# Please reassure me that Carnage isn't terrible **URL:** \ **Category:** Roster and Level Help\ **Created:** [May 6, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://forums.505go.com/t/please-reassure-me-that-carnage-isnt-terrible/24716 "2016-05-06T22:27:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Vhailorx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e79b87/32.png) [@Vhailorx](https://forums.505go.com/u/Vhailorx)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 2:32am UTC](https://forums.505go.com/t/please-reassure-me-that-carnage-isnt-terrible/24716/21 "2016-05-08T02:32:41Z")
> [@scottee](#): > > Don’t listen to the rankings! If you love him, pump him up and use him til the enemies’ cries can be heard in the streets. That’s what this game is about. Have the most fun you can. And Carnage can be sadistically awesome fun. > > He used to be my go to in the Big Enchilada, along with 3\* Spidey and Prof X. Get 7 purple, go invis, and boost the crap out of lots of attack and protect tiles. He recently got replaced by Ghost Rider, but I still use Carnage there from time to time. > > Also others mentioned, his red can also destroy teams when you need fast damage. Who cares about self-damage when you want speed. > > And he’s definitely a mild deterrent. > > I enjoy the playstyle of keeping your special tiles on the board and buffing them, so I’ve always been a fan of 3\* Falcon and Prof X. Carnage fits right in with that style. It becomes a game of matching away the comp’s tiles and keeping yours. > > So don’t listen to the naysayers. Have a blast with him and become the best darn Carnage player there’s ever been. Yes And no. By all means players should feel free to level up their preferred characters regardless of strength. And they should okay however they want. But some players WANT to level up just the best characters in each tier and play the meta. Not sure where TC comes down, but the fact is that carnage is meh overall and TC should definitely level and enjoy using him if that is TC"s preference. ---
**Author:** ![Ruinate](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forums.505go.com/ruinate/32/7879_2.png) [@Ruinate](https://forums.505go.com/u/Ruinate)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 7:35am UTC](https://forums.505go.com/t/please-reassure-me-that-carnage-isnt-terrible/24716/22 "2016-05-08T07:35:48Z")
Carnage is awesome. He just needs teammates. I used 2/5/2 level 390 Oml, 5/5/3 X23, 5/5/3 Carnage to climb to 1k in Shield Sim last night in one sitting without using a single health pack. Carnage doesn’t tank any tiles and Oml/X23 heals. Only way Carnage takes damage is through aoe and stuns which is easy to avoid since this team is very fast and spams a ton of free damage. ---
**Author:** ![mckauhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@mckauhu](https://forums.505go.com/u/mckauhu)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.505go.com/t/please-reassure-me-that-carnage-isnt-terrible/24716/23 "2016-07-07T10:40:56Z")
Carnage have one of the highest AoE damages among 4\*'s for that reason alone and he is many times skipped in PvP, I would recommend champing him definitely (My carnage is still low level 2/1/0 or something like that) My goal is to champ him too. ---
**Author:** ![Hendross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@Hendross](https://forums.505go.com/u/Hendross)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 2:38pm UTC](https://forums.505go.com/t/please-reassure-me-that-carnage-isnt-terrible/24716/24 "2016-07-07T14:38:52Z")
Alot of good points here already. Might I add, he has extra value since he’s one of the few buffed 4s during the off season Villians event… buffed Carnage and Rulk is a skip from me. [Previous page](https://forums.505go.com/t/please-reassure-me-that-carnage-isnt-terrible/24716.md?page=1)