Judge My Roster (and asking for advice on what to focus on)

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Hi I started playing in January and been lurking on forums trying to figure out how best to play, but I think I'm at the point where I just need to ask straight out what I need to do next. Here is my roster:

4*
Lv 30 Invisible Women: 1/0/0

3*
Lv 60 Patch: 4/4/1
Lv 43 LazyThor: 1/1/3
Lv 30 Hulk: 3/0/1
Lv 30 Black Widow (Grey Suit): 3/0/0
Lv 30 Punisher 1/2/1
Lv 28 Daredevil 2/0/2
Lv 28 Doctor Doom 2/1
Lv 25 Black Panther 2/0/0
Lv 20 Iron Man(Model 40) 1/1/1
Lv 18 Ragnarok 2/1
Lv 15 Loki 2/0
Lv 15 Hood 0/1/1
Lv 15 Captain America(Steve Rogers) 0/1/0
Lv 15 Psylocke 0/0/1
Lv 15 Spider-Man 0/0/1

2*
Lv 75 Storm(Classic) 5/5/3
Lv 70 Black Widow(Original) 4/5/4
Lv 61 Thor (Marvel Now) 5/5/2
Lv 55 Captain America(Modern) 3/5/5
Lv 55 Magneto(Marvel Now) 3/4/5
Lv 43 Daken (Dark Wolverine) 5/4
Lv 25 Wolverine (Astonishing) 5/5/3
Lv 24 Spider(Bag)-Man 4/3/5

1*
Lv 40 Iron Man(Model 35) 5/5/3
Lv 40 Black Widow (Modern) 5/5
Lv 22 Hawkeye (Classic) 5/5
Lv 20 Storm (Modern) 4/4/5

The way I've been playing I mainly run MN Thor, OBW, and CStorm, I've been popping boosts like candy typically blue/purple stockpile so i can steal sooner and hopefully either use Wind Storm to kill most of the team and then try to use Anti-Gravity to heal before the final blow to try to minimize use of heal packs. I actually did decently placing typically top 20 and a top 10 a few times. However the amount of Iso I blew doing all of that I probably could maxed out a 2 star by now. Plus the last few events I didn't do so well due not planning well and having timing issues, essentually wasting all the Iso I sunk into boosts for standard recruit tokens or useless covers.

I have such a random selection of covers, I've been having a hard time knowing what I should focus on.

Right now I'm thinking of just trying to Max OBW and CStorm...and maybe MN Magneto? Part of my wants to not bother with Marvel Now Thor and just try to get more LazyThor Covers and pump Iso into the 3* instead of the 2*

I'd like to level Patch more since I could get him up to 91 but I only have one in cover in Healing Factor, and with both of his other skills laying down enemy strike tiles I feel like he'll do more harm then good.

Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.

NorthernPolarity

Your roster is awkward because you've spent iso on both C. Storm and OBW/Thor. The standard 2* team compositions are either MN Mags / C. Storm / Thor [or Ares] or OBW/Wolvie/Thor. How much iso do you have available? If this was any other time, I would say to go the MN Mags / C. Storm / OBW or Thor route since you have those 2 characters leveled up so much. However, you should know that heroic venom starts tomorrow, and that event has a limited roster (viewtopic.php?f=20&t=5911). Judging by your current roster, you're going to have a pretty difficult time in that event if you leveled anyone but A. Wolvie, so I think I would pump everything into A. Wolvie and focus on OBW/Thor/Wolvie. If you don't have the iso to make him viable, I'd probably skip heroic venom or do what you can, and focus on leveling MN Mags / C. Storm / Thor. Remember that heroic venom is a week long event, so you might be stuck without the wolvie.

Unknown

I'd go with maxing OBW - You will use her a lot even when You're in the *** zone. Patch is a good choice as well - those Yellow covers will come eventually.

Think about leveling MStorm - she's much better than CStorm. Though if CStorm is at lvl75 maybe it's worth to max her first... I would go with Modern, but it's Your choice.

