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I started writing this Top Ten before Dragon*Con (through Labor Day weekend) with no idea of what it’d be on.

I flirted with the idea of griping about the Top Ten un-F.U.N. pieces in the game, which seem to be cropping up with a bit too much regularity in the past few rotations. But that was a bit more negative than I wanted to be on the verge of the nerd prom. I’m definitely not ready for another couple of articles I’m planning to do on the top tie-up or taxi characters.

Most of all, I wanted a topic that wouldn’t take a lot of work…one that I could either write ahead of the convention or easily write afterward.

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#10

Sentry & Void 300
Scarlet Witch (Fast Forces) 50
Mockingbird (Fast Forces) 25 x 2
= 400 points. This one was memorable because of how it managed to fit the most fearsome piece in the game now — Sentroid — and still be a named themed team per this qualifier tournament’s rules. It also threatened to cruise to an easy victory amongst the other teams in the event. But it would be sorely challenged in the finals…

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#9

All-Star Superman (Superman 001) 150 + full Gauntlet 40
AIM Agent (Incredible Hulk) 38
AIM Renegade (Incredible Hulk) 34 x 2
=296 points. This one was memorable first for being the eventual championship team; second, for being, surprisingly, an almost-comic-accurate one, in a roundabout way (Superman standing in for AIM creation Doomsday Man). But mostly, I was impressed that even the repeat champ Cramcompany could take such a fragile team to a 5-0 victory.

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#8

Scarlet Witch and Wonder Man 225 + full Gauntlet 40
Scarlet Witch (Fast Forces) 50
Sharon Carter (Chaos War) 45
Victoria Hand 40
=400 points. I was gratified to see one of Heroclixin’s Top Ten Duos on the field. I was even more pleasantly surprised to see it in the finals against the Sentroid team mentioned earlier.

At first, I thought Sentroid’s far superior mobility and power would overwhelm the Witch-Wonder duo and support. But on second glance, I realized that the teams were a lot more evenly matched than it first appeared. And in the final result, this team proved it with a victory.

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#7

Commander El 135
Kryptonian Soldier 87 x 3
=396 points. Of all the teams played at its event — 400 point named keyword — it appeared to be the only fully comic-accurate one. It didn’t do too well, ending up near the bottom.

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#5

Black Bolt (Incredible Hulk 10) 133 + full Gauntlet 40
Super-Skrull (Galactic Guardians 20) 100
Xavin 75
Replica 47
= 395 points. I also appreciated any team in this event that wasn’t Avengers-themed (said keyword has become the dominant one in the game at the moment).

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#5

Captain Marvel (Galactic Guardians) 141
Captain America (Captain America 001) 89
Black Widow (Captain America 006) 85
Falcon (Captain America) 79
=394 points. This one got props from me for running Falcon, a piece that I like (good powers, AV) and hate (low DV, 15-20 points too much) at the same time.

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#4

Mr. Sinister (Chaos War) 225
Wolverine (Incredible Hulk) 70
Tarot 47
Roulette 35
=377 points? I can’t recall if there was a Gauntlet on this team. Anyway, I loved that the fun Mr. Sinister was the anchor of the force. That it was played by a young man who used to frequent my venue in years past as a boy was just icing.

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#3

Master Mold 200 + full Gauntlet 40
Scarlet Witch (Fast Forces) 50
=290 points. The colossal robot’s only weakness is his vulnerability to Outwit. Handled, with the Gauntlet. I watched this pair sweep a Sentroid one-man-army twice. As my favorite of the GG colossals, that was pretty gratifying.

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#2

Stranger 213 + Gauntlet w/Time Gem 15
AIM Agent (Incredible Hulk) 38
AIM Renegade (Incredible Hulk) 34
=300 points. Despite lacking a full Gauntlet and being set on its heels by a Morgan Le Fay/Loki duo for the entire game, this team still battled long and was only a couple of clutch hits from getting an unlikely win.

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#1

Clark Kent (The Brave and the Bold 102) 23
Clark Kent (The Brave and the Bold 002) 48
Young Superman 100
Superman Beyond 145
Superman (Superman 057) 160
Superman (Justice League 001)
Kal-L  (The Brave and the Bold ) 254
= nothing, as this event had no build total. Instead, only one piece from seven point brackets occupied the battlefield and swapped in upon taking damage or healing. This team was my favorite of the whole weekend because it was very well-themed.

 

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I’m part of the judge staff at Dragon*Con this year, and I might be called upon to play a bye round in the event of uneven pairings.

Here’s what I’d play in the final event “Trials of Dragon*Con”:

(1-25) Checkmate Pawn (Black) 25
(26-50) Catwoman (Unleashed) 50
(51-100) Luke Cage (Cap America) 98
(101-150) Monica Rambeau (Giant-Size X-Men) 139
(151-200) Crispus Allen 197
(201-250) Apocalypse (Mutations & Monsters) 250
(251+) Iron Man/War Machine 300

And that wraps up my Dragon*Con bye round teams. Stay tuned to Heroclixin’s battle reports to see which, if any, actually got played and how they did.

