Best Abilities by Colour [Polls] (RESULTS ARE IN)

Pylgrim · May 2016

A year and a half ago, I run a series of polls to find the best ability for each colour (here are the links for those curious about the primitive opinions we held yesteryear Yellow, Red, Blue, Green, Purple, Black, and Passive). Today we have close to three times as many characters as back then so it's time for a new round of polls! Back then I ran the polls on the board's own poll option, but with so many abilities in the game today, that's no longer feasible, so I'll use external poll tech. I know is not as convenient as seeing the results each time you open the thread, but I hope y'all participate to get a nice sample. Without further ado here are the polls:

Yellow
Red
Blue
Purple
Green
Black
Passives

The cool thing about these surveys is that they allow me to edit new choices into them and you are able to change your votes at any time (the polls have no end date) meaning that they can keep being relevant as new abilities enter the game. In two weeks from now I'll post a summary of the results in this thread.

Enjoy!

UPDATE

Well it's been two weeks and over 300 people have participated in the poll so far. Unfortunately, as I mentioned in another post, SurveyMonkey cuts off results at 100 count for the free accounts. It's a well hidden limitation that I only noticed once we were over that mark and probably I wouldn't have used the platform if I knew in advance. Nevertheless, that's how it is and there are two options to go from here: The first is to just use the 100-people results. The second is to get a one-month subscription to SM (AU$24) to see the results (and perhaps take advantage of it and make several other polls). Problem is that right now I cannot afford it and I don't even know if it would provide that much value for the community anyway. What do you people think?

Also, Yellow, the first poll, has significantly more responses than the other polls (and every subsequent poll more responses than the one below) more so I assume people got distracted or tired and left the rest for later. If you did so, let this be a reminder to do the rest.

Pylgrim · May 2016

Results (from the first 100 answers)

YELLOW (amount of votes out of 100, minus votes received in the "worst power" category)
01 Recharge (3* Iron Man) 82-3 = 79
02 Righteous Uppercut (Luke Cage) 67
03 Thunder Strike (2* and 3* Thor) 44
04 Old Habits (5* Wolverine) 42
05 Battleplan (Black Panther) 38
06 House Party Protocol (5* Iron Man) 23
07 Maggia Pawns (Kingpin) 21
07 Mutant Revolutionary (3* Cyclops) 21
09 Uncanny Strategist (4* Cyclops) 20
10 Ants, Ants, Ants (Ant-Man) 15
11 Twin Pistols (The Hood) 14
11 Lethal Protector (4* Venom) 16-2 = 14
13 Nova Blast (Nova) 12
14 Recovery (4* Wolverine) 11
14 Sunder (Ares) 11
16 Avengers Assemble (Nick Fury) 11-1 = 10
17 Goblin King (Green Goblin) 9
18 Earth’s Mightiest Heroes (5* Captain America) 7
19 Wings of Liberty (4* Sam Wilson) 5-2 = 3
19 Grant Invisibility (Invisible Woman) 8-5 = 3
20 Immovable Object (Colossus) 3-2 = 1
21 Striking Distance (4* Thor) 5-6 = -1
21 Coercive Field (3* Magneto) 1-2 = -1
23 Armored Assault (1* Iron Man) 2-4 = -2
24 Strategic Command (2* Captain Marvel) 2-5 = -3
25 Power & Responsibility (Miles Morales) 1-6 = -5
26 Mistress of the Elements (1* and 3* Storm) 2-10 = -8
27 Medical Marvel (Beast) 1-11 = -10
28 Everyone With Me (Star-Lord) 1-12 = -11
29 Web Bandages (3* Spider-Man) 2-19 = -17
30 Sacrifice (Sentry) 1-20 = -19
31 Light Density (Vision) 0-24 = -24
32 The Bigger They Are (Squirrel Girl) 0-26 = -26
33 Sentinel of Liberty (2* and 3* Captain America) 0-34 = -34
34 Kick Out the Jams (Spider-Gwen) 1-37 = -36
35 Snarky Remark (2* Spider-Man) 1-60 = -59

