Character Tier List - Marvel Ultimate Alliance 1

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:46 - Tiers
2:23 - Deadpool
4:03 - Iron Man
4:45 - Mr. Fantastic
5:51 - Cyclops
6:26 - Sabretooth
6:57 - Wolverine
8:18 - Iceman
9:41 - Doctor Strange
10:41 - Human Torch
11:23 - Silver Surfer
11:51 - Black Panther
12:32 - Nick Fury
13:03 - Invisible Woman
13:43 - Magneto
14:46 - Hulk
15:17 - Nightcrawler
15:48 - Captain America
16:55 - Daredevil
17:28 - Elektra
18:04 - Ghost Rider
18:53 - Moon Knight
19:28 - Spider-Man
20:16 - Spider-Woman
21:01 - Thor
22:11 - Venom
22:38 - Ms. Marvel
23:19 - Blade
23:57 - Luke Cage
24:37 - Doctor Doom
24:54 - Storm
26:01 - Thing
26:55 - Colossus
28:33 - PSP
29:08 - Hawkeye
30:18 - Black Widow
31:20 - Captain Marvel
32:37 - Ronin
33:54 - Sign Off
#marvel #ultimatealliance #classicgaming #classicgames

[@stabbityjoe7588]

lore accurate mr fantastic

[@Ox9707]

Take a shot everytime you hear "Dark Uru Hammer." You'll be hammered in no time.

[@kanyepepper9977]

DUDE, this video came just in time! I recently bought a 360 copy off eBay after losing mine so many years ago. I’ve been revisiting, and I love and appreciate it more now than I did ten years ago. Pre-MCU Marvel media is just so damn charming

[@getschwifty5537]

It's freaking incredible to see a MUA1 tier list in this day and age. Now perhaps blow my mind further by doing ones for the X-Men Legends games.

[@ElderDip]

Xmen apocalypse was goated

[@jesmccoy26]

Goated game. I used to love turning people into boxes with Dr. Strange when I was younger.

[@Eli_NoPepperjack]

So glad to see someone still playing this gem

[@CarnageRulez469]

I’m surprised Reed is so high on the damn list. Talk about underdog.

[@Jza_Dragon]

he's wild haha. Part 3 does him well too actually

[@CarnageRulez469]

@@Jza_Dragon Oh yeah it does. Honestly like him a bit better in MUA3 move wise than I do MUA1.

[@CarnageRulez469]

@@Jza_Dragon No lie, you should do a tier list for MUA2 and MUA3.

[@AscendedXSaiyan]

I'm surprised Cyclops is. He's always sucked ass for me

[@imverygerby]

Makes sense when you consider the reverence and respect marvel formally had for the FF

[@Jza_Dragon]

For anyone curious, the +50% lightning damage items Asgard Armor (craftable with every playthrough) and Dark Uru Hammer (obtainable in hard mode) are bugged to apply to all kinds of damage

[@Douche85]

There’s also a glitch that lets you copy over that attribute to other items as long as the other item only has one buff. Asgard armor and dark Uru have 2. But you can copy that already glitched 50% to all powers over to for example starboard flame.

[@Jza_Dragon]

@@Douche85 yeah seen the one, tried it on a different save file

[@verixforgotten1121]

I like that you included the psp exclusive characters :)

[@johnwendel702]

I actually had no idea that Cyclops, Nightcrawler, Sabertooth, Magneto, or Moon Knight were playable in this game. I guess the playstation had more? I remember Bruce Banner and Nightcrawler were more like set pieces that showed up in certain areas for story purposes, and feeling strange that they weren't useable

[@sentientsardine9729]

Some were DLC (so were only purchasable on the PS3 and 360 versions), and I think there might have been some that were console exclusive on top of that? Or might have been base game console exclusives.

[@antmaster360]

They’re DLC only playable in the gold edition

[@Jolene007]

Just randomly searched up a ranking of the characters to see if anyone had done a video, so glad to see there’s one so recent

[@ryanmccarthy7381]

This is crazy. Just got special edition on Thursday. Great tier list!

