{"id":5696,"date":"2016-07-18T20:27:46","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T20:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/67272bb316.nxcli.io\/heroclix\/?p=5696"},"modified":"2016-10-13T19:31:14","modified_gmt":"2016-10-13T19:31:14","slug":"marvel-heroclix-superior-foes-of-spider-man-morlun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/2016\/07\/18\/marvel-heroclix-superior-foes-of-spider-man-morlun\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel HeroClix: Superior Foes of Spider-Man Morlun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings HeroClix Fans!<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time for another HeroClix preview from the upcoming\u00a0<strong>Marvel HeroClix:\u00a0Superior Foes of Spider-Man\u00a0<\/strong>set!\u00a0 The terror of the Ancients rains havoc down on the Spider-Verse!\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Morlun<\/strong>\u00a0has returned, and he\u2019s hungry indeed.\u00a0 Weighing in at 200 pts, The Devourer of Spider-Totems is an intimidating force to behold on the map!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heroclix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/058-morlun.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17907\" src=\"http:\/\/heroclix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/058-morlun.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/heroclix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/058-morlun.jpg 1013x, http:\/\/heroclix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/058-morlun-300x244.jpg 300x, http:\/\/heroclix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/058-morlun-768x625.jpg 768x\" alt=\"Marvel HeroClix: Superior Foes of Spider-Man- Morlun\" width=\"524\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Starting with traits, we have\u00a0<em>Draining Your Life<\/em>\u2026 which, as a vampire, starts\u00a0<strong>Morlun<\/strong>\u00a0on click #4 of his dial. It also allows him to place the\u00a0<em>Slash<\/em>\u00a0marker on a target that he damages with a close attack.\u00a0 The\u00a0<em>Slash\u00a0<\/em>token then deals 1 penetrating damage when the attached character is given an action token and is removed when they heal or clear their action tokens.\u00a0 His second trait\u00a0<em>\u2026To Feed Mine<\/em>, grants him a very tasty\u00a0<em>Steal Energy\u00a0<\/em>upgrade.\u00a0 Not only does it follow the standard rules for\u00a0<em>Steal Energy<\/em>, it also allows him to heal 2 clicks when he damages a character that has the\u00a0<em>Animal<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<em>Spider-Man Family<\/em>\u00a0keywords.\u00a0 On top of that, it also allows\u00a0<strong>Morlun<\/strong>\u00a0to heal when a character is damaged by his\u00a0<em>Slash\u00a0<\/em>marker, letting him to heal past hit starting click.\u00a0 Yikes!<\/p>\n<p>Now onto the main dial, he starts off on click #4 with<em>\u00a0Charge<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Super Strength<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Impervious<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Empower<\/em>, allowing him to get where he needs to be and dish out damage rather quickly with a printed damage of 4 and potentially more with an object using\u00a0<em>Super Strength<\/em>.\u00a0 Having<em>\u00a0Indomitable\u00a0<\/em>helps greatly with the set up.\u00a0 Going further down the dial, we see that he ends up with\u00a0<em>Invulnerability<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Exploit Weakness\u00a0<\/em>for a few clicks with the movement special\u00a0<em>Appearing Anywhere in the Multiverse the Totems Are<\/em>.\u00a0 This gives him the use of\u00a0<em>Phasing\/Teleport<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Sidestep<\/em>.\u00a0 You may also give\u00a0<strong>Morlun<\/strong>\u00a0a free action and place him adjacent to an opposing character within 8 squares if they have the\u00a0<em>Animal<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<em>Spider-Man Family<\/em>\u00a0keywords, really setting them up for a world of hurt.\u00a0 When things are looking bad, he ends up with\u00a0<em>Stealth<\/em>\u00a0and the classic healing power\u00a0<em>Regeneration<\/em>\u00a0to try to get him back into fighting form.<\/p>\n<p>On the flip side, if the tides are in his favor, look out!\u00a0 Once he heals past that starting line,\u00a0<strong>Morlun<\/strong>\u00a0gets scary fast.\u00a0 At full dial, the monster is free with\u00a0<em>Hypersonic Speed<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Precision Strike<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Invincible<\/em>\u00a0and a whopping 6 printed damage.\u00a0 Having a total of 10 clicks ensures your opponent will have a long, hard fight to drop this beast to the nether realms for good.<\/p>\n<p>Having a powerhouse that can sustain itself with multiple ways to heal and deal damage is a rare blessing.\u00a0 Using the right supporting cast can turn\u00a0<strong>Morlun<\/strong>\u00a0into a living nightmare for your opponent and send a chill up their spine. With his long list of generic keywords:\u00a0\u00a0<em>Animal<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Brute<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Cosmic<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Monster<\/em>, and<em>\u00a0Mystical<\/em>, building a good team should be pretty easy.<\/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 the\u00a0<strong>Marvel HeroClix:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Superior Foes of Spider-Man<\/strong>!\u00a0 And look to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/win.wizkids.com\/\">WizKids Information Network<\/a>\u00a0(WIN) to find tournaments and Release Day events near you!<\/p>\n<p>Until next time, keep your dice on the table!<\/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!\u00a0 The terror of the Ancients rains havoc down on the Spider-Verse!\u00a0\u00a0Morlun\u00a0has returned, and he\u2019s hungry indeed.\u00a0 Weighing in at 200 pts, The Devourer of Spider-Totems is an intimidating force to behold on the map! Starting with traits, we have\u00a0Draining  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5696","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\/5696","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=5696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}