New Character - Maximus (Inhuman Royal) 4*

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edited December 2024 in MPQ General Discussion


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Abilities

Ability: The Magnificent!

Color: Black

AP Cost: 10

The culmination of all his planning and machinations. Maximus reveals his next great work for which they will surely call him “Maximus, The Magnificent!” Remove all Strike, Attack, and Protect tiles, then create a Fortified tile of each type with strength equal to 28 plus the total strength of all tiles of the type removed, and Empower each tile by 10%.

(PASSIVE) When an ally fires an ability, this becomes The Mad.

270: Create strength 53 tiles. Empower tiles by 10%.
370: Create strength 112 tiles. Empower tiles by 10%.

Level 2: Create strength 47 tiles. Empower tiles by 15%.
270: Create strength 88 tiles. Empower tiles by 15%.
370: Create strength 187 tiles. Empower tiles by 15%.

Level 3: Create strength 65 tiles. Empower tiles by 20%.
270: Create strength 124 tiles. Empower tiles by 20%.
370: Create strength 261 tiles. Empower tiles by 20%.

Level 4: Create strength 84 tiles. Empower tiles by 30%.
270: Create strength 159 tiles. Empower tiles by 30%.
370: Create strength 336 tiles. Empower tiles by 30%.

Level 5: Create strength 131 tiles. Empower tiles by 40%.
270: Create strength 247 tiles. Empower tiles by 40%.
370: Create strength 523 tiles. Empower tiles by 40%.

Ability: The Mad

Color: Black

AP Cost: 0

Maximus slips in and out of incrutable bouts of madness. Whether this will bring about his fall, save everyone, or bring about his next great plan is anyone’s guess, even his own.

(PASSIVE) When this ability becomes The Mad, convert up to 1 friendly Strike, Attack, and Protect tiles into one type and create another of strength 185.

At the start of Maximus’ turn, create a friendly and enemy copy of a random Strike, Attack, or Protect tile at half strength, with the friendly copy’s strength increased by 74. When an ally fires a power, this becomes The Magnificent. 

270: Create a strength 356 tile. Increase strength by 142.
370: Create a strength 747 tile. Increase strength by 299.

Level 2: Create a strength 259 tile. Increase strength by 111.
270: Create a strength 498 tile. Increase strength by 213.
370: Create a strength 1046 tile. Increase strength by 449.

Level 3: Convert 2 tiles. Create a strength 333 tile. Increase strength by 139.
270: Convert 2 tiles. Create a strength 641 tile. Increase strength by 266.
370: Convert 2 tiles. Create a strength 1345 tile. Increase strength by 561.

Level 4: Create a strength 481 tile. Increase strength by 194.
270: Create a strength 926 tile. Increase strength by 373.
370: Create a strength 1942 tile. Increase strength by 785.

Level 5: Convert 3 tiles. Create a strength 777 tile. Increase strength by 315.
270: Convert 3 tiles. Create a strength 1495 tile. Increase strength by 604.
370: Convert 3 tiles. Create a strength 3137 tile. Increase strength by 1271.

Ability: The Maker

Color: Blue

AP Cost: 8

In a flurry of invention and innovation, Maximus creates a myriad of devices to even the odds. And if some get lost in the fight, he can just build something else. If you have no Strike tiles or their total strength is less than the enemies, create a Strike tile with strength 28 plus the difference. Otherwise, Depower your Strike tiles by 30% and deal 65 plus 8.0X the total strength reduced in damage. Then repeat this for Attack and Protect tiles.

(PASSIVE) Whenever a Strike, Attack, or Protect tile leaves the board, create a 3-turn Countdown tile that deals 102 damage.

270: Create a strength 53 tile. Deal 125 damage plus 8.0X the reduced strength. Create a 3-turn tile that deals 196 damage.
370: Create a strength 112 tile. Deal 261 damage plus 8.0X the reduced strength. Create a 3-turn tile that deals 411 damage.

Level 2: Create a strength 47 tile. Deal 102 damage plus 9.0X the reduced strength. Create a 2-turn tile that deals 121 damage.
270: Create a strength 88 tile. Deal 196 damage plus 9.0X the reduced strength. Create a 2-turn tile that deals 232 damage.
370: Create a strength 187 tile. Deal 410 damage plus 9.0X the reduced strength. Create a 2-turn tile that deals 486 damage.

