Epoch Villains - Lineup Help Please

I’m trying to lock down my last 2 spots, and I’ve become paralyzed by the choice - I struggled harder in Ordeal Villains then I should have which is probably the cause of the nerves now but the roster has come along way in the last month. Any input is appreciated!

Roster coming for sure:

R5 Serpent (unduped Thor relic for buffed up node fights, slightly worried about not having Serpent’s fury and making this work. Thor relics have evaded me like no other, I have 6 star Ms Marvel duped too)

R4 Onslaught

R4 Count Nefaria

Options for last 2 slots:

R4 Mr Sinister

R4 Bastion

R1 Venom (have the materials to R4)

R1 Zemo (have the materials to R4)

I only have the materials to R4 one of the two above that need it, and I’d prefer to not spend the cats unless it’ll be med-large value add for the run - hence the indecision haha.

Thanks for reviewing and weighing in!

Comments

NARWH4L

Do you have Juggs? If definitely recommend him for one of the last two slots. If not, I'd go Zemo and Sinister out of the options you've listed.

MongooseSuicide

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2950555#Comment_2950555

I do have a R1 Juggs as well but unduped - would he work unduped and what fights does he surpass the others for? Ty :)

NARWH4L

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2950560#Comment_2950560

He can work unduped, he'll just be a little slower on a couple fights. Here is my team and the fights they took (top is Onslaught).

MongooseSuicide

Gotcha thanks, so he seems to be a good option for Buffed Up too then - any experience trying Serpent for that with the relic?

NARWH4L

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2950564#Comment_2950564

I didn't even bother with it. I had the relic, but there's still a lot of down time with less than 3 buffs. Juggs honestly made those fights a big pile of nothing in comparison. Nebula was barely over a minute long fight.

And one correction to my chart. I didn't use Juggs for Annihilus because he loses his unstoppable with all the debuffs. I used Thanos instead. Serpent can probably handle the fight well enough.

Woodsjr

My team was serpent, juggs, onslaught, deathless she hulk and venom. It worked out well for me

WhoDaPoo

Depends which carina challenge. I used Mr. Sinister for half of the Abyss Villains run, but r3 was just fine there.

For Epoch Villains, I didn't find Mr. Sinister to be used at all. Venom r4 (maxed venom relic) took 4- 5 fights for me - Adam, Ham, Annihulus, Moleman, Aegon.

I also brought Zemo into the epoch run and only ended up using him once - mistakenly for moleman as I didn't bring Onslaught.

My team was r5 Sandman, r4 venom, r4 Serpent (did more than 50% of the fights), r4 DL Thanos (3-4 fights), r3 Zemo (1/2 of a fight).

Giantwalrus56

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2950576#Comment_2950576

Swap Void for DSH & I ran same squad. I also highly recommend some variant of the teams mentioned. Venom almost went to R5 from his Epoch performance, but alas, DThanos won out