What's your strategy for Bonus Heroes?

JohnnyBlood

As with many things, vaulting has made me have to rethink my bonus hero strategy.  And currently, I'm kind of at....I don't know what my strategy is.  3*'s are easy, I have Strang3 and Thanos, because they are my favorite 3*s to use and actually use them even when they're not boosted.  5*, I have Thanos, because, well, he's my favorite comic book baddie and he's pretty good.  The problem now lies in 4* land.  New characters are easy to come by, so I don't want to pick them, but since older 4*s are harder to come by, it's kind of like, "What's the point?".  Currently, I have Carol as my 4* sitting at 4/5/0, which makes me nervous about possibly, maybe getting my 2nd 4* BH and having it be a yellow Carol.  So, ultimately, just looking for some input on what makes sense for other people when choosing your BH.

Jaedenkaal

I have been choosing a single 4* at 12 covers, with a preference for older characters, and characters at 3/4/5 over ones at 5/2/5. Don't have anyone at 4/4/4

So far I have champed Thor, Ice Man, and Jean Grey (just today ) in this way. Ant-Man is up next.

SummerGlau

I have X-23 (Vaulted and Champed), Jean Grey (12 Covers 1 Power Maxed) and Quake (just because) Selected for 4's

3's are Hawkguy and all champions not in tokens

5 is Black Widow, 'cuz  ahe's the Black Widowand she';s the only 5 I use outside of trivial nodes

smkspy

I choose my 4s based on those that don't have a power maxed at 5. So right now is Spider Gwen.

My 3s I choose by 4 star rewards. So lazy cap at 218 to get his 223 reward. Then I'll work on thanos at 181.

My 5s I just switch to whomever I just feel like at the moment. Only gotten a 5 once before.

Ezrius

5:  Green Goblin.  It was OML, but since his nerf, I'm just picking the hero with my favorite kit / that looks the most fun to play.  I've got a fully champion'd 3* roster but not one champion 4*, so I feel like there's some freedom in the 5* space.  Sure, I should probably be trying to improve my 3/1/1 Thanos, but I actually want to play Goblin for fun.  I feel like the fun part of this game gets lost with how tedious progression is.

4:  Iceman.  I really enjoy collecting additional blues for my 3/5/1 Iceman, so I have him favorited so that I can wallow in misery at the useless bonus heroes I collect.  In all seriousness, though, I want to start my 4* transition with quality talent, as it were, and Iceman tops the list.

3:  It was Hawkguy, who was 1/3/3 three days ago.  Now that he's championed and earned me a Legend Token (sigh, Mordo Black cover), I'm going to be targeting 3*s based on their 4* champion rewards.  I think maybe Cyclops until I get the next cover there.  Should probably be Mystique, but I'm bitter because she's level 182 and the next level will earn me yet another blue Iceman dupe.

DyingLegend

I select the 4* Bonus Hero that I am closest to full covering. Right now its Peggy Carter for me, but the annoying thing is, every time I get a bonus pull of her, it's blue, and I have a 5 in blue. Really annoying and frustrating as she is a 4/3/5.

Tiger_Wong

5* Black Panther and Hawkeye. It was BP and GG but after I got that yellow cover a couple days ago, I switched to him Hawk. I'm at 2/1/2 with BP, 3/3/1 with GG and only 0/1/0.

4* Medusa, Coulson, Wasp. It was Medusa, Carol, and Wasp but I just got Carol to 4/5/3, so I moved to Coulson from her. Wasp is 5/4/3 but I've got 3 yellow covers in the cache. I really need a blue or black. I'll champ her immediately. Medusa is 4/3/4. Moving along very well. 

3* Steve Rogers, Storm, and Hawkguy. I've got Steve at lvl 253. I get his BH covers more than anybody's. The rewards are so high, I just don't think I can miss out on them. Storm is now at lvl 221. I'm trying to push her to get that T4or yellow cover. And Hawk is at 1/3/3. I just really want more Hawk covers. 

The Viceroy Returns

5 Stars:
Thanos - Mine is 3 3 1, he's strong, and he'll be leaving Latest Tokens next...  I have him as the only one to try and speed that up, cause I suspect a 5 Star being released with the GotG movie...

4 Stars:
Due to OCD Collection issues, any that I don't have cover maxed that are vaulted:
Drax, Mr. Fantastic, The Punisher, War Machine
All are 1 or 2 covers away.  I did have Winter Soldier there too, but my next Lazy Cap Champ level will give me the 13th cover, so I figured I'd marginally increase my odds for these others by taking him out.

3 Stars:
I have them all champed, so I'm going with the best ones that help PVE grinding:
Dr. Strange, Iron Fist, Thanos

DFiPL

DyingLegend said:

I select the 4* Bonus Hero that I am closest to full covering. Right now its Peggy Carter for me, but the annoying thing is, every time I get a bonus pull of her, it's blue, and I have a 5 in blue. Really annoying and frustrating as she is a 4/3/5.

5/3/2 here and my last 5 pulls have been red.

rawfsu

For 5*'s, I chose the first three released, Phoenix, OML, and Silver Surfer. OML is likely to get changed for Thano5. He's caught up to my Phoenix (4 covers) rather quickly. For my 4*'s, I'm targeting one by one those closest to being fully covered. Right now, it's my Hulkbuster at 4/4/4. For 3*'s, whoever is closest to a 4* I'm actually interested in.

FokaiHI

5* Thanos

4* Spider-Gwen (12 covers)
I have 9 4*s to champ, so I don't even think it matters at this point. 

3* Wolverine
I have been using the 3* closest to 266. After Wolvie I will switch to any of the 3*s that get covers from my 2* farm since most of them are at 220 and above. 

tiomono

I have bss and old man in 5 star land. 

4's I have Carol and wasp because I enjoy the synergy of them and neither is maxed or champed.

3's are all champed except hawkguy. So I am going for the ones that give 4's I want. So for now I have daken and ragnarok. Once they both get the 2nd cover for x-23 i will be able to champ her. Then i will move on to whoever rewards covers for my 11 to 12 cover 4 stars.

PFellah

My roster is currently in the 3-4 transition -- almost all my 3s are champed (except She-Hulk and the new Hawkeye) but none have even reached 200. Meanwhile, I have about 2/3rds of the 4s rostered but most of them are 3 covers or less, and even the ones beyond that point, I'm stopping them around 150-160 until I decide who to push.

In the 3s, I'm still focused on unlocking roster spots, so I favorite anyone who is 1-2 levels away from generating HPs. (So 169-170, 177-178, 185-186, etc.). I'll also favorite anyone in the 181-182 range if I can use the cover I'd get at 183 (i.e. either already have the hero or expect to be able to open a roster spot soon enough to roster it).

In the 4s, three-pronged strategy: I'll usually favorite a) whoever's featured in the current/upcoming PvE event(s), b) all my 1-2 cover 4s, just to try to make them marginally less useless, and c) if I'm not too pinched on roster space, ONE 4* that I don't have rostered (Iceman, currently). Once I either have all the 4s rostered or some of them reach champion status, I'll re-evaluate.

For 5s, I don't really care at this point. Right now I have BB set as my favorite... just because... but I'm kind of indifferent.