Advice: Which 4 star to put ISO into

dokiy
dokiy Posts: 239 Tile Toppler
edited May 2016 in Roster and Level Help
I'm sitting with a 13/13 cover XFW (current level 223), a 12/13 IMHB (CURSE YOU TWO REDS I'VE HAD TO SELL, at level 230), and 4 star.png Cyclops at 11/13 covers (level 200).

Now my question is, I'm also sitting on an 11/13 Fury at level 150 and slightly over 100,000K ISO. What is my best course of action? Max out X-Force knowing he's not one of the best 4 star.png anymore? Push IMHB to his max level? Level up Fury to make another strong, but older 4 star character?

Thanks!

(Oh, and Cho Hulk is sitting at 11/13 covers but still level 74 because he gets no ISO and likes it)

Comments

  • TxMoose
    TxMoose Posts: 4,319 Chairperson of the Boards
    I vote E. none of the above - sit on your iso until the game gives you a more clear path. I'm not against leveling xf, but I'd rather not have him as my first. that is better saved for hb or cyke (or jean/rulk/ice). any of those 5 (and maybe even xp) would more than hold their own as your only maxed guy. anything else just sit on and be patient (but I know its hard sometimes).
  • Quebbster
    Quebbster Posts: 8,070 Chairperson of the Boards
    Leveling Hulkbuster may help you place better and get more ISO and covers down the road. I don't think he's a bad investment, particularly not since you may be able to get more covers for him in Civil War.
  • dokiy
    dokiy Posts: 239 Tile Toppler
    Good advice. Thanks. Bobby is sitting at 8/13 covers at the moment, and RHulk is 6/11, (but 2,2,2 build, so nothing great yet) so they are close to getting useful. Only have 4 Jean covers. icon_cry.gif
  • Blahahah
    Blahahah Posts: 738 Critical Contributor
    HB and Cyke is the best options out of your list.
  • Vhailorx
    Vhailorx Posts: 6,085 Chairperson of the Boards
    Xfw isn't bad, but he's not someone to champ ahead of top tiers like imhb or cyclops. You are so close on those two, I would wait and hope for a lucky pull.

    Your priorities should by one of imhb/cyclops, and one of iceman/rulk/jg. But that should also be just about everyone's priority!

    Xfw can come after that, along with fury. They are about on par. Both useful when boosted, but not quite good enough on their own to justify leveling. (and I say this as someone who champed xfw second because I had 3 expiring covers for him in my queue.)
  • Wolarsen
    Wolarsen Posts: 326 Mover and Shaker
    Your path is clear! There's 3 incoming IMHBuster covers coming from IM team in CivilWar event, go pump your IMHB!
  • Wolarsen
    Wolarsen Posts: 326 Mover and Shaker
    Your path is clear! There's 3 incoming IMHBuster covers coming from IM team in CivilWar event, go pump your IMHB!
  • Wolarsen
    Wolarsen Posts: 326 Mover and Shaker
    Your path is clear! There's 3 incoming IMHBuster covers coming from IM team in CivilWar event, go pump your IMHB!
  • Wolarsen
    Wolarsen Posts: 326 Mover and Shaker
    Your path is clear! There's 3 incoming IMHBuster covers coming from IM team in CivilWar event, go pump your IMHB!
  • BlackSheep101
    BlackSheep101 Posts: 2,025 Chairperson of the Boards
    Jeez, what was up with the forums a few hours ago? This is the second instance of multiple posts I've seen this morning.
  • Phaentom
    Phaentom Posts: 111 Tile Toppler
    I would wait until after the Civil Ware event is over before spending those isos. Then I would level up HB, XFW isn't all that bad but I wouldn't max him out until you get that next cover so when you champ him you get a LT right away and would do the same with Cyclops.
  • CrookedKnight
    CrookedKnight Posts: 2,579 Chairperson of the Boards
    Join Team Iron Man for Civil War, get your 13th cover (and two more for champion levels), then max Hulkbuster.
  • GrimSkald
    GrimSkald Posts: 2,657 Chairperson of the Boards
    Here's the thing - if your IMHB has 5 red, that's not a bad character even less than maximum level. If you'll find him useful (and I think you will,) throw ISO at him. In the long game, the only bad character to spend ISO on is the one you will never use. Sure, there are some characters who you really don't need past a certain level, but IMHB is not one of them.
  • ronin_san
    ronin_san Posts: 980 Critical Contributor
    I think it's equally important considering the covers you are going to get as a result of this PvE, well, provided your Alliance is pro-Iron Man.

    The problem with IMHB is that IM40 is so damned good! And to that end, would IM40 be better suited to be paired with Cyclops, or is that just too much color overlap?

    I dunno. Maybe the answer is IMHB, get the covers from the Civil War PvE, and try to get him champoined before the covers rot.
  • zodiac339
    zodiac339 Posts: 1,948 Chairperson of the Boards
    ronin-san wrote:
    I think it's equally important considering the covers you are going to get as a result of this PvE, well, provided your Alliance is pro-Iron Man.

    The problem with IMHB is that IM40 is so damned good! And to that end, would IM40 be better suited to be paired with Cyclops, or is that just too much color overlap?

    I dunno. Maybe the answer is IMHB, get the covers from the Civil War PvE, and try to get him champoined before the covers rot.
    Well, people don't consider color overlap with 4hor to be a problem, so it shouldn't be for Cyclops. I know I don't mind overlap when I'm using IM40 to accelerate Steve Rogers to deal with Carnage (Venom Bomb) or Hulk. I don't mind losing rainbow even, making Luke Cage the third guy for early damage mitigation. Accelerating Cyclops to Combine Forces is fine (though he doesn't help you get team up AP, which is a problem).
  • Vhailorx
    Vhailorx Posts: 6,085 Chairperson of the Boards
    zodiac339 wrote:
    ronin-san wrote:
    I think it's equally important considering the covers you are going to get as a result of this PvE, well, provided your Alliance is pro-Iron Man.

    The problem with IMHB is that IM40 is so damned good! And to that end, would IM40 be better suited to be paired with Cyclops, or is that just too much color overlap?

    I dunno. Maybe the answer is IMHB, get the covers from the Civil War PvE, and try to get him champoined before the covers rot.
    Well, people don't consider color overlap with 4hor to be a problem, so it shouldn't be for Cyclops. I know I don't mind overlap when I'm using IM40 to accelerate Steve Rogers to deal with Carnage (Venom Bomb) or Hulk. I don't mind losing rainbow even, making Luke Cage the third guy for early damage mitigation. Accelerating Cyclops to Combine Forces is fine (though he doesn't help you get team up AP, which is a problem).

    Color overlap concerns with im40/4*thor are minimal because
    (1) im40's yellow is very cheap so it's relatively rare that you can't get yellow off for a while, and
    (2) Thor's powers are self accelerating if the ai is stunned.

    So the path is pretty clear, collect 18 blue ap and 10 red ap. 2 blues plus a red on the 3rd enemy = 3 free turns to collect charged tiles and start the cycle again. I don't know if 4*cyclops will have that sort of synergy. Does he accelerate fast enough? He doesn't have stun. But im40/iceman/strong red user does seem like a great team. 4* cyclops or imhb would be great.

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