In an effort to unofficially determine the best Heroclix team Gargantua and FlyingIcarus took 22 of Marvel and DC best's teams and had them face off. When the dust settled there were 11 winners added with the best performing loser for 12 teams total. Round 2 winnowed the 12 down to 6. Some surprises in which teams made it this far (Legion! Injustice League!) and others that didn't (JLA, X-Men!)

The winners of the next 3 games proceed to the semi-finals, with a wildcard slot for the losing team that KOs the highest point total of the opposition before going down.

Gargantua will take Ultimates, Sinister Syndicate, and Injustice League

FlyingIcarus has Avengers, Defender, and Legion

Game 1: Defenders vs the Sinister Syndicate

My Sinister Syndicate team for this round will be:

Hobgoblin E (Universe) 37
Vulture E 20
Dr. Octopus E (CT) 44
Kraven E 72
Bullseye E 43
Mysterio R 44
Calypso E 38

298 points

And mine are again:

Beast E 59
Patsy Walker 37
Iceman 36
Silver Surfer 173

305 points

Rolls are 8 & 7

Rolls. Right. I knew I was forgetting something.

Rolls 7 & 5.

Pick da map.

Good ol' Marvel 2

Four superheroes materialize out of nothingness.

Beast clumsily backs into Hellcat who yowls like a cat and reacts instictively with her claws. Beast reacts equally instinctively from the claw hit and backs into Iceman creating an ice slide that crumbles into pieces when Beast knocks into him.

"Strange", Silver Surfer moans, "I did not sign on to babysit children."

"Sheesh!" whispers Hellcat to Beast, "Mans' got no sense of humor at all. Course if I were stuck in a silly silver spacesuit all the time.."

Beast chorts, "Yeah and imagine when you really hafta go...do ya think they have alien 'Depends'?"

Iceman squints his nose, "Ewwww Beast, figures you'd think of that."

Dr. Strange projects an astral image, the man responisble for teleporting them there initially.

"Defenders, I am sorry that all I can do is offer my astral image and advise but we have some major threats to face."

"Whoo hoo," says Beast, "Here we go again..."

I'll grab A&B

Bullseye A10
Hobgoblin B10
Kraven B11
Calypso B12
Dr. Octopus B13
Vulture B14
Mysterio B16

HO K9
LO L16, O12

"The Defenders this time," Calypso said.

"No matter," Doctor Octopus decided. "We've defeated the X-Men and those so-called Mystics. These Defenders will fall too."

"Beast, Iceman and Hellcat we can handle easily, but Octavius, the Silver Surfer," the Vulture asked, concerned, "he's supposedly one of the most powerful beings in the universe."

"PR," Kraven said, checking his weapons, "I've got some things here that should bring down even him."

"And Mysterio always has a few tricks as well."

"The way you people insist on taking about yourself in the third person drives me crazy," the Hobgoblin complained.

"You were crazy already," Bullseye observed.

"HAH!" Hobgoblin's laugh was more of a bark. "You're right about that, Bullseye. Well what are we waiting for? Let's get them."

"Agreed!" Doctor Octopus said. "With all of us united, nothing can stop...The Sinister Syndicate!"

"See what I mean," the Hobgoblin mumbled to Bullseye.

W11 Beast
W12 Surfer
W13 Hellcat
W14 Iceman

LO Q8, Q17; HO Q10

Iceman carries Hellcat to Q13, he's Q14
Beast to Q10 with HO

Beast @Q10 (w HO)
Iceamn @Q14
Hellcat Q13
Silver Surfer W12

"Charge!" yells Iceman and Hellcat jumps on his ice slide and yells "Yee Haw! Let's get those varmin and bring 'em to justice cowboy Iceman. Say, you shouldn't go hunting baddies without a sweater. You might catch a cold. Get it, you're Iceman. Catch a cold?".

Iceman rolls his eyes.

Silver Surfer snorts in embarrassment for himself.

Beast doesn't have Super Strength. No objects for you, Dr. McCoy.

Leadership roll is a 1.

Kraven moves to the cover of the HO in K9. From there, he Outwit's Beast's Perplex.

Mysterio moves to the cover of the bush in F17.

Hobgoblin taxis Bullseye. Hobgoblin in F10, Bullseye in F11.

Bullseye F11
Hobgoblin @ F10
Kraven @ K9 (stealthed)
Calypso B12
Dr. Octopus B13
Vulture B14
Mysterio @ F17 (stealthed)

Kraven dashed ahead and took cover behind a motorcycle whose rider wisely abandoned it when he realized the chaos that was about to erupt.

Mysterio disappeared in a puff of smoke, and Bullseye hopped onto the back of Hobgoblin's glider.

"Come on," Bullseye exclaimed, "Let's see what this baby can do!"

"Easy!" Hobgoblin scolded him, "this thing's designed to carry one. You'll throw of the gyros with your extra weight. I for one don't want to crash into the pavement."

"Sissy. Live a little, why don't you?"

Not giving me much choice.

Surfer moves to P12 and attacks Bullseye. Needs 7. Rolls 12. Wow. Too early for my12. So 5 to Bullseye.

Beast Q10Iceamn Q14
Hellcat Q13
Silver Surfer @P12

"Wow, 7 to 4 hardly seems fair," Beast observes.

On cue the Silver Surfer moves in and attacks the first Sinister Syndicate member he sees: Bullseye. The hit is far than the villain is used to, not quite taking him out completely.

"Hmmmm, I will endeavor to do better next time," Surfer says with irony.

AAAAH! I have got to start checking stats before I do my actions, and not just rely on memory. I thought Surfer started with a 12 move, so I positioned my figures in what should have been out of range. Stupid blunder on my part. That'll make this game even faster. THough the damage to Bllseye should only be 4 - the Surfer's 3 +1 for the crit. Surfer doesn't get 4 damage until later. That does knock Bullseye right back to where he started from though.

Leadership is a 1.

No point in playing a defensive game here. You outrange me, so I'm just going to have to swarm you.

Vulture taxis Doc Ock. Vulture in J14, Ock in J15.

Calypso to I13

Bullseye staggers back to F11

Kraven will Outwit Beast's Perplex again.

Bullseye @ F11 (4 clicks)
Hobgoblin F10
Kraven K9 (stealthed)
Calypso @ I13
Dr. Octopus J15
Vulture @ J14
Mysterio @ F17 (stealthed)