C3G Strategy/Competitive Discussion (Bob, Agent of Hydra)

[FreshFoods]

"Long Live Doom!"

[IAmBatman]

Hit your D20 rolls and he can be a one-man army. Pairs well with a few Doombots to keep him alive and a swarm of Moloids to keep him clean.

[FreshFoods]

Being able to Mystic Power Drain Event Heroes feels so onbrand for Doom, I love it. Outside of that, he's the kind of character that feels like he can always bring a game back. MPD lets him take on nearly anyone if your D20 is hot, and Pit Trap can keep those melee threats away, or get an autowund on a damaged enemy. It's kind of hard to talk about him competitively since he's dependent on the enemy team, but I doubt he ever feels like dead weight. Ruler synergies with Moloids are nice too.

I could see him pairing well with others that mess with enemy movement or lockdown nearby foes, like Jean Grey or Blob. Doom/Jean/Blob/Doombots/Moloids sounds like it might be a fairly tough to crack army.

[IAmBatman]

Yeah, he may be the Unique Hero that feels most like an Event Hero, especially if you play him with Doombots to give him a bit more staying power.

Teaming him up with War-Machine and some throwers to try to take advantage of Elaborate Pit Trap could be an interesting thing to try, but I'm not convinced that a focus on Elaborate Pit Trap makes the most sense for him competitively. I view that more as a throw-in.

[Dysole]

I mean one of my thoughts is someone like Merlyn. 6 attack with double skulls? Yeah that's not terrifying or anything.

~Dysole, popping back in briefly

[Tornado]

Maybe Spawn to steal that super healing.
Doom, Merlyn, Spawn and fill in with Moloids?
I think 14 would be 995.

[MrNobody]

Luckily, since he can only drain opponent's figures, he avoids a lot of the cheesiness about building armies around him.

[Dysole]

Oh yeah. Now I'm trying to think is there a way to give your opponent figures?

~Dysole, figuring out the weird ways to win

[Tornado]

That is a good point.

[MrNobody]

You could go Amanda Waller and try to Suicide Squad your own troops, or use Creeper or Genis-Vell, but I don't think there's any generalist way to have your troops betray you.

[IAmBatman]

Sounds like a Soundwarp design in the making, though.

[toyhandle]

I really enjoy thinking of all the crazy things that can happen with Doom.
Thematically, I was wondering how Doom might feel he could use Reed's powers better than Reed.

If he received Fantastic Leader 4 via MPD, then on Doom's next OM turn, he'd get to potentially take a turn with Kristoff twice, once before and after Doom,
or first with up to 3 other Adventurers, then Doom, then Kristoff.
Fantastic Leader 5!
Trying to think of what a fun Doomtastic Five army would consist of without doubling up on any classic FF members.