**Mastery Loadouts**
Due to issues related to the release of Mastery Loadouts, the "free swap" period will be extended.
The new end date will be May 1st.
Due to issues related to the release of Mastery Loadouts, the "free swap" period will be extended.
The new end date will be May 1st.
Comments
There's too many opportunities for Kabam to create alternate sources of power gain for defenders outside of just getting hit. Power lock stops that and power burn does not. Magik is the best at power lock. Never underestimate that utility. Debuff immune or shrug off champs are the only ways to block it and even in this scenario Magik still has a form of power control in power steal.
Also, once you get opponents locked into the corner and you're performing your intercept lockdown cycle Limbo is up at least 60% of the time. The damage you get from Limbo is actually pretty significant once added up. Her animations are also fast which allows her to perform more combos quickly which equals more damage over a 3 minute period. And if you screw up Limbo is almost always up to reverse the damage. She also can reverse the damage done by Dorm degen and MS bleed.
Last but not least, she is also friendly to the Double Edge mastery and max Recoil if you're looking to end a fight fast. Launching a special with Limbo up will complete reverse the recoil damage and heal you if you run the Recovery mastery which creates some sustainability. There's a reason she's been one of the most popular boss killing options for years now at the highest tiers. She can get it done fast and reliably.
Voodoo is a solid option as well and has some utility outside of what Magik can do but I have played with both champs quite a bit and find myself using Magik in more situations because the role she fills on any team is very strong.
Magik is probably top 5, one of the best bosskillers and with her dupe you can run suicides with max recoil and barely lose any health. Pair her with Corbus and ICM and u got urself an insane AWA team.
In terms of power control I’d agree with you that power lock is better than power burn but are you aware that voodoo deals massive additional damage with power burn?
@DrZola no sir. My opinion hasn’t changed at all. Learn DV and there’s virtually nothing he can’t do.
AND Voodoos power burn isn't a debuff so it works on debuff immune.
@DrZola Yes, at times Voodoo still has trouble chaining special attacks:
@OneManArmy Voodoo isn't the best counter for IMIW, he still wrecks him:
Both Magik and Voodoo are solid AW bosskillers because of adaptive buffs. If a boss can be poisoned Voodoo can solo, if a boss can't be poisoned Voodoo can still solo with boosts. Magik's sp3 does massive damage against AW bosses but she struggles against evade bosses and requires a high level of skill to solo auto-block bosses like IMIW/Medusa/MODOK. Voodoo only struggles against Medusa but will still solo with enough boosts. Like @Shrimkins said Voodoo does everything awesome if you don't count LOL.
I don't know why so many players overlook Voodoo's ability reduction. He's the only champion who reduces both offensive and defensive ability accuracy against all AW nodes. Archangel doesn't reduce ability accuracy against poison immune champions and Luke Cage doesn't reduce ability accuracy against debuff immune champions. The only node Voodoo struggles against is Biohazard which doesn't mean much because path 8 is usually taken by players who run Iceman or Nebula.
I haven't player above tier 4 for a while but Voodoo was a solid bosskiller when I played tier 2-3. When bugs aren't an issue Voodoo does well as an AW bosskiller:
4/55 MODOK boss solo, tier 3, no boosts:
4/55 Medusa boss solo, tier 3, no boosts (RIP no bugs):
6* 1/25 Green Gobline boss solo, tier 3, no boosts:
5/65 Corvus Glaive boss solo, tier 2, 20% champion's boost:
4/55 Morningstar boss solo, tier 2, 30% champion's boost/20% health boost/15% attack boost/regen boost:
5/65 Bugged Medusa w/recoil boss solo, tier 4, 30% champion's boost/25% health boost/20% attack boost/power boost (Tier 1 Boosting FTW):
5/65 Iceman solo, tier 4, 30% champion's boost:
@cdub71 Rank up whoever you play best with. @danielmath I'd take 5/65 Morningstar w/5 souls over Voodoo for all of the above fights. Doctor Voodoo is still a solid bosskiller option for most of the game's top AW bosses.
Dr. Zola
I've noticed tons of players get stuck on which champions are "the best" at what they do. Archangel is the best at ability accuracy reduction, Blade is the best fighting villains, Magik is the best at power locking, Ghost Rider is the best at regenerating health when needed, and so on. "Doctor Voodoo is overrated, Archangel is the best at ability accuracy reduction" - that line of thinking misses the big picture, which is except for a select few situations you don't need "the best" to get the job done. Archangel is awesome until you get assigned an AW path that consistently has double immune defenders, same goes for Blade until you get assigned an AW path that always has Korg or IMIW/Medusa with bleed immunity, and the same goes for Magik until we get new content that has stun immune Spider--Man with 100K+ health and 10K+ attack. Bring Voodoo for all of those fights and he'll solo if you've invested the time to learn how to use him well.
Except for single-digit situations like Node 29 in Tier 1-3 AW you don't need the best champion to get the job done, the irony of that fact is Magik is often the best for that specific situation. Brad Gilbert gave Andre Agassi some of the best coaching advice I've ever heard when they first met, which sums up the theme of this post. Here's a transcript of their conversation that became the turning point of Agassi's career:
https://www.reddit.com/r/tennis/comments/10kckk/when_brad_gilbert_met_andre_agassi_an_interesting/
Not going to reply you again. When you see an IMIW in war, please use Hyperion, he works too. I see your previous posts are about “almighty Hyperion” so I can understand how you won’t be able to listen to anything else.
I guess Hyperion can stop IMIW from autoblockng or activating armor below 15%?
Additionally, if you like playing with Blade and hope to get Sparky.. well, that’s the trinity.. most best. GR & Blade alone- Blades Sig will activate every time- which increases the amount of champs he normally activates it on by about 80%.
Thanks—I do have Blade and GR and use them heavily. No Stark, and I’m not really waiting on him. What I was looking for was an extra angle of attack, especially via power control, utility, etc. Obviously, either champ is incredible. Just interesting to see the varied opinions.
Dr. Zola