Ranking Every Marvel Champions Heroes - Through X-Men! 

What do you disagree with on this list??

I love that some heroes on your “if I lost them I wouldn’t be sad” are at the top of other folks’ favorite heroes lists. Such a fun game and nearly all heroes are super subjective. And then there’s Valkyrie.

I had a blast watching this unfold live and now I get to see the last half I missed. Happy holidays, Nelson!

Spectrum has slowly become one of my favorite heroes. I agree that she can be annoying if she gets stuck in a form but I find it worth in the long run. I especially like playing her in protection using pulsar shield, flow like water and ever vigilant so she is constantly ready. Doing 2-6 damage on the villains turn then using gamma blast and basic attack to do another 11 damage makes her more than worth it for me Love your content. You and D20 have been awesome to watch since Dale stopped. Merry Xmas and all the best in the new year

I feel like I was a shadow haunting all of your picks 😆😆. I really enjoyed your enthusiasm and incredible knowledge! I think the best thing about these lists is less about what what you think about the hero and more what it reveals about your play style. Clearly you and I are similar in some ways, but I think the biggest difference between us is you appear to be seeking a challenge/trying to make an ok hero work. Whereas I ain’t got time for that 🤣 and I quite unapologetically enjoy the strong heroes lol. Maybe I’m a bit of a little Timmy but I do love feeling powerful, and I feel like most co-op games are going out of their way to beat you over the head and that gets old after awhile 🤣

I have Doctor Strange's deck sitting in the back for that particular scenario that pisses me off to no end, that's when I play it. I had a similar deck when I played LotR LCG, a deck that abused Elrond's Vilya ring attachment, but I only used it when I got my butt kicked 7 times in a row. Great list, I just got into MC(and bought way to much already) and I'm trying to have fun with deck building and using each hero in a fun way(Ghost Spider and Cyclops are my faves so far) instead of making the "end all, be all deck" which was my problem with LOTR sometimes

Nice Ranking. Merry Christmas :)

This is so funny because I came here specifically because I just had a game with Spectrum I loved and I wanted to hear what somebody thought about her. Super surprised you didn't like her haha. That's so crazy to me because I agree with most of the rest of the list (quicksilver is my favorite of all time he's just so much fun). I respect your opinion but it's just not what I was expecting 😂

I love Ghost Spider and her Obligation doesn't even factor into that. If you get the obligation early, you tutor George Stacy (just have to exhaust in alter-ego to get him to your hand) If you save one copy of "Pirouette and Punch" on George Stacy, you can cancel her obligation if it flips as an encounter card.

I got the game for Xmas last year, started playing it 2 weeks ago and just bought my 6th expension... Dam this game is addicting. Btw great content for new players! Really help me see whats what because there is ALOT.

My favorite heroes are quite similar, I enjoy playing versatile heroes that allow you to chain multiple actions and optimize the damage/thwart output vs just strong heroes/single events. The first time I played QS, it blew my mind how the feeling of going really fast and doing everything was there. Especially in multiplayer, as you can use serval industries to reshuffle your always be running and maximum velocity to start doing at least 12 DMG/THW every turn almost for free due to friction resistance.

Really like playing Quicksilver as well. I personally like his Avenger's Assemble Leadership build.

I love the general idea of She-Hulk and enjoy playing her, but I think there they got the card frequencies a bit wrong. A second Gamma Slam while reducing ground slam to one would make her a lot more viable and less dependent on luck. Still, she deserves more love imo 😂

Agreed on SpiderMan Peter Parker. I think the only improvement he could use is if the tracers were upgrades that stayed on the table

It's always interesting to me seeing where my picks end up on someone else's list. I'm just relieved to see someone else who actually loves Colossus lol. He's top 3 for me although I play him as rush Aggression. You have a Justice recommendation?

Hey, great video. Have you seen the she hulk deck "Jennifer Walters, Rules Lawyer" ? New Errata changes mean Superhuman Strength no longer leaves if the response doesn't trigger. So killing the minion, or keeping a villain stunned etc. Interesting concept that could really give her some love. Would you consider a similar video for power scaling? Just a thought!

Quicksilver deserves that spot, he's soooo fun. Only SP//dr might compete with him for me, now that I understand her. My biggest differences of opinion are on the overpowered heroes; I love Doctor Strange and Spider-ham because I don't mind the OPness; sometimes you just wanna beat some bad guys up, ya know? Black Widow is a lot more fun with a SHIELD justice deck, but then again SHIELD justice is just fun anyway. :P I'm shocked you haven't played a repurpose deck with Rocket, IMO that is *the* way to play him, especially in solo.

