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I've tried to narrate my games like you do and it's much harder than it seems. Props 100% on your ability to narrate what's going on. 👏🏻 👍🏻

TOP 5 VIDEO OF HEROES THAT ARE STRONGER THAN STRANGE WHEN?? 😊

Great game! I should play more She Hulk, she is a lot of fun. I play her in justice because I don't have the pool aspect, but I am considering buying Deadpool. Thanks for the video!

Superb gameplay!! Very clear, very tense! Loved it, Web!

"It was cake and fancy dresses day for Jennifer and Patsy. They were relaxing, enjoying themselves... When suddenly they heard maniacal cackling, heard the roar of a glider and saw black sludge spreading all through the street. Followed by Miles swinging by screaming 'CRAP CRAP CRAP-'. So much for having a relaxing day! Aw well! Least they get to punch someone that deserves it, with none of the bad press. She-Hulk and Hellcat burst out of their favorite bakery (making sure not to damage it. Wednesdays are SARCOSCANT)! Venom Goblin certainly wouldn't be easy to stop and She-Hulk had her hands full, both on the ground floor mobilizing all avenues legally and battling the monstrosities. Deadpool arrived! ...And then Deadpool was slapped out by Venom Goblin. Thankfully Nick Fury was on the scene, as She-Hulk knew EXACTLY how to cut through government nonsense and get him here, sending out Mocking Bird and Machine man to support Shulk. Hellcat was being run ragged desperately running back and forth to help and extract as many citizens as she could from the dreaded alien symbiotes, she could hardly stand it anymore. She-Hulk herself was reaching her limit, doing her best to keep her composure, to stay standing, humored and to stay Jennifer. Yet Venom Goblin had just decimated Upper Manhattan. Her law firm, her favorite place to relax, all of the places she loves were there! So many people endangered, so much destruction things were about to be lost... Jennifer's breath quickened, her fury built up, her skin greyed and she lit up with Gamma laden fury! Sensing her emotions, a symbiote crawled toward Walters 'WE can stop him!' Aw well, what's a THIRD voice in your head? Venom Goblin tossed away a meddlesome teleporting Mutt and She-Hulk's best friend Hellcat... then felt terror for the first time in their existence seeing the truly ENRAGED She-Hulk, adorned in a Symbiote suit, tackling him in the air and slamming him down toward the ground. They say the impact crater shook the very foundations of New York. Venom Goblin was defeated and She-Hulk, now bonded with a Symbiote, roared in triumph. " What a DEMONSTRATION!!! Thank you for the shoutout! Ohhh I'm SO HAPPY you pulled out my deck concept again On one of the big three as well! I loved how you piloted the deck and once more the narrative of the deck really showed off with She-Hulk maintaining composure, humor fourth wall breaking, trying to keep things under control... then just going BERSERK at the end! Bravo!! I'm so glad I got showed you this deck and I'm so happy you refined it to this AWESOME solo version! You really demonstrated each and every aspect in this deck! Heck even the moments where you gotta risk things like certain draws or big plays with split personality! PLUS everything was used and used perfectly! My love of She-Hulk, Deadpool and Venom was validated in this gameplay video. Along with the AMAZING non-rush synergy She-Hulk has, with her great recovery with Healing Factor and leveraging those resources with Hellcat! (One of her many choices to leverage them!) Such a GREAT gameplay and very motivating! Shout out to your skills and decision making as well. Hearing how you think will really help my own decision making in the future! As there were several moments where I went 'Yeah, that's what I'd do :) ' And some moments where I went 'Wait, I wouldn't of done that...' then was proven I would of been wrong. FANTASTIC stuff! Thank you so much!

Great game! I personally find playing with She Hulk very tedious because of her low thwarting power(in cards and basic) and handsize when in hero form. Managing 3 main schemes at once with her seemed nearly impossible! Small rules error - at 14:06 you missed shifting the glider counter and resolving the claim the throne. Don't think it would have changed the outcome however!

First of all, Strange doesn't struggle against Ronan. He struggles against Ronan *in true solo*. There's a difference. I've gone entire 4P games without taking a single point of damage against expert VG with Strange. I've *almost* done the same against Ronan, but the stupid ship command indirect damage thing ruined that. Strange is demonstrably not the best true solo hero. He's game-breakingly powerful the more players at the table. It's not uncommon for him to do ~10 damage to the villain, stun them, pass out three tough status cards to take care of the rest of their attacks, and also remove a bunch of threat... each and every turn in a 4P game, starting on turn one or two. He can protect the whole table against Ronan's Fanaticism-driven attacks, simply by playing cheap allies and having tough heroes behind them to absorb the overkill. It's fine that you think Strange isn't all that in your particular situation (true solo). It's also fine that you weigh the hardest villains the most in making those judgements. You just can't tell me that Spider Man or Cable scale into a 4P game. Not the way Strange does. When I struggle with a villain or scenario in a multiplayer game, the ultimate cheat code is Strange.

