Suddenly...weekly boosted 5*s

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  • SnowcaTT
    SnowcaTT Posts: 3,487 Chairperson of the Boards
    entrailbucket said:


    I think they're trying to encourage people not to go all in.  Of course, there's still one rather large Okoye-shaped problem with that strategy, but maybe that will change sometime soon.

    Bet they'd have less complaints if they had encouraged that six years ago.
  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 10,536 Chairperson of the Boards
    I guess we all got to play with 550 Banner if we wanted - Balance of Power ruining it for those who were enjoying their week 2 boost!
  • Bad
    Bad Posts: 3,146 Chairperson of the Boards
    BOP and apocalypse event. The golden week for banner's users has shortened to a half week. 
    Surely banner's users wont start a big uproar.
  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 10,536 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited June 2021
    So with Iceman bumping Thanos, the boost weekly list (assuming they don't give him two weeks) might look something like this (Edited, assumed Pride characters only get 1 buff week):
    1) OML, PhX, SS, BSSM
    2) GG, IM, CW Cap, Banner
    3) BB, BW, Strange, Iceman
    4) Thanos, BP, HE, SL,
    5) Doc Oc, PPSM, DD, Gambit,
    6) Thor AA, GR, JJ, Daken
    7) JJ, Beardcap Okoye, Wasp, Loki,
    8) Loki, Kitty, Cable, KP, GED,
    9) GED, CM, Hela, Rescue, Storm,
    10) Storm, PX, Carbage, BRB, Sinister
    11) Sinister, Havok, iHulk, Yelena, Apoc
    12) Apoc, Onslaught, KM, OMD, Heimdall
    13)  DP, Magneto, Adam, YJ
    14) Cyclops, Colossus, Wanda, Knull
    15.) Ronan

    Week 10 might be different if they double up on Iceman as we would lose Sinister which potentially leaves us with an Iceman/PX/Carbage/BRB which sounds a bit nasty - glad I have two of those champed and Ice at 12 covers!











  • Kwahder
    Kwahder Posts: 180 Tile Toppler
    OMD is also getting a boost for Pride, so that will affect the running order as well.
  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 10,536 Chairperson of the Boards
    Ah, right, didn't see that. So Daken potentially affects week 6
  • LavaManLee
    LavaManLee Posts: 1,520 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited June 2021
    It says a lot about the older boosted 5*s when I still find it easier/quicker to bring 50Thor/Apoc in the PVE pick two for the essential nodes.  I have all the 5s champed/boosted and tried it but is was still way slower than the old standby I normally use.
  • Srheer0
    Srheer0 Posts: 510 Critical Contributor
    LavaManLee said:
    It says a lot about the older boosted 5*s when I still find it easier/quicker to bring 50Thor/Apoc in the PVE pick two for the essential nodes.  I have all the 5s champed/boosted and tried it but is was still way slower than the old standby I normally use.
    Well that sounds obvious. Okoye and apoc have some of the best powers for boosting allies power damages. Especially AOE ones like halfthor  

    Older 5s having a boost of 1k-2k match damage is not comparable to that :P 
  • Punter1
    Punter1 Posts: 729 Critical Contributor
    3* & 4* nodes I agree and have been using Apoc & Thor still

    Having the boosts on the 5* and Challenge have been a nice help.  On the Pick 3 harder nodes, I've been using the boosts over Thorkoye.  Though I still find myself including 50Thor to speed up the AP gain.

    In Webbed Wonder Dr S got a lot of use with all the goons.  DP, I'm using Thor/Ice/JJ which is pretty quick.
  • LavaManLee
    LavaManLee Posts: 1,520 Chairperson of the Boards
    Srheer0 said:
    LavaManLee said:
    It says a lot about the older boosted 5*s when I still find it easier/quicker to bring 50Thor/Apoc in the PVE pick two for the essential nodes.  I have all the 5s champed/boosted and tried it but is was still way slower than the old standby I normally use.
    Well that sounds obvious. Okoye and apoc have some of the best powers for boosting allies power damages. Especially AOE ones like halfthor  

    Older 5s having a boost of 1k-2k match damage is not comparable to that :P 
    I find the match damage wasn't as big a problem as their powers.  The powers themselves aren't comparable at all to Apoc (or others).  BB takes a long time to generate and his "boost level" power is basically useless.  Iceman is great for stunning but his green can be random.  Strange is decent, but since he tanks his Blue/Yellow/Purple when boosted he can quickly get taken out.  JJ is probably the best but her black and red (even boosted) take longer to generate and don't do the same damage as Apoc.
  • ThaRoadWarrior
    ThaRoadWarrior Posts: 9,522 Chairperson of the Boards
    Iceman/Thor/Okoye even un-boosted is a very fast and reliable challenge node team. Having Chavez boosted at the same time has been interesting for me also, since that's my only max-champ 4*.
  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 10,536 Chairperson of the Boards
    Thor's boost week will be interesting. Mine is champed whereas my Okoye is not so I use him with Apoc who tanks most things but I am guessing that wont be the case that week. I don't know what Thor's health looks like at 550 and above and how much half of that would be but with other boosted 5's and Thor's own aoe he might be very vulnerable on offence unless you have a big enough Okoye or Apoc to hide him behind and dangerous on defence where he will have full health and god boosted powers that the AI might not screw up.
  • ThaRoadWarrior
    ThaRoadWarrior Posts: 9,522 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited June 2021
    DAZ0273 said:
    Thor's boost week will be interesting. Mine is champed whereas my Okoye is not so I use him with Apoc who tanks most things but I am guessing that wont be the case that week. I don't know what Thor's health looks like at 550 and above and how much half of that would be but with other boosted 5's and Thor's own aoe he might be very vulnerable on offence unless you have a big enough Okoye or Apoc to hide him behind and dangerous on defence where he will have full health and god boosted powers that the AI might not screw up.
    You'll have your pick of Old Man Daken or Ghost Rider: Robbie Reyes to hide him behind if you choose to run him (assuming the revised schedule holds). I'm not sure which of those two is going to be more interesting. GRRR is slow, but he'll hit like a truck when boosted for sure. OMD, being wildly newer, may be more interesting just due to power creep and an okay-ish true heal.
  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 6,235 Chairperson of the Boards
    LavaManLee said:
    Srheer0 said:
    LavaManLee said:
    It says a lot about the older boosted 5*s when I still find it easier/quicker to bring 50Thor/Apoc in the PVE pick two for the essential nodes.  I have all the 5s champed/boosted and tried it but is was still way slower than the old standby I normally use.
    Well that sounds obvious. Okoye and apoc have some of the best powers for boosting allies power damages. Especially AOE ones like halfthor  

    Older 5s having a boost of 1k-2k match damage is not comparable to that :P 
    I find the match damage wasn't as big a problem as their powers.  The powers themselves aren't comparable at all to Apoc (or others).  BB takes a long time to generate and his "boost level" power is basically useless.  Iceman is great for stunning but his green can be random.  Strange is decent, but since he tanks his Blue/Yellow/Purple when boosted he can quickly get taken out.  JJ is probably the best but her black and red (even boosted) take longer to generate and don't do the same damage as Apoc.
    This is less an "old 5*s" problem and more a "Thor/Apocalypse/Okoye" problem.  Those guys and maybe a couple of others are going to be better than *any* 5* boosted +100lvls, not just the old terrible guys.

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