After playing them, where do you think Rogue and Gambit would fall on this list?

I don't think they need to redo a hero entirely, maybe just throw in a new hero/alter ego card for the Hulk for example, or have the Web Warriors title for Spider-Man.

Where would you slot Gambit and Rogue in this tier list?

Hey Nelson, great video. ** I realize you didn't make the claim that Dr. Strange was a bad design per se, these are just my thoughts. I think the thing about characters like Doctor Strange, Spider-Ham and Hulk (and fill in whoever else), is that the designers take into consideration the fact that there are lots of different kinds of gamers. Serious players don't see much challenge with Dr. Strange, but casual gamers see the entire game as a huge challenge they can barely overcome, even with Strange, and casual players losing every game is bad for business. Same with Spider-Ham though I think they went for a younger audience with that hero. Hulk... while questionable, yes, is very easy to understand. Long story short, I think some of the heroes are designed to help different kinds of people experience the game. It does stink for the rest of us that would love to have a more enjoyable Hulk though!

Thanks for helping me kill time during my commute great video

I wonder how would you rate Phoenix after new Pyschionic cards?

Fun is subjective, so you can't judge it the same way as Power tier lists. But, I think you are sleeping on Spectrum hard - Form Lock is only really an issue if you are stuck in Pulsar form, and you can avoid that my just not playing Pulsar Shield when you don't have a way to get back. She has very strong economy (2 cost for unrestricted resource gen is standard - Cap, Thor, DS, Storm, Nebula, etc), built in Aerial, access to form change cards. She is really strong with strong decks in all aspects, One of my top most favorite heroes. I think Ironheart is the most fun of all of the sig kit focused imo. She is powerful, but in my games (which are 2 handed or MP), she doesn't dominate the game like DS. Colossus versus WM takes is really interesting to me because they are actually pretty similar (Different gimmick but similar playstyles). Do think WM is better in MP, especially with a Justice partner.

What is your MarvelCDB username? I'd love to see what decks you are running.

What is below par?

Nice List! Nova is probably my favourite hero in the game

I think every single one of Spectrums events lets her change forms so whoever was getting locked into a form is drunk.

Black Widow is one of the best Justice characters out there period! And she may not consistently have explosive turns but she can have them. 😀

Man, I just got Mad Titan's Shadow, and boy do I regret it. Spectrum and Adam Warlock are the all-time worst heroes ever. Man do they have a lot of Superpower [Superannoying] cards!

Unpopular Opinion: There aren't really "win condition" cards in this game unlike TCG's. That being said, I don't see inherent value in a 40 card deck for most heroes, particularly given the penalty cost of decking and the availability of mulligans and the way the draw phase functions. Outside of very particular situations running closer to card cap seems to provide more value. Extra encounter cards are not fun.

Star lord with a Web warrior build Web of life and destiny +knowhere

Have you played Dr Strange on Expert 2?

Thor has zero issues in solo. He has a perfect kit. Defender of the Nine Realms is an incredible thwart event.

With the understanding that this ranking is your subjective opinion on your enjoyment of each hero, and that my comments below are not disputing it or calling you wrong: 1. 100% agree with Quicksilver, he's always under people's radar, but he's amazing. 2. Nova is OVERRATED. For Unleash to give max satisfaction, it takes a confluence of board state and cards in hand that mostly is out of your control. Sure, it's great when it hits. When it doesn't, Nova is nothing but a 1 THW 1 ATK pinger with very mid hero cards. 3. Spider-Ham is so good, but agree he's not for everyone. Twitch comments said he's "crept Nova" which is true, but at least he gets to augment both ATK and THW, his cards are way better, and toon counters place a higher barrier to success than Nova's helmet (bad from a power level perspective but presents more decision making and sequencing of play). 4. War Machine, in contrast to Nova, is so underrated. Munitions bunker will only get you to 7 immediate counters (you'll wait for the next round refresh to transfer if you AE action twice). 5. Black Widow is one of the most enjoyable heroes in the game, because her cost/benefit ratio is so good. Great payoffs on her tech, none of which is forced response so you have better control over how you influence the board. Plus she's one of the few heroes that can comfortably stay in AE without getting heavily punished or losing efficiency, which gives her great resilience when she needs to rebuild.

Sp//Dr is one of, if not the single most horrible solo heroes in the game, she sucks the enjoyment out of the game so hard! My advice is to use her cards for other heroes and leave her in a box somewhere, she was so bad she made the game lose all semblance of being fun. There's no getting around a hand size of 3, sorry.