RED
01 Repulsor Punch (4* Iron Man) 66
02 Star Spangled Avenger (2* and 3* Captain America) 58-2 = 56
03 Combined Forces (4* Cyclops) 43
04 Optic Blasts (3* Cyclops) 38
05 Smite (4* Thor) 27-1 = 26
05 Out of Bullets (4* Deadpool) 26
07 Finish the Fight (5* Wolverine) 24
08 Polarizing Force (3* Magneto) 21
08 Fireball (2* and 3* Human Torch) 21
10 Psychic Flames (5* Jean Grey) 17-1 = 16
11 Ambush (Daredevil) 16-1 = 15
12 Retribution (3* Punisher) 13
12 The Winning Team (5* Iron Man) 13
14 Adamantium Slash (2* Wolverine) 10-1 = 9
15 Headbutt (Juggernaut) 8-1 = 7
16 Unibeam (3* Iron Man) 10-4 = 6
16 Cherry Bomb (Spider-Gwen) 7-1 = 6
16 Magnetic Flux (2* Magneto) 7-1 = 6
19 Heavy Strike (Vision) 8-3 = 5
20 Shield Bash (5* Captain America) 4
21 Symbiote Scythes (Carnage) 9-6 = 3
21 Colossal Punch (Colossus) 4-1 = 3
21 It's Clobberin' Time! (The Thing) 3
21 Moving Target (Winter Soldier) 3
21 Aerial Assault (War Machine) 3
26 A Little Off the Top (3* Deadpool) 9-7 = 2
26 Power Of Attorney (She-Hulk) 5-3 = 2
26 Dive Bomb (4* Sam Wilson) 5-3 = 2
26 Takeoff (Nova) 3-1 = 2
30 Ballet of Death (Elektra) 5-5 = 0
30 Cosmic Beam (Silver Surfer) 3-3 = 0
30 Razor’s Edge (Gamora) 2-2 = 0
30 Rampage (Ares) 1-1 = 0
30 Best There Is (3* Wolverine) 1-1 = 0
35 Slice & Dice (Drax) 1-2 = -1
35 Repulsor Blast (1* Iron Man) 0-1 = -1
37 Mjolnir’s Might (2* and 3* Thor) 1-4 = -3
37 Photon Blast (Moonstone) 0-3 = -3
39 Solar Beam (Vision) 1-5 = -4
39 Venom Blast (Miles Morales) 0-4 = -4
41 Photonic Blasts (2* and 3* Captain Marvel) 0-7 = -7
42 Web Swing (1* Spider-Man) 0-8 = -8
43 Hellfire (Ghost Rider) 0-9 = -9
44 Oldest Trick in the Book (Star-Lord) 1-11 = -10
45 Blast Arrow (2* Hawkeye) 2-13 = -11
46 Light Disruption (Vision) 0-13 = -13
47 Thunderclap (Ragnarok) 0-15 = -15
48 Arrow Stab (1* Hawkeye) 0-16 = -16
49 Psychic Knife (Psylocke) 0-18 = -18
50 Prehistoric Chomp (Devil Dino) 0-22 = -22
50 Supernova (Sentry) 0-22 = -22
52 Pistol (3* Black Widow) 1-25 = -24
53 Smash (3* Hulk) 0-42 = -42

