We love the F.U.N. of HeroClix here at Heroclixin’ but some figures are not Fair, Useful OR all that Nifty. And while it’s harder than ever to find truly awful clix anymore, some still get some shade from us.
No. 10
Devil Dinosaur & Moon Boy [Avengers Infinity 016]
Not terrible, just not good for the cost at any point. You’re paying nearly 300 for base 3 damage, needing Blades/Claws/Fangs to get them to pull their considerable weight in a fight? Or worse, only 3 clicks of 3 damage at 175? Or worse, a whole dial of 2 damage at 75 points?
This is a dial of dino-sized poop that even an apeman like Moon Boy wouldn’t hurl.
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No. 9 (tie)
Green Lantern [Batman The Animated Series 039]
So he’s a rare version of John Stewart that’s less than 100 points. He has this SP:
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GREEN LANTERN POWER RING: FREE: Choose one: [Improved Targeting: Once per range attack, this character can draw a line of fire through one piece of Blocking terrain. Immediately after the attack resolves, destroy that piece of Blocking terrain., Close Combat Expert, Ranged Combat Expert, Giant Reach: 3, -or- Barrier. Green Lantern can use the chosen power or ability until your next turn. |
Looks good, right? Until you realize he — a GREEN LANTERN! — lacks the Willpower to actually leverage it. Nice to bolster his 10 AV with RCE or CCE but having to push off his 3 damage to then use, say, Barrier next turn is poor. And when pushed, the FREE action is totally useless as all five options require costed actions. Then his back half is 9 AV and 2 damage, requiring self-Perplex for middling results.
This soldier deserves better. But he’s rivaled in badness by this dude:
Speed Demon [WizKids M17-017]
Hypersonic Speed and 2 damage is not the worst, given his trait:
TURBO-CHARGED THIEF: When Speed Demon hits an opposing character and his attack total is at least 3 higher than that character’s defense value, anything equipped to that character that began the game as an object is KO’d.
Nice idea. Too bad his AV is just 10 so good luck rolling that 20 or higher to jank Exospex or whatever from anyone with 17+ DV.
Too bad it can’t also work on built-in equipment like Mjolnir on Thor [The Mighty Thor 061].
Too bad there might not even BE equipment in a given game, meaning you just wasted 65 points on this weak-HSS fool.
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No. 8
Vision [Avengers Infinity Fast Forces 005]
The Impervious-lite combo of Invulnerability + trait Super Senses is killed by a starting 10 AV that drops to 8, then 7. 125 points for this? Nope. This vision is blurred or something.
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No. 7
Catwoman [Batman The Animated Series 013]
Cheap Stealth Perplex that goes to Flurry Blades is OK. But she’s only 4 clicks long and then her “Playing Both Sides” trait comes up and suddenly you’re fighting her cheap Stealth Perplex and Flurry Blades. She’s just awkward to use, which seems the case for nearly every Catwoman ever made. (Might be a future article in that)
Put this cat out the house
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No. 6
Magik [X-Men Xavier’s School 038]
So the point of playing her is to turn her into her Super Rare form. She does it by being a taxi and by damaging foes. But…
She’s a taxi so completely inferior to fellow New Mutant Lila Cheney [WizKids M17-015], with only Passengers: 3 and 11 Speed or lower, that WHY WOULD YOU EVER. She also can’t Carry fliers. No Willpower and 10 AV or lower and just 2 damage (so that her Blades has a strong chance at failure to damage) make it very difficult to raise the Corrupted tokens to MAYBE transform into her much better Darkchylde form.
But is Darkchylde actually better? Assuming you got the 2 or more Corrupted tokens needed to MAYBE transform (it’s a one-time d6 roll that requires a final result of 8 or better), she goes to click 5: That’s just 9 AV and Super Senses and Prob. She’s an easy kill despite Mystics and 17 DV which could just as easily surrender an additional 40 points.
Leave her in Limbo.
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Check tomorrow for the bottom half of the barrel.