ThaRoadWarrior said: Mystique adds a bunch of purple to the board on blue, which can play nicely with 2* magneto, but it also adds black which nobody on this team wants much of. As a 5* player, I like him with Wanda/Onslaught or Wanda/Sighclops. Use your first 3 purple to set Wanda going making whatever color you think most valuable at the start of the turn - either red, purple, or perhaps counterintuitively green to feed Cyclops's red generation engine + stun.
Godzillafan67 said: I had a retal in sim for a team consisting of Alligator Loki, Shang-Chi, and 2* Mags. I sorely wanted there to be a "props" button so that I could let the other player know that I really enjoyed seeing that team.
DAZ0273 said: The concept isn't enormously removed from the old Charlie's Angels winfinite where Switch made cascades and fed Widow purple to make match 5's that triggered Prof X I don't think.The Winfinite that was used that I first heard about it though was Mystique and Mags but it presumably functions in a similar way. Not tried either to be fair.
ThaRoadWarrior said: Depends on your resource intake. Shang-Chi is in latest for…a month and a half maybe? Definitely try your luck, but if you aren’t pulling down the kind of cp and LTs it takes to get him, he will fall into Classic undercovered. It’ll absolutely be faster to shard Throg to BRB than to direct 5* shard 4-5 or more covers of SC.
MegaBee said: Do you have Shuri and/or Heimdall rostered?
Akoni said: MegaBee said: Do you have Shuri and/or Heimdall rostered? Both Shuri and Heimdall are soft-capped.
entrailbucket said: Godzillafan67 said: I had a retal in sim for a team consisting of Alligator Loki, Shang-Chi, and 2* Mags. I sorely wanted there to be a "props" button so that I could let the other player know that I really enjoyed seeing that team. Alligator Loki + Shang-Chi is *legit*, I run Shang-Chi/Cyclops/Alligator Loki on challenge nodes and win easily.
Sekilicious said: entrailbucket said: Godzillafan67 said: I had a retal in sim for a team consisting of Alligator Loki, Shang-Chi, and 2* Mags. I sorely wanted there to be a "props" button so that I could let the other player know that I really enjoyed seeing that team. Alligator Loki + Shang-Chi is *legit*, I run Shang-Chi/Cyclops/Alligator Loki on challenge nodes and win easily. I missed the synergy between them but now that I read this it will help a lot. I will try it out with Hulkbuster in the Strange Sights. Thanks
DAZ0273 said: I would go with BRB simply because he is effective both on offence and defence. Shang Chi is a one man wrecking crew but he is vulnerable to bad board situations. Also - flying battleship, 'Nuff said.
ThaRoadWarrior said: JangoLore said: Can someone provide more description of Shang-Chi's winfinite capability? I heard mention of using him with 3*switch/2*mags but could not figure out how to make it work. BRB's is clear because of his getting additional AP from placing and destroying shield tiles. 3* Switch makes purple, often match 4/5 on her CD, and she can pick up AP for you on her green, which gives you a lot more options for collecting the red/purple you need for Shang-Chi to stay doing his powers. Magneto can actively place 3 blue tiles if you have the purple which then add some additional red to the board, so you again have some agency over what the board is doing. Then Shang-Chi, depending on your build, has a Bullseye-like ability to knock out precise tiles on red as well as his targeted critical dropper on purple. Once you have enough points in the bank, his purple will also charge a bunch of tiles around itself before resolving a cascade, which will give you 3x ap per charge tile matched. So ideally you want to be utilizing all those powers to keep him flush with red and purple, but it's a very active, attention demanding winfinite compared to some.
JangoLore said: Can someone provide more description of Shang-Chi's winfinite capability? I heard mention of using him with 3*switch/2*mags but could not figure out how to make it work. BRB's is clear because of his getting additional AP from placing and destroying shield tiles.
Warbringa said: You can't really lose but I think it depends on if you mainly play PvE or also play PvP heavily. For PvE players I believe Shang Chi is the superior choice as he can basically winfinite with many different character combos and is a true healer. There is not a traditional node that you can't be with him unless it is the Kaecilius node or other different type of node. He is also a winfinite in PvP but maybe a big liability on PvP defense if that matters. You do though have to put some thought into his play and matches may take slightly longer, so not everyone will like his play style. If you are PvP player, I think BRB is probably the better choice since he is still better all around and of course he offers you a very specific winifite combo as well. I think Shang Chi teams in PvP are a liability since he is a terrible AI controlled character on defense and is probably less optimal than BRB who can pair well with several PvP teams. The caveat may be if you are a PvP wins player, not focused on score/shielding, then I think SC is actually the better option as who cares if you get hit a lot on defense if you are only shooting for total wins. I have my SC at 5/1/1 and I pair him with wounded 5* Thor and 5* Doom and that combo works out very well. I also have 5* Cyclops but I actually like the above pair better as Doom slows down opponents gathering black and yellow, which are colors I am ignoring as I collect SC combos. So don't think that you have to have one specific character to pair with SC as I can see him working with anyone who offers board shake (which is quite a few characters). I would also say that now is the easiest opportunity to get SC since he is in latest tokens.