BLUE
01 Build a Snowman/Punch a Snowman (Iceman) 79
02 Wind Storm (2* Storm) 56
03 Magnetized Projectiles (3* Magneto) 53
04 Demolition (Nick Fury) 40
05 Called Shot (4* Cyclops) 34
06 Anti-Gravity Machine (2* Black Widow) 32
07 Widow’s Sting (1* Black Widow) 31
08 Peacemaker (2* and 3* Captain America) 32-2 = 30
09 Power Surge (4* Thor) 27-1 = 26
10 I Got A Plan (Rocket & Groot) 19-2 = 17
11 Girl FRIDAY (5* Iron Man) 19
12 Billy Club (Daredevil) 13
13 Resonance Frequency (Quake) 7
14 Heavy Density (Vision) 8-3 = 5
15 Perfect Being (Silver Surfer) 5-1 = 4
15 Heat Signature Detection (War Machine) 4
15 Weapons Expertise (4* Punisher) 4
15 Technopatic Strike (Dr. Doom) 4
19 Small Time Crooks/Grow (Ant-Man) 4-1 = 3
19 Detonator (Winter Soldier) 3
21 Chemical Reaction (2* and 3* Daken) 3-1 = 2
21 Hulk-Proof (4* Iron Man) 2
23 Mutagenic Breakthrough (Beast) 2-1 = 1
24 Coordinated Offensive (5* Captain America) 2-1 = 1
24 Force Bubbles (Invisible Woman) 1
24 Taek-web-do (5* Spider-Man) 1
27 Ballistic Salvo (3* Iron Man) 5-5 = 0
28 Infiltration (Mystique) 1-2 = -1
29 Bill of Rights (Howard the Duck) 0-3 = -3
30 Manipulation (Dr. Octopus) 2-6 = -4
31 All Tied Up (1* and 3* Spider-Man) 0-4 = -4
32 Settlement (She-Hulk) 0-7 = -7
33 Iron Hammer (2* Magneto) 4-12 = -8
34 Electric Arrow (2* Hawkeye) 0-11 = -11
35 Ultra-Freon Beam (1* Iron Man) 2-16 = -14
35 Fantastic Elastic (Mr. Fantastic) 0-14 = -14
37 Defense Grid (Black Panther) 1-20 = -19
38 Web Slinger (2* Spider-Man) 0-23 = -23
39 Lightning Rod (Ragnarok) 0-25 = -25
40 Bewilder (Psylocke) 0-52 = -52
40 See the Math of It (4* Hulk) 0-52 = -52

PURPLE
01 Whales, Whales, Whales (3* Deadpool) 77
02 Iron Fist of K'un-Lun (Iron Fist) 66
03 Mind Over Matter (4* Jean Grey) 59-2 = 57
04 Gamma Siphon (Red Hulk) 44
05 Deceptive Tactics (3* Black Widow) 42
06 Aggressive Recon (2* Black Widow) 36
07 Reality Crush (Scarlet Witch) 23
08 Countdown for What (4* Deadpool) 21-1 = 20
09 Blind Spot (Prof. X) 18
10 Keep Your Enemies Closer (Blade) 16
11 Trick or Treat (Green Goblin) 12
12 Illusions (Loki) 13-3 = 10
12 Polarity Shift (2* Magneto) 10
14 Inhuman Stretchiness (Kamala Khan) 10-1 = 9
14 Psychic Rapport (5* Jean Grey) 10-1 = 9
16 Diabolical Plot (Dr. Doom) 8
17 Cold As Ice (Iceman) 6-1 = 5
18 Escape Plan (Nick Fury) 3
19 Lethal Improvisation (3* Bullseye) 5-3 = 2
19 Duck, Duck, Loose! (Howard the Duck) 4-2 = 2
21 Tracking Prey (X-23) 3-2 = 1
21 The Fisk Defense (Kingpin) 2-1 = 1
23 Spectacular Strategy (1* Spider-Man) 2-2 = 0
23 Pym Particles/Grow (Ant-Man) 1-1 = 0
23 Precision Shot (Winter Soldier) 0
26 Aggressive Reckon (1* Black Widow) 3-4 = -1
26 Hide & Seek/Surprise (Miles Morales) 1-2 = -1
28 Nuts From Above (Squirrel Girl) 0-2 = -2
29 Symbiote Snare (1* Venom) 0-3 = -3
30 Shapeshift (Mystique) 0-4 = -4
31 Radar Sense (Daredevil) 1-7 = -6
31 Sleight of Hand (Star-Lord) 0-6 = -6
33 Teenage Kicks (Spider-Gwen) 1-8 = -7
34 Take Aim (1* Hawkeye) 0-8 = -8
35 Secret Weapon (Drax) 0-9 = -9
36 Bird Strike (3* Sam Wilson) 1-11 = -10
37 Double-Double Cross (Elektra) 0-31 = -31
38 Gravity Warp (Moonstone) 0-34 = -34
39 Prehistoric Arms (Devil Dino) 2-44 = -42
40 Lethal Reckon (Yelena Balova) 0-45 = -45
41 Switcheroo (2* Spider-Man) 0-50 = -50

