*** Luke Cage (Hero For Hire) ***

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3 Star Rarity (Rare) Discussion link. Wiki link.
At Max Level: HP: 9690 Tile damage: 79/70/13/11/12/61/3.0
Inspired by his team, Luke winds up and delivers a massive blow to the enemy. Luke deals 548 damage, plus 159 damage for each ally still in the fight.

With his bulletproof, steel-hard skin, Luke Cage is a walking tank. At the beginning of every turn, if there are no friendly Protect tiles on the board, Luke creates a strength 33
Protect tile.
Protect tile.
Level 3: Creates a Strength 45
Protect tile.
Level 4: Creates a Strength 58
Protect tile.
Level 5: Creates a Strength 85
Protect tile.
Max Level: 3 - 141 Protect tile, 4 - 182 Protect tile, 5 - 268 Protect tile
Luke sets up for a classic one-two punch to knock his opponents cold. Luke deals 164 damage and places a 4-turn Countdown tile. While active, Jab, Jab, Cross deals 597 damage instead.
From Forum Exclusive: Presenting Luke Cage!
Good people of the forums! The holidays are upon us and it's time for a little something special just for you. Right here, right now - exclusively in the forums - it's time to reveal our next Marvel Puzzle Quest hero.
Ladies and gentlemen, we present Luke Cage!

Born and raised in Harlem, this powerful 3-star hero with the nearly-unbreakable skin has lead both the Thunderbolts and the Avengers. Cage is all about power and stamina and is primed and ready for villain-smashing action. Here's a first-look tease at Cage's art and abilities. More will be unveiled early in the new year.
Luke Cage will make his in-game debut on December 30th and will be earnable on January 7th. Cage stars in his own Versus match on January 9th.
Luke Cage Abilities:
Righteous Uppercut (Yellow)
Unbreakable (Red)
Jab, Jab, Cross (Black)
"Sweet Christmas!"

3 Star Rarity (Rare) Discussion link. Wiki link.
At Max Level: HP: 9690 Tile damage: 79/70/13/11/12/61/3.0

Inspired by his team, Luke winds up and delivers a massive blow to the enemy. Luke deals 548 damage, plus 159 damage for each ally still in the fight.
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Level 2: Luke deals 658 damage
Level 3: Deals 223 damage for each ally still in the fight.
Level 4: Luke deals 986 damage.
Level 5: Luke deals 1425 damage plus 413 for each ally still in the fight.

With his bulletproof, steel-hard skin, Luke Cage is a walking tank. At the beginning of every turn, if there are no friendly Protect tiles on the board, Luke creates a strength 33

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Level 2: Creates a Strength 38

Level 3: Creates a Strength 45

Level 4: Creates a Strength 58

Level 5: Creates a Strength 85

Max Level: 3 - 141 Protect tile, 4 - 182 Protect tile, 5 - 268 Protect tile

Luke sets up for a classic one-two punch to knock his opponents cold. Luke deals 164 damage and places a 4-turn Countdown tile. While active, Jab, Jab, Cross deals 597 damage instead.
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Level 2: Luke deals 190 damage or 710 damage if his Countdown tile exists.
Level 3: Luke deals 246 damage or 818 damage if his Countdown tile exists.
Level 4: If his Countdown tile exists, Luke also stuns the target for 1 turn.
Level 5: Luke deals 328 damage or 1367 damage if his Countdown tile exists.
From Forum Exclusive: Presenting Luke Cage!
Good people of the forums! The holidays are upon us and it's time for a little something special just for you. Right here, right now - exclusively in the forums - it's time to reveal our next Marvel Puzzle Quest hero.
Ladies and gentlemen, we present Luke Cage!

Born and raised in Harlem, this powerful 3-star hero with the nearly-unbreakable skin has lead both the Thunderbolts and the Avengers. Cage is all about power and stamina and is primed and ready for villain-smashing action. Here's a first-look tease at Cage's art and abilities. More will be unveiled early in the new year.
Luke Cage will make his in-game debut on December 30th and will be earnable on January 7th. Cage stars in his own Versus match on January 9th.
Luke Cage Abilities:
Righteous Uppercut (Yellow)
Unbreakable (Red)
Jab, Jab, Cross (Black)
"Sweet Christmas!"
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Comments
If they did, it would mean immunity to strike tiles.
I assume that means he'll be a prize in the next week-long PvE, and a guest character somewhere in that PvE, but they could change it up. I hope they do, because week-long PvEs are getting real old.
unbreakable seems like a joke. (generating protect tile only if otherwise not present)
Also inb4 ppl calling him useless because xf ladythor exist and hence all new chars suck for pvp.
If you don't have any other fast protect generators on your team, Cage's red could be great.
I honestly, honestly hope not. If it turns out to be that, he might as well say "opponent deals no match damage"
I'm a little surprised he simply creates protect tiles. I would have thought "Unbreakable" would be more specific to damage dealt to Luke Cage, rather than protecting the whole team. Of course, you could make the same argument for "Adamantium Bones".
Thats whats so great about luke: closest thing to his red is spidey tiles, but that has a hidden cost of suboptimally matching purple to get it. Lukes tile(s) is completely free, and even regenerates when destroyed. A character that freely and passively negates match damage will be responsible for a ton of dmg saved over the course of a match, and as long as the other two abilities are serviceable, the passive alone is enough to make the character very strong defensively in pve and for his tournament when buffed. Youre gonna see everyone complaining when their match dmg is negated in his featured tourney, i guarantee it.
They're trying to compensate for Bullseye ;P
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I bet his yellow does something like 2k plus 1k per teammate. It may evolve to AoE damage at 3 or 5 covers.
I bet his red gets to 2 protect tiles at 3 covers, 3 at 5, with a max power of maybe 100 or 150.
I bet his black does 1k normally. 3k to 4k when the countdown is down.
Overall, not a bad character. But he falls under the same criteria of "strong, but I use black for surgical strike"
If you're going to compare stuff to Surgical Strike then every character that has a green or a black active power are all unplayable.