A few weeks ago, I posted about this Soldier team:

Batwoman [Batman] 61pts
Captain America [Fear Itself] 88pts
Falcon [Winter Soldier 006] 105pts
Aldrich Killian [Iron Man 3] 35pts
= 289 points.

I got to run it during a bye round recently. I chose the Utility Belt to fill out the remaining 11 points for an even 300 build. Here’s what it faced:

Flash [Flash 201] 110pts
Golden Glider [Flash 207] 100pts
ARGUS Researcher [Flash 205] 40pts
Rag Doll [Flash 208] 50pts

= 300 points of longtime clix friend Paul’s brand-new Flash Gravity Feed figs.That’s a fast, if weak, Hypersonic Speedster, a dangerous wildcard Poison+Outwit taxi in Glider, cheap Stealth Outwit from ARGUS and one MORE Outwit fig.

I got map choice and selected a newish indoor one with walls and blocking and hindering for my crew to work with.

HOW IT WENT

Early on, I set up the force in hindering far enough from Flash’s 14-square swing that he would not be able to hit and run with impunity — or Killian at all. When the time was right, I used Batwoman’s Radar Monitor to take Glider’s Calculator TA to gain another Hydra TA ally to help with Falcon’s inevitable Running Shot.

Unfortunately, it missed. So I had to rely on my contingency plan of using Killian to block Flash’s path with Barrier for two straight turns — thanks to successful Leadership on Killian — and try to set up a proper Charge with Cap.

But Cap was exposed on the back end after ARGUS moved around to Outwit him and he took a blow from Flash, who retreated to safety. ARGUS, too, was safe from my followup shot because of Stealth, and here’s where I made my game-destroying rookie critical mental miss of the day: rather than using Falcon’s FREE SIDESTEP to taxi Batwoman a square forward where she could threaten the ARGUS Researcher next turn, I did nothing but Perplex and clear.

In short order, Falcon was wounded, Cap forced to retreat, and Killian was based before he was able to start healing. With Glider closing in, I had to push to KO ARGUS in a hurry.

In the end, that was the only points scored, so the win was mine. But I was clearly against the ropes, needing a second wind from my healer to be able to deal with the speedster still out there on his best clicks.

In the end, I still like the flexibility of this team, although it’s a little bit too defensive for my liking. I may try it out again in a future 300 Modern Age event.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving, Heroclix fans. Once you’re done with your Black Friday shopping, come back to your browsers for Heroclixin’s particular brand of consumer excess: Another round of Figure Flush of never-before-played pieces.