This sculpt is one of the most cartoony I’ve seen yet but then again, a giant flying head is hardly ever described as menacing J

 

In my humble opinion, this character has some great powers but lack a power that looks like it was created specifically for him.  More on this a little later.

 

MODOK is a ranged attack powerhouse.  He does not have all the range he could have and only one potential target but he packs quite a punch when he gets there and has the powers to help out too. His 4 clicks of unmodified damage value are great assets to any team. He is not your primary attacker but he’ll be a good sharpshooter for your team if he’s supported properly.  He can Psychic Blast (which he keeps for his whole dial) through defence powers and still be Perplexed up to 7 clicks of damage!  This is combined with Outwit and Mind Control on his first two clicks of health.  I’d rather have too many options than not enough and this character gives you a lot of options.  MODOK has a defence value that drops very rapidly.  Some may see that as a problem but when he’s surrounded by a wall of Hydra medics, he just begs to be pushed for damage and then healed back up.

 

As I said earlier, MODOK lacks one specific power that would turn everything around for him.  This would change him from a good character to a great one.  MASTERMIND.  In the comic book universe, this character is surrounded by hundreds of flunkies begging to be killed for their master.  Ok, maybe not begging but at least they understand it’s a possibility when they sign up J

If MODOK had Mastermind, you could simply park him somewhere and shoot the living hell out of the opposition and then just replace the living wall in front of him.   And since his little friends have the Hydra Team Ability, they would actually be useful for something instead of filling up the bottom of our heroclix boxes…

 

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