himatako wrote: In case someone doesn't know about this, making a match 5 that doesn't include any 4 gems in a straight line WILL NOT activate Loki's .
Sontar wrote: Phantron wrote: Match 4s are overwhelmingly the best moves in the game. Godlike Power is just 2 match 4s that generate no AP on the match itself and you can find plenty of conspiracy theories about how AI gets unfair cascades but all it does is illustrate how good match 4s are in general. There is no such thing as a worthless match 4, unless your opponent is Loki. And Loki's power goes far beyond habits. There is often no safe way to break up a match 4 so you're pretty screwed either way. It is also not uncommon to have an opening board with more than one match 4s on the board and again no matter what you do here you're screwed when facing Loki. Uhm what? You can always diffuse a match four by making a match three (except for extremly rare cases where the board forces you to make a match 3 which results in a match four):
Phantron wrote: Match 4s are overwhelmingly the best moves in the game. Godlike Power is just 2 match 4s that generate no AP on the match itself and you can find plenty of conspiracy theories about how AI gets unfair cascades but all it does is illustrate how good match 4s are in general. There is no such thing as a worthless match 4, unless your opponent is Loki. And Loki's power goes far beyond habits. There is often no safe way to break up a match 4 so you're pretty screwed either way. It is also not uncommon to have an opening board with more than one match 4s on the board and again no matter what you do here you're screwed when facing Loki.
john1620b wrote: himatako wrote: In case someone doesn't know about this, making a match 5 that doesn't include any 4 gems in a straight line WILL NOT activate Loki's . You probably matched Team-Up tiles. Those don't activate Loki's ability.
sarlok5 wrote: As a required character in the new Prodigal Sun event, he certainly sucks vs. goons. Purple can maybe match some countdowns, but that's about it. Black is only useful if you get lots of thug strike tiles, but you should be avoiding that. His green is almost worthless in goon fights.
Lerysh wrote: SOOOO.... XF, TGT, Loki... that might be the team I run through Prodigal Sun.
Nonce Equitaur 2 wrote: Mischief is one of the best powers in the game. Let's say I see a purple 4-match, and I don't need purple. And maybe the opponent doesn't need it either. I leave it on the board. 1. The opponent will do the 4 match. 2. 8 purple is removed from the board. 3. The opponent loses 8 AP, and my team gains 8 AP. Net 16AP swing. 4. 4 Tile-by-tile cascade opportunities for my team. What is the worst disaster in most play? A heavy cascade. Mischief largely reduces the dangers of a cascade. I've seen Mischief activate up to 4 times in a single turn. Being able to remove 8 tiles of a color from the board by setting up a 4-match for the opponent is a very valuable power. In one game against x-Force, my teams strongest color was red, so I used Mischief to let the opponent remove Red from the board for me, nullifying the dangers of a Surgical Strike. As I get better at using Mischief for color erasure, I'll start using Loki+Hood+Blade for a total shutdown of enemy teams, just to see if I can pull it off.