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: The Defenders ate the Sinister Syndicate for breakfast.

Game 2: The Legion of Superheroes take on the Ultimates. Yeah, right.

My Ultimates Team will consist of

U Thor
V Black Widow
E Hawkeye

No surprises there

Initiative Roll: 5
Objects Roll: 7

Legion:

Kara (Supergirl) 132
V Brainiac 5 58
V Live Wire 50
E Saturn Girl 59

Rolls and 4 & 8

Let's use IAP1. That's a map we almost never use.

W10 Live Wire
W11 Saturn Girl
W12 Brainiac 5
W13 Supergirl

HO N13, O16, LO L9

"Thor, Black Widow and Hawkeye, the quote Ultimates unquote are our nemesis today," Brainiac 5 points out.

"Point us in the right direction, Brainy, we can handle them," Supergirl says assuredly.

Saturn Girl gleans their location from the Ultimates minds and displays a mental picture to the Legion.

"Hmmmm...the big, blond guy looks kinda tough," says Live Wire.

Supergirl smashes her fists, "Yeah, we blondes can get thay way. It's all in the hair pigment. Let's go gang!"

I'll start

Thor B12
Black Widow A12
Hawkeye A13

HO E13
LO H14, N12

Then to move:

Thor taxis Black Widow. Thor to D13, Widow in E13.

Hawkeye moves to C13

Thor @ D13
Black Widow E13 (stealth)
Hawkeye @ C13

"Uh-huh," Hawkeye said incredulously. "So these guys are supposed to be from the future?"

"Why not?" Thor asked.

"No more far-fetched than a lot of other origin stories I've heard."

"Still kind of weirds me out to think that these guys could really be from the 30th century. I mean, the things I could do with what they know. Our future is their history. I could be rich."

"Wouldn't that be immoral somehow?" Thor asked.

"Like insider trading," Black Widow added.

"Sheesh, you guys are no fun."

"Well, whether we're fun or not, we've got a job to do. Take these Legionnaires down. So let's do it."

Thor simply shrugged, and moved cautiously forward with the Black Widow. Hawkeye followed.

Supergirl to O16, picks up ho from N13 on the way

Brainy to N16

Saturn Girl to R11

W10 Live Wire
R11@ Saturn Girl
N16@ Brainiac 5
O16@ Supergirl w/HO

HO N13, O16, LO L9

Before I try anything, just want to clarify something. The lines between M and N15-18 and 20-22 are thinner than the other lines separating those two rows. That's open right? I remember last time we used this map for the Spider-Man enemies vs Batman enemies we were running and shooting through there. And the white blocks on the M side, should they be considered clear or hindering?

I didn't notice the thinner lines. We can consider those open if you like but then I'd like to alter my move a bit for very obvious reasons. If we want to count those lines as open Brainy would be at N10, Supergirl O10. Is that cool?

Sure. I thought it best to ask before it became a problem.

Black Widow to H17.

Thor D13
Black Widow @ H17 (stealth)
Hawkeye C13

"I'm going to go on ahead a little and reconnoiter," Black Widow said.

"Sure," Hawkeye agreed readily.

"Go for it," Thor said encouragingly.

Rolling her eyes, the Widow moved up to the shadow of one of the huge and inexplicable machines.

Wow, all these ideas and none workable. I know the shark is coming but I can't seem to get out of the water.


Live Wire to P11

P11@ Live Wire
R11 Saturn Girl
N16 Brainiac 5
O16 Supergirl w/HO

HO N13, O16, LO L9