[@SomeSmexyBeast]

Ok, I needed this

[@BlyndFyre2077]

Man, this video really makes me want to pull my PS4 out of the closet and replay this and MUA2! Great video!

[@asianomatic]

I used to play this SO SO SO much, crazy to see a review

[@ExoticZah]

Thanks for keeping this game alive.

[@ssully1069]

Great timing for the video! I played this on the PS4 2 years ago, and plan on getting the platinum trophy by playing it on hard. Thanks for the video!

[@Jza_Dragon]

Gotta team with three other people to get plat finished. I'm missing one person if you're interested!

[@jellyjiggler6890]

Thanks man this was a great tier list. I am currently playing the psp version with a emulator.

[@spencerainsworth269]

Great video

[@prodbybweep]

the style and pacing of this video is amazing, keep this shit up mang

[@Jza_Dragon]

Thanks for noticing! Yeah i sweated on it

[@prodbybweep]

@@Jza_Dragon and it shows!! if i could make a suggestion for future vids, i would lower the audio of the music a little bit and bump your voice up slightly. otherwise, this was some thoroughly entertaining shit. i havent thought about this game in years

[@Jza_Dragon]

@prodbybweep i actually did drop the music for the next vid! Still a process really

[@hummingbirdcity]

I wasn't gonna buy a Switch until MU3 released exclusively. That's how I feel about this series.

[@Kalebdaoust]

Yo i loved this game. It sucks i never got to finish it as a kid but its nice to see content for it being made after all this time!

[@trcsonic]

Thanks, you helped me a lot with the choices.

[@Jza_Dragon]

What'd you go with?

[@Raiden-fn6jc]

Never played the first two game since I never heard of them until like last year, only beaten the 3rd game and really liked it. But watching this video is actually making me consider getting a physical copy of the first game for my ps3, as I lack an xbox, it looks fun!

[@t-r_5064]

great video man! Are you counting on doing a tier list for UA2 too? Would be really interesting to see.

[@Jza_Dragon]

I could go for that. I was at least gonna do a short vid but a full tier thing could happen

[@t-r_5064]

@@Jza_Dragon Nice!🙏👍

[@RolandsKaTet]

I'd love to see you do a tier list for X-Men Legends II!

[@LegsON]

Mu favourite thing is putting % healing from damage dealt onto Venom, and holding his maxxed out multiple tendrils ability. He CCs the entire room and heals like crazy, since his healing by 5-10% seems to have minimum value like +1hp/attack, and since he deals like 10 ticks of damage per second, as a result he heals for MUCH greater percentage than he should.

[@mattwithoutfear]

Loved playing this game back in the day. Didn't gel so much with second one, but might load up the remasters on my ROG Ally as I have them on Steam

[@jehehehedias5881]

In my best ever run of the game, my main to go to team was Iron Man, Deadpool, Wolverine, and Ghost Rider. Ghost Riders Hellfire charge up attack does major damage on top of being able to be buffed by certain outfits, or sacrifice that extra damage for his chance ability to revive teammates from the dead. I think Ghost Rider is worthy of A tier, alongside Moon Knight and maybe Spider-Man. But great list. I love to see MUA content. Ive been playing this game for 13 years now.

[@slim3710]

Wolverine op lol he got me through the 2h3ole game back in da day.

[@qsmith2514]

Amazing

[@gabrielvaleri4755]

Just something good to point out, Thing is a great grappler in this game, with him you can bash grappled enemies to the ground, which does splash damage, it's a great way to deal with minions

[@Jza_Dragon]

Yeah Colossus too. Slow damage though; they'll get shot to hell in the teleporter room

[@gabrielvaleri4755]

@@Jza_Dragon it's actually different, Colossus will use them as weapons, but Thing will grab Just like every other character, but one of the commands will pound the enemy to the ground instead of punching, which does splash damage

[@Jza_Dragon]

@@gabrielvaleri4755 ah ha, found the one now. It's funny but he's not keeping up with these mooks in the teleporter room unfortunately

[@daydreams-xs3rz]

Gotta do the sequel as well🔥💯

[@solitair79]

I really enjoyed this game. I wish the Avengers game for PS4 would've taken a few simple notes from this one. Both of them were very enjoyable to me though. 👍

[@themagnetyoshi672]

I COMPLETELY agree with putting Ronin in S tier, she is a life (and time) saver whenever I get to Dr.Doom in my speed-runs

[@KrankkxGaming]

UNDERRATED

[@Riggs_The_Roadie]

I remember buying this and MUA2 for $60 on Amazon years ago. Best impulse buy I've made in a while. Surprised to hear it's still available in Europe though, that's great.

