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#af023c Prime Venus
Real Name: Unknown
Team: S.H.I.E.L.D.
Range: 6
Points: 100/60
Keywords: Agents of Atlas, Champions, Celebrity, Deity, Monster, Past

8 12 17 1

8 11 17 1

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7 11 18 1

7 11 17 1

8 11 16 1

8 10 17 1

7 10 17 1

7 11 16 1

KO KO KO KO

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⦿: █, █ , ●, OO>
goddess Of Love: Venus can't be targeted by Outwit or Probability Control from opposing characters unless the targeting character has a higher point value or has the Deity keyword.
Agent of Atlas: The Siren: When Venus is given a POWER action to use the S.H.I.E.L.D. team ability, after resolutions heal the chosen character 1 click.
See? No Need to Resort to Violence: Incapacitate. Opposing characters within range cannot make an attack if they were placed this turn.
Love Is In The Air: Friendly characters can use Shape Change and the Mystics team ability.
Okay, Venus, Give 'Em The Show
Open Your Hearts, Fellows…
You Don't Want To Fight…
The Wailing Ate Through to The Core of My Being
It Felt Like An Ancient Force Had Found The World Again
Her Soul As Beautiful As Her Physical Form
I'm Going Red Again. We Can't Have Two Blondes Around.
Everyone With A Pulse… Stand Back
We're Going To Go Find A Bad Guy? Whee!

ah no worries, thanks for taking the journey
thank you, kindly. much appreciated
welcome aboard, pal, looking forward to your always helpful analysis

When I was messing around with how best to do Venus in Heroclix ( as opposed to how she was dialed in Hammer of Thor ) the first thing I thought of is that Mind Control is pretty much off the table.

Because if there's one thing Venus doesn't do its command anyone to hurt someone else, that's not what Venus is about.

I figured that the best option was heavy duty Incapacitate, dazed is probably the best way to describe those caught up in her song.

I am most gratified to see you reached a similar conclusion.

I messed around with an end dial super Incapacitate that effected everyone within range friendlies included, but that was a single click and it wasn't really that advantageous.

I especially like the option to go for the full "Goddess" after Aphrodite ceded her enchanted girdle to Venus.

And lets face it, if you give me the option to hand out Shape Change and Mystics I am going to put my points on the table ( three clix are better than one! )

Of course starting off with an 18 Defend is pretty attractive in itself....hmm, decisions, decisions.

I love her S.H.I.E.L.D. special, being able to apply some healing even in the thick of battle is well worth the power action.

I do like that you've also taken into account her song of discord on her last click.

Prime worthy without being game breaking, bravo sir!

So, this has inspired me to re-read the series. Why did you decide to leave the Avengers kw off of the Agents of Atlas if they were going by that name? Just don't want them theming with the regular team?

Also, can we get a Skrull Nixon?

I definitely agree. Incap is a much better for for how her powers affected others. Stupefied by love . This also helped me to differentiate between her and the Uranian in role and concept. Venus is a walking pause button. With her and all that yummy (it is a song and a show, after all) she'll help the team out plenty without having to punch at all.

I went with a few design nods from dc clix, the "divine aura," using the naming convention sfsm area employed, and heroclix's mechanical definition of love. But for venus she doesn't just get it, she gives it with her . Sharing is caring, after all. Between her two SPs, she laughs at the face of colossal retaliators, id cards and spiderverse/venomverse abilities . I wanted her pacifying power to have an anti-attack component to it and using placement as the trigger felt the least intrusive. Plus an aura of anti-meta felt like a great way to gently encourage players to be more loving to one another

Glad you like her track. There's a meta gag in it, particularly at her 60pt cost, as pointed out by her ss flavor text. She goes from "blonde" (defend) to ginger (ss) to help fulfill that great trope (perhaps Jann of the jungle will make it official one day ) once namora officially joins the team. Again, what a giver. She really is one of the sweetest gals in the funny books

I'm glad I could encourage you to pursue some quality reading . Bonus points in that it'll help you analyze my dials as they come in

I ultimately opted out of the avengers kw on them as what if 9 was ultimately proven in avengers forever to be an alternate earth and these are the 616 agents (mostly). Normally I'm well-ok with adding kitchen sink KWs to wear multiple hats, and they kinda are here (before wiped from existence by immortus) but story goes it was done by busiek as marvel wanted to eliminate any other claimants to the avengers title so that "the avengers" were the first avengers. A "the real ghostbusters" kind of thing, y'know? So out of respect to busiek (all hail busiek!) I'm keeping the KWs distinct

As for skrull nixon, I had considered him (and future rick, for that matter), but ultimately went with kang immortus for the ultra chase. But quail not my friend, I should think earth x president osborn should fit the bill super close in theme and looks . Proxy away!

Great dial. Great agent of atlas trait, awesome special power, but what really gets me is all those improved Targeting abilities. Well done.

