Most Compatible Character/Team Compositions

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There are approximately 60 characters in the game and particularly when you are moving into collecting your 3* characters it can get confusing as to who to put with who.

This guide will help you use more of the breadth and depth of your roster - pick a character and you can find some other characters with whom they match well and regardless of what the state of your roster is, you can find some new and interesting combinations to play and experiement with. Looking at an opposing team and have no idea where to start? Try this thread that has some suggested counters to a variety of characters.

These are not in any particular order (except loosely alphabetical) and it is assumed that each character is at reasonably usable level and that some may work better with certain cover levels (discussion found elsewhere). I’ve also combined identically skilled characters (as only their different numbers differ). Overall, you will need to use your own judgment about the suitability and sustainability of character use within your own roster.

Your contributions and updates are most welcome (just the “best” combinations please, not every single possible variation)!

Ares and:

  • 2* Black Widow
  • 2* Black Widow + [Daken or Hood or Human Torch or 2*/3* Thor or 2* Wolverine]
  • Daken + Human Torch
  • Doctor Doom
  • Moonstone

Beast and:

  • Rocket and Groot
  • 1*/3* Storm

Black Panther and:

  • 3* Black Widow + [Hood or Hulk or Punisher]
  • Daken + 2* Wolverine
  • Doctor Doom
  • Hood + She-Hulk
  • Hulk
  • Hulk + 2*/3* Thor
  • Sentry
  • Sentry + Punisher
  • 2*/3* Thor
  • 3* Wolverine
  • 3* Wolverine + [Human Torch or 3* Magneto or 2*/3* Thor]

1 Black Widow* and:

  • 1* Hawkeye + Juggernaut
  • 1* Iron Man + 1*/3* Storm
  • Juggernaut + 1*/3* Storm

2 Black Widow* and:

  • Ares
  • [Ares or 2*/3* Thor] + [Daken or Human Torch or 2* Wolverine]
  • Hood + [Ares or Captain America or 1* Hawkeye or Human Torch or Punisher or Sentry or 2*/3* Thor or 2* Wolverine or 3* Wolverine]
  • 3* Iron Man + Psylocke
  • Juggernaut + Venom
  • Punisher
  • 2*/3* Thor + [Ares or 3* Magneto]

3 Black Widow* and:

  • Black Panther + [Hood or Hulk or Punisher]
  • Daken + Human Torch
  • Daredevil + 2* Magneto
  • 2* Hawkeye
  • Hood + 3* Magneto
  • Punisher
  • Punisher + Falcon
  • Ragnarok + 2*/3* Thor
  • Spider-Man

Blade and:

  • Daken + [Human Torch or 2*/3* Thor or 2* Wolverine or 3* Wolverine]

Bullseye and:

  • 1* Hawkeye
  • 2* Magneto

Captain America and:

  • Hood
  • Hood + [2* Black Widow or 3* Captain Marvel or Hulk or Punisher or 4* Wolverine]
  • 3* Iron Man
  • 3* Iron Man + 3* Captain Marvel
  • 2* Magneto
  • Loki and 3* Wolverine
  • Moonstone
  • Moonstone + Human Torch

2 Captain Marvel* and:

  • Daken + 2* Wolverine
  • 2* Hawkeye
  • Hulk + 3* Magneto

3 Captain Marvel* and:

  • Captain America + [3* Iron Man or Hood]
  • Daken + Human Torch
  • Deadpool + [Punisher or 4* Wolverine]

Colossus and:

  • Hood + 2*/3* Thor
  • Invisible Woman
  • 2* Magneto + 2* Storm

Daken and:

  • Ares + 2* Black Widow
  • Deadpool + 4* Wolverine
  • Falcon
  • Falcon + Human Torch
  • Falcon + [Psylocke or Punisher or Sentry or 3* Wolverine or 4* Wolverine]
  • Human Torch
  • Human Torch + [Ares or Black Panther or Blade or 3* Captain Marvel or Hood or 3* Magneto or Psylocke]
  • Sentry
  • Sentry + [Hood or 1*/3* Storm]
  • 1*/3* Storm
  • 2*/3* Thor + [2* Black Widow or Blade or Falcon or Human Torch or Punisher or 3* Wolverine]
  • 2* Wolverine
  • 2* Wolverine + [Black Panther or 2* Captain Marvel or 2* Storm]
  • 3* Wolverine
  • 3* Wolverine + [Blade or Hulk or 3* Iron Man or Loki or Psylocke or Punisher or Sentry or She-Hulk or 1*/3* Storm or 2* Storm]

Daredevil and:

  • 3* Black Widow + 2* Magneto
  • 3* Iron Man
  • Hood
  • Loki
  • Nick Fury
  • 3* Wolverine
  • 3* Wolverine + [Black Panther or Hood]
  • 4* Wolverine
  • 4* Wolverine + Doctor Doom

Deadpool and:

  • Punisher + [3* Captain Marvel or Sentry]
  • 4* Wolverine + [Daken or 3* Captain Marvel or Mystique or 3* Spider-Man]

Doctor Doom and:

  • Ares
  • Black Panther
  • 3* Wolverine
  • 4* Wolverine
  • 4* Wolverine + [Daredevil or 2*/3* Thor]

Doctor Octopus and:

  • 3* Wolverine

Elektra and:

  • 3* Wolverine + [Falcon or Loki or 3* Spider-Man]

Falcon and:

  • Daken
  • Daken + [Human Torch or Psylocke or Punisher or Sentry or 2*/3* Thor or 3* Wolverine or 4* Wolverine]
  • Elektra + 3* Wolverine

Gamora and:

