Who to champ next?

McThunderpants

I can probably cobble together enough iso to champ only 3 characters before they expire. Any guidance on who to champ from the below would be appreciated:

4* Starlord
XFWolverine
4 cage (I have two covers that will expire)
Nova
Quake
MEHulk
Prof X (2 covers expiring)
4 Thor
Electra

Thanks.

qandols

Nova, Starlord and Prof X.

DyingLegend

C4ge, Nova, MEhulk,, Starlord

herm1978

Of the ones I have champed:

Definitely not Elektra. XFW is pretty nice to have when buffed (I like his black). Nova is also nice for strike tiles. Cage can be useful in certain situations. I hardly ever use ProfX (one of my first Champs). Starlord is not champed but is very nice to have (have him fully covered). 4Thor is not one I use much either.

Cant say much about Quake or MEHulk.

My ranking:

Do: Nova, Starlord

Maybe: XFW, Cage,

Dont: Elektra, ProfX, 4Thor (could maybe be moved up to "maybe")

Dont know: MEHulk, Quake

MissoesRicRose

In my opinion. ME Hulk. Comes all the time.

Borstock

4* Starlord - very useful against goons in PvE, teams with a reasonably diverse list

XFWolverine - pretty much only useful when teamed with XFDeadpool

4 cage (I have two covers that will expire) - another very useful with goons, teams with a less diverse list than Starlord

Nova - something of a beast when boosted, red underrated

Quake - niche character, I never use her even when she's boosted

MEHulk - useful for his 0 turn move

Prof X (2 covers expiring) - niche character, I never use him even when he's boosted

4 Thor - once your roster reaches a certain level, you will abandon her, but early on in the 4* tier she was basically my go-to for tough fights because of her stun and no upper-limit on charged stack

Elektra - niche character, I use her sometimes with Wolverin3 and sometimes as an all steal AP team, but rarely otherwise

So, I'd go MEHulk, St4rlord, and Th4r, unless you want to be as efficient as possible with covers. In that case, you pretty much have to champ X, C4ge and then I'd probably pick MEHulk.

McThunderpants

Thanks for all the guidance. Much appreciated.

JackTenrec

It also depends somewhat on what other characters you have champed who play well with your potential new champs. Combined against goons with Wasp, 4* Cage makes Quake irrelevant, since protect guards against everything, not just AOE damage.  Obviously, any tile buffers, and now fortify specialists (4* BP, Shuri) also play well with him.

ProfX is great if you've got lots of color converters (Scarlet Witch, Nightcrawler, GSBW).  His tile buffing ability used to be fearsome, but has fallen behind a bit compared to characters like Nico/Wasp/Carol.

4* Starlord works great in the countdown meta against goons and enemies with cheap powers (say, most Dark Avengers), so pair with Carol, Coulson, Drax, etc. or folks with their own cheap abilities, who can sometimes get down to a single match to fire: Nova, Hawkguy, even IM40 (although Star-Lord's passive may interfere with Recharge by sucking up too many yellow tiles).

I think MEHulk needs AP acceleration to be really useful (Cloak and Dagger or Sandman for yellow, Scarlet Witch or possibly Mystique for purple).  With luck, he's a ridiculous killer with Mockingbird.

4* Thor holds a soft spot in my heart as my first 4* champ.  She can do a lot of heavy lifting with a stun/smite combo, which can potentially stop one enemy and destroy another.  IM40 plays to her strengths, but charged generators like Lockjaw and Gambit (Jubilee?) can also amp her red to one-shot levels.

Daredevil217

The most efficient would be Hulk (the only latest; you’ll get more champ levels for him), Cage/Xavier (4 champ levels). 

No need to champ characters without covers expiring. Just stop opening LT until you get the iso and revisit them.  

Edit: while the above is true I just saw they all have covers expiring. I’d say hard no to Quake, Wolverine, Elektra. 

