#8

Sentry & Void (Chaos War 057), the prize chase of the set, was one of the first pieces that unaided, on round 2 from his own starting area, could threaten the opponent still sitting in their starting area. Here’s how:

He has 11 range, 10 Hypersonic Speed and Multi-Attack, enabling him to move 20 squares and shoot with an effective 6 range. Or, thanks to Penetrating/Psychic Blast, he can move 10 with one action then sit and fire for 5 clicks on the second. And with Power Cosmic, he can do even worse damage the very next turn.

This isn’t even taking into account his ability swap out into either Void (Chaos War 045) or Sentry (Chaos War 035) who, when KO’d, instead come back as Sentry and Void (Chaos War 057) on his Regen click anyway. From there he can use Multi-Attack to try Regen twice and it all starts over again.

None of those are the truly torrid thing about Sentroid, though.

It’s his Avengers keyword.

They’re Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. That last being the operative word: HEROES. But when Sentry and the Void merged, in the comics? He was such a complete villain that none less than LOKI had to fight on the side of the Avengers to stop him from destroying the world.

“Avengers” is the LAST keyword Sentroid deserves, and yet he has it. What the hell?

Enchantress (Justice League 016) presents a similar problem. Her 250-point dial has a heaping pile of keywords: Suicide Squad, Justice League, Shadowpact. But the character that dial represents isn’t a member of any of those teams. Indeed, as her trait indicates, she’s actively an enemy of the Justice League in particular.

With extra-range and guaranteed damage on both Quake and Poison, this witch is a terror on the field to anyone she can reach. Her only weakness is an inability to safely push and being a groundpounder for the cost. Hitting her doesn’t help; she’s an Impervious Mystic and solid damage just lands her on Hypersonic Speed with Invuln. and Willpower — so much for that no-pushing weakness — and a long run of Probability Control.

Again. Justice League keyword. WHY?

Inexplicably getting the highly versatile keywords of their chief enemies kicks both these villainous beasticks from being ultra-strong to Torrid.

 

Next time: Another pair who are a pain.