Level 3: Create a strength 65 tile. Deal 139 damage plus 10.0X the reduced strength. Tile deals 158 damage.
270: Create a strength 124 tile. Deal 268 damage plus 10.0X the reduced strength. Tile deals 303 damage
370: Create a strength 261 tile. Deal 559 damage plus 10.0X the reduced strength. Tile deals 635 damage

Level 4: Create a strength 103 tile. Deal 223 damage plus 12.0X the reduced strength. Tile deals 223 damage.
270: Create a strength 194 tile. Deal 492 damage plus 12.0X the reduced strength. Tile deals 428 damage.
370: Create a strength 411 tile. Deal 895 damage plus 12.0X the reduced strength. Tile deals 897 damage.

Level 5: Create a strength 177 tile. Deal 381 damage plus 16.0X the reduced strength. Tile deals 362 damage.
270: Create a strength 336 tile. Deal 732 damage plus 16.0X the reduced strength. Tile deals 695 damage.
370: Create a strength 708 tile. Deal 1529 damage plus 16.0X the reduced strength. Tile deals 1457 damage.

Ability: Rightful Usurper

Color: Purple

AP Cost: 6

Ever opportunistic, Maximus once again seizes power. But how long can he hold it as resistance grows? For now, Hail Maximus! Create a strength 74 Protect tile and a 3-turn Repeater tile that increases the strength of the strongest friendly Strike, Attack, or Protect tile by 37 and creates 2 strength 28 enemy Attack tiles.

(PASSIVE) If you have the strongest tile amongst all Strike, Attack, and Protect tiles, all friendly Strike, Attack, and Protect tiles gain 30% bonus strength. Whenever one or more friendly Strike, Attack, or Protect tiles are stolen or enemy ones are created, deal 74 damage for each.

270: Create a strength 142 tile. Increase by 71. Create a strength 53 tile. Gain 30% bonus strength. Deal 142 damage.
370: Create a strength 299 tile. Increase by 149. Create a strength 112 tile. Gain 30% bonus strength. Deal 299 damage.

Level 2: Create a strength 102 tile. Increase by 51. Create a strength 37 tile. Gain 40% bonus strength. Deal 111 damage.
270: Create a strength 195 tile. Increase by 98. Create a strength 71 tile. Gain 40% bonus strength. Deal 213 damage.
370: Create a strength 411 tile. Increase by 205.. Create a strength 149 tile. Gain 40% bonus strength. Deal 449 damage.

Level 3: Create a strength 134 tile. Increase by 67. Create a strength 56 tile. Gain 50% bonus strength. Deal 139 damage.
270: Create a strength 257 tile. Increase by 129. Create a strength 106 tile. Gain 50% bonus strength. Deal 266 damage.
370: Create a strength 542 tile. Increase by 270. Create a strength 224 tile. Gain 50% bonus strength. Deal 561 damage.

Level 4: Create a strength 204 tile. Create a 2-turn tile. Increase by 84. Create 3 tiles. Gain 70% bonus strength. Deal 204 damage.
270: Create a strength 391 tile. Create a 2-turn tile. Increase by 195. Create 3 tiles. Gain 70% bonus strength. Deal 391 damage.
370: Create a strength 822 tile. Create a 2-turn tile. Increase by 410. Create 3 tiles. Gain 70% bonus strength. Deal 822 damage.

Level 5: Create a strength 296 tile. Increase by 148. Create 4 tiles. Create a strength 56 tile. Gain 100% bonus strength. Deal 352 damage.
270: Create a strength 568 tile. Increase by 284. Create 4 tiles. Create a strength 106 tile. Gain 100% bonus strength. Deal 675 damage.
370: Create a strength 1196 tile. Increase by 596. Create 4 tiles. Create a strength 224 tile. Gain 100% bonus strength. Deal 1420 damage.


