No. 7 [tie]

War Machine [Age of Ultron 026]

With the ability to pick any one of his attack powers — Pulse Wave, Precision Strike, Energy Explosion or Penetrating/Psychic Blast — at any time on his first several clicks, he looks really good on paper.

On an actual map, though? Not so much. Here’s why:

• He’s got just 17 DV
• with a single click of Impervious
• no Indomitable
• and just 7 range.
• That means he’s going to be easily based by enemy tie-up, making his Energy Shield/Deflection trait utterly useless.
• Worse still, when thus based, his range powers are almost completely shut down because he lacks Sharpshooter.

So, realistically, he’s going to get a single shot with his SP granting Prob Control when he targets multiples. Then he gets based, utterly out-actioned and ends up being a 200-point gift for your opponent.

Pretty bad. But we noted another that seemed just as terrible for a similar amount of points:

Ex Nihilo [Avengers Assemble 056]

He appears to have great potential for his ability to bomb anywhere on the map, to create extra hindering terrain and to deal no-roll-needed damage to those in and near hindering. But then you look closer.

The bomb has a delay. Unless timed just right, the enemy will scatter before taking the damage. Oh and it hurts friends, too.

He makes the hindering with one SP but the one that allows the “attacks from hindering” only shows up later, and sporadically. And when it does…

…he’s probably lost all his armor. Seriously, he’s nearly 200 points for just three front loaded clicks of Invincible and Invuln. ahead of five soft clicks of Barrier, Defend and Regeneration.

No matter which you run, this is the likely result. Please play responsibly.