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Cram-company
2006 Philly
Wizard World
Champion
REVIEWED BY
CRAMCOMPANY
Today we'll be reviewing Electro from
Sinister
I love Ultimates, but the bald Electro that they
made in Ultimates does not ring my bell. This is
the Electro that I remember, Ridiculous Lightening
Costume, Ridiculous Colors, Ridiculously Powerful
and Ridiculously Easily Beaten by Spider-man.
Rookie: 30 points, Sinister Syndicate Team
Experienced: 49 points, Sinister Syndicate Team
Veteran: 81 points, No Team
Who is the Best:
The rookie is just terrible. The experienced is not
very playable, but workable on a theme team. The
clear winner is… Winner: Veteran
MOVEMENT:
Last time I checked Running Shot is great. However,
only four Running Shot is not that great.
ATTACK:
10 attack with PULSEWAVE!!! Wow, then Psychic Blast
with three damage and finishing off with a powerful
ending Pulse wave. His deep middle clicks are
terrible, but he is only 80 points.
DEFENSE:
15 with Energy Shield gives him a respectable 17.
He has Willpower so he can run away to Nanobots and
lots of nice defensive spikes. The 17 spike is
exactly where he would be if he Nova Blasts, which
is very nice.
DAMAGE:
3 with Ranged Combat Expert gives you some nice
options, but I’d rather have 4 damage. Ranged
Combat Expert at the end keeps him deadly… if you
can hit.
SCULPT:
I would have liked to see some electric bolts.
FEAT CARDS:
Nova Blast comes to mind. He has the nice attack,
damage and defense so Incontact is not as necessary
here. I would keep him as cheap as you can, but if
you must Nanobots will keep him lethal.
OVERALL:
Nice Defense, Attack and Damage
No team Ability
A Small Running Shot, but still has it
Him not flying and that may actually be better
8 range is decent
The three targets will only be useful for the
Psychic Blast Clicks and Energy Explosion, but it
will never see use in his first click
Electro is a pretty good; he has everything that
makes a character deadly. Yet Electro is a victim
of better characters doing the same thing. Why play
Electro instead of Emerald Empress? For 20 points
more you get the same stats with a higher Running
Shot, damage and actually damage reduction. If
you’re using him as a Trick Shot expert why not use
Dr. Light who is the same price, but is also a Wild
Card and has a higher defense.
He’s good, just not good enough.
HE RECEIVES 3.5 OUT OF A POSSIBLE 5
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Dario
Electro
Hello everyone! Today is the turn of another R/E/V from
Sinister: Electro.
This guy is a pretty well known Spidey enemy. The costs vary
significantly
between each version. The Rookie is no flyer and has no
Archenemy (and
neither do the others). He’s 30 points and for that you get
Anti Spider Man
TA, 6 range 1 target and 5 clicks of life which only have
some Energy
Explosion, Psychic Blast and Poison, and low values all
over. This version
should never be played. The Experienced jumps up to 49
points, and for that
you once get the TA, but now you get one extra click of
life, 8 range 2
targets (nice improvement!). His powers are now 2 clicks of
Energy
Explosion, 2 of Psychic Blast and ends with 2 Pulse Wave. He
also has Energy
Shield/Deflection on his 2nd and 3rd clicks, and RCE on his
2nd, 5th and 6th
clicks. This one is a lot nicer, but I wouldn’t use him due
to lack of move
and shot and because his less than stellar attack values.
Finally the
Veteran, at 81 points he loses the TA and keeps the 8 range,
but gets 3
targets. He also has 6 clicks of health. I consider him a
better option over
the Exp due to stats and powers, but I wouldn’t blame you if
you didn’t
agree. So, here’s the review of the V:
Stats:
Speed: 8, 8, 7, 7, 7, 6. 1st and 2nd clicks have Running
Shot and that’s all
Attack: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 10. Starts with Pulse Wave then
follows Psychic
Blast for 2 clicks, then Energy Explosion for other 2 clicks
and ends with
one click of Pulse Wave.
Defense: 15, 16, 17, 16, 15, 15. 1st click has Energy
Shield/Deflection, 4th
and 5th have Willpower, and that’s it.
Damage: 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2. RCE on his 1st, 5th and 6th
clicks.
Analysis: Interesting 2nd string attacker. His Pulse Wave at
the beginning
and the end are at least and interesting choice and a nice
threat, if
nothing else (don’t you dare put Nova Blast on this guy)
Energy Explosion
with 3 targets and at an 8 range is very nice, but given the
attack values
he has there, it’s almost useless. Psychic Blast is a good
option on his on
his second click if they Outwit your RCE and it’s useful on
the 3rd , ‘cuz
RCE is gone. The Running Shot at the beginning lets him get
into position
while shooting. His defense is average… he’s never easy to
heal and the
Willpower it’s pretty much useless where it is set.
Conclusion: Not much to say about this guy. He seems good,
but also is Vet.
Punisher and a lot of other guys near his cost. And there
are even better (V
Hawkeye from FF) But he’s not crap, not at all. Go ahead and
give him a try.
Ranking:
100 – 1/5 Forget it
200 – 1.75/5 Still not his place
300 – 2.75/5 Here he may fit
400+ – 2.95/5
Wow, old school enemy here.
This is the 616 Universe version. He has been battling
Spider-man for the longest time, and is a former member of
the Sinister Six. I wasn’t too impressed with his old
click, let’s see how Sinister treats him.
Best is the Veteran
He comes in at 81 Points, 8
range 3 targets, 6 clicks of life, and has no team
Speed: 8,8,7,7,7,6 Running Shot first two
Attack: 10,9,8,7,6,10 Pulse Wave first, Psychic
Blast next 2, EE next two, then pulse wave
Defense: 15,16,17,16,15,14 ESD first click, then
Willpower clicks 4-5
Damage: 3,3,2,2,2,2 RCE first and last two
The Good: Pulse Wave and 3 targets….WOW
EE with
three targets….AWESOME
Psy
Blast and Running Shot….NICE
Pulse
Wave and three targets…HELLO
3
targets means you have many chances to hit
Nice
attack values
Basically great combos
The Bad: Defense is a little tough to deal with
Feats: Protected is a must, Nanobots could work, so
could Life model Decoy, ICWO is always good and hey….why
not Nova Blast? Armor Piercing could help those EE clicks,
but his attack is so low then it isn’t worth it.
Overall: This click is amazing….simply amazing.
Take everything you love about FF V Hawkeye….and add pulse
wave. The range is decent, 3 targets is amazing, and all
the power combos work. He will be on so many teams it is
ridiculous, and he will be played for a long…long….time.
Nova Blast teams have a really good secondary cheap
Novablaster now. Oh man….Emerald Empress and Electro…..oh
man. Amazing piece…’nuff said.
