Rick OShay said: Yep. And anyone who may be part of the team that gives R4G the bonus strike tile strength is a welcome addition.That would leave a yellow-red-purple user to round out the colors. St4r-Lord makes sense, since he would reduce the cost of Yondu's blue etc, but that would mean no active yellow power, and as mentioned, potentially competing for yellow tiles for CD's. Overall this may not be a big issue sine Yondu will not need to create them until he is below ~50% health - then hopefully you are regaining it quickly anyway.Separately, Medusa would work as a Y-R-P, again without active powers on all colors (obv. it doesn't always matter since she's so good). Give up red and go with C&D? Spam black for Yondu is probably a good idea, and many reds will be taken up by C&D's attack tiles. You've got a couple of the spider people to consider as well, for full actives.
Daredevil217 said: He seems like maybe the weakest of the 4* Guardians (I say maybe because I have no idea what Drax does post-rework). He has one really good power on offense but it is easy to counter when you face him as you can choose to put him in front and attack him whereas the AI can't. Thus he'll have to collect the AP to start the whole thing over again. I like the comparisons to Blade, except Blades is way better with his strikes and continual damage being passive and 1 AP respectively.
Jaedenkaal said Daredevil217 said: He seems like maybe the weakest of the 4* Guardians (I say maybe because I have no idea what Drax does post-rework). He has one really good power on offense but it is easy to counter when you face him as you can choose to put him in front and attack him whereas the AI can't. Thus he'll have to collect the AP to start the whole thing over again. I like the comparisons to Blade, except Blades is way better with his strikes and continual damage being passive and 1 AP respectively. Does Yaka Assault end if he takes that much damage in total, or in one hit?
mexus said: Seems like a better version of Bloodlust and Deadly Strike combined.
Rick OShay said: So everyone knows Yondu's blue is fantastic, but I'm seeing a true value in his black as well. Since lot's of teams still feature C4rol, he can combat her tremendously with his AP reduction. As long as your teams strongest color is different than the enemy team - so that you avoid the AOE from Carol - you can match your strongest color knowing that you will soon be able to simply reduce what she absorbs for them, using his black. I agree the strikes could be stronger, but reducing up to 7 enemy AP can be a life saver.
Rick OShay said: An interesting contest can boil between these two. Yondu's black can be pretty underwhelming, unless it's Blade you are against. If Blade gets enough red to start his bloodlust, if it's the highest color pool, Yondu's black simply takes that AP away.
Rick OShay said: There's been some comparisons of Yondu's blue to Blade's Bloodlust, and I think they are quite similar with no clear edge to either. Sure, with bloodlust, that's around 9K+ happening automatically over 3 turns, but it hits a random enemy each turn. To keep it going, you will need to make another red match within the next 3 turns, easily, for 9K more damage over time.Now, with Yaka Assault, it's around 9K+ damage right away, to a targeted enemy. That is Very useful. You can use it to down an already-injured enemy, or make it the first hit on a full-health foe. I like to hit a full health enemy, since they will now likely become the lowest-health enemy, meaning that the assault will continue to hit them, even if I put them in back until downed - and focus on someone else. Yep, you need to avoid direct damage to Yondu to keep it going, which is still pretty easy to do. To compare further, if red happens to become scarce for Blade, he will run out of dealing damage after that first 9K is dealt. Yondu just keeps on hitting regardless of what colors you are gathering, and can hit one weak opponent after the other. You may even get lucky and have nearly enough blue gathered again by the time Yondu get's hit to stop the assault. An interesting contest can boil between these two. Yondu's black can be pretty underwhelming, unless it's Blade you are against. If Blade gets enough red to start his bloodlust, if it's the highest color pool, Yondu's black simply takes that AP away. To be fair, if I'm given the choice between one of these two for any general battle I'm usually going with Blade due to having two damage dealing skills, and easier heal to potentially count on. But, Blade doesn't buff Grocket's strikes...
mexus said: Kishida said: This boost week has definitely opened my eyes. Yondu is really good, way better than I was expecting. I think he's even viable as non-boosted option. Indeed. He's amazing unboosted. I prefer him over Gamora for the classic Rocket & Grott + some Guardian team + Medusa.
Kishida said: This boost week has definitely opened my eyes. Yondu is really good, way better than I was expecting. I think he's even viable as non-boosted option.