It’s tournament season! This weekend is the ChampionClix Open in Ontario! This one is fairly local to home, just outside the city. No pics in this post, sorry! I never took any personally and I don’t see the ones from the social media guy up yet.
What a whirlwind of a week trying to decide what to play. Literally right up until the day before, I thought I was going to be stuck playing the same triple Kong/Juice team I played last week in Alberta because the other team I want to try out, I was missing 5 pieces for and it was only last minute that I was able to find them all to borrow between 4 different people. I did pack both teams, just in case someone forgot a piece, so I’d have a full team to play regardless. It feels crazy to be going to an event with a team that I’ve put zero practice into and never once put on a map before, but here we are. Experimenting. With Canadian Nationals being next weekend, I really need to settle and decide what I want to run for it. Hopefully this event and seeing what else gets run this weekend gives me clarity.
So what I’ve got going on in my head for this team is a hopefully really hard to get into box that punishes you for not being able to get into it. Clog up the edges, turn into a Barrel, making it hard to shoot me because of Spider-Ham, send out pogs and see what happens. The team is Killoseum Captain America with Mjolnir, Butterfly, Spider-Ham prime with Stormbreaker, Plastic Man with Trick Arrows, Copycat, Daredevil with Bloodstone, Daredevil with Destroyer Armor, Fenix, Lucas, PJ and Scott, Timebreaker and legacy Brimstone. Sideline of Fortify, Ares, Betelgeuse and Butterfly options are legacy Ace, Major Logan and Wonder Woman. Maps are The Tangle, Mansion and Bloodstone Maze. Terrain is Phonebooth, Heart Shaped Herb and 1×2 elevated.
Other than the 1st round, I went into Wonder Woman for Butterfly. My typical first turn was moving up the Daredevils to the front corners of the Killoseum, the Destroyer Armor one carrying Captain America, Brimstone carrying Plastic Man into the center and clogging up the whole right/back side, Plastic Man turning into the Barrel and dropping the Trick Arrows, Butterfly moving to the left side, picking up the Trick Arrows as she moves and Fenix, Copycat and Lucas, PJ, Scott all sidestepping along the back wall. If there is a Betelgeuse out, none of the sidestepping can happen and Plastic Man can’t turn into the Barrel to drop the Trick Arrows, so instead I have the Butterfly carry whatever pog I think is most needed into the Killoseum instead (if it’s a flyer I chose as the swap in, which it always was in Wonder Woman).
We ended up with 15 people showing up. A few more had signed up but were unable to make it and there were another handful that had previous plans but would have loved to be there. If we get another one of these, I can’t wait to see how many people we could get! So this time, we did 3 rounds with cut to top 8. Here’s the hcunits link with all the full details of pairings and teams.
Round 1 I’m paired with Mike. Always happens playing teammates and practice buddies in round 1! He ran a team of KEVIN with Tawaret, Reverse-Flash with Trick Arrows, Spider-Man with Mjolnir, legacy Black Panther with Bloodstone, Loki, Per Degaton, Copycat, Daredevil with Destroyer Armor, Daredevil with Crimson Gem, Fenix and 2 Timebreakers. He won initiative and immediately said he was going first, so he could go bring in Juice before my turn so I couldn’t turn into a Barrel. I put us on the Mansion map. He Panther’d away my Major Logan and Wonder Woman, leaving me Ace. He started with wildcarding and sidestepping, sending out Daredevil with Crimson Gem and then brought in Betelgeuse and he came in on click 6. I set up in the arena. He sent over Reverse-Flash and hit a Daredevil for 10 points. I moved Lucas, PJ, Scott in closer and then moved Copycat into a position to empower Cap and charged with Cap next to Copycat to giant reach on Reverse-Flash to avoid the Hypertime to one shot him. I hit but he got his senses. Spider-Ham makes an attack on his Daredevil and it fails too. He hits Cap to Stop and I get out Devil Dinosaur. I move Copycat back into the arena and have Cap charge back in to hit a Daredevil for 10 points. He makes an attack to take out Brimstone in the arena and fails so attacks again and succeeds, getting an extra 10 points. I send Devil Dinosaur over to charge on Loki but he gets shape change, time gets called and I lose 10-35.
Round 2 I faced Branden. He played Juggernaut with Crimson Gem, Blue Beetle prime with Bloodstone, Harley Quinn with Trick Arrows, Space Ghost with Tawaret, Per Degaton and 2 Copycats. I went 1st and he put us on Sentinel Factory. I put the map so the elevated was between us, knowing I was going into Barrel and it would make it hard for him to get in to me. He found a spot to reach me just off the elevated with Juggernaut with his giant reach and tried punching a Daredevil but I super sensed out of it. I was able to one turn his Juggernaut with flurry from Cap and a hit from Spider-Ham. He brought over Space Ghost to try and hit but missed. Then sent over Harley to pulsewave, who hit the Daredevils only as Spider-Ham was next to Lucas, PJ, Scott and those were the only ones she could see. I took out Space Ghost and a Copycat. He was struggling to find a way to get me with the restrictions of the arena and not being able to shoot within 4 of an opposing figure. I took out the other Copycat and Per Degaton. He found a place to be able to shoot at Cap with Blue Beetle and rolled high enough to hit and also rolled high enough to delete him. I finished Blue Beetle off for the win 295-65.
