Only 2 players with a 4-2 record made the Top 8. Here are the remaining 4-2s that didn’t make the Top 8.
9th – Bishop Tull (1420pts)
- Metron 195
- Black Cat 52
- Black Cat 52
- Objects: none
(299)
10th – Rob Gallagher (1408pts)
Soldier Theme
- HoT Captain America 72
- Ice Captain America 68
- Howling Commando 40
- Howling Commando 40
- Dirk Anger 71
- Objects: Crimson Gem (5)
(296)
11th – Calen Rau (1386pts)
- Metron 195
- Johnny Quick 50
- Johnny Quick 50
- All-Star Squadron ATA 4
- Objects: none
(299)
12th – Justin Cole (1295pts)
- Metron 195
- Kid Zoom 87
- Nurse 10
- Objects: Crimson Gem (5), std. heavy, std. light
(297)
13th – Dennis Ramirez (1198pts)
Reporter Theme
- Superman 150
- Johnny Quick 50
- Johnny Quick 50
- Johnny Quick 50
- Objects: Black Lantern, std. heavy, std. heavy
(300)
14th – Matthew McGraw (1195pts)
X-Men Theme
- Professor X 123
- Storm 86
- Nightcrawler 86
- Objects: Red Kryptonite (5), Mjolnir, std. heavy
(300)
15th – Mike Gonzalez (1059pts)
- White Lantern Flash 138
- Gamora 73
- Cypher 38
- JJ Jameson 26
- Cave Carson 24
- Objects: none
(299)
16th – Jared Thornton (1053pts)
Gotham City Theme
- Robin 66
- Edward Nigma 60
- Dick Grayson Batman 77
- The Question 37
- Alfred 30
- Gotham City Detective 27
- Objects: none
(297)
17th – James Quigley (959pts)
Soldier Theme
- Peanut Captain America 83
- Peanut Captain America 83
- Howling Commando 40
- Howling Commando 40
- Howling Commando 40
- Objects: Crimson Gem (5)
(291)
As you can see, there is a nice mix of archetypes, when combined with the Top 8 lists. Scientist, Soldier, Reporter, X-Men, and even Gotham City theme teams all had good showings. Of the Top 17 lists, 4 were Metron teams, 2 each of White Lantern Flash, Professor X, and Shazadam teams, and 2 Soldier teams featuring Captain America in his various incarnations (HoT, Peanut, and Ice). Dirk Anger only showed up on 2 teams to counter Metron teams, while only 2 Nightcrawler/Martial Artist team made it to the Top 17. It seems like Nightcrawler is falling out of favor, and it seems like Johnny Quick has taken his place as the preeminent Hypersonic Speed piece as there were a whopping 8 Johnny Quicks in the Top 17, spread out on 4 teams.
