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This feels like a big meh for a Prime. She has powerful Empower, but that's just odd on a 100-point brick. No willpower, and the keywords are a bit lacking.
I approve. This design doesn't supplant the Batman set Rare, but simply offers a less aggressive option for less points. The JLA + P/T combo is nice to see, especially in the context of being able to attack after being moved while taxiing.
The only nitpick is that Prime status prevents other Apokolips-themed Primes from joining her on the same team.
Just read the PAC and I know empower does adjacent friendly characters, but nowhere does it say "other" friendly characters. Because Big Barda here removes the 'adjacent' part from empower and instead just friendlies within 3 squares, would she empower herself?
can't help but be a little let down by her tbh. no indom, unreliable move and attack, poor keyword selection (no new gods in particular feels wrong for the Good Guy version of Barda).
especially as we saw her before her normal version which i like a lot more. range before melee focus always makes more sense to me, her range is better too. you lose a click and top dial invincible but gain indom and a better TA, plus the trait helps deal with penetrating and outwit.
prime status not withstanding (which is a whole other problem that i've always found irksome) she is less appealing to me than her more easily gotten normal figure.
In a Sealed tournament, she was amazing, her Empower reaches three squares and she can carry, which means anyone with her can become a powerhouse as well. Had my dice rolls been better, she could have been an all-star!
I've heard so much about the prime being not as good as the original. In my opinion, the only thing it has over this is the ability to ignore pushing damage. Unless I have a certain prime in mind for a team that still needs Barda, I will almost certainly always go for this. More life, awesome Empower ability, flight paired with phasing...what would make me want 23a over this exactly?
With that new ruling, her "COORDINATED ATTACK" makes her damage output 5, 4, 4, 5 for the first 4 clicks and buffs any friendlies within 3 squares. That's ridiculous for 100pts! Wow.