Talk:Black Widow (Original)/@comment-97.83.152.21-20140727022817

Before she was nerfed, OBW was a go to character for me in almost any situation. Early on, I paired her with Thor (**) and Storm (*) and they made an excellent team.

Facing others with OBW was not terribly difficult, either. Because she is such a threat as a support character, you needed to take her out first, and be very purple and blue matches. If she got ahead of you on Purple, things could get very difficult, whereas you getting the purple match first put you in the driver's seat. It was this dynamic that lead me to a 5/5/3 set up for her, so her first match would also be able to derail the opponent's purple stores. With the opponent OBW out of the way, controlling health and AP meant the rest of the battle was relatively easy.

With the nerf, the above still applies (with different teams as well, as long as they are complementary), though not having the healing last beyond the given match was depressing to get used to. On the positive, it did force me to start looking at other characters, and the game as a whole has gotten more interesting for me, so on the hole it is a positive.

I still use her, and will continue to do so. I have gotten away from the 5/5/3 and have regretted it; needing the extra purple to get full AP steals is more than worth it for the way I play, especially when the steal itself restores purple to me. Balances out more than nicely.