No. 1
Falcon [Captain America: The Winter Soldier 006]
This was a frontrunner for this slot for a long time, though the Authority nearly took it. But I recently ran a Falcon team that once again cemented his position as Heroclixin’s No. 1 Favorite Clix of 2014.
This is Heroclixin’s favorite because it’s the ultimate F.U.N. fig:
- It’s Friendly: Just has 10 AV. Just has Toughness for armor. And it’s so expensive to field, relatively speaking (Why couldn’t he be 100 or less?).
- But it’s still quite Useful: Most think he needs a Captain America to be effective. But no: He can still be a great Sidestep taxi. Or provide Enhancement or Empower to other allies. He’s so good for any team. But that’s not all. He’s Hypersonic! OK, it’s just Move And Attack, so basing him takes it away. But he doesn’t get the usual -2 AV dock. He’s also got Running Shot + EE for other ranged options. Later, he gets Perplex. He’s just sneaky good.
- He’s Nifty, ’cause he’s Falcon, an unexpected hit character from the movie (which is at least partly why he’s Captain America now).
“I’m more of a soldier than a spy.”
Soldier, Spy are his only keywords; neither are teams I hanker to play. And it really is better that he be played with a Captain America, so he tends to stay on the sidelines when I can’t squeeze the old soldier on — which leaves him off the Spy teams that could use his services.
When and how I’m planning to play it next
I actually have a couple of high-stakes teams I’m trying him on. I really don’t know if he’s good enough to work in top tier competition. But I’m play testing now, and he’s been the secret linchpin of the teams that opponents have mostly overlooked.
And wouldn’t it be wild if he gets to be played alongside his comics-based self as the all-new Captain America in the just-announced Nick Fury set this summer?
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Thus concludes our look back at 2014’s highs and lows in clix. Next on the docket is an addendum to the F.U.N. Focus we did on the Legion of Super-Heroes almost a year ago; there have been a few new Legionnaires made!
I was just wondering your thoughts on Tolkien Clix. Thanks!
Hello, and thanks for reading and commenting! (Had to wade through lots of spam to get to yours to approve it.)
We like the LOTR and Hobbit clix quite a bit, but haven’t been exactly completists in trying to get pieces. Instead, I’ve focused on my own themes I like to run, such as Archers (which meant both the Bard the Bowman pieces from earlier Hobbit sets were must-haves, but the latest one from Battle of Five Armies is not — and vice versa for Tauriel).