[@randomm065]

Love this game, will you be doing a tier list of the other 2 games?

[@Jza_Dragon]

Yep

[@lgbfjb1183]

It’s disgusting all the red tape involved in these characters, we cannot get all these characters together like this likely ever again cuz of copy rights

[@LegsON]

There's a fantastic perfectly working mod for PC that adds ALL official characters from all platforms.

[@bennytrinh7228]

on nexus?

[@LegsON]

@@bennytrinh7228 Google "Official Character Pack Marvel Ultimate Alliance".

[@timboslice980]

I love the group bonuses more than anything. I loved playing as the F4 though daredevil has always been my favorite character in any medium

[@Jza_Dragon]

making a teams video next

[@Anyidragon628]

Nice tier list, i personally think hawkeye is a tier as hypershot is a very good party boost for buffing dps as well as his paralyzer power doing very good dps while also not using much energy, which means you dont need to use energy reroute

[@Anyidragon628]

Also you should try the official characters pack mod for mua 2006, which has all the chars from xmen legends 1 to mua 1; you can get some combinations like secretion toad + fury hulk

[@Jza_Dragon]

it's a personal buff only, not to the whole team

[@Anyidragon628]

No, hypershot is a party buff

[@Jza_Dragon]

@@Anyidragon628 oh Hyper Shot, I thought you meant Hawk's Revenge. Yeah, just tried it out and everything's faster, this is a tier or two up for sure. It's not on the tooltip but it works! This is gonna change my Avengers themed team

[@fernybern]

Miss this game still have it for my original xbox

[@DarthFuLL]

omg so many memories

[@ksuperfly55]

Can you do a full play through with commentary ? I would love that

[@Slim.31]

Man I miss this game

[@LegsON]

My favourite character is of course Deadpool. His certain suit has greater regeneration boost than the other one. So his healing per second is greater. I think it's +2%/s on top of his built in 1%/s. Then I give him ALL of the body upgrades. That results in greater HP pool, and since regeneration amount is but a 1%/s, as a result his regeneration value is boosted greatly. And then I found some +10 Deadpool defense item, and he became unkillable!

[@cak17]

Do this for the sequel 🙏

[@DDespicable]

Beat the game multiple times as kid. Probly never played it right even once.

[@LegsON]

Great video! You spoke 56888 times of Dark Uru Hammer, but you seem to not realise that Asgardian Armour is bugged and buffs power damage of ALL types.

[@Jza_Dragon]

So does Uru lol. It's the same, but adds 10 melee as opposed to ele armor

[@LegsON]

@@Jza_Dragon I was blind but now I see.

[@LegsON]

@@Jza_Dragon What's important to mention is that Asgardian Armour can be created 4677 times, once per each playthrough, while Dark Uru is dropped only during the first run.

[@Jza_Dragon]

@@LegsON lol nice. I do have three in this file, 4th member holds Uru, but specifically in simulators I usually prefer uru since melee comes into it more than ele defense

[@deandreharrison9558]

we need ultimate alliance 4!!!

[@Bahuers]

7:34 he really is the best at what he does

[@ghostaga]

Whaaaat, people still play MUA??? Thought I'd never see the day there be a new video highlighting this game.

[@ruzxnn7920]

Agree With the list for the most part. Deadpool, Iron Man and Mr. Fantastic are definitely the best base game characters, however you are downplaying Hulk a lot. He is arguably the best character in the game second to only Ronin imho. Fury + Healing Factor + Cyclone Punch is very broken and he has the highest attack speed in the game while in Fury Mode. Cyclone Punch can melt bosses pretty quickly.