1 Hawkeye* and:

  • 1* Black Widow + Juggernaut
  • 2* Black Widow + Hood
  • Bullseye
  • 1*/3* Storm

2 Hawkeye* and:

  • 3* Black Widow
  • 2* Captain Marvel
  • 2* Magneto
  • 2* Magneto + [Hood or 3* Iron Man or 2* Storm or 3* Wolverine]
  • 2*/3* Thor
  • 3* Wolverine

Hood and:

  • 2* Black Widow + [Ares or Captain America or 1* Hawkeye or Human Torch or Punisher or Sentry or 2*/3* Thor or 2* Wolverine or 3* Wolverine]
  • 3* Black Widow + 3* Magneto
  • Black Panther + [3* Black Widow or Punisher or She-Hulk]
  • Captain America
  • Captain America + [3* Captain Marvel or Hulk or Punisher or 4* Wolverine]
  • Daken + [Human Torch or Sentry]
  • Daredevil
  • Daredevil + 3* Wolverine
  • Human Torch
  • Loki and 3* Wolverine
  • 2* Magneto + [2* Hawkeye or 2* Storm]
  • 2*/3* Thor + [Colossus or 3* Magneto or Nick Fury]
  • Sentry
  • 4* Thor

Hulk and:

  • Black Panther
  • Black Panther + [3* Black Widow or 2*/3* Thor]
  • 3* Black Widow
  • Captain America + Hood
  • 2* Captain Marvel + 3* Magneto
  • 3* Wolverine
  • 3* Wolverine + [Daken or Loki]

Human Torch and:

  • 2* Black Widow + [Ares or 2*/3* Thor]
  • Black Panther + 3* Wolverine
  • Captain America + Moonstone
  • Daken
  • Daken + Hood
  • Daken + [Ares or Blade or 3* Captain Marvel or Falcon or 3* Magneto or Psylocke or 2*/3* Thor]
  • Hood
  • Hood + [2* Black Widow or 3* Magneto]
  • 3* Iron Man
  • 3* Iron Man + Psylocke

Invisible Woman and:

  • Colossus
  • 2* Magneto

1 Iron Man* and:

  • 1* Black Widow + 1*/3* Storm

3 Iron Man* and:

  • Captain America
  • Captain America + 3* Captain Marvel
  • Daredevil
  • Human Torch
  • 2* Magneto + [2* Hawkeye or 2* Storm]
  • Psylocke
  • Psylocke + 2* Black Widow
  • 2* Wolverine
  • 3* Wolverine
  • 3* Wolverine + Daken

Juggernaut and:

  • 1* Black Widow + [1* Hawkeye or 1*/3* Storm]
  • 2* Black Widow + Venom

Loki and:

  • Daredevil
  • 3* Wolverine
  • 3* Wolverine + [Captain America or Daken or Elektra or Hood or Hulk]
  • 4* Wolverine + [3* Magneto or 4* Thor]

Luke Cage and:

  • 2* Magneto + Mystique

2 Magneto* and:

  • 3* Black Widow + Daredevil
  • Bullseye
  • Captain America
  • 2* Hawkeye
  • 2* Hawkeye + [Hood or 3* Iron Man or 2* Storm or 3* Wolverine]
  • Invisible Woman
  • Mystique
  • Mystique + [Luke Cage or 1*/3* Storm or 2* Wolverine or 3* Wolverine or 4* Wolverine]
  • 2* Storm
  • 2* Storm + [Colossus or 2* Hawkeye or Hood or 3* Iron Man or Punisher]

3 Magneto* and:

  • 2* Black Widow + 2*/3* Thor
  • 2* Captain Marvel + Hulk
  • Daken + Human Torch
  • Hood + [3* Black Widow or Human Torch or Punisher or 2*/3* Thor or 3* Wolverine or 4* Wolverine]
  • Moonstone + Punisher
  • 3* Wolverine
  • 3* Wolverine + [Black Panther or 1*/3* Storm]
  • 4* Wolverine
  • 4* Wolverine + Loki

Moonstone and:

  • Ares
  • Captain America
  • Captain America + Human Torch
  • 3* Magneto + Punisher

Mystique and:

  • 2* Magneto
  • 2* Magento + [Luke Cage or 1*/3* Storm or 2* Wolverine or 3* Wolverine or 4* Wolverine]
  • 3* Wolverine
  • 4* Wolverine
  • 4* Wolverine + Deadpool

Nick Fury and:

  • Daredevil
  • Hood + 2*/3* Thor

Psylocke and:

  • Daken + [Falcon or Human Torch or 3* Wolverine]
  • 3* Iron Man
  • 3* Iron Man + [2* Black Widow or Human Torch]

Punisher and:

  • Black Panther + Hood
  • Black Panther + [3* Black Widow or Sentry]
  • 2* Black Widow
  • 3* Captain Marvel + Deadpool
  • Daken + [Falcon or 2*/3* Thor or 3* Wolverine]
  • Hood + [2* Black Widow or Captain America or 3* Magneto]
  • 2* Magneto + 2* Storm
  • 3* Magneto + Moonstone
  • Sentry + [Deadpool or 3* Wolverine]

Ragnarok and:

  • 3* Black Widow + 2*/3* Thor

Rocket and Groot and:

  • Beast
  • Sentry

Sentry and:

  • Black Panther
  • Daken
  • Daken + [Falcon or 1*/3* Storm or 3* Wolverine]
  • Hood
  • Hood + [2* Black Widow or Daken]
  • Punisher + [Black Panther or Deadpool or 3* Wolverine]
  • Rocket and Groot

She-Hulk and:

