dkffiv wrote: I almost exclusively pair him with Daken and either Patch or XForce - that said I think 4/5/4 is the superior build. If there isn't enough red to trigger thirst there are more than likely green matches to go for instead to generate strike tiles that way. Occasionally I use Blade's black over Xforce's if I need a target down in the 2k health range and either I lack black for surgical or there aren't enough of the primary color on board (like against Doom). Mine is currently 5/4/4 and I'm looking for that last purple (may just buy the last one).
MarcusGraves wrote: seriously, if you want to prioritize purple then you must max thirst especially if you're pairing him with daken whose strike tile pairs are weaker than blade's ( 46 vs's blade's 54)
Deadpooool wrote: So I've been using him at 454, mostly due to how the covers fell for me, and I must say I am thoroughly enjoying him with daken. I shove in HT for the lulz with his green. Even better if blade's black steals green AP But PvP-wise he is 50/50 IMO. in PVE he is one of the better heroes to use! Love him lots!
Phantron wrote: If survival mode is going to be at all a persistent thing then 5/3/5 is pretty much the only way to build him. He's pretty much the only guy that can deal with a goon generating a random color they don't use much/at all and then later a guy jumps in with that color. In Enemy of the State that'd usually be red since the goons generate generate way more than they can spend, which is no problem until Wolverine jumps in. You can find similar analogues for Muscles/Thugs/Don on yellow/blue/black too. Again it's normally not a problem they're sitting on 30 AP but if anyone who follows them can use those colors you'd be pretty screwed and draining 3 AP instead of 2 AP does matter here.
vudu3 wrote: Saying that 5/3/5 is the only way to build Blade is one of the more outlandish things I've seen you type. It's fine to prefer that build to 3/5/5 or 5/5/3 but to claim 5/3/5 is the be-all, end-all build because it may be preferred in this one situation is a bit much. It's like claiming the best X-Force build is X/X/5 because there's a theoretical PVE node somewhere that will do 8K damage to your character every 4 turns and the only way you're going to survive it is with Wolvie using Recovery to heal himself completely.
Etheus wrote: vudu3 wrote: Saying that 5/3/5 is the only way to build Blade is one of the more outlandish things I've seen you type. It's fine to prefer that build to 3/5/5 or 5/5/3 but to claim 5/3/5 is the be-all, end-all build because it may be preferred in this one situation is a bit much. It's like claiming the best X-Force build is X/X/5 because there's a theoretical PVE node somewhere that will do 8K damage to your character every 4 turns and the only way you're going to survive it is with Wolvie using Recovery to heal himself completely. I'm running a 102 Blade 3/2/3 wih 166 Daken and 98 Falcon in survival mode and most pve nodes. I rarely have trouble, though I haven't come up against a Wolverine that can 1 shot Daken yet. Strike tiles come so easily and gain in strength quickly, that I can say 5 green is unnecessary. Whenever all the red s are covered in strike tiles, I can Chemical Reaction to make room for more. I don't think there is a wrong build or a best build, but I would probably go 5/5/3 with Blade for use in this grouping.
NorthernPolarity wrote: Given how you need 6 tiles out to make his purple good, I don't see how 5 purple makes too much sense without going 5 green as well.
simonsez wrote: NorthernPolarity wrote: Given how you need 6 tiles out to make his purple good, I don't see how 5 purple makes too much sense without going 5 green as well. You're not going to get all the purple you need in just 3 turns, so I don't see why it'd speed things up if he's laying the tiles 2 at a time.
NorthernPolarity wrote: There would be games where I would have 12 red on the board for a turn, and then a match-3 brings me down to 10 red for multiple, consecutive turns of no tiles at all.
simonsez wrote: NorthernPolarity wrote: There would be games where I would have 12 red on the board for a turn, and then a match-3 brings me down to 10 red for multiple, consecutive turns of no tiles at all. I would only use him against goons, so I think it'd be rare to be forced into a situation where I had to match red with that few on the board. Using him against active opponents, especially since it's likely there's a red power you'd prefer to see not go off, raises more problems than I'd want to deal with.
Phaserhawk wrote: Are you not playing this Hand PvE? If you don't match red you are going to have a very hard time surviving.
Phaserhawk wrote: simonsez wrote: NorthernPolarity wrote: There would be games where I would have 12 red on the board for a turn, and then a match-3 brings me down to 10 red for multiple, consecutive turns of no tiles at all. I would only use him against goons, so I think it'd be rare to be forced into a situation where I had to match red with that few on the board. Using him against active opponents, especially since it's likely there's a red power you'd prefer to see not go off, raises more problems than I'd want to deal with. Are you not playing this Hand PvE? If you don't match red you are going to have a very hard time surviving. Colors ebb and flow as we are seeing. Green, Red, Yellow were kings now red has been replaced by black and yellow is slowly being supplanted by purple and blue, so while red may work for you now you can't always expect it to, especially if Gorgon gets released as a character, red will become very contested again.
ark123 wrote: Phaserhawk wrote: simonsez wrote: NorthernPolarity wrote: There would be games where I would have 12 red on the board for a turn, and then a match-3 brings me down to 10 red for multiple, consecutive turns of no tiles at all. I would only use him against goons, so I think it'd be rare to be forced into a situation where I had to match red with that few on the board. Using him against active opponents, especially since it's likely there's a red power you'd prefer to see not go off, raises more problems than I'd want to deal with. Are you not playing this Hand PvE? If you don't match red you are going to have a very hard time surviving. Colors ebb and flow as we are seeing. Green, Red, Yellow were kings now red has been replaced by black and yellow is slowly being supplanted by purple and blue, so while red may work for you now you can't always expect it to, especially if Gorgon gets released as a character, red will become very contested again. Not if you get an early 5 cover black in early. then they won't have enough ap to use their skills until you can get a second black (green) tile going, and then it's basically over unless you can't find something to do with your 30 red ap. I bought the last cover to make him 5/3/5 and I don't think I'm ever changing it. Feels borderline OP. There are tons of teams that just won't be able to do anything after you made their strongest color permanently zero. 5 green keeps him spitting out premium red strike tiles pretty often. Purple is still great at 3, specially if you already crippled the opponent. The survival nodes are a joke with blade at 5/3/5.