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I’m part of the judge staff at Dragon*Con this year, and I might be called upon to play a bye round in the event of uneven pairings.

Here’s what I’d play in the 400-point “Dragon of Dragon*Con” tournament:

Black Rider 100
One of the Nine 100
Ringwraith 100
Servant of Sauron 100
= 400 points, plus the “dragon” Sauron himself!

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I’m part of the judge staff at Dragon*Con this year, and I might be called upon to play a bye round in the event of uneven pairings.

Here’s what I’d play around 9 AM in the 400-point modern Age named keyword tournament:

Vision (Chaos War 100) 185
Giant-Man (Chaos War) 75
Hawkeye (Avengers Movie 208) 65
Sharon Carter 45
Mockingbird 25
+ X-Kryptonite 5
= 400 points, plus all four sideline Morph pieces for Pym.

 

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As I said Thursday, I’m part of the judge staff at Dragon*Con this year, and I might be called upon to play a bye round in the event of uneven pairings.

Here’s what I’d play around 6 PM in the 500-point Star Trek tournament:

U.S.S. Defiant 100
U.S.S. Excelsior 150
U.S.S. Hood 100
U.S.S. Enterprise-A 75
U.S.S. Equinox 75
= 500 points. The rules require either all-Federation or all Klingon, and I’ve played all my I.K.S. ships. So it’s the Feds’ turn!

 

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I’m part of the judge staff at Dragon*Con this year, and I might be called upon to play a bye round in the event of uneven pairings. I’ve pre-posted my potential teams for each event for your vicarious weekend reading pleasure.

Here’s one of the GREAT teams I’d play in the 1 PM 300-point Golden Age tournament:

THE GREAT TEN

August General In Iron 100
Ghost Fox Killer 68
Accomplished Perfect Physician 51
Seven Deadly Brothers 30
Seven Deadly Brothers 30
+ Yellow Lantern 5
+ Indigo Lantern 5
= 299 points. BFCs: Alpha Strike, Ordinary Day, Disbanded

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GREAT LAKES AVENGERS

Deadpool (Web of Spider-Man) 158
Squirrel Girl 59
Doorman 45
Dinah Soar 25
+ Great Lakes Avengers ATA 12
= 299 points. BFCs: Ordinary Day, Armor Wars, Infiltration. Plenty of F.U.N. factor, here.

 

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There’s also the “Court of Owls” game at 600 points at the same 1 PM time. Here’s my team:

The Dark Knight (Collateral Damage) 100
Batman (Fast Forces) 100
Batman (Crisis) 90
The Bat-Man (Superman) 81
Batman (DC 75) 77
Batman (Dark Knight Rises 201) 75
Batman (Arkham Asylum) 64
+ Yellow Lantern 5
+ Red Lantern 5
=597 points. It’s actually a “highlander-friendly” Batman team, with each being a different character: “The Dark Knight Returns'”over-the-hill Bruce Wayne, New 52 Wayne, Jean-Paul Valley, Thomas Wayne, Dick Grayson, movie Bruce Wayne, and Terry McGinnis.

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As I said Thursday, I’m part of the judge staff at Dragon*Con this year, and I might be called upon to play a bye round in the event of uneven pairings.

Here’s what I’d play in the 9 AM 600-point Modern Age tournament:

AQUAMAN & FAM

Aquaman (Superman) 156 + Flashpoint ATA 4
Aquaman (Justice League) 111
Aquaman (DC 75th Anniversary) 106
Aquaman (Brightest Day) 105
Ocean Master 65
Mera (Justice League) 51
= 598 points. F: It’s AQUAMAN. How beast could it be? U: Pretty tough, actually. Enough to threaten many teams at the cost and one that actually benefits a bit from certain characters taking the KO. N: Atlantis teams are one of my favorite things to play in this game, and it’s been too long since the last one.

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There’s also the “Other Age” game at 500 points at the same 9 AM time. Here’s my team:

General RAAM 151
Dee Jay 75
Aragorn 75
Master Chief & Cortana 150
Lt. Hikaru Sulu 40
=491 points. I figure all the “other” ages ought to be represented on the team! Unfortunately, barring a last-moment ruling, the Star Trek Away Team won’t be allowed as it came too late to be included in the tournament rules setup. And I haven’t gotten mine yet, anyway.

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A couple of weeks back, an unexpected team won it all at GenCon’s HeroClix World Championship: Scarlet Witch (Chaos War Fast Forces 006), Wasp (Chaos War 030) and Morgan Le Fay (Chaos War) with a fully loaded Infinity Gauntlet.

I was pretty pleased to have already bought one fairly cheaply off eBay about a week earlier.

A playable piece with fellow Avengers, she is, but I didn’t want to just run her with a standard team build or, worse, just ape the World Champ’s team (no matter how much I like that new Wasp figure).

Not Nifty enough. Without the “N” in F.U.N., you get something a little rude, at best. 🙂

But what to play? The answer came in a second piece I’d been wanting to try out: Crystal.

Also a redhead.

