Vhailorx said: Polares said: I think this is probably the first 5 char in a while really worth getting, and it is of course because of his blue. Powers like this one are extremely rare and I am sure at some point it will be "exploited" in some very bonkers/op combination. I certainly agree that Heimdall is likely to have some value at some point in the future when someone discovers the perfect way to leverage his blue. So I am planning to try to get him champed myself. But I think it's a bit of an overstatement to say he is the first desirable 5* "in a while" Apoc only just left the LT pool a couple of weeks ago, and he is definitely meta relevant. So it's just 3 characters in between that may not be 'worthwhile,' though ymmv (Onslaught, KM, and ODM).Overall, I would say that the character design team has been more or less on point for the past year or more. not every character (4* or 5*) has been great, but very few have been truly terrible, and there have been several standouts (Karnak, polaris, legion, even modok, black cat, and hellcat are all solid or better 4*s, and BRB, IH, apoc, and now maybe heimdall are all meta or very interesting, and several other new 5*s are niche useful or better, like yelena or KM). the frequency of the 5* releases has gone up, but I think the 'replacement level' for an average 5* (MPQ's Value-over-replacement-5* [VOR5*]) has also gone way up. That hurts people with older 5* benches, but is good for new transitioners.
Polares said: I think this is probably the first 5 char in a while really worth getting, and it is of course because of his blue. Powers like this one are extremely rare and I am sure at some point it will be "exploited" in some very bonkers/op combination.
At this point, I have enough CPs/LTs to pull again after I pulled for iH/Apoc, but I dont see the point with the current batch in latest, so I am just going to wait and see who comes next (I am actually surprised I already have enough, last time I had to jump two 5s released before I was ready).
ThaRoadWarrior said: The yellow passive is the damage reduction no?
Thanks for the nice write up I have similar opinions about Heimdall too. A good third wheel, And useful in a lot of situations. When he is essential he actually can carry the team... my fave is to fortify red tiles and drop apocalypse red to 3 ap... and watch those fist bashes I am intrigued by your comment about KM. What makes you think that he is right at the edges?
ThaRoadWarrior said: I was running Thor/Heimdall/Shuri during his PVE feature, and that team was extremely effective. Boosted, after a couple reds from Shuri, he was swiping for about 115,000 damage per hit on red. You just have to watch out that Thor isn’t busting up your fortifications passively.
ThaRoadWarrior said: I found that with all the stacking cost reduction in play combined with Thor pulling down Red and Yellow it actually stayed pretty viable, except on that Carbage challenge node.