Class of 2016/2017

will7612
will7612 Posts: 91 Match Maker

Hello everyone, could anyone give me (us) a helping hand with the upcoming classes?
Just to be aware of the possible teams to make up
Thanks in advance

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  • will7612
    will7612 Posts: 91 Match Maker

    Thanks a lot

  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 10,072 Chairperson of the Boards

    Those lists appear based on Anniversary to Anniversary whereas we are doing calendar years I think so they are slightly off. For example unless they have changed the criteria Dr. Strange should be in Class of 2016 and not 2017 as listed. But they give a very solid idea of who is available.

  • ArchusMonk
    ArchusMonk Posts: 203 Tile Toppler

    The actual dates released seem accurate so far. Look at that vs what list he out then in b

  • Kolence
    Kolence Posts: 969 Critical Contributor

    @will7612
    Here you go. :)

    2016

    2016
    Nova (Sam Alexander) 2016-01-28 4
    Spider-Gwen (Gwen Stacy) 2016-02-11 4
    Quake (Daisy Johnson) 2016-03-10 4
    The Punisher (Max) 2016-03-24 4
    Howard the Duck (Howard, A Duck) 2016-04-07 4
    Drax (The Destroyer) 2016-04-14 4
    Winter Soldier (Bucky Barnes) 2016-04-28 4
    War Machine (James Rhodes) 2016-05-19 4
    Kate Bishop (Hawkeye) 2016-06-02 4
    Moon Knight (Marc Spector) 2016-06-16 4
    Peggy Carter (Captain America) 2016-06-26 4
    Wasp (Janet van Dyne) 2016-07-28 4
    Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) 2016-08-25 4
    Luke Cage (Power Man) 2016-09-22 4
    Gwenpool (Gwen Poole) 2016-10-06 4
    Blade (Modern) 2016-10-20 4
    Venom (Agent Venom) 2016-11-17 4
    Medusa (Inhuman Queen) 2016-12-01 4
    Spider-Man (Back in Black) 2016-01-14 5
    Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) 2016-02-25 5
    Captain America (First Avenger) 2016-05-05 5
    Iron Man (Mark XLVI) 2016-05-05 5
    The Hulk (Bruce Banner) 2016-07-14 5
    Black Bolt (Inhuman King) 2016-08-11 5
    Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff) 2016-09-01 5
    Doctor Strange (Sorcerer Supreme) 2016-11-03 5
    Thanos (The Mad Titan) 2016-12-22 5

    2017

    2017
    Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers) 2017-01-10 4
    Riri Williams (Ironheart) 2017-01-24 4
    Mordo (Master of the Mystic Arts) 2017-02-14 4
    Agent Coulson (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) 2017-02-28 4
    Iron Fist (Danny Rand) 2017-03-28 4
    Cloak & Dagger (Classic) 2017-04-10 4
    Rocket & Groot (Awesome Mix Volume 2) 2017-05-08 4
    Gamora (Awesome Mix Volume 2) 2017-05-22 4
    Sandman (Flint Marko) 2017-06-20 4
    Vulture (Adrian Toomes) 2017-07-18 4
    Mockingbird (Bobbi Morse) 2017-07-31 4
    Yondu (Awesome Mix Volume 2) 2017-08-14 4
    Lockjaw (Royal Bulldog) 2017-09-12 4
    Rogue (Classic) 2017-10-03 4
    Nightcrawler (Classic) 2017-10-23 4
    The Hulk (The Main Event) 2017-11-20 4
    Nico Minoru (Runaways) 2017-12-05 4
    America Chavez (Young Avengers) 2017-12-29 4
    Black Panther (Civil War) 2017-02-02 5
    Hawkeye (Clint Barton) 2017-03-09 5
    Star-Lord (Awesome Mix Volume 2) 2017-04-27 5
    Doctor Octopus (Classic) 2017-06-01 5
    Spider-Man (Peter Parker) 2017-07-06 5
    Daredevil (Matt Murdock) 2017-08-24 5
    Gambit (Classic) 2017-10-05 5
    Thor (Gladiator) 2017-11-02 5
    Archangel (Classic) 2017-12-14 5
  • Phumade
    Phumade Posts: 2,495 Chairperson of the Boards

    Oh NO!!!! 2016 breaks thanos/Panther and 2017 will break the Thorkoye!!!!!

    But seriously the rework on banner will change how people play 2016.

    In that era: Thanos/Blackbolt/Panther/Strange were the elite top tier 5*.

    Obviously, you've heard us all say pre nerf Gambit was god tier. DD/Thor. Don't forget Thor is only turbo charged with Okoye, other wise he's merely good not meta.

  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 10,072 Chairperson of the Boards

    Thanos + Strange is gonna be ouchy on the health packs. I agree Banner should see some use. Mine is so nearly champed but won't make it for Thursday.

