PVE GUIDE: TANK IT TO THE LIMIT

Your Enemies

The first PVE Event is called Tank It To The Limit. Basically, 4 tanks (not including Torvald or Ruckus) and Grover are your opponets, but they have some massive buffs. On the bright side, you start off with 4000 credits to buy the neccessary items right away.

Fernando Health- 8000
Sheild Health- rough estimate, about 8000-10000

Bariks (There will be 2 Bariks)

Health- 6000
Turret Health- 1500-2000
Damage Boost- 10-20%
Turrets also heal him rapidly*

Makoa
Health- 6000
Sheild Health- Rough Estimate- about 8000-9000

Grover-
Health- 6000
Healing- 2000-3000
*Gains and Pops his ult much faster, although unknown by how much*

Champions- Who to Pick, and Who not to Pick

With massively tanky tanks and a nearly unkillable healer, there are going to be some great champions to pick, and some that are not so helpful.

Frontline- Ruckus is going to be your best bet at shredding down the sheilds or keeping cauterize on all of the enemies. I would also advise as to not playing as any other tank (Torvald espically with his low DPS and low mobility), but it is entirely your choice. However, the other tanks cannot provide as much since they rely more on being defensive, unlike Ruckus who is more offensive.

Damage- Drogoz, Kinessa, Bombking, Shalin, Tyra are going to be the best in this game mode. The first 4 tanks offer 900+ Damage per shot, and can easily widdle down their health to 0. Drogoz and Bombking also do splash damage, able to deal massive damage to multiple enemies, while Shalin and Kinessa will do 1000+ damage from afar, without taking too much damage. Tyra on the other hand, she will need her firebomb alot, as the damage it does will prove to be benefical againsts the bullet sponges.






Flanks- I WOULD HEAVILY RECOMMEND YOU AVOID ANY FLANKS IN THIS GAME MODE. BEING A DISTRACTION WILL GET YOU KILLED FASTER THAN YOU MAY THINK. IF YOUR 200% CONFIDENT IN YOUR ABILITES AS FLANK, THEN BY ALL MEANS GO AHEAD. BUT BEING A FLANK IN THIS EVENT WILL BE MORE OF A PROBLEM FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM, RATHER THAN SOMETHING BENEFICAL.

If you choose not to listen and go for flank, Skye might be the best choice. A built in cauterize into her kit (Poison bolts), and an Ult that instantly destroy sheilds. Keep in mind you will die rapidly if you cannot get out of the situation quickly

Support- Now I have to separate the support from the healers, as they both play differently in this game mode. Pip will be your best support for slowing down the tanks and using the Evil Mojo Ult to quickly finish off the tanks. He also does splash damage so he will be able to hit multiple targets.

Healers- On the healing side of things, if you don't want to play as Pip, Ying and Mal'damba are going to be the best healers for this game mode. Ying, who can heal using her illusions without risking her own life, and Mal'damba who can heal multiple people with gourd, and heal from far distances with mending spirits. Ghrok and Grover will not be as effiecent as they both need to be up close to their allies to heal them. This becomes problematic when the Bariks have 4+ turrets on the field, and the Fernando is constantly applying reduced healing on your teammates. Its better to heal from a safe distance, than to risk your life only to end up having both you and who you were healing dead.

Items to Buy

Now you got your team down, and the match is about to begin shortly. During this time, you can spend 4000 credits on what you need, but the question is, what will you need.

Defense- Haven is going to be the best card you can get to keep yourself alive longer and avoid as much damage as possible. Resilience is also good incase you're having trouble with Grover's crippling effect ot Fernando and his Damage over Time/Reduce Healing and need them off faster.

Utility- Chronos and Morale Boost will definitely help you out, being able to get your ultimates poping faster, or having shorter cooldowns for abilites that can save your life. Nimble and Master Riding won't help as much, as getting to the point fast is asking for death and moving faster may not help when your team may need an ultimate down quickly.

Healing- Anything buy Veteran will help you out, because it would not be a good idea to wait and heal out of combat while the tanks easily capture the point and win. Rejuvenate is perfect if you have a healer, otherwise Life Rip or Kill to Heal will be fine as means of healing.

