Affiliations

Marvel Puzzle Quest MPQ General Discussion
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I got tired of guessing what affiliations our heroes and villains have, so I made a list of them. Useful now when we have quests to fulfill. Her goes…

5*
Apocalypse Villains, Mutants
Archangel Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Beta Ray Bill Heroes
Black Bolt Heroes, Inhumans
Black Panther Heroes, Avengers, Team Ironman
Black Widow Heroes, Avengers, Team Cap
Cable Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Captain America, FA Heroes, Avengers, Team Cap
Captain America, IW Heroes, Avengers, Team Cap
Captain Marvel Heroes, Avengers
Carnage Villains
Daredevil Heroes, Defenders, Team Cap
Deadpool Heroes
Doctor Doom Villains
Doctor Octopus Villains, Sinister Six
Doctor Strange Heroes, Avengers
Gambit Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Ghost Rider Heroes
Green Goblin Villains, Dark Avengers, Sinister Six
Havok Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Hawkeye Heroes, Avengers, Team Cap
Heimdall Heroes
Hela Villains
Iceman Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Iron Man Heroes, Avengers, Team Iron Man
Jean Grey Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Jessica Jones Heroes, Defenders, Team Cap
Killmonger Villains
Kingpin Villains
Kitty Pride Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Loki Villains
Magneto Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Mister Sinister Villains
Okoye Heroes, Team Cap
Onslaught Villains, Mutants
Professor X Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Rescue Heroes, Avengers
Silver Surfer Heroes, Team Iron Man
Spider-Man BiB Heroes, Spider-Verse, Team Iron Man
Spider-Man Heroes, Spider-Verse, Team Iron Man
Star-Lord Heroes, Guardians of the Galaxy
Storm Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Thanos Villains
The Hulk Heroes, Avengers
The Hulk, Im Heroes
Thor Heroes, Avengers
Wasp Heroes
Wolverine OML Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Wolverine SD Heroes, Mutants
Yelena Belova Heroes

4*
Agent Coulson Heroes, S.H.I.E.L.D, Team Cap
America Chavez Heroes, Young Avengers
Ant-Man Heroes, Avengers, Team Cap
Anti-Venom Heroes, Spider-Verse
Bishop Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Black Cat Villains
Black Panther Heroes, Avengers, Team Iron Man
Black Widow Heroes, Avengers, Team Cap
Blade Heroes, Team Cap
Captain America Wo Heroes, Avengers, S.H.I.E.L.D, Team Cap
Captain Marvel Heroes, Avengers, Team Iron Man
Carnage Villains, Sinister Six
Cloak & Dagger Heroes, Team Cap
Cyclops Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Dazzler Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Deadpool Heroes, X-Men
Devil Dinosaur Heroes, Team Cap
Domino Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Drax Heroes, Guardians of the Galaxy, Team Cap
Electra Heroes, Team Cap
Elsa Bloodstone Heroes
Emma Frost Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Gamora Heroes, Guardians of the Galaxy
Ghost Villains
Ghost Rider Heroes, Team Cap
Gwenpool Heroes
Hawkeye Ronin Heroes, Avengers
Hellcat Heroes, Defenders
Howard the Duck Heroes, Team Cap
Human Torch JH Heroes, Avengers, S.H.I.E.L.D
Iceman Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Invisible Woman Heroes, Fantastic Four, Team Cap
Iron Fist Heroes, Defenders, Team Cap
Iron Man HB Heroes, Avengers, Team Iron Man
Jean Grey Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Jubilee Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Juggernaut Villains, X-Men
Karnak Heroes, Inhumans
Karolina Dean Heroes, Runaways
Kate Bishop Heroes, Young Avengers, Team Cap
Kingpin Villains
Kraven the Hunter Villains, Sinister Six
Legion Heroes, Mutants
Lockjaw Heroes, Inhumans
Luke Cage Heroes, Defenders, Avengers, Team Cap
M.O.D.O.K Villains
Magik Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Maria Hill Heroes, S.H.I.E.L.D, Team Iron Man
Medusa Heroes, Inhumans
Miles Morales Heroes, Avengers, Spider-Verse, Champions, Team Cap
Misty Knight Heroes, Avengers, Team Iron Man
Mockingbird Heroes, S.H.I.E.L.D
Moon Knight Heroes
Mordo Villains
Mr. Fantastic Heroes, Fantastic Four, Team Iron Man
Mysterio Heroes
Namor Heroes, Mutants
Nebula Heroes
Negasonic Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Nick Fury Heroes, Avengers, S.H.I.E.L.D, Team Iron Man
Nico Minoru Heroes, Runaways
Nightcrawler Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Northstar Heroes, Mutants
Nova Heroes, Avengers, Champions, Team Cap
Peggy Carter Heroes, Avengers, Team Cap
Polaris Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Professor X Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Prowler Villains, Sinister Six
Quake Heroes, Inhumans, S.H.I.E.L.D, Team Iron Man
Red Guardian Heroes
Red Hulk Villains, Team Iron Man
Riri Williams Heroes, Avengers, Champions, Team Iron Man
Rocket & Groot Heroes, Guardians of the Galaxy
Rogue Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Sabretooth Villains, Mutants
Sam Wilson Heroes, Avengers, Team Cap
Sandman Villains, Sinister Six
Scorpion Villains, Sinister Six
Shuri Heroes
Spider-Gwen Heroes, Spider-Verse, Team Cap
Spider-Ham Heroes, Spider-Verse
Spider-Man IW Heroes, Spider-Verse, Avengers, Team Iron Man
Spider-Man 2099 Heroes, Spider-Verse
Spider-Woman Heroes, Spider-Verse, Avengers, Team Cap
Star-Lord Heroes, Guardians of the Galaxy, Team Cap
Super-Scrull Villains
Talos Villains
Taskmaster Villains
Thanos Villains
The Hulk ME Heroes, Avengers
The Hulk TA Heroes, Champions, Team Iron Man
The Punisher Heroes, Team Cap
The Thing Heroes, Fantastic Four, Team Cap
Thor GoT Heroes, Avengers, Team Cap
Valkyrie Heroes
Venom Agent Venom Heroes, Spider-Verse
Venom Eddie Brock Villains, Sinister Six
Vulture Villains, Sinister Six
War Machine Heroes, Avengers, Team Iron Man
Wasp Heroes, Avengers, Team Cap
Wiccan Heroes, Young Avengers, Team Cap
Winter Soldier Heroes, Team Cap
Wolfsbane Heroes, Mutants
Wolverine X-Force Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
X-23 Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Yondu Heroes, Guardians of the Galaxy

