My Platinum AW experience
jj_jj_9
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So I started playing this game and started grinding it like crazy. Started watching yt abt it and saw these AW videos. I was amazed; it was my goal to one day be good enough to start playing in a high tier alliance. Well, here I am. I made it into a plat alliance (that actually tries in war) and I'm super excited.
I decided to make a journal of every single war. And I was like hmmm what if there's a new mcoc player that sees yt vids abt aw and wants to see if he can do that? He can find this discussion to see what its like up in platinum from the eyes of a scrub.
I will post an entry after every war.
Intro to journal: My first season in a platinum alliance that’s actually trying in war and doing stuff. I’m really nervous but I feel prepared. It’s gonna be a big season for me. I’m taking path 4 which I don’t have too much experience with but it’ll be fine I’m sure. Let’s do this.
Assignment:
Team: Hulk, Kate Bishop, Kushala
Defender 1: Wiccan (hulk)
Node 4: Steady Buildup - Fury, Heal Block, Running on Fumes
Basically when I’m close to the defender I get a fatigue debuff on me and they fall off as I create distance. I’m permanently heal-blocked so I can't benefit from willpower. When I’m inflicted with a debuff they gain fury. When I purify a debuff I gain fury.
Defender 2: Spot (Kate)
Node 13: Long Distance relationship, Insult to Injury
Basically when I’m close to the defender I get a weakness debuff on me and they fall off as I create distance. Same thing where they get fury when I have a debuff and I get fury when purifying. Also minus 15 percent ability accuracy per debuff
Defender 3: Longshot (Hulk)
Node 22: Steady buildup unblockable, Special burst lock down
When I have 3 or more debuffs on me the defender is permanently unblockable until all debuffs on me are removed. And when I throw a special I’m inflicted with Armor break and heal block. So if I throw a special and then I get another debuff on me then they
are unblockable
Defender 4: Void (Kate)
Node 31: Steady Buildup unblockable, Painful retreat, Heal block
When I have 3 or more debuffs on me the defender is permanently unblockable until all debuffs on me are removed. Every 12 seconds I get a power sting debuff but I remove it when I get over a multiple of 10 in my combo. And I’m heal blocked so I have no willpower.
Defender 5: Node 41 America Chavez (Hulk)
Node 41: Scared Stiff, Power focus 2, Bubble shield
When I block I lose block proficiency. After blocking 10 times the opponent has an unblockable hit. They gain 60% less power while below 2 bars but -80% while above 2 bars. I have to hit the opponent at least every 6 seconds or I get rooted for 4 seconds.
Defender 6: Node 45 Kindred (Hulk)
Node 45: Hazard Shift Shock/Bleed, Conflictor, Crumbling Armor
When I hit the defender I have a change to inflict myself with either shock or bleed. Inflicting a debuff on the defender grants them power and it is immediately purified (5 sec cooldown). I have to hit the defender within 6 seconds or I get an armor break.
Defender 7: Node 46 Sasquatch (hulk)
Node 46: Special Bias 2, Enhanced Special 2, Aspect of evolution, Enhanced power Gain
The defender is more likely to throw an sp2 and the first hit of the sp2 is unblockable. The defenders power gain effects are more potent and every time they cross a bar of power they raise their armor, attack, crit rate, crit resist, Block pen and combat power rate by 5%
Defender 8: Node 50 Serpent - boss (Kushala)
Node 50: Boss node - Stun immune, cycles between Physical and energy resist buffs
Notes:
Wiccan - First fight in plat war so I ate an sp3. It was such an easy fight though. Finished with 60% just frustrated that I ate an sp3. Stun locked him to death. Hulk OP
Spot - Kate cooked. Didn’t use a PS1 but I didn’t need it. I got to my sp1 and threw it. I got unlucky with the spot rng so I had to hit into his miss so I took some rupture damage. Otherwise a very clean fight.
Longshot - Easy hulk fight. He absolutely destroys with this tactic. I forgot to get up the slow from decay so longshot triggered the unstoppable. But in the end it was fine
Void - Oh boy. I died. Twice. It was terrible. There was a heal block debuff and kate cant purify. So I took damage until I died. And then I healed to full and then I died again. It's really unfortunate. I should’ve planned better and brought nick or something to purify, I made a stupid mistake. My first 2 deaths of the season. I’m honestly really upset I let my alliance down but were winning the war as of right now so it's not too bad.
America Chavez - Super easy hulk fight. Stun locked her to death.
Kindred - Decay makes hazard shift irrelevant and Hulk has super good damage. Easy solo
Sasquatch - Once again decay helped me, this time with mystic dispersion. I used and sp3 and killed sassy with the combo after
Serpent Boss - I’m actually amazing at fighting serpent with kushala. I’ve been taking serpent bosses with her for months now and I have it down. And it turned out great. I solod with above 70 percent health. Hope this makes up for the stupid deaths on void.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs5X-4Nr134
My first entry:
-jj jj~9
I decided to make a journal of every single war. And I was like hmmm what if there's a new mcoc player that sees yt vids abt aw and wants to see if he can do that? He can find this discussion to see what its like up in platinum from the eyes of a scrub.
