Epoch Initial Run (I died a lot 💀) Deep insight.

I did the non damage debuff path with sentry(r3), photon(r3) and silk(r2) all 7*s. Used sentry for nebula(easy) then photon for northstar(medium) she’s really good cause her mediums can’t miss. Then crushed destroyer with silk(easiest) extremely simple can also use sentry here cause his damage back doesn’t seem to work with the node so you don’t take rupture damage. Then used photon for photon could have been a very easy solo but got interrupted by a notification and died instantly😂 then revel her again and got it done. This one really depends on skill one advice is don’t throw special while u have petrify that way u won’t mess up when throwing special and accidentally drop to zero power. Then came Adam used sentry u need someone with buffs. I used 3 revs could have most definitely been a solo but all depends on ai and keep baiting sp2 easier to punish with heavy. There are probably better options than sentry cause he took massive barb damage cause he gets like 20 buffs. Then aaegon I just everyone cause I forgot how to fight him. Don’t try to party him from start I forgot and died a useless death try to get him to sp2 easier to punish and save specials for root. Silk worked like a charm cause u can heavy in her combo.overall used 2 team revs cause I was messing around.

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Xoxo18

Now the main event. The difficulty went up through the roof with this fight. I used photon for him cause she was atleast a bit tankier than the rest of the team. U can forget about all those vids on YouTube with pause technique or notes. I tried both got used to his sp1 after 4-5 deaths. U can try pausing to read notes but it’s really hard to evade afterwards. I couldn’t get it maybe you can depends on people most of my alliance mates couldn’t get it done with pause.

Then got him to 2 phase. So what’s next ????? Absolutely terrible game design work. I couldn’t get a single complete sp2 evade in the whole run not even 1. All I could hope for was him to throw sp1 cause that was easier. All the tips saying notice the eyes for colour didn’t work. Let me be honest I am a normal f2p valiant player not too overly skilled like msd or the pros. All I could do was try to focus on all the things going on the fight and still mess up. I just revived my way through the phases with each phase making it even harder to get the sequence right with them speeding up. I didn’t really care about the phase where you have to do actions after special cause I was not getting through those specials perfectly 😂. And so after all that I hit the final phase thankfully the final phase felt balanced cause his immortality is persistent charge based so just use team revs and keep intercepting. On good runs I could take 25 charges off in one go before even facing his sp2. All depends on ai .

Xoxo18

And I got it down after using photon 29 times and sentry and silk 4 times each making the rev cost for ares alone 37 revs. This comprised of 20,40,60% single revs and a few 20&40% team revs. I would say keep using lower % revs as his health gets lower cause he would değen you back to the same health as him. Keep using a single champ cause those vigors build up and after like 10 or so I was doing massive damage without dexing specials.

Overall I must say at the end of the day I really Really like the character design and fight mechanics even after dying so many times. But the single thing they have to change is indicate which special he will use next before the special. That will change it from an impossible mess to actually really difficult but fun fight. Where you still have to learn how things work and adapt to his special and their speed change.

The crystal opening was okay kind of got shocker for first time from tech 7* I love him but needs awakening and sig so have to wait for a while. And pulled spiral from the titan for the 4th time 🥲. I have opened 5 or 6 of these new titans and have pulled her 4 times I know her sig is good but I had already invest a lot in her.

kvirr

Is there an alternate option for sentry? I don’t have him but I do have the other 2 ranked up

DudeMaGude

Is there an alternate option for sentry? I don’t have him but I do have the other 2 ranked up

Ironheart worked very well on several of the fights on that path, including the Adam fight requiring buffs.

Xoxo18

Is there an alternate option for sentry? I don’t have him but I do have the other 2 ranked up

I can’t pick a certain champ cause I haven’t tried em all. But I can tell you what that champ would need. Silk can also do nebula just a bit harder fight. The fight you would need alternative for is Adam cause u need atleast 3 buffs I think. So maybe iron man or nimrod or omega sentinel. All are tanky as well so good for ares.

Xoxo18

Is there an alternate option for sentry? I don’t have him but I do have the other 2 ranked up
Ironheart worked very well on several of the fights on that path, including the Adam fight requiring buffs.