  • Black Panther + Hood
  • Daken + 3* Wolverine

2 Spider-Man* and:

3 Spider-Man* and:

  • 3* Black Widow
  • Deadpool + 4* Wolverine
  • Elektra + 3* Wolverine
  • 2*/3* Thor
  • Venom

1/3 Storm** and:

  • Beast
  • 1* Black Widow + [1* Iron Man or Juggernaut]
  • Daken
  • Daken + [Sentry or 3* Wolverine]
  • 1* Hawkeye
  • 2* Magento + Mystique
  • 3* Magneto + 3* Wolverine
  • 2*/3* Thor
  • 4* Thor
  • 2* Wolverine

2 Storm* and:

  • Daken + [2* Wolverine or 3* Wolverine]
  • Hulk
  • 2* Magneto
  • 2* Magneto + [Colossus or 2* Hawkeye or Hood or 3* Iron Man or Punisher]

2/3 Thor** and:

  • Black Panther
  • Black Panther + [Hulk or 3* Wolverine]
  • 2* Black Widow + [Ares or Daken or Hood or Human Torch or 3* Magneto or 2* Wolverine]
  • 3* Black Widow + Ragnarok
  • Doctor Doom + 4* Wolverine
  • Daken + [Blade or Falcon or Human Torch or 3* Wolverine]
  • 2* Hawkeye
  • Hood + [Colossus or 3* Magneto or Nick Fury]
  • 3* Spider-Man
  • 1*/3* Storm

4 Thor* and:

  • Hood
  • 1*/3* Storm
  • 3* Wolverine
  • 4* Wolverine
  • 4* Wolverine + Loki

Venom and:

  • 2* Black Widow + Juggernaut
  • 3* Spider-Man

2 Wolverine* and:

  • 2* Black Widow + [Ares or Hood or 2*/3* Thor]
  • Daken
  • Daken + [Black Panther or Blade or 2* Captain Marvel or 2* Storm]
  • 2* Magneto + Mystique
  • 3* Iron Man
  • 1*/3* Storm

3 Wolverine* and:

  • Black Panther
  • Black Panther + [Daredevil or Human Torch or 2*/3* Thor]
  • Daken
  • Daken + [Blade or Falcon or Hulk or 3* Iron Man or Loki or Psylocke or Punisher or Sentry or She-Hulk or 1*/3* Storm or 2* Storm or 2*/3* Thor]
  • Daredevil
  • Daredevil + Hulk
  • Doctor Doom
  • Doctor Octopus
  • Elektra + [Falcon or 3* Spider-Man]
  • 2* Hawkeye
  • 2* Hawkeye + 2* Magneto
  • Hood + [2* Black Widow or Daredevil or 3* Magneto]
  • Hulk
  • 3* Iron Man
  • Loki
  • Loki + [Captain America or Elektra or Hood or Hulk]
  • 2* Magneto + Mystique
  • 3* Magneto
  • Mystique
  • Punisher + Sentry
  • 4* Thor

4 Wolverine* and:

  • Daken + Falcon
  • Deadpool + [Daken or 3* Captain Marvel or Mystique or 3* Spider-Man]
  • Doctor Doom
  • Doctor Doom + 2*/3* Thor
  • Hood + [Captain America or 3* Magneto]
  • Loki + [3* Magneto or 4* Thor]
  • 2* Magneto + Mystique
  • 3* Magneto
  • Mystique
  • 4* Thor

1 Yelena Belova* and:

Thanks to NorthernPolarity, camichan and the entire forum for your contributions.

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OBW is good with a lot of characters → probably ends up being the best with a lot of characters, although they might be only mediocre for her. Similarly for Daken.

2* Ares and 2*Wolverine? That’s Pure GRY overlap, mostly a waste.

2*/3* Daken + 2*/3* Wolverine.

1* Hawkeye and … 1* Storm?

2* Hawkeye works decently with 2* Thor. Covers all but black, and Thor’s Yellow sets up match-5 opportunities. Since you’re probably running a 3/5/5 Thor, Hawkeye’s Red can be better anyways.

1* Juggernaut and OBW. OBW steals AP for juggernaut, and heals his self-inflicted wounds. 1* Venom might also work, stuns with small green generation.

2* Spiderman and the sell button.

2* Wolverine and Storm? Is this just for strike + hailstorm? Storm’s board clearing abilities don’t work well with Wolverine’s strike tiles. Johnny Torch seems more appropriate for that combo.
Also, Daken.

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Actually they work pretty well together. The only overlap is Green color which usually you will pick Ares green because of the damage. For the red Wolvie wins because of his tremendous damage. And yellow is a win/win situation because while it charges Sunder it also provides health for Wolvie if he is below his 50%. I have personally tried this combo and I have to say it works very good and it will not go down easy on defense either.

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While both of them are good characters in their own respects, the synergy doesn’t seem that great.

  1. You sacrifice 2 active powers.
  2. You may need to over-prioritize yellow collection which leaves Wolverine vulnerable to not having any matches when you need it.

Due to Wolverine’s low hp, the enemy will target Ares first, then save a killing technique for Wolverine to totally negate his healing ability/potential. They only have to first deny green, then deny red. It’s debatable whether this is as strong as Ares/Thor.

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Hoods black with Human Torch green.
MN Mags purple with Steve Rogers blue.
Spidey blue with Venom purple = Venom black.

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In the time it takes to deny/kill Ares, you can often find yourself facing Adamantium Slash, because it’s not always possible to completely deny green/red at the same time. Even if you do, then you usually get smashed with Sunder. So Ares/Wolverine you often need to deny all 3 colors, whereas Ares/Thor, denying green/yellow is usually enough. Even if they gather red, neither hits very hard with it.