Release Events

All times in Pacific

Story

Honor Among Thieves
December 26, 2024, 04:00am – December 30, 2024, 11:00pm
Maximus (Inhuman Royal) Covers and Shards in Placement rewards, Event Token in Progression rewards

Welcome to S.H.I.E.L.D.
December 29, 2024, 04:00am – January 3, 2024, 11:00pm
Maximus (Inhuman Royal) Shards + Recruit Token for Shield Offer in Progression rewards

Infinite Pursuit
December 30, 2024, 04:00am – January 2, 2025, 11:00pm
Maximus (Inhuman Royal) Covers and Shards + Vault Token in Progression rewards

Versus

Cast-Iron Clash
December 26, 2024, 05:00pm – December 30, 2024, 12:00am
Maximus (Inhuman Royal) Cover and Shards as Placement rewards

Unfit to Rule
December 29, 2024, 05:00am – January 1, 2023, 12:00pm
Maximus (Inhuman Royal) Covers and Shards + Recruit Token for Shield Offer in Progression rewards

Offers

Maximus & Foes Vault
December 31, 2023, 04 00am – January 3, 2023, 11:00pm
80 Item Vault:

  • 3x 4-Stars

    • 1x Maximus (Inhuman Royal) cover
    • 1x Medusa (Inhuman Queen) 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 The Hulk (Industructable) cover
    • 12x Random 3-Star covers

  • 49x 2-Stars

    • 10x Captain America (Steve Rogers) cover
    • 39x Random 2-Star covers
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Comments

  • KGB
    KGB Posts: 3,289 Chairperson of the Boards

    A lot to process here.

    But the passive part of that Purple is going to absolutely kill Polaris teams (1400 damage per created SAP tile at 370 with 5 covers) or Carnage teams. I wonder if it applies to start of battle SAP tiles like Rocket / BRB which would murder them too.

    The 2nd part of the Black power seems crazy good. Whenever you swap to that power, you create a brand new SAP tile of strength 3137 (370 5 covers). That's incredibly strong for a 4 star. More importantly you switch back and forth between Black powers whenever an ally fires a power. Wondering if some of these really spammy characters like Darkveil / Multiple Man could let you swap back and forth 4-5 times or more until you have like 30K worth of tiles on the board so that you pretty much down someone on match-3.

    Even the passive part of the Blue seems crazy. Anytime an SAP leaves the board (matched or removed) he creates a 2 turn CD that does damage. Imagine him paired with Coulson or what happens when a board filled with SAP tiles gets blown up or lots of tiles get removed. Massive CDs everywhere.

    KGB

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 6,001 Chairperson of the Boards

    @KGB said:
    A lot to process here.

    But the passive part of that Purple is going to absolutely kill Polaris teams (1400 damage per created SAP tile at 370 with 5 covers) or Carnage teams. I wonder if it applies to start of battle SAP tiles like Rocket / BRB which would murder them too.

    The 2nd part of the Black power seems crazy good. Whenever you swap to that power, you create a brand new SAP tile of strength 3137 (370 5 covers). That's incredibly strong for a 4 star. More importantly you switch back and forth between Black powers whenever an ally fires a power. Wondering if some of these really spammy characters like Darkveil / Multiple Man could let you swap back and forth 4-5 times or more until you have like 30K worth of tiles on the board so that you pretty much down someone on match-3.

    Even the passive part of the Blue seems crazy. Anytime an SAP leaves the board (matched or removed) he creates a 2 turn CD that does damage. Imagine him paired with Coulson or what happens when a board filled with SAP tiles gets blown up or lots of tiles get removed. Massive CDs everywhere.

    KGB

    I've seen way too many "Polaris killers" fail to put that title on anybody new! (She'll just stun him, that's sorta the problem with all of them).

    I think he's pretty great WITH her, though. He's definitely a shenanigans character who will make fun combos with a bunch of the other shenanigans characters -- my first 550 4* was Coulson and my second one will be Carol, and I'm looking forward to trying that team!

  • WilliamK1983
    WilliamK1983 Posts: 1,021 Chairperson of the Boards

    "Are you not entertained?"

  • Zalasta
    Zalasta Posts: 295 Mover and Shaker

    Interesting to be sure, but I’d rather have seen this kit at the 5 star level since a lot of folks have long ascended Polaris and R&G (myself included). We’ll see how this goes, but I don’t see him as a viable counter against ascended characters with his low health.

    I wonder how he’ll play as a 3rd with Polaris and R&G.

