3* Roster advice. Max Sentry before all others?

Wobby
Wobby Posts: 286 Mover and Shaker
edited October 2014 in MPQ Tips and Guides
You know the story. Looking for advice on who to get rolling next with my fat iso8.pngiso8.pngiso8.png stash.

My roster -

*** high covers & levels
BPanther 5/3/5 lv 166
LThor 3/5/5 lv 166
Patch 5/3/5 lv 166
LCap 3/5/5 lv 166
Spidey 3/5/5 lv 156
CMagneto 5/3/5 lv 153
Punisher 5/5/3 lv 151
Hood 5/5/3 lv 130
HTorch 5/3/4 lv 114
Doom 5/5 lv 112


*** all/most covers, but ISO needy
Xforce 2/4/5 lv 70
Psylocke 5/4/4 lv 100
Falcon 3/5/5 lv 84
GSBW 5/2/5 lv 70
Hulk 5/3/5 lv 67
Rags 4/5 lv 55
She-Hulk 4/3/3 lv 45
LDaken 4/3/2 lv 78
Sentry 4/3/2 lv 78
Daredevil 5/3/5 lv 67
Loki 5/5 lv 66
IM40 3/5/5 lv 55
MStorm 4/1/5 lv 48
Colossus 3/3/2 lv 102


*** Work in progress
Deadpool 2/2/2 lv 66
Capt Marvel 3/2/2 lv 55
Beast 3/1/1 lv 45
DocOck 2/0/3 lv 68



I'd like to take Captain Marvel or Colossus up, but spending HP on covers is not an option.
I don't like to spend more than 200 HP on shields max -- and having a level 130 Hood makes me a big target when I'm unshielded over 1,000 points.
I may have a good (not optimal) Sentry after this Black Panther event, so it may be worth it to keep up with the high-tier Sentry-bomb crowd and drop it all there.
X-Force is one black cover away from being really viable and scary.

Falcon, Hulk, GSBW and Psylocke are the other folks who are potentially viable options... but in the current meta, does it make any sense to not max Sentry as soon as possible?
Or should leveling Hulk to drop in as a defensive deterrent make more sense (economically speaking)?

Comments

  • wymtime
    wymtime Posts: 3,760 Chairperson of the Boards
    If you can get top 5 go for Sentry. There will also be a 100 progression reward and you can put your ISO into him. He will help you get to 1300 to get more X-Force and Fury covers as well so it will be worth the investment. Having Hood at a lower level is not all that bad. You are being attacked at of 1000 becuase you are over 1000 and are worth a lot of points. expect to be attacked regardless of who you have leveld when you score that high.

    Top 3 to level would be Sentry, Daken, X-Force.

    The rest should be who ever you want to play
  • vudu3
    vudu3 Posts: 940 Critical Contributor
    Sentry and Lazy Daken will give you the most bang. Both will likely become part of at least one of your A teams. Neither one is quite ready for prime time yet but once you get a few more covers they'll be great so there's not much harm in throwing ISO at them now.

    X-Force needs more green covers before he gets truly great.

    Everyone else is situational--you'll use them when they're buffed/required but they're not going to displace your current go-to team. Except Psylocke. You need to max her right away so you can start sending me TUs. icon_e_biggrin.gif Also, buy another black cover.
  • Wobby
    Wobby Posts: 286 Mover and Shaker
    vudu3 wrote:
    Sentry and Lazy Daken will give you the most bang. Both will likely become part of at least one of your A teams. Neither one is quite ready for prime time yet but once you get a few more covers they'll be great so there's not much harm in throwing ISO at them now.

    X-Force needs more green covers before he gets truly great.

    Everyone else is situational--you'll use them when they're buffed/required but they're not going to displace your current go-to team. Except Psylocke. You need to max her right away so you can start sending me TUs. icon_e_biggrin.gif Also, buy another black cover.

    Decided to take my (now) 5/5/3 Sentry up to max. Too good not to... He will be 4/5/4 after the progression reward.
  • Is Spiderman a good 3 star? I am currently in the transition from 2 stars to 3 stars. I have a 102 Capn America and my next best 3 star is Spiderman with 6 covers after this event. Should I relaly put focus into him or is he not worth it?
  • mags1587
    mags1587 Posts: 1,020 Chairperson of the Boards
    Spiderman is not worth it. He puts out decent protect tiles with purple and his stun is okay but he's not good during the 2-3 star transition. Save your ISO for someone who can deal damage.