Rocket Racoon Marvel Champions Review - Hero Spotlight 

Rocket is easily one of my favorite heroes in the game, I just love the things you can do with him and how he has gotten better over time with more cards! Great review!

I can see why everyone likes Rocket aggression and won't knock it but I play multiplayer and play Rockey as Justice exclusively. I think "Stealth Strike" was made for Rocket, 4 damage to take out a minion, remove 2 Threat from a Scheme, AND draw a card with "Murdered You!"? Too good! Also, with "Heroic Intuition" and his Boots he has a base 4 Thwart, throw in a "I've Got a Plan" and it's not unreasonable for him to Thwart 10 in a turn. And since the +2 Thwart stays for the rest of the phase it makes "Brains over Brawn" hit for 6 and more minion killing card draw. I know aggression has its advantages too, but when I sit down to deck build him, I just can't seem to pull myself away from Justice. 😉 Another great video, keep up the good work! 👍

Rocket’s biggest problem is the box he came in. It was particularly punishing for him. I was so excited to run Rocket and Groot through that box when it came out, but it got pretty frustrating. I haven’t revisited either since, but I’ve been thinking a lot about picking Rocket back up soon. So, this timing was perfect! I’ve also been thinking of ways to “fix” that campaign, like house-ruling that the Collector can only take your cards (not his own, since he already “owns” them) and also probably ignoring Surge on a few cards (or, at least limiting it to once per villain phase). The errata making Ronan’s campaign card optional helps (and also shows that they realized they ramped the difficultly too high on that).

Great review! I rate a few of the characters around where you've put him on the tier list a little differently, but for Rocket specifically I agree with his placement. I love him with Repurpose but aside from that build I think he's fundamentally a clunky design. War Machine is weaker overall but his ammo mechanic works so much smoother. So, while Rocket is one of my favourite Guardians in the MCU, he is almost last for me in Marvel Champions. He's fine, and in the right scenario with the right build he can feel awesome, but I have to go out of my way to set that up and I can do that for most heroes. But I do like that he does have some intricate sequencing, viable builds in every aspect and lots of variety within the aspects. I just feel like he needed some quality of life improvements in his kit/now needs more aspect cards that play with Tech. If I could get something like Repurpose in any aspect, or some way to tutor his Tech (starting with all 4 of his weapons buried in the deck is awful), I could really come around on him. I think he has a ton of potential to grow within the game. In regards to specific cards for him, Booster Boots is a great little basic card for him that he can also Repurpose. I find it very hard to rank the aspects for him though, I think he's so good in all of them. I do quite like him in Leadership since he can use Tinkering on the Tech-traited ally attachments (Reinforced Suit, Laser Blaster, and Comms Implant) and Leadership is so good in general. But Justice, Protection, and Aggression do so much for him. I don't think he should be good with Honed Technique since it doesn't affect his weapons, but his ability and resources are so good that it's pretty devastating in minion-heavy or multiplayer scenarios. Long story short? Interesting design, huge variety of decks, just wish he played smoother.

Terrific run down. I love Rocket! I brought an aggression Overkill deck for Con of Heroes, but I played Venom almost all weekend, since he's less complicated, and I'm not a fast player. I agree with everything you said and want to add one thing. Leaning into excess damage in aggression, I really like the card Marked in his deck! That replaces Relentless Assault for me, and gives that benefit to almost any other excess damage card I'm running.

I am a big fan of Rocket, and i think he is pretty underrated and i rate him higher than most. Proper Deckbuilding is important tho (and not always obvious). I think you are underrating Leadership a lot - he is a very good platform for Guardian Voltron (which is an highly underrated deck in general). Defense is an issue but you flip every turn and its fine. Justice is really strong also and a very good multiplayer deck. With his really high base thwart and CITT, he does the thwart and ready thing really well. Combined with his weapons, makes strkng at doing both damage and thwart at the same time. He does need help in the defense department, but i just run a higher than average # of allies and it works well, he has the money for it.

Love Rocket. In the movies and in the game. His tinkering ability is great. I've been playing a leadership built where he leans heavy into bringing out Iron Man and cheap upgrading him (and salvaging). Maybe not top tier but thematic and fun.

That’s the card we just talked about on the podcast! Great minds think alike 🧠 🎉

I've been on a rocket kick lately! I've been playing him with web warriors in a mostly basic deck with a little leadership. Otto octavius is fun with rocket!

I would place him higher, he is definetely stronger than Iron Man. Thanks for review! Rocket is blast to play.

Nelson, you mentioned on your CoH recap that you kiked Drax in Aggression. If you were playing a Guardians-only multiplayer game, do you like Drax or Rocket better?

So does B mean great to you? You said rockets is a good character without minions but even better with them. To me hes B without minions and A to A plus with them landing him at B plus

Ouch, looks like you will not be playing 2 handed anytime soon! Hope the injury is not too bad.

Can Milano be used as a resource and thwart each exhaust?