New Character - Winter Soldier (Thunderbolts) 5*

Borstock

Ghost can be a monster, but doesn't she have to tank?

Chrynos1989

@UnityGamer said:
The creation of this Winter Soldier to coincide with the release of the Thunderbolts* film means that his powers will be at his peak if he is paired up exclusively with other Thunderbolt members. Here is a list of characters in the game who are affiliated with Thunderbolts:

Electro [Francine Frye] (5)
Green Goblin [Norman Osborn] (5)
Abomination [Emil Blonsky] (5)
Rhino [Classic] (4)
Taskmaster [Tony Masters] (4)
Bullseye [Classic] (3)
Iron Fist [Immortal Weapon] (3)
Luke Cage [Hero For Hire] (3)
The Punisher [Dark Reign] (3)
Hawkeye [Modern] (2)
Juggernaut [Classic] (1)
Venom [Dark Avengers] (1)
Black Widow [Modern] (1)
Yelena Belova [Dark Avengers] (1)

Ghost (4) and Red Guardian (4) do not have the Thunderbolts affiliation label as of this writing, so I am assuming D3 will be updating the game to reflect this.

5* Electros black power damage can be nasty, even without godboost

I wonder if the purple bonus damage goes around invisibility, does 3* Namors, really don’t know

BlackBoltRocks

@entrailbucket said:
Welp, here we go again.

I've got no idea why they worded his powers the way they did. "Thunderbolt ally" counts him for both of the relevant passives. Reread his powers with that information in mind (just replace "thunderbolt ally" with "winter soldier") and presto! suddenly he's a guy with a 5ap AoE and two different passives that can do multiple hits.

I don't get it. He's perfectly fine but they've gone out of their way to make him read like trash.

It’s that darn lack of clarity about “teammates” and “allies”. Some abilities that use “allies” don’t include the user, like 3/5 Thanos and Gambit. 5* Elektra’s Yellow clearly states “Elektra or her allies”. But some do, like 5* Colossus and Melinda May. Then there are those I’m not sure about, like 3* Gambit’s Black, IM46, Crystal.

As for “teammate”… well I believe Honey Badger’s Purple doesn’t include herself.

I guess whenever we see the word “ally” or “teammate”, we’ll just have to test them ourselves innit

Tiger_Wong

My 5* Winter Soldier is 4/4/3 without the quest shards.

• his purple passive is his best power. And it’s a good one. You’ll want this set to 5. At 4 it’s still money. It counts Bucky as a Tbolt as well. Priority Threat doesn’t active until your 2nd turn. Once it does, it’s best to switch the tagged character out as you won’t get the extra damage if the tagged is first or the only one.
• The purple passive at lvl 4 deals 50% of the damage to the tagged character that’s done to another character when done by a Tbolt. Thats any damage. Tile destruction, CD, whatever. Awesome thing is if a Tbolt does an AOE, the tagged character takes that 50% 3x which means the tagged character takes more damage than the other 2. And Bucky’s AOE costs 5. Yeah.
• his red AOE is cheap and is money with the purple passive. The red passive is kinda noticeable when it hits. Especially the yellow.
• The yellow hits VERY hard. Especially when you don’t target a A/S/P tile. And you can place it in a very safe place. And this procs the purple passive as well.

I have a 1Yekena5 and she and Bucky are great together. A blue Yelena trap match smacks with the purple passive and so does her cheap black power.

Waddles_Pines

Think he looks pretty good. Probably run him 5/5/3 since the yellow hits hard enough that I don't think I need it at 5. What builds are y'all thinking of?

bluewolf

5/5/3 is the best IMO.

slidecage

@UnityGamer said:
The creation of this Winter Soldier to coincide with the release of the Thunderbolts* film means that his powers will be at his peak if he is paired up exclusively with other Thunderbolt members. Here is a list of characters in the game who are affiliated with Thunderbolts:

Electro [Francine Frye] (5)
Green Goblin [Norman Osborn] (5)
Abomination [Emil Blonsky] (5)
Rhino [Classic] (4)
Taskmaster [Tony Masters] (4)
Bullseye [Classic] (3)
Iron Fist [Immortal Weapon] (3)
Luke Cage [Hero For Hire] (3)
The Punisher [Dark Reign] (3)
Hawkeye [Modern] (2)
Juggernaut [Classic] (1)
Venom [Dark Avengers] (1)
Black Widow [Modern] (1)
Yelena Belova [Dark Avengers] (1)

Ghost (4) and Red Guardian (4) do not have the Thunderbolts affiliation label as of this writing, so I am assuming D3 will be updating the game to reflect this.

@UnityGamer said:
The creation of this Winter Soldier to coincide with the release of the Thunderbolts* film means that his powers will be at his peak if he is paired up exclusively with other Thunderbolt members. Here is a list of characters in the game who are affiliated with Thunderbolts:

Electro [Francine Frye] (5)
Green Goblin [Norman Osborn] (5)
Abomination [Emil Blonsky] (5)
Rhino [Classic] (4)
Taskmaster [Tony Masters] (4)
Bullseye [Classic] (3)
Iron Fist [Immortal Weapon] (3)
Luke Cage [Hero For Hire] (3)
The Punisher [Dark Reign] (3)
Hawkeye [Modern] (2)
Juggernaut [Classic] (1)
Venom [Dark Avengers] (1)
Black Widow [Modern] (1)
Yelena Belova [Dark Avengers] (1)

Ghost (4) and Red Guardian (4) do not have the Thunderbolts affiliation label as of this writing, so I am assuming D3 will be updating the game to reflect this.

So would it be worth trying to 13;cover him using

2. 1s. I got them all to 55o

Gymp28

To add to @Tiger_Wong ’s great analysis: He also has a secret non-Thunderbolts synergy with his best bud Brave Cap (Sam), especially when firing his red AoE, as it triggers Sam’s Strike tile generation 3 times, which means the damage is ramping up very quickly!
His purple passive damage on match also triggers this, so I think this pair actually works amazingly well together and could be a very decent pick 2.
So, shockingly, our on-paper analysis was all too quick to write off poor Buck, give the guy a chance, he’s pretty awesome (just not really with Thunderbolts 😂)

will7612

Will have to wait until he can be championed, could be better than Rubber Ducky

MegaBee

@will7612 said:
Will have to wait until he can be championed, could be better than Rubber Ducky

Impossible

DAZ0273

Winter Bucky,
You're the one,
You shoot baddies,
With your gun,
Winter Bucky,
I'm awfully fond of you,
Boop boop de boop.

Winter Bucky,
We are safe from harm,
When you save us,
With your shiny arm,
Winter Bucky,
Your my best friend it's true