Does Sabertooth Suck?

I spent real money yesterday and feel pretty bad about it. I bought the 4* Marvelous crystal deals and pulled Sabertooth twice. Seems I will never get IMIW (Iron Man is my favorite comic book character). No Domino. No Corvius or Proxima. I did pull Masacre and i’ve heard some good things about him.

I had originally heard good things about Sabertooth and I did reasearch and he seemed like a fine option. But play testing didn’t go so well. Am I missing something about him that’s great? What are his strengths and best uses in the game?

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GNASTY

He’s badass.

ShadPrince

Best uses are in questing

He's a bit of a ramp up champ with raw damage, which is done with his furies and converting them to passives

He also has a great synergy with black panthers (BP, BPCW and KM) that let's him bypass masochism

ShadPrince

Also forgot to mention that the point of the fury passives is they carry over from fight to fight, which is what makes his damage so impressive

G0311

So I have a dupped 4*&5* sig 120, He best shines on quest or long fights. my 5* is R3 and once I get him to 10 or more fury he's melting through enemies, down side is I think after a fight where he has 15 fury it resets. Great defender especially awakened and on health regen node. I think Id see a damage increase at R4 5* that would be significant.

PureRage13

ShadPrince wrote: »

Also forgot to mention that the point of the fury passives is they carry over from fight to fight, which is what makes his damage so impressive

Hmm. Is he a solid AQ option? I would likely have another boss killer (SL) and Sentinel killer (Angela ❤️) with him.

PureRage13

G0311 wrote: »

So I have a dupped 4*&5* sig 120, He best shines on quest or long fights. my 5* is R3 and once I get him to 10 or more fury he's melting through enemies, down side is I think after a fight where he has 15 fury it resets. Great defender especially awakened and on health regen node. I think Id see a damage increase at R4 5* that would be significant.

Is he worth a 5/50 as a 4*? I have a wealth of mutant cats and aside for 5* AA (unawakened do waiting) I don’t have much to use them on.

ShadPrince

G0311 wrote: »

So I have a dupped 4*&5* sig 120, He best shines on quest or long fights. my 5* is R3 and once I get him to 10 or more fury he's melting through enemies, down side is I think after a fight where he has 15 fury it resets. Great defender especially awakened and on health regen node. I think Id see a damage increase at R4 5* that would be significant.

Wrong about the 15 fury reset thing, it resets after he runs out of persistent charges

If you play well, you can get max 5 passive furies each fight for anywhere between 3-6 fights depending on luck (it's determined randomly), and you can tell how many are left by seeing how many persistent charges he has
Once it's at 0, you'll need to restart

ShadPrince

PureRage13 wrote: »

ShadPrince wrote: »

Also forgot to mention that the point of the fury passives is they carry over from fight to fight, which is what makes his damage so impressive

Hmm. Is he a solid AQ option? I would likely have another boss killer (SL) and Sentinel killer (Angela ❤️) with him.

I feel like he would be, but I only have a 3* so I can't say for sure
Maybe @G0311 can give you advice on that

Lt_Magnum_1

Sabertooth is the mutant version of Moringstar. It takes a couple fights for him to be good. My best gameplay tip for you is to only use specials if you have a temporary Fury. He is also Coldsnap immune, making him useful vs. Iceman. And he is NOT dupe dependent (his dupe allows him to get his health back when struck though).

GNASTY

These are from me playing around in ROL with my R4 sabretooth. No suicides. First is from his third hit crit during a L2, second is a medium attack crit, second is a light atttack crit. This is really best case fully buffed with class advantage.

Could be better case I suppose if within Assassin range. Still, Sabretooth is straight beast mode if you are diligent to play him correctly to keep accumulating passive fury buffs.

PureRage13

GNASTY wrote: »

These are from me playing around in ROL with my R4 sabretooth. No suicides. First is from his third hit crit during a L2, second is a medium attack crit, second is a light atttack crit. This is really best case fully buffed with class advantage.

Could be better case I suppose if within Assassin range. Still, Sabretooth is straight beast mode if you are diligent to play him correctly to keep accumulating passive fury buffs.

Thank you. I’ll spend some more time getting to know his play style. I’m glad I didn’t flush money down the toilet.

98FF_

rwhack

Well kabam ruined him for masochism because they combined it with cornered on 30. Just a terrible node. Poorly conceived.

G0311

PureRage13 wrote: »

G0311 wrote: »

So I have a dupped 4*&5* sig 120, He best shines on quest or long fights. my 5* is R3 and once I get him to 10 or more fury he's melting through enemies, down side is I think after a fight where he has 15 fury it resets. Great defender especially awakened and on health regen node. I think Id see a damage increase at R4 5* that would be significant.

Is he worth a 5/50 as a 4*? I have a wealth of mutant cats and aside for 5* AA (unawakened do waiting) I don’t have much to use them on.

Yes especially if you have extra

Epsilon3

He also makes Oldman Logan more viable

sbb75

Lt_Magnum_1 wrote: »

Sabertooth is the mutant version of Moringstar. It takes a couple fights for him to be good. My best gameplay tip for you is to only use specials if you have a temporary Fury. He is also Coldsnap immune, making him useful vs. Iceman. And he is NOT dupe dependent (his dupe allows him to get his health back when struck though).

Sabertooth has big 2 flaws (IMO) keeping him a tier or 2 below MS.
1. He loses his furies (3 to 6 fights). MS never loses his souls. MS is god tier with 5 souls.. no reseting
2. Sabertooth’s regen is awful. Need to Get hit to gain back a small fraction over 25 secs. This is a poor mechanism for a multi fight ramp up champ
MS life steals with 5 souls.

Best exampl is the uncollected TriumpANT event.
MS can solo it and get hit. Sabertooth cant unless you’re perfect.