DrLemniscate wrote: Also, if his passive increases tiles when they are created (rather than a dynamic buff that falls off when stunned or downed), he could provide a benefit after he is killed.
TxMoose wrote: if you have a functional 5*, to me it is xpool all the way. but, I have no experience with maxipun. xpool works really well when taking on 5s at higher levels because every match triggers his black, which is just free damage. horrible on defense because you'll never target anyone but xpool first (unless thing is involved), but makes matches somewhat easier on offense. also works with higher end boss battles like we just had in CW. OML/xpool/boosted 4* was my go-to team and worked really well all the way through both sides.
Polares wrote: As a parallel debate, I don't understand why people use xpool so much in PvP, even when he is not buffed. He is completely useless in defence and not that fast in offence, I don't really see the point. When I see him with OML this is an "attack without doubt", you kill xpool first, then featured then OML, 99% of the times I get out from this fight completely untouched (the other 1% is because OML transformed because I got careless). And in offence you might not use his black at all, and his red is expensive. He is really good in PvE, and in boss battles, but in PvP ? (In sim is different, because he can easily be the third guy).