What's the general consensus on X-23's buff?

My first banquet key yielded her. I happen to have a spare mutant AG, which could go to either her or Weapon X (no other mutants on my roster need it), and I have plenty of catalysts to R3 her. I've read her kit and she sounds promising, but I haven't had the chance to play around with her since the buff.

What are people's feelings about her now and is she worth the investment?

Comments

WeaponX4X

1000% weapon x deserves it before x23. She’s not a dual threat by any stretch and weapon x is a nuke for most fights.
& maybe most rationally, you’ll be able to awaken X23 in time organically, there’s no telling if you’ll ever dupe WeaponX that way

CheeseMaster482

Trash tier. People hate "punching bags" but all of a sudden when x23 gets buffed, they are in love just tapping the screen.

ahmynuts

She's pretty mid

MoeyTehr

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2910081#Comment_2910081

Yeah...that's where I was leaning towards. I just wanted to see if there was something about X-23 made her special other than appearing to be a fun playmode.

Ercarret

I also pulled X-23 and I really like what I've seen so far (even if she's still at r1 for now). I'd also say that she probably really likes her dupe.

So if you had two Mutant AG, I'd say she'd absolutely deserve one. However, if you want to awaken Weapon-X just as much as you want to awaken X-23, the truth of the matter is that he'll be nigh impossible to awaken Weapon X without a gem unless you're a mega whale or get exceedingly lucky (again) with a Banquet crystal. We don't know when X-23 will enter the basic pool (probably in about a year), but she will enter it eventually.

You could always awaken X-23 and then just wait until you pull another Mutant gem for Weapon X, but there's a pretty high likelihood that you'll end up with both champions awakened if you awaken Weapon X and then wait until you've either pulled another AG or just pull X-23 again. Even if it takes forever for her to actually join the basic pool, she'll probably pop up in various crystals and offers until then; Weapon X won't.

But I've never used Weapon X so I'm very unfamiliar with what his awakened ability actually does, and therefore I can't say who actually wants that AG most. All I can say is that you will quite simply have a much harder time awakening him if you give the gem to X-23 than the other way around.

Usagicassidy

Don't forget, if you accrue enough points in the realm event there's a Founder's awakening gem that can only be used on the 6 new key champions.

TheMostHated1

She’s mid, you’ll never use her

Myrmidon

I like using her so far and wouldn't have minded getting her from my first and only box key (instead I got Scorpion, lmao). I think she does benefits quite a lot from her awakening.

I would awaken her, but I usually prioritize characters that I like and have fun with rather than meta relevant/BG champions, which Weapon X absolutely is, so my M.O. isn't exactly what people would consider optimal. And what has been already said about him being (and staying) rarer to naturally awaken than what X-23 is going to become in the near future is absolutely correct.

I'd say to try the character for yourself for a while to confidently see if you like her and find any value in her, but probably the safest advise is to not awaken her, unless you don't end up getting the 7* star AW restricted to the new banquet champions and you don't have other options but her.

And hey, if you won't use her in the future, you can reach out to me...

Soundwarp

I love mine, I enjoy playing her too. Rank 4 her, don’t judge lmao.