  • SaltnPeppa
    SaltnPeppa Posts: 378 Mover and Shaker

    Cover guess

  • KGB
    KGB Posts: 3,289 Chairperson of the Boards

    @entrailbucket said:

    @KGB said:
    A lot to process here.

    But the passive part of that Purple is going to absolutely kill Polaris teams (1400 damage per created SAP tile at 370 with 5 covers) or Carnage teams. I wonder if it applies to start of battle SAP tiles like Rocket / BRB which would murder them too.

    The 2nd part of the Black power seems crazy good. Whenever you swap to that power, you create a brand new SAP tile of strength 3137 (370 5 covers). That's incredibly strong for a 4 star. More importantly you switch back and forth between Black powers whenever an ally fires a power. Wondering if some of these really spammy characters like Darkveil / Multiple Man could let you swap back and forth 4-5 times or more until you have like 30K worth of tiles on the board so that you pretty much down someone on match-3.

    Even the passive part of the Blue seems crazy. Anytime an SAP leaves the board (matched or removed) he creates a 2 turn CD that does damage. Imagine him paired with Coulson or what happens when a board filled with SAP tiles gets blown up or lots of tiles get removed. Massive CDs everywhere.

    KGB

    I've seen way too many "Polaris killers" fail to put that title on anybody new! (She'll just stun him, that's sorta the problem with all of them).

    I think he's pretty great WITH her, though. He's definitely a shenanigans character who will make fun combos with a bunch of the other shenanigans characters -- my first 550 4* was Coulson and my second one will be Carol, and I'm looking forward to trying that team!

    Not sure he works that well with her. You won't fire his Blue and the only really useful overlap is when one of your SAP tiles gets matched and he puts out a countdown. She has far better partners than him.

    His passive does 1400 damage per enemy SAP tile put on the board. If her team matches just one of her SAPs tiles she puts down 3 SAPs which means someone is eating 4200 damage (doesn't say if its the character in front or whomever creates the SAP). If she hits a mini-cascade it could mean eating 15K or more damage which is quite a lot at 4 star level. All that without any damage boost (his own strike tiles, boost characters / supports). Really curious to see what he looks like ascended.

    KGB

  • DeNappa
    DeNappa Posts: 1,398 Chairperson of the Boards

    I've been wanting Maximus for a while but that sure is a wall of text. I guess I'll wait to try him out to see if the "RIP Polaris" I saw someone summarize him as was correct.

  • LavaManLee
    LavaManLee Posts: 1,468 Chairperson of the Boards

    @DeNappa said:
    I've been wanting Maximus for a while but that sure is a wall of text. I guess I'll wait to try him out to see if the "RIP Polaris" I saw someone summarize him as was correct.

    Definitely not, if you have a high enough Polaris. He will be annoying, but don't see him getting rid of Polaris.

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 6,001 Chairperson of the Boards

    @KGB said:

    @entrailbucket said:

    @KGB said:
    A lot to process here.

    But the passive part of that Purple is going to absolutely kill Polaris teams (1400 damage per created SAP tile at 370 with 5 covers) or Carnage teams. I wonder if it applies to start of battle SAP tiles like Rocket / BRB which would murder them too.

    The 2nd part of the Black power seems crazy good. Whenever you swap to that power, you create a brand new SAP tile of strength 3137 (370 5 covers). That's incredibly strong for a 4 star. More importantly you switch back and forth between Black powers whenever an ally fires a power. Wondering if some of these really spammy characters like Darkveil / Multiple Man could let you swap back and forth 4-5 times or more until you have like 30K worth of tiles on the board so that you pretty much down someone on match-3.

    Even the passive part of the Blue seems crazy. Anytime an SAP leaves the board (matched or removed) he creates a 2 turn CD that does damage. Imagine him paired with Coulson or what happens when a board filled with SAP tiles gets blown up or lots of tiles get removed. Massive CDs everywhere.

    KGB

    I've seen way too many "Polaris killers" fail to put that title on anybody new! (She'll just stun him, that's sorta the problem with all of them).

    I think he's pretty great WITH her, though. He's definitely a shenanigans character who will make fun combos with a bunch of the other shenanigans characters -- my first 550 4* was Coulson and my second one will be Carol, and I'm looking forward to trying that team!

