Marvel’s Midnight Suns combines the turn-based tactics of XCOM with deck building and Marvel superheroes. When you aren’t battling the forces of Lilith, you will need to build bonds with your teammates and invest in upgrades. While you don’t need to worry about losing units in the heat of battle, there are a ton of systems to invest in. The Marvel license is likely to bring new fans to this sort of tactical experience, so if you’re new to the genre, or even the heroes, here are some tips to help you get started in Marvel’s Midnight Suns.
Learn and maximize different types of moves
One of the most important aspects of combat in Marvel’s Midnight Suns is maximizing your cards and moves to take out the most enemies each turn. For most turns you will have three card plays you can do, along with two redraws, and one move. As you get different bonuses and upgrades, this might not always be the case, but it’s the standard. Each card will list what it does, the type of card it is, and how much damage it does, if it does damage.
There are effects like Quick, which refunds a card play if you knock out an enemy with it, or Knockback, which sends an enemy flying in a direction on hit. Maximizing quick cards will allow you to play more cards than you typically could. Another important aspect is the Heroism counter. Heroism is represented by an orange number, when it’s in the bottom corner of the card, playing it generates heroism while if it’s on the top it generates heroism. More powerful abilities cost heroism and it can be used to perform environmental attacks. It’s important to make sure you’re actively building heroism, there are even missions where you need heroism to complete the objective.