Just realized the most annoying character comp is coming

Phaserhawk

As I was taking a shower this morning and my mind was drifting, MPQ floated in and I was thinking about upcoming characters and just realized with the incoming new 3*Daken we are all in trouble. Because I just found the perfect lineup for him and we are in deep deep dodo.

Lvl 141 Daken
Lvl 141 Psylocke
Lvl 141 Hulk

Constant green, generating constat strike tiles, allowing Psylocke to spam red. In addition all those strike tiles with Pslocke's black,and if Daken gets a 3rd skill, holy ****.

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You could replace Psy with Magneto 2 AP red spam to be even more obnoxious.

Unknown

Well, Daken's level cap won't be 141 unless he gets a third skill (and I'm praying that they don't give him one, as I really, really don't want to fight a level 141 Daken).

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finwe wrote:

You could replace Psy with Magneto 2 AP red spam to be even more obnoxious.

But then you'd lose a lot of strike tiles. I'd prefer to replace Psy with LazyThor. Want to deny me green? Strike Tiles. Not denying it? Strike tiles+Call the storm/Thunder Clap. Thunder Strike = Strike tiles. Anger = strike tiles.

God, that's an awful lot of strike tiles... A level capped team like this is going to be a nightmare in defense, even if you don't factor in the high hitpoints amount they're going to have (23k+, holy ****)

I honestly hope Daken doesnt' get a third skill in the process of becoming LazyDaken...

Dormammu

It sounds like it would work, but I'm not so sure. The Hulk tends to do too much board-clearing for a strike-tile team, and I'd fear wiping out my own strike tiles. I'd rather have the precision GSBW provides in green placement.

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Dormammu wrote:

It sounds like it would work, but I'm not so sure. The Hulk tends to do too much board-clearing for a strike-tile team, and I'd fear wiping out my own strike tiles. I'd rather have the precision GSBW provides in green placement.

Wouldn't Call the Storm always take precedence before Thunder Clap? Hulk is mostly there just to be scary/angry

Dormammu

Kappei wrote:

Dormammu wrote:

It sounds like it would work, but I'm not so sure. The Hulk tends to do too much board-clearing for a strike-tile team, and I'd fear wiping out my own strike tiles. I'd rather have the precision GSBW provides in green placement.

Wouldn't Call the Storm always take precedence before Thunder Clap? Hulk is mostly there just to be scary/angry

Yeah, absolutely. I was replying to the original post. With Daken and Psylocke seeming a natural fit, I'm just not sure the Hulk is the right 3rd. His Anger tends to cause cascades and of course his green ability is devastating to the board as well. I think the Hulk would just be too counter-productive on a strike-tile team. Also, he's not adding much to completing a full rainbow. Remember that Daken is all passive, giving you match damage but nothing to use your AP for. Psylocke gives you red/blue/black (though her blue is underwhelming). The Hulk only adds green, leaving you without any use for purple or yellow AP. I'm not saying a full rainbow is required at all times, but being two colors short can stymie a team on a board dominated by those colors. I get that this is a strike-tile team that is going to rely on massive match damage, but if you can fit in some more AP powers - why not?

I like the idea of replacing the Hulk with Lazy Thor.

Phaserhawk

Right, the Hulk will destroy strike tiles with cascades, but he's going to be putting them right back up there with Green matches. I think at worst you'll have a net gain of zero strike tiles. But say you have a level 5 black hulk. You will be gaining 2 strike tiles per match, so you will have to destroy 3 or more strike tiles per match to have a negative result and I don't see that happening. I'm not saying Hulk is the best fit, but I am saying I don't think his cascades destroying strike tiles is an issue because Daken's passive is going to put them right back.

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Maybe a 3/5/5 Hulk would be ok as he wouldn't destroy as many tiles.

Also, for a third character to spend that green, how about Human torch. I think LazyDaken, Torch and Hulk will be a fierce team. Admittedly no use for yellow or purple but still.

His green:
Flame Jet (green): 5 AP, creates a green countdown that deals 14 damage for every green AP the team has, up to 126. Tiles cost 1 green AP per turn.
L2: 20 damage/AP, 176 max

I wouldn't be surprised if at least one of LazyDaken's abilities became active instead of passive.

Dormammu

Milkrain wrote:

I wouldn't be surprised if at least one of LazyDaken's abilities became active instead of passive.

Would we still be able to call him 'Lazy?'

Phaserhawk

Dormammu wrote:

Milkrain wrote:

I wouldn't be surprised if at least one of LazyDaken's abilities became active instead of passive.

Would we still be able to call him 'Lazy?'

I would say half assed. You put in some work, but not enough to be quality. A 3 skill Daken would be half assed

Unknown

I must be missing something, how is Psylocke a perfect fit? You have to match your strike tiles to use the ability that benefits from strike tiles.

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abuelo wrote:

I must be missing something, how is Psylocke a perfect fit? You have to match your strike tiles to use the ability that benefits from strike tiles.

Even so, spamming red does serious damage with only 5ap and strike tiles out. And it's not like you are really losing anything per se by matching reds. Since he is constantly using the ability, losing a few strike tiles here and there isn't as big of a deal as say if you were to lose wolvie/patch tiles, since those take some time to generate and are higher value per tile.

So psy/daken actually works really well. And considering that she can end up making her own on occasion, this can become a very annoying combo to deal with.

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I had a lot of fun in the best there is with 2* wolvie, Daken, Psylocke

Destroying strikes by matching reds slowed things down not at all there were more than enough to go around, I found matching that one black attack tile to be the bigger sin

Phaserhawk

I'm starting to wondering if Patch/Daken/Psylocke would be even more annoying. Sure you give up yellow and purple, but oh the heals of Patch and Daken

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Phaserhawk wrote:

I'm starting to wondering if Patch/Daken/Psylocke would be even more annoying. Sure you give up yellow and purple, but oh the heals of Patch and Daken

...That is actually rather frightening

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Phaserhawk wrote:

I'm starting to wondering if Patch/Daken/Psylocke would be even more annoying. Sure you give up yellow and purple, but oh the heals of Patch and Daken

Guess I'll start using Loki if I even come across this team.