Battle Report Shorts #001

Team Ragnarok VS Hyperion Prime and a Phoenix Force-emboldened Trick Shot - I won this game fairly quickly and without much stress thanks to Seyfert's Sentinel trait combo'd with Ragnarok's high combat values supported by Harley Quinn's Puddin trait. At any given turn, Ragnarok could attack twice for 5 damage each rolling from 12 attack (with Running Shot and Energy Explosion, and supported by Harley's Perplex and Prob [and his Impervious and Shape Change powers ain't too shabby, too]), which he did to both Hyperion Prime and Trick Shot. It took about five turns to win this game. No resources backing this team.

Hulkbuster VS The Phoenix Force-emboldened Rasputins - a tryout game to see how Hulkbuster handles himself in an actual match, and won this game fairly easily. It took me two turns to realise how strong his Charge+Exploit Weakness combo actually is, with 12 attack and 5 damage that easily goes through a lot of tentpole figs out there. He needs Super Strength, though, and maybe a special Knockback/Force Blast power. All in all an eye-opener for the Charge+Exploit Weakness combo - not the first time I used it (I use this fairly often, especially with Pied Piper's rats [which killed an X-Men teambase a few months ago]) but it's the first time I've used it abusively. It took exactly seven turns to finish this game.

The Hood and Red Wolf & Lobo VS Phoenix Force-empowered Douchebag Jones and Emma Frost - the Hood and Red Wolf & Lobo prove themselves to be really strong figs in this game, more or less a classic tight combo of a low risk low maintenance high returns durable brawler and a reliable moveable sniper that doubles as a sponge with a really good stopclick. The Hood is very playable in his 220-point setting, but the real revelation was the Red Wolf & Lobo combo - not quite Fantomex and EVA, but a more reasonable variation on the concept, but has meta potential. Someone to watch out for. This game took more than twelve turns to wrap up. No resources were used, so it's going to be interesting to see how the three will handle themselves with a Lantern Battery or Pandora's Box (and if Red Wolf & Lobo will see any meta-playing in tourneys).

Battle Report: Red Wolf & Lobo and the Hood VS the Incredible Hulk

Build:

* 300 points

* AVENGERS ASSEMBLE The Hood and Red Wolf & Lobo

* AOU Gravfeed Hulk

Map:

* The Street Battle map from ARKHAM ORIGINS FCBD starter pack.

Report:

The Hulk rolled for initiative. He picked-up a car and settled in the middle of the map. The Hood Sidesteps then runs to placement.

Red Wolf & Lobo run beside Hulk, basing him. Lobo detaches and makes an effort to bite Hulk, to no avail.

Hulk then flattens Red Wolf with the car for 9 damage. Red Wolf dies a gruesome death with his insides decorating the side of the car.

The Hood possesses Willpower so he tries to take a second shot at the Hulk, but the Hulk is merely tickled. Lobo clears, then Hulk clears.

Lobo than gnashes his teeth and tries to bite the Hulk again, and it takes. Lobo rolls for BCF, then Hulk rolls for Imperv, which takes so Hulk is safe again. The Hood merely clears.

The Hulk then picks-up another car, then uses it to flatten Lobo, where he rolls a Crit Hit, for 10 damage, effectively erasing Lobo from Earth-616.

The Hood shoots the Hulk, and Precision Strike hits despite the Hulk's Imperv defense. The Hulk then picks-up another car then Charges the Hood with it, intent on killing him to death. The attack hits, but the turning stops at the Hood's stopclick.

Then begins an exchange of blows that mainly connect than not -

- bringing Hulk down to his own stopclick. The Hood's immeasurably effective hits unfortunately earned Hulk Anger tokens, which he then used to regenerate to his first click.

The Hood makes an effort to shoot the Hulk down again, to no avail. The Hulk Charges, picks-up the last car, then Charges back to the Hood.

The attack connects, but the Hood's Imperv and staggered stopclick helps him withstand the damage. The Hood and the Hulk both clear, then the Hood tries to hit the Hulk again - 

- to no avail. Then the Hulk rolls his left arm, then pummels the Hood down to the pavement, dead.

Winner:

Of course the Hulk won. But the Hood didn't make it easy for him!