There were a few more figs that underwhelmed Heroclixin’ this past year. These aren’t utterly terrible, but we’d run a dozen other pieces first in each case.
Centerhall [Teen Titans] is short-lived and expensive and totally useless outside of his narrow theme. But that theme (N.O.W.H.E.R.E.) is shared by one of the Top Ten and also brings out his full potential, so he’s spared the full indignity of being on the Worst list.
Demogoblin [Amazing Spider-Man] has a great tandem of SP and trait that effectively deals penetrating damage and kills defenses and more. But his weak range of 5 is compounded by his equally anemic 16 DV; the chance that he’ll get blasted off his SP clicks is high. And his trait is USELESS on his Battle Fury-laden late dial. This guy needs to go back to Hell.
Low damage and 0 range doom Kelex [Man of Steel 015] to deserved infamy despite PD TA and a “stop” click. It’s nearly 100 points in cost. There are much less expensive sources of Enhancement to be had. Oh, and guess what? The Mastermind trait…that ONLY functions for the two charcter named Jor-El?…won’t activate the “stop” click, so beware of actually using that skill. Another character that requires a certain other fig to be worth its cost…and then still ISN’T.
Madame Web [Amazing Spider-Man] still has some use as THE cheapest Mystical piece in the game now not named Astral Dr. Strange. But the paraplegic got even MORE crippled by the 2013 rules’ reining in the ranges on her Outwit, Perplex and Probability Control.
Rescue [Invincible Iron Man 202] was such a disappointment compared with her other version. She’s not useless — her utility rises quite a bit as build totals grow — but 58 points for even a flying, Phasing, Willpowered medic seems a lot to pay for a character that really contributes NOTHING ELSE to the cause.
Spider-Man [Amazing Spider-Man 039] is 34 points with Super Strength and traited Stealth-plus. But his lack of mobility (no Leap/Climb or Improved Movement) and keywords (SHIELD is the only one) or team abilities make him the absolute worst Spidey of Modern Age, maybe ever.
And then there’s a special non-achievement award for just about the entire Kick-Ass 2 set. Most weren’t quite bad enough to rate among the worst of the year — barely — but even the semi-adequate among them bore the weaknesses of middling stats and lacking keywords to make them at all playable outside the set.
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All right, that’s enough time in the gutter. I’ll take a refreshing shower and list Heroclixin’s Top Ten FAVORITE pieces of 2013. As usual, don’t expect much overlap between this final countdown and the previous ones!