It’s the end of the year. Let’s see the rear-end of 2024’s clix. In alphabetical order:
Baron Zemo (Marvel Studios Next Phase 062)
Based on a meme more than anything, this SHOULD have been a peak F.U.N. (Friendly, Useful, Nifty) piece. But in practice, he doesn’t have enough speed to properly use his speed SP (token up foes he walked through) and he has no secondary use for 40 points.
DANCE LIKE NO ONE’S LOOKING — IN THE BOTTOM OF THE CLIX BIN
Lady Mastermind (Deadpool Weapon X 004)
Speaking of 40 points, she delivers a fair amount more: Enhancement, Mind Control, Mastermind. But Mm to who? And single target MC is weak. She’s just not good enough.
THIS LADY IS NO MASTER
Ms. Marvel (Marvel Studios Next Phase 046)
The SR is overcosted and confusing. Why’s she got Impervious AND Toughness? At 120 she’s almost never gonna do the CLOSE Terrain action. And her Barrier — which is necessary to use her weird Terrain Action ability — is likely to block LOF. No thanks. She’s better at 80 points but still really expensive to lose her moving attacks.
THE COMMON VERSION IS BETTER — AND THAT’S BAD.
Multiple Man (Deadpool Weapon X 013)
Absolutely terrible alone and he has to surrender points to multiply — MAYBE. Such a downgrade from the XRF version.
MULTIPLE OF ZERO IS STILL ZERO
Namor (Black Panther 050)
Seems OK until you try to play him at full. Sidestep Quake? 10 AV? Really? His SP Leadership isn’t THAT good. But he lacks it entirely on his otherwise kinda playable low dial.
HE’S A BEACHED FISH
Saturn Girl (Masters of Time L002)
She’s kinda only on a team to be expensive Mastermind fodder? And she does need a way to get to her good clicks, that’s true. BUT there’s an excellent chance she takes the full 3 damage and gets stranded on her worst click.
READ MY MIND: DON’T RUN HER
Steve (Marvel Studios Next Phase 064)
Like dancing Zemo, this meme piece promised to be more F.U.N. But the requirements of TWO characters to move AND hit in a single turn made his Choreography abilities too hard to proc.
HE ACTUALLY CAN’T DO THIS ALL DAY
Storm (Black Panther L003)
Ability to knock back in any direction sounds good, but it’s just 1 square (so minimal opportunity for knockback damage) and counterintuitive for Smoke Cloud’s AV-nerfing quality. She needs to be like 35 or fewer points to be worth it.
THEY KEEP TRYING TO MAKE THIS DIAL GOOD AND CAN’T
Velociraptor (Masters of Time 002)
Is 40 points the bad point value in 2024? This dino has only 3 clicks of life with mediocre 17 Toughness to preserve it. And it’s worse because you HAVE to run multiples to get much value from them.
SHOULD BE EXTINCT
Wakandan Scientist (Black Panther 014)
Having just 3 range means she can’t fight within her 4 Outwit range, and if she’s that close to the action, she’s getting killed. The Vibranium Armor equipment she makes also isn’t that great a use of the Vibranium tokens (that she has to depend on adjacent allies hitting to make — again pulling her too close to danger these days) — and she can’t even use it herself to shore up her sad 17 DV Willpower.
THIS NERD GETS WRECKED
Wolverine and She-Hulk (Deadpool Weapon X 070)
I absolutely love the idea of this piece. But in practice? The higher 160-point line is missing the Prob it needs to be if it’s gonna be half your team, while at 65 points there are no Modern Wolverines to split into that work with Modern She-Hulks’ click 1, which are 60 points or higher, leaving Wolverines with only 35 — and no 35-point Wolverines exist in Modern. Barely in Silver.
FIRST RULE OF FASTBALL SPECIAL: DON’T TALK ABOUT FASTBALL SPECIAL. OR PLAY IT
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OK, enough of the junk. Next post: My personal best.