120CP for that final 4* cover?

Are you a pvp or pve focused player? If you're a pvp focused player, I'd say Jean, easy. She's not the powerhouse she once was, but her blue makes her great for going after tile spammy opponents or purple for cd producers. She's also a great team killer with her 2 AoEs when boosted. X-23 is kind of slow and not even that impressive boosted. She's resilient, but dragging out matches doesn't win them.

If you're pve focused, I'd still probably say Jean. She can't be beat for taking care of goons, and she's useful for clearing out those annoying bullseye protect tiles that drag matches. That being said, as a health pack hoarder, I use x23 more often. If you were a big daken/patch user in 3* land, then x23/deadpool is your 4* replacement.

Personally, I don't give much thought to whether I'm wasting a cover or not. I'd rather have a character I'll use and have fun with, over moving the bar o some 4* champ rwds by 1.

Tldr: I vote Jean

OneLastGambit wrote:

Whomever you have the cover waiting for.

Because...

A: you will get a free LT by doing it.

And

B: the person with no cover waiting can wait with no penalty.


In regards to usefulness Jean is a little more useful but a combination of expensive powers and weak strength in the current meta and others doing the same but better and cheaper makes her less pressing in my opinion but you'll probably find my opinion is the minority there as the forum generally still thinks she's awesome.

This is definitely the right answer except when the character with a cover is rubbish, which X-23 isn't.

JG is still awesome, it just has more provisos now, such as playing a 4* roster and her being boosted.

OP: Jean. Not sure it's even close. I know people like X23 but she's not a top tier like Jean.

Anon wrote:

Not to hijack but I'm having a similar problem where 1 want to buy one cover for either Teen Grey or Hulkbuster but I'm not sure which is better. They each have their strengths.

Both are 12 covers at 250. No covers waiting for either of them.

Whichever you have a cover waiting for first. Not a ton of difference between 250/270.

OneLastGambit wrote:

Anon wrote:

Not to hijack but I'm having a similar problem where 1 want to buy one cover for either Teen Grey or Hulkbuster but I'm not sure which is better. They each have their strengths.

Both are 12 covers at 250. No covers waiting for either of them.

Hulkbuster will be far more useful in my opinion.

If the roster in your sig is up to date, you might have a bit of a bias

JG is a PVE beast, HB shines in PVP. I wouldn't spend CP for the last cover unless you get one extra cover you can't use otherwise... And neither JG nor HB are top tier 4* anymore.

OneLastGambit wrote:

my Jean grey is still missing pink covers but no worry for me as spider woman does the same thing but cheaper and I have her champed

Well, for 2 more purple AP Jean also deals 4k AOE damage. That's way better than Love IMO.

I'm in a similar position at the moment.

I have 1 JG and 1 Peggy in queue and have 12 covers for both. I'm willing to spend 120CP on one before the covers expire, but who? Any thoughts?

Anon wrote:

kennn712 wrote:

I'm in a similar position at the moment.

I have 1 JG and 1 Peggy in queue and have 12 covers for both. I'm willing to spend 120CP on one before the covers expire, but who? Any thoughts?

I'd say Peggy. She's probably the best 4* after Iceman.

Thanks for the quick response I might add that I'm a 70/30 PvE to PvP player which may sway the end decision

DesertTortoise wrote:

kennn712 wrote:

Anon wrote:

kennn712 wrote:

I'm in a similar position at the moment.

I have 1 JG and 1 Peggy in queue and have 12 covers for both. I'm willing to spend 120CP on one before the covers expire, but who? Any thoughts?

I'd say Peggy. She's probably the best 4* after Iceman.

Thanks for the quick response I might add that I'm a 70/30 PvE to PvP player which may sway the end decision

Post your roster. In almost every circumstance I'd recommend Peggy but it does depend on who you have champed already.

My Gamependium roster is way out of date but my roster is 90% 3* champed

4* champs are: Cyke, IMHB, Iceman, X-23, Red Hulk, Nova, PunMAX, StarLord, IW & XFDP

My Peggy is 5/3/4 and JG is 2/5/5 which gives my next Peggy cover 67% chance usable compared to Jean's 33%

No 5* have any ISO put into them

BlackBoltRocks wrote:

Hmm edited the title of this thread, since it has become about people asking which 4* cover they should spend 120CP on hopefully this thread can be a place for players to ask this exact question, like how the "You Last Legendary Draw" and the "Best/Worst Moments" have been ongoing haha

Anyway, useless update on my side: currently on 34k points after the 2nd sub of Unstable Iso-8. Once i hit the 15CP progression at 44k, i'll be up to 59CP! My X-23 cover expires in 10 days 19 hours, so I'm making good progress.

In BoP i was using my 4/3/5 Jean, and she was an absolute monster. Both X-23 and Jean offer active purples and greens, which are scarce among my 4* champs. My only purple champs are Nick Fury, Kingpin, and Starlord, while my only green champs are IW and Quake. Plus I have Hulkbuster, Nova and Cyclops champed, all of which go well with those two X-Women. Hmm...decisions, decisions.

Didn't mean to hijack the thread!

I do plan on using my next 120CP on JG/Peggy (whoever I don't champ in the next week or so). It's just a matter of who I champ first!

BlackBoltRocks wrote:

Question: let's say you can only champ either Iceman or Jean Grey, not both. Who would you pick, and why?

Very convoluted but actually not complicated backstory in the tags:

so my lv166 4/3/5 Jean (yes, the same one in my OP) has two green covers dying on the vine in 8.5 and 12 days respectively. I currently have 193k iso and 29CP, and I'm planning, or rather hoping, to get 120CP and enough iso to champ Jean and use those two covers (worst case scenario, only one cover).

From my season heroic 10-pack, i somehow got to bring my lv115 Bobby to 4/5/4. He doesn't have any covers dying on the vine, so i can take my time to build up another 366k iso to champ him, but that would take another month or so.

So yes, I know I can champ both of them (eventually), but just wondering if I should prioritise Iceman over Jean, especially as he will be boosted soon

Iceman without a doubt. Jean is only useful boosted in PVP (though useful always in pve) and even that is debatable. Iceman is flat out awesome at all times. I can promise you that you will never regret it.