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Was not ready for that particular character's backstory to be so painful.

Consider the sauce.

Now add up all the damage from the secondary power sets.

Yes, RDJ carried Iron Man and much of the entire franchise. I don’t think anyone would argue that. The Evans FF movies are bad. Johansson’s movie was terrible and didn’t come out until after her character was dead. Not exactly “carrying a franchise”. Jackson was the lead in exactly 0 movies. Cumberbatch is the closest to a “non-original” Avenger that carried his own movies. The fact is, they didn’t market Phase 1 as “check out this new Chris Evans/Hemsworth/Pratt movie!” It was about the IP, not the cast.

Chris Evans was not a bankable star before Captain America: First Avenger. Chris Hemsworth was not a bankable star before Thor. Tom Holland was not a bankable star before Spider-Man: Homecoming. Chadwick Boseman was not a bankable star before Black Panther. Chris Pratt was not a bankable star before Guardians of the Galaxy (The Lego Movie *did* come out the same year, so perhaps this one is squishier) Some of the worst MCU movies were built on the backs of 'bankable' stars. This isn't the issue. If it's about 'which of these relatively unknown leads since Endgame could hold down a trilogy', then there have been some real missteps and tragedies there, not all within Disney/Marvel's control (Boseman, Simi Liu, etc.). Of all the post-Endgame leads, I personally find Iman Vellani the most charismatic, but how many people even know that's the name of the actress who plays (played?) Kamala Khan?

I would imagine so! But I thought that was a helpful update for anyone who comes across this guide later.

You are (very) unlikely to succeed at AV killing with this particular combo.

I had an Ice/Kin/Soul Tanker that I liked a lot, but it was built for a pretty specific trick: stacking as much -Dam as possible. (no I don't have a build 🙃)

There's probably some middle ground between "Oscar bait" and "worst reviewed film currently in theaters", lol. You don't necessarily need to have high hopes for a movie for it to still be disappointing. Sometimes even middling hopes are dashed. Glad OP enjoyed it, though!

Seeing this thread for the first time because of your sig, just wanted to mention: you can also get the Ouro Portal by going to Recluse's Victory (in City Hall). Once you zone in, it sets your level to 50, and boom, Ouro portal.

I recently (like, over the holiday weekend) leveled up an Elec/Earth/Soul Blaster. I'm not usually a Blaster player, but those sets were the best option for a particular concept. Pretty sure this is my new main. I haven't had a chance to work out a "real build" yet, but what I'm running around with is damn fun. 42% Ranged and 65% S/L Resist - I'm sure folks could cap those if they tried. "Only" 127.5% +Rech, so a bit slower than I'm used to. The only "purple" sets are the Superior Blaster ATOs. More than the build though, the playstyle is a hoot and layers well. I put the Energy Manipulator Stun proc (and the OF KD Proc) in Ball Lightning. Between that, Fracture and Oppressive Gloom, things stay stunned reliably well. When some do shake free, they've very often got 0 endurance to do anything about it. Plus between the OF proc and Tremor, things are also on their butts a lot. For hard single targets, not much lives through Seismic-Zapp-Heavy Mallet. Mezzes are the biggest concern, so Zapp (with the Defiant Barrage proc) gets spammed a lot. If I roll up on a spawn and don't have that proc active, I need to be a little more careful (ie, open with a Charged/Built Up Zapp, jump back while following up with Thunderous Blast). Again, he's just a few days old, but so far this lil guy can buzz through +4/x8 w/Bosses Council missions with no Insps/Temps/(active) Incarnates, tears through Romans on the walls, and absolutely wrecked Mako in a PI Safeguard (granted that was +1, so a purple 52 Mako) without Insps/Temps/Incarnates. Good stuff. And I'm enough of a purist/traditionalist to still have the 'no I/T/I' mindset baked in. But it's a Blaster. Low floor, high ceiling. It's way more fun to just roll Barrier, pop a Break Free when I need it, and tear through a map in two minutes.

Hey y'all, I went a lil crazy on Name Release Day. Snagged a bunch of keepers but also have a bunch I don't think I'll get to. PM me if you see something you like; I'll free up everything at some point (or just let them fall off) EDIT: will edit list with deletions as folks stake claims Big Boy Boxer Bruiser Catboy Cutter Deputy Mayor Doctor Death Doctor Power Dogcatcher Druidess Epiphany Everyman Foxhound Geo Gunman Honcho Impresario Lawdog Lightweight Limerick Magic Man Max Damage Mudman Music Man Pale Rider Scanner Screamer Shredder Sleeper Snow Devil Solarman Soviet Spear Stormchaser Sunder Urchin Warboy Warhound Wildboy

I picked up Ice Mastery, including Flash Freeze, on a newly leveled Seismic/Kin Corr. We'll see if it makes it through any respecs. This particular build has very little in the way of passive mitigation (Frozen Armor, +Def Uniques, CJ), as it was mostly built around teaming, but I end up soloing a lot. I've just got Flash Freeze with the base slot, and it's saved my bacon a bunch. This particular combo has no DoTs and a bunch of target-dependent but non-damaging buffs (and debuffs), which makes the Sleep pretty dang useful.

Bro, it is really freaking weird that you’ve somehow turned “Bucky isn’t a D list character” into “I know what this person’s worldview is”. Ima stop interacting with you now that we’ve reached the point of sarcastic non-apologies.

Yep. Still have that full run. The same team had a great Iron Fist book around that time, too. For the record / those who haven't read it: Clint Barton is very much not in the backseat of his own book.

Wow. It literally isn't.

I never called anyone absurd. I said certain statements were absurd. Funny thing about opinions is that other people get to have opinions about them. If y'all really wanna die on the hill of "characters fall into one of two categories", go for it. I'll call that absurd all day long. Because it's absurd. This is me feeling free to disagree. Y'all can do the same. Playing the card of "we're all just innocently posting opinions and being respectful of other people's" is some real (attempted) gaslighting lol.

"Isn't an A-List character" isn't the same thing as "isn't an A-List character, therefore is a D-Lister".

Bold of you to assume folks in the Comics Forum have read a comic in the past 25 years.

There's a world of difference between "I'd argue that..." and "here's a thing I believe is true and won't budge on".

"World view" equating to "here's my opinion about a fictional character" is wild. "I'm going to make a binary statement; either a character is A list or D list, no in between. You can' t argue with this because it's an opinion. If you try to argue that there's such a thing as nuance, then you're obstinate and don't believe in opinions".

Nobody said he's that level (although I'd argue that yes, Bucky is a bigger deal in the 616 than Black Widow). The binary of "you're either A-list / can carry your own movie or you're D list" is where I think people are taking issue. Because it's ridiculous. You seem to really want to infer a whole lot of things that I didn't type. Which is of course your prerogative. But consider maybe that that's the definition of a straw man argument.

Yes, he was was created to fill that sidekick role 80 years ago. Things have changed. The original comment that drove all this is "these are D List characters", which is an absurd thing to say about Bucky specifically.