Advice request! Which 3* to max?

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Hi all,

Not sure who I should level. I have no problems with PVE content, my consideration is PVP. My MMR matches me against teams with at least 1 level 141 character.

Current roster

120 Patch 3/5/5
110 Hulk 5/4/4 (waiting on a black cover to go 5/3/5)
102 Punisher 3/5/5
85 Ares 4/4/5
85 OBW 3/5/5
76 Magneto 2/4/3
51 Doom 4/3

All other significant characters are level 50-60 range.

I can max patch or almost max hulk, I almost want to just so I don't have to think about them anymore.

However, my top 4 characters are all red/green users.

I've been considering upping Doom to add some diversity. I could spend 30K ISO to hit level 77. This would help me in lightning rounds too.

Magneto i'm waiting on re-balance or purple covers before committing more ISO.

So what's your guys opinion?

Thanks!

Unknown

Maxing Patch is a good choice, as it ensures he owns as many tiles as possible for your 5 red build. Doom as you mentioned will definitely help in LRs, so that's not a bad option either. I'd consider pushing in his round to get his covers maxed, too.

Unknown

Mags is no-brainer to level up to cap. Who cares the nerf if it comes at all?
Then patch. And do some tanking to get rid of the 141 opponents.

Unknown

With Villain LRs starting today, you'll get the quickest ROI by pumping Doom up, but really Patch is such a beast that you'll never regret dumping more points into him.

I'd also say Punisher before Hulk. I think my Hulk (5/1/3, lvl 92) is a pacifist and he has to take quite a beating before I start to see him get angry. He sits on the sideline more and more often as my Punisher and IM40 crack the 120 mark.

Edit: Dur, good call Pasa. I missed seeing Mags in that list. Mags before Doom for sure.

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He only has 2 blue on Magneto so it's not as useful to max him yet.

I've been getting BP up but with no tournaments that feature him as a prize it's pretty tough. Burned 2500 HP and still only have him at level 80 or so.

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Phantron wrote:

He only has 2 blue on Magneto so it's not as useful to max him yet.

I've been getting BP up but with no tournaments that feature him as a prize it's pretty tough. Burned 2500 HP and still only have him at level 80 or so.

I had decent use of 2-blue mags. And espeically used it to win 2 more covers in his LR, including the blue so now up to 3. Can't wait more LR to complete.

Especially with that patch he's insane killer.

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pasa_ wrote:

Phantron wrote:

He only has 2 blue on Magneto so it's not as useful to max him yet.

I've been getting BP up but with no tournaments that feature him as a prize it's pretty tough. Burned 2500 HP and still only have him at level 80 or so.

I had decent use of 2-blue mags. And espeically used it to win 2 more covers in his LR, including the blue so now up to 3. Can't wait more LR to complete.

Especially with that patch he's insane killer.

I spent 1250 HP on his blue when I had 3 covers and he's more than paid for himself. I guess part of LR is that all you need is a high level hero. Someone who sees a level 80 Magento is probably just going to skip you without even checking what covers you have.

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Phantron wrote:

pasa_ wrote:

Phantron wrote:

He only has 2 blue on Magneto so it's not as useful to max him yet.

I've been getting BP up but with no tournaments that feature him as a prize it's pretty tough. Burned 2500 HP and still only have him at level 80 or so.

I had decent use of 2-blue mags. And espeically used it to win 2 more covers in his LR, including the blue so now up to 3. Can't wait more LR to complete.

Especially with that patch he's insane killer.

I spent 1250 HP on his blue when I had 3 covers and he's more than paid for himself. I guess part of LR is that all you need is a high level hero. Someone who sees a level 80 Magento is probably just going to skip you without even checking what covers you have.

Lightning rounds have actually gotten lot more brutal than I would have expected. Last week I played the Hood round and my 120 Mag / 100 Hood / 90 Rag team was getting nailed but my MMR was super high at that point.

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entropic01 wrote:

Lightning rounds have actually gotten lot more brutal than I would have expected. Last week I played the Hood round and my 120 Mag / 100 Hood / 90 Rag team was getting nailed but my MMR was super high at that point.

Certainly you need to tank some LRs to win others. IIRC we have loki before mags that is quite good for the purpose.

Unknown

Also, isn't Hood the most competitive round? It's no wonder that people will take on riskier opponents for larger rewards.

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LR is always tough but if you have a level 15 featured character that's literally a giant sign that says 'kill this guy'. I find that I had to level up Magneto to a high level just to ensure people don't immediately kill you. You'd probably need at least Magneto, The Hood, or Dr. Doom leveled to have any chance of avoiding being fodder, and Magneto happens to be my highest cover villian at that time, though it was obvious that he'd get better mileage than either two in the long run until he's nerfed.

Unknown

Okay thanks everyone!

I added 5 levels to patch, maxed Magneto to level 89, and got doom to 70. I'm going to max doom to 77 then finish off patch (unless I get more doom covers)

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SirKopath wrote:

Okay thanks everyone!

I added 5 levels to patch, maxed Magneto to level 89, and got doom to 70. I'm going to max doom to 77 then finish off patch (unless I get more doom covers)

For what it's worth, if I see your team of 125 Patch / 89 Mags / 70 Doom in the villain LRs, I will most likely be skipping you. Well done.

Unknown

I got my Doom up to 89 and he has been a permanent fixture in my lineup. He has high hp and those demons are amazing - It's not that hard to get off 2 and that has won me many matches against the crazy high level AI characters. Doom FTW!!!

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Phantron wrote:

pasa_ wrote:

Phantron wrote:

He only has 2 blue on Magneto so it's not as useful to max him yet.

I've been getting BP up but with no tournaments that feature him as a prize it's pretty tough. Burned 2500 HP and still only have him at level 80 or so.

I had decent use of 2-blue mags. And espeically used it to win 2 more covers in his LR, including the blue so now up to 3. Can't wait more LR to complete.

Especially with that patch he's insane killer.

I spent 1250 HP on his blue when I had 3 covers and he's more than paid for himself. I guess part of LR is that all you need is a high level hero. Someone who sees a level 80 Magento is probably just going to skip you without even checking what covers you have.

And it happened! Again a photo-finish, got the 8th place barely, almost falling out in last seconds. 50HP well spent on shields. got him to 4/4/4. Yep, the change is drastic again going 7->6 ap just as it was 8->7. Played a few games in Hood tournament, a Thor got to yellows while I concentrated on someone else. could work him down from full health before the next turn. Will need to look at some tables on damage combinations with criticals.

And yeah, in LR villains are doubled, you don't mess with big guys if you can avoid it. (Though the AI is completely clueless on how to use him -- I still see a deal of defensive wins around. Guess it eventually gets the 10 purples and those voting on the 3P OBW will go to sacrifice someone. )

Phaserhawk

For offense focus on Punisher and Patch for Defensive though, nothing is a bigger deterrant then seeing a lvl 141 Hulk, because you realize, damn, that's a lot of work to eat through those hit points and I"m gonna take a lot of damage. I wish I had a spidey with blue, because I think the ultimate don't mess with me team, would be Mags or Patch, plus Spidey and Hulk, no one would want to go against that in a tourney last minute as it means a lot of time and health packs