I had a think after last night's session, we had a few good games, especially when we all switched to 3 tanks / 3 healers to turn around what was looking like a loss.
Putting a bit of thought into my characters I generally begin games with one of my preferred but there are often times I feel the need to switch depending on how things are playing out -
- If the team is quite aggressive and pushing as a group then Squirrel Girl is great. Her attack can hit a few at the same time and you can launch it a fair way, great for dealing with some awkward healers (being protected by effective tanks).
- Against flyers she does not do so well so I tend to switch to Scarlet Witch here, I don't have to worry so much about spiderman, iron man or storm flying around then as the attack hits anyway so they can't really escape.
- On maps where there are plenty of flanking options, Penni is fantastic. Being able to select places to put mines or the mine dispenser can kill off flanks before they even happen!
- I used star lord a bit last night too, he is quite effective against your Scarlet Witches & Moon Knights. If you can get right up against them, unload a clip into them and follow up with his L1 and they can't hit you back and tend to go down pretty quick.
- My healer tends to be Cloak and dagger though I would like to get used to using Rocket a bit more with his little damage booster thing.
I am yet to find a melee DPS I like but they seem to have gained a bit of popularity recently.