GREEN
01 Whiteout (Iceman) 67-1 = 66
02 Embiggened Bash (Kamala Khan) 58
03 Full of Surprises (4* Jean Grey) 52
03 Sniper Rifle (3* Black Widow) 52
05 Hammer & Anvil (Red Hulk) 51-1 = 50
06 Call the Storm (2* and 3* Thor) 47
07 Phoenix Force (5* Jean Grey) 25
08 Unstoppable Crash (Juggernaut) 18
09 Berserker Rage (3* Wolverine) 16-1 = 15
10 Lightning Storm (2* Storm) 12
11 Furious Charge (She-Hulk) 14-5 = 9
11 Holding Back/Berserker Fury (X-23) 9
11 Merciless Charge (4* Punisher) 9
14 Onslaught (Ares) 11-4 = 7
14 Yancy Street Special (The Thing) 7
16 Earthquake (Quake) 6
17 Fists of Fury (Quicksilver) 8-4 = 4
17 Lightning Strike (1* and 3* Storm) 5-1 = 4
17 Shou-Lao Fang Strike (Iron Fist) 5-1 = 4
20 Flame Jet (2* and 3* Human Torch) 6-4 = 2
20 Gatling Gun (War Machine) 2
20 Automotive Artillery (5* Spider-Man) 2
20 Blammo! We Got Ya! (Rocket & Groot) 2
20 Thunderous Clap (3* Hulk) 2
25 The Quack-Fu One-Two (Howard the Duck) 3-2 = 1
26 Animal Inside (Beast) 2-2 = 0
26 Carnage Rules (Carnage) 0
28 Symbiotic Fury (4* Venom) 0-2 = -2
29 Furry Friends (Squirrel Girl) 2-5 = -3
29 Feral Claws (2* Wolverine) 1-4 = -3
31 Skull Cracker (Gamora) 1-5 = -4
32 Judgement (3* Punisher) 2-7 = -5
32 Deadly Precision (2* and 3* Bullseye) 0-5 = -5
34 X-Force (4* Wolverine) 1-10 = -9
35 Force Field Crush (Invisible Woman) 0-11 = -11
35 Burning Rubber (Ghost Rider) 0-11 = -11
37 Armed and Dangerous (Dr. Octopus) 1-22 = -21
37 Prehistoric Bite (Devil Dino) 0-21 = -21
39 Hex Bolt (Scarlet Witch) 1-29 = -28
40 Mastermind Excello (4* Hulk) 0-31 = -31
41 World Rupture (Sentry) 0-46 = -46
42 Godlike Power (Ragnarok) 0-47 = -47

