MK HeroClix, the 12th of April, the hopeless battle

Welcome to another MK HeroClix. First off is the HeroClix news for the week. This week there were previews of Cosmo and Ziran the Tester from the Marvel: Galactic Guardians main set; Alfred Pennyworth and Lucius Fox from DC: The Dark Knight Rises; and another version of Loki, The First Avenger and Heimdall from the Marvel: Avengers Movies set. It has be official reviled that there will be a ten figure single booster count set (eleven if you count the Loki chase figure)  for the Avengers Movie set. Hang on, the main boosters for is were single figure boosters already. HCRealms has all eleven figures from this seconds single figure set on their units section already and hearing from people, it is already out. The dials seem great and is the Skrull Infiltrator a major spoiler for the film, bad WizKids if it is, LOL. Also the Marvel: Galactic Guardians just come out this week in America. I might pick up some of the Nova Corps and LEs. What will replace it in the previews, maybe Marvel: Chaos War. For those interested I have brought and reviewed the Avengers Movie HeroClix Mini Game is the previous Neoscream's Life post to this post under Saturday, but here is the short version of it. DO NOT BUY IT, get the starter instead, even if you are new to the game as the starter is far more better and useful for the cost. However I was right at the store, the starter comes with one two sided map, not two and it comes with terrain tokens. Oh and according to people on HCRealms the start is out now. Please note WizKids stated the Marvel Avengers Movie stuff was out on April the 18th last Friday evening, but everything apart from the main set is already our.

Constrictor

This weeks game was 300 points, built the worst theme team you can for your opponent to use. No Feats, minimum of 295 point and maximum of seven figures (including bystander tokens).  Are a lot of looking and mind changing I ended up with an unlikely S.H.I.E.L.D. team who were:

Constrictor (037 Infinity Challenge) 38
Black Widow (056 Clobberin Time) 41
Shadowcat (042 Universe) 40
Moonstar (008 Fantastic Four) 66
Madrox (001 Giant Size X-Men) 44
Mandroid Armour (008 Clobberin Time) 32
Mandroid Armour (009 Clobberin Time) 36
=297 points and two re-rolls.

There was no Adrian this week so I only played in two out of three. On the first round I was up against Michael as Darren sat and watched. I was using his Teen team who were:

Humantorch (049 Clobberin Time) 40
Jubilee (017 Supernova) 35
Karma (037 Fantastic Four) 43
Sunspot (026 Supernova) 70
Spider-Man (001 Universe) 40
Night Thrasher (013 Supernova) 37 265
Sprite (037 Sinister) 30
=295 points and one re-roll.

It was close to begin with but his Sunspot cream my team when he get into charging range. This lead to my team losing, meaning I won. On the second round I was up against Darren as Michael sat and watched. I was using his Sinister Syndicate team who were:

Hydro Man (011 Sinister) 57
Jack O'Lantern (034 Sinister) 32
Hobgoblin (062 Universe) 62
Scorpion (047 Xplosion) 49
Chameleon (019 Web of Spider-Man) 66 266
Electro (028 Sinister) 30
=296 points and two re-rolls.

Hydro Man's Defend and the Sinister Syndicate team ability really helped me against Darren and my team. This on top of Darren's bad dice rolls lead to my team being wiped out, meaning I won that game. On the third and final round Darren was up against Michael, while I watched and wrote this up. It was a long game but Adrian won the game with only Chameleon and a beaten up Electro left standing. Over all I won as my team was the worst and Darren lost as his team was too good.

Next week will be Armour Wars. 500 points, at least one figure must have the Armour keyword (Armor for the Americans) and be 100 or more points. We will be using special Armour Wars update tokens that were released in a HeroClix convention magazine years ago back when Topps owned WizKids.

Now for this week's cut down DreamClix section. This week I am doing ideas for a RGE-B790 Genoace from Mobile Suit Gundam AGE, a Humanoid Power Suit from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone, Daisuke Ido from Battle Angel Alita and Hizashi Hyûga from Naruto. But first I have designs of Ran Fuan from Dragon Ball, the Usopp Pirates from One Piece, Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter, the Hogwarts School team ability and a Patronus Charm pod.

Next a a RGE-B790 Genoace from Mobile Suit Gundam AGE. The Genoace is a mass production mobile suit used by the Earth Federal Forces. Derived from the CMS-328 Desperado, it is a highly versatile machine and characterized by a clear blue visor covering the front of the head and internal sensors. It was rolled out at the same time as the Earth Federation military begin to battle the UE. A wide variety of customized units currently exist. The Genoace's frame is based on the Desperado's. In terms of combat, the standard armed Genoace's performance is significantly inferior compared to Vagan mobile suits such as the Gafran and Baqto. However by equipping more powerful weapons like the DODS Gun, it becomes capable of destroying Unknown Enemy units. They should have just Charge and Toughness, about four clicks of health and starting combat value of Movement 8, Attack 8, Defence 16, Damage 2 and Range 6 with one target. Their team ability should be the Mobile Suit one and their keyword should be Earth Federation Forces. The next Gundam AGE idea should be the Pilot card for Largan Drace.

