bbigler said: When it comes to damage output, Shang is among the best, if not THE best. I read many comparisons to Apocalypse’s damage output, which is impressive, but he’s slower than Shang. Shang works right away boosting match damage, then he can 1-shot targets with his criticals (which rivals Apocalypse). Many times, you can use that placed critical to create another critical. Shang’s red can also be used to create criticals. In a head to head, I bet on Shang in dealing out more damage. In PVE, you can pair Shang with Chavez & Karnak for free criticals. In PVP, he’s easy on defense, but so is Apocalypse. I could be wrong, but that’s my 2 cents.
fight4thedream said: Just a quick note on good mutant partners for Apocalypse: I recommend 5* Colossus for consideration. While they both share an active black, Apocalypse benefits greatly from the reduced match damage and if you chase yellow and are able to get his repeaters out quickly, you will often find the match damage taken down to 1. Additionally, Colossus's Neutralization is an effective work around against Wanda teams. I think it's a pretty solid combo for the current PvP meta.
bbigler said: I also agree with the above comments about Shang vs Apocalypse, I just wanted Shang to get more credit for raw damage output. Perhaps when new great characters come out people will say “Hits almost as hard as Shang”.
LavaManLee said: For what it's worth, (when not using boosted characters) my new PVE Pick-3 team of 1/2Thor/SC/Valk is significantly faster than my old go to team of Apoc/5W/5Col. And takes a lot less health packs. The only problem is if the other team gets off a big AOE and downs 1/2Thor.If it's pick two (again, non-boosted), I bring 1/2Thor/SC.Count me as a another "SC is #1" vote, FWIW.
Sekilicious said: LavaManLee said: For what it's worth, (when not using boosted characters) my new PVE Pick-3 team of 1/2Thor/SC/Valk is significantly faster than my old go to team of Apoc/5W/5Col. And takes a lot less health packs. The only problem is if the other team gets off a big AOE and downs 1/2Thor.If it's pick two (again, non-boosted), I bring 1/2Thor/SC.Count me as a another "SC is #1" vote, FWIW. I can see how SC and 1/2 Thor would be faster than Colossus, Apocalypse, and Wanda. I would consider revising my position if that tandem was faster than Thor’s traditional partners, Apocalypse and Okoye. Not that I would go as far as SC is #1 since he is almost trash tier when it comes to PvP defense. I mean bad the point where it can be difficult to shield hop with SC on offense.
Daredevil217 said: I mostly only write about what I play (though there is much more theory crafting since boosts) and sadly I usually just speed clear simulator on the last day with something like Polaris/Bill/Kitty- so I don’t explore the full breadth of pick 3 teams available to me. I also don’t really use my 3/4s anymore (when not required) with very few exceptions. If someone else wanted to create a guide like the one you mentioned, I’d love to read it; but honestly won’t he writing it.