OnesOwnGrief wrote: This is actually really good. Why is this not stickied?
Mawtful wrote: The numbers may change, but the core concepts are always going to be rock solid - AND applicable across just about every other game ever made. There will always be someone for whom this is a new concept, so there's definitely some use. Perhaps a "generic" example needs to be written for each area, e.g. AP Theft counters expensive Abilities in this convoluted RockPaperScissorsPistolEnergymanipulationGammradiationThor game. Hood and OBW are still arguably the best in the AP Theft category, however Psylocke and Daredevil both have AP Theft abilities, and She-Hulk has a "pseudo-Theft" in the form of her AP destruction. Stealing/Removing/Denying AP is always going to prevent your opponent from using their expensive abilities, so it's worth considering if your opponent is running Yelena + IW + Bagman.
locked wrote: I don't consider Psylocke, Daredevil, mBW, Yelena, She-Hulk (or Fury) good AP thieves. AP stealing needs to be reliant, which none of them are... Only oBW/Hood know their turf. All the rest are just bonus screw-you abilities that you have to be super-unlucky to run into.
Phantron wrote: Mohawk Storm is good against any ability to places special tiles in fixed location, so World Rupture and Inferno would both hate Hailstorm.
daibar wrote: Phantron wrote: Mohawk Storm is good against any ability to places special tiles in fixed location, so World Rupture and Inferno would both hate Hailstorm. A maxed hailstorm is also quite decent against generated strike tiles, as it often floods the red with puny damage tiles, though it is a soft counter. Hailstorm with some other ability, eg lazy cap, can get rid of most strike tiles. Also works against mobs who place countdowns on a single colour. --edit, not sure if you mean fixed color as opposed to location.
rooter wrote: Dr. Doom counters Magneto by turning all the blue tiles to black. It's not a huge deal because the AI doesn't know how to use blue properly, but it is definitely a counter.
locked wrote: Added a bit on EAP gainers (Spider-Man/Punisher/GSBW/BP) in Tricky things, right at the end.