3 teams I've been mulling over for the pirate build

lots of bystanders, steal energy, double empower, double enhancement

Force Build 12150459 0
Set	#	Name	Team	Pts	Value
HX	049	Ch'od		90	SELL
HX	049BT	Cr'reee		0	SELL
HX	055	Kate Pryde		65	SELL
HX	055BT	Lockheed		0	SELL
HX	066	Waldo		40	SELL
HX	066BT	Sikorsky		0	SELL
HX	050	Raza		45	SELL
HX	018	Corsair		60	SELL
Force Total:				300	$0.00

+2 to close attacks in water / object manipulation

Force Build 12150459 1
Set	#	Name	Team	Pts	Value
FFFF	052	Blackbeard		90	SELL
SVC	069	Spider-Viking		60	SELL
ABPI	S002	Time Gem (Infinity Gem)		10	SELL
CAAV	069E	Namor		50	SELL
TREKBG	012	Ferengi Salvage Crew		50	SELL
FFFF	027	Wu		15	SELL
ABPI	S003	Power Gem (Infinity Gem)		10	SELL
FFCC	B001	Yancy Gang		15	SELL
Force Total:				300	$0.00

Damage without attacking

Force Build 12150459 2
Set	#	Name	Team	Pts	Value
FFFF	052	Blackbeard		90	SELL
RE	028	Tempest		75	SELL
CAAV	069E	Namor		50	SELL
F4	043	Hydro-Man		75	SELL
JLU	068E	Black Manta		10	SELL
Force Total:				300	$0.00

I like the Spider Viking team. Seems like a lot of fun. Worst case you could swap out the Ferengi and the Yancy Gang bystander for Kate Pryde.

Doing a deeper dive (pun intended, argggh!) on that +5 Pirate (Spider-Man Family) build.

Ferengi Salvage Crew's primary purpose is to place one of my opponent's (preferably) special objects near my starting area to equip Namor or Ferengi Salvage Crew with. I'm pretty confident that most of my tougher opponents will play a special object of some sort. As long as, opposing Equipment-Objects have Equip (Any) and Unequip (Drop), you might as well take advantage of it. Un-equipping an opposing character's equipment is more likely to happen from a friendly character that's adjacent to Ferengi Salvage Crew, rather than, a successful attack from him, if it happens at all. Anything else is a bonus, I expect him to be one shotted into uselessness.

The Yancy Gang bystander's first job is to get the Power Gem for Wu to equip. He could be used to grab another object in turn two, but more than likely he would carry Black Beard (they share the Brute keyword) creating a double empower or be Black Beard's mastermind fodder. Spider-Viking can wildcard Underworld TA to carry Namor and Ferengi Salvage Crew.

After initially being the team's taxi, Spider-Viking's next objective is to get a close attack in ASAP (preferably) in water terrain created by Namor with Black Beard and his Yancy Gang bestie nearby, then attempt what I want to call a Wu bomb with the CALL IN HELP FROM THE SPIDER-VERSE! trait for epic damage. "If" all attacks land, after resolutions, I could LET'S CAUSE TROUBLE! from a sidelined Black Manta. Due to the place restriction, I have to remember, that I can carry for better positioning, but only after placing Wu, not before. Unfortunately, I have no quick way to get the Time Gem on Spider-Viking and this team IMHO desperately needs more than 3 TTPC's. He might be better suited to try to auto-equip a KO'd opponent's equipment. He grants everybody but, the Yancy Gang bystander the Spider-Man Family keyword.

Namor's job is token removal, a static +1 to close attacks for friendly characters that occupy water terrain and FREE water / smoke cloud, he is a tertiary attacker at best. He can carry, if needed, since he is a . Upon further review, he may be a better candidate for the Time Gem. The longer he stays alive the better, but he is a soft target out of water.

Blackbeard grants Namor and Wu the Pirate keyword. Blackbeard and Spider-Viking are the primary attackers of the team. Blackbeard's top half of his dial has: Charge, super Quake, Empower, Leadership, Shape Change, Mastermind and Invincible from the Stones of Merlin plus he grants a static +1 attack to friendly Pirates that occupy water terrain. He should be a pain in the butt, baring any Outwit.

Last, but, certainly not least, there's Wu, who already has gained the Pirate and Spider-Man Family keywords, equipped with the Power Gem. For a 25 point investment, he has the potential for a 13 attack, 5 damage Flurry in water terrain with only one empower and he's 4 clicks long.

I'm was thinking of picking 3 maps without water terrain, so I can control where water is, as long as Namor stays alive, but, that might be a little risky.

As much as I like Kate Pryde's tool kit of powers and abilities for Pirates, I feel the team has a better trick without her, just not better sustainability. If I were to cut someone for her, I would cut Spider-Viking, but, then I would lose the Wu bomb trick.

Sure, I was merely pointing out how my team would differ if I was going for the same idea.

I was only able to play one game (crappy turn out) with the Pirate build, but I won 185 to 30, and that made me happy.
My opponent's team was...

Force Build 12151260 0
Set	#	Name	Team	Pts	Value
HX	018	Corsair		60	SELL
HX	034	Hepzibah		60	SELL
HX	034	Hepzibah		60	SELL
HX	034	Hepzibah		60	SELL
HX	066	Waldo		40	SELL
JLU	068E	Black Manta		10	SELL
WKM	MP19-S101	Remaker (Mandarin Ring)		5	SELL
WKM	MP19-S105	Nightbringer (Mandarin Ring)		5	SELL
Force Total:				300	$0.00

vs
My team ended up being...

