Cyclops (Classic) 4 Star Rarity (Legendary)
At Max Level: HP: 14890 Tile damage: 73/82/64/11/11/10/3.0x
Combined Forces - 10
AP
Cyclops fires a powerful optic blast, coordinating his attack with his teammates for maximum impact. Deals 543 damage and destroys a chosen basic tile. If you have 10 or more Team-Up AP, instead drain 10 Team-Up AP, deal 585 damage and destroy a chosen row (tiles do not deal damage or generate AP). Level Upgrades
Uncanny Strategist - 5
AP
Cyclops draws upon a lifetime of experience to lead his team into battle. Creates a 4-turn Yellow Countdown tile. While one of these tiles is on the board, friendly Team-Up matches generate an additional 2 AP in the team’s strongest color and increase the duration of these tiles by 1. Level Upgrades
Level 2: Gain an additional 3 AP in the team’s strongest color when you match Team-Up tiles.
Level 3: Creates a 5-turn Countdown tile.
Level 4: Increase the Countdown tile’s duration by 2.
Level 5: Creates a 6-turn Countdown tile that gains an additional 4 AP.[/color]
Called Shot - 8
AP
Cyclops uses his expert marksmanship to loose an optic blast at the perfect angle, ricocheting around the battlefield and striking his foes. Destroys the selected tile, all Red basic tiles in a 3x3 area around a selected tile, generating AP and dealing 155 damage. Level Upgrades
Level 2: Deals 611 damage.
Level 3: Destroys Red basic, Strike, Attack, and Protect tiles.
Level 4: Deals 821 damage.
Level 5: Deals 1568 damage and destroys tiles in a 5x5 area around the selected tile.
Max Level - Level 3: Deals 1214 damage and destroys Red basic, Strike, Attack, and Protect tiles in a 3x3 grid.
Level 4: Deals 1631 damage and destroys Red basic, Strike, Attack, and Protect tiles in a 3x3 grid.
Level 5: Deals 3116 damage and destroys Red basic, Strike, Attack, and Protect tiles in a 5x5 grid.[/color]
So from what I understand, that blue is going to be a menace. I’m excited.
But also slightly put off, because by the look of it he is going to be situationally stronger than 3* cyclops, but less consistent?
Gotta see how these abilities change with covers between 3-5, but I’m thinking 3/5/5 for now.
Blue is pretty obvious if it’s destroying more tiles in a wider area, especially if he starts gaining yellow AP as well.
Yellow is probably going to gain more AP at max covers (though if it doesn’t it’s not worth a bean.)
Red will likely do some decent damage, but I’m not sold on damage scaling for a move with other utility functions, they just don’t seem to add up.
Of course this is all speculation at this point, so it’s not like anyone is wrong till actual values are revealed.
Mostly because of the cascade craziness with X-force and Cyclops possibly feeding Professor X’s blue, and also because my Jean isn’t useful yet.
She could easily replace the Prof though - X-force can stay for Surgical Strike goodness.
One thing to think about is what will your strongest color be? If you are looking to have cyclops feed himself you will want 5 red since that will be his strongest color. If his red even at 5 does not do massive damage then I agree 3,5,5 and run him with HB for lots or punching madness. If his red does really good damage then you can run in in place of HB with 5,3,5 or 5,5,3 depending on how yellow and blue level up.
As if 3x3 wasn’t a big enough chunk to feed off ap, blue actually increases in size not only more tile types. It’s a good indicator for a 535, as red is his damage tool.
Of course, yellow will also produce red if Cyclops is your team’s strongest character. Which is more efficient will depend on the numbers and board conditions.
At 5 covers/level 270, Combined Forces deals 5394 damage without 10 TUAP, and 11,851 damage with the TUAP. The boosted version expends its necessary TUAP, so you have to collect it again to fire another full-strength shot.
Uncanny Strategist gains an additional countdown turn, an additional turn on TU match, and an additional point of generated AP between level 3 and level 5. It tops out at 4 AP generated per match.
Called Shot now deals base damage and destroys its target tile in addition to blowing up nearby red tiles. At higher levels Called Shot will destroy and gain AP for enemy strike/protect/attack tiles of any color in its area of effect. At 5 covers the radius is 5x5.