GumisK

OBW is undoubtedly a priority target - she's a character that will stay wsith you very long, and as my teammate Emeryt said, she remains useful even after you transition into 3* territory. You've got her skills wrong, so if you get a chance, respec her to 3/5/5, so that she has synergy with Wolvie and her Aggressive Recon gets easier to use. Astonishing Wolverine is a perfect companion for her, and is very often buffed for tounraments, therefore I wouldn't hesitate a moment and pump as much Iso into hims as possible. A maxed Wolvie will get you a better chance of competing in future events. As far as Patch goes, yeah, he's got some suicidal tendencies, yet they may be limited a bit using OBW healing, not to mention his strike tiles combo with Widow's black once you get it to five. And finally, there's Modern Storm - I know she's squishy, but don't underestimate her. On a desert environment she's going into an endless loop with OBW's assistance, and in any annoying goonfight she'll be a handful. Again, you'd probably want to respec her - 5/5/3 is superior build for her, but that will come easy, as she's just a common and you'll have plenty of opportunities to win her covers. And to finish with, don't put any Iso into Bag-Man. Seriously, don't.

Arogntbastrd

Seeing as what I was gonna says already been said I'll be brief. Obw is great. Instead of boosts try respeccing to 355 to increase speed. Boosts in general shouldn't be the norm. That just means you're playing over your head which will continue if you keep using boosts. Try to use boosts sparingly. I only use them if they're maxed already so new rewards aren't wasted

Get strike tiles (daken has some lvls already so that's a quick fix but wolverines are better long term) to maximize Obw for now but as others said she's still super useful forever.

Don't pump iso into 3* until you have the covers to get them over 100 or if they're buffed for a pve it's useful to have them between 30 and 50 at least

What else...read polaritys guide. It's very good. And patch is incredible

Unknown

Hmm consensus seems to be OBW over Classic Storm. I wanted to max her out anyways cause I've heard good things about her 3/5/5 build, I just haven't gotten the 5th black cover for her so that's why she has 4 in Recon.

So I guess my mistake was pairing her and Classic Storm together? Cause Storm's blue takes priority OBW's and therefore won't steal Blue AP?

So a good 2* team is OBW/MNThor/AWolverine right? Could I run that as OBW/MNThor/Patch? Since I already have him leveled up more then my Astonishing Wolverine? Or should I sink Iso in AWolverine?

I currently have 9942 Iso so I could potentially level him to around 40 but is it worth it over Patch?

Also why is Modern Storm better then Classic Storm? I'd say Hailstorm is probably her best ability damage-wise, but is it that powerful when she's at max level? She's just a tad too squishy for me, or am I missing something?

Arogntbastrd

Spiderhunter wrote:

Hmm consensus seems to be OBW over Classic Storm. I wanted to max her out anyways cause I've heard good things about her 3/5/5 build, I just haven't gotten the 5th black cover for her so that's why she has 4 in Recon.

So I guess my mistake was pairing her and Classic Storm together? Cause Storm's blue takes priority OBW's and therefore won't steal Blue AP?

So a good 2* team is OBW/MNThor/AWolverine right? Could I run that as OBW/MNThor/Patch? Since I already have him leveled up more then my Astonishing Wolverine? Or should I sink Iso in AWolverine?

I currently have 9942 Iso so I could potentially level him to around 40 but is it worth it over Patch?

Also why is Modern Storm better then Classic Storm? I'd say Hailstorm is probably her best ability damage-wise, but is it that powerful when she's at max level? She's just a tad too squishy for me, or am I missing something?

Since you can get patch to 91 I'd say skip wolverine. At 91 he'll be a little weaker than 2* wolvie at 85 but it's a better use of ISO cause you're gonna put it there eventually anyways.

CStorm and OBW isn't horrible, it gives you flexibility whether you want to heal or stun, but people typically don't like sharing colors. Mnmags and cstorm is a good combo, purple mags to blue storm.

2* Thor is a good transition character to fully level bc he's big and fat and pretty strong so I wouldn't overlook him. He'll be important part of you getting consistent 3* covers

Cousin Simpson

Spiderhunter wrote:

So a good 2* team is OBW/MNThor/AWolverine right? Could I run that as OBW/MNThor/Patch? Since I already have him leveled up more then my Astonishing Wolverine? Or should I sink Iso in AWolverine?

Also why is Modern Storm better then Classic Storm? I'd say Hailstorm is probably her best ability damage-wise, but is it that powerful when she's at max level? She's just a tad too squishy for me, or am I missing something?

I've run with OBW/2* Thor/2* Wolvie, and while it's brought me success, I tend not to have a consistent gameplan using them. Do I save green for Call the Storm, or do I start pumping out Feral Claws to take advantage of OBW's double-dipping Espionage? I haven't decided on that yet. That said, it's not a bad lineup, especially since I've been carrying Wolverine now because of his red nuke, and then it's also nice to have an offensive yellow ability if I Thor as well.

