Black King (Sebastian Shaw) 4*

@Borstock said:

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@Falconfreak said:
So what teams are good with Shaw in it? Love him in the comics as he has one of the coolest powers and love his classic look.

Well, you want him to tank, so I would bring defensive characters to keep him alive or maybe crit tile generators to maximize his match damage. Karnak? Chavez? Maybe bring Moon Knight to punish opponents trying to stun Shaw.

Moonknight doesn't hit for trying to stun his allies.

I just find it odd people are like "Shaw is amazing!" and yet we don't see any teams for him? Been using any charged tile creators for him but it feels like there is a synergy I'm missing.

Saw a 275 Shaw in Sim. I didn’t note the team he was on. Skipped.

@bluewolf said:
Saw a 275 Shaw in Sim. I didn’t note the team he was on. Skipped.

I mean this in the interest of curiosity and not questioning your MPQ ability: Curious why you skipped him if you didn't even notice who else he was with. Did you think he might take long to down?

@LavaManLee said:

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@bluewolf said:
Saw a 275 Shaw in Sim. I didn’t note the team he was on. Skipped.

I mean this in the interest of curiosity and not questioning your MPQ ability: Curious why you skipped him if you didn't even notice who else he was with. Did you think he might take long to down?

Honestly I was looking for a team I could use my flavor of the month team (OR, Kitty, Goose) against and he would have made it take longer.

This very thread answers your question - JaneThor is a much bigger problem for smaller rosters than she is for 5* players so they created a counter for those players. If the big boys want Shaw at 5" level they will waste no time getting him ascended.

@Zalasta said:
Maybe they'll come out with a 5-star that also counters mThor. It would make sense to bring out the 4-star first. Not really holding out much hope though.

Don’t give up hope yet! But definitely not this week’s. Maybe next month.

@BriMan2222 said:
Any boosted 5 star will kill her pretty fast by using her charged tiles. With the 3x match damage and 3x ap, match damage plus powers will have her dead fast. She's a glass canon.

Totally agree. I don't quite understand all the 5* players who seem scared to face her. Does she sometimes cascade so much that you lose immediately? Yes. But maybe once every 10 matches? 20? She is nowhere near the unstoppable forces that 5Gambit, 5Chasm or 4Bishop were "once upon a time".

She is very, very, very beatable buy a large number of teams. The AI has no idea what order to fire her powers off that make the most sense. For 4* players facing her, I get the frustration that can be there. But for 5* players, I really do not understand all the calls for nerfing her or needing a counter at all.

We've come a long way when 5 mthor is what people are complaining about.

The meta is probably the most balanced it's ever been

@entrailbucket said:
Nobody is scared to face her. We're bored of facing her in every single fight.

We don't need a character who can beat her -- that's literally everyone. We need a character that she can't beat, so other players will have to switch teams occasionally and we can get some variety back in the metagame.

Who's bored? You? You say "we're bored of facing her".

Has there been a poll about who is bored about facing her? I don't mind facing her at all BECAUSE of how beatable she is.