..how am I supposed to become thronebreaker..

When beating the grandmaster relies on hum throwing his sp1 and he refuses to trow a special unless i dash forward and eat the special in my face ..like this is so frustrating and ridiculously unfair in so many ways..more than 1500units 15 team revives 15 level 2 5 level 3 so many potions and only 2 4 million taken from over 9 million total points. I just don't know what to do ..I can't quit the fight I have way too much invested ..and $100 says if I file a ticket I ain't getting none of it back or anything but an excuse ..kabaam if ur watching what would u do if u were in any of our shoes ..or do u even play the game..what's the point of playing if I can't progress

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LordSmasher

You shouldn't invest heavily in a fight unless you know you can push thru, the correct course of action would have been just to quit and either try again or leave it for a while.

If I was you I would quit the fight and leave it a month before trying again. There are other things to do.

Chatterofforums

Fyi thousands and thousands and thousands of players have beat this fight, many of us several times. I'd recommend watching some videos.

Typhoon

Vance2_jr

Fyi thousands and thousands and thousands of players have beat this fight, many of us several times.

Yeah… buts that’s different.

Ceder

Eh pal I'm gonna be blunt but I'm pretty sure you just aren't good at the game

Colinwhitworth69

When beating the grandmaster relies on hum throwing his sp1 and he refuses to trow a special unless i dash forward and eat the special in my face ..like this is so frustrating and ridiculously unfair in so many ways..more than 1500units 15 team revives 15 level 2 5 level 3 so many potions and only 2 4 million taken from over 9 million total points. I just don't know what to do ..I can't quit the fight I have way too much invested ..and $100 says if I file a ticket I ain't getting none of it back or anything but an excuse ..kabaam if ur watching what would u do if u were in any of our shoes ..or do u even play the game..what's the point of playing if I can't progress

This is a hard fight and demands you follow its rules. I recommend Brian Grant’s breakdown of the fight, but there are many. I watched a lot before I did the fight and really thought about what was going on in all phases.

I’m sure you’ll figure it out, but it might make sense to bail this time and get a handle on it. Ain’t no shame in that. The GM isn’t going anywhere.

Good luck.

Lovejoy72

I only ever took GM down once, and I still argue he won’t the fight. The last phase really owned me, I ended beating him because I brought a champ capable of doing ok damage out of the wounded phase. I was exhausted, and actually took a break midway.

Both act 7 Kangs I was able to suss the rules out, and eventually dominate. GM not so much. The rules are there, it’s a fair fight, I just struggled to master them.

But don’t get caught in sunk cost. How many until does it take to redo the lane to get back to him to try again?

DNA3000

I can't quit the fight I have way too much invested

Yes you can. If you're not ready, you quit and try again later when you're stronger, or have had more time to practice.

If you feel you have to beat everything the first time, if you feel that if you spend enough the game should hand you a victory, then maybe this is the place to get roadblocked. It doesn't get any easier. I should say, it doesn't get any easier to play the way you're playing. If you have to beat the game the way you're playing now, you'll eventually get beaten yourself. You'll eventually run into content that no amount of spending will get you past.

Quit the fight and try again later. Or quit the game. Or spend a ridiculous amount, for the privilege of spending even more later when you run into Gwenmaster or Kang. It is your choice.

Maybe you think you're the only one. Everyone else is just facing everything and beating it the first time. Or they revive a couple times and then beat it. That's not the case. I get stuck, quit, and try again later. I know people who have gotten stuck for months, sometimes a year on a particularly difficult fight. They quit, and try again later.

That's how you become Thronebreaker if you aren't willing to spend unlimited amounts to get it. You try, you practice, you quit, and you come back again later when you're stronger and more skilled. That's how the vast majority of players will become Thronebreaker. You have to let go of the idea that everyone is just blasting through the content, and so should you. If you can't let go of this notion, you're doomed.

..and $100 says if I file a ticket I ain't getting none of it back or anything but an excuse ..kabaam if ur watching what would u do if u were in any of our shoes ..or do u even play the game..what's the point of playing if I can't progress

The "excuse" is you're not supposed to spend excessively to try to beat content you can't beat, and you aren't going to get a refund just because you think you deserve to get more than you did for your spending.

The developers do play the game. Some of them are strong enough to breeze past content you're stuck at. Some of them get just as stuck as you do. They have the same choice you have. Recognize you aren't ready yet and try again later, or try to spend past the content. That's life.

AMS94

U should've practiced more against him by restarting the quest instead of investing so much in ur first ever run

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Doosra

Try act 4 maestro, you can defeat him

willrun4adonut

I'm surprised no one has asked yet: who'd you bring for the fight? Your champs make a big difference based on the rules/phase you are in.

For example, Doom and Hercules are great and can handle all of the rules/prompts. Herc is also great for the last phase.

