pumping my iso to dd? is it worthy?

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edited June 2014 in MPQ Tips and Guides
Help is it worthy to pump my iso on my dd? He's 5/3/2 lvl 70 and i can max him up to 102..currently my rosters are 141 hulk, 85 obw, 85 aresthorverine, 85 mnmagstorm nd the rest sucks..i want to have a 3 cover of punpun so my aim is to be on top 5 or 10..can it help if i lvl up my dd? Im hesistant coz everybody says dd sucks..

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  • ThatOneGuyjp189512
    ThatOneGuyjp189512 Posts: 543 Critical Contributor
    no, no, and a giant NO. 90% of the teams i've seen so far are using the loaner. Once you're not forced to use him, you'll never use him, maybe pump a couple levels into him if you plan on using him in PVE as well....but other than that, he's pretty much useless.
  • Well actually he's lvl 66 i just add 4 lvl so that it will be 100+ when buffed..anyways thanks for the tips..now i know why dd sucks..and he sucks!;)
  • I had the same question...My DD is level 23 and i can raise him to level 77...40 000 iso, and i have 220 000...

    I really need the punisher one icon_e_wink.gif
    Is DD so bad ? icon_e_wink.gif
  • over_clocked
    over_clocked Posts: 3,961
    STOP RIGHT THERE! No, don't give him a single level. Absolutely everyone and their dog has better use for AP than him.
  • over_clocked
    over_clocked Posts: 3,961
    edited June 2014
    If you want actual reasoning, here it is.

    Daredevil has standard 3* health, so he is not a viable tank, only when buffed 90 levels maybe. Which is not the case in 99% of events; he has lesser buffs in the current events.
    Daredevil has purple, blue and red abilities. All of which are extremely unreliable and you only have a chance of semi-reliably triggering them with board control characters such as Bag-Man, classic Magneto and classic Hawkeye, i.e. manipulating the board so that the AI can't help but make that 4-match and trigger Bagdevil's traps. All of these characters - surprise! - have better purple/blue/red abilities, especially Magneto who is the best offensive character in-game as of now, period. You gotta think when Bag-Man is more reliable than Daredevil or when you need the most powerful board control character in the game (Magneto) to even pass Daredevil for a usable character.
    Oh sure, Daredevil packs quite a punch; but all his abilities are high risk/reward, and let me tell you, the reward just ain't worth it unless literally all your other characters are dead.

    Edit: have I forgot to mention that Daredevil is 100% useless in all-goon battles as they cannot trigger a trap unless they maybe cascade and trigger it? Good luck surviving that Flamethrower or Tommy Gun in hopes of triggering Ambush.
    Have I also forgot to mention that all tile destruction characters directly counter traps (the chance of triggering them is abysmal), that includes all Storms, Magneto MN, Juggernaut, Ragnarok, Hulk, Punisher, GSBW, etc.)?
    Falcon and modern/mohawk Storm hose traps with their purple/black skills, and modern/mohawk Storm directly counters purple traps; finally, A.Wolverine, Daken, Sentry, Human Torch, Psylocke and Doctor Doom directly destroy red traps.
    Happy Bagdeviling!
  • So, DD is the worst character...never raise him, in any circumstances icon_e_wink.gif

    His PvP is a 2 character's fight icon_e_wink.gif
  • HairyDave
    HairyDave Posts: 1,574
    Darek wrote:
    I had the same question...My DD is level 23 and i can raise him to level 77...40 000 iso, and i have 220 000...

    I really need the punisher one icon_e_wink.gif
    Is DD so bad ? icon_e_wink.gif
    He's not so bad...

    He's tinykitty terrible.

    IF his traps couldn't be overwritten and IF his abilities were cheaper he might be okay. As it is he's a joke and utterly useless in half the PVE fights.
  • The problem is that i refuse to pay, and i don't have so many ***...Just Punisher 128 and Spidey 92...DD would be (or would have been icon_e_wink.gif) my good third *** icon_e_biggrin.gif
  • over_clocked
    over_clocked Posts: 3,961
    Save your ISO for better 3* characters. Hint: all of them are better than DD; but try to get more Thor/Patch/Hood/Daken/Hulk/Psylocke/Cap/Human Torch/BP/Sentry covers, roughly in this order of actually being useful.
    And don't forget to max more 2* characters if you only have 2-3.
  • Thank you for your answers icon_e_wink.gif

    I a plenty full ** (Thor, Ares, OBW, Daken, Wolverine, Magneto, Storm...) DD would be fine only for his event, but i will try DD 23 + Spidey 92 ( 5 purples) + punisher 128...I hope it will be enough to have some points.
  • over_clocked
    over_clocked Posts: 3,961
    Punisher/Spider-Man already comprise a full team and cover 6/6 rainbow between the two of them, but since Daredevil has an active purple and you need to match purple, sure, why not. It may even fire sometimes since the AI loves collecting EAP.
    And Radar sense doesn't need leveling to be of use unlike Ambush (damage ability).
  • If you have his red at level 5, he needs to be around level 65 or so for Ambush do to more than 5800 damage after his level buff for the PvP event, which is enough to instantly kill Patch or Daken. You shouldn't count on it, but if you have some spare iso it's not a bad idea to get him to a point where he can be occasionally useful. If you don't have red at level 5 then you'd need way too many levels to one hit kill a 5800 HP character.

    I think all of you saying don't level him are missing the part where the guy says he's trying to get top 5. Yes Daredevil is pretty useless, but if you see a level 80 DD + Thor + OBW versus a loaner DD + Thor + OBW, you'd still always take the latter one all else being equal. With the ability to play a large number of games curtailed, avoiding being hit matters a lot because your competitors can easily run out of steam too while attacking other players.
  • over_clocked
    over_clocked Posts: 3,961
    Leveling a bag of a character to have a chance at Punisher whose best green cover only requires top 100 and who's given out in quite a few events? I don't think it's ISO well spent, honestly.
  • I levelled my Daredevil as he was my first 3* and havent really regretted it. Its fine to say not to level him in theory world where you have every single character to choose from, but in the real world he's been really useful in PVP and in events against 3 villains.

    Now I have a hulk and a punisher and im close to overtaking DD with IM40, but my last hundred days play with DD have been great. I'd say go for it.