Need roster help which 3* to keep plus other advice

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edited August 2015 in MPQ Tips and Guides
Really need opinions on which 3* to keep a swell as some roster trimming plus some tough love on my 1* (who is essential I still want to complete DDQ) as need space as covers are expiring soon and need to know what to sell. I'm still quite a newbie 56 days playing especially on PvP and any other tips thankyou icon_e_smile.gif

4 stars

Lv 70 Antman 1/0/0
Lv 70 Starlord 0/1/0
Lv 70 Thor 1/0/0

3 stars

Lv 43 Captain Marvel 0/1/1
Lv 43 Dr Doom 1/1/0
Lv 43 Falcon 0/1/1
Lv 43 Gamora 0/1/1
Lv 40 Black Panther 0/1/0
Lv 40 Black Widow 0/0/1
Lv 40 Capt. America 1/0/0
Lv 40 Luke Cage 0/0/1
Lv 40 Magneto 1/0/0
Lv 40 Psylock 0/0/1
Lv 40 Scarlet Witch 0/0/1

2 stars

Lv 94 Cstorm 5/5/3
Lv 94 Thor 5/4/4 (not ideal build yet I know)
Lv 94 Captain Marvel 3/5/5
Lv 94 Magneto 4/4/5 (not ideal build yet)
Lv 57 Ares 3/5/5 (not ideal build)
Lv 15 Wolverine 3/3/4 (worth putting ISO in?)
Lv 15 OBW 5/0/2 (I know to keep her)

1 star

Lv 50 Iron Man 5/5/3 (worth keeping as I'm still in very early 2*-3 * transition?)
Lv 40 Juggs 5/5 (I use for PvE goons plus high health nuke)
Lv 40 Hawkeye 55 (PvE goons he is very good for barely lose health)
Lv 10 Black Widow 5/5 (just her stun I use for PvE 3v1 and lightning round shielding her always)
Lv 6 Storm 3/5/5 (again lightning round shield her with widow as don't want to use my 2* 3* or should get rid?)

Here's what's in my due to expire covers

3* Storm, Thor, Daken, Quicksilver, Deadpool Ragnarok Hulk

2* 2x hawkeye 2x moonstone 2x human torch daken

Tempted to sell all above just need to know what 3* to introduce to my roster. I'm sorry this is soo long, finally want to join a better clan so advertising here thankyou for reading icon_e_smile.gificon_e_smile.gif

Comments

  • Quebbster
    Quebbster Posts: 8,070 Chairperson of the Boards
    I don't think you need to hang on to the one-stars, your fully leveled two-stars should be able to handle things. You only really need one to do the Daily Quest, and Juggernaut can easily do that.
    Level up OBW ASAP. She is easily the best two-star. Ares is good too. I don't think you need to put Moonstone or Hawkeye on your roster at the moment. Daken is pretty good though.
    Keep any three- or four-star covers you get, but don't put ISO into them until you have at least 10 covers.
  • It is true about my 1* but I use them for lightning rounds and PvE so I can concentrate my 2* for PvP which I'm only starting out on and not wanting to use shields. thankyou for the ISO tip on my 3-4* though still need opinions on what 3* to keep like scarlet witch and Psylock and what ones to add to my roster that are about to expire
  • Quebbster
    Quebbster Posts: 8,070 Chairperson of the Boards
    Let's see what advice I can give. I am hopelessly optimistic about the use of certain characters though, so take the advice
    with a grain of salt
    Lv 43 Captain Marvel 0/1/1 - A bit of a niche piece but pretty solid. I mostly use her to generate red and black AP for others (Hi, Human Torch!), but she can be dang handy against defense tile makers.
    Lv 43 Dr Doom 1/1/0 - pretty solid as both Summon Demons and Diabolical Plot can hurt a lot.
    Lv 43 Falcon 0/1/1 - mostly PVE, but he's very good there, particularly against goons.
    Lv 43 Gamora 0/1/1 - a little overshadowed by the other red/green/black users, but I like Skull Cracker and Bad Reputation...
    Lv 40 Black Panther 0/1/0 - very solid, even though Defense Grid is a dud. Battle Plan and Rage of the Panther more than makes up for it though.
    Lv 40 Black Widow 0/0/1 - very good board manipulator when she is fully covered but a bit meh before then.
    Lv 40 Capt. America 1/0/0 - a PvE king once you get five covers in red and blue.
    Lv 40 Luke Cage 0/0/1 - very solid with two big damage attacks and persistent protect tile.
    Lv 40 Magneto 1/0/0 - solid, all three powers are effective. Nothing spectacular, but decent enough.
    Lv 40 Psylock 0/0/1 - I like her but many others do not. I agree that her powers are perhaps a little lacking in raw numbers.
    Lv 40 Scarlet Witch 0/0/1 - Very good, particularly since she can generate her own AP.
    Mohawk Storm - a little squishy, but not terrible anymore. Mostly useful to gather AP and to annoy with Hailstorm.
    Thor - very good. Takes what 2* Thor does and cranks it up to 11.
    Daken - not sure how he rates these days, actually. I used the true healers a lot back before they got stealth nerfed, but they may be a bit squishy by today's standards.
    Quicksilver - Pretty weak, TBH. His black is decent, but blue is tricky to trigger and green is a bit risky.
    Deadpool - pretty crazy when maxed. Just being able to Whale difficult PvE nodes is worth keeping him around for
    Ragnarok - mostly useful to feed blue/green to others, unfortunately. Red is decent for the cost I suppose.
    Hulk - a big scarecrow in PvP. Hulkbombing can help you past difficult PvE nodes. Not great, but serviceable. You do get a cover each time the Hulk event runs though, so he's easy to replace if you do decide to get rid of him.

