Greetings HeroClix fans!

Today we spotlight a former paramour of Captain America who actually started on the wrong side of the law! Our preview is none other than the former Serpent Society member, Diamondback!



Diamondback is adept at ranged attacks with her specialized artificial diamonds and at 74 points this figure is proof of that!

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Glad to see the character finally arrive in HeroClix, but the dial is meh. Running shot incap is nice, and that Special Power could come in handy, but the point cost is just too steep for such middle of the road combat values. If she had the Serpent Society TA, that would help.

Sweet! Initiative Keyword!

*hopes raise for other Initiative characters in this or future sets*

I cannot get behind a 74 point character with emphasis on ranged combat who only has a 5 range.

When I compare her to Modern Age characters like Count Vertigo, Mademoiselle Marie, Lyssa Drak, Elsa Bloodstone or GSX Domino, she comes up short on all fronts.

Her "move after Running Shot" is interesting, but does not offset her horrific range value.

Sorry but it feels like where taking 2 steps back? Anyone else feel like that? What I mean is yes there is power creep. We all know it! Where is it? Diamond Back can't hurt even "Robin the boy blunder" What I need to get hit 5 times and be on my second clix from k.o. to hurt you. Don't misunderstand me. "I love her special power where she can running shot and then move." Nice game effect it will make me think when I do use her in a SEALED tournament only for the Cap. release!!! She will NEVER EVER BE PLAYED by ME AGAIN! (Unless she has a cool ata that can be attached to her) AND DON"T GET ME STARTED ON HER RANGE!!!
HOF OUT

She throws little, artificial diamonds.

That's right, throws. Not "fires them from wrist launchers". Not "beams them from her eyes". She throws them.

How far a range do you think she deserves for that? 8?!


I think your objection to her range value is pretty baseless.

I like her, but I'm not a fan of every other character getting 17 defense with Combat Reflexes. I do really like that they didn't overdo her in other respects though. Looking at the comments so far it seems like people want her to be more powerful... are you nuts? It's Diamondback.

Let's hope we get Constrictor in here too.

That's what custom mods are for. If you're unhappy you can take Diamondback's sculpt and put it on... say... this dial:

an013 V Green Arrow Diamondback
Team: Justice League
Range: 9
Points: 80
Keywords: Justice League, Justice League of America, Star City

8 10 16 2

8 10 16 2

8 10 16 2

7 9 16 2

7 9 15 2

7 9 15 1

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

the problem here isnt her or her dial.

The real problem is previous figures from previous sets that have set unrealistic standards from which we now view all other characters.

Im looking at you Moonstone and HoT Captain America.

This figure sucks becase its just to easy to default to figures like that.

Mucha as we all knw some people don't care about character accuracy they just want big stompy characters who are over stated and undercost.

I don't get the hate. She's not a game breaking piece, no, but she's not bad. A couple clicks of 10 AV, and never dropping below 9. Between Incap and PB she has a way of dealing damage to anyone on 2/3 of her dial, which is more than I can say for a lot of figures. At 74 points, she's not super cheap, but she's not crazy expensive. She's got short range perhaps, but at least she has range, and great mobility. I like her.

And hey, "a perfidious pair with a penchant for getting out of tight spaces and busting heads." I think we're getting Cobra and Mr Hyde next! Only question is will they be a duo or will they be previewing two figures?

Reminds me of old-school Dagger, which is about what I was expecting, actually.

If it were her rookie form, I definitely would've liked her to have the Serpent Society TA (although the ATA can help with that). Now we're just a Black Mamba away from being able to have a BAD Girls, Inc. grouping!

Oh god, she is now a sharpshooter with little thrown diamonds. And apparently pink is the new black because she got stealth!

Fairly accurate I would say, maybe drop her cost by 5 points but not too much else. Not everyone clix can be broken, then tournaments would look like Lady Gaga concerts and everyone would just be throwing glitter at one another. Did that make sense. I'm tired.