In honor of the individual X-man thread I figured I'd start one up in which you could put together a team of your all-time favorite X-characters.

SO, pick 6 of your favorites for a "field team" and two of your favorites for support.

My favorite team would be:

FIELD TEAM:
1 Havok
2 Iceman
3 Psylocke
4 Colossus
5 Nightcrawler
6 Storm

SUPPORT:
7 Forge
8 Beast

oh Id definatly go with

Nightcrawler
wolverine (the other day my R wolverine iced a sentinel solo,so new found respects there)
cyclops
beast
iceman
psylocke

defanatly?man thats spelled so wrong!gee im not tired really.Ive only been up 36 hours..

Blue team:
Cyclops
Wolverine
Gambit
Beast
Psylocke
Rogue

Backup
Nightcrawler
Storm

my team would be

archangel
bishop
rogue
gambit
storm
chamber

and support

forge
jean grey

Field team:
Nightcrawler
Rogue
Kitty Pryde
Angel
Iceman
Wolverine

Support:
Beast
Storm

feild team:
gambit
rouge
wolverine
beast
morgh(i think thats spelled right)
nightcrawler

support:
jean grey
forge

I don't have my Clix with me, so screw the points.

I just want to make the Inferno era team.


Colossus
Havok
Wolverine
Longshot
Dazzler
Psylocke
Storm
Rogue

Unfortunately, they haven't made Havok, Longshot, Dazzler or the non-stupid Psylocke. Plus, I've only got one version of Rogue.

Colossus rules. Screw people for killing him off.

OK... here you go:

1- Cyclops (no-brainer leader)
2- Wolverine (The muscle)
3- Nightcrawler (can't touch what you can't catch)
4- Havok (just my favorite character)
5- Iceman (what a COOL power to have)
6- Rogue (abilty to absorb powers comes in handy)

Support:
1- The Beast (just for his GREAT banter and genius)
2- Professor X (How can you not take the ultimate mind plus Cerebro?)

Honorable Mention:
1- Jean Grey (she'd be in w/o Prof. X)
2- Forge (what can't he make?)

The Bettsy Braddock LE is Psylocke with her original powers and abilities. That's why everyone wants one.

My team pick:

Shadowcat
Nightcrawler
Captain Brittain
Colossus
Psylocke
Wisdom

Support: Rogue and Gambit

That would be my new EXCALIBUR in a perfect world. I guess now it would have to be Ultimate Excalibur to squeeze in Colossus and Psylocke.

@Briel,
Nice call on re-vamping Excalibur. They are bringing back Captain Britain this spring so keep an eye out for that.

@Customhawk,
Morgh is someone I am not familiar with. Do you mean Morph? If not please explain, so I can be learned....

Couple of suprises on these lists, pleasant suprises, but suprises nonetheless. Wisdom, Dazzler, Longshot....love them all keep the teams coming folks.

You gotta have the basics. A leader, a long range shooter, a strong man, a telepath, 2 fliers (or teleporters), and whatever else you can throw in for flavor. My team is:
Cyclops (Leader and long range shooter for the price of 1!)
Juggernaut (Now that he's a good guy, why not? Strong man.)
Storm (Flight and weather control. Classic and strong.)
Longshot (Luck manipulation can ALWAYS come in handy. He's a good fighter, too.)
Sunfire (Fire powers mixed in with flight equal YES!)
Emma Frost (Telepathy and diamond skin make a good combo. Can't she do them both at once now?)

On support
Professor X (DUH! Great telepath and leader.)
My second supporter was a toughie. Forge is good, but I could probably find someone better. I'd do Phoenix, but I got the telepathy base covered. I have ranged combat covered, so no need for Dazzler, Firestar, or Magma. In the end, it was a no brainer.
Cannonball. (If it came to that, he could fly the Professor in over the field, surrounded by his invulnurability which would protect them both. The Prof would take out as many as he could, and Cannonball would set him down and take the rest.)

Try and beat THAT.

1) Cyclops (IMO, the best field leader the X-Men could have and a great strategist)
2) Wolverine (Just kicks @$$ and doesn't bother taking names. Don't piss this guy off)
3) Jean Grey (With her Phoenix powers, who's going to best her?)
4) Colossus (They need a strong-man for the fast ball special)
5) Storm (Tons of power, same as Phoenix)
6) Either Beast or Gambit (Always able to help out in the end with some type of gadget or medical help from Beast or a well placed card from Gambit)
Support:
Professor X (Always great to have a team be able to communicate together throughout the battle and to have someone to coordinate their attacks)
Either Beast or Gambit (Whichever didn't make the team)

Yeah, Cyclops is a great field leader, but don't forget his brother. Alex has proven himself through different teams (and dimensions) that he is a capable leader as well.