***** Elektra (Woman Without Fear) *****

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  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 11,505 Chairperson of the Boards
    entrailbucket said:
    I haven't been a 3* player since 3* were the top of the metagame.  I've spent basically the last 8 years in the top 1-5%, only talking to other players in the top 1-5%.  A lot of others here have similar experience.  (Most other posters here are in the top 5% of all rosters in the game.  If you have more than one champion 5* you definitely are.) 



    How many champed 5* players do we think there are? I certainly feel there are more than I was expecting when I transitioned last year. It makes me wonder if the percentage might skew a bit higher than 5% (I have exactly zero data on this just to be clear).
  • ThaRoadWarrior
    ThaRoadWarrior Posts: 9,566 Chairperson of the Boards
    I would expect it to do nothing as well, but it would be interesting to know for sure. That’s why I asked.
  • wymtime
    wymtime Posts: 3,768 Chairperson of the Boards
    Warbringa said:
    wymtime said:
    Warbringa said:
    Assuming her yellow works with any trap tiles, she may fit in nicely with JJ and/or Sinister.  That could be a lot of passive AP gain with an enemy cascade for example and you will be only taking 50% damage from all sources  which means many teams might skip you due to the grindy nature of such a team. If it only works with her trap tiles, then it isn't nearly as good of a power.  Her red is ok and her purple at 10 AP seems very expensive. Does it start out assuming strikes is the default for the passive or does it do nothing until you fire the power once?
    Nice idea with the trap tiles but I think it will only be her trap tiles.

    still a 5,5,3 build for me.  Red does good damage and with a 2 turn stun the CD tile can still be protected.  Not great but also not bad.  Yellow is self feeding, but that Purple is expensive and situational.
    I only point it out though because some powers do state specific trap tiles, whereas others do not. The correct reading if it only works with her trap tiles would be if there is a Shadow Dance Trap tile.... but it instead states simply a Trap tile.  A character like Onslaught for example specifies his Astral Traps only on his power description so we shall see, whereas Sinister's state any friendly trap tile.  I am guessing it won't work with any trap tile too but it would really breath life into trap tile characters if it did.  

    I mean keeping yellow tiles on the board is easy with Switch, simply pick yellow for switches purple power.  That is two very rough defensive skills. Throw in a good damage dealer there for a third like 5Pool, it could be a rough match.
    That will be a very interesting combination of Wanda and Electra.  Very quickly that could wipe some teams out.
  • HoundofShadow
    HoundofShadow Posts: 8,004 Chairperson of the Boards
    I just remembered this. Since Mr Sinister wasn't paired with Elektra, I guess it answered the question that her traps don't work with other's trap tiles?

    We could have new trap tile meta if her passive work with Sinister/Killmonger traps. Imagine the meltdown in pvp.  >:)

    I hope this year meta shakeup will revolve around trap tiles. Trap is an underrated and underappreciated mechanics in the game.
     
  • TheRiddler
    TheRiddler Posts: 291 Mover and Shaker
    BlackBoltRocks said:
    ThaRoadWarrior said:
    I'll be curious to see her in action, if AOE powers were still in vogue like they were before Wanda, I'd say using Electro to stack up that yellow in the background would be a good partner.
    Now I want to try Elektra/Electro/Wanda against Hulkoye teams. Every proc of Hulk's AoE will trigger all 3 of Elektra's traps and generate 5 Yellow AP, allowing you to use Shadow Dance every turn. Setting Wanda's Purple to Yellow is the icing on the cake.

    You don't have to try it. Electro and Wanda alone slaughter Hulkoye teams.
  • Bzhai
    Bzhai Posts: 579 Critical Contributor
    I want to see how irritating it will be to fight Elektra, Wanda and Abigail.
  • Bad
    Bad Posts: 3,146 Chairperson of the Boards
    As a funny fact, this is the first 5* character which I have translated since Cable. Still the power's names are in english.
  • Akoni
    Akoni Posts: 790 Critical Contributor
    I really like her yellow. I haven't tested it yet, but was wondering if it worked with other trap tiles. From what others are posting, it doesn't look like it.
    Bzhai said:
    I want to see how irritating it will be to fight Elektra, Wanda and Abigail.
    If you get that opportunity, let us know. I don't have Abigail (curse you RNG!) so I can't test it out.
  • TheEyeDoctorsWife
    TheEyeDoctorsWife Posts: 832 Critical Contributor
    The yellow seems overpowered enough that someone is going to whine about it but I personally love it. Elektra and Wanda and a force multiplier was fast 
  • HoundofShadow
    HoundofShadow Posts: 8,004 Chairperson of the Boards
    Functionally speaking, her red is the same as Peggy Carter's blue power, except that it stuns the back two characters for three turns and put up to 3 blue 3-turn cds. Come to think of it, they actually complement each other.
  • Vhailorx
    Vhailorx Posts: 6,085 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited February 2022
    HoundofShadow said:
    Functionally speaking, her red is the same as Peggy Carter's blue power, except that it stuns the back two characters for three turns and put up to 3 blue 3-turn cds. Come to think of it, they actually complement each other.

    Except that Peggy's blue offers more certainty because you know who will be stunned. And it does way more damage relative to the rest of her * tier, and can do multiple hits of damage. (And the tiny fact that no one plays Peggy for her blue. It's fine, but everyone plays peggy for the yellow, which gives her more space to use medium-good powers like her red and blue).
    But other than that, just the same!
  • HoundofShadow
    HoundofShadow Posts: 8,004 Chairperson of the Boards
    I play Peggy for her blue and yellow. She's the only character in the game who can stun the entire enemy team if all of them are invisible. Since Peggy can't stun the front character, Elektra could do with her red stun.

    But, the selling point of Elektra is her yellow anyway. So, you don't want to have the enemy stunned.   B)
  • Bad
    Bad Posts: 3,146 Chairperson of the Boards
    And peggy is a 4* and elektra a 5*, but peggy offers 3 cds if there are 3 allies: a good cd power.
    Elektra is a 5* and she doesn't have good instant damage so she would appreciate a direct hit a lot more than a super meh cd.
  • wingX
    wingX Posts: 253 Mover and Shaker
    In the 5*Elektra PVP, I find it amusing that when enemy create a strike tile, my Elektra steal it, then enemy's Elektra immediately steal that strike tile from me.
  • Bzhai
    Bzhai Posts: 579 Critical Contributor
    wingX said:
    In the 5*Elektra PVP, I find it amusing that when enemy create a strike tile, my Elektra steal it, then enemy's Elektra immediately steal that strike tile from me.
    Yea, mirror matches make her purple passive pointless. On a separate note, just found out that if you fight Grocket she steals a tile at the beginning of the match. 
  • bbigler
    bbigler Posts: 2,180 Chairperson of the Boards
    I think there’s a typo on her Red power, I believe it’s spelled “Audible Sigh”

     :D 
  • HoundofShadow
    HoundofShadow Posts: 8,004 Chairperson of the Boards
    Elektra's yellow teamup is bugged. She will put her trap tiles but it will never activate and they remain trap tiles on the board.
  • Godzillafan67
    Godzillafan67 Posts: 710 Critical Contributor
    HoundofShadow said:
    Elektra's yellow teamup is bugged. She will put her trap tiles but it will never activate and they remain trap tiles on the board.
    It's bugged in the same was as BRB's Clash of the Worthy. Since both powers mention the character by name, perhaps the power first verifies that the character is active due to the fact that the powers don't process if BRB/Elektra are stunned or airborne. It might make sense to make these two powers non-TU-able.

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