If I give a character an ATA based on one of its keywords, does that negate any other team abilities that are printed on the character itself? Or does the character have access to both team abilities?

When you use an ata on a figure(s) they keep their current printed team ability and also gain the ata unless it says otherwise on the ata .

I am pretty sure ATA now stands for "ADDITIONAL Team Abilities" (as opposed to the original "ALTERNATIVE Team Abilities") so you can still use the original Team Ability as well.

So for an ATA. You must have theme. Which is where all characters on your team share a keyword.

Then you pick out a keyword out of the pool of keywords that everyone on your team has, to determine the ATA you want to use.

Every character that has the Keyword that corresponds with the ATA you want to use, must be assigned the ATA, with points for it paid for each.

When using an ATA, you can use any and all printed team abilites your figures have. Also if any of them are Wildcads, you can copy ATAs, as long as they are copyable and not already assigned to that character.

Pretty sure you don't need to play it on a Themed Team... I know you're only allowed to play 1 ATA per team though.

Ie. I could play Dracula and Batman on a team (no theme) - and still play "Legion of Monsters" ATA - but only Dracula gets the additional ability...

They changed it. Has to be a theme team now. Sorry.

This is incorrect. ATAs can only be played on a Theme Team. This changed a few months ago with the latest version of the Rule Book.

Also, the ATA you play does not have to be assigned to all figures on your force, if it cannot be assigned to all figures on your force.

Meaning, if your team has four characters that make an Animal theme team. Rocket Raccoon, Krypto, Warg Rider, and Mother Grizzly you could play the Guardians of the Galaxy ATA and it would only be played on Rocket Raccoon.

But what if you use the Animal ATA instead of the GotG? Would you have to put the ATA on all that have the animal keyword? I thought I remember that being a rule.

But does it have to be assigned to all the characters on your force that are eligible to have it played on?

If I want to play the Thunderbolts ATA, for example, and use it to copy the SHIELD team ability, if I am playing with a Thunderbolts character that already has that team ability (like the DPFF Red Hulk), do I have to assign the Thunderbolts ATA to that character?

Yes you must assign it to all eligible characters.

As for Thunderbolts. Yes. Thunderbolts is assigned during force construction. You do not pick which team ability to use for it until the game has already started. Further, you can choose a different team ability each round of the event with Thunderbolts. You are not locked into just one.

QFT, Dragon knows!!!!

So I agree with everything you have stated and I was just curious if you or someone else could quote the rule that I have put in bold. I just cannot recall reading this.

From pg 23 of the rule book:

Thanks, just could not recall seeing it.