I just thought Id take a quick minute to share how things work & the crappy description the game gives.
This is due to the 2 new character: Luke Cage & Elktra and their mysterious black powers.
Jab, Jab, Cross
POWER COST 6
Luke sets up for a classic one-two punch to knock his opponent cold. Luke deals 164 damage and places a 4-turn Countdown tile. While active, Jab, Jab, Cross deals 597 damage instead.
Did you just use this? Did you think wow that sucked, that countdown tile must do something awesome then! Did you protect the countdown tile and try to fugure out what the hell happened when it went off? I sure did. I had to re-read this description a couple times before I was like OOOOOOHHHHHH, now I get it.
SAVE UP BLACK! Thats it, you lay down 6 black it does minor damage. You lay 1 countdown tile then any other time you activate the black power again (while countdown tile is on board) you get double (?) damage.
Tiggers opinion: If you have 6 black to spend: Use Psylocke! Great damage and then attack tile, win win. If you're saving up black for the double damage, 12 Black ap gets you Black Panther's rage of the panther. AoE damage which can kill pretty much a whole team.
Shadow Step
POWER COST 10
Elektra senses an attack coming and prepares to dodge into the shadows. She converts 2 random basic Black tiles into Trap tiles. If Elektra would take damage, the damage is negated and a Trap tile is destroyed, generating AP and dealing 137 damage.
Ha trap tiles! I hope the enemy matches them and gets killed like they do when they match any other trap tile! They Matched it, sucks to be you!!!! Wait, what? Nothing happened. Ok lets try this again. I'll protect the trap tiles or match them myself, surely that will do something! Nope, nothing....these trap tiles suck!
Once again reading is fundamental. Elektra's trap tiles work so much differently than anyone elses. You want her trap tiles to remain on the board. Like her red, keep it on the board, free attacks. This one however sucks for those of us with only 1 cover. It ONLY works if Elektra is in the front. and no unlike deadpool or colossus she wont automatically move to the front. And if anyone matches said trap tiles, well, nothing happens. Its about as fun as watching Luke Cage's countdown tile go off.
However it will become one of the "the computer knows how to do it and shows you how effective it can be." Like Venom and Rags, how they magically are so effective by the computer yet you cant do shit with them.
So if it works, or if you're the computer and it always works, its really a great power. If Elektra is in front and the enemy attacks, poof the trap tiles vanishes, Elektra takes no damage, & the enemy does. Ive had this actually work for me maybe once.
Tiggers opinion: Its great if it works, you have the potential to avoid ANY attack. Thats if though, for an additional 1 ap, you can have X-force (4* to 4* on this one kiddies) use surgical strike & (potentially) kill an opponent with one blow. That is unless you're playing the computer and Elektra has 10 of these up and black is the highest color. To which surgical strike hits every trap tile & wolverine has pretty much suicided himself. Honestly I dont remember if surgical strike overwrites trap tiles, but I do know I had a cascade against Elektra & I pretty much took myself out.
I know I maybe an idiot and didnt read it clearly but if you didnt either I hope that helps out some.
that 350 level Hulk in the other event though. He wiped out my psylocke with one thunderous clap. I was trying to keep him stunned with three-star cap.
