Burn the Battlerealm: My 4 revive Act 8 Legendary Crucible run
We're back from hibernation! And it looks like our Kabam overlords have lined up all of the Act 8 bosses (and a new forum layout) for me to conquer. Time to write about 64 straight fights.... Oh boy.
The Stash:
11587 units
39 L2 revives
20 L1 revives
4 L2 team revives (do NOT use these)
45 L5 potions
25 L4 potions
Around 115 L3 potions
1100 free crystals
Bunch of unused attack, health and champion boosters
Masteries:
My default challenge setup. So no suicides, with willpower, pacify, 3/5 mystic dispersion and max despair
Journey to Glykhan:
Fight: Hood
My Pick: 7* R2 unduped Luke, no relic
Deaths: 0
Very easy fight, Luke counters caltrops, which is the only really annoying part of this fight. Bait sp1 and you'll be set.
Fight: Red Skull
My Pick: 7* R4 sig 200 Deathless Thanos, 6* Thor relic
Deaths: 0
Any red skull counter can get through this one. Get the armor shatter asap with Thanos, spam heavies to remove the remaining armor buffs, and you'll smash through this one.
Fight: Stryfe
My Pick: 7* R4 Sig 200 Prowler, 6* Sentinel relic
Deaths: 0
Use a heavy at the start of the fight for the incinerate so you don't get ruptured to death. Stryfe doesn't take rupture damage so use the rupture explosion damage from the incinerate debuff to deal damage. Any incinerate debuff champ works here.
Fight: War Machine
My Pick: 7* R2 sig 80 Knull, 5* Venom relic
Deaths: 0
Knull destroys all of War Machine's armor buffs, which means no fun and interactive reverb damage. Spam heavies to build your living abyss debuffs and then sp3 corruption. Nuke in and you'll have this one easy.
Fight: BPCW
My Pick: 7* R2 unduped Odin, no relic
Deaths: 0 (barely)
This one is a pain, bring characters with loads of armor buffs. With Odin, dex at the start of the fight to get the true strike, then race to sp1 for the true strike there to counter the auto block. Do not hit BPCW's block, keep your true strike up at all times, and try to get some sp2s off for big damage if you can. Mind the cleanse on the sp1 and make sure to not parry while the reflective matrix is active.
Fight: She Hulk
My Pick: 7* R2 unduped Prof X, 4* Storm relic
Deaths: 0
This one is a nightmare without a slow champion, but Prof X and his falter make it easy to get intercepts so you can counter the constant unstoppable that way. Spam heavy, build your charges, and special spam as much as possible, though do keep in mind She Hulk can fail your unblockable specials because of her sig ability.
Fight: Sinister
My Pick: 7* R3 sig 20 Warlock, 6* Vision relic
Deaths: 0
Bring a heal block champion, mind the unblockable from arc overload, win. Very easy fight.
Fight: Diablo
My Pick: 7* R3 sig 80 Hulk, 6* Hulk relic
Deaths: 0
Mind the unblockable at the start of the fight, when you land a special attack, make sure to use a heavy right after to remove the unstoppable. Hulk's poison immunity also means that you can take some hits and still survive, so don't fret too badly if you eat a combo to the face. Build your furies, drop a sp2 or sp3, and go to town.
Fight: Psycho Man
My Pick: 7* R2 sig 80 Angela, 5* Thor relic
Deaths: 0
Very easy fight, duped Angela completely counters the auto block so this fight is a joke. Don't hit into block and you'll be good.
Fight: Corvus
My Pick: 7* R3 unduped Shathra, 6* Switch relic
Deaths: 0
Only annoying thing about this fight is footloose, but Shathra counters it easily via her sp1 atrophy. Build your wasps, charge heavies, and drop some big sp2s to put this guy away.
Fight: Maw
My Pick: 6* R5 ascended sig 200 Doom, no relic
Deaths: 0
Spam heavy attacks to prevent the falter and take advantage of heavy assault to deal big damage. Do not use the same combo ender in a row or else you'll miss and take a load of degen damage. Very easy otherwise.
