Doop
03/17/2003, 01:47
X-Statix is probably one of the coolest books Marvel's ever published, and I think it would be pretty sweet if they were represented in Heroclix. The character's wouldn't be very powerful, but they'd be inexpensive and overall cool-looking. Assume all are rookies since the characters themselves are fairly new. Without further ado, the X-Statix:
The Orphan (Guy Smith)
Speed: 8 7 6 6 5 5
Attack: 8 8 7 6 6 5
Defense: 16 16 15 14 13 13 (super-senses on all 6)
Damage: 2 2 2 1 1 1 (leadership on first 2)
I gave him average attack, damage and speed, due to the fact that he's a decent combatant but nothing spectacular. He loses leadership after 2 clix due to the fact that he tends to lose his composure when things get rough. Super-senses throughout represent his enhanced sensitivity power, as does the slightly above average defense.
Phat
Speed: 7 6 6 5 5 (plasticity on first 4)
Attack: 8 7 7 6 5 (incapacitate on first 2)
Defense: 15 14 13 12 11 (toughness on first click)
Damage: 1 1 1 1 1
Range of 4, 1 target(s)
Basically you can just use him to tie up opponents with his "phat" power. In the comics he mainly backs up the other X-Statix, not much of an offensive threat, hence the Incapacitate and 4 range.
Vivisector
Speed: 9 8 7 6 5
Attack: 8 7 6 6 5 (Blades/Claws/Fangs on first 3)
Defense: 15 14 14 13 12
Damage: 2 2 1 1 1 (Perplex on first click)
Basically Wolfsbane with perplex. He's supposed to be a very smart intellectual character, but I didn't want to give him Outwit. I think Perplex worked better. With the rookie Iron Man, they gave him Perplex, and the later versions get Outwit. I'm taking it that Perplex is for the characters who are smart, but not genious level stuff like Richards, Doom, or Batman.
Doop
Speed: 10 10 9 9 (phasing on 1st 2)
Attack: 0 0 0 0
Defense: 13 12 11 10
Damage: 0 0 0 0 (perplex all the way)
Flying base.
Now this was a tough one. Doop never fights in battle, or at least hasn't chose to yet. Actually, he doesn't do much of anything. He mostly records missions for X-Statix. He's real sneaky and can get anywhere, hence the phasing. Perplex I think would work well for him due to his bizarre nature and ability to help out his teammates merely by his presence, and it would make him a little more playable. He can carry an enormous amount of mass inside his body, so you would basically use him as a taxi, I gave him a flying base for that. I know the rules state that flyers can carry anyone regardless, but I thought it makes more sense when you consider that he really does do that. I couldn't picture his scrawny arms actually picking someone up. I also think Doop would be the coolest looking Clix figure ever.
The Anarchist (Tike Alicar)
Speed: 9 8 7 7 6 5
Attack: 9 8 7 6 6 5 (1st click Pulse Wave)
Defense: 15 14 14 13 12 11
Damage: 2 1 1 1 1 1 (RCE except on last click)
Range of 6 with 1 arrow
Tricky power to work into clix, he's got acidic sweat glands that eat through stuff. I gave him RCE mainly so he can break through walls (damage>3), representing his acid sweat. He's done Pulse Wave type attacks in the comics too.
U-Go-Girl (Edie Sawyer)
Speed: 11 10 9 8 7 6 (Phasing on 1st 3)
Attack: 8 7 7 6 5 4
Defense: 15 14 13 11 11 10
Damage: 2 1 1 1 1 1
The Nightcrawler problem again, she teleports. She carries her team into battle too when she teleports. Hard ability to work into Clix. Phasing works, but doesn't allow her to bring teammates, and she doesn't fly. GL Team ability could represent this, but that obviously ain't gonna happen. And she loses Phasing soon cuz it REALLY wears her out.
I'd eventually like to make some of the other team members, but this is pretty much the core right here. I wish they could have an X-Statix team ability, but Wizkids doesn't seem to want to make new teams. Then I got to thinking, the X-Men team could work for them. The X-Men team ability shows that the X-Men are willing to sacrifice to help each other out, they are a family. I got to thinking that it would work the same way for X-Statix, but differently. You could think of it as backstabbing, seeing as how the team is always looking out for themselves. There's always infighting and double-crossing. Some X-Statix are trying to get ahead of other X-Statix by stepping over their toes. So you could think of the X-Men ability that way for them.
