New Character - Hobgoblin (Roderick Kingsley) 5*

bluewolf

IDK if it reflect Hobgoblin being decent but I took him with 3 covers into some PVP and PVE rounds to win the 20 matches (and use his powers) before his PVP. Maybe his partners picked up the slack but he contributed some.

I had some fun with him, choosing your tile and bomb placement is decently good. I didn't even use Coulson as mine isn't quite ascended. Getting a bunch of stuns out is nice.

I am a pretty big fan of the character in a lot of ways since I was getting seriously into comics around the time he was being used a lot in Spidey books. So maybe that makes a difference.

Anyway, I like him ok. I think I like using him more than last year's character we chose (Shaw).

entrailbucket

@bluewolf said:
IDK if it reflect Hobgoblin being decent but I took him with 3 covers into some PVP and PVE rounds to win the 20 matches (and use his powers) before his PVP. Maybe his partners picked up the slack but he contributed some.

I had some fun with him, choosing your tile and bomb placement is decently good. I didn't even use Coulson as mine isn't quite ascended. Getting a bunch of stuns out is nice.

I am a pretty big fan of the character in a lot of ways since I was getting seriously into comics around the time he was being used a lot in Spidey books. So maybe that makes a difference.

Anyway, I like him ok. I think I like using him more than last year's character we chose (Shaw).

There are always two discussions to have when you're evaluating a character, and we have to be really clear about which version of it we're having.

Conversation #1 is about a character's place in the current metagame, and their performance with and against the top characters. Are they fast enough? Are they particularly weak against the best characters? Do they synergize with one or more of them? For some of us these questions are the only ones that matter, and for some of us they might matter a little or not at all.

Conversation #2 is about whether the character is fun to use, can combo/synergize with lesser-used characters, and is good in a neutral metagame.

Increasingly, the conversation #1 answers are pretty dire! The top guys are so, so strong that someone has to do something insane to get there. But that doesn't mean the character has no redeeming qualities at all, or is totally useless.

BriMan2222

I just finished his quests and I actually had fun using him. His powers were fun and effective though he was only at 7 covers, his repeaters hit pretty hard. I think he'll be fun to use when boosted and I enjoyed using him more than I usually do when doing these new character quests.