Better Horseman, Gambit or Cable?

Palistes

I (finally) got Apocalypse. I have a 6* unduped Gambit and a 6* duped Cable, both at R1. Which would you suggest to rank up for use as a horseman and why? Thanks!

ANGRYEAGLE

Cable is a beast as a horseman. The degen on his heavy is reason alone.

GoddessIlias

Cable doesn’t need to be a horseman to get his degen popping lol, gambit objectively needs it more

LibertyPrimeV1

Gambit, because Cable gets his Insane Degen just from the Synergy with Apocalypse. The only reason you'd want to make him a Horseman is for the Bleed Resist in certain Fights with Unavoidable Bleeds thrown on you that you can take advantage of, like Sharpened Claws for example that applies 3 Bleeds on you when the Enemy strikes your Block which let's Cable just Melt Enemies without even hitting them.

Anyways Gambit already has Solid Damage but could use the little Boost from the Rank Up, then his 100% Perfect Block is just Ridiculous and makes any Health/Armor Increase Irrelevant. You can also get Incredibly Easy Stun Combos with Gambit, Parries are Extended by the Perfect Block and the Sp1 Stun is Juuust Long Enough to get in a MLLM MLLLM Combo at which point you'll have another Bar of Power ready to Stun them again. (Which leads me to another thing about Ranking Him Up, you do gain something like 0.2% Additional Power Gain on Each Rank Up so that can add to that Stun Chain ever so slightly)

LibertyPrimeV1

Palistes said:

I (finally) got Apocalypse. I have a 6* unduped Gambit and a 6* duped Cable, both at R1. Which would you suggest to rank up for use as a horseman and why? Thanks!

However Both are Incredibly useful and this really should be a Question of "Who First?", that I'd say is up to you and personal preference.

Palistes

Not sure why you think the title is silly since I asked specifically in the post who makes a better Horseman. I appreciate you making the distinction though as I wasn't noticing that Cable gets most of his value without being a Horseman. That's why I was asking. Thanks all for the input!

LibertyPrimeV1

Oh also forgot about Gambit's Mediums, Heavies, and Specials being Non Contact which always a nice bit of Utility to have on hand.

LibertyPrimeV1

Haji_Saab said:

People waste Apoc by making horsemen. His own ability set is one of the best. And that is why Cable is a really good companion as he doesn’t need to be horseman and will let Apoc keep all his charges.

But he's so good that it's pretty easy to Ramp him right back up, especially if there's a Mutant on the Path.