No. 2

Question [WizKids D-008]

A recurring theme in Heroclixin’s 2013 Top Ten is flexibility: The best figs are those able to adjust to the needs of the matchup or the turn or the action. No figure this year does so better than Question. At the minor cost of some power showing on his dial that he’s not even using, he gets to use any OTHER power he has on his card, via his “Past Lives” trait. So most of the time, on click #1, he’s ditching Smoke Cloud for:

• Stealth, for safety until he Charges later with ease thanks to Improved Movement: Hindering/Elevated, 0r
• Plasticity, to keep an opponent locked down and dealing with his Combat Reflexes+Mystics TA deterrent, or
• Incap, to deal with the enemy’s actions, or
• Super Senses, to dodge attacks, or
• Shape Change, to prevent attacks in the first place, or
• Toughness, if damage is coming from, say Poison, or
• Flurry, to combo with his opening Charge and 3+ damage [thanks, SP Perplex] or
• Close Combat Expert, for maximum melee ability in base

On top of all that, his SP Perplex grants him double use of the power on different targets and forces enemies to burn a power action to use their OWN Perplex in turn. At just 100 points, he’s not taking up much of your team at all.

With his only weaknesses being a lack of range and armor, the Question has an answer for most any situation he faces, any time, and it’s why he’s almost Heroclixin’s top figure of the year.

Honorable Mention:

Arwen [Fellowship of the Ring], with her lonnnng dial and 18 Defend and Plasticity+Carry SP and lots of Exploit Weakness and Reflexes, is a solid figure even without the defining Epic Action trait, “I Call On The Loudwater!” that allows her to freely and repeatedly damage whole teams sometimes from her own starting area. She’d be a Top Ten figure — perhaps THE top figure — if not for her falling outside multiple stipulations for making Heroclixin’s list.

For the most part, none of these Honorable Mentions have been listed in any real sort of order; one called out on the No. 9 post is no better than the rest. Except for this one: Deadshot [Arkham Origins 016]. With a sky-high AV and excellent damage and Stealth and Sharpshooter and RCE and the ability to score bonus points and anti-Stealth and self-Prob and Indom and double target EE and even more, he almost feels like a steal at 150 points. But, of course, 150 is NOT a steal, especially for a wild card who’ll need some good TAs to draw on. Still…darn good fig that’s darn near Top Ten material.

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Finally, next time: The top banana.