No. 8
Controller [War of Light 010]
Starting with Invulnerability and shifting to Invincible, this generic is unusually well-armored for such. Too bad it’s unremarkable in nearly every other manner.
Controller’s worth is all about racking up Sun Eater tokens to blow up in someone’s face. But with
- no moving attack powers
- no Willpower
- and AV under 10 for most of the seven-click dial
it’s going to take forever to land enough successful hits for damage to gain the EIGHT tokens needed. Not unless you run two or more.
But who really wants to double up on this sort of mediocrity for more than 90 points each?
This controller’s busted.
No. 7
Darkhawk [Guardians of the Galaxy 008b]
At first, he looks OK. A flying, Charging 10 AV wild card, maybe a little soft and short-lived at six clicks and 90 points with only Toughness to armor him. Then you look at his trait that can heal him from even his last click all the way back up to click #2 and you see where the points went.
And were wasted.
“BODY SWITCH IN NULL SPACE: Give Darkhawk a free action. When you do, he modifies his defense value by -2 and can use Shape Change, but can’t use any other powers or abilities until your next turn. At the beginning of your next turn, heal him to click #2.”
Suddenly, a fig that, on its last click, had a 17 DV from range and could wild card a TA to help its defensive capabilities is now just 13 DV with Shape Change. He can’t copy team abilities anymore, he can’t fly away anymore, he can’t Perplex his DV. He can’t even get taxied away by a fellow flier, because even though he can’t use his Flight ability, he still has the Wing symbol and thus can’t be carried.
He’s GOING TO BE KILLED before he heals.
Sure, there are going to be some corner cases where this trait will be golden. Defend helps. As does Barrier. Or TK. But for the most part, it’s just bloating his cost from a likely zone of 70 or lower and making him bad.
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