Problems with Spider Queen

1) Stop Click or not I am not gambling a 200 point figure that starts with Combat Reflexes and Mastermind. This set has a ton of poison on a lot of viable picks spread across the rarities.

2) This also applies to my 200 point figure not having Outwit protection until said Stop click. 9 powers or not, none of the really important ones overlap in a way that works around 70 point Spidey shutting something down.

3) Mastermind/Pulse Wave

4) Said Stop Click's main method of dealing damage is Exploit/Blades. Great for a high-ish close combat figure, not so good on my 200 Pulse Wave piece.

5) No willpower until Stop Clicks

I absolutely loved Spider Queen. My 100pt Maestro did work, but she carried that team. The only time she went down all night was to a swarm that wouldn't have been able to if my opponent didn't have them backed up with Angela

i think this is why the game trips me out so much at times. you have running shot/pulse wave, while ignoring hindering and elevated, with perplex. and this isn't good because, mastermind. just come up AFTER you PW, and you're good. also, no willpower is needed because she can heal when she kills.

no outwit protection for figures over 200 does suck. when stacked like this though, you should be ok. tons of cheap pieces with stealth in this set to MM to. and even without that, she still should be a 19/20 from range, and even more up close.

while blades is a thing. she still has enough natural dmg to get back up to that stop click. and when on said stop click, she will have a 21 if she uses her perplex on defense.

spider-queen isn't an auto-win, but no figures is besides BP in this set. she's a monster(literally) in this set, and a problem for most figures if played right.

well arkon does nothing to him top dial. especially if you don't keep someone close to him. also, prime destroyer thor is the ONLY figure that regent really has a problem with top dial. other than that, he should have a chance to reduce all that damage.

while he's not an auto win. he should kill/cripple most figures before he gets too far down. literally one kill of some of the 50pt figs in the set(which he can do himself), and he's golden.

Barons cannot boost their own defense by +2. The bonus is only for other characters.

Healing when you kill is conditional. Willpower is always around.

Her main top dial defense, Combat Reflexes, is made moot by the loads of Barons to negate the bonus, along with a fair bit of the Weirdworld stuff just shutting that off completely thanks to their trait. In addition, the great amount of Perplex that is available can really grind any tentpole to a halt if they so chose. Other tentpoles have the tools to get around this stuff in this set. Spider-Queen does not.

Yeah, I was wondering about that. Illegal?

her perplex plus hindering will give her at least a 18/19/20 in most cases. even with an opposing baron. playing to her strengths, is the proper way to use her though. she needs to be in hindering and behind elevated if you can help it.

her healing is what it should be based on her point value. she's your main attacker with potential, 5 dmg. if she just had steal energy, that'd be too easy , and too constraining at the same time. her healing from range, or close attacks with a KO is great. in essence she has the ability to live a long time based on her MM along.

and every baron falls in the same pit she does with the perplex aspect. perplex them down, and any can fall. none have a stop click like her though. and once hit to her stop click she now can't be outwitted, and still has mastermind. you literally can have three other characters back her up in sealed, and they could have stop clicks of their own.

the problem is she's over 150[ts, and current meta has made people demand point and click for that price. not every powerful character needs to be that way 100%.

Witch Queen Le Fay @150 may be the only dud SR in sealed. All of the others make excellent tent poles or serve stronger support roles.

Spider-Queen would be my preferred pull in sealed, as you're guaranteed at least one cheap character to use as MM fodder, and another to serve as a harasser; play her aggressively early if you're facing another tent pole.

All this talk of Spider Queen is tempting to take her just to theory craft a disproof of their assessments, but it won't work.

It has worked!

Vincini? What are you doing here?

I've come to give you drafting advice.

But its kind of a moot point with Thanos drafted (a little more every day, Ruffing. A little more every day... ). Besides the choices are so varied and I made a couple poor math decision...

But it’s so simple. All I have to do is divine from what I know of you. Are you the sort of player who would draft poison onto his own team, or his opponent’s? Now, a clever man would draft poison onto his own team, because he would know that only a great fool would base what he was attacked by. Saturnflight is not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the Hulk to draft for you. But you must have known SF was not a great fool; you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the Spider Queen to draft for me.

Fascinating. You're not part of the draft any more than I, but truly stunning. May I go now?

Not remotely. Because Iron Fist also comes from Spider Island, as everyone knows. And Spider Island is entirely peopled with weirdos. And weirdos are used to having people not draft them, as you are not drafting for me. So I can clearly not choose Morgan le Fay to draft for you. Yes — Spider Island, and you must have suspected I would have known the character's origin, so I can clearly not choose Iron Fist to draft for me.

You’ve drafted a Thanos, which means you’re exceptionally strong. So, you could have put faith in Big Boss Hill, trusting on her Baron trait to save you. So I can clearly not choose Nick The Fury to draft for you. But, you’ve also drafted a Scientist theme which means you must have studied. And in studying, you must have learned that Regent is mortal so you would have put the super rare as far from your plan as possible, so I can clearly not choose Gertrude Yorkes & Old Lace to draft for me.

You're circling the drain, Vince. It won't add up.

It already has... Anyway... No matter. Look at Destroyer Thor over there!

I don't see anything... whats so funny?

Nothing. Now you draft your piece and I'll draft mine.

I'm not taking Doc Ock...

Inconceivable!

Anyway...

Dino-Thor - A really tempting piece that also has a point value that could shake up the team builds while still not using 2 rares and a sr since that wouldn't really happen in sealed.

As a rule I'll throw rep at any Princess Bride reference, but this... This is amazing and I love it

What happened to the Chase Primer?

They don't guarantee chases every time, you know.

Anybody want a muffet?

It is "Peanut".

Sorry, but life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death - that's all.