Marvel Champions: Cable Review! Is He FUN? What Decks To Play? 

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

Thanks! I really enjoy him more than I thought - I wasn't excited for him at all during the build-up but here I am rating him at 5 stars for fun haha!

@@VillainTheory same!

Great shout, I definitely could have mentioned he's a support hero; classifying heroes actually sounds fun, maybe that's something I could add to my rating system? I'm not convinced on S tier but I'd love to have my mind changed! Got to play him even more haha. I definitely think he has some stuff in the higher player counts and can't wait to check it out.

I've been thinking about making a support deck with him for multiplayer. I'm thinking leadership would be the best aspect for that. Regroup Maria Hill, Mission Leader, clarity of purpose, upgrades you can throw on any voltron allies etc

@@VillainTheoryI agree with @DescryGamingMC on the S-Tier. I think he's an S-Tier support, at least in multiplayer games. His ability to find and complete player side schemes, to set up the whole team, is really strong. He can protect his teammates with his shield, he has a built in resource generator, ready, and card draw (and can tutor Side Schemes out of his deck and discard pile). His Time Leap can pull a side scheme back into play, meaning you can trigger its completion response multiple times if you want (Call for Backup or Build Support , maybe?), he can help the team get a free flip to alter-ego to trigger AE abilities, and he has the ability to remove 1 problematic side scheme from the encounter deck permanently. But unlike other heroes who can support the team, Cable doesn't peter out in the late game. Instead, the more he helps the team, the harder he hits. In a 2-player game, by the time we flip the villain, I've probably got at least 4 side schemes in the victory display, which means Cable's events thwart for 7 and hit for 10 - way over the normal ratios for effective resources. On top of all that, he can use Weapon-X, X-Gene, and Deft Focus for his high-impact events, meaning he doesn't have to invest a ton of resources to have a strong resource generation pool. I think the biggest downside to Cable is that the gameplay follows a consistent flow, regardless of how you're building him, because he relies so heavily on the Side Schemes.

Oh hey! Thank you!

Glad it was helpful!

Good to know! I've just recorded my Domino video and I've done similar for her with different builds. Hope you enjoy them both when you get them there!

Thanks! I find the early game is by far the most dangerous, where the game can really swing out of control, which is why I rate characters that take a while to build up down. And there are characters like Ironheart and SP//dr who also take a couple of turns to really get going but far exceed his late game strength when they do. So I found it very hard to rank him any higher at the time in this format which incorporates solo play. With that said, I still think Cable is very good and has become substantially better thanks to key new cards X-Bunker and Specialized Training in particular, and will be addressing this in my X-Force Retrospective in the next few weeks!

Cheers!

Sounds like he'll suit you well! Hope you enjoy him. I also really like Black Panther - first hero I ever played!

@@VillainTheory either Iron Man or Spider-Man was the first I played, but BP holds a special place. He was the first hero that didn’t click until I built my own deck for him and then became a favorite.

Haha! Sorry to hear he's been frustrating but I hope he works out for you in the long run. Good luck with your side scheme there!

Out of curiosity, what has been frustrating about playing him? I’ve found him a blast and pretty smooth to run actually.

@@CamObscura88 mostly it’s the pre-con deck behaving like a pre-con.

That's the plan! I just have so many ideas I'm not sure how long it will be until I get to it!

Man I loooove how many crazy things you can do with Call For Backup. I didn’t even think of Peter yet! Awesome!

It's crazy good! And this is only the beginning!! I can't wait to get more! This changes the state of the game big time!! It's a big update, it feels like champions 2 IMO. And I'm all fotlr it!

That's awesome! I really think people are sleeping on Mission Planning, I heard some people didn't even sleeve theirs. I've being doing similar with Scarlet Witch and Sky-Cycle Quicksilver and other big Avengers. Miles and the Peter ally are such a good target though!

I don't remember how much I talked about Askani'son in this video but I do really like it. But I like it less than some people. Long story short, I don't think it's consistent in the way you describe. Except perhaps against Red Skull. Realistically it's not consistent to have two side schemes out per round - and that's what you need to ready in the villain phase AND hero phase. Sometimes, certainly, but it's not something I'll build a strategy around. The other issue is that there's only one copy of Askani'son in the deck. Getting it on Turn 1 is great, getting it on Turn 5? Not so much! And while Superpower Training can help grab it, it typically has a better target. And if you're only readying once per round, I'd rather do it in the hero phase so I can be more flexible with using my stats to solve encounter cards. Which is all a long way of saying I love Askani'son but I think its practical output doesn't often match its potential output. So I like it, I use it, but I think its value varies a lot turn to turn - so I don't rely on it.

That's great to hear! I definitely need to play around with it some more.

I actually love Cable and think he's very good, there's just a lot of very powerful characters! I will say now though that, while new side schemes have helped him, X-Bunker is soooo good with him. It's definitely helped raise him up in my eyes.

Haha! No worries, happy to talk Domino. Sadly the card Band Together doesn't work when discarded from her deck - it actually has no resources printed on its bottom left corner, what Domino is actually looking for, making it the worst aspect card in the game for her to discard! Her ability is looking for the resource icons already on the card. But it's a very cool idea.

I suspected as much, but wasn’t sure. Thank you

If you don't lean into the events then I agree I think psionic is a lot safer. Psimitar is a really cool card! Great points.

Haha! Dragon and Mister Hyde sound like an awesome pairing.

I can see it!