So much of a character’s value depends on who else you have on your roster and what you play (PvE, PvP, SCL10, etc). If one of these 5s was going to be your first 5 champion, or you didn’t have many of the other meta 5* champions, my view may not be the best view for you.
Here’s my situation:
- I have all the meta 5*s champed (Okoye, Apoc, Beta Ray, Kitty, iHulk, etc)
- I don’t have any of the new 5*'s champed, so my view is based on theory crafting and using:
0/1/0 Adam
2/3/3 Deadpool
4/1/2 Heimdall
3/1/2 Magneto
- I play both PvE SCL 10 and PvP
For me, Deadpool is the only one I use every day, but that’s just in DDQ to get the token, and you don’t need a bunch of covers or levels on DP to get the token, you just need to be able to beat a node. Outside of that, none of these 4 are seeing the light of day except when they are featured in PvE.
I rate my 5*s on a scale of 1 to 4:
- Meta: immediately becomes part of a core pick 2 or pick 3 team
- Really boosts my pick 2 (either Thorkoye, Thorpocalypse, or BRBlaris)
- Adds something to my pick 2 even if not monumental
- Gets in the way or is only a damage sponge
Adam: Jury’s still out, but I’m trending towards 3 or 4. I think he’s more complicated and healthpack intensive than iHulk, and he’ll likely tank Yellow and Black over Okoye, eating away her TU AP. Plus he’ll eat the black I want Apocalypse to fire. The Purple trap tiles are a nice outlet for a color no one else is using, but not enough to make up for his other shortcomings.
Deadpool: Solid 3. Someone on the team has to take a lot of damage for his Black to matter, and usually the battle is over before that happens. I’m never firing his Red over Apoc’s, or Okoye’s, but it is an outlet for BRBlaris, although by then Polaris likely has everyone stunned and the damage isn’t meaningful. The Blue is nice when boosted by Apoc or Okoye, but it might require you matching a color you don’t want, or the color you want to match isn’t the strongest for the character you want to damage. Still, I have found myself inflicting a bunch of boosted damage this way but 1 cover is plenty as the damage is coming from my damage booster (Apoc or Okoye).
Heimdall: Solid 2: Paired with Thorpocalypse, this team carved through the 5e with ease. Poccy’s powers are cheap as it is, but when you reduce his Red to costing only 3 per cast via a color you have no other outlet for, you do a ton of damage fast. Or, if you’re short on AP, line up a 3 fortified tile match and voila, 6 AP in one match. Plus Thor is generally creating more Yellow AP than I need, so the ability to have Heimdall toss the other 2 up in the air and thus turn some of that Yellow into other colors I’ll use (Green and Black) is great. He has a high HP pool and damage reduction to boot.
Magneto: Jury is still out but trending towards 3 or 4. I’ve just not been able to figure out what to do with him other than get him in front when a nuke’s about to go off. I’m going to try him with BRBlaris and see if that protect tile boost is worthwhile. I also wonder if partnering him with Kitty & BRB would put up a damage reducing wall, but so many toons can ignore protects (Apoc, Thor) that I’m not sure it will help.
But again, I reiterate: none of these are seeing the light of day unless featured (or I get bored and want to mess around). As for class of 2020 PvE next year, well, best of luck then…
