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Another which 4* bot to take to r4 poll (sorry, need the advice)
seeker1321
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Hello everyone,
Sorry for yet another which bot to rank poll, but i could use the collective's advice to help me think through my choice.
I got my first bit of T2 alpha spark essence about 4 months ago, and I am finally ready to take my first 4* up to rank 4.
The poll lists the options but I wanted to give some background info. I currently run Ironhide, OG Prime, and MV1 Prime as my raid team, and my AM team has been Windblade, Drift, and a r2 4* Dinobot. I recently got a 4* Bludgeon and took him to r2 as well so far, and have been experimenting with the full swordmaster team in missions. I will take Dinobot and Bludgeon to r3 when I get some more resources. I also have G1 Megatron from last month as another option.
I have been running different combinations of the bots in the special missions. For the last three months I have gotten 100% on chap 1, and the completion reward of chapter 2 on the Expert level of the spotlight mission, but haven't been able to get any higher. My hope is that this first r4 will help push me farther in the special missions to help speed up the process to my next T2 Alpha spark.
Thank you for your time and advice
Sorry for yet another which bot to rank poll, but i could use the collective's advice to help me think through my choice.
I got my first bit of T2 alpha spark essence about 4 months ago, and I am finally ready to take my first 4* up to rank 4.
The poll lists the options but I wanted to give some background info. I currently run Ironhide, OG Prime, and MV1 Prime as my raid team, and my AM team has been Windblade, Drift, and a r2 4* Dinobot. I recently got a 4* Bludgeon and took him to r2 as well so far, and have been experimenting with the full swordmaster team in missions. I will take Dinobot and Bludgeon to r3 when I get some more resources. I also have G1 Megatron from last month as another option.
I have been running different combinations of the bots in the special missions. For the last three months I have gotten 100% on chap 1, and the completion reward of chapter 2 on the Expert level of the spotlight mission, but haven't been able to get any higher. My hope is that this first r4 will help push me farther in the special missions to help speed up the process to my next T2 Alpha spark.
Thank you for your time and advice
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You need to fight strategically with him if you upgrade him.
Considering this... The best bot for spotlight in general is probably G1 Megatron, but you also have to consider synergies to a certain extent.
Then there is MV1... If he was duped then it almost a no brainer to rank him up because his Sig can do major damage to the enemy... Plus, there is ALWAYS an annoying BC in expert spotlight. MV1 is one of your best answers to him, and IH is usually very good against him as well, unless he is on a heavy block mod.
There is no definite answer for you. It's more about what you need as a player.
I think CW Mega might be the strongest bot in the game at the moment though, so he is a solid option too
Unless you were using Bludgeon for synergy other than swordmaster I think Drift is better all-around. Dino/WB/Drift is a crazy combination for damage output. Adding MV1 and IH to that team for spotlight would likely serve you well and provide more synergy to Drift/MV1.
If you want to keep swordmasters then determine if you have trouble against bleed bots then MV1, evade bots then Drift, armor then Dino, general then IH.
The shock damage isn't that strong though - in an ordinary fight you will do an absolute ton more damage using 3x sp1, especially if you fuse the 1st AB
Strong or not, just bob and weave till the enemy slowly and painfully dies in front of you. No mercy.
aint nobody got time for that! Pound them in to the ground with an energon flail. No mercy.
My Drift is already r3, I prefer him to Bludgeon, I was thinking about taking Bludgeon up to r3 to give me the full swordmaster team
Call them ugly. No mercy.
Tickle them until they ask you to stop, and don't stop. No mercy.
Slap them. A little bit of mercy.
I want the team that will set me up the best for success. I am not worried about having the best raid team, my current alliance is not maxing out Am level, which is why I don't currently use my best bots in AM, I don't need my best ones for the level we are running. I realize that if I went to another alliance I could advance faster with more resources but I have been with my current alliance for a long time now and I don't want to cut and run.
My main goal is to have the best team for Spotlight missions and ROK one day.
I only started experimenting with the sword masters when I got my 4* Dinobot, since I already had Drift and Windblade at the time. Since then I duped my Drift and got 4* Bludgeon so I have been working through Map 1/ Chapter 1 of Expert with them.
OG Prime is my favorite bot, but if one of the others gives me a better chance to win, then I am fine waiting to upgrade him in the future.
Ironhide is a beast he was my first duped 4* and the first one I took to r3.
My top three choices going into this poll were Ironhide, OG Prime, or Drift
I have been watching iNightSkies videos for a few months now. He does have a lot of good information on there.
Thank you for taking the time for such a detailed posting.
From what I can gather, spotlight missions are your priority at the moment, in terms of what's pushing your bots to their limits (I'd say that's the right strategy, by the way - raids and AMs are important, but the SM rewards are currently some of the most accessible in the game, especially since it looks like there'll be additional special missions halfway through the month going forward). With that in mind, I'd suggest that OG Prime is your best bet at this point, as he's a pretty rock solid all-rounder. His 'roll out' ability gives you 4 attack buffs on demand, on account of the increased number of allies in story and special missions. Blocking gives you an armour buff on demand - not a huge buff, but like the attack buffs you can refresh it whenever you like, and just like the attack buffs a larger team boosts its effectiveness. Best of all, his special attacks are utterly devastating - they might not match a duped Ironhide in terms of raw output, but not much survives his SP2, and his SP3's permanent armour break is really useful in longer fights, or if you get put on the backfoot in a tough match and build up to it by receiving a lot of hits. Spam a heavy attack before you go in for your specials and you'll boost that damage even further. Granted, your prime isn't duped, but take it from someone with a duped 4* OG prime - I wouldn't let that dissuade you from the fact that he's a fearsome bot even without his Sig ability. As a final side note, I know it's probably an unconventional setup to double up on any particular class but I've been running OG Optimus and Megatron together for the last couple of weeks, and the 8% attack rating bonus is a pretty solid synergy, considering it's for two of the strongest bots in the game. I wouldn't rule that out as a future setup either.
Thank you again for all the help.
My team to start working on Spotlight mission, expert chapter 2.
Very solid team but Expert Chapter 2 is just horrible.. the s1000 boss is the pinnacle of cheap AI
Yeah tell me about it I've given it 4 tries with different teams and most don't even get to land a hit before being KO'd.
Yeah he was definitely tough, the first time I faced him, my bot was dead before I could get one attack off.
With this team it took me three tries but I got through the s-1000 without using any energon. It was almost as bad as the Waspinator two months ago.
I only forge when I need to now, each of these 4* bots is in the low 30's for forge level. I try to match types and forge my 2* stars into them when they get over 80 signature level. Before I learned I had forged some of my 3*'s, but now I am just letting them build up their signature level.
Got to Grim with most of my health, he was tough, wiped me out, but I did better against him my first time then the s-1000. I think I will get him this next time. I got a bad break on my Ironhide, he got me right before I could get the s2 off.