New Character - Ghost Rider 2099 (Zero Cochrane) 4*

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BIO

Health & Match Damage

Feeder Chart

Abilities

Ability: Saw and Claw
Color: Red
AP Cost: 8

Using the Cybertek 101’s retractable electrosaw and morphable nanomer alloy claw, Ghost Rider rips through any bithead glitched enough to get in his way. Select a column, then destroy that column and deal 176 damage. If the enemy has more special tiles than you, destroy another 1 random rows, prioritizing those with enemy special tiles, and deal another hit of 176 damage (destroyed tiles do not deal damage or generate AP).

270: Deal 338 damage. Deal another hit of 338 damage.
370: Deal 710 damage. Deal another hit of 710 damage.

Level 2: Affect 2 other rows.
270: Affect 2 other rows.
370: Affect 2 other rows.

Level 3: Deal 334 damage. Deal another hit of 334 damage.
270: Deal 641 damage. Deal another hit of 641 damage.
370: Deal 1345 damage. Deal another hit of 1345 damage.

Level 4: Deal 686 damage. Deal another hit of 686 damage.
270: Deal 1317 damage. Deal another hit of 1317 damage.
370: Deal 2765 damage. Deal another hit of 2765 damage.

Level 5: Deal 1399 damage. Deal another hit of 1399 damage.
270: Deal 2686 damage. Deal another hit of 2686 damage.
370: Deal 5642 damage. Deal another hit of 5642 damage.

Ability: Rage Against the System
Color: Black
AP Cost: 5

Drain 1 AP from each of Ghost Rider 2099’s weakest colors, then create a 3-turn Countdown tile that converts 3 AP amongst his weakest colors into his strongest colors. While this tile is on the board, allies gain a 15% damage bonus and burst heal for 130 health when they make a match or fire an ability.

(PASSIVE) Ghost Rider 2099 takes 15% less damage and deals 10% more damage if the enemy has more AP than you.

270: Gain a 15% damage bonus. Heal for 249 health. Take 15% less damage. Deal 10% more damage.
370: Gain a 15% damage bonus. Heal for 523 health. Take 15% less damage. Deal 10% more damage.

Level 2: Gain a 20% damage bonus. Heal for 186 health. Take 20% less damage. Deal 15% more damage.
270: Gain a 20% damage bonus. Heal for 356 health. Take 20% less damage. Deal 15% more damage.
370: Gain a 20% damage bonus. Heal for 747 health. Take 20% less damage. Deal 15% more damage.

Level 3: Gain a 25% damage bonus. Heal for 232 health. Take 25% less damage. Deal 20% more damage.
270: Gain a 25% damage bonus. Heal for 445 health. Take 25% less damage. Deal 20% more damage.
370: Gain a 25% damage bonus. Heal for 934 health. Take 25% less damage. Deal 20% more damage.

Level 4: Gain a 35% damage bonus. Heal for 344 health. Take 35% less damage. Deal 30% more damage.
270: Gain a 35% damage bonus. Heal for 658 health. Take 35% less damage. Deal 30% more damage.
370: Gain a 35% damage bonus. Heal for 1382 health. Take 35% less damage. Deal 30% more damage.

Level 5: Gain a 60% damage bonus. Heal for 548 health. Take 50% less damage. Deal 50% more damage.
270: Gain a 60% damage bonus. Heal for 1049 health. Take 50% less damage. Deal 50% more damage.
370: Gain a 60% damage bonus. Heal for 2204 health. Take 50% less damage. Deal 50% more damage.

Ability: Visage of Vengeance
Color: Purple
AP Cost: 6

Vid it! With his stealth field Ghost Rider ambushes his enemies like a ghost from the fog. Ghost Rider 2099 turns Invisible for 1 turn.

(PASSIVE) When Ghost Rider 2099 makes a match or fires a power, if an enemy is higher level than him, he deals 6% damage, ignoring Protect tiles. If he is Invisible, he also turns visible and Stuns the target for 2 turns.

270: Unchanged.
370: Unchanged.

Level 2: Invisible for 2 turns.
270: Unchanged.
370: Unchanged.

Level 3: Deal 9% damage.
270: Unchanged.
370: Unchanged.

Level 4: Invisible for 3 turns. Stuns for 3 turns.
270: Unchanged.
370: Unchanged.

Level 5: Invisible for 5 turns. Deal 13% damage.
270: Unchanged.
370: Unchanged.

