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Point Cost: 35
Team Affiliation: Avengers
Combat Abilities: wing symbol (Flying/Carry)
Keywords: Mystical, Avengers, Mutant, Brotherhood of Mutants
Over the last few years, Scarlet Witch has been and is still one of the best support pieces for the point cost. In the world of competitive play, Probability Control (PC) is almost always a staple on teams and at 35 points;Scarlet Witch is the cheapest Probability Control piece in the current format. Although most players use her exclusively for her PC ability, she is an excellent support piece. Aside from her 3 top-end clicks of PC, Scarlet has 3 clicks of Barrier. It might not seem like much, but in a tight situation, Barrier can save your main attacker. She also has two abilities that go hand-in-hand: free movement (Avengers TA) and the Carry ability. This makes her a good taxi for your attacker. Her 8 RANGE will also help out harassing other support pieces from afar. In terms of team-building, her Mystical and Avengers keywords easily make her an important piece as those are two of the more popular and effective Theme Teams.
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As I mentioned above, Scarlet Witch is best used as a supporting piece, or even a second attacker (usually cleaning up). The 9 ATK won’t scare anyone, but with 2 DMG and PC, and a little Perplex, she can be an effective clean-up piece, taking out Pogs and opposing support pieces. Her 5 click dial is average for a figure like this, but her 7 MOVE will hinder her taxi ability at times. This is why she might be best used to carry ranged attackers as you won’t have trouble moving too close to the action, and with her 8 RANGE can help as a back-up attacker. All in all, Scarlet has stood the test of time and is still called upon in today’smetagame to lend her Probability Control powers.
