{"id":5689,"date":"2016-07-14T20:17:45","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T20:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/67272bb316.nxcli.io\/heroclix\/?p=5689"},"modified":"2016-10-13T19:31:15","modified_gmt":"2016-10-13T19:31:15","slug":"marvel-heroclix-superior-foes-of-spider-man-stilt-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/2016\/07\/14\/marvel-heroclix-superior-foes-of-spider-man-stilt-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel HeroClix: Superior Foes of Spider-Man Stilt-Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings HeroClix Fans!<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time for another HeroClix preview, from the upcoming\u00a0<strong>Marvel HeroClix:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Superior Foes of Spider-Man\u00a0<\/strong>Set! Today, we have a character that has always been a \u2018tall order\u2019 for<strong>\u00a0Spider-Man<\/strong>\u00a0and his allies to battle with,\u00a0<strong>Stilt-Man<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heroclix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/013-Stilt-Man.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17895\" src=\"http:\/\/heroclix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/013-Stilt-Man.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/heroclix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/013-Stilt-Man.jpg 1200x, http:\/\/heroclix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/013-Stilt-Man-300x139.jpg 300x, http:\/\/heroclix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/013-Stilt-Man-768x355.jpg 768x, http:\/\/heroclix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/013-Stilt-Man-1024x474.jpg 1024x\" alt=\"Marvel HeroClix: Superior Foes of Spider-Man - Stilt-Man\" width=\"524\" height=\"242\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After stealing designs for a hydraulic ram system from his employer, engineer Wilbur Day began his criminal career facing the likes of\u00a0<strong>Spider-Man<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Daredevil\u00a0<\/strong>as\u00a0<strong>Stilt-Man<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Starting at 50 points,\u00a0<strong><em>Stilt-Man<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0has a short dial but he has a lot of utility.\u00a0 His trait\u00a0<em>Extendable Legs<\/em>\u00a0lets you add physical\u00a0<em>Leg Extensions<\/em>\u00a0to him!\u00a0 He starts the game with a<em>\u00a0Leg Extension<\/em>\u00a0on his sculpt and, for 5 points each, you can add more<em>.<\/em>\u00a0 If he has at least 2\u00a0<em>Leg Extensions,<\/em>\u00a0he gains the\u00a0<em>Giant\u00a0<\/em>symbol and if he has 4 or more, he has the\u00a0<em>Colossal\u00a0<\/em>symbol.\u00a0 These additional\u00a0<em>Leg Extensions<\/em>\u00a0are useful because they trigger\u00a0his two other abilities.\u00a0 His trait<em>\u00a0I Know This May Sound Funny\u2026 But I Can\u2019t Feel My Legs<\/em>, allows him to avoid taking damage by instead removing a\u00a0<em>Leg Extension<\/em>\u00a0and rolling a die that cannot be re-rolled. On a 4-6, he takes no damage, but on a 1-3 roll,\u00a0<strong>Stilt-Man<\/strong>\u00a0must take one unavoidable damage. He also has a\u00a0<em>Colossal Retaliation\u00a0<\/em>special damage power that we have seen before in HeroClix that he can use while he has 4 or more\u00a0<em>Leg Extensions<\/em>.\u00a0<em>Colossal Retaliation:\u00a0 Hydraulic Leg Smash<\/em>, gives him the ability to be placed on the map and make a close attack against any character that attacked him or did damage to a friendly character on the opponent\u2019s previous turn as a free action.\u00a0 Dial-wise, he has respectable and consistent combat values for his point cost, including 3 damage for his whole dial.\u00a0 He has\u00a0<em>Force Blast<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Quake<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Toughness\u00a0<\/em>on all of his clicks which can make use of his\u00a0<em>Giant Reach\u00a0<\/em>when he has the\u00a0<em>Giant<\/em>\u00a0or<em>\u00a0Colossal symbols<\/em>.\u00a0 He also has the\u00a0<em>Sinister Syndicate\u00a0<\/em>team ability allowing him to share his attack value with certain friendly characters, or perhaps borrow a higher value from them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stilt-Man<\/strong>\u00a0has been known to team up with other villains to further their nefarious criminal schemes. He even worked with the government to earn his redemption during the\u00a0<strong>Civil War\u00a0<\/strong>between earth\u2019s heroes, though the<strong><em>Punisher<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0ensured that didn\u2019t last too long.\u00a0 His history in the comics also gives him the\u00a0<em>Pro-Registration<\/em>,<em>Sinister Syndicate<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Armor\u00a0<\/em>keywords.<\/p>\n<p>Each\u00a0<strong>Stilt-Man<\/strong>\u00a0figure also comes with two sets of\u00a0<em>Leg Extensions<\/em>!\u00a0 Additional\u00a0<em>Leg Extensions<\/em>\u00a0can be added to him by collecting more\u00a0<strong>Stilt-Man<\/strong>\u00a0figures, making it convenient that he is a common rarity piece.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s all for today, HeroClix fans! Stay tuned as we continue to preview more of\u00a0<strong>Spider-Man\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong>allies and villains from\u00a0<strong>Marvel HeroClix:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Superior Foes of Spider-Man<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>Until next time, just roll with the knock back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings HeroClix Fans! It\u2019s time for another HeroClix preview, from the upcoming\u00a0Marvel HeroClix:\u00a0Superior Foes of Spider-Man\u00a0Set! Today, we have a character that has always been a \u2018tall order\u2019 for\u00a0Spider-Man\u00a0and his allies to battle with,\u00a0Stilt-Man! &nbsp; After stealing designs for a hydraulic ram system from his employer, engineer Wilbur Day began his criminal career facing the  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-marvel-heroclix","category-superior-foes-of-spider-man"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}