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Fah Lo Suee

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FAH LO SUEE
Created By:
Sax Rohmer
First Appearance: Si-Fan Mysteries (1917)
Role: The Dragon Lady
PL 5 (87)
STRENGTH
1 STAMINA 3 AGILITY 3
FIGHTING 6 DEXTERITY 4
INTELLIGENCE 3 AWARENESS 3 PRESENCE 4

Skills:
Deception 5 (+9, +14 Attractive)
Expertise (Criminal) 9 (+12)
Insight 4 (+7)
Investigation 6 (+9)
Perception 4 (+7)
Persuasion 4 (+8, +13 Attractive)
Stealth 4 (+6)

Advantages:
Benefit 1 (Status- The Si-Fan), Benefit 1 (Cipher- No Known True Name), Daze (Deception), Fascination (Deception), Ranged Attack 2

Powers:
"Elixir Vitae" Immunity 1 (Aging) [1]

Offense:
Unarmed +6 (+1 Damage, DC 16)
Initiative +3

Defenses:
Dodge +6 (DC 16), Parry +6 (DC 16), Toughness +3, Fortitude +4, Will +7

Complications:
Motivation (Power)
Secret (Various Identities)

Total: Abilities: 54 / Skills: 36--18 / Advantages: 6 / Powers: 1 / Defenses: 8 (87)

-Fu Manchu is himself an iconic racial caricature, but his DAUGHTER can match him- the "Dragon Lady" archetype is pretty much something defined by her. Fah lo Suee is a devious, inscrutable mastermind who frequently seeks to usurp her father's own power. Roehmer even describes her as having eyes "more like some beautiful wild creature than those of a woman". She appears in Marvel Comics as well, usually as a manipulator who escapes justice- her various lovers vex the heroes, as she holds a devious control over them. One of those lovers is actually ZARAN THE WEAPON-MASTER of all people. She appears in comics for only a seven-year period, between 1975 and 1982, then disappears until 1998- she hasn't shown up since then.

-Fah Lo Suee doesn't engage in a lot of fisticuffs- she generally has her lovers- slaves to her will- do the fighting for her.
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The Mad Slayer

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THE MAD SLAYER (Phillip Durant)
Created By:
Doug Moench & Mike Zeck
First Appearance: Master of Kung Fu #100 (May 1981)
Role: One-Shot Rival
Group Affiliations: None
PL 8 (77)
STRENGTH
3 STAMINA 4 AGILITY 4
FIGHTING 11 DEXTERITY 3
INTELLIGENCE 0 AWARENESS 0 PRESENCE 1

Skills:
Athletics 5 (+8)
Deception 3 (+4)
Perception 4 (+6)
Stealth 4 (+8)

Advantages:
All-Out Attack, Equipment (Knife +1), Fast Grab, Improved Critical (Knife), Improved Defense, Power Attack, Ranged Attack 2

Offense:
Unarmed +11 (+3 Damage, DC 18)
Knife +11 (+4 Damage, DC 19)
Initiative +5

Defenses:
Dodge +10 (DC 20), Parry +11 (DC 21), Toughness +4, Fortitude +5, Will +2

Complications:
Responsibility (Insane)- Durant has been driven mad by Fu Manchu.
Obsession (Killing All Women)

Total: Abilities: 52 / Skills: 16--8 / Advantages: 8 / Powers: 0 / Defenses: 9 (77)

-Phillip Durant was the lover of Fah Lo Suee, the daughter of Fu Manchu, but her evil father brainwashed him into becoming a madman who sought to execute all women, in the manner of Jack The Ripper. Treating him with the life-extending Elixir Vitae, which also bestows madness, Fu Manchu set him loose on the world. Eventually, he targeted an associate of Shang-Chi's, and fought the Master of Kung Fu. Fah attempted to fix his mind, but he lashed out at her with the blade- she was forced to shoot her lover dead. He was dangerous, but Shang-Chi's focused allowed him to survive the fight.
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Re: Jab's Builds! (Red Ronin! Latino Heroes! Shang-Chi! Fu Manchu!)

