Act 9.1.3 Scourge - Power Path

For anybody else who has attempted the Scourge - Power path on 9.1.3, does it feel like the defender's power meter is filling up way too fast based on the node description? They are only supposed to gain 0.5% of a bar of bar of power per second for each Scourge Charge on them, but once the defender I'm facing gets up to 4 Scourge Charges, their power meter starts filling RAPIDLY even though it should only be filling 2% of a bar per second. Maybe I'm not reading the node description properly, but wanted to see if anyone else was having this problem.

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BlackTuran

Yeah I had to use a couple of revives there

Csutton

For anybody else who has attempted the Scourge - Power path on 9.1.3, does it feel like the defender's power meter is filling up way too fast based on the node description? They are only supposed to gain 0.5% of a bar of bar of power per second for each Scourge Charge on them, but once the defender I'm facing gets up to 4 Scourge Charges, their power meter starts filling RAPIDLY even though it should only be filling 2% of a bar per second. Maybe I'm not reading the node description properly, but wanted to see if anyone else was having this problem.

Serpent was the W for that path. Ended up using him almost every fight. Hyp is decent there too

Scarfacemtg

nah im trying that path rn and its insane. only champ that has worked for me so far is kate with odin prefight. And then that toad just slaps me.

ReignkingTW

I gave up.

JROD1O

So it’s not supposed to be like that? I just spammed sp1 and made sure to dex often. Got tired of it and just used herc for the sp3 cheat and it worked too.

KCOF

Yeah this path is absolute dog water for me, the power gain definitely feels more than 0.5% of a bar of power per second, just being at 5 is a death sentence (that and the AI being REALLY stingy with throwing their specials) and unfortunately i have yet to pull a single Serpent and I really hate the fact that he's the only definitive comic champ that actually does well on this path and not the other cosmic champs that I have yet they always get steamrolled by the ludicrous amounts of power gain, already wasted so many units on energy refills just trying to get the damn 1.5k 7 star shards and I slightly hate myself for being so stubborn

tpeters85

So it’s not supposed to be like that? I just spammed sp1 and made sure to dex often. Got tired of it and just used herc for the sp3 cheat and it worked too.

Unless I’m totally misinterpreting the node, it feels like the description is inaccurate or there’s a bug that is increasing the power gain more than intended. Once you get to 3 Scourge or higher, the power gain gets crazy.

tpeters85

I just let the defender get to 4 Scourge and it took them 5 seconds to fill an entire bar of power (I counted). Whether it’s intended or not, the defender is getting 5% of a bar of power per second per Scourge and the node says they are only supposed to get 0.5% per second per Scourge.

KCOF

*Meant 2.5k 7 star shards, my bad.

Also as an update for people looking to do the path: Managed to get Stark Spidey, White Mags and Ultron done with my 7 star R1 spider ham with the Odin pre-fights and just spammed SP1, luckily power stings, taunts and power gain mix well together and i managed to scrape by with no revives needed (But at the cost of 4 energy refills worth of attempts.. I will forever hate that path), would probably recommend Scorpion for the path since he practically does the same thing as Spider Ham, but ofc don't use him for white mags.

Brought Nimrod for Toad because he deserves to get spit on after holding his SP3s like Starky did.

Vox was alright, made the mistake of using him against Night Thrasher and it became an 8 minute slog but managed to redeem it by using him to finish off the last 50% health of Future Ant Man (Degens go brrr), I still hope they check the power gain on that path for the sake of other players and see if it's working as intended because I almost went insane after watching Starky rail me with an SP3 for the 17th time.

God bless anyone who doesn't have a Serpent for this path btw, hated this one

Aleor

For every fight you can use Chavez with Odin pre fights (what I ended up doing actually). Also I guess mr4 prefight may work fine, if you spam sp1 fast enough, I only used him with venom on sparky (worried fine) and r1 vox vs toad (only managed to get him down to 80% and finished with AC from there)

KCOF

I just let the defender get to 4 Scourge and it took them 5 seconds to fill an entire bar of power (I counted). Whether it’s intended or not, the defender is getting 5% of a bar of power per second per Scourge and the node says they are only supposed to get 0.5% per second per Scourge.

Hmm, so it's more like the opponent is gaining 1% a bar of power instead of 0.5% then? That would explain how getting as little as 5 charges can give such power gain

Deacon

they definitely changed things up from the beta.

there's another path with shock requirements and you stick Yellow Jacket on it who has incredibly high energy resistance so the fight is literally counting the minutes go by .. not to mention THOR Rags is on the path who reduces shock effects by 90% ... it's not a creative challenge . it's just ridiculous oversight.

