**** Red Guardian (Alexei Shostakov) ****


Red Guardian (Alexei Shostakov)
4-Star Rarity (Legendary)
Affiliations: Heroes
Affiliations: Heroes


"As a soldier and test pilot for the USSR, Alexei Shostakov proved his skill and unimpeachable moral character. His homeland recognized these efforts by selecting him for the government's Super-Soldier Program, where he assumed the inspiring and patriotic mantle of Red Guardian."
(Abilities listed at level 70, followed by 270) 4038 Health / 14956 Health
(Abilities listed at level 70, followed by 270) 4038 Health / 14956 Health














Man of Action - 8
AP
Red Guardian's powerful attacks level the playing field and the opponent. Deals 605 damage plus an additional 504 extra damage if there is at least 1 enemy Protect tile on the board. This power ignores enemy Protect tiles. (Max level 1179/983 damage)
- Level 2: Deals 856 damage, deals 713 extra damage if there is an enemy Protect tile. (Max level 1668/1391 damage)
- Level 3: Deals 1107 damage, deals 922 extra damage if there is an enemy Protect tile. (Max level 2157/1798 damage)
- Level 4: Deals 1609 damage, deals 1340 extra damage if there is an enemy Protect tile. (Max level 3135/2614 damage)
- Level 5: Deals 2612 damage, deals 2176 extra damage if there is an enemy Protect tile. (Max level 5090/4244 damage)
Iron Will -
PASSIVE

(PASSIVE) Red Guardian inspires his team to great heights by demonstrating his own resolve. Whenever an ally fires a power, Red Guardian creates 2 strength 25 Yellow Protect tiles. (Max level strength 50 tiles)
- Level 2: Creates strength 35 Yellow Protect tiles. (Max level strength 70 tiles)
- Level 3: Creates strength 45 Yellow Protect tiles. (Max level strength 90 tiles)
- Level 4: Creates strength 65 Yellow Protect tiles. (Max level strength 130 tiles)
- Level 5: Creates 3 strength 70 Yellow Protect tiles. (Max level strength 140 tiles)
Close Quarters - 8
AP

Red Guardian engages the enemy in single combat. Creates 2 strength 44 Attack tiles and stuns both Red Guardian and the target for 1 turn. If there are 5 or more friendly Protect tiles on the board, stuns the target for 1 additional turn. (Max level strength 85 tiles)
- Level 2: Creates strength 76 Attack tiles. (Max level strength 146 tiles)
- Level 3: Creates strength 107 Attack tiles. (Max level strength 207 tiles)
- Level 4: Creates 3 strength 114 Attack tiles. (Max level strength 219 tiles)
- Level 5: Creates strength 187 Attack tiles, can stun target for an additional 2 turns. (Max level strength 361 tiles)
Release Schedule
All times in Eastern
Store Offerings
Red Guardian & Friends - Nov 8-13
80 Item Vault
3x 4-Stars
1x Random Red Guardian (Alexei Shostakov) cover
1x Random Magik (Classic) cover
1x Random 4-Star cover
7x Tokens
1x Legendary token
1x Mighty Token
2x Heroic Tokens
3x Beginner Support tokens
6x Iso-8
1x 5,000 Iso-8
2x 2,500 Iso-8
3x 1,000 Iso-8
15x 3-Stars
3x Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) covers
12x Random 3-Star covers
49x 2-Stars
10x Bullseye (Dark Avenger) covers
39x Random 2-Star covers
Release Debut:
Operation Spider Silk - Nov 5-10
Red Guardian (Alexei Shostakov) in placement rewards
Introducing… Red Guardian - Nov 5-12
Red Guardian (Alexei Shostakov) Shards
Featured Event:
The Hunt - Nov 9-13
Red Guardian (Alexei Shostakov) as a progression reward
Welcome to S.H.I.E.L.D. - Nov 8-13
Red Guardian (Alexei Shostakov) Shards
Tokens to the Red Guardian & Friends Vault
Versus Tournament:
Red Alert - Nov 8-11
Red Guardian (Alexei Shostakov) as a progression reward
Rewards tokens to the Red Guardian & Friends Vault
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Comments
Is that a new PvE? I don't see another one during that time slot...
Well, he is a protect tile and a bit of attack tile spammer. Equipped with a good punch ignoring protect. He can have good sinergy with a lot of characters.
Actually is not the type of character that I like the most.
Without watching the film, some people call him Hopper.
Spider Silk (if PVE??) could still be his placement event.
I wonder if AIM Goons or Sentinels will be added in finally.
I wonder if he can replace Mysterio in my fun team of Magik/Bishop(nerfed)/Mysterio.
Anyway, his Red is comparable to Peggy's. Better value if opponent has protects, worse if they don't.
Yellow feels very lacklustre to me.
Perhaps his passive could be updated to also grant him additional damage bonus from Protect tiles. That is, they would effectively double as both Protects and Strikes for damage that he deals.
Blue seems expensive for what it does. The self stun means it's not spammable.
He's going to be a better defensive partner than Polaris for BRB. The self stun is less of a drawback in the hands of the AI that would only fire it once anyway. But really, I don't see anything that jumps out as either strengthening or altering the meta. Maybe I'm just not seeing it?
He will have good sinergy with brb, but not better than polaris. Polaris auto spam posible protect and red guardian spams though firing a power.
About shield training, him at max level will be a great help. If they pair him with karolina or wasp 4*, in example, it could be really interesting.