Situation breakdown: Medusa vs Nova

thesamuraipig

So I have Medusa and Nova fully covered and ready to be champed but I only have enough ISO for one of them. I feel Medusa is nearer the top tier though I know Nova is no slouch. 

To further complicate it...I have two covers ready for Medusa and 3 ready for Nova. 

Who do you choose?

Pylgrim

Medusa if only because for the next 3 months or so, you'll be getting her from tokens a lot, while never Nova. 

STOPTHIS

Pylgrim said:

Medusa if only because for the next 3 months or so, you'll be getting her from tokens a lot, while never Nova. 

Oddly enough that's my reason for Nova. 3 Nova covers aren't going to come around much right now, but you'll have months to get more Medusa covers.

TeamStewie

STOPTHIS said:

Pylgrim said:

Medusa if only because for the next 3 months or so, you'll be getting her from tokens a lot, while never Nova. 

Oddly enough that's my reason for Nova. 3 Nova covers aren't going to come around much right now, but you'll have months to get more Medusa covers.

Yep this. Champ her now or god knows when you will be able too. Medusa you can champ any time. 

Lukoil

TeamStewie said:

STOPTHIS said:

Pylgrim said:

Medusa if only because for the next 3 months or so, you'll be getting her from tokens a lot, while never Nova. 

Oddly enough that's my reason for Nova. 3 Nova covers aren't going to come around much right now, but you'll have months to get more Medusa covers.

Yep this. Champ her now or god knows when you will be able too. Medusa you can champ any time. 

Nova is a boy (Sam Alexander)

And you can champ him also anytime. You just won't be able to get champ levels (and you won't after champing. Only those 3 initial covers). So it is better to champ medusa now and for next x months get champ rewards from her, than champ Nova and receive 3 one time only rewards (1 token, 2 Cp and 2500 ISO).

thesamuraipig

I ended up getting another Medusa cover...so it was three and three. I just think I'll use her more and of course the champ levels come easier for her now. Medusa got the champ and Nova goes to my bonus hero list. Thanks for all the input guys! 

UnsmashableTim

I like Nova better (top 5 imo) , but because you'll end up wasting Medusa covers, I'd champ her first

Quebbster

Unsmashable Tim said:

I like Nova better (top 5 imo) , but because you'll end up wasting Medusa covers, I'd champ her first

Out of curiousity, who are the other four in the top 5 in your opinion?

I don't Think Nova is quite in the top five, but he's dang fun to play and very fast, so he's still a solid addition to anyone's roster.

UnsmashableTim

Probably Peggy, iceman, c4rol, Jean grey. Just my opinion... Quite a few fighting close to get on the list, but thats probably it. 

Quebbster

Unsmashable Tim said:

Probably Peggy, iceman, c4rol, Jean grey. Just my opinion... Quite a few fighting close to get on the list, but thats probably it. 

Not a bad list, though I would probably put Red Hulk instead of Jean Grey. I Think Medusa probably ranks above Nova at the very least though.

UnsmashableTim

I'm with you about rulk. He's in the top ten with Cyclops, starlord, punisher and quake. Medusa is 11 or 12 for me. If she could do more on her own, or have a better active ability, she'd be higher

Vhailorx

I would champ nova first.  He is with having champed, unlike some other vaulted 4*.  He has a grrat quasi-stun, and is one of the fastest 4*s and best sieves of strike tiles in 4* land.

Medusa may be a bit better (but it's close and they serve different roles; medusa is support, nova is primary damage.) but the issue is opportunity cost.  Collect 3 champ levels for nova is harder than collecting 3 for medusa, so selling 3 nova covers is a greater cost.

And current top 5 4*s is a bit challenging to list, as the top tier is getting a bit bigger.

*Peggy
*Carol
*Iceman
*Medusa

Are a pretty clear top 4 due to all around utility boosted or unboosted.  Then there is a large group of excellent characters just a bit behind them.

*Rulk
*Blade (so much damage output that he is almost usable unboosted, may move up as i use him more)
*Cyclops
*JG
*Imhb (long in the tooth and light on damage now, but still well designed and self accelerating)
*Xpool
*Quake
*Punmax
*star-lord

These characters are all awesome and should all be high priority for champing, but once you have a deep bench, even these top tier 4*s will be "use-when-boosted" only.

Side note: coulson and new wasp are also awesome utility characters.  I have left them off the list becausd i dont know that i have enough experience with them yet to comfortably compare them to the others.  But wasp is recently champed for me, and i think she may be close to medusa value as a support character.  Coulson may be just a bit behind if you build a CD heavy team.

(edited to fix some minor typos and add 4* SL to my list)

UnsmashableTim

Oh shoot! Totally missed you have 3 nova covers. That changes everything. Get him over medusa

Rick_OShay

Wait, what level is your 3* Dr. Strange? He earns Nova covers at level 183 and 223.
I would suggest NOT setting Nova as your 4* Bonus Hero if a champ Strange can earn it for you.

4* BH favorites are far too rare to get you a cover you could earn through other means (like leveling Strange).
The LT awarded when getting a 4* to champ level 271 is far less valuable (too random) than a BH you can designate and rely on covers for someone who needs it. 

thesamuraipig

I was all set to go Medusa...I have a number of already champed 4's and I felt her support would be better utilized but went the other way and champed Nova at the last minute. Considering he's vaulted I wouldn't have a chance like this for him in a while. I actually pulled another Medusa cover so I have two weeks to find the 300,000 ISO for which I think is fairly doable. It should all work out. Thanks guys for all the input!