at the end of the month, the venue i play at is having a 1000 point event, 5 people on your team, one colossal maxium....100pts of feats maximum, up to 6 bfc's, which can only be played once that day....I just bought Foom, and want to play him....obviously at 600 points....i need some ideas who to play with him to maximize his potential, i'd prefer to stay within Marvel.

The key to remember with Foom on a force is that you can't assign feats to him, as per his specific rules (found in the Units section). So I'd build a team around trying to protect his powers...

The best way to do that is a Fortitude'd Rip Hunter, who's special power allows him to prevent the countering of regular and named powers (which is all Foom has). But if you still want to stay within Marvel, then the next thing I'd suggest is figures with Outsmart.

I would you could take two tacks with this team -- try to do a comic-booky theme of people affiliated with Foom, or try to do a keyword theme team.


1) Comic booky

You could include the figures that Foom has been involved with -- the Mandarin, Iron Man, and War Machine... kind of sparse, but workable.

Lord Foom 600
The Mandarin (Av) 156
+ Fortitude 25
+ Outsmart 10
Iron Man (FCBD) 100
E War Machine 109
+ Alpha Flight 0

Total: 1000


Foom also tangled with the Fantastic Four at one time, so you could play a team with them. Play the LE Reed Richards instead of the Mr. Fantastic -- you want the upfront Outwit, so you can use Outsmart, instead of the big Perplex.


Lord Foom 600
Reed Richards (SI) 100
+ Outsmart 10
The Thing (SI) 100
+ Unstoppable 5
Sue Storm (SI) 100
Johnny Storm (chrome LE, FF) 94

Total: 999


2) You could also play a Martial Artist team with Foom...

Lord Foom 600
Elektra (human, SI) 80
+ Lunge 5
Gamora (SI) 73
Karnak (SN) 79
+ Alias 3
V Daredevil (Sin) 76
+ Outsmart 10
+ Lunge 5
LE Celestial Madonna (SN) 64
+ Lunge 5

Total: 1000

(For a true Martial Artist theme team, select lower-point figures...)