[@Jza_Dragon]

Tap attacks and Cyclone spam are both under 500 dps. He's gotta triple that to be in the running for best on bosses.

[@reffa2858]

I miss this game. I wish they'd bring it to current gen consoles.

[@Vinicius_2911]

CYCLOPS IS INSANE

[@jesseperry9602]

My friends and i ran with a team of Iron Man, Deadpool, Scarlet Witch, and Thor and we had so much sustained AoE that it made the whole game trivial. We had to self regulate otherwise we would clear whole rooms without even taking a tic of damage. That quartet was ultra effective.

[@Jza_Dragon]

Was that the mod to have scarlet witch?

[@jesseperry9602]

@Jza_Dragon no, I think it was Ultimate Alliance 2. We played on consoles so there would have been no mods

[@Jza_Dragon]

@@jesseperry9602 ah in that case it would have been 3. Was it on the switch?

[@jadenratliff5240]

when i clicked the video i knew deadpool would be s tier 😂 only ever played with the base roster so a lot of the characters values were new to me. figured wolverine would be s tier as well but a seems fair

[@christianworcester6851]

Im glad cyclops is top tier in this game, in legends 2 he's pretty meek and is like, bottom 5 in terms of damage, and hes not even in 2. Here though he's a monster, i always slot him on my team.

[@Colby360123]

You gonna do the second game aswell?

[@Jza_Dragon]

Yeah

[@bigbionk]

I really wish they’ll put this game on steam 😢

[@enriquefuentes2289]

This game was fucking PEAK 😭❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[@treytison1444]

Hawkeye isn't PSP exclusive, he came out in the main version along with Cyclops and Nightcrawler.

[@nathanyoung5530]

How about team rankings? For those unique teams femme fatale, fantastic four, xmen, eg.

[@Jza_Dragon]

I was cooking up a teams video next!

[@shwn9054]

You should. Glad to see more of this game being talked about. I started playing it again recently on Xbox series

[@TheOne-kt3il]

U used the Europe code while Located in the u.s?

[@Jza_Dragon]

yeah, it wasn't any kind of issue

[@immafan123]

It’s been a while since I played this game and when I did I was like in fourth grade. Could u always get and play as magneto, saber tooth and mysterio? I don’t remember that at all

[@Jza_Dragon]

no, they were exclusives. Mysterio's not one of them, you might be seeing Doctor Doom

[@immafan123]

@@Jza_Dragon for what platform?

[@immafan123]

@@Jza_Dragon is there a version with all of them?

[@Jza_Dragon]

@@immafan123 this is on ps4/ps5 for me. You can do well with emulators too

[@IvanTheSaint]

My favorite game. I play it to this day. Unfortunately I can’t find a code anywhere so I’m stuck playing it on ps3 with no dlc characters 🤬

[@wilfredpadilla6685]

Can you do Marvel Avengers alliance?

[@Jza_Dragon]

the facebook game? isn't that gone?

[@wilfredpadilla6685]

@@Jza_Dragon Yes, :'(

[@alysondavy2485]

Who had the biggest fall off in your opinion? Was really good in this game but sucked (atleast in comparison to the previous version) in it's sequel?

[@Jza_Dragon]

Deadpool easy haha. He's God's gift in this one and offers nothing in 2

[@CarnageRulez469]

@@Jza_Dragon Facts. They ruined my boy in MUA2. He’s a bit better in MUA3, but I feel he’s power crept compared to a lot of the better characters.

[@geoffe8951]

I feel Ms. Marval is at least a tier too low. Her best power is the Photon Orbs which you don't mention. All of the heroes with Team Melee upgrades are great to have. That includes Ms. Marvel, Human Torch, Iceman, Deadpool, and Storm off the top of my head. Great list though overall.

[@Jza_Dragon]

respectfully disagree, but I appreciate adding to the discourse. I'm only one guy and there's not a lot of talk about the game really

[@CarnageRulez469]

@@Jza_Dragon Gonna hard disagree with this also, especially as a fan of hers. Honestly feel you put Carol too high, cause she’s really not good outside of her time stopping buff, and her melee upgrades aren’t worth much when there are stronger options out there(Deadpool is right there). Would stick her in D tier, but that’s just me. She doesn’t get better gameplay wise until MUA2 and MUA3.

