OK guys, I thought it might be fun to put together a Champions of Los Angeles team. The one I ended up with has all the essential members, and I think that for what it is, it's not bad. What do you think?

V FF Ghost Rider + ICWO + Extended Range + Protected 121
R Iceman - 26
V ULT Black Widow + ICWO + Sneak + Stunning Blow - 79
V DR Angel + Forcefield - 60
V Hercules + ICWO + Thunderbolts - 98
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Total - 399

Ghost Rider is the team's only good shot at cracking big defensive powers, so a lot rides on him. His high move + RS + extended range should help, and he can use transporter move/attack if he needs to get out of danger after an attack.

Herc is a solid secondary attacker. He can either be transported in to tie up someone Ghost Rider just Psi Blasted (T-Bolted to Mystics for maximum effect) or be taxied in by Angel at a later time. Also, T-Bolting to MOE could be a smart move in some games since Herc is very, very pushable.

Black Widow can help against stealth, even though nobody on the team is a wildcard. Also, Ghost Rider could carry her to strategically block line of sight. Her decent damage bolstered by ICWO and her willpower make her a good attacker as well.

Angel is mostly a taxi for Herc and Black Widow, but his charge and high defense (with ESD + Forcefield) makes him a good choice to bust up stealthed characters, medics, and other support characters.

Iceman is around for team accuracy, but his barrier should be useful even though he only has six range. I guess he could use X-Men to heal Angel... but that seems like an unlikely scenario.

Any thoughts?

Good team. I just recently discovered how much I hate V FF Ghost Rider+ICWO.

Thanks, Milo.
V FF Ghost Rider really does make good use of that feat. Now if only they had "In Contact with Doctor Strange," so it could be a little more thematic.

Tom. Have you ever played haymaker on Hercules. It is a thing of beauty and it makes him a threat to anyone he bases. If you use that instead of ICWO, I'd t-bolt him to mystics so he's a serious threat on the board.

Since you are counting on Ghost Rider to deliver, I would drop Sneak on Black Widow for Lucky Break on Ghost Rider. As the saying goes "Crit Happens."

And I would consider dropping Force Field on Angel for Haymaker on Herc. That way, he is easier to carry around, since he will most likely not have an object since he has no move and attack powers of his own.

I do not think you can use Lucky Break on a Transporter. It requires foot or aquatic movement. Or am I remembering wrong?

It would be nice to be able to look on the WK website for confirmation but no cards from any of the Collector Sets are posted.

I wasn't sure either, but I thought the figure just had to be non-flyer.

I think it shows the foot and Aquatic movement types as a prerequisite. I may have to walk out to my car and look now.

Actually if you are using Haymaker on Herc then Lucky Break may be a good choice on him for the reroll since there is already a -1 to attack.

I think I'd ditch the extended range. Although I don't really like it, I also supposed that ICWO is a neccessary evil.

Haymaker was a good suggestion, but I'm thinking that T-bolting to MOE might be equally good.



I might use heightened reflexes instead of forcefield.

Iceman is one of my favorite characters, but I agree that the stats lack much to be desired. Although maybe using the Construct feat could mix it up a bit.

Also, Bill Foster/Black Goliath and Darkstar were members as well. It might be interesting to add these using subs.