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I had my first real exposure to a police theme today. This wasn't strictly about the police, but they made up a good chunk of what the team did. Technically, today's event was 500, Golden, figures only, and all figures had to represent a female character.
That Commissioner Barbara Gordon just seems amazing to me, allowing all of the police to see unhindered. I initially used her with Eternity, but then I started thinking what a police team could really do like this. Thankfully for this event, the GCPD Officers are all depicted female, so I was able to try out my swarm team. I ended up not having enough actions to go around, but I made do well enough. (Thankfully I took out an opposing TC Batgirl to help me out.) The GCPD Officers were very good at keeping my police mobile, even to the point of escaping a Plasticity/Poison situation. Renee Montoya(s) provided the real power, though even the generics hit really hard with a nearly constant +3 damage and -1 or 2 defense to the target. This definitely felt like a police team as my Batgirls took some mighty hits and often retreated to Leslie.
This was a very enjoyable team, so I was wondering what else you guys can recommend for a good police team. Any particular figures, any point value, suggested number of copies, anything.
Captain Stacy immediately comes to mind, with his freaking amazing Outwit. He'd probably only be good for that though, as he lacks any move/attack capability beyond getting escorted by GCPD.
I feel I'd probably want one or two NYPD figures helping me out so that the mythical -3 becomes much more plausible. Maybe even 3 and have multiples spread out.
Diana Prince JR seems like an awesome frontline attacker for police, sitting on a base 4 to make potentially 7 damage at 6 range. Only issue is she doesn't actually have the Police TA, but her damage and special Leadership would seem to make that a minor gripe. I just obviously wouldn't want to overwhelm the team with unaffiliated pieces.
Thrillkiller Batman could be useful... but that 4 range feels like it might not get done what I want done. Targeting Green from Comm. Barbara with Outwit definitely is worth consideration, plus Stealth & Sidestep together.
More of an honorable mention, I simply have to recognize the new Hawkman/Hawkgirl piece is freaking bonkers. I'd feel kind of bad about including it on the team for how big they are... but they're definitely beefy.
Anyone else have a preferred police team they like or some effective police pieces?
I like this team. Multiple options to get multiple Police TA in place, decent attackers in MM and WW (and Batman too), Outwit, Def stat protection from Batman, and a couple of Enhancements from the GCPD.
If WW hits her leadership and you have say MM in between the two GCPD, he's shooting Psy/Pen for 6 damage with a 12 attack and the target has -2 D on top of that. And the cherry on top is the GCPD can use their 'I Need Backup' without LOF so they can bring a pair of teammates in from 4 squares through walls or blocking. Have two GCPD, one on each side of a wall. Have one Power action to pull your attacker in and fire, then have the other Power action to extract the team to the other side of the wall.
Wow... I'll have to look into that Martian Manhunter. That actually looks like a fun team. I wish there was more PD on it, but that's definitely interesting. Also thanks to everyone for all the suggestions! Keep'em coming!