shadowstar
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I had a productive few days. I now have at 5*s: Vision, Spider-Man, Venom, Captain Marvel, War Machine, and Ultron as well as a lot at 4*s.
I thought it'd be fun if we could talk about and rank the characters we have experience with.
Universal:
1. Age of Ultron Vision (UniVision): The best character in the game hands down. No one really comes close to how amazing he is. He has everything; a costume to make him universal and give him more stats, a beam that targets the next character and tracks, AOE, Density Shift is the 3rd most damaging move while being safe and breaks enemy targeting, lots of stats even before the 10%, and one of the best passive types (chance for physical immunity) that lets him auto clear as well or better than the tankier heroes. The only thing he's missing is a great leadership, but that's what Ronan (best), Ultron, or Warmachine are for. For ISO I use Ultron's Hatred.
2. Ronan: His leadership bonus is why I rank him as second in his class. I have him at 5* rank 5 so he gives 30% attack and defense to the other universal members on the team (I run Ronan, Vision, Captain Marvel). He also hits pretty hard on his own and has a lot of HP. I really like his skills since he has a beam, an AOE fear, and a really good break option. His level 5 skill does a considerable amount of damage, but the first swing or two can miss a feared opponent as they run around, so I always open with it instead to make sure it always hits. I run the Bloodthirst ISO set on him as he's usually the character I leave in on auto-battle so he clears maps and arena teams by himself rather easily.
One of the best things about Ronan is how easy he is to farm due to the no limit bonus on his stage.
3. Captain Marvel/Ultron with a costume: Eh there is a big fall off after Ronan. Captain Marvel does insane damage and has great skills, but she's very squishy. However, I will say she was the MVP when I cleared the final elite levels. She's so fast and does so much damage with very reliable skills. Putting her with Ronan helps a lot. Ultron on the other hand has a lot of stats and a costume, but boy do his skills suck. The tracking on a lot of his abilities is awful. Encephalo-Ray misses the first or second hit way more often than not for me, it's very frustrating. His beam also does not have the hit box it should have based on the visual. Compared to Captain Marvel or Vision's beams, it seems narrow despite it appearing wider. At least they fixed his stomp a few updates ago. However, he's still decent for auto-battle and has a good leadership bonus. Really between the both of them it's a matter of preference, but for my team I prefer the extra firepower of Captain Marvel since Ronan already does the tanking for me. I use Power of the Symbiote on Carol and Bloodthirst on Ultron.
I hear good things about Angela and would love someone's opinion of her if they have her at 5*.
Blast:
1. Vision: Same as above really, but 10% less stats. In Villain Siege, I always save Vision for the highest level Bullseye or Doctor Octopus. I remove his costume and watch him maul due to the Blast>Combat bonus.
2. War Machine with the Iron Patriot costume: War Machine is the second best character in the game to me. All of his skills are amazing. He (like Vision) has it all; 2 tracking multi hit abilities, a stun, abilities that move him around in and out of range, and a beam. His 5* skill is the 2nd most damaging skill in the game it seems. I only have him at level 40 with 3 mastery and it already hits incredibly hard. He also has an excellent leadership bonus (5% physical damage per mastery). Hes one of the best Villain Siege characters due to his physical damage, blast type, and bobbing and weaving skill style. If I didn't use the Universal team I'd play something War Machine based. I use Ultrons hatred on him, but I didnt really think about it too much. He can auto-battle really well, so I dont see a reason to switch. While I posted with the costume, hes great without it too.
I had auto-battle going on in the background while typing this and my level 40 5* War Machine just blew a 20% chunk out of the stage 4 Ronan with his rank 5 skill.
3. Malekith: Sadly, I only have him at 2*, but I can already tell hes great. Why? Aether Bolt at point blank range does the most damage in the game BY FAR. I use him on the mid-level VS Doctor Octopus and Bullseye and Aether Bolt destroys enemy life bars even at 2 stars. Ive had really poor luck with flash sales, but Im saving crystals for when I finally see it.