BLACK
01 Full Blast (3* Cyclops) 71
02 Rage of the Panther (Black Panther) 60
03 Surgical Strike (4* Wolverine) 57
04 Living Legend/Still Sharp (5* Wolverine) 54
05 Penance Stare (Ghost Rider) 45
06 Overdrive (4* Iron Man) 37-2 = 35
07 Jab, Jab, Cross (Luke Cage) 31-1 = 30
08 Goblin Glider (Green Goblin) 25-1 = 24
09 Trickery (Loki) 24-4 = 20
10 Nightstalker (Blade) 15
11 Punish/Army of One (4* Punisher) 11
12 Wilson's Gambit (Kingpin) 10
13 Hailstorm (1* and 3* Storm) 11-2 = 9
14 Masterstroke (Mystique) 8-1 = 7
15 Summon Demons (Dr. Doom) 7-3 = 4
16 Shadow Step (Elektra) 4-2 = 2
17 Idle Hands (Quicksilver) 6-5 = 1
17 Danger Zone (Nova) 1
19 Molotov Cocktail (3* Punisher) 0
20 Silver Singularity (Silver Surfer) 6-7 = -1
20 Bad Reputation (Gamora) 3-4 = -1
20 Hypersonic Punch (3* Captain Marvel) 0-1 = -1
23 Sonic Boom (2* Captain Marvel) 2-4 = -2
24 The Destroyer (Drax) 1-4 = -3
25 Fastball Special (Colossus) 4-9 = -5
26 Inferno (2* and 3* Human Torch) 4-12 = -8
27 Intimidation (The Hood) 2-2 = -10
27 Psi-Katana (Psylocke) 0-10 = -10
29 Control Shift (Moonstone) 1-15 = -14
30 Imaginaut (Mr. Fantastic) 0-18 = -18
31 Murderous Aim (2* Bullseye) 0-19 = -19
31 Devour (1* Venom) 0-19 = -19
33 Payback Mission (Yelena Balova) 0-35 = -35
34 Hot Dog Stand (4* Hulk) 0-79 = -79

PASSIVE
01 Die Hard (5* Wolverine) 62

02 Master Plan (Prof. X) 48

03 Arcane Incantation (Scarlet Witch) 44-1 = 43

04 Dormammu’s Aid (The Hood) 40-3 = 37

05 Psychic Feedback (4* Jean Grey) 39

06 Exquisite Technique (Iron Fist) 33

07 Bring Out The Best (Kamala Khan) 29-1 = 28

08 Mischief (Loki) 27-3 = 24

09 From the Ashes (5* Jean Grey) 22-1 = 21

10 The Thirst (Blade) 19

11 Unbreakable (Luke Cage) 19-1 = 18

12 Reluctant Hero (5* Wolverine) 14-2 = 12

13 I Am Groot (Rocket & Groot) 9

13 X-Enforcer (4* Deadpool) 9

15 Anger (3* Hulk) 10-3 = 7

15 Redwing (3* Sam Wilson) 8-1 = 7

17 Inspiration (3* Sam Wilson) 7-1 = 6

17 Psychic Convergence (Prof. X) 6

19 Coordinated Tactics (Quake) 6-1 = 5

20 Healing Factor (3* Wolverine) 7-4 = 3

20 Contract Killer (3* Bullseye) 6-3 = 3

20 Pheromone Rage (2* and 3* Daken) 5-2 = 3

23 Aerial Avenger (4* Sam Wilson) 5-3 = 2

23 Speed Shot (2* Hawkeye) 5-3 = 2

23 Espionage (2* Black Widow) 2

26 Savage Healing (X-23) 2-1 = 1

27 Rock Solid (The Thing) 0

27 Shadowy Acrobatics (5* Spider-Man) 0

29 Energy Absorption (3* Captain Marvel) 1-4 = -3

30 Adamantium Bones (2* Bullseye) 2-9 = -7

31 Healing & Heat (2* and 3* Daken) 1-10 = -9

31 Spider-Sense (3* Spider-Man) 0-9 = -9

33 Insult to Injury (Dr. Octopus) 2-13 = -11

33 Seeing Red (Red Hulk) 2-13 = -11

35 Supersonic (Quicksilver) 2-14 = -12

36 Raging Tempest (2* Storm) 2-16 = -14

37 Life of the Party (3* Deadpool) 4-21 = -17

38 Master of the Fantastic (Mr. Fantastic) 0-29 = -29

38 Healing Factor (2* Wolverine) 0-29 = -29

40 Alien Instincts (Carnage) 1-32 = -31

41 Give and Take (4* Venom) 0-32 = -32

revskip · May 2016

This is fantastic Pylgrim. Thanks for this.