Offense- Bulldozer for removing them pesky turrets, Wrecker for shredding down sheild faster, and Cauterize for keeping them from healing up significantly. You could argue that Deft hands might work, however, applying debuffs and increasing damage towards sheilds/buildables is going to be more important than having a higher DPS. And with the constant sheilds and healing, DPS buff would not sound like a smart idea.

The General Goal

You bought the items, you got your team composition, and everyone is ready.

Basically, to win a round, you must capture the point. No payload to push or defend. Of course, thats only after you kill the tanks and their tanky healer.

After capturing the point, the winning team will gain 2100 credits which can be used for the next round.

The game ends when one team captures the point twice

Extra Info

I) Both Bariks will place their turrets as frequently as possible, having at leats 4+ turrets on the map. Destroy them as fast as possible

II) When one tank loses thier sheild and is severly damaged, another will pop their sheild to cover them for Grover to heal the injured tank. Tanks will also use their sheilds upon reaching 50% or less HP

III) Fernando and Makoa will only pop their ult when they are near death and their Grover is not present to heal

IV) Fernando will not use his ult when Drogoz uses his ult

V) Both Makoa and Grover will buy Resilience up to Lvl 3, making slows, stuns, knockback and other CC effects (Crowd control) less effective on them

VI) It might be easier to take the enemy team head on if you scatter them apart from eachother. They will always be grouped up so a Grumpy Bomb from Bombking, or a FireBomb from Tyra will do

VII) If running a team with Pip, make sure he uses his ult first and fast, then have the rest of the team use theirs (a fast method on taking down the tanks)

VIII) Team Coordination is key, so try to have your teammates gang up on a lonesome enemy when given the chance (focus all damage on one enemy rather than multiple)

IX) Grover will buy Wrecker, and Fernando will be the only one with Cauterize

X) None of the enemies will buy Haven or Blast Sheilds

XI) At least One Barik and the occassional Fernando will attempt to spawncamp from time to time

XII) Bariks can heal their turrets, and vice versa. They won't die unless their turrets (and Grover) does first.

XII) Bariks will buy Nimble and Kill to Heal, Fernando and Makoa will buy Rejuvenate

XIII) Makoa will not use his Hook, or Shell Spin

XIV) Fernando will not use Fireball

XV) Bariks use their ults more than their sheilds (they dont use the sheild at all

XVI) Dropping below 30% HP makes you a prime target, and you will be hunted down until you heal up or die

Closing statement

Feel free to add a suggestion, change, fact or comment as it will further help players with this game mode. This guide will be improved upon and expanded upon later down the road. I hope this helps a little bit in figuring out how to play this game mode.

Enjoy


-JKO

[Fever]

Just fire bomb the point, does percentage damage so you will still kill them all in <2 seconds

[Darkcaster5454]

how do i do a pve like fr i cant do any pve's but its my weekly quest to win 5 of them could you help me...

[逍遥化神]

You can win very easily when you got right champion, but many players chose champion they like.

[Patikekfad]

The win reciepe = Pip ult + BK ult = Win. It works, trust me I've done it a lot of time, but requires good coordination with teammates. BK going moral boost 3, wrecker 3, and life rip. Pip Moral boost 3, life rip 3 and cauterise 1 and the loadout for pip is that he gets ammo from the flask and liferip on enemy's with flask

[Shadow Saint]

well 4 makoas and a pip with the bots, all of them spamming their ultis

[YoQurt]

Kinessa actually has a stupid yet great strat, not sure and not tested, but the bots seem to chase whoever is damaging them. With a Kinessa's mines, you can actually force them off the point and chasing you. Its not a good strat, but i have seen it work in teams with no pip, bk or drogoz.

[XiMiK]

Too bad everyone just picks the champion they want, not the want they need

[FryBrain16]

we don't get anything special. i know because i managed to win once.

[johnny]

What do we get when we won the PVE?

[illusion]

All enemy tanks run away from Mal'Damba's Gourd. Stay on top, and win!