Story Mode - Match Challenges Guide & Discussion

[rexturtle1120]

I have one challenge left and it’s driving me insane.
Master ascent
2x silver only vs love crafted and summer salt
*no hits

idk if I need to reinvest in a specific fighter or what but I’ve been trying with several and I can’t seem to get it. If I take too long to kill squigly she hits me with BB3. If I get her under 50% she tags out and Parasoul kills me

I could get gang green or solar flare to kill at ~50%, but getting the combo set up without getting tagged by bb3 is proving impossible. Idk who or what else to try. Peacock seems to do okay but I’d have to entirely reinvest into inkling to be able to barrage like I think I should.

How did other people clear no hits on that node?

Remember No hits is not the same as no damage. If You can block every “hit” it will count as No hits. Blocked hits don’t count as hits. Or at least that’s how I believe I’ve beaten these challenges in the past. Getting thrown counts as a hit whether you break it or not.

 

[choriflancito]

I have one challenge left and it’s driving me insane.
Master ascent
2x silver only vs love crafted and summer salt
*no hits

idk if I need to reinvest in a specific fighter or what but I’ve been trying with several and I can’t seem to get it. If I take too long to kill squigly she hits me with BB3. If I get her under 50% she tags out and Parasoul kills me

I could get gang green or solar flare to kill at ~50%, but getting the combo set up without getting tagged by bb3 is proving impossible. Idk who or what else to try. Peacock seems to do okay but I’d have to entirely reinvest into inkling to be able to barrage like I think I should.

How did other people clear no hits on that node?

Oh, that one. Cleared it easily with Freaky Friday. I don't think GG is really good for it as you first need a kill to start her HP drain SA.

 

[choriflancito]

Remember No hits is not the same as no damage. If You can block every “hit” it will count as No hits. Blocked hits don’t count as hits. Or at least that’s how I believe I’ve beaten these challenges in the past. Getting thrown counts as a hit whether you break it or not.

Getting thrown counts as a hit even if you break it but only if you lose hp in the process; if you break it soon enough it doesn't.

 

[Disasterrr19]

I have one challenge left and it’s driving me insane.
Master ascent
2x silver only vs love crafted and summer salt
*no hits

idk if I need to reinvest in a specific fighter or what but I’ve been trying with several and I can’t seem to get it. If I take too long to kill squigly she hits me with BB3. If I get her under 50% she tags out and Parasoul kills me

I could get gang green or solar flare to kill at ~50%, but getting the combo set up without getting tagged by bb3 is proving impossible. Idk who or what else to try. Peacock seems to do okay but I’d have to entirely reinvest into inkling to be able to barrage like I think I should.

How did other people clear no hits on that node?

As far as I remember, I cleared it with Freaky Friday, Rusty and Blood Drive could also work. Painwheel can easily pull 50+ hits combos with Gae Bolga Stinger links and Death Crawl/Buer Thresher ender, taking more than 50% of opponent's HP in one combo (plus bleed). After the combo you can perform an unblockable Charge Attack, in most cases AI tries to block, gets hit and temporarily staggered, allowing you to start another combo that would finish them. After three combos you should have BB3 charged, and that would be your finisher.

Also I have just tried to beat this node with maxed silver BHD (First Cut MA), Graveyard Shift as support. Success!

 

[MrNoggin]

I wasn’t gonna reinvest into any of those fighters if I didn’t have to and ended up winning with gang green.

Inferno, 2x drag n bites, silver chord, and ashes to ashes. Attack and piercing to make sure I could get 1% on most hits. Neither opponent could have burst.

Squigly can actually gain enough space to activate blockbusters away from love crafted; you just gotta pay attention. With her long combos and a corner lock it was mostly a matter of positioning and tempo. Any meter gain she loses can be recovered by back dashing.

The last thing you need is to figure out how to trick the AI into not using its BB3 before getting it down low enough to kill. With this setup, a full combo can deal ~50% damage. Getting miasma is just icing.

 

[Purrminator187]

Hey guys does anyone have any advice on the following challenges
—Who is the boss, master, downtown, silver only big band
—going all in, master, river king casino,
1. Gold double only,
2. Gold, cerebela, bigband, double
— Ascent of a woman, master, 3x Beowulf gold
if anyone has any advice that would ve greatly appreciated!!!

 

[MrNoggin]

—going all in, master, river king casino,
2. Gold, cerebela, bigband, double

I’m fairly certain I beat this node with beat box. Beat box can lay down a lot of damage with 4 specials and a BB3; it’s just a matter of rng when dealing with armed forces. Having a harlequin on the bench means even faster and harder specials. If you’re aiming for stars don’t fall into the trap of dashing to take a hit

Harlequin is also a good option if you set her up for long combos and/or auto grabs.

If you’re skilled with double then Xenomorph has a very high attack stat and Doublicious can rip the buffs right off of heavy handed and armed forces, and her long combos will be good to finish everyone off.

As for the other nodes you’re asking for there’s already comments dedicated to them in this thread with a lot of information in them, including the opening post.

