I did see that and was pleasantly surprised. I thought the Apoc bonus attack was unrevivable but can't find it in any description, so maybe it's a bug. Either way, I'll take any RNG in my favour these days!

You might be right. When I get this message I usually assume they are being attacked already, I must admit I still don't fully understand the Arena slingshot bug!

@@ansonlam4081 Basic break down is you have three players, A at 1, B at 5, and C at 9. B attacks A, but during that attack and before B wins C attacks B. B and C each win. A drops to 5 for losing to B and since B lost to C, C moves up to 1 since that was B's new ranking and B drops to 9 which was C's ranking. In my opinion, B shouldn't be attackable since they would already be in combat with A, same as A couldn't be attacked by D (for example) since A's in combat with B. So in your video, with you at 9, you were in range to attack 5 but you likely lost a defense before you started your attack which is why 5 became out of range for you to attack. Since above rank 20 you can only attack up to four ranks higher it looks like two players behind you were trying to climb as well. Likely 16 was attacking 13 while 13 was attacking you and you were getting ready to attack 5. 16 beat 13, 13 beat you so you dropped to 16, 16 went to 13 and 13 went to 9 and 5 was blissfully unaware of the chaos below him since you were now out of range to attack them.

Thanks for your explanation, that's very insightful. I think timing also plays a part in slingshotting, but again not 100% sure how it works. I believe 13 would have had to complete the attack on me before 16 completed the attack on 9 in order for me to be slung out 7 places. As you say, 5 was probably oblivious to the bedlam happening below him!

Not had the opportunity to test myself against such a defence yet! But I'm relishing just the thought of it =)

Thanks! Never in any doubt lol

The positioning works for me. The opponent (AI) will always open with the Skrull special which turn rewinds target - Black Knight who is taunting at the start - and adjacents. Therefore I put BK at one end and the fifth wheel next to him who can lose turn meter. Dorm, BC and Kang all bring passive abilities to their respective fights and don’t really need to take turns. I don’t think the others’ placements are overly important.

Actually, if Robbie had chosen any of the other characters to ability block, it would have been a walk in the park! It was just bad RNG he AB'd my Apoc. If I encounter this defence again, I am confident it will be an easier match-up =)

Black cat will negate the revive conferred by Dormammu. The Dorm counter works on everything except Black Cat teams. If you encounter Black Cat, the team to use it Apoc Skrull OML Kang and BK. Good luck!

Yeah, I had to look for a BK-less solution and the helpful Discord community suggested a MMHL, VK, Apoc, BC, Kang lineup, which worked. I have the video here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gtVpYM2knNTdZnk.htmlsi=FOgM0APwUGaV2A2Z =)

Hi, thank you for your comment. Sorry I didn't see this till now - still new to YT! For that team composition, I use MMHL, VK, Apoc, BC, BK. I actually have a video of this fight: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/grZkfdyEmdnVcX0.html Hope you find it useful =)