Guide to the BRB/Polaris Protect-Tile Winfinite

bluewolf

Despite being necro’d it’s funny how relevant this post/team basically remains.

DAZ0273

@kuntilanak said:
mThor (or I'd prefer 'cheapThor') is effective in that combo on defence because the tile destruction from her passive always target special tiles 1st, and the resulting board shake always causes cascade matches, making multiple triggers of Polaris's passive. So that team on 2nd turn can usually wipe at least 1 of your guys, AND collect enough ap to fire multiple powers, sometimes at that same turn, because the passive comes before the AI making any moves.

I avoid them like a plague because of this... cheap tactic...

This.

The BRB/Polaris teams can be shut down immediately with Chasm first turn so they don't offer a threat but if Jane/Polaris hits a cascade you can be in a world of hurt. It was never a problem when Polaris was only a 4* as she is squishy but she has enough health as a 5* to cause problems.

Daniel2121

@JoeHandle said:

@Daniel2121 said:

@JoeHandle said:

@Daniel2121 said:
A lot of people use Polaris BRB Mthor. How's this supposed to work as a winfinite? Or is this used just to annoy opponents on defense? As a winfinite it has zero effectiveness, because Mthor doesn't have a green OR blue power to smash the board with. It just relies on the board smash at the beginning of each turn

Doesn't have to be "winfinite" to be efficient / effective.

Polaris BRB Mthor may be "effective" in getting wins but it sure as hell ain't efficient.

An actual winfinite doesn't give a fast win, but it basically secures the win against a stronger team, and if used correctly it suffers little to no damage in the process, so it saves health packs as well.

Based on this and your other posts, I have to ask .... you are aware this forum concerns a game called Marvel Puzzle Quest ... ?

Now who's the one baiting.

Excuse me if I don't continue discussing this with you; I already saw that endeavor as fruitless

DAZ0273

I always used 4* Thanos waaaaaaaaaaaaaay back when I used this for the CN - does anybody have him ascended and if so, any difference apart from health & match damage?

Daniel2121

@kuntilanak said:
mThor (or I'd prefer 'cheapThor') is effective in that combo on defence because the tile destruction from her passive always target special tiles 1st, and the resulting board shake always causes cascade matches, making multiple triggers of Polaris's passive. So that team on 2nd turn can usually wipe at least 1 of your guys, AND collect enough ap to fire multiple powers, sometimes at that same turn, because the passive comes before the AI making any moves.

I avoid them like a plague because of this... cheap tactic...

I think they may be aware that Mthor makes this team better on defense, but that can't be the reason they're trying that. It's harder to get through than the winfinite teams, but it's certainly not unbeatable.

I hoped someone who actually uses this team could give me an answer, but seems nobody does here.

DAZ0273

@bluewolf said:
Despite being necro’d it’s funny how relevant this post/team basically remains.

Well regardless of how many fantastic 4* we have had since the only one who even comes close to stealing Polaris throne is Juggs in what I guess you could call is a game of thrones (new episode reviews coming soon (tm)!)

Daniel2121

@DAZ0273 said:

@bluewolf said:
Despite being necro’d it’s funny how relevant this post/team basically remains.

Well regardless of how many fantastic 4* we have had since the only one who even comes close to stealing Polaris throne is Juggs in what I guess you could call is a game of thrones (new episode reviews coming soon (tm)!)

Oh, but you can still use Polaris BRB Juggs (4* version, ascended or not) actually. It's still a valid winfinite variation. Gotta get his blue at 5 covers tho.

DAZ0273

@Daniel2121 said:

@kuntilanak said:
mThor (or I'd prefer 'cheapThor') is effective in that combo on defence because the tile destruction from her passive always target special tiles 1st, and the resulting board shake always causes cascade matches, making multiple triggers of Polaris's passive. So that team on 2nd turn can usually wipe at least 1 of your guys, AND collect enough ap to fire multiple powers, sometimes at that same turn, because the passive comes before the AI making any moves.

I avoid them like a plague because of this... cheap tactic...

I think they may be aware that Mthor makes this team better on defense, but that can't be the reason they're trying that. It's harder to get through than the winfinite teams, but it's certainly not unbeatable.

I hoped someone who actually uses this team could give me an answer, but seems nobody does here.

BRB/Jane/Polaris was until recently the team I see most in SHIELD Sim and it offers both offense and defence coz Jane can blow up BRB's shields to power him whilst also blowing up Polaris strike tiles and causing cascades to kill the other team. Chasm only partly shuts this one down.

DAZ0273

@Daniel2121 said:

@DAZ0273 said:

@bluewolf said:
Despite being necro’d it’s funny how relevant this post/team basically remains.

Well regardless of how many fantastic 4* we have had since the only one who even comes close to stealing Polaris throne is Juggs in what I guess you could call is a game of thrones (new episode reviews coming soon (tm)!)

Oh, but you can still use Polaris BRB Juggs (4* version, ascended or not) actually. It's still a valid winfinite variation. Gotta get his blue at 5 covers tho.

As I said, I actually preferred to use 4* Thanos as he blew up more of the board. Truth is though, I don't really have anywhere that I play winfinite teams these days, I'd rather use the boosted fives. The only cheese team I use sometimes is Kang/Deathlok/IM40 (I understand Darkveil is even faster but I know what I am doing with the one listed).

Daniel2121

@DAZ0273 said:

@Daniel2121 said:

@DAZ0273 said:

@bluewolf said:
Despite being necro’d it’s funny how relevant this post/team basically remains.

Well regardless of how many fantastic 4* we have had since the only one who even comes close to stealing Polaris throne is Juggs in what I guess you could call is a game of thrones (new episode reviews coming soon (tm)!)