A really fun match....thanks for bringing that up. I really need to try this out :)

That was a fun video; have you ever thought about doing a video about your favorite hero pairings for two-player games? Right now, myself, I really enjoy Ms.-Marvel & Spider-Woman, and Gamora & Spider-ham as my top two two-player teams.

Nice game! Glad to see some Symbiote Suit action, even if it was brief.

Nice! Great game. She-Hulk is a fun one. Nothing like winning games with a massive Gamma Slam!

Why do you hate unshakable and limitless stamina cards?

Epic! 💪

Despite a rough start and 1st pass of a deck, everything eventually line up. That was epic! She Hulk is definitely better than Drax. This must be one of the best build strategy deck for her. Really impressive.

Bad take imo, since you can design a villain to have polarized match-up very easy for any of one specific hero and hard for others.

I don't think you're cherry picking at all.

Can you create a core set hero deck (and you can use GMW cards, too) to create a hero that beat expert level Ronan?

I agree… played GMW expansion with leadershiip Starlord and protection Drax, and through the campaign Drax was my main damage dealer, until Ronan, and SL game little glimpses of his potential damage every now and then… so when I got frustrated with Ronan I went all in with aggression Starlord and protection Drax, and with a lot of luck of the draw Starlord obliterated Ronan in 3 rounds (with a little the help of Drax), so for me, I really consider SL a top tier hero FOR ME, and definitely my favorite hero right now (currently playing MTS campaign with leadership SL and aggression Iron Man).

Cherries? This late in the season? Are you mad? FFG has, for the most part, published villains and heroes that address the entire community. Arguing about who has the most powerful Whatzit is merely a portion of that community. Easier villains make learning your hero (and the game) simpler. Story villains play off theme and try to pull off narrative. Wanting two Super Saiyans battling every time is dull. It’s all forms of puffery but it does get clicks.

I will just complete DaringLime comment by saying that what kill deadpool on the fly, out of nowhere, are mod sets, not villains, which make this Hero even weaker than stated in that video. The two mod sets i know are "under attack" core set, and "crossfire's crew" from The Hood. Those mod set can be added to virtually any villain in the game, including Ronan or Magneto, which makes Deadpool a glass canon no matter what in my eyes. He is a gambling machine, like Starlord, and even though Deadpool is much more consistent at rushing down, is also much more vulnerable to board wipe than starlord. Very good take, and video WebWarriorFanatic!

There's no competitive scene so you have nothing remotely resembling an absolute way to evaluate strength. Your way is I think a good one but other people can happily use other criteria and there is no way to decide which criteria are best. I like hero who can do best with a bad deck or most able to win when piloted by a monkey. (or the MC emulation website; pace the creator as it's really impressive but the AI is inconsistent at best.) Overall I don't really care though it's interesting but unimportant.

By primarily evaluating performance against the elite villains yes you are in essence cherry-picking BUT with that said, you are, I think, showing what heroes are truly capable of. Yes, any hero can beat absorbing man and such, but the truly powerful heroes that can beat the elite villains are simply the strongest heroes. This does seem to come down to solo play. I never play one hero anymore as I just don’t like the game balance with one hero. Playing with 2 or more is much more enjoyable and allows for more selective Deckbuilding. Great video as always!

Mechanically, I think Venom Goblin and Magneto are the hardest in the game. For just pure brute force difficulty, Ronan for sure with Nebula being up there sometimes based on her ridiculous surging potential, and then Loki I'd still put up there just out of annoyance and frustration with that villain. I'd also argue Collector 1 is still one of the hardest fights in the game on expert and with a really lame mechanic. For me, the heroes I have the most success with and the ones that I feel are the strongest are Psylocke (aggression or justice), Agent Venom (aggression or justice), Iron Man (justice only), Wolverine (aggression, justice or protection), X-23 (protection), Cyclops (leadership), Captain America (leadership) and Doctor Strange (anything). After more games, I agree Doctor Strange isn't top 3, but I'd say top 10, probably landing somewhere between 6 and 8. He's not the strongest but his spells and kit is just really good, has answers for practically everything, and you can see consistent success in every aspect with him. I'm also not a huge fan of leadership and ally swarm in terms of game play, so I generally rate those heroes lower just because of personal play style preference.

There is no "absolute hero" in this game, and even strong heroes may struggle if not built with a good deck. Some heroes have this constraint more clear than others. For example, Hulk with 'pool is great to rush down villains as he can attack multiple times and boost his attack a lot, but other aspects do not integrate too well with his hero cards. War Machine is another example, he combos very well with Fly like a Butterfly, but it is very difficult to have some synergy with his cards and other aspect cards overall. After finding out what aspect lets your hero shine, there is the match up against the villain. Some heroes just can't thwart enough to have a good performance on quest-like scenarios, and they just suck if you switch them to justice/leadership. Some heroes just need time to build up their damage and some scenarios don't let you stay passive for too long (like Magog or Spiral). And, to add another layer of complexity to the mix, each player has their own way of dealing with the different villains and handling their heroes. Buts let's not talk too much about this, as I don't want to make it sound as I'm calling "skill issue" on anyone. That's not my point. Dr Strange is definitely a strong hero (He just recently carried our survival against the Rhino challenge on a 3-player game) that shines most in an avengers-leadership deck (that let's you ready him multiple times by exhausting an avenger ally) and I could argue that with that deck he can win almost any scenario *consistently*. But that is the catch: you need to build around his strengths to make it shine the most, and I think you made that clear on your video on that subject.