Wolverine is often underestimated. In my own experience, he’s one of the characters I wipe against most (anecdotal evidence for now). Doesn’t take much for things to go horribly wrong when he can spam strike tiles/damage at 6AP a pop.

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Exactly! I almost always skip max level Wolvie/Ares combo. They are just too risky to take down. You might take them down easy with the help of a lucky board, but if you are a bit slower than you need to be, you might lose. But even if you don’t lose the game it takes one Sunder or one Adamandium Slash to say bye bye to one health pack.

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Some possible additions to “the list”:

2* / 3* Captain America and:

  • IM40 (either 5/5/1, or 5/5/2)

3* Colossus and:

  • Classic Storm, Mags Marvel Now

3* Doctor Doom and:

  • Black Panther

3* Hood and:

  • Sentry

3* Hulk and:

  • 3* Wolverine (Patch)

3* Iron Man and:

  • Classic Storm + Mags Marvel Now; IM 5/5/2
  • 3* Wolverine (Patch); IM 5/5/1
  • Human Torch; IM 5/5/1
  • Psylocke; IM 5/5/1
  • Captain America (either 5/5/1 or 5/5/2)

3* Magneto and:

  • X-Force

3* Wolverine (Patch) and:
+Hulk

4* Wolverine and:

  • Classic Mags
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Thankyou daibar and camichan for your contributions!

I have already tried a few new combinations already.

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I don’t really want to list these cause they’re surprisingly effective and I don’t want to run into them icon_e_biggrin.gif

2*/3* Human Torch and:

  • Black Panther + Patch
    (Depending on placement, they both tank for Torch [apart from red] and Panther’s beefy strike tiles are great for Torch)

4* Wolverine and:

  • 3* Daken + Falcon
    (No use for red but X-Force is a good outlet for both passive abilities)
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I can see the revenge attacks already lined up against you icon_twisted.gif
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.

Thanks for sharing these!

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GSBW pairs well with Black Panther & Punisher. Punisher matches Black, Red, Green. Panther matches Blue & Yellow. That leaves Widow to only match Purple. You get full colors, BP uses Black, Yellow, & Blue, Widow uses Green & Purple, and Red becomes circumstantial between letting Widow use it to eliminate out of the way special tiles or Punisher finishing them off.

I’m sure a lot of you noticed, Punisher is really only there as meat shield. Sure there are tankier characters, but Punisher covers the most relevant covers you should be prioritizing with these 3.

Though honestly any Purple user can pair well with BP & Punisher. Falcon is nice since you’ve not got 2 ways to make defense or strike tiles, 1 way to make attack tiles, every yellow match boosts those that are out.

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icon_blackwidow.png
: I haven’t tried this due to not having a maxed Ragnarok but I think she would go well with icon_thor.png
and icon_ragnarok.png
. That gives you greentile.png
generation in yellowflag.png
, redflag.png
and purpleflag.png
. All 3 of them can make great use of this.

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: He goes well with star.png
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icon_magneto.png
. You can line up 4 whitecrit.png
more easily. You can create two whitecrit.png
with Polarity Exchange ( purpleflag.png
) with 5-of-a-kinds and add 2 more with icon_bullseye.png
to get the maximum damage.

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: Goes well with icon_moonstone.png
. Especially against goons ands enemies with countdown abilities. Sometimes both of them are buffed in PvEs. They only need a greentile.png
user to complete the rainbow.

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: He also teams up nicely with icon_moonstone.png
. You get two stronger offensive abilities in purpletile.png
and redtile.png
unless your enemy is producing lots of special tiles. In that case her purpletile.png
power is mostly diminished. You’ll need a bluetile.png
user if you want to complete the rainbow. For example icon_doctordoom.png

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: With icon_bullseye.png
due to him being able to create whitecrit.png
tiles.

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: With star.png
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icon_magneto.png
and icon_hood.png
. icon_hood.png
's Intimidation ( blackflag.png
) reduces countdown timers. icon_magneto.png
is used to create 5-of-a-kinds.

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and star.png
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: She double dips in strike tiles with her passive Espionage ( blackflag.png
).

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with icon_thor.png
: Good against goon fights. You can get more than enough yellowtile.png
using icon_storm.png
's Lightning Strike ( greenflag.png
) to fill the board with greentile.png
with icon_thor.png

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icon_blackwidow.png

  • icon_blackpanther.png
  • icon_hood.png

You have BP to tank for Hood and Hood steals the AP you need to hit battle plan, followed by Rage of the Panther, and Sniper rifle.
Since Hood Steals so much AP I can ususally get 3 matches out of them before I need a health pack and the Health pack is never for Hood so I can use him with someone else.

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Thanks Pwuz, KevinMark and wymtime too!

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~4* Characters~~

Thor:
+Wolverine (Patch)

Invisible Woman (Classic):
+Magneto (Marvel NOW!)
+Colossus (Classic)

Nick Fury (Director of SHIELD):
+The Hood (Classic) +Thor (Modern)

Wolverine (X-Force):
+Magneto (Classic) [top tier PVP combo]
+Magneto (Classic) +The Hood (Classic)
+Captain America (Steve Rogers) +The Hood (Classic)
+Captain Marvel (Modern) +Deadpool (It’s Me, Deadpool)
+Deadpool (It’s Me, Deadpool) +The Hood (Classic)
+Daken (Classic) +Falcon (Mighty Avengers)
+Captain America (Steve Rogers) +Black Widow (Original) [Balance of Power PVP Defense]
+Captain America (Steve Rogers) +The Hood (Classic) [Balance of Power PVP Defense]