Fight: Proxima
My Pick: 6* R5 ascended sig 200 Abs Man, no relic
Deaths: 0
Use the magma prefight to counter the coldsnap, otherwise just play around ebb and flow and keep your magma form up. Nothing too crazy.
Fight: Wasp
My Pick: 7* R3 unduped Spam, 6* Ant Man relic
Deaths: 0
Bring debuff heavy champs here, once you get 6 or more charges on Wasp she coldsnaps herself when throwing a special, so you can ignore the evade after that. Mind the parry charges and you'll be good.
Fight: Herc
My Pick: 7* R2 sig 100 Tigra, no relic
Deaths: 1
Knock Herc down to remove the protection and you are golden. Mind the unblockable and it isn't bad, just had a really stupid death from poor playing.
Fight: Daredevil HK
My Pick: 7* R2 sig 20 Bishop, no relic
Deaths: 0
Bishop completely counters the unstoppable here thanks to his huge amount of prowess, mind the battery node and you'll be good to go.
BOSS FIGHT: Scytalis
My Pick: 7* R3 unduped Dazzler, 5* Sinister relic
Deaths: 0
Mind the traps, know which specials to bait in each phase, and watch the counter evade on medium combo enders (and heavies in the final phase). A good Dazzler sp2 with barely any crits can instantly nuke the first 3 phases, you'll just have to slug through the last phase.
Fight: Vision
My Pick: 7* R3 unduped Serpent, 6* Ms Marvel relic
Deaths: 0
Tunnel vision can be annoying here, but throw a special with Serpent and you counter it for the rest of the fight. Mind the synthesis and spam sp2 to take advantage of all of the armor buffs.
Fight: Sigil Witch
My Pick: 7* R2 sig 60 Hyperion, 5* Gamora relic
Deaths: 0
Stupidly easy fight. With a cosmic champ, when Switch throws a special, you get a nice fury every time you hit her while your nullify immunity is active. Combine this with Hyperion's furies on the heavy attacks and his sp2 and you'll nuke this one.
Fight: OG Black Panther
My Pick: 6* R5 ascended sig 200 Herc, 5* Ms Marvel relic
Deaths: 0
Intercept as much as possible to keep refreshing the whiplashes, and spam sp1 to transfer them over constantly. Mind fight or flight and you'll be fine.
Fight: Domino
My Pick: 7* R3 sig 200 Guardian, 5* Hulkbuster relic
Deaths: 0
Domino's AAR allows Guardian to inflict his permanent shock debuff, which supercharges your damage and also counters the evade. Build your force field charges and blow her to pieces with a sp2.
Fight: Elektra
My Pick: 7* R3 sig 160 Sunspot, 6* Gambit relic
Deaths: 0
Sunspot completely counters pleasure to burn, though do be aware of the massive amount of furies Elektra can get if she dashes back and you have a lot of incinerates on her. Your parries can fail while you have a debuff on you so watch for that when she throws a special.
Fight: DPX
My Pick: 7* R3 sig 20 Jack, 6* Goblin relic
Deaths: 0
Jack is immune to reversed controls, just play aggressive to get around the regeneration. With the despair mastery, the sp2 debuffs can briefly heal block so you can also gain some furies that way to juice your damage.
Fight: Joe Fixit
My Pick: 7* R2 sig 40 Cheeilth, 5* BP relic
Deaths: 0
The cleanse can save you if Joe Fixit gets a weakness on you, so just play around mighty charge and knock Joe down constantly to remove the protection. Not a bad one.
Fight: Nimrod
My Pick: 7* R3 unduped Vox, 5* Gamora relic
Deaths: 0
Mind the stun immunity buff from Nimrod's specials and you are golden, Vox is immune to power drain and special lock so you don't have to worry about those. Bait sp1 to prevent playing around the unstoppable and you'll be good.