Coppin

I'm surprised no one has asked yet: who'd you bring for the fight? Your champs make a big difference based on the rules/phase you are in.

For example, Doom and Hercules are great and can handle all of the rules/prompts. Herc is also great for the last phase.

How is hercules good for the dmg over time prompt? 🤔

SHIELD4AGENT

lol

Rookiie

I'm surprised no one has asked yet: who'd you bring for the fight? Your champs make a big difference based on the rules/phase you are in.

For example, Doom and Hercules are great and can handle all of the rules/prompts. Herc is also great for the last phase.

Yo everybody is jumping on this thread like a Rage Room it’s hilarious to watch.

Kudos to you for being constructive tho 👍🏼

SirGamesBond

Keep trying. Quit out for now.
Post roster.

Panchulon21

Watch videos. My first time against him was atrocious. My subsequent runs got better and better. I 3 revived my final run a long time ago. I probably would stink it up again since I haven’t fought him in forever. He requires knowing the phases, knowing how to react to them and practice.

Mauled

It’s a tough fight, it cost me a fortune first time I did it when it was released and since then I always advised people to have ~1000 units or so in case it goes horribly wrong.

Unfortunately if you’ve not got a handle on the mechanics, which evidently you haven’t, throwing more money at it isn’t the solution.

What I did after my initial clear was to do a path, then practice each of the Grandmaster’s phases until I was confident in it. If you have ‘connection issues’ you can do this almost indefinitely every 20 minutes or so, which will also give you time to cool off which you must need as I dare say you’re not playing that well if you add the frustration into the mix.

Good options for the Grandmaster are:
Doom, Herc, CapIW, Sinister, Prof X, Emma, Corvus (especially awakened for last phase), Apoc.

There’s a lot of good options tbh but I think you need to take a step back.

Qwerty12345

my first run through... I struggled... a lot.

"Fortunately" I was using a fairly ramped up Aegon (who then became fully ramped up over course of the fight), and eventually... I just brute did whatever damage I could... and revive... typically only doing 3 percent a run. Sometimes I'd get the dex... and even get him wounded... but took a good 25 revives that first time.

It was bad enough that I ended up just skipping the last week of Summer of Pain. I had no interest in doing that 6 more times.

Eventually I did act 6 exploration... I did it the "right way"... still took like 10 revives each time.

The act 7 bosses in general are much easier. A few still take some learning curve... but once you do them 1-2 times... are solo-able or at least itemless.

Mackey

I only ever took GM down once, and I still argue he won’t the fight. The last phase really owned me, I ended beating him because I brought a champ capable of doing ok damage out of the wounded phase. I was exhausted, and actually took a break midway.

Both act 7 Kangs I was able to suss the rules out, and eventually dominate. GM not so much. The rules are there, it’s a fair fight, I just struggled to master them.

But don’t get caught in sunk cost. How many until does it take to redo the lane to get back to him to try again?

You should go back and retry it, you might surprise yourself and actually enjoy the fight. I know I powered through my first run, spent a lot of units and revives and vowed to never return, I decided to revisit it a week or so ago (some 12 months on from first run) and I thoroughly enjoyed it, got him down with my team and needed zero items

Bryce_BAM

My initial reaction: Poor guy is having a tough time with tough content. Let's see what criticisms he has.

Me when I finished reading the post:

VegetaNoOuji

Did you try pulling him to one side and politely asking him to throw the specials?

That, or you know, watch some tips and such. Or come back when you're more prepared.

psp742

I might have a better roster and have 5 6* at rank3 but am still cavalier.. why?!? I know my skill is very shaky and long fights are not my thing.. hence I have not committed to pursuing Thronebreaker.. I am not sure what to suggest.. I guess you aren't ready and now stuck... unitman to the rescue (not the advice you want but if you have deep pockets.. maybe) not quiting until you beat him is probably not an option since you can do other content for rank up resources.. which is what I do.. slowly I form tier5 class catalyst and rank3 the 6* champion I like (I only need to get a run through Act6 for Thronebreaker).
The control issue is another reason I chose not to go through it (I don't want to get frustrated and annoyed)

I really hope you can pull it off..

winterthur

I might have a better roster and have 5 6* at rank3 but am still cavalier.. why?!? I know my skill is very shaky and long fights are not my thing.. hence I have not committed to pursuing Thronebreaker..

Wow ... I guess I was too stubborn.
My team was four 5-Star max + one 5-Star rank 4 and I had another bonus champ allowed by the game, Unitman.

Kabam Zanzibar

I have moved this thread to Strategy as it would be more constructive to use this thread for tips and advice on how to become thronebreaker. Sharing your roster and getting feedback would be a solid start. Best of luck!

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ChiefMufasa

Funny all of you guys making fun of him like you have never been stuck on a fight and didn't run to youtube for help

I mean that’s the point of practicing and learning the fight before spending over 1k units and then complaining about the struggle when no practice was put in.