3* Characters

Beast (Modern):
+Falcon (Mighty Avengers)
+Magneto (Classic) +Storm (Mohawk)
+Black Panther (Man Without Fear) +Captain America (Steve Rogers)

Black Panther (Man Without Fear):
+Doctor Doom (Classic)
+Thor (Modern)
+Thor (Modern) +Wolverine (Patch)
+Thor (Modern) +The Hulk (Indestructible)
+Wolverine (Patch)
+Black Widow (Grey Suit) +The Hood (Classic)
+Black Widow (Grey Suit) +The Punisher (Dark Reign)
+Black Widow (Grey Suit) +The Hulk (Indestructible)
+Captain America (Steve Rogers) +The Hood (Classic)
+Falcon (Mighty Avengers) +Wolverine (Patch)
+Human Torch (Classic) +Wolverine (Patch)
+Human Torch (Classic) +The Hood (Classic)
+The Punisher (Dark Reign) +Sentry (Dark Avengers)
+Sentry (Dark Avengers) +The Hood (Classic)
+She-Hulk (Modern) +The Hood (Classic)

Black Widow (Grey Suit):
+Black Panther (Man Without Fear) +The Hood (Classic)
+Black Panther (Man Without Fear) +The Punisher (Dark Reign)
+Black Panther (Man Without Fear) +The Hulk (Indestructible)
+Captain America (Steve Rogers) +The Hood (Classic) [anti-hulk team]
+The Punisher (Dark Reign)
+Ragnarok (Dark Avengers)
+Ragnarok (Dark Avengers) +Thor (Modern) [PVE “green battery” team]

Blade (Daywalker):
+Daken (Classic) +Falcon (Mighty Avengers)
+Daken (Classic) +Thor (Modern)
+Daken (Classic) +Wolverine (Patch)

Captain America (Steve Rogers):
+The Hood (Classic)
+The Hood (Classic) +The Hulk (Indestructible)
+The Hood (Classic) +Wolverine (X-Force)
+The Hood (Classic) +The Punisher (Dark Reign)
+The Hood (Classic) +Captain Marvel (Modern)
+The Hood (Classic) +Black Widow (Grey Suit) [anti-hulk team]
+The Hood (Classic) +Spider-Man (Classic)
+Iron Man (Model 40)
+Magneto (Marvel NOW!)
+Moonstone (Dark Avengers)

Captain Marvel (Modern):
+Wolverine (Patch)
+Deadpool (It’s Me, Deadpool)
+Captain America (Steve Rogers) (lower lvl) +Iron Man (Model 40) (5/5/1)
+Captain America (Steve Rogers) (lower lvl) +The Hood (Classic)
+Deadpool (It’s Me, Deadpool) +Wolverine (X-Force)
+Captain America (Steve Rogers) +Daken (Classic)
+Captain America (Steve Rogers) +Black Widow (Original) [Gauntlet last node — Lockdown]
+Deadpool (It’s Me, Deadpool) +The Punisher (Dark Reign)
+Human Torch (Classic) +Daken (Classic)
+The Punisher (Dark Reign) +Falcon (Mighty Avengers)

Colossus (Classic):
+Invisible Woman (Classic)
+Storm (Classic) +Magneto (Marvel NOW!)
+The Hood (Classic) +Thor (Modern)
+Captain America (Steve Rogers) +The Hulk (Indestructible)

Daken (Classic):
+Falcon (Mighty Avengers)
+Falcon (Mighty Avengers) +Wolverine (Patch)
+Falcon (Mighty Avengers) +Sentry (Dark Avengers)
+Falcon (Mighty Avengers) +Psylocke (Classic)
+Falcon (Mighty Avengers) +The Punisher (Dark Reign)
+Falcon (Mighty Avengers) +Thor (Modern)
+Falcon (Mighty Avengers) +Wolverine (X-Force)
+Psylocke (Classic)
+Psylocke (Classic) +Black Widow (Original)
+Wolverine (Patch)
+Wolverine (Patch) +Storm (Classic)
+Human Torch (Classic)
+Human Torch (Classic) +Falcon (Mighty Avengers)
+Human Torch (Classic) +The Hood (Classic)
+Human Torch (Classic) +Black Panther (Man Without Fear)
+Human Torch (Classic) +Psylocke (Classic)
+Human Torch (Classic) +Magneto (Classic)
+Sentry (Dark Avengers) +Deadpool (It’s Me, Deadpool)
+Sentry (Dark Avengers)
+Storm (Mohawk)
+Thor (Modern) +The Punisher (Dark Reign)

Daredevil (Classic):
+Black Widow (Grey Suit) +Magneto (Marvel NOW!)
+Iron Man (Model 40) (5/5/2) +Human Torch (Classic)

Deadpool (It’s Me, Deadpool):
+Spider-Man (Classic)
+The Hood (Classic)
+The Hood (Classic) +Sentry (Dark Avengers)
+Colossus (Classic) +The Hood (Classic)
+The Punisher (Dark Reign) +Sentry (Dark Avengers)
+Wolverine (X-Force) +The Hood (Classic)
+Wolverine (Patch) +Black Panther (Man Without Fear)
+Black Panther (Man Without Fear) +The Hulk (Indestructible)
+Captain Marvel (Modern) +Wolverine (X-Force)
+Captain Marvel (Modern) +The Punisher (Dark Reign)
+Daken (Classic) +Sentry (Dark Avengers)

Doctor Doom (Classic):
+Black Panther (Man Without Fear)
+Falcon (Mighty Avengers) [“inspired demons”]

Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius):
+Wolverine (Patch)
+Falcon (Mighty Avengers) [PVE “Inspired Insult”]
+Wolverine (Patch) +Falcon (Mighty Avengers)

