Original Black Widow and Ares are my two highest leveled 2*s, and I feel like they are great compliments for each other since they don’t share colors (which is great because I want Espionage to trigger as much as possible). Ares is a good tank and has a good range of special attacks, although yellow is clearly his haymaker. OBW’s ability to steal AP is just devastating, and the healing is a nice option too. Now I’m just trying to decide on a good third character.
The character should ideally have a good black attack to take advantage of all that extra black energy that widow will be racking up.
2* options:
Classic Storm- You miss out on a black special move, but you get Wind Storm, which is such a great attack. I currently use C.Storm but I’m looking for something different.
Moonstone- I haven’t played with her, but her purple and black attacks seem mediocre and only useful against a small number of opponents.
Bullseye- You get added defense to go with OBW’s healing. You also get a strong black finisher. I’m actually pretty interested in trying him out.
Daken- Well, if you need a third character that doesn’t have any special moves… You’ll want to collect yellows for Ares, so he will probably hurt himself with Heat, but since you’re likely making green matches anyway, you get to add strike tiles to the board. Green isn’t usually my first priority though, because Onslaught is much more of a finisher than something you race to get off.
3* options:
Dr. Doom- Summon Demons is a great attack. Not sure if it triggers Espionage damage twice with OBW’s “glitch,” but I can’t see any downside to Doom except for the fact that, like all 3*s, he’s hard to get. I do have him at level 30 already, however.
Psylocke- So, it looks like she might actually be a good fit for my team. She has what looks like a decent black skill and makes strike tiles, which synergizes with OBW. Her red skill could also be useful, especially because Ares’s red is kind of weak and only really good later in the match. She can also continue with the theme of energy/mana denial with her blue. The only thing that sucks is that I don’t even have any of her covers yet!
Punisher- I don’t have a lot of experience with Punisher either, but I know people say he’s one of the best well-rounded characters. I don’t feel like he has as much synergy with OBW and Ares, though.
My current thoughts are to use C.Storm as a placeholder until I can build a Bullseye for the team, then eventually plan to replace him with a good 3* like Dr. Doom or Psylocke. What are your thoughts?
