C3G Competitive Armies and Strategy Discussion

[Scapemage]

The idea was brought up, and there is some strategy in a few of the books. This thread is to discuss competitive C3G armies as well as strategy related to certain units. If requested, I will log all of hte strategy and armies in this post.

[Scapemage]

I'll start things off with a neat 1200 point army I think would work great:

Batman 200
Black Canary 390
Venom 540
Huntress 710
Green Arrow 860
Robin 980
Alfred 1040
Spiderman 1200

The idea is simple. Send a Vigilante out with Robin, and when the Vigilante (who has been protecting Robin) dies, pull Robin back with Alfred and repeat. This way, Robin still gets attacks but doesn't die, and the Vigilantes take the damage and also deal some damage in the process. Spidey's only in htere because Alfred went over 1000, so I upped it to 1200.

[IAmBatman]

Originally Posted by scapemage921

I'll start things off with a neat 1200 point army I think would work great:

Batman 200
Black Canary 390
Venom 540
Huntress 710
Green Arrow 860
Robin 980
Alfred 1040
Spiderman 1200

The idea is simple. Send a Vigilante out with Robin, and when the Vigilante (who has been protecting Robin) dies, pull Robin back with Alfred and repeat. This way, Robin still gets attacks but doesn't die, and the Vigilantes take the damage and also deal some damage in the process. Spidey's only in htere because Alfred went over 1000, so I upped it to 1200.

Here's a similar one I was thinking about the other day that gives Black Canary (who always dies too easily for me) a little more protection:

Black Canary 190
Green Arrow 340
Alfred 400
Robin 520
Angel 610
Punisher 790
Beat Cops x2 920
Raelin 1,000

[Balantai]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

Black Canary 190
Green Arrow 340
Alfred 400
Robin 520
Angel 610
Punisher 790
Beat Cops x2 920
Raelin 1,000

We should probably try to keep the discussion to figures that have been released.

[Scapemage]

Originally Posted by Balantai

We should probably try to keep the discussion to figures that have been released.

Another spoiler! Punisher is 180 points!

[IAmBatman]

Sounds like a good idea ... so, what are some people's favorite competitive armies for C3G?
I've found, for instance, that at 1,000 points even, Professor X, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast, Iceman, and Angel are tough to beat!
Angel carries everyone all over the field, Professor X protects with his Psychic Defense X and makes Order Marker management easy, Cyclops is a great special attack and backup plan for Order Marker placement, Jean is good for getting around high defenses, helping position allies when Angel is preoccupied or dead, and halting enemy troops in their tracks, whereas Iceman provides a nasty special attack for cheap, and both he and Beast can take off Order Markers from the opponent while Professor X is helping his team take 6 turns a round!

[Scapemage]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

Sounds like a good idea ... so, what are some people's favorite competitive armies for C3G?
I've found, for instance, that at 1,000 points even, Professor X, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast, Iceman, and Angel are tough to beat!
Angel carries everyone all over the field, Professor X protects with his Psychic Defense X and makes Order Marker management easy, Cyclops is a great special attack and backup plan for Order Marker placement, Jean is good for getting around high defenses, helping position allies when Angel is preoccupied or dead, and halting enemy troops in their tracks, whereas Iceman provides a nasty special attack for cheap, and both he and Beast can take off Order Markers from the opponent while Professor X is helping his team take 6 turns a round!

The flaw here is protecting X. With everyone occupied elsewhere, X is vulnerable. A stable, defensive, yet synergizing unit like Martian Manhunter may help. He is a Telepath (so many benefits), he can't be targeted by range, and has stable stats as well ass the ability to move units. He can constantly move X out of threat range while he cannot be attacked unless the opponent nears.

[quozl]

The awesomeness of Punisher will not wait!

[IAmBatman]

Classic X-Men or classic Fantastic Four for 1,000 points for me!

[IAmBatman]

After his card is released, I'd love to see some thoughts on an anti-Anti-Monitor army!

[Karat]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

After his card is released, I'd love to see some thoughts on an anti-Anti-Monitor army!

I've been contemplating one myself

[LordEsenwienIV]

Going to be trying a 1000 point game with 3 C3G units and the rest as classic any ideas?