Savage123456789

Ironically, serpent was the answer for me. #Serpent doesn’t need a nerf. And Vox chipped in here and there

Bendy

I just let the defender get to 4 Scourge and it took them 5 seconds to fill an entire bar of power (I counted). Whether it’s intended or not, the defender is getting 5% of a bar of power per second per Scourge and the node says they are only supposed to get 0.5% per second per Scourge.

Yeah this wasnt like it on beta i dont think, like i get each one is 0.5 a second but it felt like 2% a bar a second or even 3 than 0.5% like i was mind blown to find out i got hit with a sp3 3 times before restarting path and trying again hoping better ai

Deacon

ok so the Claire boss has also been changed .. the regen has been amped up WAY WAY WAY WAY HIGH. it's beyond the Abs Man WOW fight regen on her.

there's absolutely no way this was the same during beta. i would've have yelled then. geez. they've essentially pooped on all the feedback of beta smh.

Sachhyam257

Vile, vile node. It's beyond stupid even with my 7* r3 serpent and his power gain.

One accidental parry instead of a dex and it's literally over, they'll stack like 3-4 charges and over a bar of power while stunned, and then get to their sp3 while u try to bait it out (because dexes pause charges from building but they don't stop the powergain from the existing charges anyway so what's even the point???).

Sachhyam257

Vile, vile node. It's beyond stupid even with my 7* r3 serpent and his power gain.

One accidental parry instead of a dex and it's literally over, they'll stack like 3-4 charges and over a bar of power while stunned, and then get to their sp3 while u try to bait it out (because dexes pause charges from building but they don't stop the powergain from the existing charges anyway so what's even the point???).

It's definitely doable with other champs too, like I did the toad fight with vox pretty well. But it totally depends on the bipolar ahh AI actually throwing specials.

Herbal_Taxman

I got through it without too much trouble, just spam sp1s nonstop. But I agree with OP that the .5% of a bar of power per second per charge seems incorrect. I wouldn’t be surprised if a decimal is out of place in their spec. The champs gained power much faster than I would’ve guessed from the description.

willrun4adonut

I also had problems with my specials not getting rid of scourge charges. Did anyone else have that problem? It would happen if they had 8 or more charges.

Asyalol

Honestly, for my part, I have no worries, I came back with 7* R3 which helps a lot, but I have them easier with Scorpion and SP1 and Provocation, so the defender launches all the time, C ' is SP before SP3. If it can help others

captain_rogers

The thunderstruck path on 9.1.4 is bs. Yellowjacked with huge energy resistance and thor who shrugs shocks 90% faster

It took me 6 mins to defeat that thor with nimrod lmao, in a path that super charges tech

kus234

Can someone explain how Serpent works on the path? Rotation etc..

Dirty_Dozz

Can someone explain how Serpent works on the path? Rotation etc..

Because the AI tends to turtle up lately, especially with power gain, Serpent has unblockable on his SPs, so even if they just hold block, you can still knock them down with an SP1 to make them lose Scourge charges. No real rotation or anything other than that.

Mord

What worked best for me was Venom with the scorp synergy and spam sp1 non stop. But yeah that power gain is no joke.

Lokx

Can someone explain how Serpent works on the path? Rotation etc..

Just focus on sp1s, he gets power gain so he can fire it pretty frequently and because of his sp1 you get a true focus buff which helps against evading champs like spidey and ultron in the path. I used him and vox. Vox did well damage wise and serpent was more safer.

Also when you knock them down and they have zero charges, try doge on of their hits, it pauses their scourge charge timer for 4 seconds which isn’t a lot but helps you build to sp1 more safer without having the always worry about a massive power gain.

Prentex

haven't really started doing 9.1, but for this scourge timer wouldn't chavez work great for this? Or is there anything hindering her power gain reverse?

Deacon

haven't really started doing 9.1, but for this scourge timer wouldn't chavez work great for this? Or is there anything hindering her power gain reverse?

that's who i ended up using. didn't want to be bothered to look at icons and figure out what' s happening lol ..she's the ideal answer .. not the only one but the one that worked best for me.

captain_rogers

haven't really started doing 9.1, but for this scourge timer wouldn't chavez work great for this? Or is there anything hindering her power gain reverse?

You also have buffed up but with odin synergies chavez can work.

I cheesed the path with serpent though.... Any champ with frequent sp1 (which also does high damage without messing the champ's rotation) can work.

KabamPinwheel

Checking with the team to see if this is working as intended

Funk

Checking with the team to see if this is working as intended

Fair to say we all hope it’s not. Thanks for raising,