 

[Purrminator187]

I’m fairly certain I beat this node with beat box. Beat box can lay down a lot of damage with 4 specials and a BB3; it’s just a matter of rng when dealing with armed forces. Having a harlequin on the bench means even faster and harder specials. If you’re aiming for stars don’t fall into the trap of dashing to take a hit

Harlequin is also a good option if you set her up for long combos and/or auto grabs.

If you’re skilled with double then Xenomorph has a very high attack stat and Doublicious can rip the buffs right off of heavy handed and armed forces, and her long combos will be good to finish everyone off.

As for the other nodes you’re asking for there’s already comments dedicated to them in this thread with a lot of information in them, including the opening post.

Great thanks a lot for the advice!!!
I managed to complete all of the nodes thankfully , once again thank you very much

 

[Nikolay]

Great thanks a lot for the advice!!!
I managed to complete all of the nodes thankfully , once again thank you very much

How did you beat the beowulf node? Freedom fighter is driving me crazy

 

[BallotBoxer]

Over in the Master Difficulty Story Mode thread, that triple Beowulf node is a frequent topic. It is funny how that node looks to be doing this pattern twice:

- Beowulf variant in node gets buffed
- node becomes too difficult
- HVS reconsiders and replaces variant

First it was Weekend Warrior Beowulf. He got a survival buff that made clearing the node in the time limit extremely difficult. He gets benched and Freedom Fighter Beowulf takes the spot. However, he got recently buffed to AUTOBLOCK all the time

Maybe this video by vellovello could still help:

I cleared it before FF got powered-up, but it still was a few tries. A lot of bleed RNG needed with Wrestler X.

 

[Disasterrr19]

Freedom Fighter Beowulf takes the spot. However, he got recently buffed to AUTOBLOCK all the time

I believe that Cap's buff does not change the big picture.

The strategy to beat this node with Wrestler X is using two Wulf Shoots and a Taunt to quickly get to Hype Mode, activate it, then use Wulf Pummel and Geatish Trepak to apply as many Bleeds as possible. None of these attacks are blockable, so AUTO-BLOCK basically does nothing.

Normal hits are blocked indeed, but due to the fact that they only deal 1% HP max, they are not your main thing. With proper skills (at least lvl6, because you need lower cooldowns, +%ACCURACY, +%METER GAIN, some +%ATK) you should have enough ATK to chip off 1% of opponent's HP even with a blocked hit.

 

[Purrminator187]

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How did you beat the beowulf node? Freedom fighter is driving me crazy

Hello, So use wrestler X, use 3 airwulf, getish trepan and lupine pummel. Invest in accuracy(12% was enough for me)
When fighting freedom fighter, when he has autoblock don’t use getish trepar, use aiiwulfs, throws and pummel, and make sure you get bleeds
Lastly, watch videos in YouTube on how to beat the node, so you learn how to combat all the beos

How did you beat the beowulf node? Freedom fighter is driving me crazy

 

[Nefelibata]

To Earn the Third Star (Theonite Reward): Gain 15/20/25 BUFFs

One can use voltality with double(Gain a Buff every 10s) or Jawbreaker(Gain buff upon transmutating) or Rainbow Blight(Gain buff upon transmutating) or Djinn(Gain 3 buffs every 10s) to have high Buff count

 

[Nefelibata]

To Earn the Third Star (Theonite Reward): Inflict 15/20/25 DEBUFFS

Using chaos with double can help.

 

[Nefelibata]

Bronze fighters that can gain a lot of buffs easily

Sheltered (5 Taunt Equipped+ Enrage)
Nunsense (conditional)
Solar Flair (start and leave star power mode)
and Beat Box
This is theoritical though

 

[Nefelibata]

Same as above but with Silver fighters instead

Number One
Doubles with Voltality MA
Feline Lucky
Shadow Ops
Nyanotech
Vector Protector (All Taunts so u get 5 armour and 5 barrier as SA1- gain armour on special move)
Gang Green(Neads a Dead Body)

 

[Nefelibata]

4. Most of Ascent of a Woman - Master difficulty: ways to get 30 DEBUFFS easily with certain fighters

Chaos MA Double(best) , Rainbow Blight, Wildcard (all SMs), Trash Chic(maybe)

 

[ZeoW]

Chaos MA Double(best) , Rainbow Blight, Wildcard (all SMs), Trash Chic(maybe)

Thanks. Most of your suggestions are already in the post

 

[doodooface]

Any help with master mode challenge in who's the boss? In the eliza standout node? I just cant against her. I even have djinn and cant finish it

Sorry I haven’t finished that one either

 

[Maxence]

Any help with master mode challenge in who's the boss? In the eliza standout node? I just cant against her. I even have djinn and cant finish it

Use shelter, but try to use her as silver and try to low you attack, with a high crit rate stat in your move you can get enrage easily. Also the burst can help to disable blockbuster and tunt to recover stun. If you do deal a great dmg and still not getting 30 buffs switch to big band and let eliza heal herself. Last clear with a high atk fillia.