Heroclix LOCKDOWN Randomness - Arachne

Heroclix LOCKDOWN Randomness

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Arachne

Julia Carpenter, first appearing in Secret Wars vol. 1 #6, October 1984.  She has been know as Spider-Woman, Arachne and Madame Web.  She has been associated with many teams in the Marvel universe, just look at her Keywords below.
Personally, I remember her from West Coast Avengers.

Team Ability: Avengers
Keywords: Force Works, Freedom Force, Omega Flight, West Coast Avengers

Force Works - we're talking use alongside Modern character this is of little use, there have been not Clix with this keyword since Web of Spider-Man, end even then only a handful of Clix have it. 
Freedom Force - more options here, even making a round 300pts alongside Clix from X-MEN THE ANIMATED SERIES: THE DARK PHOENIX SAGA.
Omega Flight - okay, probably ignore this one.  Only two 'Oreo' Base Clix, and one of those is the Beta Ray Bill chase figure.  And teaming Beta Ray with Arachne brings you up 25pt short of 300pts.
West Coast Avengers - sadly the West Coasters have been largely ignored recently.

So, her Keywords are not great.  We'll move on (again with help from HC Realms)...

Leap/Climb but no move and attack.  That does mean potentially leaving her in danger for a Turn, although she does have a nice 19 Defense to protect, bare as it may be.
The Super-Strength is okay, meaning a potential 5 damage, but she is sadly only Attacking on a 9.

And that Special; PSI-WEBS: Arachne can use Incapacitate as if she had a range of 8.

Well a Range 8 on a 50pt character is always welcome, and Incap does have it's uses.  Shame she is still only Attacking with 9.
Now she does have two clicks of 10, but with a bare Defense you likely be skipping right past those, and her end dial isn't looking great.  Flurry, but only for 2 Damage and with an Attack 8.

Now I loved her character in West Coast Avengers, and the sculpt is also good for an older one.  But she is not standing up well at all and is offering little in the way of support like Ambush Bug does for the same points.

So, let's see her in a team with Modern Clix;

Theme Team: Freedom Force

XDPS021 Blob 60

XDPS031 Avalanche 50

XDPS038 Mystique 60

XDPS041 Spiral 80

SI011 Arachne 50

TOTAL 300pts

In this Team she is replacing Pyro (who I don't own).
Spiral has (at no cost) Telekinesis when she uses Phasing Teleport, which can be used to bring Arachne into Play.

Keep Arachne 8 squares away, Perplex down Target Defense with Spiral, and hit with that Incap.  Or if you hold Arachne back a couple of Turns she can pick up a Heavy Object so Spiral can move her in for a possible 5 Damage with possible re-rolls available.

So now you've thrown forward your weak link with the possibility of doing some damage.  If you Push her onto her second click you have the 11 Attack (with Spirals Perplex) and Super Sense to Protect her, tying up an opponent for a Turn or two while the rest of your Team positions for damage.

Pretty much the best I can think of right now while keeping her mostly Comic Accurate.
While there is a newer, and better, version of Julia Carpenter in Avengers Assemble maybe we'll see an new Arachne in the upcoming Spider-Man and Venom: Absolute Carnage set.