Force Build 12151260 1
Set	#	Name	Team	Pts	Value
FFFF	052	Blackbeard		90	SELL
SVC	069	Spider-Viking		60	SELL
CAAV	069E	Namor		50	SELL
ABPI	S002	Time Gem (Infinity Gem)		10	SELL
HX	066	Waldo		40	SELL
HX	066BT	Sikorsky		0	SELL
FFCC	B002	Yancy Pickpocket		20	SELL
FFFF	027	Wu		15	SELL
ABPI	S003	Power Gem (Infinity Gem)		10	SELL
WWE	111	WWE Ring		5	SELL
Force Total:				300	$0.00

I was only able to pull the Wu bomb off once in three attempts. However, I did win map initiative and I chose DC Metal Arena, to control where water would be. Caught my opponent a little off guard by not being able to target in water terrain, unless you are four squares away or closer.

Played a XMRF sealed event last week and ended up winning. The build I went with was a Shi'ar theme team:

Professor X
Smasher
Warstar
Impulse
D'Ken (managed to pull a Shi'ar soldier which he could generate)
290 points

Sideline:
Wolverine
Mystique (Uncommon)
Hepzibah
Warpath

Being able to use Professor X's switch out ability was incredibly useful.

First game was brutally one-sided. For this one I switched out D'Ken for Mystique. My opponent's team was a mish-mash with a bunch of Skinless Men and some Shi'ar, pluss a random Wolverine. I was able to outwit them with Professor X. Smasher and Warstar did most of the heavy lifting and brutalized most of the team, especially once Warstar got his free ranged attack. Professor X dodged multiple attacks, even with his 16 defense, which had both of us astounded.

Second game was a doozy. My opponent had Sebastian Shaw and some solid attackers. I took some solid hits early on and didn't think I'd be able to come back. Then I reread Shaw's card and realized that his defense power, the one that lets him revert back to his regular dial, doesn't have Protected: Outwit. Professor X proceeded to outwit Shaw which allowed Smasher to poison him to death. It felt a bit dirty. Even then though, there was quite a bit of back and forth until time was called.

Third game was much like the first one except I swapped D'Ken out for Wolverine. Blackheart ran up, missed his attack and was quickly taken out during my turn (due to positioning Blackheart couldn't generate a Shi'ar next to him for mastermind). I lost Warstar's bystander to the mystics so I wouldn't get free ranged attacks, but it was worth it. The rest of the game was me mopping up his secondary attackers and his tk unit.

I played in a XMRF sealed event last week, 8 players, and went 1-2

winning team was...

Force Build 12152952 0
Set	#	Name	Team	Pts	Value
XMRF	004	Warpath		50	SELL
XMRF	019	Cyclops		45	SELL
XMRF	053	Emma Frost		125	SELL
XMRF	063	Weapon Hex		75	SELL
Force Total:				295	$0.00

My next tournament is a 200-point modern age event where all the characters, including sideline, must have the Sentinel keyword, gain it during force construction or when establishing themed teams. For this event matches will take place on 2x2 maps.

I'm thinking of playing this team with the hx046.01 Team Up: Robot Themed Team team up card.

Force Build 12152953 0
Set	#	Name	Team	Pts	Value
HX	046	Karima		75	SELL
WKM	MP19-S109	The Liar (Mandarin Ring)		5	SELL
WKM	MP19-105	I.S.A.A.C.		50	SELL
WKM	MP19-105BA	Lord Gaea		0	SELL
WKM	MP19-105BB	Stellarax		0	SELL
WKM	MP19-105BC	Chaos		0	SELL
XDPS	043B	Mister Sinister		40	SELL
ABPI	S002	Time Gem (Infinity Gem)		10	SELL
HX	016	Dr. Alia Gregor		20	SELL
Force Total:				200	$0.00

My map choice for maps are...
X-Men the Animated Series: The Dark Phoenix Saga
Sentinel Factory

X-Men: Regenesis
Lombard Street
Danger-Room East

15 years and I still don't know how to post the Build Boxes, LOL

This weekend is a 500 point "Your Favorite Superhero Movie" build. Endgame and Infinity War were disqualified as being too easy so I went with my favorite DCU movie: Shazam.

Freddy and the other two guys are represented by a JLU Shazam ar 45 points each, Mary is represented by WW80 Uncommon Mary Shazam while lil Darla is the 40 point Starter Mary. Billy himself is being played by Captain Thunder.

Sidenote: my buddy asked me why I didn't pick one of the FF movies and so have an excuse to play my beloved Dr. Doom once more. I replied "Because the name of the theme is FAVORITE superhero movie."

[team ]HX046 Karima
WKMP19-S109 The Liar (Mandarin Ring)
WKMP19-105 I.S.A.A.C.
WKMP19-105BA Lord Gaea
WKMP19-105BB Stellarax
WKMP19-105BC Chaos
XDPS043B Mister Sinister
ABPIS002 Time Gem (Infinity Gem)
HX016 Dr. Alia Gregor[/team ]

Just get rid of the space before the ]

Nice choice for Billy

Here’s a fun trick I found for sharing BBCode, without needing to add spaces:
If you recolour part of the code to black, it won’t change the appearance, but it will break up the code. For example:

[QUOTE]This should be a quote, but isn’t. And this word [B]here[/B] should be bold, but isn’t.[/QUOTE]

Now the quote can be copy-pasted directly from my post, and it’ll work with no changes.

I did the visible code above like this:

[COLOR="Black"][Q[/COLOR]UOTE]This should be a quote, but isn’t. And this word [COLOR="black"][B[/COLOR]]here[COLOR="Black"][/B[/COLOR]] should be bold, but isn’t.[COLOR="black"][/Q[/COLOR]UOTE]

Thanks and rep to the pair of ya!

An even better trick is to use the [noparse] and [/noparse] tag. Any code between those tags doesn't get parsed.

Awesome! I wasn’t sure if BBCode had a tag like that.

[b]It worked[/b]