Well said! I agree with your logic on evaluating hero strengths this way. I do think that this matters mainly in solo. For multiplayer, I think every hero gets better. To me the “weakest” heroes are usually more specialized. And being specialized is better in multiplayer than solo. When is your hot take bottom five heroes going to be?? 😂

And you have the right to your own list and stipid people get upset and start getting all pissy and talking bad about your list maybe they should make their own list. Strange may have been the strongest in the past and in the top five now there are better characters like Deadpool,cable and maybe bishop who could take down Ronan and other villains lot quicker than the other ones right away and you don't have to go through your entire deck to get the staple cards that can get you those high fast numbers but it's all on luck to get the right cards right away

Deadpool with endurance, frontline specialist & symbiote suit in play with the venom ally and Ipac - nonstop damage happening on both phases

Interesting thing about Ultron. Isn't it just the under attack modular that causes deadpool problems? Off the top of my head I can't think of an ultron specific card that will deal damage to deadpool in alter-ego. To add more layers to it, is it fair to evaluate the scenarios based off recommended modulars as well? or just the villain itself? curious to see your thoughts on that. I really like this hot take series you're doing.

Sandman is a nightmare for deadpool!

I forgot to mention the perception of Cable struggling against Hela because she ramps with side schemes in the Victory display. In my experience, Cable defeats Hela much more easily than he does against Ronan/Venom Goblin/Magneto so I still weigh the big 3 the most when evaluating Cable and he isn't an outlier like Deadpool or Hulk. I have a playthrough with Cable vs Hela here: czcams.com/video/zEh8kai0WXw/video.html Let me know what other caveats exist and which heroes struggle the most with a random villain!

28:23 Wouldn’t iceman have triggered when sinister came in?

Coincidentally I played ol’Absorbing 2H earlier today while testing a new Gambit deck. Despite winning Gambit is being sent down to the minors for more creole seasoning. Such failure to launch antics will not be tolerated. GG as usual. As villains go I really do enjoy getting him to the table.

GG 🙂👍 Starlord would also work for this challange i guess, but I dont know if Starlord could work in Protection 😅Nice to see standard and expert II, never tried it. Was fun to watch, ty 😊

Never had a desire to play Thor in protection And now there’s a card that gets me to do it. It’s sick deck building ideas like this that keep me in the game

good times. happy holiday.

It took me time to understand why would you play groot in an uncanny x men deck, because it totally shutdown it. And then I was "oh... that is part of the challenge lol". Anyway, they should have give the infinity gaunlet to Absorbing Man instead of Rhino: it really helps him to get delay counters. Rant aside, that challenge was pretty weird, but somehow entertaining to watch. Good game!

IM: "Hey, Scott." Cy: "What is it Bobby?" IM: "We're fighting Absorbing Man, right?" Cy: "Yes." IM: "Why did you bring, ya know, people he can absorb?" Cy: "Easy. That way we can counter whatever element he adapts to. You, Santo and Peter can work around whatever change he makes." IM: "Sure, okay that makes sense... But uh... How did you get HIM to tag along?" Gr: "I am Groot." Cy: "The Guardians owed Colossus a favor after he helped deal with Ronan." PHEW! You did it right before the ending bell rang! A great game and a very tough gimmick to adapt to for sure. Shout out to Fantasy Flight Games for making a gimmick that fits with the boss, seeing as Absorbing Man is designed to try and 'stall' you for as long as possible so a gimmick to stall you out works perfectly.

After you have your 3 counters, you can draw a card 15:45

Love the precise explanations of cards and effects as you play, definitely one of my favourite play through channels. One thing to note with meditation, I believe if you can't pay the cost (exhaust your alter-ego) you can't play another 2:38?

Great game ! Drax is one of my favorite hero. Quite tricky but when it works out it is a real blast. Nightcrawler green cards will give him a big boost. Would you change your Drax rating after playing him ?

Epic

Great game man, it was really fun to watch. I think you made a little mistake here 26:45, isn't Supergiant supposed to attack twice because of the quickstrike? Thanks for the video, glad to see you won this time.

At 13:30 to me it would've made more sense if you took the attack (which would've drawn you another card) and discarded Starhawk due to the stones effect.

Not sure how much of a difference it would have made but you missed playing an encounter card at 48:00. Great battle and deck, I'm going to give it a try on regular Venom Goblin...expert is beyond my skill level right now.

That ending was awesome!! And so in character for Drax too. Really glad you did this rematch. I'm itching to play him again, but I'm going to hold out until Nightcrawler (and more importantly, Come Get It, Bub) get here.

This protection card looks pretty good for Drax!

Perfect rematch 🤘GZ for the win. Well done 👍🙂I would still do some adjustments to the deck which would make your life easier, but cool to see you rush him down with this deck.