    Not sure he works that well with her. You won't fire his Blue and the only really useful overlap is when one of your SAP tiles gets matched and he puts out a countdown. She has far better partners than him.

    His passive does 1400 damage per enemy SAP tile put on the board. If her team matches just one of her SAPs tiles she puts down 3 SAPs which means someone is eating 4200 damage (doesn't say if its the character in front or whomever creates the SAP). If she hits a mini-cascade it could mean eating 15K or more damage which is quite a lot at 4 star level. All that without any damage boost (his own strike tiles, boost characters / supports). Really curious to see what he looks like ascended.

    KGB

    It's a wall of text, but check out his (second?) black passive and his purple passive (and active too!). Doubling the strength of all your tiles will be pretty great for her, plus he's a pretty decent spammer on his own.

  • Venomous
    Venomous Posts: 236 Tile Toppler

    @SaltnPeppa said:
    Cover guess

    They'll likely reuse the comic they used for his Poll this year instead. All the poll characters now have used the covers used in the poll.

  • Kross
    Kross Posts: 113 Tile Toppler

    @SaltnPeppa said:
    Cover guess

    Love this cover.

  • Tiger_Wong
    Tiger_Wong Posts: 1,065 Chairperson of the Boards

    No feeders?
    Doesn’t feed anybody?

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 6,001 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited December 2024

    @Tiger_Wong said:
    No feeders?
    Doesn’t feed anybody?

    Pretty sure the first answer is no -- I didn't get any retro covers for him.

    I can't tell yet for the second one. I should have that answer relatively soon though! I always buy the new 4* bundles, and with the quests he's already pretty close.

    If they offer some other way to buy him I'll definitely get that too -- I've been spending extra for the last week or two (for no particular reason!).

  • Tiger_Wong
    Tiger_Wong Posts: 1,065 Chairperson of the Boards

    Only got him at 1/1/1 but I like a cool thing he does vs monsters that make S/A/P at the start of the match.

    Maximus does a tick of damage when the enemy creates a S/AP. Team with a booster/strikes and you down all 3 monsters on turn 0 without making a match.

    Interesting kit he has.

  • KGB
    KGB Posts: 3,289 Chairperson of the Boards

    @Tiger_Wong said:
    Only got him at 1/1/1 but I like a cool thing he does vs monsters that make S/A/P at the start of the match.

    Maximus does a tick of damage when the enemy creates a S/AP. Team with a booster/strikes and you down all 3 monsters on turn 0 without making a match.

    Interesting kit he has.

    I mentioned this. Imagine what he will do to rocket, BRB at game start. Instant 5 to 10 k damage or more.

    KGB

  • bluewolf
    bluewolf Posts: 5,860 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited December 2024

    Just wondering if anyone has champed him via sandbox or swaps to see who he might feed. Just curious as it’s probably Black Bolt or Crystal.

    And yes, you can swap for his covers if you want (for 400 hp of course).

  • LavaManLee
    LavaManLee Posts: 1,468 Chairperson of the Boards

    @bluewolf said:
    Just wondering if anyone has champed him via sandbox or swaps to see who he might feed. Just curious as it’s probably Black Bolt or Crystal.

    And yes, you can swap for his covers if you want (for 400 hp of course).

    Looks like they updated the feeder information in the first post on this thread. He feeds 5* Black Bolt.

  • GrimSkald
    GrimSkald Posts: 2,672 Chairperson of the Boards

    @LavaManLee said:

    @bluewolf said:
    Just wondering if anyone has champed him via sandbox or swaps to see who he might feed. Just curious as it’s probably Black Bolt or Crystal.

    And yes, you can swap for his covers if you want (for 400 hp of course).

    Looks like they updated the feeder information in the first post on this thread. He feeds 5* Black Bolt.

    Makes sense. Bolt only has one feeder at the moment, and they're, what, brothers?

  • WilliamK1983
    WilliamK1983 Posts: 1,021 Chairperson of the Boards

    No comment yet on Max, but wanted to comment on the insane amount of banners every single match because of Max and BRB. I spend more match time waiting for banners to stop than making matches. Been taking him out first just to get rid of the opponent banners. My main problem then becomes I get rolled by Polaris if my gain purp ap support doesn't hit(so jubes can stun)or a bad board. Not having much fun but the grind continues.

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