Lemme know what you think, good or bad!
The Orphan (Guy Smith)
Speed: 8 7 6 6 5 5
Attack: 8 8 7 6 6 5
Defense: 16 16 15 14 13 13 (super-senses on all 6)
Damage: 2 2 2 1 1 1 (leadership on first 2)
I gave him average attack, damage and speed, due to the fact that he's a decent combatant but nothing spectacular. He loses leadership after 2 clix due to the fact that he tends to lose his composure when things get rough. Super-senses throughout represent his enhanced sensitivity power, as does the slightly above average defense.
Phat
Speed: 7 6 6 5 5 (plasticity on first 4)
Attack: 8 7 7 6 5 (incapacitate on first 2)
Defense: 15 14 13 12 11 (toughness on first click)
Damage: 1 1 1 1 1
Range of 4, 1 target(s)
Basically you can just use him to tie up opponents with his "phat" power. In the comics he mainly backs up the other X-Statix, not much of an offensive threat, hence the Incapacitate and 4 range.
Vivisector
Speed: 9 8 7 6 5
Attack: 8 7 6 6 5 (Blades/Claws/Fangs on first 3)
Defense: 15 14 14 13 12
Damage: 2 2 1 1 1 (Perplex on first click)
Basically Wolfsbane with perplex. He's supposed to be a very smart intellectual character, but I didn't want to give him Outwit. I think Perplex worked better. With the rookie Iron Man, they gave him Perplex, and the later versions get Outwit. I'm taking it that Perplex is for the characters who are smart, but not genious level stuff like Richards, Doom, or Batman.
Doop
Speed: 10 10 9 9 (phasing on 1st 2)
Attack: 0 0 0 0
Defense: 13 12 11 10
Damage: 0 0 0 0 (perplex all the way)
Flying base.
Now this was a tough one. Doop never fights in battle, or at least hasn't chose to yet. Actually, he doesn't do much of anything. He mostly records missions for X-Statix. He's real sneaky and can get anywhere, hence the phasing. Perplex I think would work well for him due to his bizarre nature and ability to help out his teammates merely by his presence, and it would make him a little more playable. He can carry an enormous amount of mass inside his body, so you would basically use him as a taxi, I gave him a flying base for that. I know the rules state that flyers can carry anyone regardless, but I thought it makes more sense when you consider that he really does do that. I couldn't picture his scrawny arms actually picking someone up. I also think Doop would be the coolest looking Clix figure ever.
The Anarchist (Tike Alicar)
Speed: 9 8 7 7 6 5
Attack: 9 8 7 6 6 5 (1st click Pulse Wave)
Defense: 15 14 14 13 12 11
Damage: 2 1 1 1 1 1 (RCE except on last click)
Range of 6 with 1 arrow
Tricky power to work into clix, he's got acidic sweat glands that eat through stuff. I gave him RCE mainly so he can break through walls (damage>3), representing his acid sweat. He's done Pulse Wave type attacks in the comics too.
U-Go-Girl (Edie Sawyer)
Speed: 11 10 9 8 7 6 (Phasing on 1st 3)
Attack: 8 7 7 6 5 4
Defense: 15 14 13 11 11 10
Damage: 2 1 1 1 1 1
The Nightcrawler problem again, she teleports. She carries her team into battle too when she teleports. Hard ability to work into Clix. Phasing works, but doesn't allow her to bring teammates, and she doesn't fly. GL Team ability could represent this, but that obviously ain't gonna happen. And she loses Phasing soon cuz it REALLY wears her out.
I'd eventually like to make some of the other team members, but this is pretty much the core right here. I wish they could have an X-Statix team ability, but Wizkids doesn't seem to want to make new teams. Then I got to thinking, the X-Men team could work for them. The X-Men team ability shows that the X-Men are willing to sacrifice to help each other out, they are a family. I got to thinking that it would work the same way for X-Statix, but differently. You could think of it as backstabbing, seeing as how the team is always looking out for themselves. There's always infighting and double-crossing. Some X-Statix are trying to get ahead of other X-Statix by stepping over their toes. So you could think of the X-Men ability that way for them.
Lemme know what you think, good or bad!