Falcon (Mighty Avengers):
+Daken (Classic)
+Daken (Classic) +Human Torch (Classic)
+Daken (Classic) +Wolverine (X-Force)
+Daken (Classic) +The Punisher (Dark Reign)
+Daken (Classic) +Sentry (Dark Avengers)
+Daken (Classic) +Thor (Modern)
+Doctor Doom (Classic) [“inspired demons”]
+Black Panther (Man Without Fear) +Wolverine (Patch)
+Daken (Dark Avengers) +Spider-Man (Classic) [Balance of Power PVP Defense]
+Daken (Dark Avengers) +Psylocke (Classic) [Balance of Power PVP Offense]
+Wolverine (Patch) +Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius)

Human Torch (Classic):
+The Hood (Classic)
+The Hood (Classic) +Black Panther (Man Without Fear)
+Iron Man (Model 40) (5/5/1)
+Daken (Classic)
+Daken (Classic) +Falcon (Mighty Avengers)
+Black Panther (Man Without Fear) +Wolverine (Patch)

Iron Man (Model 40)(5/5/1):
+Wolverine (Patch)
+Captain America (Steve Rogers)
+Captain America (Steve Rogers) +The Hood (Classic)
+Magneto (Marvel NOW!) +Hawkeye (Modern)
+Psylocke (Classic)
+Human Torch (Classic)

Iron Man (Model 40) (5/5/2):
+Storm (Classic) +Magneto (Marvel NOW!)
+Magneto (Marvel NOW!) +Hawkeye (Modern)
+Captain America (Steve Rogers) +The Hood (Classic)

Loki (Dark Reign):
+Wolverine (Patch)
+Wolverine (Patch) +The Hulk (Indestructible)
+Wolverine (Patch) +Daken (Classic)
+The Hulk (Indestructible) +Thor (Modern)

Magneto (Classic):
+Wolverine (X-Force) [top tier PVP combo]
+Wolverine (X-Force) +The Hood (Classic)
+Wolverine (Patch)
+Wolverine (Patch) +Black Panther (Man Without Fear)
+Wolverine (Patch) +Storm (Mohawk)
+Wolverine (Patch) +The Hood (Classic)
+The Hood (Classic) +Wolverine (Patch)
+The Hood (Classic) +The Punisher (Dark Reign)
+The Hood (Classic) +Human Torch (Classic)
+The Hood (Classic) +Thor (Modern)
+The Hulk (Indestructible) +Storm (Mohawk) [Hulk(storm)]

Mystique (Raven Darkhome):
+Wolverine (X-Force)
+Wolverine (X-Force) +Deadpool (It’s Me, Deadpool)

Psylocke (Classic):
+Daken (Classic)
+Black Widow (Original)
+Daken (Classic) +Black Widow (Original)
+Iron Man (Model 40) (5/5/1) +Human Torch (Classic)
+Iron Man (Model 40) (5/5/1) +Black Widow (Original)
+Spider-Man (Classic) +Ares (Dark Avengers)

Ragnarok (Dark Avengers):
+Magneto (Classic) (buffed lightning round combo)
+The Hood (Classic) (buffed lightning round combo)
+Black Widow (Grey Suit)
+Black Widow (Grey Suit) +Thor (Modern)

Sentry (Dark Avengers):
+Daken (Classic)
+Daken (Classic) +Storm (Mohawk)
+Daken (Classic) +Falcon (Mighty Avengers)
+Daken (Classic) +The Hood (Classic)
+Daken (Classic) +Deadpool (It’s Me, Deadpool)
+The Hood (Classic)
+The Hood (Classic) +Black Widow (Original)
+The Hood (Classic) +The Hulk (Indestructible)
+The Hood (Classic) +Deadpool (It’s Me, Deadpool) [Deadpool(Hood)]
+Wolverine (Patch) +The Punisher (Dark Reign)
+The Punisher (Dark Reign) +Deadpool (It’s Me, Deadpool)
+The Punisher (Dark Reign) +Black Panther (Man Without Fear)
+Black Widow (Original) +Black Widow (Modern) [Combined Arms PVP]

She-Hulk (Modern):
+Black Panther (Man Without Fear) +The Hood (Classic)

Spider-Man (Classic):
+Venom (Dark Avengers)
+Thor (Modern)
+Deadpool (It’s Me, Deadpool)
+Black Widow (Grey Suit)
+Black Widow (Grey Suit) +The Hulk (Indestructible)
+Magneto (Marvel NOW!) +Storm (Classic)
+Psylocke (Classic) +Ares (Dark Avengers)
+Black Widow (Original) +Wolverine (Astonishing X-Men)
+Daken (Dark Avengers) +Falcon (Mighty Avengers) [Balance of Power PVP Defense]

Storm (Mohawk):
+Daken (Classic)
+Wolverine (Patch) +Magneto (Classic)
+Magneto (Classic) +Beast (Modern)
+Magneto (Classic) +The Hulk (Indestructible) [Hulk(storm)]

