The Book of Major Q9

dnutt99 · #1 May 17th, 2007, 02:22 AM

The Book of Major Q9
Raknar's Vision - "Heroes of Lindesfarme"

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Character Bio: Visions of a horrific battle play out in the prophet Raknar’s mind. The elderly kyrie lies still, his eyes glazed white, as he narrates the terrible scenario. He tells of a dragon, and of an elf on a winged steed with the head of a hawk. But his face grows pale as a new vision appears, and he stammers, grasping for words: "A wingless man, made of steel, enormous is his stature and girth. From his long arms flow smoke; his lifeless eyes show no mercy as all in his wake are destroyed and fall. Those who reach him with sword and bow find that they cannot pierce this giant’s metallic flesh." Then the prophet goes silent. Sheer terror contorts his face as he utters one last phrase, a phrase that makes little sense to the listener: " . . .Q. . .Nine." (Hasbro)
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-Rulings and Clarifications-

- LINE OF SIGHT : Shoulder Pads Blocking LOS
Can Major Q9’s shoulder pads block his own line of sight?
Yes. When checking to see if you have a clear line of sight with Q9, you may want to look behind the targeted figure’s Hit Zone to see if you can see Q9’s head, or the side of his face. He cannot fire directly behind himself. (Hasbro FAQ)

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Synergy Benefits Received

- LAGLOR : Vydar’s Range Enhancement Aura
Being Vydar units with a range greater than 4, Major Q9 may benefit from Laglor’s VYDAR’S RANGE ENHANCEMENT AURA.

Synergy Benefits Offered

- BLASTATRONS : Homing Device
Being a Soulborg that follows Vydar, Major Q9 may aid Blastatrons with their HOMING DEVICE attack bonus.

C3V and SoV Custom Synergies

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

- TBA

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-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

Power Rankings

Jexik: Major Q9- For quite some time the only question to ask when building an army was “Can this take out Q9?” Beware the 'borg. A+

OEAO: A+

Cleon: Tier 10 (3/208)

dok (VC inclusive): A+

Master Index

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Originally Posted by MKSentinel

Unit Strategy Review

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Aranas · #2 May 17th, 2007, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by dnutt99

- LINE OF SIGHT : Shoulder Pads Blocking LOS
Can Major Q9’s shoulder pads block his own line of sight?
Yes. When checking to see if you have a clear line of sight with Q9, you may want to look behind the targeted figure’s
Hit Zone to see if you can see Q9’s head, or the side of his face. He cannot fire directly behind himself. (Hasbro FAQ)

Remember though that LOS is not required when attacking an adjacent figure.

Aranas

IAmBatman · #3 May 18th, 2007, 03:21 AM

Q9 - a favorite of tournament winners everywhere. Between his deathwalker like defense without their glassjaw nature due to his 4 lives instead of 1, and his chance to special attack (thus bypassing a lot of special defenses) up to three times at range per activation, Q9 is a beast. If you're not getting your point value for Q9 just about every game you play, you're either getting extremely unlucky rolls, or you're just plain not playing him right.
I hate this guy, but darn is he good. :P

Revdyer · #4 May 18th, 2007, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by I Am The Game!!!

OK....I Am Fighting Quie......Should I Die Or Surrender???.....

Neither die nor surrender. Get one, or, better, two expendable units engaged with him and then take him down from range or by bringing in a heavy hitter (such as a wounded Krug). It is amazing how quickly four lives can disappear, once he can't shoot past the engaged figure(s).

Hex_Enduction_Hour · #5 May 18th, 2007, 09:27 AM

Q9 is the one unique hero I have thought of buying doubles for my casual game nights.
I'm frustrated facing this guy backed with Raelin and swarming Reavers.
I'm going to start drafting Q9 in the face of Q9.
He's become such a tournament figure that I'm personally tired of seeing him on our casual game nights.

At one point, many of us were fearing the game turning into Squadscape.
The only way to keep Heroes a factor in this game is to give them multiple attacks:
Syvarris, Krug, Braxas, Nilf, Q9, Kaemon, DW8K, Brunak, etc.
That's fine. That's great, but in my opinoin, Q9 is overkill in this department!

TheRealQ · #6 May 18th, 2007, 09:50 AM

As I learned at the last Dallas tournament (I don't think they've had another yet) Q9 is far from invulnerable. Revdyer's method worked against me...hmm...come to think of it, it was the Rev who used it against me. Q9 also fell against Krug, who consistantly beats the armor off Q9, in another match-up.

Oyhedwig · #7 May 18th, 2007, 10:30 AM

Q9 drives me crazy. It's almost to the point that I find him so tank powerful that I don't use him anymore. The more I see him, the more I find him incredibly boring. I've destroyed whole armies using only Raelin and Q9. I've never played in a tournament before myself, so I don't know much about that department.

killercactus · #8 May 18th, 2007, 02:22 PM

I have found that Q9 can be defeated by strong attacking ranged squads. 4th Mass and the AE are my 2 personal favorites. If he has Raelin with him, the task is more daunting, but these guys can still get the job done. Even with 9 defense dice, he's only averaging about 2 shields. Attacks of 3 and 4 are not nearly unheard of. There are also the "bypass defense" methods, like Sharpshooter, Soul Devour, etc....

However, contrary to popular belief, Q9 is mortal (if Soulborg's have mortality...) and he can be disposed of.

MKSentinel · #9 May 18th, 2007, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by killercactus

I have found that Q9 can be defeated by strong attacking ranged squads. 4th Mass and the AE are my 2 personal favorites. If he has Raelin with him, the task is more daunting, but these guys can still get the job done. Even with 9 defense dice, he's only averaging about 2 shields. Attacks of 3 and 4 are not nearly unheard of. There are also the "bypass defense" methods, like Sharpshooter, Soul Devour, etc....

However, contrary to popular belief, Q9 is mortal (if Soulborg's have mortality...) and he can be disposed of.

But the fact that we feel the need to convince ourselves that he is mortal makes him one bad MFer

Eclipse · #10 May 20th, 2007, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by player_of_football

in the synergy section is it suppose to say that Q9 benfits from laglor? because it says the blasatrons do.

It should be noted that his Queglix Gun does not benefit from this, however.

GIR · #11 June 1st, 2007, 06:08 PM

Q9 never works for me! He takes out half a squad and dies in two or three attacks. he is definately not as good a most people say.

Cavalier · #12 June 1st, 2007, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by GIR

Q9 never works for me! He takes out half a squad and dies in two or three attacks. he is definately not as good a most people say.

You gotta be doing something wrong. Q-9 is a devestator if played well.