Returning player, roster advice

Marvel Puzzle Quest MPQ Tips and Guides
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I just returned to MPQ after a big hiatus. I started playing right when the game came out, then burned out pretty quickly. I left before the “True Healing” change. I’ve been happy getting back into the game, but I’m a little unsure which direction to go with my roster.

I’m stuck in the 300-400 points range for PvP events, and I vary wildly in placement for the PvE events. I’ve got what I think might be a solid start to a roster, but I’m not sure where to go now. Looking at my covers below, where do people think I should be investing my time and effort? What covers should I be going for if they come up in events? Is there any way for me to break out of ** rewards land with what I have right now? Thanks!

Usable Covers right now

Lvl 100 GSBW 5/3/5 (Only *** I could max-level, but I don’t want to mess up PvE and not sure I can field a good team with her…)
Lvl 94 OBW 3/5/5
Lvl 94 Daken** 4/4/5
Lvl 94 Thor** 3/5/5
Lvl 94 Wolvie** 5/5/3
Lvl 94 Hood 2/5/1 (Can level to 104)
Lvl 92 Spiderman*** 1/5/3 (Can level to 117)
Lvl 74 Nick Fury 1/1/1
Lvl 70 Ares 4/2/5
Lvl 55 Rocket & Groot 1/3/1

Can level up some if useful

Lvl 55 Iron Man*** 3/5/4 (I way over-covered yellow, so I feel stuck with him - anything I can do there?)
Lvl 45 cStorm 5/5/3
Lvl 40 gamora 4/2/0
Lvl 40 hulk 4/0/1
Lvl 40 beast 3/2/0
Lvl 26 Cap** 3/5/5
Lvl 15 Captain Marvel** 5/4/4
Lvl 15 mnMags 3/5/5
Lvl 15 Torch** 5/3/3

Waiting on more covers…

Lvl 70 x-force 0/0/1
Lvl 70 ladyThor 1/0/0
Lvl 70 Elektra 0/1/0
Lvl 70 Invisible Women 0/0/2
Lvl 45 psylocke 1/2/1
Lvl 45 blade 1/1/1
Lvl 40 cap*** 1/2/1
Lvl 40 Doc Oc 1/2/0
Lvl 40 Falcon 2/1/0
Lvl 40 Colossus 2/0/0
Lvl 40 Daredevil 2/0/0
Lvl 40 Ragnarok 2/0
Lvl 40 Sentry 0/0/2
Lvl 40 lazyStorm*** 2/0/0
Lvl 40 Captain Marvel*** 1/1/0
Lvl 40 She-hulk 1/1/0
Lvl 40 deadpool 1/0/0
Lvl 40 Doctor Doom 1/0/0
Lvl 40 Patch 0/1/0

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Do not level GSBW, Spider-man or Hood at this point. All three are excellent support, but they can’t front your team in PvP - they might work decently in PvE though. Focus on the two-stars for now - Thor, OBW, Daken and Wolverine maxed are an excellent start. You’ll probably want to max Ares when you get the covers as he is excellent on defense in PvP. Lil Torch could also play well with your other two-stars, so feel free to level him when Ares is done.
Look through NorthernPolarity’s transition guide that’s stickied here. When you have 10 covers in one of the top characters on that list, that’s when you should start pouring ISO into them.

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So a couple of things here:

  1. GSBW will let you kill other, higher leveled teams in PvP. Deceptive tactics into sniper rifle does insane amounts of damage. The problem is that she is just straight up miserable on defense, so the normal benefits you get of having a 166 3* (2* guys won’t attack you as much) is just not really there since GSBW will get you actively focused on since she’s literally the worst character on offense probably.
  2. Maxing out a guy means dealing with horrible PvE scaling. Normally this is worth it if your guy will help you a lot in PvP since more PvP covers is worth having worse PvE scaling since there are more PvPs than PvEs, but again, GSBW doesn’t really fit that well.

I’d just hoard iso until you get a 3* that can carry you in PvP.

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Thanks for the advice. So I’m assuming that (from your guide) the 3*'s that will be able to carry in me in PvP are ones like LazyThor, Classic Daken, basically any of the ‘high tier’ 3* chars?

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Yup. Also, see this thread:

https://forums.505go.com/discussion/21083