C3G Unit Discussion - SSE S1 ; Part 2

[MrNobody]

Pretty solid life extender for Hulk when he works right. Bit of a lame duck when he doesn't.

[IAmBatman]

I'd probably like him more now that we have a Hulk I really love (Avengers). 70 points isn't a big investment for likely healing one-three wounds off Hulk each game. That said, it also means you put what's probably your best offensive figure in time out for a while, which can hurt your offense a lot.

3/B-

[FreshFoods]

"His size alone does not worry me! But there is something else, some sinister secret behind the coming of Gangantus!"

[Margloth]

Honestly a pretty good deal for 150 points. More than likely you're going to move one figure a turn (keep in mind you can use it to move your own figures up, too), and a decent normal attack if you move a figure adjacent to him. If not, the special attack is decently good.

[IAmBatman]

If you can protect him, pair him with an Order Marker hub since you're not going to want to use him all the time, and pair him with some figures that can add wounds to all of his moving around (Electro, anyone with Engagement Strike, Magma, etc.) he's got potential. Not the most efficient guy out there, but like Margloth said, not bad for 150.

3/B

[FreshFoods]

"...he's liable to find the NEW Iron Man a far more difficult foe to beat!"

[FreshFoods]

It's pretty hard to justify bringing this guy in anything besides a Mk. V build. Leftbox doesn't give him much, and for 220, I feel like there's a decent amount of figures around that price I'd usually rather bring.

[Arch-vile]

Mk IV is such an upgrade over Mk III for only 30 points more. I don't see a great use for Mk III due to that.

[Margloth]

It sucks that this a card dripping with Theme-y goodness... that will rarely hit the battlefield because Theme-y goodness doesn't always translate to playability.

[IAmBatman]

Originally Posted by Arch-vile

Mk IV is such an upgrade over Mk III for only 30 points more. I don't see a great use for Mk III due to that.

Leftbox upgrade, sure, but not terribly much more, IMO. Stats are the same, first power is the same, but Mk III has a 50/50 chance of being an 8 life figure, whereas Mk IV has a similar chance over the course of the game of clearing between 1 and 3 wounds and then negating himself. I don't think the offensive impact of IV's second power is large enough to differentiate them that much.

But, yeah, Crime Fighter definitely became a much more worthwhile class.

I think if you can find some way to make Mk III's Circuitry Reroute more reliable, he's a solid attacker in a generalist build that has the ability to push people around.

3/B-

[Arch-vile]

Mk IV gets to use his special attack twice. The rest of the changes are generally a wash, IMO, but the special attack change is huge.

[IAmBatman]

Ah, yeah, that's what I get for glossing over the power text on the first power and going by memory. Yeah, that's a pretty substantial difference. Probably moves III down to a C here for me.