Favourite Teams

This guide is for a listing of your favorite teams to use. Which characters have you found work well together and have synergy? Post and I will aggregate in the top post.

Four Star
Deadpool - Kingpin - [???]
Someone said the Deadpool 4 star pink would work with Kingpin's black. [IDK, suggestions welcome]


and Four Star and Three Star Mix
Professor X - GSBW - Scarlet Witch
Team WINFINITY! This team depends a long on pink availability. Use GSBW to make as many match-5s as you can for Prof X. Scarlet Witch's blue passive will also cause match-5s. If the game goes south, use Professor X pink and you might be able to stay alive long enough to pull out the victory.
Counter: Jean Grey, skip or pray. Kill Scarlet Witch first. Maybe Loki to steal AP after a match 4+.

Hulkbuster - Iron Fist - Hood
Team road to red. Basically Iron Fist's pink leads to black and Hulkbuster's blue and black lead to red. And Hulkbuster's red leads to death. Also the strike tile from Hulkbuster boosts the attack tile from Iron Fist. And The Hood steals AP and speeds all of this up.
Alternative: Will probably work fairly well as Hulkbuster, Iron Fist and anyone else.
Counter: I guess Iceman is the counter for this. Hard to decide whether to kill Hood or Iron Fist first. Need to deny red, black and pink (and blue as well). Bring Luke Cage to ameliorate the attack tile and use yellow to one punch Iron Fist out of there. Good candidate for bringing AP boosts if you have them (although Hood will start stealing them right off the bat).

Three Star
Patch - Loki - Daken
Team true-heal. Use Patch's green and then Loki's black. Patch and Daken's heal abilities allow you to use this set-up for multiple matches without depleting your health pack store too quickly (you can heal them by playing an easy match in prologue).
Alternative 1: Switch Daken for any blue user, ideally one who can tank pink or black for Loki.
Alternative 2: Switch Loki for Daredevil. Works better with 5 Daredevil pink which is isn't my favorite build.
Counter: Bring your own Loki or other special tile destroyer! Kill Loki first.

KK - Thor - Psylocke
Psylocke's quick powers will keep you healed via KK passive. KK pink and Thor yellow will get you to the big KK green or Thor green damage. On defense, it will be hard for opponent to kill both KK and Thor before one of them gets a chance to get the big green off. Drawback is that the board shake from KK pink or Thor red or yellow can cause you to lose the Psylocke special tiles.
Counter: Kill KK first. Board shake or Falcon can help with the special tiles. Deny green (and yellow and pink).

Thor - Daken - Hulk
All three characters feed green. Matching green gives you strike tiles and eventually Thor's nuke. The trick is to make Hulk's anger trigger which (i) creates more green and (ii) damages the enemy (small damage but the green strike tiles are added).
Alternative: KK and Black Widow can also generate green.
Counter: Take out Thor first. Don't let anger trigger (bring a stun for Hulk). Someone with protect to protect against the strike tiles. Deny yellow and green.

Luke Cage - Iron Fist - Falcon
Team maxed special tile. Essentially the goal is to have the special tiles from Luke Cage and Iron Fist fall in a hard to be matched location. Then make as many yellow matches as possible so the special tile's strength is increased via Falcon yellow. Which will eventually give you enough yellow for Luke Cage's uppercut.
Alternative: Swap Blade in for Luke Cage. Avoid red and concentrate on pink. This can work especially well against goons when the board is more stable (and Falcon gets rid of their countdown tiles).
Counter: Take out Iron Fist ASAP and deny yellow. The AI can't really do Luke Cage's black very well, but be careful. A board shake can be helpful.

Luke Cage - Iron Fist - Steve Rogers
Again, Iron First pink feeds Luke Cage black. Have protect strike and attack tiles. Fill out the roster with Steve Roger's awesome blue and red.
Alternative 1: Swap in another good blue and red user for Steve Rogers such as Magneto or Daredevil (Thoress as well).
Alternative 2: Swap in Daken for Steve Rogers. Daken doesn't have red, but you aren't going to want to match red after you get a **** load of strike tiles on red!
Alternative 3: Swap in a good black user for Luke Cage, such as Cyclops, Black Panther or Mystique. Note Storm's black and Doctor Doom's black conflict with Iron Fist (his attack tile will not regenerate if there is another attack tile on the board).
Counter: Take out Iron First first. Deny yellow and red. Protect tile and board shake.

Cyclops - - Iron Fist - Scarlet Witch
Banking on Pink and Black. Pretty similar to the above except you are just relying on Scarlet Witch to feed pink. And Iron Fist to use pink to feed black. And Cyclops black to pwn. No use for blue though.
Counter: Not sure whether to go after Iron Fist or Scarlet Witch first. To deal with Scarlet Witch's countdown tile, (i) try to match it right before it goes off, (ii) if you can't match, try to keep it away from any pink tiles and (iii) try to keep it on the sides or top/bottom of the board so fewer tiles may get matched [not sure if last one is right]. A good one for the power of prayer.