M Storm is more capable of pulling off long loops and cascades with her Lightning Strike AND her Mistress of the Elements abilities, which, for goon fights, is hard to beat. However, C Storm's blue is fierce.

NorthernPolarity

Spiderhunter wrote:

Hmm consensus seems to be OBW over Classic Storm. I wanted to max her out anyways cause I've heard good things about her 3/5/5 build, I just haven't gotten the 5th black cover for her so that's why she has 4 in Recon.

So I guess my mistake was pairing her and Classic Storm together? Cause Storm's blue takes priority OBW's and therefore won't steal Blue AP?

So a good 2* team is OBW/MNThor/AWolverine right? Could I run that as OBW/MNThor/Patch? Since I already have him leveled up more then my Astonishing Wolverine? Or should I sink Iso in AWolverine?

I currently have 9942 Iso so I could potentially level him to around 40 but is it worth it over Patch?

Also why is Modern Storm better then Classic Storm? I'd say Hailstorm is probably her best ability damage-wise, but is it that powerful when she's at max level? She's just a tad too squishy for me, or am I missing something?

OBW is better than C. Storm because OBW has a purple ability (which is a lot rarer than C. Storms green ability), and espionage represents a ton of damage with strike tiles as opposed to the uselessness that is C. Storm's yellow. She just meshes well in more team compositions at the 2* level, and is a lot faster than C. Storm.

The only reason to go A. Wolvie with your roster is to help yourself do better in the heroic running, since I'm guessing you're having a horrible time in that right now. I don't think Patch is a good replacement for A. Wolvie: you can't just place down strike tiles all willy nilly with Patch since you're going to be taking a ton of damage if you do. That being said, it's not ideal to spend all of that iso into A. Wolvie given how you have other, higher level dudes already available but if doing so would help you a lot in the current heroic, I think it's worth it so that you can get some Cap/LazyThor covers.

M. Storm is better than C. Storm because of her red. Playing in desert/jungle environments means that M. Storms red is going to generate a ton of AP for you, which you ca n fuel into her green and endlessly loop AP generation. C. Storm is better on defense in PvP since M. Storm is squishy as you said, but on offense M. Storm is considerably better. Still not worth investing in though because her abilities dont scale with level and she's such a defensive liability.

Unknown

The best team you can field in the very near future is probably 2*BWidow/2*Thor/2*Daken. I would put your ISO there, starting with Daken. He is actually still useful even once you make the switch to 3* characters. You want to get him high enough that he'll tank green ahead of Thor and tank black ahead of BWidow, which won't be hard because of the way the colors are ranked among those three characters.

Stop using the boosts so that you can spend that ISO on leveling your characters!

If you have 500 hero points, I recommend immediately spending them to reconfigure OBW to 3purple/5black. With 3 purple, your AP steal hits at 8 purple, and you won't need the crutch of those blue/purple boosts. She will *seriously* become almost twice as powerful just by moving that single cover from purple to black.

Don't put much into your 3* characters until your three or four best 2* guys are maxed. Your Patch obviously has great potential, and possibly also 3*Thor if you can get a few more covers. But I would leave them alone for now.

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Thanks for everyone for the tips, just wanted to do a small update.

I've been making a point to gain more ISO-8, typically by playing the first few min of lightning rounds and tanking, using what I earned to pump up OBW. I was also able to pull a black cover for her and respeced her to 3/5/5 and she really is great with her full black passive, though I don't really notice a big difference in her purple overall it is the better build. I have also maxed out finally

Leveled up a few other people too, though I'm running a really squishy team recently, got my Classic storm to 77 and MNMags to 75. And using those 3 to help my with high level nodes in The Hunt. I do wipe time from time but when its effective I can breeze by the battle. I was also able to get a Human Torch from the previous Smash Hit so I not locked out of any of the nodes for simulator. Of which I am have been in the top ten for most of it. I have gone back to using boosts for some of the tougher nodes to keep in the top 10, bad habit I know, I only doing it to be in the top 20 in the end. I just want the Falcon covers.

Pumped up my Daken and Hulk to 50, and GSBW to 38 hopefully they'll be useful for the upcoming events.

If anyone else have any suggestions I'll appreciate any comments.

Thanks!