New Character - Hobgoblin (Roderick Kingsley) 5*

@KGB said:

@Timemachinego said:
Hobgoblin is such a dud that it's not worth the double-dip, imo. I'll take the slow roll on a few Electro levels instead.

A few more weeks of Sidewinder and you'll be changing your mind about his Decoy repeaters allowing him to 100% avoid damage, especially on turn 0

KGB

People said the same about the nuisance factor of Spider-May and where has she gone? I don't get much more mileage out of my Phyla-vell, but I at least think she's fun when I can use her.

TBH, most of us with developed reserves are probably going after 5* Sam to some extent, so if HG isn't trash you'll be seeing a bunch of him around 500 or so.

@KGB said:

@Timemachinego said:
Hobgoblin is such a dud that it's not worth the double-dip, imo. I'll take the slow roll on a few Electro levels instead.

A few more weeks of Sidewinder and you'll be changing your mind about his Decoy repeaters allowing him to 100% avoid damage, especially on turn 0

KGB

They don't work when he's stunned, so the Chasm team can still oneshot him turn0.

Making a Limited character a feeder is certainly a choice. They really need to figure out what they want those guys to be -- either unlimit them or make them "extra." Having Taskmaster as a primary feeder does not scream "extra" to me.

@KGB said:

@entrailbucket said:

@KGB said:

@Timemachinego said:
Hobgoblin is such a dud that it's not worth the double-dip, imo. I'll take the slow roll on a few Electro levels instead.

A few more weeks of Sidewinder and you'll be changing your mind about his Decoy repeaters allowing him to 100% avoid damage, especially on turn 0

KGB

They don't work when he's stunned, so the Chasm team can still oneshot him turn0.

Making a Limited character a feeder is certainly a choice. They really need to figure out what they want those guys to be -- either unlimit them or make them "extra." Having Taskmaster as a primary feeder does not scream "extra" to me.

It was meant as a joke (see the winky I added at the end). He's clearly a bottom tier character in the same class as Green Goblin.

KGB

Ah sorry!

If they worked when he was stunned it'd actually be a bit redeeming, so I wanted to test.

He's not as bad as Green Goblin, but that's a hilariously low bar to clear. It's sad because I always wanted the Drax passive on a 5*.

@Timemachinego said:

@KGB said:

@Timemachinego said:
Hobgoblin is such a dud that it's not worth the double-dip, imo. I'll take the slow roll on a few Electro levels instead.

A few more weeks of Sidewinder and you'll be changing your mind about his Decoy repeaters allowing him to 100% avoid damage, especially on turn 0

KGB

People said the same about the nuisance factor of Spider-May and where has she gone? I don't get much more mileage out of my Phyla-vell, but I at least think she's fun when I can use her.

TBH, most of us with developed reserves are probably going after 5* Sam to some extent, so if HG isn't trash you'll be seeing a bunch of him around 500 or so.

This makes me think about using Spider-May a bit when seeing Sidewinder, but man is she slow.

Need to figure out a decent partner she'd tank for.....my May is 510 and my 9th highest toon.

Unfortunately my head creates scenarios that do not exist, like "it's worth running a 510 toon that's unboosted and not offense on steroids".

It's only me... or do u guys also have some weird titles appearing...

I have been wanting Hobgoblin in the game since I started playing. I am very disappointed with how weak he is. This three turn CD needs to be 1 turn or at least no more than 2 turn. 8 AP black is too high cost, should be 6.

I believe the perceived "chaos" is intended to be, scrambling to try and win with this character.

I love the idea and know Coulson is amazing, but that team will get seriously injured (if they win at all) against meta, or Kang, SWitch, Immortals, Agatha3/BRB etc.?

In this scenario you would also need to start with 5 red and 6 blue.

Seriously asking, definitely not trying to put down:
What kind of damage would that do to a max health Juggs or Baku? It should be close to a fixed number (barring cascades) since the countdowns are the same every match.

@WhiteBomber said:
I love the idea and know Coulson is amazing, but that team will get seriously injured (if they win at all) against meta, or Kang, SWitch, Immortals, Agatha3/BRB etc.?

In this scenario you would also need to start with 5 red and 6 blue.

Seriously asking, definitely not trying to put down:
What kind of damage would that do to a max health Juggs or Baku? It should be close to a fixed number (barring cascades) since the countdowns are the same every match.

Theoretically it'd kill anything, but there are faster ways to do it. You do need to stay alive for one turn.

Start with 5 red or blue somehow (probably requires boosts)
Turn 0 cast Hawkeye red or blue, get 5 Coulson CDs
Turn 1 Coulson CDs resolve, Hawkeye generates 12 Blue and 8 red.

Expedite until everyone is dead. Every time you expedite you get 5 more Coulson CDs, which the next Expedite resolves 4 of, giving you 15 Blue and 10 red from Hawkeye.

It's actually super busted! That power shouldn't be blue (it should be yellow), but I guess nobody cares.

@entrailbucket said:
Lol duh. Hobgoblin purple only costs 6, so bring a 6 purple support and you're all set. It's a turn 1 win against literally anything.

It's pretty slow and a lot of clicking, and the AI will never do it right, but eh, it works. You also only take one turn of damage.

Excluding Chasm, Winder, Kang and Frog? I wonder if that would be faster than MM, Coulson. Definitely worse on defense since I use Chasm as a 3rd for that team. Blue was really an interesting choice for reducing the countdowns.