  • ThaRoadWarrior
    ThaRoadWarrior Posts: 9,379 Chairperson of the Boards

    I don't think there is anyone in the 2016 group that is especially good at exploiting cascades, but you have quite a few options to eliminate specific colors from the board in this group between Quake, Howard, and Iron Man

  • Vhailorx
    Vhailorx Posts: 6,085 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited August 2023

    Hawkeye was also near-
    meta (on offense) with coulson in that era (pre-gambit 2017).

  • Vhailorx
    Vhailorx Posts: 6,085 Chairperson of the Boards

    @Phumade said:
    Oh NO!!!! 2016 breaks thanos/Panther and 2017 will break the Thorkoye!!!!!

    But seriously the rework on banner will change how people play 2016.

    In that era: Thanos/Blackbolt/Panther/Strange were the elite top tier 5*.

    Obviously, you've heard us all say pre nerf Gambit was god tier. DD/Thor. Don't forget Thor is only turbo charged with Okoye, other wise he's merely good not meta.

    I hate the same thought re: pathos.

    Also, I would day that halfthor was (and in many ways remains) the very best green/yellow/red battery in the game. But he also had the highest match damage at the time, so it wasn't until he could reliably hide behind a true-healing, damage-boosting tank (and gambit was buried) that he really took off.

    He may be able to hide in this event because some of the 2017 characters have been reworked to have modern match damage (Star lord, archangel, doc oc). Probably too slow to compete with reworked gambit though. . .

  • Tony_Foot
    Tony_Foot Posts: 1,785 Chairperson of the Boards

    I'm pretty sure HalfThors passive at half health was also buffed by Okoye when she was released. Or there was something that had to be re-worked with him?

  • ThaRoadWarrior
    ThaRoadWarrior Posts: 9,379 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited August 2023

    Yeah Okoye’s buff I recall was changed at some point to not affect tile break damage, and there are a mountain of powers with order of operations issues as a result. Also juggernaut is specifically excluded from it it appears, since his AOE shouldn’t be match-based but it is either coded wrong, or on purpose.

  • TPF Alexis
    TPF Alexis Posts: 3,826 Chairperson of the Boards

    @ThaRoadWarrior said:
    Yeah Okoye’s buff I recall was changed at some point to not affect tile break damage, and there are a mountain of powers with order of operations issues as a result. Also juggernaut is specifically excluded from it it appears, since his AOE shouldn’t be match-based but it is either coded wrong, or on purpose.

    IIRC, that was intentional. I'm pretty sure I remember someone commenting that the devs didn't want him to combo with Okoye. I don't really see the problem, tho, since they both need to tank, so they'd interfere with each other quite a bit.

  • ThaRoadWarrior
    ThaRoadWarrior Posts: 9,379 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited August 2023

    Yeah I never understood the juggernaut exclusion when iHulk was a thing at the same time. I imagine that was more for apocalypse than Okoye since those powers boost in the same way. But it’s dumb because that isn’t apparent from any in game description of the two powers, it looks like a bug unless you were on the forums when I asked the question.

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 5,607 Chairperson of the Boards

    Also Magik's passive is essentially exactly the same as Juggernaut, and Okoye/Apocalypse/etc boost that.

  • ThaRoadWarrior
    ThaRoadWarrior Posts: 9,379 Chairperson of the Boards

    Okoye was patched in R154 if anyone wants to see when that happened. https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/73118/r154-release-notes-6-4-18/p1

  • ThaRoadWarrior
    ThaRoadWarrior Posts: 9,379 Chairperson of the Boards

    If you read that patch note, there is nothing about Juggs’ power description that contradicts it being allowed. You make a match, then he does a seperate pool of fixed AOE damage after that. It isn’t visibly tied to tile destruction at all, in fact it’s identical to 2* widows bonus damage that does get boosted.

  • ThaRoadWarrior
    ThaRoadWarrior Posts: 9,379 Chairperson of the Boards

    Geeze this was four years ago? Anyway here is a thread where a few of us went through as many of the tile break powers as we could looking for edge cases: https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/79221/wakanda-forever-how-does-it-even-work/p1

  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited August 2023

    @ThaRoadWarrior said:
    Geeze this was four years ago? Anyway here is a thread where a few of us went through as many of the tile break powers as we could looking for edge cases: https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/79221/wakanda-forever-how-does-it-even-work/p1

    You've officially reached vet status now.
    You can dig out ancient forum threads to tell people "i was right years ago!"
    And all thanks to pulling from classics all the time!
    EB is so proud of you right now.
    But please don't turn into Phumade, nobody needs more posts for which you need a translator.

  • ThaRoadWarrior
    ThaRoadWarrior Posts: 9,379 Chairperson of the Boards

    digging up old threads is one thing, I was always doing that, but digging up old threads you started is I guess the distinction lol.