My first attempt at playing Wolverine was a dismal failure. I lost both fights with him quickly and was really annoyed that he wasn't a better fighter. This was my mistake. He's actually a very strong fighter, but he's got serious flaws (not in game mechanics or printing, but as a character in general).
The first thing I noticed as I started to delve a bit deeper, was that he doesn't have a whole lot of strong moves (character flaw #1). But what he lacks in moves he makes up for in bonuses. Many attacks get bonuses on their own above what he gets for his modifier. He also gets bonuses for attacks when he gets hit, and some of these bonuses are big.
Another thing he excels at is causing critical hits. Many of his attacks tell you to go to another page and apply the new page crit hits on your opponent. This can be devastating to other fighters.
He's generally not so good at escaping or defensive moves (character flaw #2), and when he's hit, he's stuck in berserk mode (character flaw #3), which limits your choices of attacks. However, he gets 3 defensive moves in which he can heal, so run in for the attack, then back out and let the healing factor do it's job.
Wolverine MUST avoid crit hits at all cost (character flaw #4). He's already severely limited to roughly 5 really strong attacks, and these are all red and blue. If he loses the ability to use these colors, it's going to be much harder to hit opponents and he's going to get seriously beat up.
Overall, Wolverine is one bad dude. Use his bonuses to your advantage, and keep him healing up. I would think Wolverine is a much more advance character, suited to those that play the game more often.
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