Hooray: The worst is over! Now we move on to our most favorite thing here at Heroclixin’: The F.U.N.
Normally, this is where webmaster Rurouni KJS dishes on the top 10 F.U.N. figures of the past year according to the following criteria:
- Is the figure FRIENDLY and FELLOWSHIP-worthy? That is, if your opponents see this figure on your team, will their hearts utterly sink at the prospect of dealing with it? If so, it’s not F.U.N.
- Is this figure still USEFUL and full of UTILITY anyway? If so, it may be F.U.N. But it shouldn’t run TOO high on this scale, or it may overwhelm the Friendly portion!
- Does this figure have a NEATO or NIFTY or NICHE or NERDCORE appeal that goes beyond its just having good stats and powers? Does it have a special place on a team outside of the usual keywords? And does this clix capture the character’s appeal? If so, it may be F.U.N. But the answer can’t JUST be, “I like this character.”
But this year, it’s new contributor TBT who’ll supply this Top Ten list, partly because there were SO MANY figures released during HeroClix’s 15th Anniversary — more than 650 different dials!
And so it begins…:
No. 10.
I had to start with a spider. 2016 was the year of the spider with the SFoSM set, and I LOVE SPIDER-MAN. Platonically, of course.
So which spider could I write about? “What If” brought a lot of Spider-Man, but they weren’t spider-y enough for me. “The Mighty Thor” brought Banner-Hulk-spider, but I didn’t fall in love with it.
Just like Peter Parker though, when my eyes hit this piece, I was done for, in love.
Spider Gwen [WizKids MP17-005]
Fellowship-
Samurai-Gwen is ridiculous. A great point value, decent stats, and a sculpt that POPS. The big issue is her strength. The last remaining Gwen Stacey has to be strong, so she’s LOADED with offense and defense. Not very friendly. Gotta be tough to survive in the multiverse, though. LEVEL: MODERATELY LOW
Utility-
She’s a secondary attacker. That’s it. Her saving grace in usefulness is her three keywords, allowing her to fit into solid teams that probably need a strong and cheaper piece like her. What she does, she does well, and can do this cool bustin’-through-walls trick if she hits. Thanks, special attack power that grants Sidestep! LEVEL: MODERATELY LOW
Nerdcore-
So you’ve gotta fill the gaps, right? What HeroClix haven’t been made? This plucky piece is a perfect addition to the droves of HeroClix we needed. One-of-a-kind, and definitely nerdcore. To add to that, Spider-Gwen is such a reliable character to build off of because she’s been EVERYWHERE. Multiverse characters need this treatment more often, where they get this awesome short story based off of universe 236528759.5-whatever and it gets rewarded with a super cool ‘clix. Gwen’s got more cool clix coming. LEVEL: HIGH
Honestly, I had a lot of HeroClix I loved this year. Getting a top-ten together and then writing this list was amazing. I’m glad there was a spider-verse character to start it all off. Now, TIME TO SEE WHO RISES TO THE TOP, NEXT TIME ON DRA- wait, no that’s wrong. Next: Numb-arr nine!
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