by Jacob Bishop
Hello Heroclix players! Today, I’ll be going through my matches at the Invitational Championship Qualifier held at The Comic Dimension on July 23rd, 2022, in Greensboro NC.
My Team:
Avengers +8 Theme Team
MDSP 054 Sakaarian Iron Man 50
WOTR 004 Scarlet Witch 30
CAAV 038 Steve Rogers 50
WW80 055 Felix Faust 30
CAAV 051 Captain America 40
MDSP 056 Captain America 75
FFAIG001 Giant-Girl 10
FFAIG001 Giant-Girl 10
Cloak of Levitation 5
Sideline:
MDSP 050 Scarlet Witch 75
TMT 023 Eric Masterson 15
AFFE 066 Beast 75
WOTR 059b Destroyer
JLU 067 Gorilla Grodd
JLU 067 Gorilla Grodd
JLU 072 Black Vulcan
JLU 069 Brainiac
CAAV 075 Peggy Carter
Maps: Krakoa, Desert Wedding, Westview
Round 1 vs Sidney Carter
Sidney played MDSP 050 Scarlet Witch 150, MDSP 042 Agnes 45, Demon in an Armor 50 (DIA), AFFE 043 Scarlet Witch 50, Cloak of Levitation 5
I win map and take us to the Desert Wedding. I start the game with equipping Sakaarian Iron Man (SIM) with Cloak of Levitation and Sidestepping to pick up an object on SIM. Scarlet Witch carries chase Scarlet Witch, SIM, and Chase Captain America out closer to the middle of the map. Chase Captain America creates a Redwing, and Redwing moves to pick up Sidney’s Cloak, and hide in hindering. Sidney responds by using DIA to KO Redwing, and his chase Scarlet Witch gets a shot off on my Captain America knocking Cap to his last click. My Destroyer hits the map from Scarlet Witch’s attack. I’m able to respond by choosing Hypersonic on SIM, Outwitting DIA’s Defense power, and KO’ing him with my chase Scarlet Witch. SIM gets a shot in on Sidney’s AFFE Scarlet Witch. Destroyer hits Agnes, and my Captain America misses Sidney’s Scarlet Witch. Sidney’s not able to land an attack with his MDSP Scarlet Witch on his turn, and his AFFE Scarlet Witch and Agnes go for a shot on SIM, but both miss. SIM chooses Poison and Flurry on my turn, and I knock Agnes to her STOP click and poison Sidney’s Agnes and AFFE Scarlet Witch to KO both. I knock Sidney’s MDSP Scarlet Witch to her STOP click, and one of the Giant Girl’s lands an attack to knock it off of it. A couple turns pass, and I’m trying to swarm Sidney’s Scarlet Witch. He ends up placing a Chaos Marker on most of build, but my Scarlet Witch drops hers one as well, and I land attacks on Sidney’s Scarlet Witch to KO it.
Record 1-0 300 points
Round 2 vs Emmanuelle Olavarria
Manny played Collector 25, Emperor Gladiator 100, Groot 20, Dark Phoenix 30, Valeria Richards 40, Doom the Annihilating Conqueror 75, and a Thug 10
I win map again and choose Krakoa because it has a lot of hindering terrain that Emperor Gladiator can’t see through. I equip SIM, sidestep him for an object, and have Scarlet Witch carry SIM, chase Scarlet Witch, and Captain America. Manny (using a DOOM 067 he switched into), is able to get a Charge/Flurry off on my Chase Scarlet Witch thanks to some Perplexes to movement, and a TK. DOOM lands one shot on my Scarlet Witch knocking me to my STOP click, but he wasn’t able to get the KO thanks to a lucky Super Senses roll. I’m able to bring a Destroyer prime out from this attack and place it in Manny’s starting area. He uses Dark Phoenix to retaliate on my chase Scarlet Witch thanks to the Mystics damage, but the penetrating damage doesn’t go through Scarlet Witch’s Invincible. Manny shoots my Destroyer with his Emperor Gladiator. On my turn I Outwit on DOOM’s Defense power, and a couple Giant-Girl retaliations take him out. SIM uses Hypersonic to take out Valeria and ends next to Emperor
Gladiator to tie him up. Scarlet Witch takes out both Dark Phoenix and Groot. SIM keeps Emperor Gladiator tied up for the rest of the game from here, and I’m able to take out the rest of Manny’s build a few turns later.
