Greetings Fellow Clix Fans!

The newest set for HeroClix is going to be X-Men Xavier’s School, due out in February of 2018. You can pre-order this set at your FLGS and I highly recommend that you look into it! There are already lots of great pieces that have been spoiled and the set is definitely looking like lots of fun!

WizKids sent me some spoilers to preview and share. Thank you, WizKids! You are super awesome for allowing me to share these powerful new pieces with the Clix community!

Preview #1 – Chamber (Rare)

This guy is really cool looking!

He’s got the Generation X and X-Men keywords and he’s 70 points. He has two star trait abilities. The first is “Generation X – POWER: Move up to 5 squares, then make a close attack.” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve used an ability, like Sidestep or Charge, and been just out of reach of being able to attack an opposing piece, and then lose those abilities without being able to make good use of them. Well, Chamber has this as a trait, so he won’t get damaged out of it!

If that’s not cool enough for you, how does a traited Poison sound? “A Living Psionic Furnace – Poison. When he uses it, he deals penetrating damage to opposing characters of less points.” This makes him well worth the 70 points because there are lots of popular pieces less than 70 points.

I also like that he has Force Blast on all five of his clicks and he gets Regenerate on his last click. Penetrating/Psychic Blast for three damage on his first three clicks is also nice. I like the idea of using Chamber with some other ranged characters that have Penetrating/Psychic Blast because of his Enhancement ability, which would increase that damage by one if they’re adjacent to Chamber when they attack.

This piece is only a rare and has some really great abilities. I can’t wait to see him in action!

Preview #2 – Dust (Super Rare)

This is a very ‘unique’ character and her sculpt is gorgeous!

She’s got the Hellions and X-Men keywords and she’s only 50 points. She also has two star trait abilities. The first trait says, “X-Student – When this character’s or an adjacent friendly character’s attack roll includes exactly one [5], modify one target’s defense -1.” I love this trait! I roll at least one five, a lot. But I usually roll a one or two on the other die and sometimes, I’m one short of hitting the target with that roll. Dust’s ability could help me a great deal, because it could be the difference between a hit and a miss!

Her second trait ability says, “Scouring Sands – Smoke Cloud as FREE, but only to place 4 markers. At the end of each opponent’s turn, deal 1 damage to each opposing character occupying or adjacent to a Smoke Cloud marker placed by Dust.” This is a great ability to use against characters that are pushed or characters that your opponent doesn’t want to push. It’s also a great way to box in a piece and force your opponent to waste and action moving a dude that they didn’t want to use that turn. You could also use this ability to possibly encourage your opponent to move a dude that’s adjacent to Dust. This is such a great ability!

Dust also has a special power on her defense for the first three clicks called Swirling Sands. It says, “Swirling Sands – Super Senses. Dust modifies defense +1 for each adjacent Smoke Cloud marker placed by her.” This special power is crazy good, especially since she already has a 17 and 16 for her defense totals. Even with the ‘rule of three’, she’ll still have a 20 and 19 respectively. And let’s not forget that this special power also gives her Super Senses. If an opponent manages a non-critical hit against her massive defense, Dust still has a chance to evade it.

Dust can also use the X-Men team ability, and with Regeneration on clicks four and five, that’s pretty useful! Her Sidestep and Precision Strike are also very useful for a character like this. Her abilities are worthy of her super rare status and I hope I manage to get one!

Preview #3 – Jean Grey (Chase)



You’ll want to ‘chase’ this Jean Grey down for your team!

Jean Grey has the Age of Apocalypse and X-Men keywords. and she has two different starting clicks at 90 and 60 points. Jean Grey has one star trait ability that says, “Survivor of the Age of Apocalypse… For Now – When Jean Grey is damaged by an opposing character, give that character a Revenge token. When Jean Grey attacks a character with one or more tokens named “Revenge”, modify attack and damage +1. When Jean Grey is KO’d, you may choose an opposing character with a token named “Revenge” and remove all of those tokens and roll that many d6s. For each roll, [5]-[6]: Deal that character 1 penetrating damage.” Wow, that’s a lot to take in. I like this ability because the Revenge tokens increase your chances of hitting, and increase your damage too. I also like that you still have an opportunity to deal damage to characters that have Revenge tokens even if she’s KO’d.

Jean Grey has a special attack power on her first three clicks. If you play her at 90 points, you get three clicks of her special. If you play her at 60 points, you only get one click. Her special attack power says, “Telepathic Tempest – Penetrating/Psychic Blast. Telekinesis, normally or as FREE. If Jean Grey uses Telekinesis as FREE, her range value becomes 3 and replace “6” with “3” in the text of the power.” This power could be incredibly useful because you could use Telekinesis as a free action against an opposing character that’s adjacent to her, and if it succeeds, you can blast them for three or four penetrating damage! This is crazy cool! I don’t mind that the range is reduced, because you only need them far enough away to make ranged attack.

If all that just wasn’t enough, Jean Grey has a special defense power on click four thru six. It says, “Shield Them From Nuclear Winter – Regeneration. Barrier as FREE but only to place 1 marker.” So once she’s beyond the point that she can she throw her opponents around and blast them with her psychic abilities, she can then place a barrier between her and an opposing character that might be shooting at her and heal herself! She could also use that barrier to protect a team mate from being a potential target and still heal herself. And she has the X-Men team ability, so if she takes damage from using the team ability, she can heal herself on her next turn.

Final Thoughts

Jean Grey is a bag full of tricks and I absolutely love it! From what I’ve seen so far, she is likely going to the be one of the pieces I want the most. Not to mention, that sculpt is kinda cool. I could easily use her on her 60 point starting click, but I like the idea of having those extra two clicks of pushing folks around while still being able to blast them with her mind powers! I really like Dust too because of her Smoke Cloud and all the shenanigans she can do because of it. It seems like this set is going to be a lot of fun to play, both in sealed and constructed. Be sure you sign up for the pre-release events that are popping up and hopefully you can get your hands on some of these powerful X-Men!

Which figure are you most looking forward to?

What do you think of the abilities on these figures?

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