Last Night's Game

Last night was the last 300-pt sealed tournament this year (I think). Ferru and I were the only participants. Ferru pulled a team of Jay Gerrick Flash, Penguin, Nightshade, and Kid Devil. I pulled a team of Bizzaro #1 and the Riddler (unrelated note: Does anyone else think it's weird that Bizarro doesn't have Super Strength?).

I played Deep Shadows in the beginning thinking I could hide Bizarro behind a Stealthed Riddler for awhile, but I blew that plan really early on. I instead sent Riddler out by himself to start Incapacitating Kid Devil, but then the Flash started beating on him. I suppose that served as a nice distraction that allowed Bizarro to knock out Kid Devil and Nightshade in three punches (Nightshade, thankfully, went down in one, minimizing Mystics-based damage), but the Riddler went down after that, allowing the Penguin to Outwit Bizarro's defense while Flash dealt a couple of blows and knocking him down to his Toughness clicks. Now, Bizarro's Toughness clicks have Defense values that start at 18 (I think) and keep getting worse, so Flash and Penguin had a tough time getting in any blows after that (even with Flash's Probability Control to help his side and confound Bizarro's attempts to hit Penguin), so, for the endgame of the fight, Ferru and I basically rolled dice at each other for who knows how long trying to beat some ridiculously heavy odds. Ferru won with a last hit from the Flash after I finally decided to Force Blast the Penguin out of the way, not for any good reason, just because I wanted to actually hit something.

I like the Penguin figure in this set, it's tougher than it looks and even gets a little Willpower near the end of its dial. Bizarro is a little strange Defensive-wise, I may just have to play as him again just to get a grip on how to (and not to) use him. Riddler should have more Stealth and less Leap/Climb (and wouldn't Psychic Blast make more sense than Exploit Weakness for a back-row manipulator/confounding variable?), but his ability to (IF the dice roll right) Incapacitate as a free action is a neat interpretation of his shtick.

Next week is a 300-pt, 50% floor event. Who's bringing the all-Multiplex team?