Building Competitive Theme Teams:

By SHIELD001 (Originally by C-dog)
Theme #17: Colossus

Welcome to another edition of Competitive Keyword Theme Team Building, with SHIELD001. This week, we are going to deal with three Keywords that represent Colossus. It’s Mutant, Armor, and X-Men this week.

Theme Team Rules
A quick recap here. Keyword Theme Teams have all the characters on the force sharing a single common Keyword among the Keywords listed on their character cards. The force must consist of at least 3 or more characters with the same Keyword, and at least one character for each 100 points.
Theme Teams give you several perks:
1) You may have one use of Probability Control per game per every 3 Keyword characters you play (you must give a token to the figure using PC when doing so, and he can’t be part of the action).
2) You add +X (X = the number of Keyword people on your team) to your dice roll to choose map/go first.
3) You may ignore one Battle Field Condition during the game.


Enough talking -




Since this article is about competitive Keyword Theme Teams I will only be doing 300 point teams for the most part.

X-men.
Armor
Mutant


Team # 1 X-Men restricted 300 points
Map Bonus: +3
PC: 1

(M+M)Colossus + Inside Information + Monster Hunter 165
(M+M)Morph + Drag 95
(M+M)Cuckoo 40


This team has some real fun with FBS and Drag. When you FBS Morph he goes into Plasticity which allows break away on a 2-6, so you can use drag easier. The idea is to drag the target closer to Colossus so he can Charge and clock the target with a heavy. Colossus has Inside Info and Monster Hunter just on the off chance he gets an attack boost. Cuckoo is there for PC and some X-healing.

C = Colossus
M = Morph
T = Target
X = clear

Colossus FBS Morph into target:

CXXXXXXXXXMT

Morph Drags target into Colossus Charge range:

CXXXXTMXXXXX


BFC suggestions:
Restricted: Resistance, Communication Breakdown,
Unrestricted: Disbanded, Bright Lights

Everyone has the X-Men TA so they can use Resistance to prevent Outwit. Com Breakdown goes on every FBS team to negate either the penalty to attack or damage. Bright Lights will insure you can use FBS since you do need line of sight to the target.





Team # 2 Armor Restricted 298 points
Map Bonus: +3
PC: 1

(M+M)Colossus 158
(Avengers)Spider-man + Alpha Flight 111
(Avengers)Stingray + Alpha Flight 29


It should be fun to toss Spidey into the enemy and send him right into his 2 token incap SP, plus he also gains Shape Change for protection. Stingray is a good tie-up piece, but don't forget that he has range.

BFC suggestions:
Restricted:Resistance, Communication Breakdown,
Unrestricted:Cross Winds, Bright Lights






Team# 3 Mutant Restricted 299
Map Bonus: +3
PC: 1

(M+M)Colossus 158
(Armor Wars) Black King + protected 124
(Sinister) Multiple Man 17


I think Colossus FBSing Black King is probably the funniest way to get past that activation click . As long as they don't hit Black King too hard he will probably end up on one of his 18 defense clicks. You can always use protected to stop any big hits. Use Multiple Man to heal Colossus.


BFC suggestions:

Restricted:Resistance, Communication Breakdown, Malice
Unrestricted:Cross Winds, Disbanded, Bright Lights




Team# 4 Mutant Restricted 300
Map Bonus: +4
PC: 1

(M+M)Colossus 158
(Armor Wars) Spider-Man 72
(Avengers SR) Scarlet Witch + Alpha Flight 35
(M+M) X-23 35


House of M Spidey's second click is great so FBS away. If you want you can use the E Multiple Man instead of X-23 to give the team some Perplex You can then give Spidey or Colossus Monster Hunter with the extra 3 points. Have Scarlet fly Colossus into Charge range after he tosses Spidey. If you want to give Spidey AP, Replace X-23 with R Multiple Man and give Spidey or Colossus Protected.

