Dormammu wrote: IM40 is fine and not overpowered. His AP generation is great, but it comes with costs. His other abilities are really expensive and drain AP, while Recharge is mitigated by its use of countdown tiles which can be a risky proposition. IM40 is good on offense and against goons, but on defense he's easy to counter and shut down.
ErikPeter wrote: Hey guys. Anyone else getting tired of using IM40 in like 90 percent of fights, even when he's not powered up? His AP gain is just so powerful on so many teams. I think it's time to tap him with the nerf bat. And my italics above point the finger at why. The 8 AP Recharge "bug" wasn't so bad as a test case. I don't think the low cost is the problem, in fact I think the low cost is what makes him so fun to use, two matches and done. 8 AP just makes it 2R/2Y boosts, two matches and done. The real problem is that he generates too many colors of AP, making him too all-around good; too universally usable. His niche is great. 4Thor/IM40 and Peggy/IM40 are fun combos that shouldn't be broken up. But look at the other top characters in the 3-tier; purple battery SWitch and black battery Iron Fist. They've got their thing. But then there's Red Blue Green megabattery IM40. No other character can come close. The basic solution I support would be to cut the Green AP gain from each tile. Instead of 3, how about 1, or even 0? Keep the 1 Purple perk, or not. Now this change could destabilize things because you'd be killing the best Green battery in the game, except Hulkfinite which only works well against super bosses, and so along with an IM40 nerf we should change a few other characters to fill the role of "optional cross-color battery".Tl;Dr (Part 1): IM40 doesn't need to make Green AP to be awesome, and the game would be improved if he wasn't such a powerful AP battery. Keep him awesome at what he does best: Blue/Red AP gain on the cheap. Part 2: So what to do. Everyone's favorite buff request, 3-star Spider-Man is a great target for a new AP battery option. 5 Create (1-3) Yellow Web tiles and heal your team. Generate 2 Green and Blue AP per tile created. 5 Unchanged Same defensive effect, plus if you have (8-14) Green AP when Spidey is attacked, spend (5) Green AP and deal damage with a counterattack. Then there's Psylocke; another underpowered character with good leadership skills whose powers could justifiably make AP. Instead of converting one of her powers to Yellow, I think you could amp up her existing play-style, make her pump out strikes and give her a strike-dependent battery that can help her or her X-Men allies (but also find uses elsewhere--RHulk says Hi). 3 Psychic Knife generates (2-4) weaker strike tiles, but costs 1 more AP per friendly strike tile (max 8) 7 Bewilder generates 1 Purple, 1 Green for each friendly strike tile (max 2-6), or if none, stuns enemy team for 1 turn. 6 Psi-Katana Attack tile damage increases based on Green AP. Thoughts? I like AP batteries in the 3-star tier because they're pretty easy to take out but still usable on 4-teams, and they'd give options to more players than futzing with 4's.
ammenell wrote: just don't play him. or only fire his yellow with 8 instead of 6ap.
himatako wrote: He himself isn't overpowered. His skill as a battery, however, makes current team composition boring.
Dormammu wrote: himatako wrote: He himself isn't overpowered. His skill as a battery, however, makes current team composition boring. I see Scarlet Witch a lot more than I do IM40, especially on 4-star teams. She bores me, IM40 does not.
ErikPeter wrote: Additionally, nerf or no nerf, the game needs more battery options. IM40's just always applicable.
Andre MPQ wrote: LOL this is one of the worst posts I've ever read, if you don't want to use him because he is powerful LOL don't use him plain and simple as far as I am concerned Dr Strange is the most over used character I have going I only use IM40 when needed, WHEN NEEDED
ErikPeter wrote: "You don't have to use him", fine advice, but if I face him in half the PvP matches I go into, that's dull too. He's definitely OP--but that's not really what I'm complaining about. Someone has to be the best. Fine. I just want some variety in PvP. All I'm suggesting as a nerf is for Recharge to generate 0-1 Green AP, not 3. He'd still be top tier. Additionally, nerf or no nerf, the game needs more battery options. IM40's just always applicable. Every other character kind of comes and goes in waves based on who's powered up; with Kingpin/Jean Grey/Rhulk, you'll see a lot of Switch; Hulkbuster means Iron Fist. When those 3's are powered up, you'll see them more often, but not in every damn fight from level 166-330 like boosted IM40 seems to be. Good variety keeps the game from getting stale. Adding a blue/green battery or a purple/green battery or just any other yellow power that generates AP as cost-effectively as IM40 would give players more interesting options, and options make the game better.
DrDevilDinosaur wrote: I'd also suggest that his Blue is still underpowered and overcosted