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"The final level of Aghanim's Trial is complete!
It was a fun event! I hope Valve keeps up the good work next time!"
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Emil  [author] 7 Jan, 2022 @ 8:56am 
@FaultForce | Merc
Well said! I believe that everyone who cleared it -> just had to understand how aggro works.

I'm sure that if there were some time constraints, people would have found more cheese mechanics, such as: sacrificing lives to clear waves/maps with explosions (or other), but since there aren't -> there's no reason not to take it slow.

Yup! Sniper is really good indeed, but we almost never chose the CM map, unless it was the obvious choice from a reward standpoint.
Juggernaut was a great hero to have on your team from day one, but many people didn't see it. Now, it's clear to everyone that he can even solo the entire thing, given the right shard, item combination and patience from his team. (the same can be said for Undying)

All in all, I know the event isn't that hard, but it was fun to clear.
Surprisingly, people played better than previous events, so I ended up clearing it early (as opposed to the last event).
FaultForce 7 Jan, 2022 @ 8:33am 
Personally what i found is that there are a lot of rooms you can cheese that are known... but if your team understand how aggro works you can clear 90% of rooms without even fighting, just takes 10/15 per room.

One example is taking a sniper with shrapnel to clear from highground on the CM level, Blinks and Windwakers are EXTREMELY Good and provide a lot of utility...

Cleared 5 times so far on Apex, My fav lineup is Phoenix, Undying, Sniper, QOP/TA...
This gives you a nice mix of extreme range clearing, AOE clear and kiting potential with Tombstone
MATEJZAO 6 Jan, 2022 @ 12:58pm 
Thanks. I always play Phoenix and true you need talented people. Undying or Jug are no brainers, QoP is arguable as I have not unlocked her. People say she has good healing talent.
Emil  [author] 6 Jan, 2022 @ 11:57am 
A lot of heroes are a good fit, but in my final run on (Apex Mage), we used:
Phoenix + Undying + Juggernaut + Queen of Pain
In my opinion, it's more important to play with decent people rather than ideal heroes, but if you have at least Phoenix and Undying in your team -> then the others can be anything.
Each one has a role to fill and as difficulty increases, you have to take each level slower (most of the mobs can 1 shot you).
MATEJZAO 6 Jan, 2022 @ 10:37am 
Which heroes did you use?