    If you are tight for spots, I'd say the first to go would be Black Widow, Psylocke, Mohawk Storm, Quicksilver and Ragnarok. You should definitely try to keep Thor and Deadpool at least from the ones you haven't rostered yet.
  • Wow, thanks most appreciated will keep in mind when making my decisions, wished I knew that tokens never expired sooner but learning all the time,would love other peoples opinions to but again thankyou icon_e_smile.gif
  • Quebbster
    Quebbster Posts: 8,070 Chairperson of the Boards
    You have read this guide, right?
    viewtopic.php?f=6&t=30187
  • Of course I've read many of the guides on here , just need multiple opinions not just one or two however extensive, again thanx icon_e_smile.gif
  • lockness
    lockness Posts: 39 Just Dropped In
    Povinator wrote:
    Here's what's in my due to expire covers

    3* Storm, Thor, Daken, Quicksilver, Deadpool Ragnarok Hulk

    2* 2x hawkeye 2x moonstone 2x human torch daken

    Tempted to sell all above just need to know what 3* to introduce to my roster. I'm sorry this is soo long, finally want to join a better clan so advertising here thankyou for reading icon_e_smile.gificon_e_smile.gif

    There is a character rankings in the Character section of the forum that you can use as a guideline on developing your list to prioritize your roster. Personally, Thor and Deadpool would be my initial choices, if you don't have room for all of them. One of the things I like about Thor is that he's decent to play with under leveled and under covered.

    Deadpool can be useful with one cover in the sense that you can start earning Deadpool points from the get go - play it once a day in prologue or whatever. If you don't have a purple cover, then you can still get team-ups from alliance mates who do have his purple or fully covered (and hopefully, the TU will be the purple power) and use your Deadpool points. It's a fun power that pretty much wipes the other team. (Your Scarlet Witch can help accelerate his purple when you earn her blue.) As far as the rest of your rostered 3*, I can't tell you to get rid of any of them - I own 39 of the 40!

    Of your existing roster, 1* in order of importance left to right: Juggs, IM35, BW, Hawkeye, Storm. I have a second account about the same amount of days as you, still building 2* with that account. Of the 1*, I found I use Storm and Hawkeye the least. Though, Hawkeye is more useful for targeting countdown tiles until you get 2* Black Widow up and running. in my primary account, I actually have 2 of her.

    Of the 2*, you're fine getting rid of those waiting in the queue. My 2* roster is what really got me up and going to earn HP for more roster slots. 2* Wolverine is good with OBW (2* Black Widow) as her black power is magnified with strike tiles.

