2021
    I'm also on the hunt for Mr. Neg, and a great part of it was the excellent guide/breakdown you wrote about him. Thanks again for it!

    I also completely agree that this new featured, although not as good as it could have been, it's not THAT bad either. I really don't get the hate it's stirring in the forums .... yes there have been better ( like that Ghost/CGr/ Apoc one) .... but still is better than the one before ( the Stryfe one) and definitely there have been waay worse ones in the history of 6* featureds.

    To put my money where my mouth is, I had 45k shards saved so I opened three of them. Got Shang, SilvCent and Vulture... very happy with these pulls. And yes I will blow all shards I can get this summer on it not only because I want Mr. Neg baad, but also cuz I wanna dupe the three I got plus Angela and CMM. Also wouldn't mind an Odin, SorcSupreme or Mr. F. Agree to that Mr. Sinister and DpX are up for a buff, perhaps even OG Hulk might get the an overhaul too.

    About your breakdown on the desirability of the included champs, I agree almost 98%, The only change I would make to it would be passing Storm X into the "decent" pull category because, well, she is decent.
  • Negative_100Negative_100 Member Posts: 1,650 ★★★★
    edited June 2021
    I'm here
  • mgj0630mgj0630 Member Posts: 1,241 ★★★★★
    For what it's worth, I would honestly bump Civil Warrior to a "decent" pull.

    There are obviously better techs out there, but since his buff, he's not pure garbage anymore.

    The immunity to nullify and stagger can have some niche benefits, and at 4 armor ups, he takes 100% less bleed and poison damage, not to be confused with an immunity, cause this ability basically gives him some free healing with willpower. Not to mention a pretty powerful power drain on sp2.

    I took my 6* to r2, mostly cause of expiring t4 tech cats, but I'm not disappointed. He's great for Rogue in AQ this cycle.
  • Kill_GreyKill_Grey Member Posts: 8,666 ★★★★★
    edited June 2021
    Good luck, buddy.

    Would've loved to go for Mister neg as well, but I've already got Reed and s-gwen fighting for the (not yet formed) science t5cc of mine. Shang would have also been cool, but I've got a lot of contenders in that class as well. Gonna stick to basics for now instead.
  • BitterSteelBitterSteel Member Posts: 9,264 ★★★★★

    I'm also on the hunt for Mr. Neg, and a great part of it was the excellent guide/breakdown you wrote about him. Thanks again for it!

    I also completely agree that this new featured, although not as good as it could have been, it's not THAT bad either. I really don't get the hate it's stirring in the forums .... yes there have been better ( like that Ghost/CGr/ Apoc one) .... but still is better than the one before ( the Stryfe one) and definitely there have been waay worse ones in the history of 6* featureds.

    To put my money where my mouth is, I had 45k shards saved so I opened three of them. Got Shang, SilvCent and Vulture... very happy with these pulls. And yes I will blow all shards I can get this summer on it not only because I want Mr. Neg baad, but also cuz I wanna dupe the three I got plus Angela and CMM. Also wouldn't mind an Odin, SorcSupreme or Mr. F. Agree to that Mr. Sinister and DpX are up for a buff, perhaps even OG Hulk might get the an overhaul too.

    About your breakdown on the desirability of the included champs, I agree almost 98%, The only change I would make to it would be passing Storm X into the "decent" pull category because, well, she is decent.

    I’m glad I’ve inspired you! Congrats on the Shang and centurion pulls they both seem amazing. I really want Centurion tbh.

    Just regarding Storm, I absolutely agree. She would be in the top category for me honestly I love her. As I mentioned in the post, I actually have her R3 as a 6* on my mini account. So I wouldn’t really use her very much. She’s an awesome champ though.
  • BitterSteelBitterSteel Member Posts: 9,264 ★★★★★
    mgj0630 said:

    For what it's worth, I would honestly bump Civil Warrior to a "decent" pull.

    There are obviously better techs out there, but since his buff, he's not pure garbage anymore.

    The immunity to nullify and stagger can have some niche benefits, and at 4 armor ups, he takes 100% less bleed and poison damage, not to be confused with an immunity, cause this ability basically gives him some free healing with willpower. Not to mention a pretty powerful power drain on sp2.

    I took my 6* to r2, mostly cause of expiring t4 tech cats, but I'm not disappointed. He's great for Rogue in AQ this cycle.

    Yeah I agree, I have him duped and R2 already, so for me it doesn’t do a whole lot.

    I think he’s fairly good, above average for sure. I soloed abyss omega with him after his buff but I just think he’s kinda impractical
  • BitterSteelBitterSteel Member Posts: 9,264 ★★★★★
    Kill_Grey said:

    Good luck, buddy.

