A Mostly Accurate 4* Ranking (Final Update 8/11/18)

Jaedenkaal

Jarvind said:

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DyingLegend said:

I'm curious to see how Mockingbird will be received. I just champed her the other day and found great success pairing her with character that have high-ish AP cost but deal decent damage.

If I ever pull anything other than purple for her, I'll let you know. I've sold like five.

I think she's kind of the Star-Lord of fights where the AI makes matches. Except her Red is pretty much better than SLs. and her Purple is... probably better than SLs. Less CD synergy (although still some), but come on. Firing powers for free is hilariously good.

sambrookjm

Awesome document, but one problem with it:  "Lockjaw holds the distinction of being the first non-human playable character in MPQ."

Devil Dinosaur is waving his tiny little arms, trying to get your attention...

Quebbster

sambrookjm said:

Awesome document, but one problem with it:  "Lockjaw holds the distinction of being the first non-human playable character in MPQ."

Devil Dinosaur is waving his tiny little arms, trying to get your attention...

Howard the Duck and Rocket and Groot are standing next to her.

Jarvind

Okay, fine, I changed it to "four-legged" instead of "non-human." Friggin' nerds.

Quebbster

Jarvind said:

Okay, fine, I changed it to "four-legged" instead of "non-human." Friggin' nerds.

Much better since it also sidesteps the issue of whether Lockjaw is a mutated Inhuman or not. (official canon is that he is not, he's just a dog by the way)

TPF Alexis

Diogenes runs in with a plucked Howard, screaming "Behold! A man!"

BearVenger

Jarvind, thank you for maintaining this.

As for the word soufflé that is K4te Hawkeye, her lines come from the panels of some Hawkeye issue. It does sound like someone trying too hard to speak like kids these days.

I found it in the third image of a "Hawkeye boomerang arrow" Google search.

BearVenger

And tell you what, Vulture is a sneaky survivor. I've had a surprising number of 3-on-1 rally wins with him.

talleman

Is there a mostly accurate 5* ranking somewhere  in the forum?

Jarvind

talleman said:

Is there a mostly accurate 5* ranking somewhere  in the forum?

Not from me. I was considering it, but I've only skimmed the surface of the 5* game, so I'm not totally confident in my ability to rank, say, 5* Steve, since I've literally never used my 4/2/1 copy once. 

I'm working with Banner, Phoenix and a partly leveled Gambit right now, with a Daredevil cover rotting so I'm racing the clock to champ him. I may devise a 5* guide once I feel like I've got a good handle on everyone's niche, but right now it's not a priority.

brisashi

Thanks for keeping this updated

Really helping decide which order to slowly but surely champ my 4* characters

Yepyep

brisashi said:

Thanks for keeping this updated

Really helping decide which order to slowly but surely champ my 4* characters

Me, too! MANY thanks... I've used this resource so much.

dannyj

Carol, Beast, and Star Lord could hang with 5* teams on damage output. If only they had the hit points to stay upright. 

dannyj

zodiac339 said:

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DesertTortoise said:

I think Hobo is a character whose suggested build depends totally on the team he's on. 5/5/3 if he's generating black for someone else, 5/3/5 if you have a better green user, 3/5/5 if there's a strike tile generator elsewhere on your team. I think that versatility makes him so interesting. 

My personal though is that if you don't have another strike tile generator, then you shouldn't bother using Chi Focus. Until there are enough that he can start fortifying them and generating AP, it's a waste of AP to get one single strike. Of course, that opinion comes from the number of times that strike gets destroyed pretty much immediately.

Since I got my last cover for C&D, I changed him to 355. His black used to be too slow to build, but now pairing those two with Cage gives you all the black and yellow nukes you could want and it is rainbow, so no wasted matches. 

BearVenger

dannyj said:

Carol, Beast, and Star Lord could hang with 5* teams on damage output. If only they had the hit points to stay upright. 

Wait, Beast?

DarthDeVo

BearVenger said:

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dannyj said:

Carol, Beast, and Star Lord could hang with 5* teams on damage output. If only they had the hit points to stay upright. 

Wait, Beast?

I ran C4rol with Beast during his last PvP. For six blue, he creates a mix of three A/P/S tiles, which C4rol insta-buffs. He has a decent AoE for that tier too. 

Rick_OShay

And with the fore-mentioned St4r-Lord, Beast's blue only costs 4 if the reduction has been qualified. I've gushed about this team too much on the Beast character thread. It's too bad the AI will not wait to have a blue special tile out to fire his green when on defense though. 

dannyj

DarthDeVo said:

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BearVenger said:

dannyj said:

Carol, Beast, and Star Lord could hang with 5* teams on damage output. If only they had the hit points to stay upright. 

Wait, Beast?

I ran C4rol with Beast during his last PvP. For six blue, he creates a mix of three A/P/S tiles, which C4rol insta-buffs. He has a decent AoE for that tier with SL ap reduction out, Carol can resolve tiles for 3 yellows and Beast blues costs 4. SL purple help boost special tiles too. They very quickly ramp up to a few thousand each. 

dannyj

SL ap cost reduction means Carol’s yellow costs 3 and Beast’ss blue costs 4 and instantly buffs the tiles he puts out. SL has purple CDs that help buff as well. Special tiles can quickly ramp up to several thousand each

D4Ni13

Just wanted to add a small correction to Rogue's description. She can reduce 75% damage at 5 yellow covers and all members alive (25% for herself also). I personally tested this and added some info on the forum. I assume you know, but didn't manage to change the description, as you didn't rank her yet, but wanted to remind you for when you do