mega ghost wrote: My new go-to team is Jean Grey, Kingpin, and Star-Lord. Kingpin and Star-Lord alone are a devastating pair when facing off against goons as Kingpin's yellow makes Star-Lord's red a cheap one-hit kill machine in most situations, and Star-Lord's yellow passive fires almost every turn and makes getting everyone's attacks out easy. That includes Jean Grey's purple and green, her purple which of course also eliminates enemy countdowns, strikes, etc.
thisone wrote: Overall yes he's better than im40. Best rework? So far. Yes.
Vhailorx wrote: thisone wrote: Overall yes he's better than im40. Best rework? So far. Yes. Just to quibble a tiny bit. It may well be the best rework in a long time. But it's not the best ever. XFW's second(?) rework took him from a joke tier 4* to hands down the best character in the game by a long mile. New SL would have to be better than GG, IM46, and BB to match that rework! Still, I will certainly dust mine off and add him to the "to champ" list now that I have him 13/13 (after sitting a 5/3/3 for months).
GrimSkald wrote: I think that was X-Force's first rework. His original spec was ludicrously bad - they definitely had a different vision for 4*s originally. Since they had much more HP and match damage than other characters, their powers were much more expensive (you were expected to be able to gather more AP,) focusing on the long game rather than the short game. This was just the original build of X-Force and IW. But then they introduced Nick Fury and we all went "huh? That's... a lot better." Then they improved X-Force and introduced the original build of the Goddess, and suddenly no one else mattered. Sadly, they were both nerfed into the mid-tier - not going to say they didn't deserve a nerf, but they could have stayed top tier with a little more care - so I'm not sure that buff actually counts. C'est la vie. My own .02$ on Star Lord - he's awesome now. Great support character for whenever you fight goons or opponents with cheap powers. Bring your own cheap powers and watch Iceman stun or Nova send someone airborne for 4 AP... (Iceman/Nova/Star Lord is one of my favorite Enchilada teams.) I'd be hesitant to use him in PVP as he's not that hard to play against, but still, he's a great character for a number of uses.
Fightmastermpq wrote: He's good, but he accelerates 4* rosters much more than 5* rosters which sucks for PvE which is already unfavorable for 5*s. If his yellow boosted match damage by 20% I'd use him in almost every PvE match. The only advantage 5* rosters have is in match damage as their ability damage doesn't scale like 4*s do. So SL adding animation time to every match while only making abilities slightly more efficient is a net negative in 5* PvE compared to how much more powerful he is in getting 4* abilities off sooner.
Polares wrote: Fightmastermpq wrote: He's good, but he accelerates 4* rosters much more than 5* rosters which sucks for PvE which is already unfavorable for 5*s. If his yellow boosted match damage by 20% I'd use him in almost every PvE match. The only advantage 5* rosters have is in match damage as their ability damage doesn't scale like 4*s do. So SL adding animation time to every match while only making abilities slightly more efficient is a net negative in 5* PvE compared to how much more powerful he is in getting 4* abilities off sooner. Mmm I don't know if I agree with you. Being able to cast PH purple for 5 AP, that is BIG. If you get 15 purple you have basically won the match. And what about Spidey's blue for 4 AP, just 4 AP !!! Now with 12 AP you can fire it three times! SS red for 5, SS blue for 7, a 5/5/3 SS is basically immortal with Starlord at his side. It is a real pity he is team Cap and doesn't accelerate black (if he would accelerate IM46 red while being team IM or accelerate GG black then he would be even great with 5s). I still use more Peggy than Starlord because she helps saving health packs A LOT, but when Starlord was buffed he was really great. I champed him without being 100% sure, but he really was a good decision.
Fightmastermpq wrote: Polares wrote: Fightmastermpq wrote: He's good, but he accelerates 4* rosters much more than 5* rosters which sucks for PvE which is already unfavorable for 5*s. If his yellow boosted match damage by 20% I'd use him in almost every PvE match. The only advantage 5* rosters have is in match damage as their ability damage doesn't scale like 4*s do. So SL adding animation time to every match while only making abilities slightly more efficient is a net negative in 5* PvE compared to how much more powerful he is in getting 4* abilities off sooner. Mmm I don't know if I agree with you. Being able to cast PH purple for 5 AP, that is BIG. If you get 15 purple you have basically won the match. And what about Spidey's blue for 4 AP, just 4 AP !!! Now with 12 AP you can fire it three times! SS red for 5, SS blue for 7, a 5/5/3 SS is basically immortal with Starlord at his side. It is a real pity he is team Cap and doesn't accelerate black (if he would accelerate IM46 red while being team IM or accelerate GG black then he would be even great with 5s). I still use more Peggy than Starlord because she helps saving health packs A LOT, but when Starlord was buffed he was really great. I champed him without being 100% sure, but he really was a good decision. SL and PHX don't play nice together unless you don't care about health pack usage. SS red for 5 is nice, but the damage/AP doesn't make up for 5* scaling compared to what you get at the 4* tier.
Fightmastermpq wrote: SL makes a lot of CD tiles that work against PHX red.