Unfortunately don’t have her but yeah probably would work I think.

Gizzilla

Seatin has a good vid of the Ares fight. I took 2 screen shots of the exact time the sp1 and sp2 start and he has the prompts at the bottom of the screen. I then paused the Ares fight when he started his special attacks to see if it was sp1 or sp2 and then looked at the pics I took.

Gizzilla

Xoxo18

Seatin has a good vid of the Ares fight. I took 2 screen shots of the exact time the sp1 and sp2 start and he has the prompts at the bottom of the screen. I then paused the Ares fight when he started his special attacks to see if it was sp1 or sp2 and then looked at the pics I took.

Which champ did you use btw??

Pseudouber

Yeah, he awful. There are a few things they could have left out of the fight just to make it feel like a fair fight. Its just a potion fiesta. The fight designs are getting worst and worst. I can image the next fight, they always had to add some new thing or take out certain notifications to what moves he's doing just to make you use more potions than the last fight.

Gizzilla

Seatin has a good vid of the Ares fight. I took 2 screen shots of the exact time the sp1 and sp2 start and he has the prompts at the bottom of the screen. I then paused the Ares fight when he started his special attacks to see if it was sp1 or sp2 and then looked at the pics I took.
Which champ did you use btw??

First run took nebula path. R1 Sentry, R2 Hulk, and R4A 6* IH

JLordVile

I will try nebula path, tech and science. I have 7 star r1 sentry, 6 star r4 ironheart, 7 star r2 silk, 7 star r2 hulk and 6 star r4 asc photon, who should i bring

Darthbane3141

I used Ironheart and Titania and it worked very well. Hulk for Ares worked very well too

JLordVile

I used Ironheart and Titania and it worked very well. Hulk for Ares worked very well too

Is hulk the consensus on who use for ares? Or does someone else work better? (specific to nebula science path)

Fred_Joeity

Well I just finished first clear using Silk and good old Revive-Man (my free crystal stash go brrr). The handy-dandy revive counter from the boss fight told me I took 30 revives to do it. I didn’t evade Ares’ special once during the entire fight because I suck at this game and couldn’t figure out the rhythm. But since it didn’t cost me much except my dignity (now knowing how much I suck at this) and free crystals that I wouldn’t have used otherwise, I think the rewards are worth it.

JLordVile

Well I just finished first clear using Silk and good old Revive-Man (my free crystal stash go brrr). The handy-dandy revive counter from the boss fight told me I took 30 revives to do it. I didn’t evade Ares’ special once during the entire fight because I suck at this game and couldn’t figure out the rhythm. But since it didn’t cost me much except my dignity (now knowing how much I suck at this) and free crystals that I wouldn’t have used otherwise, I think the rewards are worth it.

Nice, thanks for letting me know

arifin74

Just R3 Iron Heart. Have 6r5 Silk. Not sure who should I use as 3rd. I have terrible science roster, only ham is good of them. Sentinel may be

TotemCorruption

There is an "Up" command in this game?

Average_Desi

There is an "Up" command in this game?

There is up down , left, everything. Spider punk and enchantress already had it

Fred_Joeity

Is there an alternate option for sentry? I don’t have him but I do have the other 2 ranked up

I used a 6* R3 Howard the Duck and spammed heavies, but that fight took a lot of revives.

Polygon

My ally mate just got it done and he said hes not gonna touch it for a while and that the timing on the sp2 was like OP said, way too tight and that hed miss it constantly even tho he knew what to do

TotemCorruption

There is an "Up" command in this game?
There is up down , left, everything. Spider punk and enchantress already had it

Oh, duh, I use "up" all the time during Punk's SP2 mini-game. Thanks for answering my stupid question. Not one of my best moments, I'll grant you that.

Xoxo18

I will try nebula path, tech and science. I have 7 star r1 sentry, 6 star r4 ironheart, 7 star r2 silk, 7 star r2 hulk and 6 star r4 asc photon, who should i bring

Sentry would do fine but might want rank up photon cause more health pool would be better and attack wouldn’t matter cause u only deal damage through debuffs which is guaranteed. For the final you can decide between iron heart or silk. I would say silk cause easy destroyer and easy aaegon fight.