BFC suggestions:

Restricted: Resistance, Communication Breakdown, Malice
Unrestricted:Warzone, Disbanded, Bright Lights



General tips/strategy/reasoning:
FBS is a fun power, don't forget you can also use it to "throw" objects 10 squares. So with a heavy, Colossus has a 10 range with 3 damage or Engergy Explosion if you throw the Fuel Tank! For some great tips on FBS check out this article

Also check this one out for some good figures to throw with FBS


Well that’s it, thanks for reading. As always, please give me some feedback, any thoughts on how you’d make the teams better, specific examples would be great!




Next week will be Psychic


if you have an idea for a team you can PM it to me and I will probably add it to the article.


You just have to follow this format:

•They must be legal Keyword Theme teams for the Keyword(s) I have picked (next weeks is be Psychic ). So all figs on the team must share a Keyword.
•The team must be 300 points or less.
•You must also tell me how you would use the team and what BFCs you would use with the team.
•Deadline is 12/27/07 before 3:00 pm (next thursday).

I will of course give you credit and rep you as well as post a link where others can rep you. Just

Hope you enjoyed reading, see you next week.
And
Have a Happy and Safe Holiday

And Colossus week continues here at HCRealms!

Thanks for the Write-up shield001!

I've been itching to try one of the following teams that feature big steely Pete.

Keyword Mutant
M&M Colossus 158
AW Psylocke R 45
DR Storm V 40
DR Cyclops V 40
Sin Multiple Man R 17

Total 300

This is a ranged focused team with Storm, Cyclops & Colossus able to Shoot/TK up to 8 squares away. Psylocke is there to boost AV & Damage thanks to the Shield TA, while Multiple Man serves as a healing battery. If you're afraid of missing your attack rolls, you can swap Cyclops out for SR Scarlet Witch - you lose some oomph in the ranged attack department - but pick up another taxi with PC/Barrier, and 5 extra points to spend on Unstoppable, Lucky Break, or Streak of luck for Colossus.

Another fun team with the Mutant Keyword is:

M&M Colossus 158
AW Wolverine U 60
Sin Multiple Man E 32
M&M Cyclops (FC) 50
Total 300

This team has a decent balance of ranged attackers with CLose combat bruisers. Wolverine can boost Cyke's damage with his Shield TA, while Madrox Perplexes up AVs. The only thing lacking is taxis - but you can always play a Poor Teamwork to level the playing field.

It's an all Colossus front page! wOOt!

Hate to sound ignorant, but what is FBS?

Duh, right, fast ball special...

Don't consider it being ignorant. There are so many abbreviations that people use it is hard to keep track!

Great Article! Makes me want to get another Black King...

in your spiderman team I would lose the 4th mutant alltogether and get some mroe feats going, spider with protected stunning blow and takedown is a real monster, especially if you know the dial and can use your protected to get hit onto the 18+cr click

also, a really strong mutant for these types of teams is Captain Mako from the city of villans le's. Not well known and a real bruiser for 52 points.

i dont think spiderman can use stunning blow because he doesnt have incap. he can "use" incap.

Hey LeeMac,

glutton is talking about the Spidey from Armor Wars, specifically, the House of M Spidey. The one you are referring to is the Spidey from Avengers. Otherwise, you would be correct as to Spidey not having Incap.

Nice team formats, BTW! It's always nice to see fun AND competitive theme team builds. Though, I believe there will always be more fun in a themed team versus a strictly built competitive team.

All your articles have been GREAT, Shield001! You've definitely done a lot more with this series than I was able to do. Keep up the excellent work!

C

Suggestion for Team #2 Armor

Use the Shield Disruptor with Spiderman. He has superstrength on the first click and when he is FBS he will drop the Disruptor and all damage reducing defenses will be dropped as well.

I would personally use the new Healing object E-somthing vine

It will be legal in a couple of weeks I believe...

yeah in phase 2 of the 9 week M+M tourney

Thanks so much for the knowledge!

Colossus is my favorite hero ever!