Add to that 227 points any of a number of similarly coiffed Black Widow pieces:

The 35-pointer Avengers movie version leaves the build just two points to much to fit a full 40-point Infinity Gauntlet. Sad.

Same problem with the 75-point The Covert Avenger from the starter version…two points over the max.

The 60-point Captain America Widow lacked the Avengers keyword and would smash the keyword theme to pieces. I was tempted to use her anyway due to Marvel Knights ATA to give Morgan Stealth.

That left the other movie Widow, the 50-point “Takedown” girl.

Morgan Le Fay (Chaos War) 122
Crystal (Chaos War) 105
Black Widow (Avengers Movie) 50
+ Iron Man Briefcase 12
+ Secret Avengers ATA 10
=299 points.

Not bad. It’s a bit more Friendly than the championship team, lacking the ultra-support and Mystics threat that Scarlet Witch offers but not sacrificing all Utility with a mobile attacker like Crystal to back up Morgan. Widow gives Morgan anti-Stealth shooting powers and functions well as tieup for her allies. Both Avengers loan the Outwit/Perplex-blunting Secret Avengers ATA, too. And Morgan can suPerplex either of her Avenger pals slaves.

And, of course, the fact that they’re all red-haired babes makes it Nifty enough for me to play.

How will it actually play, though? Gonna have to wait for a future Battle Report for that.

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As I said Thursday, I’m part of the judge staff at Dragon*Con this year, and I might be called upon to play a bye round in the event of uneven pairings. Here’s what I’d play in the 6PM Avengers Vs. X-Men event:

AVENGERS

Giant-Man (Chaos War 200) 300
Wasp (Chaos War 030) 77
Wasp (Chaos War 016) 75
Wasp (Avengers 059) 37
= 489 points, plus possible replacement/Merge pieces Ant-Man (015), Hank Pym (014), Ant-Man (173) and Ant-Man and Wasp (053). It’s Friendly and full of Fellowship with the Hank-and-Janet theme; its Usefulness is in the Morph trait, as well as the sheer mountainous might of colossal Giant-Man; and he’s the Niftiest thing about this team.

X-MEN

Colossus/Wolverine 190
GX Archangel 99
Fast Forces Rogue 75
Armor 66
GX Angel 50
+ Iron Man briefcase 12
= 492 points, plus Split sideliners Colossus (Ultimates Rookie) and Wolverine (Web of Spider-Man  or Chaos War). Any team with Fastball isn’t unFriendly in the least, but it’s certainly Useful (as are Archangel and Rogue). This team is admittedly a bit short on my usual Neato factor, but for once I don’t care.

 

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This is a different sort of “Token Totin'” in that it’s not about what Super Strong characters in HeroClix can hold object tokens.

Rather, it’s about the fact that some super FANS in HeroClix are toting prized objects for the gaming at Dragon*Con in Atlanta starting tomorrow.

There’s a ton of prizes ranging from Gale Force 9 tokens to LEs to Fin Fang Foom to Thanos to Giant-Man and way, way more.

Here are the events, briefly (visit Dragon*Con’s site for fuller details). Ones in red are qualifiers for the Champ game in blue:

  • FRIDAY 6PM: Avengers vs. X-Men. Build two 500-point themed teams from both factions and face your opponent’s team from the opposite faction .
  • SATURDAY 9AM: Two events, here. One is 600 points Modern Age. The other is 500 points “other” age: only figs from Street Fighter, LOTR, Gears of War or Halo allowed.
  • SATURDAY 1PM: 300 points Golden Age.
  • SATURDAY 6PM: Two events again. 1) 600 point “Court of Owls” event. Build a theme team using Detective, Gotham City, Gotham Underworld, League of Assassins or Police keywords with at least one character over 99 points who will be your “Batman” or “Talon” piece to gain an extra trait for this game. 2) Star Trek ship battles. Build 500 points of all-Klingon or all-Federation.
  • SUNDAY 9AM: 400 Modern Age named keyword team. 
  • SUNDAY 1PM: Two events. 1) The HCRealms Dragon*Con Invitational Championship! 300 points Modern Age. 2) The Dragon of Dragon*Con. Build a 400-point team of figures costing a max of 100 points. Then add one more single- or peanut-based character between 250-450 points to be the Dragon, which’ll get and grant various stat and power boosts with KOs.
  • MONDAY 9AM: The Charlie format game, in which you bring 7 single-based figures within 7 different point brackets (1-25 points, 26-50 points, 51-100, 101-150, 151-200, 201-250, 251+) and field them one at a time. Each time it turns its dial for ANY reason, roll a die and replace it with the corresponding piece off the field.

Yours truly is part of the judging staff, so if we’ve never met face-to-face, this’ll be your chance! And if we have an odd-number pairing in any of these events other than the Saturday morning ones or the Championship, I may be playing the bye round with a pre-made team.  If, for any reason, you can’t be at Dragon*Con yourself, you can amuse yourself by visiting Heroclixin’ at the above scheduled intervals to see what sort of F.U.N. team I might be playing at the time.