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Pojo's HeroClix "Click of the Day"
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WildWill |
Name: Nu’Bia
Set: Unleashed!
Number: 91
Rarities: 6 - Unique
Costs: 69
Health: 8
SSADD:10/10/16/2
Powers: Charge, Flurry, BCF, Incapacitate, Super-Senses, Combat Reflexes,
Toughness, Battle Flurry
Ranged Attacks: 1Ranged 4
Team: None
Nu’Bia is an amazon, what else do you need to know? She occasionally appears
in Wonder Woman comics. More Amazons are never a bad thing.
Now let’s look at that dial. WHOO HOO Look at all the pretty colors, and the
cost…69 points? I can get that on a LOT of teams. No TA though. 10 Attack
doesn’t suck, with a 16 Defense too. That 2 Damage bumps UP to 3 when when
you get Incap, but then you also have Battle Flurry, so you can’t use Incap
at range, which SUCKS! I like Combat Reflexes and the rest of her powers
fall right in line. Plus, again at 69 points, how can you go wrong. At first
glance she may not appear to be a great clix, and maybe she isn’t, but she’s
a great second tier soldier, one that I might use with a Wonder-Woman themed
team, or heck, any team for that matter.
Nu’bia’s sculpt isn’t anything to write home about, it’s passable, but I
prefer my warrior type figures in some sort of action pose. Her pose is just
static, she’s standing there defending her base. The armor is well done
though, so props for that. Nu’Bia is selling for virtually the same amounts
as Mr. Bones from the other day. 42 Auctions have been completed in the last
90 days (and 16 didn’t sell!) with an average final bid of $8.42. Highest
was $14.95 and lowest was $3.99. One caveat though, only 18 figures sold for
more than that $8.42 average, so she’s skewing low right now. That’s a good
price for a figure that is actually somewhat useful!
My ratings –
Playability 4
Collectability 3
Next time – I’m hoping we can look at the revised figures from Marvel
Universe. If not, it’ll be something less fun.
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Nu’bia
DC Unleashed #091
You’ll be hard pressed to find a figure in DC that offers charge and
Blades/Claws/Fangs on the same click. Alot of you are probably aware of
Cheetah having this ability and nobody else. Well, along comes unleashed and
a rather unknown figure by the name of Nu’bia. Not only does she offer these
two abilities side-by-side, but they gave her super senses and some range.
That’s unheard of for a figure from DC you have BCF. Maybe this figure is
worth playing, you’ll have to decide.
Speed / Range: First click is actually nice, I was somewhat impressed. Not
only does she offer charge, but they gave her a nice base ten number to use
it with. It’s a shame she can’t charge and then make a ranged attack – guess
I’m asking for to much there. On Nu’bia’s third click, you’ll notice another
ability that isn’t offered very often when it comes to heroclix – Flurry.
You know, this third click is pretty deadly, flurry and BCF, wow that can
deal some serious damage (12 clicks possible). After you get past her 4th
click however, you’re stuck without any options.
Attack: Blades/Claws/Fangs was the most popular ability when Indy was
created, yet Wizkids never shared the love with DC. There are not many
figures that have this ability, but luckily for Nu’bia, she happens to be
one. Three clicks of this means she can deal some serious damage, even after
she’s been pushed a few times. Drop past her first three clicks and you’ll
fall into incapacitate, probably the most abused ability by Wizkids. I swear
– if they have no clue what ability to give a figure, they give them
incapacitate. It’s a useful ability, but it’s placed on pieces WAY too
often. Who am I to complain though, its better then nothing! Try to keep
Nu’bia in her starting three if you are looking for offense, she drops off
the charts pretty fast!
Defense: Super Senses is one of the top 15 abilities in my book. It’s
underrated and should be looked at from a different perspective. Sure, it’s
not as grand as impervious, but it’s a very strong ability for low cost
figures. It only takes one roll of 5 or 6 to make a person fall in love!
Anyhow, you’ll notice Nu’bia offers this on her first two clicks. Although
her defensive numbers are somewhat low, she does have a chance to avoid
being hit altogether, and with her offensive capabilities, I’ll take the
chance. On her third click, we stumble across combat reflexes. I’m not a fan
of this ability at all, I think Wizkids could have done a lot better. There
are only certain times when this ability would ever be usual and it’s not
common enough to create an ability around it. I don’t agree with this
ability, they should of gave her 5 or 6 clicks of toughness and been happy.
Damage: This is the one stat that you really shouldn’t worry about. A
majority of the time you’re rolling a D6 to decide damage, so the base stats
aren’t of great importance. Now Nu’bia does offer a small range, so you
might end up using this stat someday if you’re forced.
Overall: A very strong offensive piece for her points. I expected her to
drop a little quicker then she did stats wise, so I was somewhat amused with
her. Will I ever use her in tourny play? Probably not, but I might give her
a shot in a few casual games here and there. Overall, I would say she’s
definitely playable, but try to keep her within the first three clicks,
where her damage dealing abilities are at their max.
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The
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Duke |
This was probably the least recognized figure in
Unleashed, even for some DC
junkies. However, Nu'Bia is bound for lots of play, thanks to her very red
dial (Flurry, Super Senses) and one of the favored combos in the game
(Charge+Blades) on her first two clicks. The Amazon makes for a great
close-combat attack piece through her first four clicks.
What to do with her after that point, though, is a puzzle. She has the nice
3 damage clicks mid-dial, but that's coupled with Battle Fury, Incapacitate,
Combat Reflexes and Toughness. I have yet to see Combat Reflexes come in
handy (though it will), but it's probably not going to be utilized much on a
battle-furious character, who wouldn't be able to fire back a ranged shot.
The common rationale is to help the character race off to a medic, but those
few spaces of knockback probably won't make much of a difference.
Nonetheless, Nu'Bia is a welcome addition to the DC game, which had been
lacking BCF. Here's hoping expansions bring about Artemis and some generic
amazon warriors and healers to do a theme team around Nu'Bia.
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