I had made some large trades and have decided to play as many of the new figures as I can. I play Heroclix every almost every Saturday, and we usually get three or four games in. I had used the IH 31 Daredevil once before but I decided to use him again this weekend.
That first click he has is awesome. For your opponent to hit him, without using outwit, they would have to go through shapechange, then roll to hit, then I could roll Supersenses. So, not too easy to hit.
That works great.....unless he is based by a Thunder God. And I miss both super senses and shape change. In that case, Daredevil gets a hammer between the horns and dies quietly the next round.
I also played another new (to me) figure. I noticed the Jean Grey, Mutations and Monsters 039, had a pretty decent dial, and starts with a 10 av, outwit and a special power running shot and mind control. Sounds cool to me.
She did ok in the game and was able to use the Running Shot mind control to MC my opponents TDW 002 Einherjar (what a nice looking figure!), named Karl by my opponent, to turn around and stab Thor for five. It was great.
The problem with older figures that have good attack dials is that usually their defense is very hittable, so they crumple pretty quickly if attacked by a newer figure. Not that I'm some Heroclix Strategist but I still want to use some of these older figures and even if they get wasted pretty quickly, they also usually have a low cost so they may still be worth playing.
Sadly, Jean Grey is 90 points and while Running Shot/ Mind control is cool, she is not any better than the 59 point Fantastic Forces 039 Karma. Actually, Karma is better as she is nearly half the cost, and can MC two opponents.
I also was able to play a new Prime figure and found a perfect character for him to team up with. Check in tomorrow, it was a blast!
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