In my ongoing efforts to make Phantom Stranger more playable I've considered Takedown for him. Three upfront clicks of Incap, all with 18 defense. Takedown takes advantage of his high defense while potentially compensating for his low damage numbers.

The Proteus LE will be an utter pain to take out with this feat, given his 18 DV and PC. Imagine that second click with Takedown, Camouflage, Entangle, Fortitude and Armor Piercing to make the poison stick, or trade Armor Piercing for a Protected and team him up with the Scarlet Witch SR and R Multiple Man for a Floor legal horror of a Mutant team.

That combo alone is a great reason to pack a Thwart.

And as always: Great article!

The problem is, and correct me if I am wrong in assuming this, you would have to turn stealth off on her to use PC, and on your turn, so you would open her up to a hell of a lot of ranged attacks at a modified 18 Def (17 + hindering). Either that or park her in a decent position behind hindering and hope no one gets line of sight through clear terrain.

Nice review, played it on Psylocke some weeks ago, awesome. I also have to be a jerk and say that LE Raven Darkholme has 2 clicks of Incap

I'll correct you. The PC is to be used against whoever's trying to hit HER.

If you cancelled it... Stealth returns at the beginning of the opposing players next turn. So, you'd drop Stealth for PC, finish your turn - the other player would start and before they could even take an action the Stealth would return.

Anonym0use = PWNed!!!1

You have successfully ruined my day Jack.

E Mantis from Supernova should have been on the list.

Not so sure about Question on the list... with no range, he doesn't really bring much to the table for his points if you just leave him in stealth... not bad, just not sure about top ten...

How about LE Symbiote? The opening click is perfect for it. Low attack hurts, but otherwise...
sn208 LE Symbiote
Team: None
Range: 4
Points: 55
Keywords: Monster

10 8 17 2

9 8 16 3

8 9 15 2

7 10 15 2

6 10 15 1

7 8 14 2

8 6 13 3

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

Otherwise, good list. Makes me really want to try Psylocke with it.

While I agree with Psylocke being a good choice here, I've had great luck with Black Canary from JLA. She's proven to be a real killer with this feat.

i don't know if you slipped this in there but figs with take down are not that effective against fliers.. of course the really good figs to put takedown on would be the ones with stealth to force an opponent to make a closecombat attack and you've identified that with your top ten.


well done.



P.S.

scarlet spider would do well to team up with a stealth TA too..

I hate to be the one to break this too you, but Black Canary from Justice League can't use this Feat as she doesn't meet the Prerequisite. While her special power may let her use Incapacitate - she doesn't have it on her dial. CJ Black Canary is a bird of another feather...

Good point - he's a monster with Takedown...