    Ideally, it's always nice to prioritize a roster that covers every play style / counter: one that produces strike tile, a solid AP stealer, attack tile producer, nuke powers, countdown tile deterrent, etc.

    Hope my 2 cents helps. Cheers.
  • Wow thankyou for the advice though I'm confused about the Deadpool points is that DDQ or something entirely different I only have the black cover I'm afraid
  • Houtro
    Houtro Posts: 464 Mover and Shaker
    Povinator wrote:
    Wow thankyou for the advice though I'm confused about the Deadpool points is that DDQ or something entirely different I only have the black cover I'm afraid

    purpleflag.png Whales! It's points that you gain once per day in a battle with Deadpool!

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    And I think you only need Juggs for DDQ although I have keep 1* Storm & 1* Black Widow (5 blue only for send TU) Juggs can do it! And don't think twice about level your OBW she's very good, also Ares. And one really good thing you should have a cool alliance (ISO + rewards are a must). And how much it costs try to don't sale 3*.
  • I know to level my OBW just need a few more blue covers first before as I'm concentrating on ares right now I would like a more active alliance (any takers?) whats good to pair with OBW if I want to use her for PvE goons to eventually replace the effectiveness of 1* hawkeye

    also can someone clarify if you can or can't lose special event/taco tokens

    Also should I keep 2* wolv as I have ares and Thor

    Most importantly should I be focusing on PvE or PvP to get the ISO HP and 3* covers?
  • CT1888
    CT1888 Posts: 1,201 Chairperson of the Boards
    At 2* wolverine and daken work well with OBW, the effective doubling up of strike tiles with her espionage is great for getting stuck into things and if the goons aren't generating blue, Magneto will generate it for you
  • Houtro
    Houtro Posts: 464 Mover and Shaker
    OBW is good pair with alot of guys! 2* is Ares, Thor, Wolv & Daken. I also have 2* Wolv he's good when boosted and I still use him in DDQ. I think in that stage of the game you should focus on PVE, earn ISO & tokens and a few covers, but still you got some battles in PVP you can still get cool rewards. As for tokens you don't lose then they gey stockpile you can use them after, but I not be best person to talk about this cuz I "can't" save any icon_e_biggrin.gif
  • TxMoose
    TxMoose Posts: 4,319 Chairperson of the Boards
    Houtro wrote:
    OBW is good pair with alot of guys! 2* is Ares, Thor, Wolv & Daken. I also have 2* Wolv he's good when boosted and I still use him in DDQ. I think in that stage of the game you should focus on PVE, earn ISO & tokens and a few covers, but still you got some battles in PVP you can still get cool rewards. As for tokens you don't lose then they gey stockpile you can use them after, but I not be best person to talk about this cuz I "can't" save any icon_e_biggrin.gif
    lol, one note on tokens - you never lose them. if you have tokens for an event that ends, that event token page will just be moved to the far right of all the active event token tiles to a 'post event' token tile. one thing I didn't get until I had already forced some hard decisions is when/how to open tokens. IF you are purely ftp (adamant about putting no money into the game), you need to stop opening tokens until you know you have a roster spot for anything you might get. save up enough hp for a slot then open tokens until that slot is filled, then stop again. it was about that point when I decided to put some money into this and buy some hp for roster slots and have since rostered every *** and **** in the game - overall that costs ~$60 eventually. (rostering everything is critical for high end pve, but pve loses its usefulness down the line, so a bit less critical later on, but by then you usually have everything). depends on how fast your *** and **** covers come in and at your level, that is mainly tied to how much time you put into pve. level the top useful ** guys and sit on the ***s until you get some covers. might be useful level a black user if you get one decently covered (marvel ok, but not great). everyone says don't put anything into them until they have 10+ covers, but if they have 4-5 covers on a very good ability (my first ones were doom black and grocket blue) - it can really help, because just bringing them up to ~94, the *** will hit much harder than the **s generally will.
  • Again thanx to everyone for their advice I hear a lot about levelling heroes to avoid scaling, is there a magic number to level heroes upto like your ***s etc