Speed:
1. Spider-Man: Pete is a PvP, Striker, and Villain Siege MVP. Web ball is amazing. A hard hitting stun at range that tracks AND can hit multiple enemies. On top of that Web Swing lets him avoid damage and messes up enemy targeting. His 5* skill is pretty good too. It gives him much needed AOE and hits pretty hard. Hes my favorite striker in Arena due to Web Ball. I love using him against Destroyer in VS since it screws up the meteors. Hes really frail, but so are all speed heroes. I use Angel of Death for the cooldown reduction proc and also put cooldown reduction on his gear where I could. The best things about Spidey to me are his Web Ball and Web Swing, so using them more frequently is my priority.
2. Sharon Carter: Skill spamming Goddess. She doesnt hit hard and is very frail, but thats OK because shes always using her skills. They also all cause hit stun so enemies are often stuck getting hit while she safely spins and flips around. Like Spider-Man, I also use Angel of Death and skill cooldown on her.
3. Falcon with Captain America costume: New Falcon is great. The stat bonus really helped. He does very good damage with his 2nd and 3rd skills. The shield toss Im not as much of a fan of since he lost his Web Swing like ability. Im often surprised by how well he can auto-battle as a speed character.
Ive heard great things about Gamora, but I havent leveled her up so would really appreciate feedback from anyone that has her at a high level/rank.
Combat:
Im only doing my top 2 as I dont have many combat characters at a high level or rank.
1. Venom: Good but not great damage, tanky, good tracking on his skills, a nice break on his second skill, and an AOE fear which helps mitigate damage. I always finish with the fear to let my abilities cooldown safely. I like him as a striker because his skills track well and he breaks. I wish his fear had a better hit box similar to other similar AOE animations like Ronan or Captain Marvel. I use Bloodthirst on him since he has a nice HP pool so the bonus proc gets good use. It also helps him tank through hits in VS and use his pretty good basic attack.
2. Nebula: I like her damage output and skill animations, but she lacks (at least at 4 stars) reliable CC. She has CC ability similar to Black Widow that periodically interrupts which I do like, but its not Web Ball or fear. I really want one of those new +Lightning Damage items to see how much damage she can pump out since all of her skills use it.
Like Ronan, shes super easy to farm.
Black Panther I dont have much experience with him as Im still trying to get more bios, but he has a stun. I really value stuns as they help mitigate damage, make VS easier, and are great for strikers. I dont hear that much about him, but I think he may be good and would appreciate feedback.
I thought it'd be fun if we could talk about and rank the characters we have experience with.
Universal:
1. Age of Ultron Vision (UniVision): The best character in the game hands down. No one really comes close to how amazing he is. He has everything; a costume to make him universal and give him more stats, a beam that targets the next character and tracks, AOE, Density Shift is the 3rd most damaging move while being safe and breaks enemy targeting, lots of stats even before the 10%, and one of the best passive types (chance for physical immunity) that lets him auto clear as well or better than the tankier heroes. The only thing he's missing is a great leadership, but that's what Ronan (best), Ultron, or Warmachine are for. For ISO I use Ultron's Hatred.
2. Ronan: His leadership bonus is why I rank him as second in his class. I have him at 5* rank 5 so he gives 30% attack and defense to the other universal members on the team (I run Ronan, Vision, Captain Marvel). He also hits pretty hard on his own and has a lot of HP. I really like his skills since he has a beam, an AOE fear, and a really good break option. His level 5 skill does a considerable amount of damage, but the first swing or two can miss a feared opponent as they run around, so I always open with it instead to make sure it always hits. I run the Bloodthirst ISO set on him as he's usually the character I leave in on auto-battle so he clears maps and arena teams by himself rather easily.
One of the best things about Ronan is how easy he is to farm due to the no limit bonus on his stage.
3. Captain Marvel/Ultron with a costume: Eh there is a big fall off after Ronan. Captain Marvel does insane damage and has great skills, but she's very squishy. However, I will say she was the MVP when I cleared the final elite levels. She's so fast and does so much damage with very reliable skills. Putting her with Ronan helps a lot. Ultron on the other hand has a lot of stats and a costume, but boy do his skills suck. The tracking on a lot of his abilities is awful. Encephalo-Ray misses the first or second hit way more often than not for me, it's very frustrating. His beam also does not have the hit box it should have based on the visual. Compared to Captain Marvel or Vision's beams, it seems narrow despite it appearing wider. At least they fixed his stomp a few updates ago. However, he's still decent for auto-battle and has a good leadership bonus. Really between the both of them it's a matter of preference, but for my team I prefer the extra firepower of Captain Marvel since Ronan already does the tanking for me. I use Power of the Symbiote on Carol and Bloodthirst on Ultron.
