FightsWithFriends: Uncanny X-Force vs. Secret Invasion Skrulls

*this game was vs. StinkBob NoPants*

I had just received my X-Force lot in the mail (thanks again derangedhermit ) and was eager and rip-roaring ready to bust 'em out. Even set up a right pretty team formation:

GX017 Domino
74 GX023 Psylocke
140 GX102 Cable
140 GX103 Deadpool
86 GX104 Archangel
70 WS028 Warpath
65 WS029 Wolfsbane
12 Vampirism
105 WS043 Wolverine
12 Vampirism
12 X-Force ATA(x8)
797

I don't often play with many feats besides Brilliant Tactician or Fortitude but I had seen Vampirism on Wolverine being mentioned in the forums, looked into it and thought I'd try it out on another applicable character. (wasnt sure if I can use it on characters who get B/C/F through a special like Archangel so I stuck with Wolvie and Wolfsbane. still gotta check that out actually...)

my buddy and I are still pretty green when it comes to using alot of different extras for strategy so we kinda built our teams in front of each other, keeping the figures we had but discussing ata's, feats and whut-not. not too long ago he bought the CUR's from the Secret Invasion set, so with a few others he's been collecting he went with this:

99 M10A023 Captain America
6 Pym Particles
30 GG004 Skrull Rebel
30 GG004 Skrull Rebel
75 GG022 Xavin
20 Elite Sniper
143 GG034 Super-Skrull
75 SI032B Dum Dum Dugan
106 SI044 Super-Skrull: X-Men
80 SI048B Elektra
110 MU058 Warskrull
18 Secret Invasion ata
6 Nova Helmet
794

what made this game especially interesting was that my buddy did his research and found that the Skrull TA is used IN ADDITION to any other use of shape change that they also possess. yikes. I HAD to look that up, cuz even though that's long odds of getting the Skrull TA roll that's still the opportunity to dodge my attacks often. sure enough, I discovered this to be true.

DRAT! so now my big, bad, moving-through-the-bushes X-Force miiiight not be hitting as much as previously anticipated. crap

sure enough, alot of my attacks couldn't stick cuz most of his guys had 2 shape changes a piece. fortunately in the end 'good' guys prevailed, mainly due to Cable and Deadpool's Ranged Combat Expert (I chose the RCE and Close Combat Reflexes on Deadpool's 'new writer' special and pushed him to perplex and never left it) and Domino never leaving their sight for Probability Control. Cable never even left his 1st click! I lost Wolfsbane without ever doing anything besides moving her and Psylocke after she took a huge hit of 4 then 4 more . Skrull Cap went huge with the Pym Particles, mainly because my friend wanted to try it out for kicks. we're tryin to figure out how to use Giant Size characters without them just becoming huge targets and this definitely worked better than most. Cap had adjacency +2 squares, 6 Running Shot, Skrull TA, his special Shape Change AND with the combo of his Secret Invasion ata and Xavin perplexing his defense at the right times, he was super difficult for my soldiers to shoot. alas, I finally broke him when I got Archangel to his HyperSonic Speed clicks, using his special B/C/F with it (which I knew I was going to love.

all in all, a really fun match with some really good give-and-take. we both had alot of fun and played with (and had success with) some different strategies than we'd normally use. I definitely have to start printing up/ experimenting with some more feats, but I'm very glad to know one of my top 3 x-teams didn't let me down

my new goal with this team? Prob Domino for her special crit hit