1st, congratulations!
2nd, KGB is absolutely right.
3rd, you can see how many days you’ve been playing by looking at the shield resupply.
4th, I strongly feel Green Goblin is one of the top 2-3 candidates to get a Jean Grey style buff. His kit is actually good, he’s just outclassed by power creep and so just needs better numbers. Let’s hope the next character to get rebalanced is Normie here (as he’s also one of my favorite villains).
5th, I don’t know how you feel about Iceman, but he’s probably the most synergistic partner Goblin has. He’s not meta. He just spams the board with countdowns that stun the opponent when matched and Goblin fortifies them passively so they remain on the board. Super easy to stunlock the opponent this way. Also a very fun team.
6th, idk if you’ve seen my 5* guide, but here’s my breakdown on Osborn. He ranked 37 out of 62 5*s. So middle of the pack.
Recommended Build: 5/5/3
Norman Osborn is like the Steph Curry of MPQ. He can drop huge bombs on you that will annihilate your team. But he’s also frail as heck, god awful on defense, and needs a good team around him to rack up wins. If ever there was a powerset that screamed “offense-only”, this would be it. However, he also has a niche specialty that helps propel him higher in the rankings than he otherwise would be.
Despite being old as dirt, Goblin’s black (Goblin Glider) holds up with some of the best single target nukes in the game. For 8 AP he does a whopping 22k+ damage. The drawback for such a big hit is he places a 2-turn countdown that disables the power if it doesn’t resolve (meaning if destroyed, I hope you enjoyed that one use). This is easy enough to work around on offense, but the AI will cast it ASAP, rather than looking at potential black matches on the board first. Also of note, while this is a good power, we are not at a loss for black nukes in the tier (God Doom, Jessica Jones, Electro, Deadpool, Ghost Rider, Apocalypse, Yellowjacket, etc.).
Purple (Trick or Treat) costs 10 AP and it places three 2-turn countdowns of a chosen color (choose red) that have various effects based on the color you choose (again, choose red). EACH tile does the following:
Red: ~10k damage
Blue: stuns a random enemy 2 turns
Green: destroys 4 random tiles and deals damage
Purple: steals 3 AP of 3 random colors
Yellow: Creates a strength 1400 protect tile
Black: Creates a strength 1400 strike tile
Finally, Goblin King (Yellow) is an awful active ability (9 AP to reduce countdowns by 1 turn) but an amazing passive ability (fortify 3 countdowns or repeaters every turn). He is the only character who fortifies repeaters passively, which is huge. Especially given that the game is shifting more toward repeaters and away from countdowns.
So while Goblin has mechanics that make him laughably bad on defense, he is a wrecking ball in the players’ hands who can bump the utility of the many countdown/repeater users in the game through his fortification. More often than not, he’ll be a quick out on defense, where the AI will undoubtedly pick the wrong color with purple, waste AP on yellow, and cast black when there are plenty of black matches on the board. Couple this with laughably bad health and match damage, and you can see why he has the offense-only label. Along with Surfer, Jean, Logan, etc. you can easily add Norman here to the list of those who could most benefit from nothing more than a health/match damage boost!
Pairings:
Goblin pairs well with CD/repeater users that don’t utilize black/purple AP (as he wants that for himself). Iceman is a dream pairing (one of my favorites in the whole game), as Bobby spams the board with all sorts of protect/repeater tiles and can deflect some hits on defense. Beta Ray Bill can benefit from the countdown fortification while also giving some protection to his frail partner. Heimdall provides red, green, a better yellow outlet and is another Asgardian that can tank for frail Norman. Not to mention that AP costs passively get cheaper when Goblin fortifies stuff. Captain Repeater and Mehneto both absolutely benefit from the purple/black coverage and fortification Goblin provides. Ronan can tank black, provide red/blue outlets, and benefit immensely from Gobby’s fortification. Finally, Parker Spidey or Havok isn’t a bad play due to the full rainbow coverage and both characters sort of having self-synergy.
What to expect when boosted:
Green Goblin will absolutely hold his own when boosted as a black/purple outlet, even without repeater/countdown characters as his partners. If he happens to be boosted with one of his naturally synergistic partners (like Iceman or Ronan), all the better. But unlike other characters, he doesn’t necessarily need them to shine. He still will likely cost you healthpacks once you start queuing other god boosted characters, so you might be selective about when you run him, but he’s good enough to see use despite his age