I hear good things about Angela and would love someone's opinion of her if they have her at 5*.
Blast:
1. Vision: Same as above really, but 10% less stats. In Villain Siege, I always save Vision for the highest level Bullseye or Doctor Octopus. I remove his costume and watch him maul due to the Blast>Combat bonus.
2. War Machine with the Iron Patriot costume: War Machine is the second best character in the game to me. All of his skills are amazing. He (like Vision) has it all; 2 tracking multi hit abilities, a stun, abilities that move him around in and out of range, and a beam. His 5* skill is the 2nd most damaging skill in the game it seems. I only have him at level 40 with 3 mastery and it already hits incredibly hard. He also has an excellent leadership bonus (5% physical damage per mastery). Hes one of the best Villain Siege characters due to his physical damage, blast type, and bobbing and weaving skill style. If I didn't use the Universal team I'd play something War Machine based. I use Ultrons hatred on him, but I didnt really think about it too much. He can auto-battle really well, so I dont see a reason to switch. While I posted with the costume, hes great without it too.
I had auto-battle going on in the background while typing this and my level 40 5* War Machine just blew a 20% chunk out of the stage 4 Ronan with his rank 5 skill.
3. Malekith: Sadly, I only have him at 2*, but I can already tell hes great. Why? Aether Bolt at point blank range does the most damage in the game BY FAR. I use him on the mid-level VS Doctor Octopus and Bullseye and Aether Bolt destroys enemy life bars even at 2 stars. Ive had really poor luck with flash sales, but Im saving crystals for when I finally see it.
Speed:
1. Spider-Man: Pete is a PvP, Striker, and Villain Siege MVP. Web ball is amazing. A hard hitting stun at range that tracks AND can hit multiple enemies. On top of that Web Swing lets him avoid damage and messes up enemy targeting. His 5* skill is pretty good too. It gives him much needed AOE and hits pretty hard. Hes my favorite striker in Arena due to Web Ball. I love using him against Destroyer in VS since it screws up the meteors. Hes really frail, but so are all speed heroes. I use Angel of Death for the cooldown reduction proc and also put cooldown reduction on his gear where I could. The best things about Spidey to me are his Web Ball and Web Swing, so using them more frequently is my priority.
2. Sharon Carter: Skill spamming Goddess. She doesnt hit hard and is very frail, but thats OK because shes always using her skills. They also all cause hit stun so enemies are often stuck getting hit while she safely spins and flips around. Like Spider-Man, I also use Angel of Death and skill cooldown on her.
3. Falcon with Captain America costume: New Falcon is great. The stat bonus really helped. He does very good damage with his 2nd and 3rd skills. The shield toss Im not as much of a fan of since he lost his Web Swing like ability. Im often surprised by how well he can auto-battle as a speed character.
Ive heard great things about Gamora, but I havent leveled her up so would really appreciate feedback from anyone that has her at a high level/rank.
Combat:
Im only doing my top 2 as I dont have many combat characters at a high level or rank.
1. Venom: Good but not great damage, tanky, good tracking on his skills, a nice break on his second skill, and an AOE fear which helps mitigate damage. I always finish with the fear to let my abilities cooldown safely. I like him as a striker because his skills track well and he breaks. I wish his fear had a better hit box similar to other similar AOE animations like Ronan or Captain Marvel. I use Bloodthirst on him since he has a nice HP pool so the bonus proc gets good use. It also helps him tank through hits in VS and use his pretty good basic attack.
2. Nebula: I like her damage output and skill animations, but she lacks (at least at 4 stars) reliable CC. She has CC ability similar to Black Widow that periodically interrupts which I do like, but its not Web Ball or fear. I really want one of those new +Lightning Damage items to see how much damage she can pump out since all of her skills use it.
Like Ronan, shes super easy to farm.
Black Panther I dont have much experience with him as Im still trying to get more bios, but he has a stun. I really value stuns as they help mitigate damage, make VS easier, and are great for strikers. I dont hear that much about him, but I think he may be good and would appreciate feedback.
