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View Full Version : Clix vs. Comix TOC! 36-40pts. Round 1 Match 10: BRAINIAC 5 VS. CALYPSO


Magnito
05/11/2005, 12:36
Well, it seems that range beats no range 'cause Human Torch has a good lead over Boon

I was playing Heroclix the other day, and building my team, I had 103 points left. I looked at my selection and realized that U HT Batman and R IC Hulk both cost the same. This got me thinking. Just because they are Heroclix equals doesn’t translate back translate back to comics. I think most of us would agree that Hulk could beat Batman in a fight.

That is the idea for this tournament. Every entry will be close to the same amount of points Heroclix wise, but this will be their comic forms fighting!

Rules:
This will be a standard single elimination tournament with 32 combatants. There will be 2 to a fight. They get no knowledge of each other (unless they have fought in the past). The only thing they get is the Heroclix figure of there enemies, and a PAC so they know what the opponent looks like and a bit about what they can do (this can be misleading however, like if they face Electro and think he will try to poison them). They will have 5 minutes to prepare. This is a fight to the death or KO, whichever happens first, and they must fight (no waiting for the opponent to die of starvation). They have with them what they normally carry and what there fig has if it is different. (Like how Bullseye doesn’t carry a gun, but he has one on the fig). If the fig that is being used is the rookie, you do NOT have to treat the fighter like that. (unless the characters powers change dramatically ie: Rouge)

When you vote, please try to justify your answer. You don’t have to write an essay, just a short explanation will do.

Terrain
There are 10 terrains that are all 5 miles in diameter. They will be chosen randomly.
With out further delay…

Brainiac 5
UN, 40pts.
vs.
Calypso
CM, 38pts.

Terrain:
The Internet Super Highway by The Red Baron
Both combatants are placed on micro chip surf boards and are thrusted onto the internet. With the Websites zooming by them they have to be fast or else they will get sucked (incase this is edited-what vacuums do) into a website. Cookies float around allowing combatants to move around but watch out for the Computer Viruses, and the dreaded fire walls.

21-25pts. winner: Live Wire
26-30pts. winner: Zatanna
31-35pts. winner: Killer Frost

Round 1
Sabertooth vs. Fury: Sabertooth
Starman vs. Lizard: Starman
The Darkness vs. Plastic Man: Plastic Man
Clayface III vs. Abbey Chase: Clayface III
Mr. Hyde vs. Harpoon: Mr. Hyde
Constrictor vs. Puck: Puck
Wildchild vs. Scarecrow: Scarecrow
Taskmaster vs. Hyena: Taskmaster
Boon vs. Human Torch: Human Torch
Brainiac 5 vs. Calypso:

Magnito
05/11/2005, 12:39
BRAINIAC 5
Querl Dox is the descendant of Vril Dox, the Superman foe known as Brainiac. Brilliant even by his home planet of Colu's standards, "Brainy" has a 12th level intelligence (twice the normal standard) that enables him to sustain twelve simultaneous tracks of thought. He has invented a plethora of devices including the degravitized Valorium that powers the Legion of Superheroes' flight rings, their personal force fields, a lead serum for Daxamites, the malignant AI Computo and a platform for time travel. He was arrested for said time travel, but negotiated his release for his heroics during a battle against the Fatal Five. He joined the Legion using the codename Brainiac 5, where he developed a crush on Andromeda and his pet Koko. Recently, a strange anomaly has upgraded him into Brainiac 5.1.

CALYPSO
Calypso Enzili grew up on a small Caribbean island, studying black magic. She met Kraven the Hunter, teaming up with him on several in an attempt to defeat Spider-Man. They were defeated on several occasions and eventually Calypso and Kraven parted ways. When Calypso learned of Kraven's death, she sacrificed her soul for more magical powers, believing she could succeed where Kraven failed. Taking control of the Lizard, she attacked Spider-Man but was presumably killed when the building they were fighting in collapsed.

Magnito
05/11/2005, 12:40
NOTE: Yes, Brainiac does get his pet monkey with him.

St-Dumas
05/11/2005, 15:42
I think Brainiac is intelligent enough to properly navigate a giant computer world. If not, then Ms. Ezili will attempt to cast a spell, but will be knocked off her microchip by the albino monkey.

My vote: Brainiac 5

Magnito
05/11/2005, 17:20
It tech vs. Magic in a terrain that is literally all tech. My vote...
BRAINIAC 5

Q99
05/11/2005, 17:33
The terrain's a big help, but even without, his tech is impressive enough to win fairly often.

michiganj24
05/11/2005, 21:48
[QUOTE=Magnito]BRAINIAC 5
He joined the Legion using the codename Brainiac 5, where he developed a crush on Andromeda and his pet Koko.

Boy that is akwardly phrased either that or he likes to get extra freaky.
Anyways Braniac is Brains and Calpyso works best from the shadows as a controller she gets spnaked right out

michiganj24
05/11/2005, 21:52
I also have had a question for a long time is the orginal Braniac Vril the same guy who led LEGION and later REBELS?

Rokk_Krinn
05/12/2005, 08:49
I also have had a question for a long time is the orginal Braniac Vril the same guy who led LEGION and later REBELS?

Well, the original Brainiac is the Superman villain we all know. Post-Crisis Brainiac hails from Colu and his son is Vril Dox, the founder of LEGION. The trick there is that the first Brainiac is actually just a living consciousness (even his first "green" body that we saw post-Crisis turned out to be a construct) but to appear more humanoid he had the Coluans grow a son for him (which is part of the reason Vril was so darn nasty - how would you be if you were raised by Brainiac? :) ).

Koko is a bigger advantage than people realize. :) Koko is more than just an albino monkey - he's a super-intelligent albino monkey alien (and by super-intelligent I don't just mean he's smart for a monkey but smarter than a _lot_ of folks - it was revealed some of Koko's "blunders" in Brainy's lab were actually deliberate by Koko to push some of Brainy's experiments in certain directions).

Considering the Brainiac-5 (or more accurately Brainiac 5.1) from Heroclix was actually able to interface with computers, this terrain means he's a literal deity here while Calypso's voodoo juju is pretty handicapped. Not even a fight for Brainy (unless he gets so distracted he forgets to defeat her for a bit).

Vote: Querl and Koko

The Red Baron
05/12/2005, 09:20
I will go against the grain here and vote for calypso to mind control the monkey to strangle branic.

Magnito
05/12/2005, 11:08
Rokk, I had a fealing you'd show up for this match. You never miss a Legionairs battle. ;)

Rokk_Krinn
05/12/2005, 13:02
Rokk, I had a fealing you'd show up for this match. You never miss a Legionairs battle. ;)

Heh...dumb coincidence, really. I've been off-continent the last few weeks. This is the first match I saw from you since getting back. :) Depending on the status of the others, I plan to go back and vote on them too but I'm feeling a bit behind at the moment. :)

MSU
05/18/2005, 11:27
If this terrain wasn't here...Brainiac for the win. I think the terrain is BIG boost for Brainiac 5.