Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Why use #10 Firestorm from Nu 52

Hello all,

              By the time you read this I will be on a plane heading back to Kansas City. I did some thinking about some good figures that have been over looked in the meta. I think that #10 Firestorm from Nu52 is a gem that is not getting any press.

         So with all things considered why should we play this figure. Well first off he has a high damage option with an ok attack or standard damage with move and attack. By having running shot and rce on click 1 he can be tk'd to take a shot or he can running shot into position.  Having a 19 from range with ESD gives him a good level of survivability. The if he takes a standard hit he goes to hypersonic speed or barrier. If you choose to push you have perplex.

        Point cost wise he comes in at a great 105 points. Not only that he fits on a standard team really well or on a Justice League team. Justice League team really needs a figure like him. You see to many high point attackers or high point support figures with Justice League. With Firestorm you can come in do some major damage, push if you want to, and be a great use to your team.

       Firestorm works well with any of the Justice League ata's. I really like Justice League Silver age and Justice League Dark. Justice League Silver age lets you  once during each game, choose any team ability or opposing character. Each friendly character using this team ability modifies its attack value by +1 when attacking the chosen character or a character possessing the chosen team ability. This can help him up his attack by 1 which makes him really good for 4 points more. Then you have Justice League Dark when a character using this team ability is adjacent to a friendly character using this team ability, opposing characters modify their range values by -2 if not already modified by this effect. Uncopyable. For 2 points limiting your opponents range down is really useful.

     I hope you enjoyed this insight. Tell me what you think and if there is any figure you want me to talk about live a comment below.

Thanks for reading,
Edward Shelton aka Darklogos

3 comments:

  1. I was not impressed by either of the firestorms. Yeah they are useful, and all the points you pointed out are great insights. I just feel that 100 points can be spent better elsewhere. This is primarily because of the overexposure of indomitable, making it difficult to pay 100 points for anyone without it. Now clearly this can be fixed with a 10 point belt, but without it, I could not put serious consideration into playing him. Keep up the great work, I have just recently stumbled on your work and am loving it so far.

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  2. I wanted to know what you think of the Batman of Zurr-En-Arrh and what kind of team would you build around him.

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