Release Events

All times in Pacific

Story

Infinite Pursuit
October 31, 2024, 04:00am -- November 4, 2024, 11:00pm
Ghost Rider 2099 (Zero Cochrane) Covers and Shards in Placement rewards, Event Token in Progression rewards

Welcome to S.H.I.E.L.D.
November 3, 2024, 04:00am -- November 8, 2024, 11:00pm
Ghost Rider 2099 (Zero Cochrane) Shards + Recruit Token for Shield Offer in Progression rewards

Strange Sights
November 4, 2024, 04:00am -- November 7, 2024, 11:00pm
Ghost Rider 2099 (Zero Cochrane) Covers and Shards + Vault Token in Progression rewards

Versus

Blue Shift
October 31, 2024, 05:00pm -- November 4, 2023, 12:00am
Ghost Rider 2099 (Zero Cochrane) Cover and Shards as Placement rewards

Firewall
November 3, 2024, 05:00am -- November 6, 2023, 12:00pm
Ghost Rider 2099 (Zero Cochrane) Covers and Shards + Recruit Token for Shield Offer in Progression rewards

Offers

Ghost Rider 2099 & Friends Vault
November 5, 2023, 04 00am -- November 8,  2023, 11:00pm

80 Item Vault:

• 3x 4-Stars

  • 1x Ghost Rider 2099 (Zero Cochrane) cover

  • 1x Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze) 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 Human Torch (Classic) cover

  • 12x Random 3-Star covers

• 49x 2-Stars

  • 10x Storm (Classic) cover

  • 39x Random 2-Star covers

DAZ0273

Another character release? Guess I didn’t look at the calendar. This is getting a bit much now…

ThisisClemFandango

To quote stevie wonder
I don't see the point of this

KGB

What's the damage percentage of on the Purple passive (6% rising to 13%)? Is that 6% of enemy health, match damage or something else? The purple stun is nice (3 turns) giving you 5 turns to use it.

I like the idea of the Black (always wanted to be able to convert AP from one color to another) but the cost seems way too high. 5 AP cost plus 3 AP instantly that gets wasted creating the CD which means 8 AP before you start converting anything and even then it's only 3 AP a turn (not 3 AP per color which would be WAY more useful and in line with the cost of this power).

The game is definitely overweight on Ghost Riders now. Deadpools too for that matter.

KGB

GrimSkald

@DAZ0273 said:
Another character release? Guess I didn’t look at the calendar. This is getting a bit much now…

Yeah, he was on the Calendar. I can only assume that the 2* Ghost Rider was a sort of "holiday release" for Halloween.

entrailbucket

I'm not sure about Ghost Riders but Deadpools are pretty consistently their best selling characters. I remember somebody from Demiurge used to say that if they could, they'd go back and remake the game as "Deadpool Puzzle Quest."

BriMan2222

2 mephistos and 2 new ghost riders. I guess we've left the spider verse and entered the rider verse. Black heart and cosmic ghost rider soon?

skittledaddy

GrimSkald said:

DAZ0273 said:
Another character release? Guess I didn’t look at the calendar. This is getting a bit much now…

Yeah, he was on the Calendar. I can only assume that the 2* Ghost Rider was a sort of "holiday release" for Halloween.

Which is why they gave us all the free roster slot - to offset the out-of-rotation 2*GR.

DAZ0273

It would have been nice to get a different variety for Halloween - not sure why we can't have Werewolf by Night who has already been in a MCU show and seems a great fit for a 4.

wymtime

His Purple passive actually looks good especially against goons in PVE. If you add in a damage buffer when he makes a match that could do significant damage each turn.

I like his art, but overall just another 4* to roster and use when essential.

DAZ0273

@entrailbucket said:
I'm not sure about Ghost Riders but Deadpools are pretty consistently their best selling characters. I remember somebody from Demiurge used to say that if they could, they'd go back and remake the game as "Deadpool Puzzle Quest."

Could that have had anything to do with 3* Deadpool instawin? Is 5* Deadpool in the Fan Favourites?

entrailbucket

@DAZ0273 said:

@entrailbucket said:
I'm not sure about Ghost Riders but Deadpools are pretty consistently their best selling characters. I remember somebody from Demiurge used to say that if they could, they'd go back and remake the game as "Deadpool Puzzle Quest."

Could that have had anything to do with 3* Deadpool instawin? Is 5* Deadpool in the Fan Favourites?

This was after 4* Deadpool though, and he was strong but not game-warping the way Whales was. I believe it's also the reason the daily thing is Deadpool-themed.

DAZ0273

@entrailbucket said:

@DAZ0273 said:

@entrailbucket said:
I'm not sure about Ghost Riders but Deadpools are pretty consistently their best selling characters. I remember somebody from Demiurge used to say that if they could, they'd go back and remake the game as "Deadpool Puzzle Quest."

Could that have had anything to do with 3* Deadpool instawin? Is 5* Deadpool in the Fan Favourites?

This was after 4* Deadpool though, and he was strong but not game-warping the way Whales was. I believe it's also the reason the daily thing is Deadpool-themed.

It is pretty obvious the Devs have a Deadpool bias cough cough Devpool but my experience of comic book fans has always been that Deadpool is a classic Marmite character - as many love him as absolutely find him irritating beyond belief.

