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Battlefield roles for every MCP character T-Z

    

We finish our look at every character in the game with with T-Z today and give them a rating of 1(bad) to 5 (great) at these categories: 

Speed: 

How fast does the character move, including any superpowers that support it.

Durability: 

How well can the character survive enemy attacks. This includes healthpool, defensive stats but also superpowers like Damage reduction or Healing Factor or the turning off of enemy crits. 

Damage output: 

This contains both attacks but also superpower throws, especially bigger terrain throws. It also takes attack types and stuff like Rapid Fire and Beams into account. 

Range: 

At what Range can the character operate at? This will not always take the characters longest range attack but might find the middle on those and try to show where they want to operate at realistically. 

Control: 

Does the character have access to pushes and character throws or hands out a lot of conditions, 

Support Superpowers: 

This includes any superpowers that help the characters allies like places, advances and healing but also Taunts and Bodyguards


Out of these we'll create different battlefield roles.

The roles are: 

Extract Runner: A character that's good at picking up and holding onto Extracts. 

Secure Specialist: A character that's either very sticky on a Secure themselves or has the ability to relaibly push/throw enemies off, while being quite durable themselves. 

Glass Cannon: A character that has above average damage Output but far below average Durability. 

Damage Dealer: A character whose main job is to deal damage. 

Brawler: A character that can and wants to get stuck in a fight. Good damage Output and Durability are needed. 

Tank: A character whose main job is to not die easily. 

Taunt: A character with the ability to "Taunt", so take attacks onto themselves when they are close to the Attacker (Like Luke Cage for example). 

Bodyguard: A character with the ability to Bodyguard (like Steve 1). 

Backpoint Sitter: A character with very long range attacks that makes it good at staying back or a low threat investment, low impact character. 

Control: A character whose main job is to control the enemy characters either through conditions or displacement. 

Support: A character whose main job is to use it's support Superpowers to help their team. 

Importantly we don't look at leaderships and how they might change a character but just that characters stat card with nothing else. 


Taskmaster (3)

Speed: 2

Durability: 3,5

Damage Output: 2

Range: 4

Control: 1

Support Superpowers: 1

Taskmaster is a Backpoint Sitter and Tank


Thanos, The Mad Titan (6)

Speed: 2,5

Durability: 5

Damage Output: 3

Range: 3

Control: 3

Support Superpowers: 4

Without any Gems (which is how you should never even consider playing him) Thanos is a Tank (arguably Brawler), Control and most of all Support 


The Black Widow (4)

Speed: 3

Durability: 3,5

Damage Output: 3

Range: 2

Control: 2

Support Superpowers: 2

4 threat Natasha is an Extract Runner 


The Blob (3)

Speed: 2

Durability: 3,5

Damage Output: 2

Range: 2,5

Control: 4

Support Superpowers: 1

Blob is a Tank and Control 


The Immortal Hulk (7)

Speed: 3

Durability: 4,5

Damage Output: 4,5

Range: 2

Control: 4

Support Superpowers: 1

iHulk is a Brawler and Control 


The Mighty Thor (5)

Speed: 3

Durability: 3

Damage Output: 4

Range: 3

Control: 3

Support Superpowers: 1

Jane Foster is a Brawler and Control 


The Original Human Torch (3)

Speed: 3

Durability: 2

Damage Output: 2

Range: 3

Control: 4

Support Superpowers: 1

Jim Hammond is an Extract Stealer and Control 


The Wrecking Crew (4)

Speed: 3

Durability: 2

Damage Output: 4

Range: 4

Control: 3

Support Superpowers: 1

The Wrecking Crew is a Damage Dealer 


Thor, Hero of Midgard (6)

Speed: 3

Durability: 3,5

Damage Output: 5

Range: 2

Control: 2

Support Superpowers: 1

Thor 2 is a Brawler 


Thor, Prince of Asgard (5)

Speed: 2,5

Durability: 3,5

Damage Output: 4

Range: 2

Control: 4

Support Superpowers: 1

Thor 1 is a Brawler and Control 


Tigra (?)

Speed: ?

Durability: ?

Damage Output: ?

Range: ?

Control: ?

Support Superpowers: ?


