Was doing the Skarlet/Sonya/Noob one yesterday.
Skarlet and Sonya were easy. However, Noob was an absolute rage-inducing cheap turd of MK2-level exploitation. Played it around 20 times and closest I got was critical after managing to play second to an excellent Baraka player who went super defensive. However Noob just owned me, broke through my blocks, juggled me, could barely get a hit in. Most of my tag players wouldn't tag me in, they'd just fight till they died, which was annoying in itself.
I eventually chose to just play Solo Tag, I figured I'd at least I'd ensure I got my two fatal blows and wouldn't be relying on someone to tag me in without stupidly dying first. Would be able to get the best of my 'four lives' by effectively tagging myself in and out, rather than the two lives afforded by a selfish online tag partner who never tags until they're dead.
First attempt I got thrashed. Second attempt I got thrashed.
Third attempt... Noob shut down completely. If it hadn't been for a portal rocket I'd have got a flawless victory. Felt a shallow win, even though he had been so unbelievably cheap he'd raged me for an hour. Still, got that Skarlet skin I wanted at last. The AI literally switched off, was like playing an AI local battle on 'very easy'.
I've noticed in my single-player plays before, the game seems to have a charitable algorithm built in that if you've failed enough in single player it just eventually gives you a massive handicap and effectively lets you win after enough attempts.
Considering I just wanted the gear and really don't care about proving myself... I'm fine with that though haha.
