Cable - how good is he

Xthea9

Is cable is a good defense champ for AW ?

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Dexman1349

Just got him as a 4* this weekend. I am also curious.

Before now, I only had him as a maxed 3* used to grind arenas...

DARKLOKI

meh

Wafflesallday

never mind, answered the wrong question

unknown

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FAL7EN

I like him as a 3* and plan on grinding for his basic. I like his kit, he's not op but still fun to play with. I like Cable in the comics so I'd rank him up regardless though.

Tmasters1984

I like him.

Putting degen on, and then using the l2 is fun, but he's horrible against willpower.

Vortenus

He can be nuisance if you stumble upon him with bleeder. Other then that he's just a punching bag.

Palanthrax

His moves flow well, his heavy with degeneration is a great way to start a match after the first parry. He's not god tier, but I took him to 5/50 after getting Wolvie to 5/50 and I use them both regularly.

EDIT: Sorry, should have read the OP properly. I like him on offence, I wouldn't use him on defence.

Xthea9

Hi guys , does anyone getting regen from cable , I noticed it's not getting any regen

MegaSkater67

Sometimes you can stack his Regen if you gain an extra bar of power quickly enough. But it's not abnormal for the regen to be rare, only around a 15% chance to trigger so it's unlikely it will.

myPUNCAKE

He looks amazing. His overall use in the game hasn't been found yet, he's a decent AW defender but other than that he hits like a wet noodle

MegaSkater67

I find him quite useful for questing. I agree his damage output isn't the best but if you start off with parry and heavy that's the strongest Degen you can do since they don't have any power. Degen has decent damage for its duration imo. His sp2 is pretty useful, quite a large ability accuracy reduction and works in a slightly different way to champs like black widow. He's able to stop symbiote spidey from gaining his evade buffs and things like that. I actually used an awakening gem on mine since I had 2 mutant ones. The power flood is handy to have since it gives you more bars and in turn more chance to Regen or use specials 2 and 3 which is where his main abilities come into play. When the Regen does trigger it can give you quite a bit health back, it's great when it stacks especially. I think he's a good utility champion, sort of like Karnak how he has a good set of abilities to take on a variety of opponents. PI is good as well. Not game changing but still a solid champ if you play well with him.

myPUNCAKE

Fair points @MegaSkater67, I have a 3* 4/40 one and a 4* 3/30 and don't really use him outside of arena unfortunately. Maybe I'll get him up one day he is a fun character to play and he looks amazing

SummonerB2

Meh.

Shrimkins

He's kinda interesting on the enhanced sp1 + kinetic reactor node in AW.

Idontinkso

My best champ. Makes half the game easy mode. He scales up as a boss killer too. Lots of Cons, I can see why some do not like him.

Cons:
His regeneration is slight and not reliable, most fights it will never trigger. Doesnt proc a % of time, just at stated but probably not accurate rate every power level up... pretty stingy and slow too.

He's on the slow side and not a tank, mess up and you take lots of damage.

His regular attacks are kinda weak and don't trigger any buffs at all like bleed or stun. SP3 weak against armored and bosses, not really BFG grade, kinda dissappointing.

Pros:
High PI
DEGENERATION, DEGENERATION, DEGENERATION from a long reaching heavy attack
true strike after SP3 with the window to launch x 2 unblockable true strike SP1
SP2 is decent

How to play cable:
Recommended Masteries: Stupify, Despair, Recovery

Most opponents can be quickly dispatched by:
Parry/ stun on first kiss and immediate heavy attack. Push to wall with safely executed combos or pull back and evade like a weasel while they slowly die from degeneration.

If they are still alive, get up to SP2 and use it to either intercept or launch after parry/stun again. Bait out their SP2 and immediately reapply degen from another heavy attack when they are at minimum power.

You mean they haven't died yet?
Rinse/repeat from the beginning. Always keep that degeneration going, Cables regular attacks are weak and are just a way to get your power levels up and push your opponent into the wall. Not much is gained by playing over agressively in most cases, Turtle up and bait out specials and reapply that degeneration. He's a fight smarter, not harder type of champ.

Idontinkso

In AW hes good as a miniboss, his low armor/ health makes him not so good on regular nodes.

Xthea9

Idontinkso wrote: »

In AW hes good as a miniboss, his low armor/ health makes him not so good on regular nodes.

Thanks really helpful info

Idontinkso

My book belongs in another thread, 2nd post answers it.

Maggie

He has terrible offense

J0NisCOOL

Cable is the definition of mediocrity. All else a side, when at a high dupe level isnt half bad on nodes that boost ability triggers or power gain. Thorns is not a bad spot for him either. Hes fun to play with and looks awesome, Sp Attacks suck though so he kinda blows every where else besides arena grinds and defense below tier 5

TheMageHunter

Honestly his regen should be like limbo
12.5% chance at 1 bar
25% at 2 bar
And 50% at 3 bar

His regen isn't anywhere close to the regen champs so I think he should atleast deserve this much
Maybe add it when hes awakened???

DrOctavius2_2

He's middle tier not trash like Iron Patriot or Spider Gwen yet not god tier like Iceman or Starlord

Idontinkso

Xthea9 wrote: »

Idontinkso wrote: »

In AW hes good as a miniboss, his low armor/ health makes him not so good on regular nodes.

Thanks really helpful info

YW.

I use the cyclops and phoenix synergy team with cable on AQ offense often but when cable is on AW D I will keep that trio together as well. This is because of the extra 8% power gain on top of the power floods and 12% health. NC adds perfect block to the team, seems to trigger more than you think it would too.

Idontinkso

Hyperion fits well into the 5th slot on D or offense. he loves that extra 8% power too.