Oh, but you can still use Polaris BRB Juggs (4* version, ascended or not) actually. It's still a valid winfinite variation. Gotta get his blue at 5 covers tho.

As I said, I actually preferred to use 4* Thanos as he blew up more of the board. Truth is though, I don't really have anywhere that I play winfinite teams these days, I'd rather use the boosted fives. The only cheese team I use sometimes is Kang/Deathlok/IM40 (I understand Darkveil is even faster but I know what I am doing with the one listed).

I also use Thanos, I think he's the best for use against enemy Polaris teams because of his passive that removes enemy SAPs and turns them into more green tiles.

kuntilanak

@DAZ0273 said:

@kuntilanak said:
mThor (or I'd prefer 'cheapThor') is effective in that combo on defence because the tile destruction from her passive always target special tiles 1st, and the resulting board shake always causes cascade matches, making multiple triggers of Polaris's passive. So that team on 2nd turn can usually wipe at least 1 of your guys, AND collect enough ap to fire multiple powers, sometimes at that same turn, because the passive comes before the AI making any moves.

I avoid them like a plague because of this... cheap tactic...

This.

The BRB/Polaris teams can be shut down immediately with Chasm first turn so they don't offer a threat but if Jane/Polaris hits a cascade you can be in a world of hurt. It was never a problem when Polaris was only a 4* as she is squishy but she has enough health as a 5* to cause problems.

The moment dev announced the ascension feature, i already foresee this happens. Some very good ones were released as 4* and the forum was abuzz on how to best utilize them with 5* so that they won't get too many retals. Ascension negates that worry and now... urgh....

But on the plus side, PVE becomes almost a trivial matter... hmm...

JoeHandle

@DAZ0273 said:
I always used 4* Thanos waaaaaaaaaaaaaay back when I used this for the CN - does anybody have him ascended and if so, any difference apart from health & match damage?

This is lvl 476 and each ability @ 5 covers.

entrailbucket

@Daniel2121 said:

@DAZ0273 said:

@bluewolf said:
Despite being necro’d it’s funny how relevant this post/team basically remains.

Well regardless of how many fantastic 4* we have had since the only one who even comes close to stealing Polaris throne is Juggs in what I guess you could call is a game of thrones (new episode reviews coming soon (tm)!)

Oh, but you can still use Polaris BRB Juggs (4* version, ascended or not) actually. It's still a valid winfinite variation. Gotta get his blue at 5 covers tho.

A..."valid winfinite variation????"

Setting aside the fact that m'Thor does indeed have a blue ability that blows up the board, and so can actually go infinite fairly easily, you don't get extra points for using a team that gets infinite turns. The point of the game is to down everybody on the other team.

DAZ0273

@JoeHandle said:

@DAZ0273 said:
I always used 4* Thanos waaaaaaaaaaaaaay back when I used this for the CN - does anybody have him ascended and if so, any difference apart from health & match damage?

This is lvl 476 and each ability @ 5 covers.

So no difference on his ability to winfinite but he seems to scrub up OK.

DAZ0273

@Daniel2121 said:

@DAZ0273 said:

@Daniel2121 said:

@DAZ0273 said:

@bluewolf said:
Despite being necro’d it’s funny how relevant this post/team basically remains.

Well regardless of how many fantastic 4* we have had since the only one who even comes close to stealing Polaris throne is Juggs in what I guess you could call is a game of thrones (new episode reviews coming soon (tm)!)

Oh, but you can still use Polaris BRB Juggs (4* version, ascended or not) actually. It's still a valid winfinite variation. Gotta get his blue at 5 covers tho.

As I said, I actually preferred to use 4* Thanos as he blew up more of the board. Truth is though, I don't really have anywhere that I play winfinite teams these days, I'd rather use the boosted fives. The only cheese team I use sometimes is Kang/Deathlok/IM40 (I understand Darkveil is even faster but I know what I am doing with the one listed).

I also use Thanos, I think he's the best for use against enemy Polaris teams because of his passive that removes enemy SAPs and turns them into more green tiles.

I don't think I have really used the team in that capacity in PvP, as I said it was for beating the SCL10 CN back before I had other tools to use. Now I have all 5s champed (apart from Elsa) there is always somebody boosted to use in PvP and in SHIELD Sim I am part of the problem with Sam/Juggs.

BriMan2222

@Daniel2121 said:

@kuntilanak said:
mThor (or I'd prefer 'cheapThor') is effective in that combo on defence because the tile destruction from her passive always target special tiles 1st, and the resulting board shake always causes cascade matches, making multiple triggers of Polaris's passive. So that team on 2nd turn can usually wipe at least 1 of your guys, AND collect enough ap to fire multiple powers, sometimes at that same turn, because the passive comes before the AI making any moves.

I avoid them like a plague because of this... cheap tactic...

I think they may be aware that Mthor makes this team better on defense, but that can't be the reason they're trying that. It's harder to get through than the winfinite teams, but it's certainly not unbeatable.

I hoped someone who actually uses this team could give me an answer, but seems nobody does here.

I do use this team to climb in sim. It efficient, effective, and fast. It used to be the meta in sim before every one decided to start using chasm again as he shuts this team down. But I'll still use it on my early climb when I can find non Chasm teams.

The team pretty much plays itself. Mthor blows up tiles, polaris does damage and makes more tiles, brb collects blue ap that you can use to stun lock or blow up more tiles.

I took a video of using this team to beat a jugg/sam/ omeg red team but the forum won't let me share it. I did beat them in less than minute without them ever getting a turn.

Zarqa

I’m still confused why we’re talking winfinites for PvP when the original thread is about punching up in PvE