Record 2-0 600 points
Round 3 vs Anthony Rodgers playing an Avengers theme team with Scarlet Witch 75, Voyager 50, Sakaarian Iron Man + Butcher entity, CAAV 038 Steve Rogers, Bishop Prime, and a Zero Ring.
I win map and choose Desert Wedding again. I do my typical first time of equipping SIM, sidestep to pick up an object, use Scarlet Witch to carry SIM, Chase Scarlet Witch, and Captain America. Redwing grabs the Zero Ring and ends in hindering. Anthony sets up on the side of the map, with Steve Rogers in front, SIM, Bishop, and the Shard bystander behind. On my turn, I have Scarlet Witch take a shot at Steve Rogers. My Captain America goes for Bishop prime, and SIM goes for Voyager and Scarlet Witch, tying them up and landing a hit on Voyager. Anthony can’t land any hits on Captain America the following turn, and Voyager TK’s his Scarlet Witch. Scarlet Witch hits my Scarlet Witch for 3. I choose Flurry/Poison on my next turn for SIM. SIM finishes Voyager off with a Poison, and follows up with a Flurry on Anthony’s Scarlet Witch for the KO. My Scarlet Witch and Faust finish off Steve Rogers, and my
Captain America finishes off Bishop. Anthony’s able to get a nice Flurry Blades off on my Captain America, dealing 7 with one blade’s attack thanks to Butcher, but his SIM falls a few turns later. Record 3-0 900 points
Round 4 vs Terry Wood playing a Mystical theme team of 2 x Blackheart, Felix Faust, 3 x Wendigo, 2 x
Tri-Sentinel, Zero, Remaker rings, and Reign of Terror Map bonus
I win map again and take us to Krakoa. I do my usual first turn of equipping SIM, sidestepping him to grab an object, having Scarlet Witch carry the usual 3, and have Redwing pick up Terry’s Zero Ring. Terry decides not to go for Redwing on his turn, instead using this turn to advance his Wendigo, and equip the Remaker ring to one of his Blackhearts. I’m able to KO all 3 Wendigo, and only one of the Tri-Sentinels on my turn, with Scarlet Witch hitting 2 Wendigo, and Captain America and SIM taking out a Wendigo and Tri-Sentinel respectively. Redwing misses the attack on the 2nd Tri-Sentinel. Terry retaliates on his turn, hitting both of my Scarlet Witches, and Faust for 1 with Pulse Wave. He’s able to land an Energy Explosion on Scarlet Witch to KO my Faust. The 2 mystics damage knocks Blackheart to his STOP click to generate Terry’s first Hellfire Club guard of the game. He sacrifices the guard to Charge/Flurry on my Scarlet Witch for the KO. Terry’s other Blackheart moves up, carrying Faust. I’m able to KO Terry’s Faust the following turn with my SIM, and I use a Giant-Girl to retaliate on Tri-Sentinel for the KO. I’m not able to land any attacks on Terry’s weaker Blackheart thanks to a clutch Shape Change roll. Last round is called around here, so Terry uses his final turn to auto succeed leadership. Terry takes out both of my Giant-Girls, my common Scarlet Witch, and lands a shot on SIM but isn’t able to do anything else.
Record 4-0 1085 points
Top 8 vs Andrew Tyler Mashburn playing a Fantastic Four theme team of Lockjaw x 2, Dad Thing, 2x Human Torch, High Evolutionary, Valeria Richards, Black Leopard, Wonder Woman’s Lasso, and a Cloak of Levitation
I win map again here. I go to Desert Wedding and do my usual first turn. I choose to take Andrew’s Cloak of Levitation with my Redwing. Andrew uses one of his Human Torch’s to break my formation by knocking Captain America forward 2 squares, making me lose my Defend across my team. He opens with a shot with his High Evolutionary on my WOTR Scarlet Witch, knocking her to her last click. He moves his Thing bystanders closer and passes turn back to me. I’m able to land a KO on High Evolutionary and one Human Torch on my turn, but that’s all. Andrew moves up the rest of his build the following turn, but doesn’t land any attacks here. His build is split into two groups surrounding most of my build, with Leopard, Dad, Thing, Lockjaw, and Wu on one side with Valeria, Lockjaw, and one of the bystanders together on the other. I’m able to use SIM to sidestep out of line of fire of Leopard, and KO a Lockjaw with an Outwit + Flurry. Giant-Girls finish off the 2nd Human Torch, and Scarlet Witch KOs the bystanders. I don’t remember exactly how all the turns went here going forward, but my plan was to try to score points every turn, while staying out of Black Leopard’s line of fire as much as possible. I’m able to KO the
2 nd Lockjaw, and Valeria, and Andrew was only able to KO common Scarlet Witch, Faust and both of my
Giant-Girls. I win 180-80.