As for Ghost Rider - I dunno enough about him these days but I suspect his prime days were somewhere early 90s which is what makes no sense we don't have Danny Ketch - after all if not for that GR popularity there would definitely not be this GR.

But here we are. Maybe we can have a Giant Size Man Thing to satisfy everybody next year!

JoeHandle

A passive that only works when punching up ... a new dimension in disincentivizing leveling and ascending. It's thematic and for a lot of players and in certain situations it may be great.

The AP conversion is in GR2099's colors, even when he's the weakest on the team, so be careful with that ... ! Depending on your roster and the boost list this could be amazingly useful, useless, or outright detrimental.

turbomoose

They still don’t have the ideal Halloween character, jack o lantern, we only have a couple of green goblin variants so why not???

Admittedly my marvel character knowledge is 30 + years ago so memory is a bit hazy

Pylgrim

@KGB said:
What's the damage percentage of on the Purple passive (6% rising to 13%)? Is that 6% of enemy health, match damage or something else? The purple stun is nice (3 turns) giving you 5 turns to use it.

I like the idea of the Black (always wanted to be able to convert AP from one color to another) but the cost seems way too high. 5 AP cost plus 3 AP instantly that gets wasted creating the CD which means 8 AP before you start converting anything and even then it's only 3 AP a turn (not 3 AP per color which would be WAY more useful and in line with the cost of this power).

The game is definitely overweight on Ghost Riders now. Deadpools too for that matter.

KGB

I'm sorry to say that it is even worse than that. Nowhere does it say that effect occurs per turn. As far as it is written, it seems you get 3 AP after waiting 3 turns and that's it. I am going to say it is as you say, but they forgot to add "each turn" to the description. Otherwise, it'd be fantastically awful. IMM40 produces36 AP from a cost of 6 after only 2 turns. As it's written, this guy produces 3 AP after 3 turns and a total cost of 11AP.

JoeHandle

@Pylgrim said:

@KGB said:
What's the damage percentage of on the Purple passive (6% rising to 13%)? Is that 6% of enemy health, match damage or something else? The purple stun is nice (3 turns) giving you 5 turns to use it.

I like the idea of the Black (always wanted to be able to convert AP from one color to another) but the cost seems way too high. 5 AP cost plus 3 AP instantly that gets wasted creating the CD which means 8 AP before you start converting anything and even then it's only 3 AP a turn (not 3 AP per color which would be WAY more useful and in line with the cost of this power).

The game is definitely overweight on Ghost Riders now. Deadpools too for that matter.

KGB

I'm sorry to say that it is even worse than that. Nowhere does it say that effect occurs per turn. As far as it is written, it seems you get 3 AP after waiting 3 turns and that's it. I am going to say it is as you say, but they forgot to add "each turn" to the description. Otherwise, it'd be fantastically awful. IMM40 produces36 AP from a cost of 6 after only 2 turns. As it's written, this guy produces 3 AP after 3 turns and a total cost of 11AP.

I think readers are assuming it ticks each turn because if it doesn't ... that's one sad effect. Of course it's just one facet of a multifaceted power so it may have been suppressed in the "balancing" ...

GrimSkald

@Pylgrim said:

@KGB said:
What's the damage percentage of on the Purple passive (6% rising to 13%)? Is that 6% of enemy health, match damage or something else? The purple stun is nice (3 turns) giving you 5 turns to use it.

I like the idea of the Black (always wanted to be able to convert AP from one color to another) but the cost seems way too high. 5 AP cost plus 3 AP instantly that gets wasted creating the CD which means 8 AP before you start converting anything and even then it's only 3 AP a turn (not 3 AP per color which would be WAY more useful and in line with the cost of this power).

The game is definitely overweight on Ghost Riders now. Deadpools too for that matter.

KGB

I'm sorry to say that it is even worse than that. Nowhere does it say that effect occurs per turn. As far as it is written, it seems you get 3 AP after waiting 3 turns and that's it. I am going to say it is as you say, but they forgot to add "each turn" to the description. Otherwise, it'd be fantastically awful. IMM40 produces36 AP from a cost of 6 after only 2 turns. As it's written, this guy produces 3 AP after 3 turns and a total cost of 11AP.

The main point of black is not the AP conversion, it's this (this would be at 5 covers and level 270.)

"While this tile is on the board, allies gain a 60% damage bonus and burst heal for 1049 health when they make a match or fire an ability."

It's not bad, to be sure. Lay this down and open up with a big AoE.

Timemachinego

@turbomoose said:
They still don’t have the ideal Halloween character, jack o lantern, we only have a couple of green goblin variants so why not???

Admittedly my marvel character knowledge is 30 + years ago so memory is a bit hazy

My personal vote is for Rek-Rap, I'm always down for some web whangin!

Scorpion201

Great another weakling... I'll stick with the old ghost rider over the new one.

TheXMan

Should we know the feeders now or are there none?