The Hood (Classic):
+Nick Fury (Director of SHIELD)
+Captain America (Steve Rogers)
+Captain America (Steve Rogers) +The Hulk (Indestructible)
+Captain America (Steve Rogers) +Wolverine (X-Force)
+Captain America (Steve Rogers) +Black Panther (Man Without Fear)
+Captain America (Steve Rogers) +Black Widow (Grey Suit) [anti-hulk team]
+Deadpool (It’s Me, Deadpool)
+Deadpool (It’s Me, Deadpool) +Sentry (Dark Avengers)
+Human Torch (Classic)
+Human Torch (Classic) +Black Panther (Man Without Fear)
+Sentry (Dark Avengers)
+Sentry (Dark Avengers) +Daken (Classic) [PVP off/defense]
+Sentry (Dark Avengers) +Black Panther (Man Without Fear)
+Sentry (Dark Avengers) +The Hulk (Indestructible)
+Black Panther (Man Without Fear) +She-Hulk (Modern)
+Hawkeye (Modern) +Magneto (Marvel NOW!)
+Colossus (Classic) +Thor (Modern)
+Black Panther (Man Without Fear) +The Punisher (Dark Reign)
+Black Panther (Man Without Fear) +Black Widow (Grey Suit)
+Thor (Modern) +Magneto (Classic)
+Ragnarok (Dark Avengers) (buffed lightning round combo)

The Hulk (Indestructible):
+Wolverine (Patch)
+Wolverine (Patch) +Daken (Classic)
+Black Panther (Man Without Fear)
+Black Panther (Man Without Fear) +Thor (Modern)
+Black Panther (Man Without Fear) +Black Widow (Grey Suit)
+Captain America (Steve Rogers) +The Hood (Classic)
+Magneto (Marvel NOW!) +Storm (Classic)
+Sentry (Dark Avengers) +The Hood (Classic)
+Magneto (Classic) +Storm (Mohawk) [Hulk(storm)]

The Punisher (Dark Reign):
+Black Widow (Original)
+Black Panther (Man Without Fear) +Black Widow (Grey Suit)
+Black Panther (Man Without Fear) +Sentry (Dark Avengers)
+Daken (Classic) +Falcon (Mighty Avengers)
+Daken (Classic) +Thor (Modern)
+Black Panther (Man Without Fear) +The Hood (Classic)
+Wolverine (Patch)
+Wolverine (Patch) +Sentry (Dark Avengers)
+Captain America (Steve Rogers) +The Hood (Classic)

Thor (Modern):
+Nick Fury (Director of SHIELD)
+Black Panther (Man Without Fear)
+Black Panther (Man Without Fear) +Wolverine (Patch)
+Daken (Classic) +Falcon (Mighty Avengers)
+Daken (Classic) +Human Torch (Classic)
+Black Widow (Grey Suit) +Ragnarok (Dark Avengers)
+Magneto (Classic) +The Hood (Classic)
+Magneto (Classic) +Black Widow (Original)
+Storm (Mohawk)
+Spider-Man (Classic)
+The Hood (Classic) +Colossus (Classic)

Wolverine (Patch):
+Daken (Classic)
+Daken (Classic) +Falcon (Mighty Avengers)
+Daken (Classic) +Storm (Classic)
+Daken (Classic) +The Hulk (Indestructible)
+Daken (Classic) +Iron Man (Model 40) (5/5/1)
+The Hulk (Indestructible)
+Black Panther (Man Without Fear)
+Black Panther (Man Without Fear) +Human Torch (Classic)
+Black Panther (Man Without Fear) +Falcon (Mighty Avengers)
+Iron Man (Model 40) (5/5/1)
+The Punisher (Dark Reign) (Strike tile + Molotov)
+Thor (Modern) +Black Panther (Man Without Fear)
+Thor (Modern) +Daken (Classic)
+Loki (Dark Reign)
+Loki (Dark Reign) +Daken (Classic)

2* Characters

Ares (Dark Avengers):
+Black Widow (Original)
+Black Widow (Original) +Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
+Black Widow (Original) +Wolverine (Astonishing X-Men)
+Black Widow (Original) +Thor (Marvel NOW!) [2* PVP defense]
+Human Torch (Johnny Storm) +Daken (Dark Avengers)
+Psylocke (Classic) +Spider-Man (Classic)
+Moonstone (Dark Avengers)

Black Widow (Original):
+Ares (Dark Avengers)
+Ares (Dark Avengers) +Thor (Marvel NOW!) [top tier 2* PVP defense]
+Wolverine (Astonishing X-Men) (Strike tile + Espionage)
+Wolverine (Astonishing X-Men) +Spider-Man (Classic)
+Thor (Marvel NOW!) +Wolverine (Astonishing X-Men)
+Thor (Marvel NOW!) +Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
+Ares (Dark Avengers) +Wolverine (Astonishing X-Men)
+Ares (Dark Avengers) +Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
+The Punisher (Dark Reign)

  • Psylocke (Classic)
    +Juggernaut (Classic) +Venom (Dark Avengers)

Bullseye (Dark Avengers):
+Hawkeye (Classic)
+Magneto (Marvel NOW!)

Captain America (Modern): see Captain America (Steve Rogers)

Daken (Dark Avengers):
+Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
+Wolverine (Astonishing X-Men)
+Storm (Modern)
+Thor (Marvel NOW!) +Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
+Thor (Marvel NOW!) +Black Widow (Original)
+Ares (Dark Avengers) +Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
+Ares (Dark Avengers) +Black Widow (Original)
+Spider-Man (Classic) +Falcon (Mighty Avengers) [Balance of Power PVP Defense]

Hawkeye (Modern):
+Black Widow (Grey Suit)
+Magneto (Marvel NOW!)
+Magneto (Marvel NOW!) +Storm (Classic)
+Magneto (Marvel NOW!) +The Hood (Classic)
+Thor (Marvel NOW!)

