Vhailorx wrote: hex706f726368 wrote: 3/5/5 seems like a no brainer to me. Going 5 in purple only nets you +800ish damage and 1 extra AP. I think I'd rather gamble on either of the other two abilities hitting it big than bank on 1 AP being the diff in winning or losing. *not that i'm going to use him that much anyway, in a 5* world this is just PvE essential insurance I might disagree. Don't care about the damage increase, but it's not 'just' +1 ap. It's +1 ap for you and -1 for the ai. In a color of your choice. That's a potentially significant advantage of used well (i.e. not great on defense). I don't think he will ever be a premier damage dealer (since his high damage powers are too contingent), so my think his play for utility and go 5/5/3. But honestly i don't know that i can say what build i prefer for sure without playing him. Maybe the king who must not be named (or someone else in the same position) can offer some insight once Bucky is maxed.
hex706f726368 wrote: 3/5/5 seems like a no brainer to me. Going 5 in purple only nets you +800ish damage and 1 extra AP. I think I'd rather gamble on either of the other two abilities hitting it big than bank on 1 AP being the diff in winning or losing. *not that i'm going to use him that much anyway, in a 5* world this is just PvE essential insurance
ronin-san wrote: People have had time to get this guy leveled up and Champed / whatnot. Is he still a 3/5/5? To me, 5/3/5 is a no-brainer. The utility from his purple (and synergy with Peggy's colors) suggest Peggy gets the blue, Bucky gets the red, and (whoever) gets the rest..
sinnerjfl wrote: ronin-san wrote: People have had time to get this guy leveled up and Champed / whatnot. Is he still a 3/5/5? To me, 5/3/5 is a no-brainer. The utility from his purple (and synergy with Peggy's colors) suggest Peggy gets the blue, Bucky gets the red, and (whoever) gets the rest.. 3/5/5 is the best build imho. 3 in purple or 5 is so little difference, can hardly justify it. The damage is meaningless and its just 1 more AP.
madok wrote: sinnerjfl wrote: ronin-san wrote: People have had time to get this guy leveled up and Champed / whatnot. Is he still a 3/5/5? To me, 5/3/5 is a no-brainer. The utility from his purple (and synergy with Peggy's colors) suggest Peggy gets the blue, Bucky gets the red, and (whoever) gets the rest.. 3/5/5 is the best build imho. 3 in purple or 5 is so little difference, can hardly justify it. The damage is meaningless and its just 1 more AP. Agree on the 3/5/5. I would hate to be 5/3/5 and have Peggy go down. I want to have the option of using his red especially if you know you will be able to match it.
Dormammu wrote: So, I've been sitting with a 13 cover Winter Soldier for a while now. I don't have any more of his covers on the vine or anything, and I know all about the 'don't bother with anything but the latest 12' jazz and don't care about it. I'm just wondering if he's worth champing. His stuff seems potent, but AP intensive, and I'm worried he's a bit too much like Kate (good but expensive powers, a beast when boosted but otherwise 'meh'). Any opinions are welcome and would love to know who people use as common teammates.
After using him a few times boosted and champed recently I feel like he is an enjoyable toon. I wouldn't go out of my way to use him unless boosted however. Purely because he takes a while to get going. In PVP its all about the speed.
3/5/5 for me. His red is insane for damage whether you match it or they do. His blue is also very good. If the tile ticks down to zero your looking at a significant hit. If they are matched you still have the trap tiles which when boosted for me were ticking for 3k each.
I guess if there was a scenario where you were lucky enough to get 2 blues off and one of the count down tiles was matched you would have the opportunity to hit once for double.
Overall powerful but slow
I found myself with two covers in my queue and enough ISO, so I've just champed Bucky and not sure what else to do with him. It looks like he's got three relatively decent but expensive abilities. There's a little synergy between Precision Shot and Moving Target, but otherwise it feels like each ability really stands alone. Additionally, he's also suffering from the general Trap activation nerf.
I'm thinking about 3/5/5, since the damage difference for Rank 3 and 5 of Precision Shot is minor and it's a big commitment to steal 1 extra AP.
3/5/5 Winter Soldier, 5/5/3 Coulson, 3/5/5 4* Wasp.Bucky actually packs quite a punch, he just needs a lot of support from team mates (he needs precise board control AND a battery). I knew he loved Coulson for his purple, but today I realised that Coulson+Wasp together can battery Bucky via countdowns going off, too! Once Wasp gets going buzzing all over the place, Bucky actually becomes a solid, reliable damage dealer-- not only can you always guarantee that you get 14k dmg from his red every time thanks to Coulson, it actually becomes feasable to pull this off multiple times due to all the AP coming in. Coulson in turn gets 2 high damage partners, and Wasp is the glue that keeps it all together, providing a high damage black, stuns and AP.