I’d rank the rest purely on gameplay as follows:
1. Star-Lord (reduces AP costs and has a cheap red that hits like a truck boosted)
2. Nova (super fast strike maker and pseudo stunner)

3. Cage/Thor (Thor is better but Cage is more unique/ has a niche no one else fills)
4. Professor (again, unique role)
5. Hulk

mega ghost

Ignoring things like who's still in latest, whose tokens you'll get more of, who gets boosted the most often, and who's a feeder, I'd say:

4* Star-Lord
Nova
4* Thor

Taking those other things into account, it also feels like X-Force Wolverine is featured/boosted all of the darn time, he's got two 3* feeders, and he now feeds 5* Old Man Logan. You'll only use him boosted, until he gets rebalanced anyway — which might finally happen now that he's been made a feeder and he's one of the most and longest requested candidates for a rebalance?

sambrookjm

If you've already got two covers on the vine, definitely do Cage and Prof X.  You'll get an LT from both of them, which will hopefully give you some better characters.  C4ge is a beast when he tanks against goons.

The third one is a personal preference for you.  I'd probably go ME Hulk, since you're more likely to get covers for him more quickly than the others since he's still in the Latest bin.

McThunderpants

Thanks for the additional feedback.

Yepyep

I've got about 28 4*s champed. Of your list, I only have 4Thor and C4ge champed (well, also MEH as of today, but I haven't used him yet).

I would count C4ge as an absolute must-have champ. I don't use him all that often, but when confronted by a lot of PVE goons that trigger his black, he will literally carry my whole team through the event. Until such a situation hits, you'll wonder why he even exists. Then THAT event comes and boom: you'll be a C4ge fan forevermore. Against the right enemies, there is simply no way past him other than death or stun... He's also got a lot of health.

I'll also say good things about 4Thor. Her ability to stack her attack means she can take out the biggest enemies in one good whack, or two at most. She takes a little while to get rolling (like the other Thor incarnations) but once she is she's next to unstoppable. Again, not a character one uses often, but she can be a truly ferocious tinykitty.
Also: (1) she has a ton of health and (2) a huge number of covers seem to show up for her as various prizes (also true for X-F Wolverine).

TPF Alexis

Yepyep said:

I would count C4ge as an absolute must-have champ. I don't use him all that often, but when confronted by a lot of PVE goons that trigger his black, he will literally carry my whole team through the event. Until such a situation hits, you'll wonder why he even exists. Then THAT event comes and boom: you'll be a C4ge fan forevermore. Against the right enemies, there is simply no way past him other than death or stun... He's also got a lot of health.

Don't write off his actives too quickly, either. His yellow has no cap, so on a team with other characters who are Fortifying special tiles, it can get to the point where he's one-shotting just about anyone. Alternately, if up against a team that isn't using any special tiles, pump his red up to 5 and knock some fools into the next time zone. Especially when boosted.

Yepyep

TPF Alexis said:

Yepyep said:

I would count C4ge as an absolute must-have champ. I don't use him all that often, but when confronted by a lot of PVE goons that trigger his black, he will literally carry my whole team through the event. Until such a situation hits, you'll wonder why he even exists. Then THAT event comes and boom: you'll be a C4ge fan forevermore. Against the right enemies, there is simply no way past him other than death or stun... He's also got a lot of health.

Don't write off his actives too quickly, either. His yellow has no cap, so on a team with other characters who are Fortifying special tiles, it can get to the point where he's one-shotting just about anyone. Alternately, if up against a team that isn't using any special tiles, pump his red up to 5 and knock some fools into the next time zone. Especially when boosted.

I completely agree -- I love his yellow. His red is a little expensive and I seem usually to have someone else with a "better" (i.e. cheaper) red.

Really, he's one of my favorite characters. It's just that he has required a certain type of enemy to be really useful. Namely, one who triggers his black. Now with such a substantial, Wakandan-influenced potential increase in the number of fortified tiles on the board his uses might expand dramatically... Hope so! (And this would also be a rare, if not unique, example of a character increasing in strength/utility as powerful new characters continue to be introduced. It's not often that power-creep benefits a legacy character.)

AlexNapalm

As already said, C4ge is fantastic in PVE against goons. He really shines with Dr. Strange and Wasp against Symbiotes and Mindless Ones. 

Qubort

MEhulk - still in latest packs and the strongest one

Cage - He's a boss and you'll be happy to have him

After that it'd just be personal fan fav

feraldayor

Stop opening packs! At your stage, you shouldn't have so many covers on the vine. Only open packs when you have the iso to put into them. 

McThunderpants

Thanks for all the guidance on this. I was stuck with all of these covers when I chased hobo cap. With limited iso, some will unfortunately have to go. Appreciate the feedback.