Human Torch (Johnny Storm):
+Ares (Dark Avengers) +Black Widow (Original) [top tier 2* PVP offense]
+Ares (Dark Avengers) +Daken (Dark Avengers)
+Thor (Marvel NOW!) +Black Widow (Original)
+Thor (Marvel NOW!) +Daken (Dark Avengers)

Magneto (Marvel NOW!):
+Invisible Woman (Classic)
+Storm (Classic)
+Storm (Classic) +Hawkeye (Modern)
+Storm (Classic) +Colossus (Classic)
+Storm (Classic) +Iron Man (Model 40) (5/5/2)
+Storm (Classic) +The Punisher (Dark Reign)
+Storm (Classic) +Magneto (Marvel NOW!)
+Hawkeye (Modern) +The Hood (Classic)
+Captain America (Modern)
+Bullseye (Dark Avengers)

Moonstone (Dark Avengers):
+Ares (Dark Avengers)
+Captain America (Modern)

Spider-Man (Bag Man): …

Storm (Classic):
+Magneto (Marvel NOW!)
+Magneto (Marvel NOW!) +Hawkeye (Modern)
+Magneto (Marvel NOW!) +Colossus (Classic)
+Magneto (Marvel NOW!) +Iron Man (Model 40) (5/5/2)
+Magneto (Marvel NOW!) +The Punisher (Dark Reign)
+Magneto (Marvel NOW!) +Spider-Man (Classic)
+Daken (Classic) +Wolverine (Patch)
+The Hulk (Indestructible)

Thor (Marvel NOW!):
+Black Widow (Original) +Ares (Dark Avengers) [top tier 2* PVP defense]
+Black Widow (Original) +Daken (Dark Avengers)
+Black Widow (Original) +Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
+Black Widow (Original) +Wolverine (Astonishing X-Men) [Strike tile + Espionage]
+Daken (Dark Avengers) +Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
+Hawkeye (Modern)

Wolverine (Astonishing X-Men):
+Black Widow (Original) [Strike tile + Espionage]
+Black Widow (Original) +Thor (Marvel NOW!)
+Black Widow (Original) +Ares (Dark Avengers)
+Black Widow (Original) +Spider-Man (Classic)
+Daken (Dark Avengers)
+Storm (Modern)

1* Characters

Black Widow (Modern):
+Iron Man (Model 35) +Storm (Modern)
+Black Widow (Original) +Sentry (Dark Avengers) [Combined Arms PVP]

Hawkeye (Classic):
+Bullseye (Dark Avengers)
+Storm (Modern)

Iron Man (Model 35):
+Black Widow (Modern) +Storm (Modern)

Juggernaut (Classic):
+Black Widow (Modern) +Venom (Dark Avengers)
+Wolverine (Patch) [Strike tile + Headbutt exploit]

Storm (Modern):
+Thor (Marvel NOW!)
+Daken (Dark Avengers)
+Wolverine (Astonishing X-Men)
+Hawkeye (Classic)
+Iron Man (Model 35) +Black Widow (Modern)

Venom (Dark Avengers):
+Spider-Man (Classic)
+Juggernaut (Classic) +Black Widow (Modern)

Yelena Belova (Dark Avengers): …

Comments:

a. Some of the team combo synergies are not self-evident. The strategy in Daredevil, Magneto Marvel Now for example may not be obvious, in that you use Polarity Shift to create match 4’s for the AI to trigger Daredevil’s traps, since the AI always makes match 4’s. Some acronyms can be added to this list over time, such as STS=Strike Tile Strategy, or shorthand comments like IM40 Yellow->Lcap Red (IM40 Feeds Lazy Cap Red), or Hulk(Hood) for Hulk tanks for The Hood.

b. I didn’t verify all these combinations personally. Some of them I’m sure are good. I pulled some of them from the character specific pages in the Character Discussion part of the forum. Specifically posts where the poster commented that that specific team combination was very effective in a PVP, the Simulator, or an event such as the Gauntlet. Others, I gathered from the Events pages.

c. Redundancy: A team combination of Classic Storm, Lazy Daken, and Patch would ideally exist 3 times in the list – once under Classic Storm, another duplicate under Daken and a third under Patch. I did insert these duplicates in many cases, but certainly not in all cases. Further editing could be done to either remove the duplicates, or to make the duplication uniform for the entire list. At the moment, to find all the combinations for a specific character would require performing a “Find All” in the list since some team combinations for your character of interest may exist under a separate character that teams up well with them.

d. The list doesn’t explicitly state so, but for characters with identical 2* and 3* versions of them (i.e. Thor and Lazy Thor), either character would work in the combinations listed. In this initial draft, I tried to list 2* versions of characters if the team combos was primarily 2* chars, and the same for 3*. This means that the list would have fewer 2*/3* mixed teams, but such combinations are certainly possible and practical.

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I theoretically tend my offer of resignation.

That is astonishing. Well done. I feel bad even just thinking about copying directly what you have done.

Do you have a preference as to what you would like done with it (including just starting it as your own thread and I’d probably leave this one)? Also happy to merge it into what I started.

Once again, all respect to you, such a great piece of investigation.

Edit - Upon further consideration, you did say I could do what I want with it, so I guess I can. icon_razz.gif
Just need to think for a little bit about merging / layout considerations…

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There are way tankier characters namely Hulk exactly the same color combo as Pun and a ton of extra HP + he doesn’t have an active black to interfere with Panther on Defense.

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This thread is tremendous, super work. Camichan, that’s an amazing bit of work

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Loki + 3 star.png
Wolverine (Patch) + Daken

Berzerker Rage with Trickery is amazing offensively and defensively. Covered out Patch gives you (6) 174 Strike Tiles and with Trickery you get (6) 174 protect tiles. If Loki is around 100, 3 star.png
Daken Classic hides him so he does not take damage. Patch and Daken also heal which allows you to use less health packs once you hit the 700 wall in PvP.

Just an idea to include a Loki pairing.