bbf2 · May 2016

Why are you lumping the abilities of the lazy three stars together with their lower tier counterparts? For example, 3-star Cap's "Star Spangled Avenger" is one of the best red abilities in the game while 2-star Cap's ability of the same name is probably one of the worst.

vinnygecko · May 2016

Thanks for doing this!

It was fairly easy to pick the red, blue and yellow abilities (both good and bad). It was a bit harder to choose just 5 from purple, black and passive. Definitely seems like the better powers skew to those colors.

El Satanno · May 2016

I've taken your blasted survey. Where is my reward?!

Okay seriously, the first thing that stood out to me immediately was how Dormammu's Aid wasn't hands-down rocking that passive list. My guess would be some people aren't divorcing the power from the character it is attached to. On it's own, it's an overwhelmingly strong ability. I reckon that may be the case for some of the other polls, but that struck me.

Pylgrim · May 2016

Thanks for everybody who has taken the time to do this.

vinnygecko wrote:

Thanks for doing this!

It was fairly easy to pick the red, blue and yellow abilities (both good and bad). It was a bit harder to choose just 5 from purple, black and passive. Definitely seems like the better powers skew to those colors.

Yeah, I remember that back when I first ran these polls most people were kind of taken by surprise by the fact (brought to relevance by the poll) that black was the best colour. Back in those days, Call the Storm reigned supreme as the most powerful ability and most decent-to-good characters had a green ability so it was taken as a fact that green was the best colour. However, where green had quantity (and CtS), black has very dense and high quality! Purple on the other hand, was a colour with neither and widely acknowledged as the worst colour. Can anyone say "overcorrection"?

bbf2 wrote:

Why are you lumping the abilities of the lazy three stars together with their lower tier counterparts? For example, 3-star Cap's "Star Spangled Avenger" is one of the best red abilities in the game while 2-star Cap's ability of the same name is probably one of the worst.

I kind of wanted to focus more on design and usability than raw power. Admittedly, I kind of had forgotten that the gulf of power between 2* and 3* Star Spangled Avenger was so vast.

El Satanno wrote:

I've taken your blasted survey. Where is my reward?!

Okay seriously, the first thing that stood out to me immediately was how Dormammu's Aid wasn't hands-down rocking that passive list. My guess would be some people aren't divorcing the power from the character it is attached to. On it's own, it's an overwhelmingly strong ability. I reckon that may be the case for some of the other polls, but that struck me.

I dunno, I kind of agree that Die Hard is the best passive by far? I'm not saying that it is broken, but I would say that whenever Die Hard is watering its plants and sees broken walk by, it waves and says "“Hey diddly-ho neighboreeno!” Also, I could hear arguments about why D-Aid is better than Master Plan and Arcane Incantation, but the fact that those two abilities are basically what make the most tedious and repetitive events in the game passable cannot be overstated.

fun_and_gun · May 2016

I submitted my poll but while doing it, I noticed how skewed the results are going to be. for players like me that are in the 3* to 4* transition phase, I'm not going to vote for most of the 4* to 5* choices because I haven't had the chance to use them.

Sm0keyJ0e · May 2016

fun and gun wrote:

I submitted my poll but while doing it, I noticed how skewed the results are going to be. for players like me that are in the 3* to 4* transition phase, I'm not going to vote for most of the 4* to 5* choices because I haven't had the chance to use them.

I think the reverse of this is also true. I'm guessing most people don't have a usable Quake but her blue is easily one of the best abilities in the game. On paper it may look meh, but in practice the power of that ability both in PVE and PVP is a game changer for only 7AP.

