Barrier/Mind Control Teams...

[KiLLeR_bUrIto]

I have never played with a barrier or MC team before but have read they are very effective and was wondering how. Please show off your best barrier team or MC team and explain to me how it works. I do not unerstand their effectivness... Thanks

[phonixinmi]

but a difficult one to nail down. Therefore, there are a lot of questions to ask prior to setting the team up.

For example, for your MC piece do you use Moondragon? Prof X? White Queen? I'm partial to Vet Prof X or Moonie.

For barrier pieces, do you like Avalanche? Firelord? Pyro? Blizzard? You're going to need at least 2 of them on your team in order to get the barriers to "roll" on alternating turns and not have to push them.

Do you play 200 or 300 point games?

What backup strategy would you have in mind if MC/Barrier fails? It's usually a good idea to have a taxi/bcf available.

Putting the info together for a 300 point team, you may want to start with the following:

Unq Moondragon 71
Rke Pyro 27
Exp Avalanche 26
Exp Wasp 33
Unq Elektra 36

That's 193 so far.

If you like, add a separate long range attacker like V Bullseye for 43 points, an Exp Doombot for 33, plus a PC'er and a hydra medic and you've got a fairly solid team to work with.