Top 10 C3G Armies

[Arch-vile]

All the quick links in the OP link to the 400-point armies page.

[A3n]

Originally Posted by Arch-vile

All the quick links in the OP link to the 400-point armies page.

Fixed.

[Yodaking]

I'll try to get more grades done up for this.

[Freezinpee]

For the army green piece, it shows Hal Jordan and two mech green constructs. But the card is listed as a unique hero. Impossible to have two?

[dok]

Is the intention here to just rate the linked armies? Or should we point out and rate armies that we've seen played (for instance, the plethora of 1200 point armies in SLH Season 3)? Or even point out other interesting/thematic/strong armies?

[IAmBatman]

I think it'd be great for folks to rate them in two categories:

1. Competitiveness
2. New player friendly/playability

[japes]

Originally Posted by Freezinpee

For the army green piece, it shows Hal Jordan and two mech green constructs. But the card is listed as a unique hero. Impossible to have two?

Thought I posted about this but it seems to be missing...just replace one of the Mechs with Helicopter Gunship since Green Piece was just short anyway...

[japes]

Originally Posted by dok

Is the intention here to just rate the linked armies? Or should we point out and rate armies that we've seen played (for instance, the plethora of 1200 point armies in SLH Season 3)? Or even point out other interesting/thematic/strong armies?

If it is not an army that is not linked then add it to the other thread for the Draft Cards and then you can do a write up here for ratings.

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

I think it'd be great for folks to rate them in two categories:

1. Competitiveness
2. New player friendly/playability

That would be wonderful.

[A3n]

Originally Posted by japes

If it is not an army that is not linked then add it to the other thread for the Draft Cards and then you can do a write up here for ratings.

Exactly.

[dok]

Originally Posted by dok

There were 40 different 1200 point armies used in Season 3 of SLH. 37 if you don't count the three that had Puppet Master. Here are the (non-PM) ones that I had experience playing with or against:

Invisible Lava Tossers
Magneto (310), Deadpool, Sage, Magma, Blob, Mastermind

Competitiveness:
New player friendly/playability:

In a standard format on most C3G maps, when played correctly, this army is nearly unbeatable if the opponent's army is not unusually well-suited to counter it. The ability to make the army invisible to most range using Mastermind, lock down opponent's units with Blob, lay down molten lava with Magma, and toss opponents into the lava with Magneto is just ridiculous.

However, setting up and using this army correctly can be a challenge. Definitely not recommended for new players (or old ones, either, unless you're letting your opponent counter-draft against it.)

Originally Posted by dok

Aliens, Noble and Tyrannosauroid
Superman (II), Silver Surfer (C3G), Satanus

Competitiveness:
New player friendly/playability:
Three really strong heroes. No bad place to put an Order Marker.

Originally Posted by dok

Justice Avengers
Batman (II), Flash (Allen), Spider-Man (C3G), Thor, Skull Infiltrator x2

Competitiveness:
New player friendly/playability:
Similar to the army above, this is an unconnected bunch of heroes that can all do good stuff. Which ones you use when is a little more important here, though, and you do have to make decisions on those Utility Glyphs.

Originally Posted by dok

Monster Mash
Vampire Minions x3, Frankenstein, Abomination (C3G), Morbius

Competitiveness:
New player friendly/playability:
Frankenstein bonding can be tricky, but all three heroes are nice and beefy.

Originally Posted by dok

Sinestro Corps
Yellow Lantern (Arkillo), Yellow Lantern (Thaal Sinestro), Sinestro Corps Soldier x5, Skrull Infiltrator x1

Competitiveness:
New player friendly/playability:
This one takes some patience to play well, I think.

[japes]

Now that was a useful post...thanks Dok

[MegaSilver]

Originally Posted by dok

Competitiveness:
New player friendly/playability:
Three really strong heroes. No bad place to put an Order Marker.

Competitiveness:
New player friendly/playability:
Similar to the army above, this is an unconnected bunch of heroes that can all do good stuff. Which ones you use when is a little more important here, though, and you do have to make decisions on those Utility Glyphs.

I actually built fairly good armies for that season then!

Then I used Spider-Man to trash the first army single-handidly that you decided to run, dok.