Hey,
I had a four day vacation. Sorry for no post on Monday. I had a lot of errands to run in the last 2 days. So today I will look at two figures that will be quite interesting for your meta uses and your fun uses.
The first figure we are going to look at is GG Doombot. Doombot seems to be a waste of time when we have so much good support out there for 35-78 pts. But there are some nice tricks that are useful in the current meta that you might like. The first thing is special power on Doombots.
THE REAL DOOM, OR JUST A BOT?: If there is another
friendly character on the map whose name includes "Doom" or "Doombot" as
a separate word, Doombot can use Perplex targeting itself. Otherwise,
Doombot can use Leadership and Shape Change.
Playing one of these guys can be annoying to your opponent on many fronts in the meta now. First off being able to add actions and take off tokens of most of support figures in the game is really good. The next thing is the shape change that now has to be dealt with. The last element is the wild card abuse you can do if you choose to do so. But combining with Hand, Superman enemy, and Mystics you have a real annoyance. Last but not least being 5 clix deep with damage reduction means that they have put in on average two attacks to k.o. a Doombot.
In swarms I would only play them if you have a GG #19 Dr. Doom. Having the figures miss only power up Dr. Doom. Doombots are poor mastermind fodder in most cases. Again if you want theme they work great.
The next character we will be looking at is Rocket Red from the Batman Set. This figure is really good for its points. Sadly he came out in a stealth set. The biggest advantage he has is 7 range and 2 targets. This makes his energy explosion actually useful. Having super strength as well will serve him if he has to do any melee combat. The mid dial perplex is useful but not that game changing. I really like this piece. Couple of sets from now people might actually look at him as a series figure to field.
That is mostly it for today. I hope you liked the new show that is up.
Check you later,
Edward Shelton aka Darklogos
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ReplyDeleteI think the "on the map" wording could be exploited with vehicles. Doombot gains self-perplex from Dr. Doom for example, then either hits his target for 3 damage or pumps up the Dr.'s attack and damage +1. After Dr. Doom attacks, he pilots a vehicle, leaving Doombot the only 'Doom' on the map, so it gains Shape Change and Leadership. Would that work?
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