Best Champ to defeat Nightcrawler
2Crows
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Yesterday in AW, the last node held a 4* 5/50 awakened Nightcrawler. I went in with a 100%, 4* 4/40 awakened Iron Man.
I was down with just 5 hits (all regular, not from Specials). The last hit was so hard it skipped Arc Overload entirely.
Thinking that was a rare fluke from Crits, I revived and brought him back to 100%.
Same thing happened.
We all know the discussions about new Champ being so much stronger than old that it's silly, but I was wondering about the communities thoughts on who is best to deal with this particular problem.
Quake? Use the charging heavy to inflict damage that ignores evade?
Agent Venom? Does his passive evade reduction supply enough to make the fight reasonable?
Someone else you prefer? Let me know your thoughts and suggestions.
Thanks.
I was down with just 5 hits (all regular, not from Specials). The last hit was so hard it skipped Arc Overload entirely.
Thinking that was a rare fluke from Crits, I revived and brought him back to 100%.
Same thing happened.
We all know the discussions about new Champ being so much stronger than old that it's silly, but I was wondering about the communities thoughts on who is best to deal with this particular problem.
Quake? Use the charging heavy to inflict damage that ignores evade?
Agent Venom? Does his passive evade reduction supply enough to make the fight reasonable?
Someone else you prefer? Let me know your thoughts and suggestions.
Thanks.
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NC is problematic because of his passive evade, so changing his mode won't really help. His base, IIRC, is ~37%.
True Strike would include Cable on the list, but it is harder to reach.
One of the down-sides is half the Champs mentioned so far give NC Class advantage.
Remember to switch NC to swashbuckling mode
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other than that bring Vision or ultron because that last hit wasn't just a crit.... he also deals damage through(deep wounds) which basicly cuts off a part of your health if you're not bleed immune
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wrong. Switching NC to swashbuckling makes him unable to evade. Even when he uses a special and goes into "Evade mode". When he's in swashbuckling, he won't evade at all.
Even though there is class disadvantage, I almost always use BW. I have her at 5/50 sig 99, so he doesn't evade much, which makes it super easy to switch him. I stopped bringing her into war a while ago, but based on the enemies I'll have to face I still tag her in from time to time.
I also like GP, because she stuns on normal hits. Again, disadvantage, but I have the unfazed mastery that saves my ass and barely ever get in trouble. It's not the best champ for sure, but since I can only bring 3 attackers into war, I go this way a lot.
If he's on a stun immune node and I don't have BW with me, I use SL. Class advantage but his evade means I need to get him to switch. Once he's switched, SL deals with him very quickly. I especially like him because the fight goes slow at first but due to his sig I don't time out. I used to time out with Ultron if NC took to long to switch.
It is a question of which Champ is best suited.
Thanks to those that answered the question.
P.S. It looks like Iceman is the runaway favorite.
There are 15 replies and half are yours. I don't think you can talk about universal yet.
You can't afford to get hit by a NC boss in AW, they have like 300% attack boost or something.
So practice blocking and evading, get used to his animations.
If u can parry the NC, then it is a piece of cake. The real problem is when he is on the stun immune boss node, then you have to work on your intercepts.
That's the skillfull way to beat NC. If you want an easier ride, duped iceman basically shuts NC down completely, as long as you rmb to rinse that coldsnap on his SP1.
If you are getting hit by NC and had to revive twice, i don't think you know how to fight NC.
The problem is often with the player, rather than the champion.
Against NC , before I was using AA parry/ heavy and slowly he is going down with 4to 6 neurotoxins on him
Another option that many forget about is Crossbones. Get a couple fury stacks and he eliminates NC's evasion. Yes, there is a class disadvantage, but it's easy enough to fight through.