[@JamesB-mi9uu]

I have a glitch on my game where Dr strange and Ghost rider are re locked while I have everyone else, is this a common glitch with the game?

[@Jza_Dragon]

never seen that one. There are cheat codes to unlock all characters though, could fix it.

[@rednecksniper4715]

Hawkeye is in the gold and special editions of the game on console fyi

[@GmoneyHngryHoes]

I'm gonna try to platinum it.

[@Jza_Dragon]

it takes a team of four to plat. I'm looking for a 4th if you're up for it

[@GmoneyHngryHoes]

@@Jza_Dragon Yes! Add me Raccoon_Noir

[@bigpapan.g3245]

Hulk and Colossus have relatively the same overall kits. What standout features do you think truly separate them?

[@Jza_Dragon]

A speed difference by far. Colossus takes hits while waiting for targets to stop falling in slow motion and can't attack grounded quickly anyway. Hulk is just in super fast forward compared to him.

[@bigpapan.g3245]

@@Jza_Dragon is Hulk’s edge a result of his exclusive 3rd active _Fury_ (giant) buffing him?

[@Jza_Dragon]

@@bigpapan.g3245 yeah, but also how cyclone punch immediately drops targets instead of sailing them in the air slow motion

[@bigpapan.g3245]

@@Jza_Dragon Colossus has an AoE Earthquake he can mash, isn’t that better for dps compared to his paralyze punch?

[@Jza_Dragon]

@bigpapan.g3245 no, you get no kills off it by the time his energy empties

[@DirtyDev]

Music almost as loud as voiceover, nostalgic.

[@Jza_Dragon]

Is it a lot? I didn't notice if it's a problem

[@DirtyDev]

@@Jza_Dragon yeah its pretty bad

[@mosesmaserati_9350]

Do European codes work for PSN in the States

[@Jza_Dragon]

Yes

[@1upLeviathan]

I wish Emma Frost was on the roster. I'm not a pc player.

[@rednecksniper4715]

Bruh Nightcrawler not being in S tier is crazy

[@Jza_Dragon]

I don't see it, but he's a solid A

[@S0ulGh0st]

I'll disagree about Dr. Doom and Moon Knight. Doom is invulnerable with his forcefield while the lightening blast wrecks everyone, the detonation keeps melee attackers away. Or you can jusr fly and rain lightning below, sustained by the energy orbs, occasionally landing to break barrels if rhe oevs don't drop. Moon Knight's nunchucks can melt bosses whilw being sustained by energy orbs, wirh the staff slam keeping crowds away, his "boomerang" has better maneuverability than Cap's shield for crowd control and the nunchucks can also melt monions.

[@Jza_Dragon]

Doom has to constantly use energy to keep foes from touching him, but the damage isn't serious and bosses can't be controlled anyway. He lands in C because he functions but isn't special. Lots of characters can mitigate projectiles and still offer more. Moon Knight's nunchucks are nice damage but mutually exclusive with knockdown from staff or boomerang since nunchucks don't hit to grounded. It's comparable to a radial spin move like Black Panther's or Deadpool's but much narrower, and those guys offer up great team buffs as well. He got a B tier though, because while he has more happening than someone like Doom, he isn't contributing like an A or S tier like Panther or Pool.

[@S0ulGh0st]

@@Jza_Dragon Good points, fair enough

[@Marvel_Mods]

Nice video on "Marvel: Ultimate Alliance." That's the main game that we create all kinds of mods for. Over a thousand characters from various IPs, and loads more. We invite you to check us out.

[@Eldron2027]

This game needs remake

[@duckoffloco1424]

MUA1 is Brain Power/Science use it to your advantage

[@ProfitDirectorDestro]

Can you link amazon listing?

[@Jza_Dragon]

don't see it, sorry. This was several years back

[@cooldes4593]

Does he play Ultimate Alliance 2???

