With all the furore about the rebalancing of Gambit, I have come to the realisation that he is probably still quite not strong enough to win a 1v3 against three other random champed 5*s of a similar level.
So clearly he needs more utility but what? I’ve listed below some things the first four 5*s released can do (OML, PHX, SS, BSSM I believe) which Gambit can’t but I’m sure there are plenty of other things they could give him to really elevate him to elite status:
True healing
Strikes tiles
Ability to flood board with red tiles
Invisibility
Stuns
AOE damage
AOE is obvious. This is a guy who has 52 playing cards to throw, after all.
Also, at 15 AP, he should charge and insta kill a random opponent passively. Maybe the opposing team gets 5 AP as balance. It is canon in the comics, after all.
Once Gambit makes a match 3 of any colour, the opposition team is automatically turned into a 1* team of 3 x Yelena and her AP costs are tripled. Gambit’s team is awarded 500 points per fight regardless of opposition points value.
Change his purple and red to passive abilities that fire every round. Reduce health by 10 percent and no more AP generation (so he not OP). Change black to a passive power…any match 4 or greater by team or enemy will stun enemy team for 2 rounds (animation will be gambit’s head and professor X’s head rotating clockwise and counter clockwise respectively for 15 seconds with a tiny random character in bikini in the middle (better hope it’s not kingpin…barf)). Animation will never be seen, don’t worry, since we all play with animations off now.
Passive: AI automatically turns on character animations and spams for 15 minutes, removing retreat option and automatically deleting player’s roster if app is closed. AI wins the game.
A fourth Passive: Any time Gambit’s team has 3 Team-up AP, Gambit summons 2 more waves of X-men to help should his first wave be defeated. Wave 2 includes a champed Rogue and Old Man Logan, Wave 2 includes Peggy and Phoenix.
And then to balance that out:
If Gwenpool is on a team opposing Gambit, she is able to bring up her cheat console for only one pink AP. (Why? Because, you’ve already broken the game, duh!) All codes dial Deadpool’s cell phone and he sends Whales to end the match immediately. Fourth wall breaking for the win.
Turn him into a switch character like C&D and partner him with Rogue. When Rogue is attacked with an ability she gains that ability for the rest of the fight. Rogue also has a kiss ability that instantly downs an opponent if she has 12 or more red ap. Her third power is a passive which siphons two red ap from the enemy each turn.