IlDuderino wrote: Possibly the answer is don't bother but I have the HP saved to buy three covers that would bring Hulkbuster to 5/3/1 or 3/5/1. I would think that without 5 red HB is unusable but I have a max Iron Fist and Blade and imagine his strike tiles are quite powerful with attack tiles and so wonder if maxing black is, though this seems highly unlikely, better - any thoughts?
SnowcaTT wrote: I expect they nerf Carnage and/or PX before HB. I bought covers with saved HP to get to 4/2/2, then drew a red the next day (thus wasting 2500 HP since red is the season reward), then used the steam sale to go to 5/5/3. I see HB everywhere, in part because he goes well with 3*'s - I see lots in sim where he's matched with both Cyc/IF to speed up his red/black. The only reason I worry about an HB nerf is I see more of him than any other 4* recently....but that also might be because they put out an event where people could actually -obtain- all three covers, so more covers given to all = easier to pay for the covers = more of that 4* out there. The other reason I'd worry about it is the only other covers I ever used HP to buy were Xforce.... He has a ton of health and a strong attack, like GT does. But unlike her he has no stun, and you can somewhat easily deny him by taking/stealing red. Like GT he's a scarecrow due to health, not necessarily due to amazing abilities.
SnowcaTT wrote: The only reason I worry about an HB nerf is I see more of him than any other 4* recently....
GrumpySmurf1002 wrote: SnowcaTT wrote: The only reason I worry about an HB nerf is I see more of him than any other 4* recently.... While this is true, I don't see him much, and certainly don't see him on every darn team like you did with Sentry/Hood or 4Thor/XForce. There's some Fistbusters out there, but they're often well mixed among other teams.
daibar wrote: GrumpySmurf1002 wrote: SnowcaTT wrote: The only reason I worry about an HB nerf is I see more of him than any other 4* recently.... While this is true, I don't see him much, and certainly don't see him on every darn team like you did with Sentry/Hood or 4Thor/XForce. There's some Fistbusters out there, but they're often well mixed among other teams. Hood and Sentry are 3*, and they gave us tons of time to earn XThor covers with the first 3 seasons 4Thor was out being focused on her. It seems to be a matter of time, separating the whales from the PVP cover grinders.
Lerysh wrote: Even Cover Grinders should have a 5/x/x usable 220 IMHB by now. I mean they gave out 2-3 in Ultron (lets face it, 2), plus tokens, plus 1-5 in his release PvE plus 1 in a Gauntlet, plus 2 progression rewards so far, plus alliance reward in like 4 days. He has been pimped out pretty hard.
vudu3 wrote: Lerysh wrote: Even Cover Grinders should have a 5/x/x usable 220 IMHB by now. I mean they gave out 2-3 in Ultron (lets face it, 2), plus tokens, plus 1-5 in his release PvE plus 1 in a Gauntlet, plus 2 progression rewards so far, plus alliance reward in like 4 days. He has been pimped out pretty hard. Cover grinder here and mine is only 3/4/4. I have bad token luck. I got a blue about a week ago and everything else has been earned. No one has a 5/X/X IMHB without either purchasing covers or sacrificing a goat.
Ebolamonkey84 wrote: DId he have a separate PVE release besides the Ultron event? I thought that was it. Mine will be 5/4/3 after this season is done.
DrNitroman wrote: Reading this thread, it seems that the general consensus is that the best build is 5/5/3, an offensive build. I just won my first red cover in Falcon PvP ( ) and now my IMHB is 1/2/5: with Ultron and token pulls I have been especially lucky with his blue covers. So I still need 5 covers but it seems that RNG gods want me to try a defensive build with a maxed blue power. Could it be valuable
Buret0 wrote: DrNitroman wrote: Reading this thread, it seems that the general consensus is that the best build is 5/5/3, an offensive build. <snip> So I still need 5 covers but it seems that RNG gods want me to try a defensive build with a maxed blue power. My answer is in the post above. I still suggest bringing him in as a battery back-up for another red power user.
DrNitroman wrote: Reading this thread, it seems that the general consensus is that the best build is 5/5/3, an offensive build. <snip> So I still need 5 covers but it seems that RNG gods want me to try a defensive build with a maxed blue power.
DrNitroman wrote: Buret0 wrote: DrNitroman wrote: Reading this thread, it seems that the general consensus is that the best build is 5/5/3, an offensive build. <snip> So I still need 5 covers but it seems that RNG gods want me to try a defensive build with a maxed blue power. My answer is in the post above. I still suggest bringing him in as a battery back-up for another red power user. Thanks! More generally, I was wondering how valuable would be a maxed defensive build (with 5 blue) I suppose a 5/3/5 build (4/4/5 doesn't seem very appealing at first glance). Such a build may be suboptimal compared to the offensive 5/5/3: without maxed black power, one may fire his red less often. However, he will be a huge tank for the team.
Vhailorx wrote: The problem is that even at 5, his blue isn't great offensively (3 matches for 3 tiles that won't even negate all match damage against overleveled opponents). The way I see it, imhb can be useful as a red battery, but he only really becomes too tier in PvP with the offensive 5/5/3 build. 5 red makes the damage output worthwhile, and 5 black makes the self accelleration more efficient and provides some superstrong strike tiles to end matches quickly.
tuscan panty raider wrote: At risk of flogging the obvious.. Given we know matchmaking in this game is done with the quality exhibited by a farm of e-z bake ovens, and we all know that you can have 2 primary characters covering most colors with a third outlier in the form of hulkbuster.. The repulsor punch of hulkbuster is obscenely overpowered. in the shield simulator mode, more than once, I've been nailed by a couple of 3 star 166ers with a jacked up hulkbuster who served up 1 shot 1 kill moves with his repulsor punch. So it is really laudable (lol) when as a supposedly on the level software company stacks the deck whereby a guy who spends the bulk of his time and probably some of his money supporting the game, gets his **** kicked thanks to a combination of unbalanced characters and matchmaking on par with the computing power of a commodore vic 20.
tuscan panty raider wrote: in the shield simulator mode, more than once, I've been nailed by a couple of 3 star 166ers with a jacked up hulkbuster who served up 1 shot 1 kill moves with his repulsor punch.