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Klarion the Witch-Boy [World’s Finest 046]

WHY IT’S ONE OF THE BEST: In essence, this is a Stealthy Prob Control piece that’s too expensive at 70 points, even if he does pack a P/PB punch from 6 range. But it’s really his “cat” Teekl that gets him on the list. Klarion can Phase/Teleport+Sidestep forward 11 squares, then free action remove Teekl one square ahead for the cat to Charge as many as 5 squares more to use Blades on an enemy who thought he was safe from harm. Though only a 1-click character, Teekl has uncounterable SP Super Senses that, on a 3-4, warp him back to Klarion’s base to maybe do it again. The witch-boy also brings Mystics TA and a last-ditch click of Regen to the field, while Teekl adds Perplex to the mix as well.

BUT WHAT ABOUT FURY? That 16-17-square swing makes Klarion one of the few characters that can engage Balls Fury from way outside his sight for first attack. And then even a failed attack leaves Fury tied up for at least a moment.

WHY IT’S HERE ON THE LIST: He’s only dealing 2 damage and he’s a completely unarmored 5 clicks deep. He’s a weird mix of overcosted and overachieving that makes him Heroclixin’s No. 5 Top Ten fig of 2016.

Sceritz had Klarion considerably lower on his list than I did. Here’s who’s his No. 5:

5. Mary Marvel [World’s Finest 041]

It’s really hard to top HSS, Super Strength and Prob right now, and that still doesn’t sum up why Mary Marvel is on this list. Aside from a very high chance of hitting whatever it she’s after for 7 damage with an ultra heavy, Mary Marvel is extremely hard to Outwit: The targeting Outwitter has to be a higher point value than her, which as relatively rare these days when you’re talking about 150 points (depending on your point value). In the 300-point meta these days, Krang is the only person likely to be countering her (and of course Nick Fury, but he’s the answer to almost everything, so I don’t talk about him). Furthermore, the same goes for Perplex and Prob. That means she has a Prob… and you don’t. For a chick carrying an ultra heavy, that is TERRIFYING. Her attack value doesn’t drop below 10 until her last click, and that click itself is a stop click that allows her to regenerate, without -2 to your roll! That means you are always healing SOMETHING (and seriously she’s contends on every click except the last… you don’t want her rolling a 3) and if you get that lucky 6, she’s top dial. I mean wow. I doubt there is a better 150 points in a single figure.

Well said.