Thank you, kindly. The just made a lot of sense to me, given how she's incapping, and it really polishes her ability. With scuttled dmg and skyhigh attack, she wants to hand out tokens like oprah at a chuck e cheese. I'm particularly excited about the elevation ignorance, that's not as common and will through a few opponents for a loop

The agents felt like the right fit for her. Love tends to show up as healing mechanically, and it's a good fit for the motiff, so I think it works best with her. And it's like combining the X-Men ta and shield into 1 power action. Total bargain. And a canny player will use it to put their loaded weapon on the just-right click

#af039 Derek Khanata
Real Name: Derek Khanata
Team: S.H.I.E.L.D.
Range: 6
Points: 40
Keywords: Agents of Atlas, S.H.I.E.L.D., Wakanda, Detective, Soldier, Spy

8 10 17 2

7 10 17 2

7 10 16 2

7 9 16 2

6 9 16 2

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

Agent of Atlas: The Agent: When Derek Khanata is given a POWER action to use the S.H.I.E.L.D. team ability, the chosen friendly character gives 1 hit target an action token when making range attacks this turn.
Wakanda Forever: When Derek Khanata is KO'd, immediately after resolutions heal a friendly character 1 click. If that friendly character has the Wakanda keyword, also modify their attack and damage +1 until the end of your next turn.
Changing The World: International Relations: Opposing characters adjacent to two or more friendly characters with the S.H.I.E.L.D. keyword can't use Willpower or Leadership.
I Need Some Answers!
As A Show of Trust I Was Given A Gun And Invited Along
Besides, I Might Need Some Unauthorized Help Sometime
Perceptive
I Joined S.H.I.E.L.D. to Do Some Good, Not Just Enforce The Law
A Big Part of My Job Is Living With Knowledge That Could Start Wars If It Fell Into The Wrong Hands
Leadership Has Many Duties
Such As Lying To Your Superiors

You are harkening back to so many great set traits from the past!

Derek is all about coordinating all your forces together, he fills holes in rosters and adds some great synergy no matter what keyword team your including him in.

I think he's going to hang out with Jimmy or Bob and let them slap some tokens down with their ranged attacks.....and if anyone is so foolish as to get too close to my squishy friends he'll run in and tie them up with his oh so useful Plasticity!

It is tempting to push him down that dial and get at that Outwit to go with his great traits though. That S.H.I.E.L.D. team ability is going to get a workout.

A great dial with all the crunch and fluff right there and I love the flavor text on his Outwit.

awesome, i really wanted to do derek good. normally i'm loathed to employ the dreaded triple , the hallmark of "fanboyism" but looking at his 3 named KWs highlighted to me how he was represented as a man of 3 worlds, and how he balanced his competing loyalties to wakanda, shield and later his hunted-perps-turned-unexpected-allies in the atlas agents, really defined him as a character. and an interesting one at that.

especially with the theme of shared s, i went back to the well of the established mechanics for those other 2 KWs and stacked them with my own invention for the 3rd. this way he should feel full synergy in all his teams, as you pointed out. the wakanda and shield in particular pair well, what with him wanting to run tieup, they're both more likely to come into play. if he hangs back -or- ties up a baddy while boosting an adjacent ally not tiedup, he can pull double-dutch-double-duty with his atlas . once jimbo (J) gets onto his kung fu clix, he can help derek (D) trigger the shield stuff while they both pour into a cannon (T) to light that fool (O) up

XTX
DXJ
XOX

i went with the topdial plasticity to show his early role as hunter detective trying to bring them in, and it goes to show his dogged determination before the golden egg of flavor text dropped some perfect rs inspiration (an ex-hatut has to be able to zeraze, amirite?) and then he goes dark for some spy stuff. late dial his wp and stealth help him opt to dedicate to pumping out his atlas and outwit

#af055 Gorilla-Man And Human Robot
Real Name: Ken Hale, M-11
Team: S.H.I.E.L.D.
Range: 6
Points: 100/60
Keywords: Agents of Atlas, S.H.I.E.L.D., Animal, Past, Robot, Soldier

10 11 18 3

9 11 18 3

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8 10 17 3

9 11 16 3

8 11 16 2

8 10 17 2

7 9 17 2

KO KO KO KO

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KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

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웃: █, OO>
Agent of Atlas: The Gorilla: When Gorilla-Man And The Human Robot are given a POWER action to use the S.H.I.E.L.D. team ability, after resolutions make a range attack.
(100)Agent of Atlas: The Robot: When Gorilla-Man And The Human Robot are given a POWER action to use the S.H.I.E.L.D. team ability, after resolutions they remove an action token from themselves.
Here We Go. On Three: Running Shot. If Gorilla-Man And Human Robot move in a direct path, they have and can draw lines of fire from all the squares they moved through this turn.
I Just Took On The Most Powerful Covert Agency In The World Based On What A Killer Robot Told Me
So Much For The Subtle Entry
They Wanted A Rumble, They Got One!
M-11, Please… Re-Kill These People
Now I'm A Gorilla. It Happens.
I Said Keep Him Quiet, M-11. Don't Crush His Windpipe.
Fire On That Robot!
Tell Me You At Least Felt That
Smelled Ya
Never Die, Never Die
A Very Smart Gorilla
The Robot May Be Inscrutable… But He Is Never Wrong

As soon as I saw that Hale and M-11 were a duo I knew it could be a reference to no other than this scene!

Here We Go. On Three: Gotta run them at a hundred points ( especially considering Agents of Atlas: The Robot ), with the predominance of short clicked dials and swarm teams they're going to be able to cut a swath through your foes!

Have you ever seen "The Last Starfighter"?

Because of you have rather brought to mind the "Death Blossom" scene.


You've economized the dial beautifully, all the little nips and tucks to keep the cost down. This is a dial that shows its work in the best way.

If I pulled this in sealed they'd have to call the judge over because I wouldn't stop madly giggling.

"Joe....TKD's scaring me"
"What's the problem?"
"He hasn't done anything since opening boosters but laugh maniacally and mutter "My precious, my precious" over and over"
".....Yeah....he'll do that...TKD you've got two more minutes to turn in your sheet"
"Hehehe, yes Joe, we's turn in our sheet's"
"See he's fiiiine"

Also I feel that this song might be appropriate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Csif5l_6c

Loving that running shot special and the image to go with it.