Toad (2)

Speed: 3

Durability: 3

Damage Output: 2

Range: 3

Control: 2

Support Superpowers: 3

Toad is an Extract Runner 


Ulik (5)

Speed: 4

Durability: 3,5

Damage Output: 3,5

Range: 2

Control: 4

Support Superpowers: 1

Ulik is a Brawler 


Ultimate Spider-Man (?)

Speed: ?

Durability: ?

Damage Output: ?

Range: ?

Control: ?

Support Superpowers: ?


Ultron (4)

Speed: 3

Durability: 3

Damage Output: 3,5

Range: 4

Control: 2

Support Superpowers: 1

Ultron is a Backpoint Sitter and Damage Dealer 


Ultron, Metal Tyrant (5)

Speed: 3

Durability: 4

Damage Output: 4

Range: 3

Control: 4

Support Superpowers: 1

Ultron 2 is a Brawler, Secure Specialist, Control and Grunt Parent 


Ursa Major (4)

Speed: 3

Durability: 3,5

Damage Output: 3,5

Range: 2

Control: 3,5

Support Superpowers: 1

Ursa is a Brawler and Control 


Valkyrie (3)

Speed: 3

Durability: 2

Damage Output: 3,5

Range: 2

Control: 3

Support Superpowers: 1

Valkyrie is a Damage Dealer 


Venom (4)

Speed: 2

Durability: 3,5

Damage Output: 3

Range: 3

Control: 4

Support Superpowers: 1

Venom is a Brawler, Secure Specialist and Control 


Viper (3)

Speed: 3,5

Durability: 3

Damage Output: 2

Range: 3

Control: 2

Support Superpowers: 1

Viper is an Extract Runner 


Vision (4)

Speed: 2

Durability: 3

Damage Output: 3,5

Range: 3

Control: 4

Support Superpowers: 1

Vision is a Secure Specialist and Control 


Vulture (3)

Speed: 3,5

Durability: 2

Damage Output: 2

Range: 2

Control: 4

Support Superpowers: 1

Vulture is a Secure Specialist and Control 


War Machine (3)

Speed: 2

Durability: 4

Damage Output: 2

Range: 3

Control: 2

Support Superpowers: 1

War Machine is a Tank 


Warlock (3)

Speed: 2

Durability: 3,5

Damage Output: 2,5

Range: 4

Control: 2

Support Superpowers: 1

Warlock is a Backpoint Sitter 


Wasp (3)

Speed: 3,5

Durability: 2

Damage Output: 3,5

Range: 3

Control: 2

Support Superpowers: 1

Wasp is a Damage Dealer 


Weapon X (3)

Speed: 2,5

Durability: 2,5

Damage Output: 4,5

Range: 2

Control: 1

Support Superpowers: 1

Weapon X is a Damage Dealer 


Werewolf by Night (5)

Speed: 3,5

Durability: 3,5

Damage Output: 4

Range: 3

Control: 2

Support Superpowers: 1

Jack is a Brawler and Secure Specialist 


Winter Soldier (3)

Speed: 2,5

Durability: 2

Damage Output: 3,5

Range: 5

Control: 2

Support Superpowers: 1

OG Bucky is a Backpoint Sitter and Damage Dealer 


Winter Soldier, Operative (4)

Speed: 2,5

Durability: 3

Damage Output: 3,5

Range: 5

Control: 3

Support Superpowers: 1

Bucky 2 is a Backpoint Sitter and Damage Dealer 


Wolverine (4)

Speed: 3

Durability: 3,5

Damage Output: 4

Range: 2,5

Control: 2,5

Support Superpowers: 1

Wolverine is a Brawler 


Wong (2)

Speed: 2

Durability: 1

Damage Output: 1

Range: 2

Control: 1

Support Superpowers: 5

Wong is a Backpoint Sitter and Support 


X-23 (3)

Speed: 3

Durability: 2,5

Damage Output: 4

Range: 3

Control: 1

Support Superpowers: 1

X-23 is a Damage Dealer 


Yondu (4)

Speed: 2,5

Durability: 2,5

Damage Output: 4

Range: 5

Control: 2

Support Superpowers: 2

Yondu is a Backpoint Sitter and Damage Dealer 


That's it for the series. You probably noticed that I used X,5 here a lot. I went through all the other posts and added that where I felt it necessarily as during the writing of these it became more and more apparent that 1-5 wasn't nuanced enough. 


Check out my Affiliation Overviews for more details on each character. 


Cheers from Germany 🍻 




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