Fight: Ronan
My Pick: 7* R2 sig 60 Gladiator, no relic
Deaths: 0
Ramp your confidence buffs and you'll permanently counter the auto block, though do be careful since Ronan hits quite hard once you get a lot of them going. Spam heavies to play around rising sun, mind the unblockable if you parry, and you'll be good.
Fight: Scorpion
My Pick: 7* R4 sig 20 Monkey, 6* BP relic
Deaths: 0
Keep your purple monkey scheme up as much as possible to counter Scorpion's evade, other than that just nuke in with your crits and you'll smash this one.
Fight: Morningstar
My Pick: 7* R2 sig 100 Guilly 2099, no relic
Deaths: 0
Try not to block too much to prevent the frostbites from unpausing. If you do, be ready to intercept ASAP. Other than that, any bleed immune can do this one.
Fight: Masacre
My Pick: 7* R3 sig 60 Dust, 4* Storm relic
Deaths: 0
Bring a biohazard counter and you'll be fine, though do be aware that a crit through block from Masacre will hurt a LOT. Mind the cleanse and you'll be good.
Fight: Peni Parker
My Pick: 6* R5 ascended sig 200 Hulkling, no relic
Deaths: 0
Any Peni counter can do this one, intercept to take advantage of foresight and you'll be good.
Fight: Sersi
My Pick: 7* R2 unduped Wiccan, no relic
Deaths: 0
Bring a consistent neutralize champ or else you are getting stomped here, as you need to prevent the glancing and regen buffs as much as possible in order to survive.
Fight: Kitty
My Pick: 7* R2 unduped Idoom, 4* Hulkbuster relic
Deaths: 0
Bring a prowess counter and you'll be fine, Idoom is a cheese option with his incinerate immunity and energy vulnerability debuffs.
BOSS FIGHT: Bahamet
My Pick: 6* R5 ascended sig 200 Kingpin, no relic
Deaths: 0
Bring a character who can consistently purify debuffs and you'll be fine. Stay close so Bahamet only gains yellow radiation, and know when to parry or throw specials into his gamma blast after a special attack. Very AI dependant fight here, so be wary of that.
Fight: Vulture
My Pick: 7* R2 unduped Galan, no relic
Deaths: 0
Any power burn immune can do this one, awakened Galan can cheese this but an unduped one will also work fine here. Ramp your harvest and you'll get through this one.
Fight: Gorr
My Pick: 7* R3 unduped Hood, no relic
Deaths: 0
Race to a sp2 with Hood to lock Gorr's buffs down and gain a huge amount of bullets, then stay aggresive to keep the fate seal up. When you have enough hexes on Gorr, use the invisibility and intercept with a heavy to absolutely explode him.
Fight: Omega Sentinel
My Pick: 7* R2 unduped Medusa, no relic
Deaths: 0
Get the armor shatter up ASAP with Medusa, then keep it up at all times via sp3s to prevent the armors and auto block from coming back. Very easy fight.
Fight: Dormammu
My Pick: 7* R2 unduped Titania, 3* Spidey 2099 relic
Deaths: 0
This one can be tricky without a buff immune, bring a science character and try to nuke this one if you don't have a good counter.
Fight: Attuma
My Pick: 7* R2 unduped Shuri, 3* Hulkbuster relic
Deaths: 0 (barely)
Very scary fight. Note that his concussions will make him hit ridiculously hard and give him loads of power gain, which in turn fuels his hydration and unstoppable constantly. Bring a thorns counter and you'll get through eventually.
Fight: Mephisto
My Pick: 7* R3 sig 80 Nefaria, 5* Ant Man relic
Deaths: 0
BRING A STRIKER HERE OR YOU ARE COOKED. Aside from that, use an incinerate immune or resistant champion.
Fight: Venompool
My Pick: 7* R2 sig 20 Wolf, no relic
Deaths: 0
Mind the window of opportunity node, and try not to block any dash attacks from Venompool so you won't get stunned. Not too bad if you stay aggressive.
Fight: Anti Venom
My Pick: 7* R3 sig 20 Fury, 5* Valkyrie relic
Deaths: 0
Bring a DOT champ and you'll be fine. Nothing too crazy about this one.