Pylgrim · May 2016

fun and gun wrote:

I submitted my poll but while doing it, I noticed how skewed the results are going to be. for players like me that are in the 3* to 4* transition phase, I'm not going to vote for most of the 4* to 5* choices because I haven't had the chance to use them.

I am perfectly fine with having all tiers be represented. Besides there are abilities that transcend tiers. For example, Widow's Sting and Unstoppable Crash may be some of the most widely asked Team Ups regardless of station while 2* Captain Marvel's Strategic Command is a key component of cupcaking in PVP.

In more annoying news, I just noticed that the "free plan" of Survey Monkey only gives results for the first 100 people to answer a poll which was never mentioned anywhere (you actually had to go to the pricing page to learn it) and some of the polls have gone already well over that mark. I knew the platform had "pro" options but never imagined the limit was so low. It's only $25 a month but I've been unemployed for a few months so I cannot shell it. (A bit of trivia: the most popular poll by far is Yellow, understandably for being the first link. However, Green is the most unpopular one so far, while Passives is the third most popular.)

amusingfoo1 · May 2016

Thanks for putting this together.

The thing that most struck me, in answering this, was how good the passives are, as a class. I had no trouble coming up with three bad->terrible abilities in any color, but I really couldn't in the passives.

As a 5* player, it was also the only one that had more than one 3* ability among the "best"s in my answers (several had none).

I'd also agree that the answers are pretty skewed by people's experience. The newer, higher-star characters are probably under-represented. I don't know if I'd agree with the person who said Quake's blue is worth being in the "best" list, as I haven't played her much (and only have three covers in that ability), but I have played her enough to find that believable. And there are several 5* abilities that got significant votes that I have no idea about. And Nova and Venom both have great yellows that didn't get many votes.

TxMoose · May 2016

one I was considering voting for wasn't there. obw espionage was missing from the passive bunch (I think), or I couldn't find it.

thanks for doing this pilgrim. good idea.

Pylgrim · May 2016

amusingfoo1 wrote:

Thanks for putting this together.

The thing that most struck me, in answering this, was how good the passives are, as a class. I had no trouble coming up with three bad->terrible abilities in any color, but I really couldn't in the passives.

Heh, thing about the passives is that you cannot beat the cost. It is hard to find fault with something that comes free.

I'd also agree that the answers are pretty skewed by people's experience. The newer, higher-star characters are probably under-represented. I don't know if I'd agree with the person who said Quake's blue is worth being in the "best" list, as I haven't played her much (and only have three covers in that ability), but I have played her enough to find that believable. And there are several 5* abilities that got significant votes that I have no idea about. And Nova and Venom both have great yellows that didn't get many votes.

I'm fine by 5*s being under-represented since they are almost irrelevant to the greater majority of players. Some day it will be different but that's the beauty of being able to change your votes at any time. As for Venom's yellow, I believe it is at a fine place in the polls. Certainly it has nowhere near the utility of Recharge and while its damage/AP ratio is quite higher than Righteous Uppercut's, its impact is much lower. RU is a 3* power that can 1-hit kill several 3*s and cripple all others. Lethal Protector deals between 33% and 50% damage to a 4*'s life total, on the other hand, while leaving pesky protect tiles for the enemy. Also, RU is a superb flavour win while LP is a flavour loss... why is it yellow, anyway? How innocents being put in the way of harm mean protect tiles for the enemy? It IS useful and powerful but ultimately bland and forgettable. I could make a case for almost every other yellow power currently garnering more votes.

TxMoose wrote:

one I was considering voting for wasn't there. obw espionage was missing from the passive bunch (I think), or I couldn't find it.

thanks for doing this pilgrim. good idea.

Wow, that's a huge oversight. I'll add it in, and likely change my vote! Thanks for pointing it out.