Top 4 vs Fletcher Hutton playing a Scientist Theme team of Demon in an Armor, Prime Captain Mar-vell, High Evolutionary, SIM, 062 Doom, rare Molecule Man, and Cloak of Levitation
I win map again and take us back to Desert Wedding, having SIM equip, sidestep up, WOTR Scarlet Witch carry Captain America, SIM, and MDSP Scarlet Witch. Captain America creates Redwing that takes Fletcher’s Cloak. Fletcher responds by ignoring Redwing and using Captain Mar-Vell to make an Energy Explosion shot on everyone I moved up the previous turn. He’s only able to hit Common Scarlet Witch here. Fletcher uses 062 Doom to KO his Time Platform and take the Darkhold equipped to my Scarlet Witch. Fletcher ends turn by moving his High Evolutionary and Molecule man up, creating blocking protecting his build with Molecule Man, but 3 squares of blocking aren’t enough to fully protect. I’m able to use my Scarlet Witch to KO Molecule Man and deal 1 to High Evolutionary thanks to a crit hit. I bring in a Grodd that finishes off High Evolutionary, and I roll a 5 with Grodd’s Trait to deal 1 to Captain Mar-Vell. I’m not able to land any attacks on Mar-Vell with either Giant Girl, SIM, or Cap, but I make a Black Vulcan to Poison it. Back to Fletcher’s turn, he hasn’t really had the actions to pick up objects with SIM yet, so he takes a move action to do that. DIA and 062 Doom take out both Giant-Girls, and Captain Marvell breaks away from Vulcan, to land a Running Shot that only ends up hitting Grodd. My next turn, I’m able to land a KO on Mar-Vell with Chase Scarlet Witch getting Enhancement from Faust. Captain America uses Hypersonic to hit Doom, and place him out of range of DIA, so SIM is able to take advantage of his attack boost and KOs Doom out with a Flurry. Fletcher isn’t able to keep up after this because his SIM only has one object, and I’m able to KO both DIA and Fletcher’s SIM a few turns later.
Finals vs Chungwei Sun (CW) playing an Avengers theme of Party Thor x2 , Black Leopard, Sakaarian Iron Man, MDSP 022 Wanda Maximoff, WOTR 004 Scarlet Witch, AI uncommon Giant-Girl at 10 points, and FFAI Giant-Girl 10 points, and a Captain Carter’s Shield
I get lucky and win map again here, meaning I won map in every single game today. I choose Desert Wedding again and do my usual set up of equipping Iron Man, Sidestepping him, and having WOTR Scarlet Witch carry my other Scarlet Witch, SIM, and Captain America. Captain America creates Redwing to take CW’s Captain Carter’s Shield. CW responds by TKing up a Party Thor, and pulse waving red wing. He moves most of his build close to Party Thor, leaving only the FF Giant-Girl behind. On my turn, I decide to use SIM and Captain America to take out both Giant-Girls, followed up with a TK on my chase Scarlet Witch to drop a Chaos marker on the rest of CW’s team. He has to fall back on his turn, spending the turn moving back towards his starting area to get out of the Chaos marker. I’m able to take out Black Leopard on my next turn with an attack from chase Scarlet Witch, and Captain America. SIM KO’s CW’s WOTR Scarlet Witch with a Charge/Flurry but misses the 2nd attack on Wanda. CW responds by pulse
waving my Faust/Captain America with one of his Party Thor’s, and CW’s SIM takes a shot at my SIM and misses. I spend my next turn moving into a better position on WOTR Scarlet Witch and clearing. On CW’s next turn, he’s able to KO my Captain America with his SIM, but this spawned a Peggy Carter and a Destroyer prime. I’m able to use my SIM to KO one of the Party Thor’s, and my Giant-girls, and Destroyer take out SIM as time is called, and I win 200-75.
Thank you to all my teammates, Emmanuelle, Fletcher, and Terry, for helping me practice and talking strategies all the time. I’m also very thankful to Chris and Pat for letting us have a Majestix event in NC! I hope this becomes a routine thing, and that we’re able to keep experimenting with the Bronze Age format over here.
