{"id":22997,"date":"2024-11-27T15:54:18","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T19:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asmodee.ca\/?p=22997"},"modified":"2024-11-27T15:54:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T19:54:21","slug":"article-agent-fury-on-the-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asmodee.ca\/en\/article-agent-fury-on-the-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Agent Fury On the Move"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Previewing Nick Fury, One of the Two New Heroes from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI put my best agent on the case.\u201d \u2013 Maria Hill<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ve seen the\u00a0scenarios<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.<\/em>, the next big campaign expansion for\u00a0Marvel Champions: The Card Game<\/em>. You\u2019ve seen one of its heroes in\u00a0Maria Hill<\/a>, the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Now, it\u2019s time to preview the expansion\u2019s other hero: Nick Fury, one of S.H.I.E.L.D.\u2019s top agents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As a top-tier spy and skilled infiltrator, it should come as no surprise that Nick Fury is an expert at mitigating threats. His playstyle revolves around his \u201csuit form\u201d upgrade, which has two modes:\u00a0Stealth<\/a>\u00a0(Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.<\/em>, 35B) and\u00a0Assault<\/a>\u00a0(Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.<\/em>, 35A). Fury\u2019s\u00a0alter-ego side<\/a>\u00a0(Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.<\/em>, 34B) lets him decide which mode his suit starts in, while his\u00a0hero side<\/a>\u00a0(Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.<\/em>, 34A) interacts with the suit in different ways depending on whether he thwarts or attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While in Stealth mode, Nick Fury\u2019s suit lets him hide from his enemies, forcing them to scheme even though he\u2019s in hero form. While this could seem detrimental in certain scenarios, the ability on the Stealth suit allows Fury to gather intel by stealing some of the threat that would have been placed on the main scheme and placing it on his suit instead. Patience is a virtue, as charging up his suit with threat builds to a significant payoff when you swap to Assault mode, where Fury can use that threat to power up his attacks! Thanks to Fury\u2019s Break Cover ability, the switch to Assault mode happens before<\/em> the attack resolves, so you can immediately start spending threat to whale on the enemies the moment you go on the offensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any of Nick Fury\u2019s attacks can be boosted by his Assault suit. For example, you could have an\u00a0Attack<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0event like\u00a0Concentrated Fire<\/a>\u00a0(Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.<\/em>, 37) deal up to 7 damage instead of its usual 4, all but guaranteeing that you can trigger its bonus effects if you target a minion. Alternatively, you could boost an area attack like\u00a0Spray Fire<\/a>\u00a0(Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.<\/em>, 39) to deal up to an impressive 6 damage to multiple enemies at once. If you\u2019ve got an excess of threat on the suit, you could even use\u00a0Fury\u2019s Watch<\/a>\u00a0(Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.<\/em>, 44) to help you pay for a big swing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Of course, perform too many of those big attacks and you\u2019ll burn all the threat off the Assault suit pretty quickly. Thankfully, Nick Fury\u2019s got plenty of tricks and high-tech gadgets in his kit to help him build that threat back up. Normally, you would need to swap to alter-ego before you can change your suit back to Stealth mode, but\u00a0Covert Surveillance<\/a>\u00a0(Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.<\/em>, 38) gives you the option to do so while also doing a bit of thwarting on the side. If you already swapped to the Stealth suit, then Covert Surveillance can help you build up threat on the suit quickly, which is something it shares with the\u00a0Eyepatch Camera<\/a>\u00a0(Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.<\/em>, 43), which could get you as much as 3 threat on the suit at once. You\u2019ll notice that the Camera is a\u00a0Preparation<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0card, which means that after you resolve it, Fury\u2019s status as a\u00a0Secret Agent<\/a>\u00a0(Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.<\/em>, 46) can get you a bonus threat onto the suit, giving you even more bang for your buck!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Naturally, that isn\u2019t the only\u00a0Preparation<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0card in Nick Fury\u2019s deck, and with the rest of the cards in his pre-built Justice deck, you could say he comes \u201cprepared\u201d to keep the villain\u2019s schemes on lockdown. Call in an\u00a0Informant<\/a>\u00a0(Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.<\/em>, 50) to get a minion to thwart for you instead of scheming; remember that Fury\u2019s Stealth suit makes enemies scheme against him when they would normally attack, which makes this card particularly useful while you\u2019re infiltrating the scene! If a minion enters play that you can\u2019t afford to deal with right away, toss some\u00a0Prism Dust<\/a>\u00a0(Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.<\/em>, 52) in their face to confuse and damage them instead. Since both of these are\u00a0Preparation\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>cards, Secret Agent will allow you to move an extra bit of threat to your suit whenever they resolve, ensuring that you\u2019ll always have a leg up on the main scheme. Also, if you\u2019re going to need those cards back sooner rather than later, you can always rely on a\u00a0Practiced Plan<\/a>\u00a0(Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.<\/em>, 58) to bounce them back into your hand!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, while Nick Fury is an incredibly skilled spy, he\u2019s not the only agent in S.H.I.E.L.D., and even he can use a hand sometimes. When the going gets tough, he can call on the aid of his father\u00a0Nick Fury, Sr.<\/a>\u00a0(Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.<\/em>, 54) for a solid boost on the front lines. If he\u2019s struggling to get his gadgets into play,\u00a0Leo Fitz<\/a>\u00a0(Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.<\/em>, 56) can hunt for his\u00a0Tech<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0cards while\u00a0Jemma Simmons<\/a>\u00a0(Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.<\/em>, 55) can help him pay for them. And, of course, Fury can team up with Maria Hill as\u00a0Super Spies<\/a>\u00a0(Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.<\/em>, 24) to always be ready for action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With his skills at infiltration and ability to turn the villain\u2019s threat against them, Nick Fury is an awesome super-spy and a fantastic addition to the game\u2019s roster of playable heroes. Look forward to taking on the agents of A.I.M. as both Nick Fury and Maria Hill when\u00a0Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.<\/em>\u00a0releases in February 2025!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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