Fight: Knull
My Pick: 7* R2 unduped Dragon Man, no relic
Deaths: 1
Push to sp2 as much as possible, however there is a high chance you might get cornered due to the power efficiency node. Deal as much damage as you can and stay open when baiting specials. Died once as I got unlucky and got cornered.
Fight: Thing
My Pick: 7* R3 unduped Masacre, 5* WS relic
Deaths: 0
Masacre and his incinerates turn off the stun reflect, so once you ramp your bat it is not a bad fight. Mind the protection and rock stacks, and drop some nasty sp2s into block to end Thing's career.
Fight: Misty Knight
My Pick: 7* R3 unduped Jean Grey, 5* Storm relic
Deaths: 0
Jean's neuroshocks will give you true accuracy to counter the evade, and if Jean is duped her parry becomes a passive stun which can't be purified. Bait sp1 and you'll get through this one,
Fight: Wong
My Pick: 7* R2 sig 100 Void, no relic
Deaths: 0
Bit of a slow one here. Mind the special interference node, and use heavy attacks when Wong is near max energy or else you'll take a load of damage. Not too bad.
Fight: Bishop
My Pick: 7* R2 unduped Punisher 2099, 3* Vision relic
Deaths: 0
Wait until your battery is charged before starting to hit in to avoid dealing with any special attacks. Mind the root and you'll be fine.
Fight: Quicksilver
My Pick: 6* R5 ascended sig 200 Mole Man, 5* BP relic
Deaths: 0
Intercept constantly to get the guaranteed crits and also inflict the degens when you purify a debuff. Keep in mind electric fluctuations will basically turn your unstoppable off so be careful.
Fight: Havok
My Pick: 6* R5 ascended sig 200 CGR, 5* Thor relic relic
Deaths: 0
Try not to block, spam sp2s so you can survive the plasma damage, and you'll do okay. This fight can be a bit scary, so make sure you are on your toes here.
BOSS FIGHT: Cerastes
My Pick: 7* R3 sig 60 Venom, 6* Venom relic
Deaths: 0
BRING A RELIC HERE OR ELSE YOU ARE COMPLETELY SCREWED. Don't break the same armor 2 times in a row, bait sp1 and you'll destroy this one. Be aware of the stun immunity in the later half of the fight as well as the unstoppable from the last phase.
Fight: Aegon
My Pick: 7* R3 unduped Scream, 4* Venom relic
Deaths: 0
Bring a champion with good base damage or an unstoppable counter. Would not recommend Scream for this but I was saving my better options for other fights.
Fight: Chavez
My Pick: 7* R3 unduped Negative, 6* Cap relic
Deaths: 0
Rising sun gives you a load of buffs which you can convert to light energy, intercept with your heavy counter evade before dropping the sp2 to deal some nasty degen damage. Screw Chavez and her heavy spamming AI.
Fight: Howard
My Pick: 7* R2 sig 40 Ironheart, no relic
Deaths: 0
Ironheart's incinerates turn off the evade, and while you have 6 or more debuffs on Howard you counter miss as well, so just mind the unblockable and bait sp1.
Fight: Prof X
My Pick: 7* R3 sig 80 Spiral, 5* GR relic
Deaths: 0
Spiral's falter immunity makes this fight a joke, any good miss counter will work here as well. Nothing too much to note otherwise.
Fight: Black Cat
My Pick: 7* R2 unduped DPX, 6* Wolverine relic
Deaths: 0
The cleanse allows you to spam shbleeds with DPX like crazy, though do keep in mind Black Cat gets more power gain for each debuff cleansed. Mind the guaranteed crits and you'll be good to go.
Fight: Ikaris
My Pick: 7* R2 sig 20 Kushala, no relic
Deaths: 0
Ramp your judgements, and spam sp2 to take advantage of the energize buffs. Mind the power detonation and you'll be fine.
