MPQ at Marvel.com: Doctor Octopus (5/30/17)

Brigby

Hi Everyone,

Who's a maniacal scientist, has 8 appendages, and the best-looking bowl cut around? Doc Ock, that's who!
Check out the new 5-Star Doctor Octopus here: Doctor Octopus (Classic)

Update: The release date in the article is unfortunately the incorrect date. Doctor Octopus will be introduced into tokens on 6/19, not 6/12 

Rhycar

So, why in the world are you accelerating releases of 5* characters, and thus kicking Black Panther out early? I have a feeling this won't be a popular decision.

broll

I'm glad it's not another 5/3 release.  It's like getting a gift of 1000 HP!

udonomefoo

Sweet!  No 4* release this week!

CrookedKnight

Cunning Scheme is hilarious. I have no idea how useful it'll actually be since Doc can't accelerate his green AP (aside from the refund if your scheme fails) but I love the flavor of it. 

EDIT: "Of course rounding the team out with someone that can generate Green AP will help tremendously; this includes Jean Grey (All-New X-Men), Drax (The Destroyer), and Invisible Woman (Classic)."

None of those characters generate any AP for their team, much less green AP. Perhaps you meant Red Hulk and Black Widow (Grey Suit)?

irwando

Yay, *another* character we already had that no one was asking for.  At least its a villain.  

Borstock

I mean, he looks absolutely fantastic, so mega-cheers for the art department on this one.

That said, I'm not in 5* land, so it's unlikely I'll ever be able to use him.

DeNappa

The second power is called Tentacles and costs eight Blue AP to have Doc Ock’s tentacles lashing out constantly. If he has fewer than four on the board, Doc Ock creates a Tentacle tile. Then he deals damage for each Tentacle tile he controls. This power also has a Passive that triggers at the start of each turn. If Doctor Octopus is stunned, his tentacles make a match for his team for each Tentacle tile he controls.

According to a recent thread on passives vs stun, a passive should not fire while a character is stunned  

Otherwise, he seems interesting, although the whole green countdown thing sounds needlessly complicated.

Bloody_Marvel

Rhycar said:

So, why in the world are you accelerating releases of 5* characters, and thus kicking Black Panther out early? I have a feeling this won't be a popular decision.

Not sure it's an accelerated release. Character releases are always 2 weeks apart, and there's always a 5* release after two 4*s. We've just had Rocket & Groot and Gamora. So a 5* release at this point is business as usual as far as I'm aware.

GrumpySmurf1002

Bloody Marvel said:

Rhycar said:

So, why in the world are you accelerating releases of 5* characters, and thus kicking Black Panther out early? I have a feeling this won't be a popular decision.

Not sure it's an accelerated release. Character releases are always 2 weeks apart, and there's always a 5* release after two 4*s. We've just had Rocket & Groot and Gamora. So a 5* release at this point is business as usual as far as I'm aware.

It's well ahead of schedule.  5* are typically at least 35 days apart, if not the 42 they've been in a lot of cases. This is 28.  

Edit:  Welp, nevermind.  Typo means it's 35 days.  Still on the earlier side but yeah, not abnormal.

Twysta

Time to go the bugs forum, my Jean Grey, Drax and Invisible woman don't generate me any green.
What game are they/am I playing? 

Why is it in every interview with the new characters they always talk about other characters they would pair well with, with abilities which they don't have?!

GrumpySmurf1002

@Brigby  Is there a typo at the end of the article?

Devs have said new characters enter the latest legends 2 weeks after their store.   June 12th would only be one week.

Beer40

So two more releases before we get 5* Peter Parker?

fmftint

Seems like a obvious 5/5/3, green is too convoluted to even bother with

Philly484

Yet again another variant and no one new! I still cannot understand why this year there is a flux of variants versus non new characters. At least we have another villain, but we could have had any of spidey's villains since there is a lack there of as of late.

Brigby

@GrumpySmurf1002
Good catch. That is correct. The article unfortunately has the incorrect date listed. Doctor Octopus will be introduced in-game on 6/19, instead of the originally stated 6/12

Freelancer

This power also has a Passive ability that if the reactor is matched it gains 11 Green AP. If it’s destroyed, this power becomes Cunning Scheme.

Does matching the reactor tile also reset the power to Cunning Scheme too? Or is the scheme foiled for that entire game?

Dayv

Freelancer said:

This power also has a Passive ability that if the reactor is matched it gains 11 Green AP. If it’s destroyed, this power becomes Cunning Scheme.

Does matching the reactor tile also reset the power to Cunning Scheme too? Or is the scheme foiled for that entire game?

That whole power description is confusing as heck.  Hopefully, it will have the multi-effect power (like Hawkeye blue) fully detailed as soon as he goes live in the game, so we can check it out from his ghost roster entry.

Dayv

DeNappa said:

If Doctor Octopus is stunned, his tentacles make a match for his team for each Tentacle tile he controls.

According to a recent thread on passives vs stun, a passive should not fire while a character is stunned...

Of course, there's already one passive that specifically states it operates while the character is stunned: Phoenix's From the Ashes ability.  That one states it almost as an afterthought, but this one kind of does right what it says on the tin.

jackstar0

Looks non-meta and amusing.

Hope to see more like this so I can focus my efforts on other heroes.

Starfury

Nice, another villain and a classic character.