Next is a Humanoid Arm Suit generic from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. These are humanoid power suit used by the military, terrorist and at times criminal organisations. They should have Super Strength, Impervious, Invulnerability, Toughness, Range Combat Expert and Close Combat Expert. They should have about five clicks of health and starting combat value of Movement 8, Attack 10, Defence 18, Damage 3 and Range 8 with one target. Their team ability should be the Underworld one (seeing the other characters other than Watchmen characters are getting this, I am treating it as a generic team ability like Police and Mystics. This will mean several characters from Death Note and Ghost in the Shell will be changing to have it) and their keywords should be Armour, JSDF and Soldier. The next and most likely the last Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex idea should be Kubota.

Next is Daisuke Ido from Battle Angel Alita. Daisuke Ido is a cyberphysician from Tiphares and the first Tipharean introduced in Battle Angel Alita. He is a key character in the early part of the series, as he was responsible for restoring Alita after finding her in the Tiphares dump heap. Ido also had a second line of work as a hunter-warrior while he lived in the Scrapyard. He should have Stealth, Close Combat Expert, Support and Willpower. They should have about four or five clicks of health and starting combat value of Movement 8, Attack 9, Defence 17, Damage 2 and Range 2 with one target. He should not have a team ability and his keywords should be Bounty Hunter, Hunter-Warrior and Scientist. The next Battle Angel Alita idea should be Gonzu.

Next is the second Naruto chase figure, Hizashi  Hyūga. Hizashi was born seconds after his twin brother, Hiashi. For this reason only however, Hiashi was made the successor to the Hyūga clan, whereas Hizashi was made a member of a branch house. At some point in Hizashi's life, he was branded with the clan's curse seal that would ensure his lifelong service to the main branch and that would seal his Byakugan when he died. Hizashi was unhappy with this fate, but felt that there was nothing he could do and put up with it. Hizashi eventually fathered a son, Neji. Several years after Neji's birth, Hiashi's daughter, Hinata, turned three. As was customary to do on the next heir's third birthday, Neji was given his own curse seal. Hizashi was upset that his son was being locked into the same fate that he was, and briefly put up with this as well. But as time went by, Neji's natural genius with the Hyūga clan's techniques became obvious to Hizashi. At the same time, Hinata was proving to be ill-suited as the Hyūga's next leader. Angry that Neji was being denied his full-potential because of his birth, Hizashi became more open with his disapproval of the main house, eventually manifesting as killing intent. Sensing this, Hiashi activated Hizashi's curse seal as punishment, causing Hizashi great pain and giving Neji reason to doubt the main house for the first time. Some time later, in an event that would become known as the Hyūga Affair, Hiashi killed the Head Ninja of Kumogakure to save Hinata. Kumogakure demanded Hiashi's body as restitution; in reality, they wanted to obtain the secrets of the Byakugan. The Hyūga elders and Konoha's leadership proposed that Hizashi be used instead; as Hiashi's body double. In addition to protecting Hiashi - the Hyūga's leader - doing so would keep the Byakugan's secrets from being discovered. Hizashi agreed. When Hiashi tried to refuse, Hizashi disabled him with a single blow. He then explained that he was not doing this to preserve the Hyūga's structure, but to save the life of his brother, to prevent war, and to choose his own fate for the first time in his life. Before going to his death, Hizashi asked Hiashi to tell Neji of his reason for his decision, regretting that he had shown Neji his bitterness in life. He should have two traits called "Hiashi's Twin Brother" and "Byakugan", Flurry, Exploit Weakness, Energy Shield Deflection, Toughness and Defend.

Hiashi's Twin Brothers: Adjacent friend characters with the Hyūga Clan and Ruler keywords can use Mastermind, but can only transfer damage to Hizashi Hyūga.
Byakugan: Hizashi Hyūga ignores Hindering Terrain for line of sight. Immediately after making a close combat attack, Hizashi Hyūga can use Outwit but only on the target of the attack.
They should have about seven clicks of health and starting combat value of Movement 8, Attack 10, Defence 18, Damage 3 and Range 4 with one target. His team ability should been the Ninja one and his keywords should be Konohagakure, Hyūga Clan and Past. The next Naruto idea should be Zaku Abumi.

Lastly is the DreamClix Dial Designs page update news. On Sunday there was an update to the DreamClix Dial Designs page, which was the second of four CosmicBreak updates. There was nothing new in this update. There should be an update on Sunday with the third CosmicBreak update.

Well that is it for this week. Until next time, Mecha Up.