Fight: Sasquatch
My Pick: 7* R4 sig 100 Silk, 6* Spidey 2099 relic
Deaths: 0
Try not to parry too much, play around the fury node as well as Sasquatch's wrath phase, and you'll be good. Make sure you have a way to counter the regen at low health.
Fight: Emma Frost
My Pick: 7* R2 unduped Sparky, 5* Goblin relic
Deaths: 0
Do not use sp2s with Sparky since the shocks give Emma ridiculous power gain. Know how to evade her specials with inverted controls and you'll have this one fairly easily.
Fight: Valkyrie
My Pick: 7* R3 sig 60 Sinister, 4* Sinister relic
Deaths: 0
Make sure you drop your sp1s only when the node says 1, otherwise it will not do anything. However, power shield fuels the degens as well so make sure you pause those as much as possible once they are on.
Fight: Terrax
My Pick: 7* R4 sig 200 Onslaught, 6* Sinister relic
Deaths: 0
Onslaught doesn't take bleed or shock damage, mind the rock field and you'll be good to go.
Fight: Omega Red
My Pick: 7* R3 sig 60 Sentinel, 5* Sentinel relic
Deaths: 0
Bring a robot to counter the death spores, and make sure you corner yourself for a few seconds every now and then to prevent the degen and unstoppable effects. Not too bad otherwise.
Fight: Spot
My Pick: 7* R3 unduped Bullseye, 6* Valkyrie relic
Deaths: 0
Bullseye completely counters the untouchable so this fight is a joke. Nothing crazy to note here.
Fight: Spidey Supreme
My Pick: 7* R2 sig 80 Deathless She Hulk, no relic
Deaths: 1 (very close to 2)
This one absolutely sucks. Bring a miss counter or else you are screwed. Mind the stun immunity and no retreat, and try to get some heavy attacks in when you can. Be ready to die here.
Fight: Sam Wilson
My Pick: 7* R2 sig 20 Deathless King Groot, no relic
Deaths: 0
Get a sp1 off ASAP to counter the coldsnap, then ramp your furies and play around the auto block. I believe this fight is currently bugged as he was still auto blocking me even when I had 8 furies, so be wary of this going in.
Fight: Jessica Jones
My Pick: 7* R2 sig 40 Jabari, no relic
Deaths: 0
Bring a cleanse champ and this fight is a joke. Relics help make this go a bit faster.
BOSS FIGHT: Glykhan
My Pick: 7* R3 sig 80 Juggernaut, 6* Juggernaut relic
Deaths: 1
BRING A RELIC FOR A MUCH EASIER TIME. Play around the punishments, ramp your prowess and you'll eventually get through this one. Know what new things happen in each phase and you'll be good. Died at the end since he hit me while indestructible.
And that is (finally) it! What a way to come out of hibernation!
The Final Cost:
3 L2 revives
1 L1 revive
Couple of L5 and L3 potions
No boosts
Not a single unit
The Rewards:
Awakened Scream from my Titan nexus. Pretty good.
Pulled Cull and Sabretooth from my rebirth crystals. Nice.
Threw the 3-4 gem into Vox, I also had a cosmic AG from a shard crystal I got a while back so I put it into him. He is now my 6th R4 and my 2nd cosmic to hit this mark.
Saving the 2-3 generic gem for the next big pull on the account.
And of course, I'll be holding onto those 10 L3 revives for the next big Everest challenge!
Final Thoughts and Tips:
1. USE A SPREADSHEET. It will save you a lot of hassle when it comes to planning your run. There's a couple of good ones floating around the internet, or you can also try making your own (I made my own cheap sheet myself)
2. No need to boost outside of the big 4 chapter bosses imo. Most of these fights really aren't hard with the right counters.
3. This is not a quick completion by any means, took me around 3-4 hours myself. Even though the fights themselves aren't too hard, the sheer quantity of them makes this take a while.
4. The Battlerealm was indeed burnt after this run of violence, very toasty.
5. This new forum layout is definitely gonna take a while to get used to, bit of a shame we can't get the old one back.
And with that, it's back to hibernation for me. As always, hope this helped y'all!
