All right, time for me to start planning teams to play with the new figures now that the dials have been leaked...mostly I really want to play the new Phoenix and Wolverine. First I'll try to build something competitive (with scumbag figures like Prof X and Nightcrawler) and once I get that out of my system I'll try more casual builds.

So here's my first kick at competitive 1000 point:

100 Dark Phoenix (third starting line)
96 Wolverine
4 Alpha Flight
123 Professor Xavier
140 Cable
40 Infinity Gauntlet
110 Cyclops
95 Beast
86 Storm
86 Nightcrawler
40 Cuckoo
40 Cuckoo
40 Cuckoo

1000 even

The thing I like about this set up is how many threats/annoyances there are. Wolverine and Beast are hugely annoying to hit, Nightcrawler or Jean are complete game changers if left unmolested, Storm and Cyclops can do huge damage from range, the Cuckoos change math, Xavier is the worst thing in the world unless hunted down, and Cable with a full gauntlet will be extremely hard to deal with as the game goes on (if they don't bust his stealth right away and hit him past his sweet spot he will probably get out of hand).

2 tks, 3 outwits, lots of rerolls from the Cuckoos and team, tons of healing, and fair damage output and avoidance.

My plan will be to try to get an outdoor map, use Storm and Phoenix to carry and then bomb some people in. Have Wolverine and Beast harass (wolvie in stealth preferably) while NC kidnaps people (hopefully a gauntlet wearer or tentpole) and brings them back to where the shooters can safely pull them apart (esp Cable). If things go badly I start playing kamikaze with Jean - go for pulse waves and play to try and get her get killed off for the healing.

My one real regret is this set up doesn't allow me enough room for Armor - I'd love to use her defend on some of the squishier targets esp Cyclops and the Cuckoos.

Please let me know what you think and if you have a better build using at least a couple of the new figures I'd be grateful.

Looks to me that it could be a pretty effective team. Mobile. Plenty of TK. Outwit. Even if your opponent focuses on one attacker, there are plenty of others that are just as deadly. Great healing potential.

I'm also playing a 1000pt x-men team this weekend. It breaks theme, but it's mostly comic accurate. I just couldnt find a way to make a team that all had the keyword without sacrificing playability. I went with cyclops "extinction" team:

Colossus - 60
Cyclops - 110
Danger - 124
Dark Phoenix - 100
Emma Frost - 114
Magick - 47
Magneto - 189
Namor - 150
Storm - 98
Gem - 5
997

So.... I went with Danger room Colossus because his 158pt version just isnt worh it to me. By going with the cheaper Colossus i could afford the 110 cyclops instead of the 75 FF pack version and the 150 Namor, versus the galactic guardian version with the x-men keyword. I felt the two of them easily trumped what the more expensive Colossus provided. I plan on having Magneto carry around magick and colossus. They'll be healing batteries for the other x-men and tie up pieces for melee types that get too close to Magneto. I'll admit i did want to use lots of the 10th figures which is why i went with Storm and Emma from that set. Lots of penetrating damage is good in my book. Oh and Dark Phoenix is my stand in for Hope. Both are redheads, close enough for me.

I love that version of the extinction team. I wish we had a good Magik, she's so blah.

I always have to play Archangel anytime I play X-men, hands down favorite piece from gsx. From my X pieces I own this is what I would play. 1000 on the nose.

100 M10A021R Dark Phoenix
133 GX057 Cyclops / Phoenix
99 GX049 Archangel
86 GX048 Storm
123 GX036 Professor X
95 GX010 Beast
70 IH035 Wolverine
74 GX023 Psylocke
40 MU009 Cuckoo
40 MU009 Cuckoo
40 MU009 Cuckoo
100 GG203 Namor