Ultron

**Ultron** is a Villain from the Marvel United base game.

## Official biography

> Originally programmed to aid mankind, the artificial intelligence known as Ultron instead decided upon activation that the best way to help the human race would be to cause their extinction. Setting about to enact his terrible plans, the unstable villain has proven himself an extremely dangerous foe, capable of infiltrating virtually any computer network and inhabiting a seemingly endless series of powerful mechanical bodies. Even in defeat the menace of Ultron always looms, as even a trace of his code can potentially lead to a full restoration of his consciousness.
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## Strategy

Ultron’s master plan basically involves swarming the game with his replicating army of mechanical clones. He’s constantly adding his Thugs to the board, overflowing the Locations and spilling over to other ones. If he ever fills them all, victory is his. He’s also a very heavy hitter, using his Encephalo Ray to cripple Heroes everywhere.

His Threats are mainly about duplicating himself and setting Ultron clones all over the place. He also uses his virus to compromise the Heroes’ ability to use all their actions.

Ultron is a good second challenge for players, not much more complex than Red Skull, but a bit more difficult to deal with, as keeping the Thugs under control can be a daunting task.

### Villain Dashboard

* **Health Tokens:** 4 (2 Heroes), 8 (3 Heroes), 11 (4 Heroes)
* **BAM!:** Add Thug Thug Thug to Ultron's Location and deal 1 damage to each Hero there.
* **Overflow:** If a Civilian or Thug token can't be added to a Location, add that token to the next Location clockwise instead.
* **Villainous Plot:** When all Locations are fully occupied by Civilian or Thug, the Heroes lose.
* **Super Villain - Heroes' Starting Tokens:** Wild Wild

### List of cards

#### Threat cards

1. **Duplication:** (Villain ends their move here) Add Thug in this Location. // Heroic Heroic Heroic
2. **Duplication:** (Villain ends their move here) Add Thug in this Location. // Heroic Heroic Heroic
3. **Ultron Clone:** BAM! Add Thug to this Location. Heroes in this Location may prevent this effect if each of them takes 1 damage. // Health: 4
4. **Ultron Clone:** BAM! Add Thug to this Location. Heroes in this Location may prevent this effect if each of them takes 1 damage. // Health: 4
5. **Ultron Virus:** Heroes starting their turn in this Location must ignore 1 action symbol of their choice. // Heroic Heroic Heroic
6. **Ultron Virus:** Heroes starting their turn in this Location must ignore 1 action symbol of their choice. // Heroic Heroic Heroic

#### Master Plan cards

1. Movement 0. BAM!
2. Movement 0. **Encephalo-Ray**: Deal 1 damage to each Hero for each Crisis token they have. Then, 1 Hero of your choice takes 1 Crisis token.
3. Movement 0. **Encephalo-Ray**: Deal 1 damage to each Hero for each Crisis token they have. Then, 1 Hero of your choice takes 1 Crisis token.
4. Movement 0. **Mesmerize**: Give 1 Crisis token to each hero in Ultron's Locaion and adjacent ones. Place Thug in each Location without Heroes.
5. Movement 0. **Mesmerize**: Give 1 Crisis token to each hero in Ultron's Locaion and adjacent ones. Place Thug in each Location without Heroes.
6. Movement 1. [Civilian][Civilian Civilian Civilian][Civilian]
7. Movement 1. [Thug][Thug Thug Thug][Thug]
8. Movement 2. BAM!
9. Movement 2. BAM!
10. Movement 3. BAM!
11. Movement 4. BAM!
12. Movement 5. [Thug Civilian][Thug][Thug Civilian]

## External links

* Ultron on Wikipedia
* Ultron on Marvel Database