TMNT HeroClix: Say Hello to the Rat King
WizKids points you to a taste of the insidious Rat King from the highly anticipated upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles expansion.
The upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Gravity Feed features more than 30 characters from the 32-year history, based on both the comics and animated tv series.
Today, we’re taking a look at the classic villain from the swamps – the original Mirage Comics’ Rat King.
The new series was announced with a target release this month, February and with 4 initial product ranges according to ICv2:
- The Mouser Mayhem Starter Set will include popular characters from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. MSRP is $24.99.
- The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles HeroClix Fast Forces Pack will offer an easy starting point for new players. MSRP is $16.99.
- Players can also add individual models with the Foil Packs, each of which contains a single figure. Foil Packs are sold in 24-piece countertop gravity feed displays. MSRP is $2.99 a pack.
- A TMNT-themed game accessory will also be offered: the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles HeroClix Dice & Token Pack will include two custom dice with TMNT logos and six action tokens for use with the game. MSRP is $9.99.
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Here’s the basics on Rat King #29:
“Rat King possesses Improved Movement: Ignores Hindering Terrain, as well as two traits. The first, called All Fear Me… All Except the Rats, states that at the beginning of your turn, if Rat King occupies or is adjacent to hindering terrain, place adjacent a Giant Rat Bystander if there are less than 4 on the map.
The Giant Rat Bystander Token deserves a closer look as well. He only has one standard power with Sidestep, but his special power on Damage really lends itself well to the swarm-like nature of what the rat spawning Rat King can do on the right map. The special power, called Swarm of Rats, states that if Giant Rat is adjacent to one or more friendly bystander with the same name, modify its damage value by +1. If it’s adjacent to two or more of them, also modify it’s attack value by +1!
Switching gears back to Rat King, his second trait is called Strange Spectral Guide, that says when Rat King is KO’d, you may equip him to a friendly character with the Animal keyword. The equipped character can use Probability Control – and, if the equipped character is named Splinter, he can use Regeneration!
For standard powers, Rat King possesses Stealth, Super Senses, Toughness, Regeneration, Exploit Weakness, and Probability Control. To go along with that, he also has a special power called Rat Trap that appears on his Attack.”
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