Ascent to the Throne!

I did not imagine this was possible just a couple of weeks ago. I now start the ascent to the Throne, hoping to gatecrash the Grandmaster's party.

Can I do it before July 4? With 12k units?
Turns out, there is really no hurry. I am far from forming a Tier 5 Class Catalyst and reaching the next progression title. So, the match-up against Grandmaster can wait.

Five bosses to conquer; Iceman, Thor (Ragnarok), Darkhawk, Captain Marvel and Adaptoid. Why Adaptoid?

This NPC appeared as a boss gate way back in 2018, in the quest Enter The Cabal.

What role does it play in the continuos power struggle in the Battlerealm?

'Nuff said'. Now to the Main Event.

Round 1

Incinerate immune but Masacre lies in wait with energy damage.

After seeing this, I pop a class gem and injected 100 sigs into Red Mags.

https://youtu.be/0-wKoCAY0pc
Iceman

So White Mags pre-fight has no effect here?

Next up, Thor (Ragnarok).

Comments

winterthur

Thor (Ragnarok)

With the boss of this second round having a metal tag, it feels like the previous round's investment is giving good returns; except that I fell prey to Aspect of Death

Took on Domino and brought along Mysterio, with excellent result.

Round 2

So, two down and with the boss of Round 3 also a "metal"

, I am hopeful for a not so difficult fight.

winterthur

There are very good guides helping aspiring Throne Breakers to navigate though the quests. Easy path, champ requirement and mastery setup. Due to roster limitation and playstyle, I can only admire Summoners who blazed a trail with pretty niche (ok, some may disagree), champs; Ghost and Quake. Quake is so old that she does not even have her very own spotlight. Maybe, maybe one day, I'll get to learn how to use them.

I recall spending lots of time thinking about the counters I can use against Clapback in Act 6.3.1 and I thought why not, even though an easy path suggestion was True Strike, Aggression: Cruelty. Perhaps it was not being comfortable fighting the mini-boss Annihilus who was rebalanced, though I have BWCV. I'll need that little bit more of confidence.

Round 3

This path was another I weighed on. I have an unawakened 6-Star R1 Diablo and a R1 to R2 gem. In the hands of a another Summoner, this could be an easy path.

Darkhawk

I forgot I was running Clapback near the end and that cost Doom at the hands of Proxima.

I am yet another step nearer to my goal of meeting Adaptoid.

winterthur

Interlude: 24 June

This continuous unresolved power struggle in the Battlerealm just encountered a small plot twist.
With this class catalyst selector floating around, there seems to be an urgency to deal with the Grandmaster sooner than later.

Can 10k units fix the impasse?

winterthur

In this round, there are new path buffs; Energy Adoption: Fire, Ice and Lightning.
I tried to find champs able to inflict the required debuffs on the Defender and preventing a "Biohazard" type damage. It is listed above the path buffs images below. Here's hoping it is accurate.

Except for BWCV, I don't have any of the needed champs or if found in my roster, they are un-ranked. I went the Ghost path and clearly Venom was MVP here, dispatching Spider-man and Spider-Gwen with ease while Red Magneto continues to decimate Robots and Metal tag defenders. I forgot to bring a champ to deal with Ebony Maw but manage to get by.

Round 4

Champs inflict armor break and coldsnap immune; Annihilus, Corvus, Sabretooth, Silver Surfer, Warlock

Champs inflict bleed and incinerate immune; Apocalypse, BWCV, GR

Champ inflict poison and shock immune; need new champs or are there new champs introduced having these abilities?

Captain Marvel

Finally, I meet the Adaptoid and I am bringing CAIW along.

Malreck04

Ok but why did you post a picture of every path

winterthur

It is for easy reference.

pseudosane

haha im enjoying this story

Malreck04

But…you’re doing completion, right??

winterthur

Yup, I think that is the best I can do at the moment.

Malreck04

Yes, then why not just post the path you’re going to complete?

winterthur

Well, I did not think of that. To list every champ on the paths will take many more images. I am starting to feel it is too many already.

Malreck04

????nodes are same for all path fights. Mini can be different

winterthur

Should I fix it?

Malreck04

I think it is quite enough.

pseudosane

you are good. This other dude doesnt like scrolling. Go ahead and do wha you are doing.

Malreck04

Have some mercy on the mobile users

winterthur

I should be posting GM's abilities too once I get past Adaptoid.

winterthur

When I set out on this quest in Act 6.4, I had a short term objective, clearing Round 5. And now I am here. Certainly does not look promising

Revived with CAIW to deal against Unstoppable.

Round 5

Adaptoid

Wow, I had really completed Act 6.4.5. Do I dare to dream of stepping into the next round and obtaining a prize I did not think was possible for my level of gameplay? While deep in thoughts, at the corner of my eye, a less than familiar figure appears.

And a song drifts across the arid plains of the Battlerealm.

Terra

This has been a enjoyable read from the start.
You got this man, beat the Grandmaster at his own game, I believe in you.

winterthur

I wish I have as much confidence in myself as you in me but nevertheless, thank you.

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