LM Classic: Sherlockmethod vs MTGandP

Cable My opponent says that Cable is not street level because he is too powerful. However, street level characters are "people who spend their time dealing with local adversaries AND/OR are essentially on a human level." Cable spent a good deal of his history dealing with local adversaries. He also spent much time teaming up with Deadpool, a character who is street-level in power (http://en.wikipedia.org...(comics)). He also has fought with Gambit, a confirmed street-level character. Onslaught My opponent claims that Onslaught is a collective. But the official rules say nothing about collectives (http://www.debate.org...). He makes a fair point in that Onslaught contains X-Man and Franklin Richards; however, my strategy does not rely on those beings, and in fact the Onslaught that I am using does not contain those two. (http://www.debate.org...) Onslaught is a single being with one body and one mind. Thus, not a collective. ======== "My opponent used his prep time to enact a psionic force field over his team, and nothing more." For that strategy, yes. Why would Superman not listen to Doom? "Because he is Superman and but for allowing his opponents to speak, he could have killed Luthor a thousand times over." Mere plot devices. While Superman is under my command, he will make no such mistake. "Superman would see the danger in allowing Onslaught to fight." There is no danger. Onslaught is absolutely loyal to me (UTW rule 6), and Superman knows it. "[Onslaught] is a collective of two powerful mutants that nearly destroyed all of humanity." It's a good thing the battleground isn't populated. Now, it's a simple matter for Onslaught to mind control Superman and force him to kill Dr. Doom. Without Superman, no one else will attack Onslaught. Plan A My opponent's strategy relies on several flawed ideas. First, the idea that Doom would be able to hold off Superman and WW with a forcefield. He would not. The two are immensely strong and fast: either one of them could break the forcefield and kill Doom before anyone has time to react. Superman can fly between star systems and obliterate comets: I think he can break one little forcefield. Secondly, why would the hellfire stun or even harm Supes and WW at all? Ghost Rider and Supes/WW are on completely different levels, and WW has her gauntlets that can easily deflect the hellfire. And if that for some reason isn't adequate, Onslaught or Cable can provide them with a protective forcefield before the battle. Third, how would Doom body transfer to Onslaught? Onslaught has a very high resistance to psionic attacks. And he has a psionic shield. "Franklin Richards is still in there somewhere if Onslaught is still alive." I am using Onslaught from before he captured Franklin. Plan B WW would not side with Superman if she killed Doom first. Besides, why would she side with Superman instead of Onslaught? She's intelligent; she would talk Superman out of killing Onslaught. Plan C Why would WW lose her equipment? And anyway, losing equipment shouldn't cause disorientation. "She is not invulnerable and some of the bullets and arrows are likely to hit their mark from two top marksman." Unless she kills them first. She's a lot faster than they are. And she can dodge bullets. "Cable could put a force shield, but I am not certain he could maintain a force shield for an extended period of time to prevent thousands and thousands of rats" I thought the rats were gone. (See my opponent's round 2 plan A). See Plan E for Cable vs. rats. Cable, while holding the forcefield, can just mind control the rats one by one and cause them to either kill each other or attack Team Sherlockmethod. Plan D "A psionic force shield would not stop the penance stare, that is not how the power works. The stare attacks emotions; the force shield would be useless." Emotions are centered in the brain, are they not? The force field protects the mind. "Superman, even dazed, would have at least human level awareness rendering the issue moot." Well then he wouldn't be dazed, and he would be able to attack and kill Ghost Rider. Plan E "Cables force shield should not hold against the mystic charged arrows now in Hawkeye's quiver, and the rats, and Dr. Doom and Hellfire" Why not? It can hold against a nuclear explosion. -Even if Cable lets some arrows through, he can easily dodge them with his superhuman reflexes. -While still holding up the force shield, Cable can force Hawkeye to shoot all his arrows at fellow members of Team Sherlockmethod. -Mind controlling Ghost Rider is unnecessary. -Wolverine has claws of death and superhuman healing. I think he can handle a few rats. ======== Alternate Strategy Onslaught can hit Hannibal, Hawkeye and Deadshot with blasts of psionic energy, knocking them out. This only leaves two opponents. Doom can be killed by a very fast Superman or WW, or he can be crushed by a large piece of metal by Onslaught, or he can be sliced up by Wolverine. Ghost Rider is outmatched by my team's fighters, and would quickly fall. ======== I have refuted my opponent's strategy at every step of the way. If even a single step breaks down, my faster and stronger team can take down Team Sherlockmethod. But more than just a single step as been broken: EVERY step has been rendered flawed and unusable.