So Medusa is a 4*

Vhailorx

As per the marvel.com "interview", she is getting her own vault, is featured in a PVE event, and will get her own PVP event.

That really sounds like a 4*, or else things are drastically changing in 5* land.

Also, her kit sounds meh, not bad but pretty specialized. 2x passives (one decent one that provides burst healing or AP if special tiles are matched, and one interesting one that spawns a CD that causes damage every turn), and a modest tile-swap/special tile steal ability.

Edit: thanks for adding the link firethorne! I don't need to go back and find it now.

firethorne

For reference: Piecing Together Marvel Puzzle Quest: Medusa

JONofWAR

"Big Bangs Theory"

</groan>

JHawkInc

Vhailorx wrote:

That really sounds like a 4*, or else things are drastically changing in 5* land.

From the article. She's definitely a 4*. (Not sure why so many thought she'd be a 5* in the first place, honestly)

firethorne

JHawkInc wrote:

(Not sure why so many thought she'd be a 5* in the first place, honestly)

Probably just the links to Black Bolt in comic canon.

As for skills, I'd take her over Agent Venom any day. The countdown that sounds sort of like a free version of Torch's flame jet could be nice. Shuffle and burst healing or AP on special tile match sound fairly plain, but not necessarily bad. She isn't a heavy hitter, but could be a good support character with the right team.

nyck1118

I called the pitchforks coming out for a misogyny in my Alliance's Chat before this even hit the forum.

Why? Because this forum user base. Give it a rest.

famousfoxking

Huh. 4* Doc Ock. I guess that's okay, I kinda like Doc Ock (He's not usually useful, but he's fun when he works).

vinsensual

Her support kit seems varied enough that I think she can be a character that fits as a suitable 3rd to a lot of common pairs. A 2nd battery option, depending on how much ap she creates, with tile stealing in the 4 star tier sounds nice.

stochasticism

famousfoxking wrote:

Huh. 4* Doc Ock. I guess that's okay, I kinda like Doc Ock (He's not usually useful, but he's fun when he works).

Doc oc isn't guaranteed to do damage or generate attack tiles every turn. That alone makes her head and shoulders above him.

bbigler

JONofWAR wrote:

"Big Bangs Theory"

</groan>

I think PvP names are required to be Bad Puns

nyck1118

Hey dont bury the lead, her only active power is called "Hair Meddle"

apparently HIFI was replaced with a mass hire of Dads

JONofWAR

bbigler wrote:

JONofWAR wrote:

"Big Bangs Theory"

</groan>

I think PvP names are required to be Bad Puns

lol yeah, and I honestly enjoy this one more than some others (Army of Two being the most recent offender). I just got some funny looks because I literally groaned out loud when I read the PVP name

BlackSheep101

You got Iron Fist in my Doc Ock! You got Doc Ock in my Iron Fist!

...

bbigler

Come on people! Don't you see what she really is? She's a 4* Iron Fist. Passive ability to deal extra damage every turn, and if the special tile is matched away, she just creates another one; but this time if it's matched away, it creates 2 attack tiles of combined strength. Plus unlike IF, other special tiles won't interfere with her creating her special damage-dealing tile. The only drawback is that if you don't match it away before the countdown ends, it will take 2 turns for the damage to start up again instead of 1. IF has no interruption in his damage dealing. See below:

Turn 1: nothing happens
Turn 2: creates CD tile (4)
Turn 3: CD tile deals damage (3)
Turn 4: CD tile deals damage (2)
Turn 5: CD tile deals damage (1) => Match it Away if you can
Turn 6: CD tile expires (0)
Turn 7: creates CD tile (4)
Turn 8: CD tile deals damage (3)
Turn 9: CD tile deals damage (2)
etc....

Her other abilities give passive health bursts like KK or passive AP production when matching enemy specials (which is unique). Her 10 Purple AP ability is like Doc Ock's Manipulation but it steals instead of destroys. Overall, I see her as a 4* IF but specialized for dealing with strike/protect/attack tile spammers. Now combine her with IF and Blade and you have 1300+ of passive damage every turn.

dsds

Sort of like iron fist with his attack tile coming out each time, except it's now a cd tile. Matching that cd tile all the time is what will make that power strong. Imagine falcon getting rid of it all the time, that would be so much damage per turn. Good against oml too. Matching or stealing his red strike tiles whenever his team uses a power.

They could have made her a 5star by adding an extra passive. Whenever the enemy team does a match 4, steals and gains 4 ap of that color, like loki but without cd tiles. Effectively neutralizing any match 4 ap gain for the enemy.

Carnage would be insane with her. Imagine how much health/AP she can gain!

GrimSkald

dsds wrote:

Sort of like iron fist with his attack tile coming out each time, except it's now a cd tile. Matching that cd tile all the time is what will make that power strong. Imagine falcon getting rid of it all the time, that would be so much damage per turn. Good against oml too. Matching or stealing his red strike tiles whenever his team uses a power.

They could have made her a 5star by adding an extra passive. Whenever the enemy team does a match 4, steals and gains 4 ap of that color, like loki but without cd tiles. Effectively neutralizing any match 4 ap gain for the enemy.

Carnage would be insane with her. Imagine how much health/AP she can gain!

Yeah, she's clearly designed to work very well with Carnage. I do see her as a 4* equivalent to Doc Ock. From what I'm seeing, she won't change the game (no 4* will, really,) but looks to be a pretty solid addition.

bbigler

dsds wrote:

Sort of like iron fist with his attack tile coming out each time, except it's now a cd tile. Matching that cd tile all the time is what will make that power strong. Imagine falcon getting rid of it all the time, that would be so much damage per turn. Good against oml too. Matching or stealing his red strike tiles whenever his team uses a power.

They could have made her a 5star by adding an extra passive. Whenever the enemy team does a match 4, steals and gains 4 ap of that color, like loki but without cd tiles. Effectively neutralizing any match 4 ap gain for the enemy.

Carnage would be insane with her. Imagine how much health/AP she can gain!

It seems like she's made to go with Carnage

bbigler

GrimSkald wrote:

dsds wrote:

Sort of like iron fist with his attack tile coming out each time, except it's now a cd tile. Matching that cd tile all the time is what will make that power strong. Imagine falcon getting rid of it all the time, that would be so much damage per turn. Good against oml too. Matching or stealing his red strike tiles whenever his team uses a power.

They could have made her a 5star by adding an extra passive. Whenever the enemy team does a match 4, steals and gains 4 ap of that color, like loki but without cd tiles. Effectively neutralizing any match 4 ap gain for the enemy.

Carnage would be insane with her. Imagine how much health/AP she can gain!

Yeah, she's clearly designed to work very well with Carnage. I do see her as a 4* equivalent to Doc Ock. From what I'm seeing, she won't change the game (no 4* will, really,) but looks to be a pretty solid addition.

Passive damage dealing will change the game. Dr Strange did. I hate fighting against him and IF.

Ducky

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