Round 3 was against Ricky. His team was Ulysses Bloodstone with Atum, Caveman Wally West with Longsword, Zala Jor-El with Trick Arrows, team up Captain America with Mjolnir, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Timebreaker and Per Degaton. I went 1st and he put us on Ancient Labyrinth, which was interesting to set up on and needing to expand my starting area – meaning he couldn’t Per Degaton me as the back row was completely filled. I set up in the Killoseum. He sent over Caveman Wally and made an attack on a Daredevil. Then Zala came over to also attack a Daredevil, getting 10 points. He then went to bring over Ulysses from Zala hitting but I reminded him that his 1st attack wasn’t with her and it was Caveman Wally. So instead he just walked Ulysses over. I sidestepped Copycat to be within 3 of Ulysses to take his outwit and outwitted Caveman Wally’s senses and used Cap to costed flurry with an empower to one shot Caveman then also took out Zala. He took out Brimstone in the arena, getting an extra 10 points. I used free flurry being in the arena and managed to take out Ulysses when he missed his senses and rolled a 1 for his trait and he decided to bring out Atum. I can’t remember what I did on my turn. He got Atum around into the arena and took out Copycat and Fenix. When Atum left the map, I chose to have Scarlet Witch be the one KO’d so his pieces won’t have mystics anymore. I take out Per Degaton and Quicksilver. Time gets called and I win 240-70.
Top 8 is with Aden who was playing Betelgeuse with Hellcycle, Ghost Rider, Elsa Bloodstone and Blue Beetle. I went 1st and he put us on Hall of Science. I moved into the arena. He moved up a little to be able to get in next turn. I sent over 2 butterfly pogs and mind controlled his GR and Blue Beetle. I had GR hit his Juice and then moved GR back away towards his starting area then used Blue Beetle to hit Elsa and moved him closer to me, right outside the arena and then finished off Blue Beetle with Cap. He had Juice poison the 2 butterfly pogs then came in with Juice and hit a Daredevil for the 10 points and came in with Ghost Rider taking out Fenix in the arena getting the extra 10 points. He was close enough to my Destroyer Daredevil who was on sidestep/blades so I decided to Ares bomb both Juice and GR. I hit and he probs me into a crit hit. I roll high enough blades to take out both Juice and GR, who pops out Werewolf by Night. I finish off Elsa and Werewolf with Cap and win 300-30.
Top 4 is against Devin who played a team of King Deadpool and Elsa Bloodstone with Trick Arrows, Deadpool and Hit-Monkey with Universal Weapon, KEVIN with Tawaret, Spider-Man with Mjolnir, Per Degaton and Bloodstone, Copycat, Daredevil with Crimson Gem, Daredevil with Destroyer, Weasel and Timebreaker. I went 1st and he put us on Monster Island. He puts the Target on Spider-Ham. I set up in the arena as usual and got into the Barrel. He’s got enough range that he can shoot from outside the 4 and has enough stat bumps that getting the -2 didn’t matter. He shoots in to energy explode with King Deadpool and Elsa, taking out Brimstone, Copycat, Scott, PJ and Lucas, Fenix. He also flips a Big trick arrow and follows up with that, getting 10 pts off a Daredevil, hurting Cap and WW and KO’ing the barrel and dropped trick arrows and blowing up the elevated that Spider-Ham is on, dealing him a fall damage. He outwits Spider-Hams senses and running shots with Deadpool and Hit-Monkey, taking him out with the 2 attacks that he makes. I send out 2 buttefly pogs to do some mind controls but there aren’t great targets. I have Cap flurry on Weasel and Deadpool Hit-Monkey, he gets his senses and I only get out Weasel. I think I send out a Daredevil for a hit on something inconsequential too. He gets the points off the Daredevils and does some damage to Cap, putting him to Stop getting me a Devil Dino. He sends in Spidey to quake everyone, hitting and taking a mystics damage. I am able to actually take out Spidey. He finishes off my Daredevils and Cap and I’m left with just WW and butterfly pogs. I actually have all 5 butterfly pogs out and mind control 4 of 5 pieces and take out a Timebreaker, Copycat and Per Degaton. He finishes off WW and I go back into Butterfly but I’m double token’d and don’t get my willpower. He finishes off Butterfly 2 minutes before time gets called and I lose 100-300.
After event thoughts about the team. Trick Arrows on Plastic Man were useless. I never took the time to equip them in any game after he turned into a Barrel and in the games where there was Juice and I couldn’t turn into the Barrel, Plastic Man never once made an attack. So if I decide that this is the shell of the team I’m going to run at Canadian Nationals, I’m definitely doing a little tweaking. Maybe another Daredevil? Can never go wrong there!
After Devin knocked me out, I jumped into a Battle Royal. There were 6 of us wanting to play so we did 2 tables of 3 and all rolled off – 3 high rolls play together and 3 low rolls play together. I got paired with Mike and Aden and we chose to use Collectors Trove as the set to use. All Rare pack so no exciting pulls. I came in 3rd and drafted Jarro.
I loved that we got a few new out of towners show up for this event – people who had never been to a big competitive event before. It was great to see them come out and I hope they had a great time (they seemed to!) and to see them come out to more tournaments in the future! Congrats to Devin for winning the event! Thanks to all my opponents, you were all a pleasure to roll dice with. Thank you to Jay for judging and keeping it all running smooth as always. Thanks to Gametime Collectables for hosting. Love that our local venue got it this time for Eastern Canada!
This next weekend is Canadian Nationals! The countdown is on! Hope to see a bunch of you there!!
Until next time, xoxo