My 9.2 experience in data
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So I decided to do something that I’ve never done before with 9.2 and write down every path and boss fight, then who I used to take the fight
I put this all into a spreadsheet, then tallied up all the champion uses and visualised it in a pie chart all attached below.
Now the question with all data is always “is this useful?”
In many ways no and in many ways yes. Does it tell us who the definitive best champions in the game are? No not at all. Champions useful in story questing are not always the champions best for either short or long form content. My roster is different to everyone else’s and I have my favourite champions which will be different to yours.
Furthermore the nature of story content is such that even the number of uses for a champion doesn’t really mean a lot. 2 examples of this are actually both Patriot and The Leader. Patriot got one use, but that use was against the Cassie Lang boss for which he was invaluable for me saving me who knows how many revives. The Leader also only got one use, however it was for the second to last fight of the path and, had I known better, he would actually have been faster at clearing the path than the other champions i used.
Saying this i think it is completely fair to say that this data does have a use in showing us how kabam creates story content and thus what the best counters are. You start to see patterns with many paths being class based, requiring certain utilities from that class.
Mystic - direct nullify
Mutant - Prowess
Cosmic - buff gaining/armour breaking
Science - regen/power gain control
Tech - heal block/DOT debuffs
Skill - critical hits
Many of these utilities are not found on some of the champions synonymous with those classes, Onslaught cannot gain prowess, Silk has no power control, America Chavez cannot remove buffs, and as a result for many paths you have to delve deeper. In the realm of story content Dust and Bishop seem more effective than Onslaught and Mr Sinister. Deathless She Hulk is more vital a champion than Photon or Silk. The purpose of this data is not to show who is the best in the contest, but instead to help predict and inform summoners looking into future content.
Overall I found 9.2 fun, it gained me more units than I spent (I don’t know if I spent any at all) and there were very few roadblocks/frustrating fights (apart from that one Abs Man boss, but maybe that’s just my skill issue). The rewards were good, I was able to take 3 champs to R2, one to R3 and no prizes for guessing who I took to R4 based off of the “data”. Pulling Zola from the titan was the cherry on top, even if it was a trollover from Hit Monkey (my one true love who I promised I would take straight to R4 if i pulled him today)
Pics below for any that care
Anyways how was 9.2 for you guys, did you find yourselves using similar champions to me or did you go a completely different route on a lot of paths? Would be good to hear especially to help those who haven’t got around to it yet.
I put this all into a spreadsheet, then tallied up all the champion uses and visualised it in a pie chart all attached below.
Now the question with all data is always “is this useful?”
In many ways no and in many ways yes. Does it tell us who the definitive best champions in the game are? No not at all. Champions useful in story questing are not always the champions best for either short or long form content. My roster is different to everyone else’s and I have my favourite champions which will be different to yours.
Furthermore the nature of story content is such that even the number of uses for a champion doesn’t really mean a lot. 2 examples of this are actually both Patriot and The Leader. Patriot got one use, but that use was against the Cassie Lang boss for which he was invaluable for me saving me who knows how many revives. The Leader also only got one use, however it was for the second to last fight of the path and, had I known better, he would actually have been faster at clearing the path than the other champions i used.
Saying this i think it is completely fair to say that this data does have a use in showing us how kabam creates story content and thus what the best counters are. You start to see patterns with many paths being class based, requiring certain utilities from that class.
Mystic - direct nullify
Mutant - Prowess
Cosmic - buff gaining/armour breaking
Science - regen/power gain control
Tech - heal block/DOT debuffs
Skill - critical hits
Many of these utilities are not found on some of the champions synonymous with those classes, Onslaught cannot gain prowess, Silk has no power control, America Chavez cannot remove buffs, and as a result for many paths you have to delve deeper. In the realm of story content Dust and Bishop seem more effective than Onslaught and Mr Sinister. Deathless She Hulk is more vital a champion than Photon or Silk. The purpose of this data is not to show who is the best in the contest, but instead to help predict and inform summoners looking into future content.
Overall I found 9.2 fun, it gained me more units than I spent (I don’t know if I spent any at all) and there were very few roadblocks/frustrating fights (apart from that one Abs Man boss, but maybe that’s just my skill issue). The rewards were good, I was able to take 3 champs to R2, one to R3 and no prizes for guessing who I took to R4 based off of the “data”. Pulling Zola from the titan was the cherry on top, even if it was a trollover from Hit Monkey (my one true love who I promised I would take straight to R4 if i pulled him today)
Pics below for any that care
Anyways how was 9.2 for you guys, did you find yourselves using similar champions to me or did you go a completely different route on a lot of paths? Would be good to hear especially to help those who haven’t got around to it yet.
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