Palatinus' OverPower Forum

Quote from: mattkoz on February 23, 2012, 11:25:41 AM

Quote from: steve2275 on February 23, 2012, 02:37:49 AM
http://overpower.ca/cards/specials/104.png

dont forget cards like that

Interesting. So that card has to be played in battle, and then the extra placing can begin after the next draw. You could line up a few good cards placed so that the battle that Banshee moves up is set up for a big venture bet.

The process to place the sufficient number of cards to make that strategy work might not be worth the benefit though.

It's true that cards like his are hard to make useful on their own, but from a Battlesite, they can be quite handy. Not only are you increasing your likelihood of getting it earlier (assuming it's not the only Banshee Special you have), but it also allows you to be judicious with the timing of its use. So, you might have it available earlier, but maybe using his DS is just too useful early (another great Battlesite card from Banshee).

Also, Hawkeye has a version of the same card, also non-OPD, that allows unlimited Specials to be placed - very handy card for Beyonder 

Quote from: steve2275 on February 23, 2012, 02:37:49 AM


dont forget cards like that

and good for guys like hulk

I am building a DC team for a friend of mine. Can anyone recommend a good DC character for reserve?

Thanks!

Flash is good in reserve though he's a bit average with 19 points.

Captain Atom is good for a non-Fighting deck but he's a 20.

You're not gonna find any DC characters that are good and cheap since there are only 5 characters with 17 grid total and 1 with a 16 total.

Quote from: Jack on March 02, 2012, 07:40:59 AM

You're not gonna find any DC characters that are good and cheap since there are only 5 characters with 17 grid total and 1 with a 16 total.

Yeah, I've noticed    I wouldn't worry about it too much, except if I can get a decent competive DC team together that gets me 1 more person to play OverPower 

Just remember to take it easy on him...  with a DC team, he's already at a disadvantage.  ;-)

Quote from: Demacus on March 02, 2012, 09:44:33 AM
Just remember to take it easy on him...  with a DC team, he's already at a disadvantage.  ;-)

LOL!    I thought about that. I figure I won't play my Cable/Deadpool team or my Black King/Hellfire Club  I will probably pull out one of the weirdest combos of "hmmm, I've always wanted to play these guys" and make a team.......

Of course I was just joking, but that sounds like a great opportunity to screw around with ideas.

flash is a good idea

Reap the Whirlwind from Reserve is quite nice.  Definately one of the better DC reserves.

Quote from: Demacus on March 03, 2012, 11:54:47 AM
Reap the Whirlwind from Reserve is quite nice.  Definately one of the better DC reserves.

Yeah, Flash is one of the ideas of been leaning to for his team  Not sure it would've crossed my mind if I hadn't had so many people tell me (I forgot about his inherent  )....thanks

For DC, Azrael isn't a bad reserve.  19 points is alright, and that 10 is pretty nice placed to him when he moves to the front.  Maybe Robin with Surfin' the Net,or Riddler with Prince of Puzzles.  DC characters don't make it in my deck much, and when they do they mostly sit in the backseat.

Flash is my favorite DC character because he has such killer specials, and he's good in front line OR reserve.  I had a team with him, Nightcrawler, Quicksilver and Multiple Man in reserve.  It was nothing but chain attacks and teamworks.  Lots of fun.  I don't know if we were playing it right though.  I would use an AA, then follow it up with a teamwork and sometimes get four attacks at once.  I used FE specials the same way... Any hero AA, FE, one teammate makes an attack, the next teammate plays a teamwork, and if I'm lucky both follow ups.  I don't think the rules allow for that though, but that's how we played. 

Anyway, other reserve guys I like are:

Thing with his 10
Longshot with Purity of Thought
Stryker with both of his OPD's, though I would put him in the front if he had maybe one or two more playable cards
She-Hulk with her 8 because she has such a limited set of specials, but she's a really cool character and I like to work her in:)
Rogue with her 9
Doctor Doom with Doombots or Diplomatic Immunity... man, why does he have such horrible cards?
Deadpool with his 10, but he's so awesome he usually makes it to frontline

These are just a few that I can think of.  Most of the time, the reserve is just a filler cuz I'm hoping that they never move to front line.  But I'm not the most adept overpower strategist.  I'll be posting some decks so you guys can help me out.

i think doombots is an awesome card
and the only special i  give doom

Sabretooth makes it into reserve with our Fighting decks. He backs up an 8 Fighting stat and has that AD that can be played from reserve. That thing always seems to block loads of attacks in our play. 

Fighters have really good cards... Most of my decks are a fighting team.  I've played about every marvel fighter there is, where I've only played select characters of other power types.  Do you guys find AD specials to be useful in each game you play?  I've always brushed past most of them because I felt they were limited in their usage (that's my most common excuse for not playing a card).  If it avoided two types, say fighting or intellect, then I would be more inclinded to include it.  But a single power type avoid, I never played much.  Avoids for power card attacks in general I liked though.  You always use those.