    Would've loved to go for Mister neg as well, but I've already got Reed and s-gwen fighting for the (not yet formed) science t5cc of mine. Shang would have also been cool, but I've got a lot of contenders in that class as well. Gonna stick to basics for now instead.

    Thank you! Yeah that’s a fair choice, best of luck with Basics!

    I really want a Mr Fantastic, he pairs so well with Mr Negative
  • mgj0630mgj0630 Member Posts: 1,241 ★★★★★
    @BitterSteel If yours is already duped, then yes, I'd agree with not wanting to pull him again.

    Mine isn't awakened yet, so while I'd hate to pull him twice, I wouldn't hate pulling him once this cycle to awaken him.
  • BitterSteelBitterSteel Member Posts: 9,264 ★★★★★
    mgj0630 said:

    @BitterSteel If yours is already duped, then yes, I'd agree with not wanting to pull him again.

    Mine isn't awakened yet, so while I'd hate to pull him twice, I wouldn't hate pulling him once this cycle to awaken him.

    Yeah I think he’s a pretty good champion if you don’t have other options for nullify immunity.

    Ironically Mr Negative is just a better option for that
  • RockypantherxRockypantherx Member Posts: 3,933 ★★★★★
    That opening hurt to watch

    But we love to see someone pull who they're hunting. Congrats! Now blow us all away
  • BitterSteelBitterSteel Member Posts: 9,264 ★★★★★

    That opening hurt to watch

    But we love to see someone pull who they're hunting. Congrats! Now blow us all away
    Yep, I did not have a lot of motivation during it.

    Overall based on my rating in the first post of the thread I got

    Amazing: 2
    Decent: 1
    Bad: 6

    Considering I had 12 champs amazingly, 4 decent and 8 bad, that’s not the best luck. But honestly, I could have got DPXF 10 times, Negative once and still come out grinning. Anything better is just a bonus for me.
  • Bugmat78Bugmat78 Member Posts: 2,599 ★★★★★
    I would gladly give you mine for a CG 6* dupe.
  • IKONIKON Member Posts: 1,360 ★★★★★
    Congrats dude! I also managed to get a 6* Mr Negative, won't stop til I get that dupe though.
  • SpideyFunkoSpideyFunko Member Posts: 21,972 ★★★★★
    congrats mate, think that makes up for the rest of the opening
  • BitterSteelBitterSteel Member Posts: 9,264 ★★★★★
    IKON said:

    Congrats dude! I also managed to get a 6* Mr Negative, won't stop til I get that dupe though.

    Good luck! I actually used the science gem on him in the end, I think his sig has a lot of use. The damage from dark energy while suffering from a non damaging debuff is actually really nice.

    At sig 80 I get 733 per tick while at 20 dark energy. I mean that’s around what void has as an r5 with fear of the void up and 3 debuffs. Now I know Mr Negative’s isn’t as consistent but it’s still a decent bit of damage.

    I also regen for 497 per tick while degenerating, which is genuinely crazy. there’s not many degens in the game that are higher than what Negative can mitigate it to even with 1 or 2 unique debuffs. For a net heal, 0 debuffs is obviously 496 degen per tick. 1 debuff can deal with degens that are 825 per tick (40% reduction is 495 per tick) and 2 debuffs can deal with degens that are 2500 per tick. 3 debuffs obviously is infinite as it is reduced by 120%.

    The damage from being immune to a nullify is nice to have, but outside power snack or buffet it won’t be meaningful damage. But when it is, it’s 1600 damage which isn’t too bad. I mean considering power snack, every buff you trigger (any dex or heavy attack) will do 1600 damage which scales with fury

    I haven’t tested the energy resistance, so I’m not sure how much of an impact it will have yet.

    But I actually think his sig, while not necessary, is really nice to have, and I do not regret using the gem at all

  • BitterSteelBitterSteel Member Posts: 9,264 ★★★★★

    congrats mate, think that makes up for the rest of the opening

    Honestly, when I got trolled over by that Shang chi to Hulk on the 3rd Crystal I was like, oh ok is this how it’s gonna go.

    The rest of the opening was pretty dire, but I have 0 ragrets
  • BuffBeastBuffBeast Member Posts: 1,075 ★★★★
    Congrats bruv. My hunt is sadly not even close. I’ll have to get to 7.1 explo for some shards.
  • MrInsanityMrInsanity Member Posts: 1,539 ★★★★

    congrats mate, think that makes up for the rest of the opening

    The rest of the opening was pretty dire, but I have 0 ragrets
    That's a shame... do you happen to have any rugrats though?
  • BitterSteelBitterSteel Member Posts: 9,264 ★★★★★
    BuffBeast said:

    Congrats bruv. My hunt is sadly not even close. I’ll have to get to 7.1 explo for some shards.

    Thank you! Best of luck with the opening let me know who you get :)
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