3*
Angel Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Beast Heroes, X-Men, Avengers, Mutants
Black Panther Heroes, Avengers, Team Iron Man
Black Widow GS Heroes, Avengers, Team Iron Man
Blade Heroes, Team Cap
Bullseye Villains
Captain America Heroes, S.H.I.E.L.D, Team Cap
Captain Marvel Heroes, Avengers, Team Iron Man
Colossus Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Cyclops Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Daken Villains, Mutants
Daredevil Heroes, Defenders, Team Cap
Deadpool Heroes, X-Men
Doctor Doom Villains
Doctor Octopus Villains, Sinister Six
Doctor Strange Heroes
Elektra Heroes, Team Cap
Gambit Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Gamora Heroes, Guardians of the Galaxy, Team Cap
Hawkeye Heroes, Avengers, Team Cap
Human Torch Heroes, Fantastic Four, Team Cap
Iron Fist Heroes, Defenders, Team Cap
Iron Man Heroes, Avengers, Team Iron Man
Kamala Khan Heroes, Avengers, Champions, Team Cap, Inhumans
Loki Villains
Luke Cage Heroes, Avengers, Defenders, Team Cap
Magneto Villains, Mutants
Mystique Villains, Mutants
Psylocke Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Quicksilver Heroes, Avengers, Team Cap
Ragnarok Villains, Dark Avengers, Team Iron Man
Rocket & Groot Heroes, Guardians of the Galaxy, Team Cap
Sam Wilson Falcon Heroes, Avengers, Team Cap
Scarlet Witch Heroes, Avengers, Team Cap
Sentry Villains, Dark Avengers, Team Iron Man
She-Hulk Heroes, Avengers, Team Iron Man
Spider-Man Heroes, Spider-Verse, Avengers, Team Iron Man
Squirrel Girl Heroes, Avengers, Team Cap
Star-Lord Heroes, Guardians of the Galaxy, Team Cap
Storm Heroes, X-Men, Team Cap, Mutants
Thanos Villains
The Hood Villains
The Hulk Heroes, Avengers, Team Iron Man
The Punisher Heroes, Team Cap
Thor Heroes, Avengers
Vision Heroes, Avengers, Team Iron Man
Wolverine Heroes, X-Men, Mutants

2*
Ares Villains, Dark Avengers, Team Iron Man
Black Widow Heroes, Team Iron Man
Bullseye Villains, Dark Avengers
Captain America Heroes, Avengers, S.H.I.E.L.D, Team Cap
Captain Marvel Heroes, Avengers, Team Iron Man
Daken Villains, Dark Avengers, Mutants
Hawkeye Heroes, Avengers, Team Cap
Human Torch Heroes, Fantastic Four, Team Cap
Magneto Heroes, X-Men, Mutants
Moonstone Villains, Dark Avengers
Storm Heroes, X-Men, Team Cap, Mutants
Thor Heroes, Avengers
Wolverine Heroes, X-Men, Avengers, Mutants

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Nicely done. Filtering by Shards and name was a huge quality update. I’d like to see a “Filter by affiliation” next…especially if we’re going to have more of the “Use Members of Team three times today.” type quests.