[@Jza_Dragon]

yeah, could have some videos of that soon

[@andrewarugay9305]

Please remake this game franchise mua1 and 2

[@ShinMajin]

Poor Thing...😢

[@Jza_Dragon]

He comes back in a big way in part 2. Video soon

[@lake8005]

Has anyone tried getting the game the way he talked about 😩

[@Jza_Dragon]

I found the listing but it's unavailable, probably gone for good, sorry!

[@asilva4956]

Let's wish Ultimate Alliance 3 gets free from the shackles of Nintendo Switch

[@Jza_Dragon]

Switches are good to have! You can put it to sleep mode between long ass gauntlet runs

[@VITAS874]

Nah nintendo. Better steam deck

[@Jza_Dragon]

@@VITAS874 fair enough, I got kids and I like some smash or zelda anyway

[@AscendedXSaiyan]

Spider-Woman should be higher! She can solo half the damn game!

[@gabrielmarques5257]

Dude wheres this weeks build

[@Jza_Dragon]

Blob's cooking right now haha, I do try to keep some life balance 😂

[@Jza_Dragon]

Aight Blob's done, but I have him scheduled for Saturday morning. It's posted early on my oneshots discord though, if you're interested! discord.gg/gxDWz6Hyub

[@gabrielmarques5257]

@@Jza_Dragon Thanks youuu Sorry i Didnt meant to be rude I just love your videos

[@Jza_Dragon]

@@gabrielmarques5257 not rude at all

[@rednecksniper4715]

IT HAS REAPPEARED ON THE XBOX STORE!!!! Have faith now that Microsoft owns activision it may come back up for sale why else would they put it back on the store

[@MrBlooQKazoo]

Some DPS on characters is so low

[@joeligma2556]

What about doctor doom?

[@Jza_Dragon]

He's C tier

[@joeligma2556]

Why, his section isn’t in the video

[@Jza_Dragon]

@@joeligma2556 it's 24:37

[@ThalesAcm]

im not really familiar with how good all characters are in this game but im surprised you have cyclops higher than silver surfer

[@Jza_Dragon]

He's got a clear leg up. That first power Optic Blast is snappy and strong damage and knockdown and can widen to catch a bigger area as needed, so the control is constant. Surfer's molecular does knock down to a small aoe but it's less area and slower to cast. Then Cyke has ricochet for cleaning up bosses and that thing eats through even energy resistant foes. In surfer's favor, that time slow and heal are both great and viable even without extra ranks put in, but I don't miss em if I don't have em. Flight and the surfboard travel are both solid too, but you really only need 1 party member to have them so I don't think of those as S tier offerings.

[@arkainjalex12]

If you're not putting Silver Surfer on S, you don't know what's up.

[@Jza_Dragon]

He's a solid A, but his offerings aren't busted like that

[@arkainjalex12]

@@Jza_Dragon He can solo all content with ease. The only character stronger is Mr Fantastic who obliterates everything. Guys like Iron Man are only good because they buff Surfer, Deadpool, and Mr Fantastic (the best 4-man team overall, though Sabretooth with buffs is also nasty.)

[@Jza_Dragon]

@@arkainjalex12 I do say A tier can absolutely rock as is. I don't think you realize how good Iron Man with his speed buff is.

[@bullankan2592]

Eh? Dr Doom is really strong so Idk what you are talking about

[@Jza_Dragon]

In what way?

[@bullankan2592]

@@Jza_Dragon hes laser eyes ability is op against Bosses and every explosion in the ground ( i know its not the way to explain) is good agains adds/minioas

[@Jza_Dragon]

@@bullankan2592 false my guy. Just ran it to check and eye does 600 dps, detonation does 270. Both are not enough. Run Doom Blast instead which hits 750 slightly slower than laser but also has a splash aoe. At any rate, he'd need to double that number if he were to be considered op against bosses. He belongs in C tier, functional but not special.

[@bullankan2592]

@@Jza_Dragon dude i have played this game for years and he is reason i did not die so Yea he is really good

[@Jza_Dragon]

@@bullankan2592 We're way past just not dying lol. Just look at the numbers. He's not in the boss melting conversation; he'd need to double his output to match other dudes. Even aside from his mid damage, he offers no serious control and no team buffs.