I'm sure that many people reading this have played in a tournament where all of your characters begin on their last click and go backwards up the dial as they take damage.

There have always been some characters who are ridiculously good in such tournaments. JL Gypsy and Man of Steel are likely to show up in most Bizarro Dial tournaments. However, with the release of the new duo figure The Flashes, I think that venues should consider having an actual ban list specifically for backwards-dial tournaments in future.

Thoughts?

No way! Go big or go home. C'mon, that Flash would be hillarious.



Ive actually never played in this format. Sounds good tho, I'd totally be down for that.

Hmm. Seems like a banned list would be worth having. These tournaments do tend to get repetitive fast. I don't have any particular suggestions beyond Gypsy and the Flashes, but it's a good idea.

CD man of steel for his 19 def defend?
jl R supes for his 20 def?

Superman and Man of Steel aren't so bad - despite some very high defence values on their last click, they also end with no damage reducers, an 8 , and Force Blast instead of a move-and-attack power.

Gypsy is a bit rude, however.

U The Flash (Crisis) with Armor Piercing (without it, it's not so good) ?
[16 speed HSS ignoring terrain, 11 attack (and a 8-range PW SP, only good if multiple characters are in range), Willpower (weak defense, but speed value + SP should allow to keep him out of harm), PC]
(133 points is expensive, though)

V Darkseid (Crisis) ?

well, also depends on how true you are to the 'bizarro' way of things.
most times i have done this, normal hits become misses, and misses become hits, so a figure like wildfire and destiny (with 0 attacks) become godly (with a perplexer)

Ugh. I hate that format.

I usually skip that week.

I usually run this as a sealed draft event.
Works well

In a 300 point bizarro game, the flash won't be to much of a problem, even with the repositioning ability.

~Phil

I'd be more concerned about a dozen or so HoT figures. Thor and the Warriors Three are particularly obnoxious in bizarro.

I thought that's how you guys played them where you're at anyhow!

Black Bolt's last click says otherwise. Yes, I realize he's significantly more points, but odds are you're playing in at least a 200 pt tournament.

There's other ways around it, such as Prob, Outwit, Force Blast, BFC's, Feats. We had a Bizarro event a few weeks ago, and it was 3 Gypsies for 10 teams. Yes it takes some of the fun out of things if you have to plan on facing her, but I'd rather face her in a Bizarro tournament than any of the standard cheese people play on a regular week.

That's a much better way to do it.

No need for a banned list. Plenty of characters have an end dial spike in D or Attack.
And

Flashes are a bit mean, but they're 225 points. And they'd be good in early game, but kinda lame late game. I dunno, I think it'd all even out in the end.