Greetings HeroClix fans!

Today we journey to the planet of Xandar, the home of the Nova Corps, for our first preview, the Nova Corps Recruit!

The first thing we notice about the Nova Corps Recruit is the trait he possesses, Share Through the Worldmind,  which allows friendly characters with the Nova Corps keyword to use Defend, but only on characters with a lower point value.  At 50 points, there is a good chance he we will find help to best utilize his trait.

The Nova Corps Recruit begins play using his 6 range and Running Shot to engage your opponents force.  After this initial click, the Nova Corps Recruit switches to two clicks of Phasing/Teleport,enabling him to potion better.  Toughness provides some protection from counter attacks.  Late dial, the Nova Corps Recruit picks up Energy Shield Deflection to better protect him from range attacks, and if positioned correctly to use his trait, will make him that much harder to hit.  Perplex on these two clicks will provide the Nova Corps Recruit with utility for your entire force.

The Nova Corps Recruit possesses the Nova Corps, Police, and Soldier keywords.  At 50 points, he will be an asset to all of these forces.  But where he shines best is on a Nova Corps theme team.  If a Nova Corps Recruit shows promise, he may eventually be promoted to be a Nova Corps Centurion!

The Nova Corps Centurion possesses his own version of the trait, Share Through the Worldmind, allowing friendly figure with the Nova Corps keyword to use Range Combat Expert with only a +1 modifier to their damage value.  In addition, a power action may be given to an adjacent friendly figure with the Nova Corps keyword to modify this character’s damage by +1 for this turn.

The Nova Corps Centurion begins play using his 6 range and Running Shot on his first two clicks to bring the attack to your opponent.    Invulnerability protects him from retaliation.  But the Nova Corps Centurion isn’t just an offensive piece, he also begins play with two powers to help move your forces into position, Telekinesis, and his special power, which is on his first two odd number clicks, Help the Recruits, allowing the Nova Corps Centurion to carry a friendly single based character with the Nova Corps keyword regardless of its combat symbols.   On his first two even number clicks, the Nova Corps Centurion helps adjacent friendly teammates with damage increasing Enhancement, which works very well with his trait.

Mid-dial, the Nova Corps Centurion picks up Phasing/Teleport for a couple of clicks to reposition himself to be more use to his team, while Toughness protects him for 3 clicks.  At the end of this area of this dial, Running Shot shows up for one more click.  Late-dial, the Nova Corps Centurion uses Energy Shield Deflection as his defensive power on his last two clicks.

The Nova Corps Centurion checks in at 100 points and possesses the Nova Corps and Police keywords, and is sure to be an asset to any force he is on, but like the Nova Corps Recruit, will best perform on a Nova Corps theme team.

Thanks for reading and join us next Wednesday as we as we continue to explore the Marvel HeroClix: Avengers Movie expansion.  Be sure to come back Friday as we continue our previews of theMarvel HeroClix: Galactic Guardians set.

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