Xenoberyll · May 2016

I find it hard to rank powers across all levels of rarity and i think so does the majority of people because i think i saw a trend there to the older, better known characters/powers. Still a nice poll tho.

TxMoose · May 2016

Xenoberyll wrote:

I find it hard to rank powers across all levels of rarity and i think so does the majority of people because i think i saw a trend there to the older, better known characters/powers. Still a nice poll tho.

i agree. i basically ignored the 1*s and 5*s (other than oml yellow).

Xenoberyll · May 2016

El Satanno wrote:

I've taken your blasted survey. Where is my reward?!

Okay seriously, the first thing that stood out to me immediately was how Dormammu's Aid wasn't hands-down rocking that passive list. My guess would be some people aren't divorcing the power from the character it is attached to. On it's own, it's an overwhelmingly strong ability. I reckon that may be the case for some of the other polls, but that struck me.

Characters with a bad rep seem to get bad votes even for their decent powers and those that have a hype train going get upvotes for everything too.
I noticed Dormamu's Aid too - what's worse is that it received 3 downvotes!!! That certainly doesn't speak towards hive intelligence

Jack0fAllGames · May 2016

Did the passives list forget BSSM purple or did I miss it?

Pylgrim · May 2016

TxMoose wrote:

Xenoberyll wrote:

I find it hard to rank powers across all levels of rarity and i think so does the majority of people because i think i saw a trend there to the older, better known characters/powers. Still a nice poll tho.

i agree. i basically ignored the 1*s and 5*s (other than oml yellow).

So you don't like Widow's Sting or Unstoppable Crash? Many veterans do.

Xenoberyll wrote:

Characters with a bad rep seem to get bad votes even for their decent powers and those that have a hype train going get upvotes for everything too.
I noticed Dormamu's Aid too - what's worse is that it received 3 downvotes!!! That certainly doesn't speak towards hive intelligence

Eh, that's just statistical noise. Also do remember that because the majority's opinion is not your opinion, doesn't mean that they are wrong. Technically doesn't mean that they are right, either, but also technically, it's is more likely for a few people to be mistaken than it is that the majority is. As for good abilities of bad characters being under-appreciated, I feel that it is logical to "discount" points for their inherent drawback of having to bring in the deadweight.

Jack0fAllGames wrote:

Did the passives list forget BSSM purple or did I miss it?

Ehhhh, noo, I'm sure it is there, check again. >_>

TxMoose · May 2016

Pylgrim wrote:

So you don't like Widow's Sting or Unstoppable Crash? Many veterans do.

love them as teamups. I use those 2 more than anyone else in my alliance, especially jugs. but I love them because they come back quickly and I don't need any regulation on spamming them. for board shake, I'd much prefer 4cyke blue for 8 over jugs for 6, and his isn't too bad on cooldown, so I use him (4cyke) in the mix too. but of all the green abilities out there, no way I'm picking crash over ice, rulk, jean, kk, thor. widow's sting is closer to t5, but I really wasn't looking at the 1*s. because at the same time, sure some of the 1* abilities are horrible, but they don't affect me, and wanted to place my votes on the abilities that affect game play more (outside of teamups). first, I've never played 1* venom, spidey, hawk, or Yelena, so I don't really have any experience with them. and if I did include them, my guess is that many of the 'worst' abilities would be 1*s, and that just muddies the waters of what people really want to know - what are the good/bad abilities of the characters that matter to me and are relevant to me? that's what I went for in voting.

Jack0fAllGames · May 2016

Pylgrim wrote:

Jack0fAllGames wrote:

Did the passives list forget BSSM purple or did I miss it?

Ehhhh, noo, I'm sure it is there, check again. >_>

I see it now. It's in the best list but not the worst list.

OzarkBoatswain · May 2016

Vision's red has multiple entries but some other multi-use colors don't. e.g. Nova's Takeoff/Rocket.

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