As someone who is transitioning 3* to 4* (slowly, because I’m not a super grinding player and try to avoid spending actual $$) I have been noticing lately that even though I have a really solid 3* roster, many of them maxed- that blue tends to be an elusive color when building a great rainbow team of 3* characters- especially if you are looking for an attack. When you look at blue powers amongst 3* you get the following breakdown:
PASSIVE BLUE’S (aka making blue matches isn’t really getting you any progress)
HOOD (Dorammu’s Aid)
SCARLET WITCH (Arcane Incantation)
SORT OF PASSIVE BLUE’S (where you need to make matches but they don’t build to firing)
SAM WILSON (red wing)
QUICKSILVER (Supersonic)
VISION (Density: Heavy)
AP BUILDING BLUE’S (save up but they just build AP, not attack)
DOCTOR DOOM (Technopathic Strike)
PSYLOCK (Bewilder)
MYSTIQUE (Infiltration)
STRIKE/ATTACK/DEFENSE CREATION BLUE’S:
SHE HULK (Settlement)
BLACK PANTHER (Defense Grid)
ROCKET & GROOT (I Got a Plan)
BEAST (Mutagenic Breakthrough)
STUNS:
DAREDEVIL (Billy Club)
STEVE ROGERS (Peacemaker)
SPIDER MAN (All Tied Up)
HEALS:
RAGNAROK (Lightning Rod)
ACTUAL ATTACKS:
DAKEN (Chemical Reaction)
IRON MAN (Ballistic Salvo)
DOC OCK (Manipulation)
In fact this list is almost of a who’s who of 3* characters that are in desperate need of a buffs: Dock Ock, Spiderman, Iron Man, Ragnarok, Psylock are maybe the most buff-needed 3* characters in the game.
The only characters that would arguably crack anyone’s top 15 3*'s in terms uf usefulness are Daken(rarely fire it because it kills strike tiles), Hood (passive so no need to make matches), Steve Rogers (prob best non-passive on the list), Black Panther (rarely useful), Grocket (good power but also somewhat risky since its a countdown tile), and maybe She-Hulk (highly situational).
And a lot of them are countdown tile related- which means half the time they won’t even be made useful: Scarlet Witch, Grocket, Black Panther, Beast, Psylock, Vision all rely on countdown tiles, and most of them place it randomly which makes the odds even worse.
And most of all- all of the actual attacks suck. Daken’s is arguably the best but it also wipes a bunch of strike tiles which isn’t always ideal (in fact I rarely fire it when I use him)- and then you have 2 of the worst 3* characters in the game- Manipulation is useless unless you are fighting very specific enemies, and Ballistic Salvo is 20 AP plus it leaches other colors when you fire it- if you even get the chance- that maybe the most useless blue in the game even though its the biggest attack. I literally never use either of those characters unless they are required.
Luckily for me- my most covered 4* is Nick Fury who has arguably the best blue in the game. But I only use him situationally, not all the time.
So my plea is when we actually start getting new 3* characters again (is that gonna happen or is it only 4 and 5 from here on out?) please make some good characters with blue attacks!!!
