Aegon vs Kate Dilemma
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Been chasing Aegon since Necro launched, opened at least 500-600k shards just for him including dual crystals, multiple nexus and an abyss nexus.
Since revive farming will be nerfed, I’m considering taking Kate to r5 (I was holding back as I didn’t want to use t6cc for a 6 star)
She’s ascended and I also have Kate and Chavez at rank 2. I was planning on doing a completion run with these 3.
My concern is if I end up getting Aegon after I take Kate to rank 5 , would it still be worth r5ing him then in that case for the remaining paths of Necropolis?
Another dilemma is that I’m still missing scorpion and silk , so for upcoming Abyss nexus selectors I could either go science for them or skill in hopes of Aegon (Kate would already be r5 at this point). My science roster is fairly weak as I’m also missing Titania/Hulk etc as 7*’s and play BGs.
Should I forget Aegon and try to target exploration with just Kate/Shuri? Or would it still be worth going skill in abyss nexus for him?
If so, would it still be worth r5ing Aegon after already having Kate r5?
Since revive farming will be nerfed, I’m considering taking Kate to r5 (I was holding back as I didn’t want to use t6cc for a 6 star)
She’s ascended and I also have Kate and Chavez at rank 2. I was planning on doing a completion run with these 3.
My concern is if I end up getting Aegon after I take Kate to rank 5 , would it still be worth r5ing him then in that case for the remaining paths of Necropolis?
Another dilemma is that I’m still missing scorpion and silk , so for upcoming Abyss nexus selectors I could either go science for them or skill in hopes of Aegon (Kate would already be r5 at this point). My science roster is fairly weak as I’m also missing Titania/Hulk etc as 7*’s and play BGs.
Should I forget Aegon and try to target exploration with just Kate/Shuri? Or would it still be worth going skill in abyss nexus for him?
If so, would it still be worth r5ing Aegon after already having Kate r5?
Aegon vs Kate Dilemma 89 votes
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Besides you're not wasting materials on a "one and done" type of champion like Aegon, who wouldn't be relevant after you do the necropolis
Some people here mentioned when they tried to use Kate it was difficult to keep the enemy cornered when they had to do both watch for pausing her debuffs while keeping an eye out for the nodes or defenders abilities. Think @jcphillips7 mentioned that and @ThePredator1001 said it was difficult to get the perfect set up or when they did, it would just fall off.
One thing I’m thinking of doing is just blocking more often during specials instead of dashing back, so that i dont end up being too far away from the corner
Kate can be stressful, but man when she gets rolling it is impressive. So far, Capt. Britain was by far the hardest fight for me. I found it difficult to keep her in the corner. She recovers from knock downs so fast, and I was unable to punish her SP1 or chain heavies. Wiccan and Titania are much more manageable because you can punish both SP1 and SP2, and chain heavy attacks. I have only used Kate for those 3 fights. Vox took OS, Psychoman, and Guardian. Abs Man took Arkus and Air Walker.
If the first couple arrows fall off- that's fine. Do not force an intercept or heavy to keep them on. Just focus on backing the defenders down. Once in the corner, use both the Riposte and Striker (staggered) to give easy heavy attack openings. When rooted, most opponents can be heavy punished afterwards. I actually found it easier to keep up her effects at that point.
Practice timing the sp2 perfect release as well, you have to hold it abit longer than you’d think. But that will allow you to replace 2 of your cold snaps with the improved potency when you get the fragilities on them. Otherwise the sp1 will only let you replace 1 with the new potency even if you launch it multiple times.
Also if you have 7* Shuri, consider going down Mr F. Path, she destroys that one. My easiest run was with Shuri and abs man, they did all the fights on the Mr F and Apoc paths. And then I brought Juggs for phase 3 and 4 of the grandmaster
If you want to save units, Kate is the best option. She requires more gameplay and will consume more time, but she is also a champion that can be used in other game modes.
With aegon you don't have to worry about that and messing up means still huge damage, you don't even need to do the challenges.
On the other hand if I had just known it was regular inverted controls I think I could have managed way better. But now I have PTSD to the fight so I have a r5 ascended aegon.
Don't know much but Kate can't do wall path and some other fights
@IvarTheBoneless @ThePredator1001 @mbgibson how much did you guys heal her after each revive?
It helps that I had 800+ 4-hr crystals. I popped 250 or so and ended up with 130+ level 4 health pots.
Duped him a few secs ago, is this a sign from the Marvelverse ?!? 🤔
By the way is it best to use a cosmic champ for the psychoman and guardian? I was originally going to bring either Absorbing Man or Heimdall as the 5th slot .
Team is:
Chavez r2
Shuri r2
Kate r6
Juggs r4
5th: ?
He will be 99% sure relevant on the next Everest content that drops.
And judging by how well Necropolis was received by the community, and the massive participation despite being expensive content for the average player, suggests that Kabam will repeat this type of content very soon.
You won’t have a 7* Aegon that soon.
I personally doubt he will get released as a 7* upcoming months, and even if he does you will need him at least at sig80 to get him rolling.
People in the recent past, were making fun of those that were investing resources in their 6* Aegon.
They were forgetting though, that a ramped up Aegon was (and still is) the most powerful champion in the game.
I have zero regrets for r5ing and ascending him.
Aegon would have definitely been my r5 choice over Kate but Kabam decided i should just suck it up and go with Kate for my first run, so if i get Aegon afterwards, would be kind of less worthwhile to r5 him especially since I’d be throwing away chances at Scorpion/Silk
I haven't tried doing my path but have tried using Kate
She melted Titania to 26% without boosts
Is it worth instead of him bringing Absorbing Man ? Chavez is r2.
I dont have any fancy 7* cosmics for guardian like thor or vox, so im hoping absorbing can still be good if i play average with him
I did my full exploration with Kate/Chavez/Wong/G99
6r5 ascended Kate carried me through majority of it with the exception being attuma section where I brought in shuri as well.
Didn’t prefarm any pots or revives, just bought the eq completion bundle x4 times and used it with what I had stashed.
The only path where I thought aegon would be nice to have was path 6 with reverse controls and power drain to save me the headache, but I had so many team revives in overflow from how cheap the previous runs were that it didn’t really matter.
A lot of Kate “stress” goes out the window when you’ve played her enough and know what you’re doing. You don’t need to frequently knock down if you punish specials frequently (which her cornered passive helps bait) to pause the timer or you hit block or punish a heavy. The root also actively benefits her in plenty matchups since it cuts spacing letting you heavy counter more specials.
Sauron, mr F, Titania are all great fights to practice on to know if you’ll enjoy using her
Is it better to punish specials with regular combos to pause the timer or attempt a heavy punish? Not sure how difficult the spacing is for the path 1 champs but her heavy seems to have good reach