jeefzors wrote: So I made the mistake of leveling Hood to 166..Am i now relegated to only using him with 4 stars or very specific 3 stars who can tank for him? Should I level another one up to 139 or w/e the magic number is (feels like a dumb mechanic, its more intuitive to level a character to max level)?
kimtish wrote: Hey guys, new-ish player here. I see a lot of folks talk about how great The Hood is... Why? What makes him so amazing? Does he work well in tandem with others? I just can't get a good sense of him.
Phantron wrote: People either don't know why he is overpowered or if they know they wouldn't tell you why he is because they're keeping the secret for themselves. It's going to be less relevant since The Hood has been banished to the 'no HP' tier after Friday, and while he's still plenty broken, that's probably enough to keep him down for a while. If not, maybe we'll start seeing people attacked by a level 395 Luke Cage + Iron Fist if they dared to use The Hood.
Phaserhawk wrote: Phantron wrote: People either don't know why he is overpowered or if they know they wouldn't tell you why he is because they're keeping the secret for themselves. It's going to be less relevant since The Hood has been banished to the 'no HP' tier after Friday, and while he's still plenty broken, that's probably enough to keep him down for a while. If not, maybe we'll start seeing people attacked by a level 395 Luke Cage + Iron Fist if they dared to use The Hood. true, except dmg isn't increasing so Hood is still as likely as he was before and without X-Force to nip him in the bud early, you are going to need to look to other sources to eradicate him, I see Human Torch getting used a bit more. There are only a handful of characters that can nuke Hood down quickly and one just got removed. The short list to me is Daken Torch Blade (if he gets going early) Iron Fist Deadpool (to a degree) Patch (? maybe) The rest will take awhile to ramp up all while Hood is bringing them down. I see him and Loki getting a bit of upgrade later on but not now
someguy wrote: Has anybody found any good use for this guy? I have all 3 colors now, but I really don't see any reason to develop him. It seems like 5/3/5 is pretty much the only way to go with his skills. Blue seems kinda useless.
kimtish wrote: Why? What makes him so amazing? Does he work well in tandem with others? I just can't get a good sense of him.
Phaserhawk wrote: true, except dmg isn't increasing so Hood is still as likely as he was before and without X-Force to nip him in the bud early, you are going to need to look to other sources to eradicate him, I see Human Torch getting used a bit more. There are only a handful of characters that can nuke Hood down quickly and one just got removed. The short list to me is Daken Torch Blade (if he gets going early) Iron Fist Deadpool (to a degree) Patch (? maybe)
Unreallystic wrote: But yeah, it's the AP steal. He IMO was dropping in strength due to health, but with incoming buff, oh he just got scary... - Unreall
raisinbman wrote: Hood is powerful because he has the best passive in the game which allows him to pair with anyone(yes, I know he has bad pairs, but you know what I mean). Nearly every hero in game needs AP to function, and what better way to get AP than steal it from your opponents? Though he is not an overtly powerful character(read: overpowed/killing power), much like Magic' the Gathering's Birds of Paradise, he's invaluable in that he speeds your progress.
gregtron wrote: raisinbman wrote: Hood is powerful because he has the best passive in the game which allows him to pair with anyone(yes, I know he has bad pairs, but you know what I mean). Nearly every hero in game needs AP to function, and what better way to get AP than steal it from your opponents? Though he is not an overtly powerful character(read: overpowed/killing power), much like Magic' the Gathering's Birds of Paradise, he's invaluable in that he speeds your progress. Ah yeah, an MtG comparison! Hood is less like Birds of Paradise, and more like a Rishadan Port + extra land drops + Lightning Bolt.
Trilateralus wrote: Unreallystic wrote: But yeah, it's the AP steal. He IMO was dropping in strength due to health, but with incoming buff, oh he just got scary... - Unreall Hood isn't included in the upcoming health buffs.
dkffiv wrote: Trilateralus wrote: Unreallystic wrote: But yeah, it's the AP steal. He IMO was dropping in strength due to health, but with incoming buff, oh he just got scary... - Unreall Hood isn't included in the upcoming health buffs. Hood's weakness was Xforce could usually down him turn 3. Before Xforce it was very dangerous to attack Sentry/Hood without your own Hood. Slow characters like CapAm and Thor will most likely lose to a Hood team and Psylocke doesn't hit hard enough to be a fast counter. Only characters that can kill him quickly now are like Iron Fist and Human Torch. Hood is probably due for a nerf. Cut half the functionality of blue (either destroys AP for enemy or generates AP for your team), make it so yellow doesn't end the turn + increase the damage to around 7k and give him an HP buff. When you can't field your own he is extremely difficult to counter most of the time (PvE says hi)