The part of taunt you are thinking of is if the piece cannot take a legal action. This would usually maen that they have two tokens. The FAQ specifically says that a movement of zero is an acceptable action.

As for getting him there. A TK chain can get him within range easily. After that it is just as easy to have a TK/Taxi chain move him back to the safety of the rooftop. In 1800 points it is easily doable and Johnny Alpha has stealth, a respectable attack value with 3 damage and the 2000 AD team. He's great for whittling down a stuck Galactus.


Matsu_Mike

Well that depends. LE Annihilus, LE Doom both start with Pulse Wave and are wildcards so they can hide in stealth. Of course, they are both restricted so I guess it depends on the format of your game. And YES for all of those flamers out there, I do realize that they are LE so only one of each, but I've still seen both of them do decent damage to Galactus in one shot, before being decimated in return.

Also, let's not forget Statesman has Pulse Wave on his VERY last click - not too helpful in this scenario unless with Galactus' last action on his turn, he put Statesman on that last click, priming him to use his massive 7 attack

As far as I can tell, there is nothing in the FAQ about Galactus taking pushing damage. You are correct in that Dark Phoenix does, when her TA is ignored, but I think Galactus is an enitity unto himself.

Also, I completely agree with you. Even with Disbanded in play, he'll still tear up just about any team on the field. He'll take a lot more damage, what with Impervious out of the way thanks to Outwit, but the team will still need to hit his monster DV and he'll still be able to out-action them with his Cosmic Multi-attack and his ability to act on consectutive turns (especially since nobody can copy the Mystics and Bats Team now).

I kinda think the possibility of outwitting him makes Disbanded! a real possibility to play.

Looking forward to part II.

Eric

I haven't played against the Big G with feat and BFC cards, but I imagine armor piercing and deep shadows help a lot. Taunt is an interesting idea.

Played correctly, Galactus should never lose no matter who he faces, unless of course it's Legacy Joker slapping at his ankle!

Well it makes the most sense to review him at the 1800 point level, since for the lesser point ones it would be fairly simple to take azs's team and strategies and pare it down, removing certain figures or using cheaper versions of them for the same effect.

And thinking that the 1800 pt Galactus is easier version to beat makes me thing you really haven't thought about it thouroughly. The 1800 pt is by far the hardest, not only because he has crazier stats than the others, but also because of his amazing 3 damage EE's and Pulse Wave!! That can wipe out your whole team in one go, and there's nary a thing to be done about it!

I also definitely think that Power Dampening Field would be the best BC to play on him, although there is that huge risk of him playing Bright Lights or perhaps even Disbanded against you. But getting rid of his huge damage numbers would be very helpful.

Where has it been said that Power Dampening Field restricts BCF? That doesn't sound right to me.

I don't think the Power Dampening Field is actually such a hot idea against Galactus. True, his he is only doing 7 damage with a single attack now, but iwth his Coamic Multi-attack, that is still 9 damage a turn (possible unreducable if he's on his Psychic Blast clicks)! 9 Damage is enough to cripple even a beast like KC Superman or Magog. So instead of killing 2 or 3 figures a turn, he's killing maybe only 1 per turn. Meanwhile, you can't do more than 3 damage to him, as well, and since he is immune to Psychic Blast and Exploit Weakness, that means you are doing 1 click of damage to him MAX for most of his dial (unless you have a lot of Pulse Wave or Unless Galactus' user played Disbanded). Chipping Away for only 1 or 2 clicks total a turn (maybe 4 or 5 total if you roll really well) just won't cut it when he is dropping a figure each turn.

And I meant "3 damage" in my first line, not "7 damage". Sorry, I was typing too fast.

I think the best BFCs to use against him are Deep Shadows and Darkness. Lowering his range to 6 will make him waste his actions on moving a lot more. And with all the TK and stealth on your team it should make it easy to get in range to attack him.

The Force Galactus is Virtually Impossible to beat.


You should just use my new Galactus Rules
to make him Tournament fair:

TOM'S GALACTUS RULES

Galactus no longer gets 3 Actions per turn,
he gets 2.
And only one of them can be an Attack.

Galactus no longer gets 3 Arrows.
He now gets 1 Arrow.

Galactus' Shooting Range is no longer 16.
It is now 12.



This way, against most Tournament teams of 600,
Galactus should be close to losing about
50% of the time to good players.




Now if we want to,
we can all use our EXPENSIVE "Toy",
at 600 point tournaments
(it won't just sit around as a paper weight),
and not feel like we are cheesily running people over.


It's fun to be able to play with all one's toys.

Let's all make Galactus rules.

No,

just use my Galactus Rules
to make him Tournament fair.



That is,
if any of you want to play your Galactus
and not completely roll over everybody.