How many people knew which characters were affiliated with Champions before that one popped up?

Follow-up question - How many people knew there was a Champions affiliation before that one popped up? (I certainly didn’t!)

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Exactly, that Champions bit was what made me do the effort. I had no idea it was Miles, Kamala for example.

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Admittedly I haven’t updated this since August but here’s the spreadsheet I posted previously: MPQ Affiliations - Google Sheets

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I was searching for this, but could not find anything, thanks.

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You should totally update this. Very helpful.

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Nice work. The better question is why aren’t affiliations are a bigger part of game play interactions and synergy. For some reason, combo/power synergies are a much more important part of the game than comic affiliations. I would love to see comic accurate affiliations have a more significant role in how combos work other than team specific events.

Its true that there are some teams where affilations are important, like Team ironman/captain and things like Guardians of the galaxy boost for rocket/groot. But they are few and obsoleted pretty quickly.

Maybe have the seasons also offer affiliation boosts as well. For example one season, all Xmen get a boost. Next season, villains get a boost etc…

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I think they don’t understand high level play enough to do synergy on purpose. Whenever they try, it’s forced and ineffective.

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My own MPQ Affiliations sheet:

Feel free to use it as you wish.

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Since players do spreadsheets on almost everything it seems , has anyone done a spreadsheet on most effective support for each character in PvE use? That’s data I’d find useful .
( Or list of supports and the 3 characters benefitting most from it )

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I can’t say I’ve done that fully, and it depends significantly on your roster and your supports (which ones you have and at which levels). For me (and please note, I have ZERO infinity stones and never see myself getting one so I don’t consider them below):

  • Okoye + 4* Royal Talon Fighter (shouldn’t need explanation)
  • Thor + 4* Sanctum Sanctorum (gens Yellow at battle start to accelerate Apoc and/or Okoye, plus gives him match damage reduction in case he is forced to be in front)
  • Apoc + 4* Vintage Shield (mostly for the Yellow AP on start but also some health increase and match damage reduction and chance to create protects when you fire his other powers, which helps set up his black), though I really think a 4* Proxima (mine’s only 3*) for Red on battle start or a 5* Tinkerer (mine’s only 3*) for the Black on battle start would be better.
  • Beta Ray Bill + 5* Carol’s Communicator for the extra protect tiles at battle start and healing when you match them
  • Polaris + 4* Atlantis for the damage boost to her passives and the extra green on start of battle, helpful when running her with Thor or BRB or Th4nos
  • Th4nos + 4* Yaro Root for the extra green on battle start, gets winfinite going faster

Others to consider:

  • Supports that give you other colors on turn start: and remember, it just has to be on someone, it doesn’t have to be on the character that uses that color. Example: Quantum Realm or Black Widow’s Batons accelerating Shang-Chi’s purple.
  • Supports that give you a chance to get extra AP when you match that color (I believe they all require the supported character has to be the one that makes the match, so just make sure the character you have it on is tanking that color). Example: Chimichanga on Shang-Chi gives him a chance for extra Red and Purple with any Red or Purple he matches, Kimoyo Beads on Blue tankers & users
  • Crit boosts on characters where crits come into play. Example: Lucky on Shang-Chi teams and Colossus/America teams
  • Damage boosts that can switch your team’s strongest color or changes which character tanks it, which can play into other powers. Example: if I put Black Widow’s Batons on Shang-Chi, Purple becomes his strongest color vs Red and if I run him with Valkyrie, now I’m getting Purple for the Bounty instead of Red.
    I’ve toyed with the idea of doing a full support write up, much like @Daredevil217’s write up for 5* characters. Maybe I’ll get to it one day…
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I must admit that I am weak on support usage. I use them, but not optimally. At some point I need to go through them and strategically re-assign them.

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I defaulted to the synergy bonus for a long time, but Spin Cycle prompted me to assign specific supports to Shang-Chi (2* Chimichanga), Phoenix Cyclops (5* Sanctum Sanctorum) and Gator Loki (3* Quantum Realm).