ws059 U Iron Man/War Machine
Team: Avengers
Range: 8
Points: 300
Keywords: Armor, Avengers, Force Works, West Coast Avengers

12 12 18 4

12 11 18 4

10 11 18 4

10 11 18 3

10 10 18 3

10 10 18 3

10 10 18 3

9 9 17 3

9 9 17 3

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

(Special) All-Out Assault: Once per game, give Iron Man/War Machine a power action that places two action tokens on them. Iron Man/War Machine possess [1 target] for this action. They can make up to 4 close and/or ranged combat attacks as free actions. An opposing character may only be targeted once during this action. After resolving this action, Iron Man/War Machine are dealt 1 unavoidable damage.

(Attack) Adaptive Response Armor: When Iron Man/War Machine uses the Duo Attack ability, they may choose Incapacitate, Penetrating/Psychic Blast, or Ranged Combat Expert and use that instead of one or both ranged combat attacks.


Light: Standard - 0 Points
Heavy: Standard - 0 Points
3rd Object: Standard Heavy - 0 Points


Opponent: Stan (HCRealms nick: Falcon)
Points Scored: 300
Points Allowed: 0
Win / Loss: Won


Opponent: Jessie
Points Scored: 0
Points Allowed: 0
Win / Loss: Loss (Dice roll-off.)


Opponent: Greg
Points Scored: 299
Points Allowed: 0
Win / Loss: Won


Points Scored: 599
Points Allowed: 0
Win / Loss: 2 / 1

gg009 E Namor
Team: Defenders
Range: 0
Points: 120
Keywords: Atlantis, Avengers, Defenders, Illuminati, Invaders, Ruler

10 11 18 4

10 11 17 3

10 10 17 4

9 10 16 3

9 10 16 3

9 9 16 4

9 10 16 2

9 9 15 2

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

(Special) Defenders Undersea: Characters possessing the Defenders keyword or team ability who begin an action adjacent to Namor can use the Swim ability that action.

(Damage) Imperius Rex: Namor can use Leadership. Opposing characters subtract 1 from their Leadership rolls.

gg036 V Silver Surfer
Team: Defenders|Power Cosmic
Range: 8
Points: 236
Keywords: Annihilators, Cosmic, Defenders, Herald

12 10 18 4

12 10 18 4

11 11 17 3

11 10 17 3

14 9 17 3

10 10 17 3

13 9 16 3

9 10 16 2

12 9 16 2

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

(Special) Defenders, Ride with Me: Silver Surfer may carry up to two single-base characters regardless of their combat symbols or possessing Battle Fury. When Silver Surfer carries only characters with the Defenders keyword or team ability, modify his speed value by +2.

(Speed) A Distress Call Half a Galaxy Away: Silver Surfer can use Running Shot, but doesn't halve his speed value when using it.


Light: Standard - 0 Points
Heavy: Standard - 0 Points
3rd Object: Standard Heavy - 0 Points


Opponent: Vic (HCRealms nick: MindsEnd)
Points Scored: 0
Points Allowed: 356
Win / Loss: Loss


Opponent: Andrew
Points Scored: 393
Points Allowed: 120
Win / Loss: Won


Opponent: Justin
Points Scored: 395
Points Allowed: 0
Win / Loss: Won


Points Scored: 788
Points Allowed: 476
Win / Loss: 2 / 1

I....don't.....get...it. I'm sorry if this may offend, but why post/internet brag about your W/L ratio? Especially with a having 5-8 point wins and a couple roll off's. I get that to you a win is a win but honestly do those wins make you feel accomplished? And I get your post about the chess player, I really do(I'm a measly class C rating >.<) but this isn't chess. How do you deal with a truly strategic yet aggressive player, especially one who would sacrifice a pawn to break your shell?

I'm not VGA, but it's not a hard question to answer if you think about it. There's a difference between a conservative, opportunistic playstyle and turtling out of blind dogmatism.

“When [the enemy is] strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.”

No offense taken. A quick clarification of this thread's purpose:

This thread's purpose isn't to brag about my win/loss record/ration/percentage. This thread's sole purpose is to share my comic-accurate (in rare cases semi-comic accurate) theme teams, hence the title of the thread: {VGA} d1$©1pL3's Theme Teams.

As far as my play style is concerned, it varies from opponent to opponent. I can handle, and do handle, very push-happy and aggressive players. In those instances, I must rely on my quick wit and tactical skills. If I fail to do this, then I lose the game. If I succeed, I can win the game.

As far as turtling, it just so happens that the vast majority of HeroClix players, no matter what venue you attend, are impatient and lack good tactics... and they'll waltz right into your trap. I play a wide-range of players, from noobs, moderate, and highly-skilled players. Sometimes I lose to the noobs, sometimes I lose to the really good players.

As for the roll-offs, most of the roll-offs are against the same person, with a couple of exceptions. One guy I play a lot is a huge turtle... and takes a long time on his turns, even to the point of stalling at times, hence the high percentage of roll-offs against said person.

But is what makes me a good player (I won't say great player, because I don't consider myself a great player), but a good player is that I know how to adapt to different situations, I have good tactical wit, a very strong grasp of the rules, years of experience, and I have Yomi, which is the ability to predict what my opponents are going to do before they even do it.

But I must stress... this thread was created for the sole purpose of sharing my comic-accurate theme teams (sans my Avengers Issue teams, which I have a webpage devoted to here: My Avengers Issue Comic Cover Teams.

Ditto. Sun Tzu.

More Sun Tzu quotes.

I will only turtle if it is tactically sound to do. Depending on my team, my opponents team, my opponents play style, the map chosen, the skill of my opponent, among other variables, I'll play differently. Sometimes I'm aggressive, some times I'm cautious, sometimes I outright turtle.

Sometimes I'll push a lot, sometimes I won't push in an entire tourney. It's all about tactics and probabilities, and when and when not to do something.

In-Betweener; Iron Man/War Machine, Namor and Silver Surfer... all could be considered accurate the same way playing any generalized solo book or team-up could be. It's like playing Superman and saying it's a comic accurate Superman team. Fair, but kinda uncreative. Just lowering the standard and skating by on the bare minimum.

Speaking of bare minimums, how the hell do you play one figure and end in a roll-off?