Blade - Daken - Captain Marvel
Team strike tile. Concentrate on getting enough pink for Blade. Before using Blade's pink, (i) make sure there are enough strike tiles (4-6) either by matching green (Daken's passive) and/or ignoring red (Blade's passive) and (ii) make sure the pink attack tile won't be immediately matched. Captain Marvel's passive will allow for red generation so you can avoid matching red to allow Blade's passive to work.
Alternative 1: Switch Cyclops for Captain Marvel. His yellow will generate more red for strike tiles.
Counter: Kill Blade first. You're going to want to deny red to keep the strike tiles down, so bring a good red user, and someone with stun to avoid Captain Marvel's passive (sounds like Steve Rogers, who can also overwrite the special tiles). Falcon or Loki could also help.

Cyclops - Scarlet Witch - Grocket
Not sure this has too much synergy per se. But Cyclops and Scarlet Witch are rainbow and both have awesome powers. Grocket has an awesome blue outlet (for the increased blue matches caused by Scarlet Witch's passive). There is no power competition when the AI is in charge except for the two green powers (which isn't a big deal). If you slightly under-level Scarlet Witch, Grocket will tank three colors which is okay because of his high HP and true-heal.
[note, this is the author's favorite combo which I use in PVP simulator!]
Alternative 1: Swap out Grocket for any good blue user, such as Steve Rogers or Magneto or Spider-Man.
Alternative 2: Swap out Cyclops for another yellow, black and red user such as Luke Cage or Captain Marvel.
Counter: There are no counters for this set-up. If you see this team in the PVP simulator, please skip!

IM40 - Steve Rogers - Bullseye
Team fuel. Use IM40 yellow to fuel Cap's awesome blue and red powers. Use Bullseye's green to help manage the board and protect Cap's countdown and protect tiles. Bullseye tanks three colors which can make him more likely to be deal the death blow and trigger his black passive.
Alternative 1: Blade can be switched for Bullseye and maintain rainbow, although I don't really see the synergy.
Alternative 2: Switch Magneto for Steve Rogers
Alternative 3: Switch Hood for IM40. Hood will also generate AP for you.
Counter: Don't bring any special tile generators (so Bullseye can't use pink). Target Steve Rogers first. Deny yellow.

Bullseye - Psylocke - Beast
Team attack and strike. The attack and strike tiles feed off each other. Bullseye will tank pink and black making his black passive more likely to trigger. Bullseye and Beast green are equivalent damage, so if you slightly underlevel Beast, Bullseye will also tank green always. Bullseye black can result in a blue strike tile which is helpful for Beast green.
Alternative: Switch out beast for Falcon or Grocket.
Counter: Someone to get rid of the special tiles (such as Falcon, Bullseye or Loki) or a board shaker.


and Three Star and Two Star Mix
Hood - Storm - Magneto
Use Magneto's pink to feed Storm's blue. Hood's passive will also feed blue, pink, black and red. Use Magneto's red and then Hood's black to make the countdown tile go off immediately. Danger is the low HP for Hood and Storm.
Counter: Deny blue. Take out Hood first.

Mystique - Cyclops - Magneto (two star)
Team loop. Use Magneto pink to feed Mystique blue. Use Mystique blue to feed Magneto pink (a LOOP). Mystique also feeds Cyclops black and Cyclops yellow feeds Cyclops red. Keep feeding the beast and you'll get a good power off eventually!
Counter: I'd probably take out Cyclops first as he has the scariest powers.

Luke Cage - Iron Fist - Hawkeye
Iron Fist feeds Luke Cage black and gives a good chance of triggering Hawkeye's speed shot.


Two Star
Hawkeye - Storm - Magneto
Team blue generator. Use Magneto's pink to make a 5-match and trigger Hawkeye's speed shot and fuel Storm's wind-storm. Drawback is no black coverage.
Alternative 1: Switch Moonstone for Hawkeye to get black coverage and a quicker red power.
Counter: Take down Storm asap. Deny blue. Be careful of her yellow power (make sure big damage will kill her and not almost kill her).

OBW - Daken - Thor
Team ultimate two-star. OBW make's good use of Daken's strike tiles. Thor comes in to destroy the other team. This team up can work well on the final DDQ wave fight (big enchilada, although a lot of people are posting alternatives that can also work!).
Alternative 1: Switch Thor for Wolverine (more strike tiles).
Alternative 2: Switch Thor for Ares (OBW blue can ameliorate Ares yellow self harm).
Counter: Kill OBW before she can steal AP or heal herself. Then defeat Thor.