The other day I pulled a prime War Machine. I'm looking for ways to abuse his trait.

So far all I've got is IIM015 Tony Stark with his mind control.

Support doesn't work because it's not technically an attack. Pulse wave doesn't work because it would ignore the trait.

It helps to put the ability. Regardless, I'm not sure which but one of the hyperions can.

gg026 Mole Man:

MOLE MAN'S MONSTERS: Mole Man can use Mind Control only to target characters with the Monster keyword, including friendly ones. When using this Mind Control, Mole Man is not dealt unavoidable damage and modifies his attack value by +3.


iim041a King Hyperion:

GENOCIDAL RAGE: Give King Hyperion a power action and make a close or ranged combat attack targeting a single friendly character with a point value of 15 or more. If he KO's that character with this attack, after actions resolve, heal him of 1 damage, remove all action tokens from him, and modify his combat values by +1 until your next turn and he may immediately be given an action as a free action that may be used to activate this power again.


The next two don't target your own characters, but they can affect your characters through an area of effect.


Energy Explosion:

ENERGY EXPLOSION: When this character is given a ranged combat action
and deals damage, an area of effect may include all untargeted characters that are
adjacent to one or more hit targets. Hit targets are dealt damage normally, other
hit characters are dealt 1 damage for each printed on this character’s base.

* If you EE a group of characters and you have a friendly character adjacent to the main target, you will receive splash damage because you are considered to be in the area of effect.


wxm024 Havok:

PLASMA DISCHARGE: When Havok makes a ranged combat attack targeting an opposing character and has a direct line of fire, the area of effect for the attack includes all other characters occupying squares adjacent to the squares the line of fire passes through. The target is dealt damage normally, and each other hit character is dealt 1 penetrating damage.

* If you have a friendly character adjacent Havok's direct line of fire, they would receive 1 penetrating damage because they are considered to be in his area of effect.


PS: Pulse Wave does not target friendly characters. It says you must target at least one opposing character. Friendly characters would simply be within the PW's area of effect.

PULSE WAVE: Give this character a ranged combat action even if it is adjacent
to an opposing character; the area of effect for this attack is half the character’s
range. Draw lines of fire to all other characters within the area of effect, including
at least one opposing character; these lines of fire ignore all game effects except
for walls, blocking and elevated terrain. Game effects possessed or used by
characters with a line of fire drawn to them are ignored until the action has been
resolved. If a line of fire is dr awn to more than 1 character, this character’s damage
value becomes 1 and is locked. Each character hit is dealt damage.

Shocker from GF/ASM.

Nevermind, he doesn't target.