I will post an entry after every war.
Intro to journal: My first season in a platinum alliance that’s actually trying in war and doing stuff. I’m really nervous but I feel prepared. It’s gonna be a big season for me. I’m taking path 4 which I don’t have too much experience with but it’ll be fine I’m sure. Let’s do this.
Assignment:
Team: Hulk, Kate Bishop, Kushala
Defender 1: Wiccan (hulk)
Node 4: Steady Buildup - Fury, Heal Block, Running on Fumes
Basically when I’m close to the defender I get a fatigue debuff on me and they fall off as I create distance. I’m permanently heal-blocked so I can't benefit from willpower. When I’m inflicted with a debuff they gain fury. When I purify a debuff I gain fury.
Defender 2: Spot (Kate)
Node 13: Long Distance relationship, Insult to Injury
Basically when I’m close to the defender I get a weakness debuff on me and they fall off as I create distance. Same thing where they get fury when I have a debuff and I get fury when purifying. Also minus 15 percent ability accuracy per debuff
Defender 3: Longshot (Hulk)
Node 22: Steady buildup unblockable, Special burst lock down
When I have 3 or more debuffs on me the defender is permanently unblockable until all debuffs on me are removed. And when I throw a special I’m inflicted with Armor break and heal block. So if I throw a special and then I get another debuff on me then they
are unblockable
Defender 4: Void (Kate)
Node 31: Steady Buildup unblockable, Painful retreat, Heal block
When I have 3 or more debuffs on me the defender is permanently unblockable until all debuffs on me are removed. Every 12 seconds I get a power sting debuff but I remove it when I get over a multiple of 10 in my combo. And I’m heal blocked so I have no willpower.
Defender 5: Node 41 America Chavez (Hulk)
Node 41: Scared Stiff, Power focus 2, Bubble shield
When I block I lose block proficiency. After blocking 10 times the opponent has an unblockable hit. They gain 60% less power while below 2 bars but -80% while above 2 bars. I have to hit the opponent at least every 6 seconds or I get rooted for 4 seconds.
Defender 6: Node 45 Kindred (Hulk)
Node 45: Hazard Shift Shock/Bleed, Conflictor, Crumbling Armor
When I hit the defender I have a change to inflict myself with either shock or bleed. Inflicting a debuff on the defender grants them power and it is immediately purified (5 sec cooldown). I have to hit the defender within 6 seconds or I get an armor break.
Defender 7: Node 46 Sasquatch (hulk)
Node 46: Special Bias 2, Enhanced Special 2, Aspect of evolution, Enhanced power Gain
The defender is more likely to throw an sp2 and the first hit of the sp2 is unblockable. The defenders power gain effects are more potent and every time they cross a bar of power they raise their armor, attack, crit rate, crit resist, Block pen and combat power rate by 5%
Defender 8: Node 50 Serpent - boss (Kushala)
Node 50: Boss node - Stun immune, cycles between Physical and energy resist buffs
Notes:
Wiccan - First fight in plat war so I ate an sp3. It was such an easy fight though. Finished with 60% just frustrated that I ate an sp3. Stun locked him to death. Hulk OP
Spot - Kate cooked. Didn’t use a PS1 but I didn’t need it. I got to my sp1 and threw it. I got unlucky with the spot rng so I had to hit into his miss so I took some rupture damage. Otherwise a very clean fight.
Longshot - Easy hulk fight. He absolutely destroys with this tactic. I forgot to get up the slow from decay so longshot triggered the unstoppable. But in the end it was fine
Void - Oh boy. I died. Twice. It was terrible. There was a heal block debuff and kate cant purify. So I took damage until I died. And then I healed to full and then I died again. It's really unfortunate. I should’ve planned better and brought nick or something to purify, I made a stupid mistake. My first 2 deaths of the season. I’m honestly really upset I let my alliance down but were winning the war as of right now so it's not too bad.
America Chavez - Super easy hulk fight. Stun locked her to death.
Kindred - Decay makes hazard shift irrelevant and Hulk has super good damage. Easy solo
Sasquatch - Once again decay helped me, this time with mystic dispersion. I used and sp3 and killed sassy with the combo after
Serpent Boss - I’m actually amazing at fighting serpent with kushala. I’ve been taking serpent bosses with her for months now and I have it down. And it turned out great. I solod with above 70 percent health. Hope this makes up for the stupid deaths on void.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs5X-4Nr134My first entry:
-jj jj~9
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Comments
Good times being a try hard. It was a bloodbath fighting other allliandes and the drama it brings lol.
Nowadays platinum 1-4 is chill.
I've been playing since 2016 and AW has been my favorite game mode since the original war map way before Seasons was a thing haha.. I think I enjoy it because the fights actually feel like it matters what happens as opposed to solo content where it really doesn't matter too much what happens
I'm not in a Masters Alliance or anything.. I just enjoy the game mode and enjoy planning and executing an attack phase - nice kill and good luck! Sometimes you'll crush a fight and sometimes the best laid plans go sideways.. but that's what makes it exciting imo