Team Building: Common Avengers

 Team idea: your entire starting force must be all commons. Call it "commoners" build if you will. In today's team I went with Avengers. Now I must tell you, when I post my team builds, I build from what I actually have. If you have a different idea, you should do it.

Your team can still have a sideline and equipment but I avoided a lot of extras on this build. I aimed for the core essence of these figures. You can see the build HERE via HC Units but here is the screen grab:


One of the best defensive lines on this team is Dr Strange. TK, barrier and punishment for outwit, perplex and prob used on your guys. Giving them all mystics TA is exceptional. I rarely play him above his 40-point line because I can get better offense out of other characters. Doc serves well in the background, and I have him a friend to hang out with. 

The team is level with both ranged and close up combat options. It has a decent array of powers and versatility. As you can see, though the starting force must be all commons, they can "rank up" so to speak. Miles gets to use his secret identity and Hulk gets to escalate. For Xmen the same would apply to common Magneto. So, it's not overly restrictive in strategy.

I managed to build so all of the equipment was free. I didn't select which arrows I wanted yet but everyone would likely have their own ideas. I would probably use Oops, that on wasn't cute, Phantom zone, and Boxing Glove. I like phantom zone because it doesn't say anything like "instead of normal damage", so you get both damage and placement. A great combo.

I think there are plenty of fair options for this kind of team format. It challenges your building skills a little. I think it also offers a break from having to be the highest meta builder in the building. Even pulp is starting to see some ramping that I don't think was necessarily intended for the format originally. 

This style could even by applied in Silver with pretty good results. What would your first build be for "commoners"? I'd like to see it!


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