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so was it a different daughter that Manchu tried to set Black Panther up with....and then went all racist on T'Challa when he refused? man Hudlin was weird
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Death-Dealer

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DEATH-DEALER (Li Ching-Lin)
Created By:
Doug Moench & Gene Day
First Appearance: Master of Kung Fu #115 (Aug. 1982)
Role: One-Shot Rival
Group Affiliations: None
PL 8 (94)
STRENGTH
3 STAMINA 4 AGILITY 5
FIGHTING 10 DEXTERITY 3
INTELLIGENCE 0 AWARENESS 2 PRESENCE 2

Skills: 
Acrobatics 7 (+12)
Athletics 6 (+9)
Close Combat (Unarmed) 2 (+12)
Deception 3 (+5)
Expertise (Mercenary) 6 (+6)
Insight 3 (+5)
Perception 3 (+5)
Stealth 2 (+7)

Advantages: 
Accurate Attack, Agile Feint, Defensive Attack, Fast Grab, Grab Finesse, Improved Critical (Unarmed), Improved Defense, Improved Hold, Power Attack, Ranged Attack 2

Offense:
Unarmed +12 (+3 Damage, DC 18)
Initiative +5

Defenses:
Dodge +10 (DC 20), Parry +11 (DC 21), Toughness +4, Fortitude +5, Will +4

Complications: 
Enemy (Shang-Chi)

Total: Abilities: 58 / Skills: 32--16 / Advantages: 11 / Powers: 0 / Defenses: 9 (94)

-Death-Dealer appears for one short arc of Master of Kung Fu, being trained and sent against Shang-Chi under orders from Fu Manchu- he escapes once or twice, but is burned to death on his last attempt.
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Re: Fah Lo Suee

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Jabroniville wrote: Thu Dec 07, 2017 9:07 pm Image
She appears in comics for only a seven-year period, between 1975 and 1982.
That explains the dress.
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Ghost-Maker

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GHOST-MAKER (Grigori Sovchenko)
Created By:
Doug Moench & Gene Day
First Appearance: Master of Kung Fu #110 (March 1982)
Role: One-Shot Rival
Group Affiliations: None
PL 8 (97)
STRENGTH
3 STAMINA 4 AGILITY 5
FIGHTING 10 DEXTERITY 3
INTELLIGENCE 0 AWARENESS 2 PRESENCE 2

Skills: 
Acrobatics 7 (+12)
Athletics 6 (+9)
Close Combat (Unarmed) 2 (+12)
Deception 3 (+5)
Expertise (Mercenary) 6 (+6)
Insight 3 (+5)
Perception 3 (+5)
Stealth 2 (+7)

Advantages: 
Accurate Attack, Agile Feint, Defensive Attack, Equipment 3 (Jetpack- Flight 6, Katana +3), Fast Grab, Grab Finesse, Improved Critical (Unarmed), Improved Defense, Improved Hold, Power Attack, Ranged Attack 2

Offense:
Unarmed +12 (+3 Damage, DC 18)
Katana +10 (+6 Damage, DC 21)
Initiative +5

Defenses:
Dodge +10 (DC 20), Parry +11 (DC 21), Toughness +4, Fortitude +5, Will +4

Complications: 
Enemy (Shang-Chi)

Total: Abilities: 58 / Skills: 32--16 / Advantages: 17 / Powers: 0 / Defenses: 9 (97)

-The Ghost-Maker is the "most deadly assassin in the U.S.S.R.", a Mongolian/Russian martial artist with a katana and a jetpack. Appearing in a two-issue arc, he faced Shang-Chi, but his "Death-Dust" (meant to kill the Queen of England) mixed with the rain, disintegrating him. He reappeared in a Daredevil Annual, being resurrected by a ninja group called "The Snakeroot", fighting DD, Shang-Chi and Elektra, being killed again by Elektra. He's resurrected immediately thereafter, however, but doesn't show up again for a few more years, showing up as a background villain in Heroes For Hire, then in the Negative Zone Prison following Civil War.
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Moving Shadow

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MOVING SHADOW (Real Name Unknown)
Created By:
Doug Moench & Paul Gulacy
First Appearance: Master of Kung Fu #1 (Nov. 2002)
Role: Mirror Image Villain, Secret Brother
Country of Origin: China
Group Affiliations: None
PL 10 (130)
STRENGTH
3 STAMINA 4 AGILITY 6
FIGHTING 14 DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE 2 AWARENESS 1 PRESENCE 2

Skills:
Acrobatics 9 (+15)
Athletics 5 (+8)
Close Combat (Unarmed) 1 (+15)
Deception 6 (+8)
Expertise (Martial Arts Lore) 6 (+9)
Insight 2 (+3)
Intimidation 4 (+6)
Perception 6 (+7)
Stealth 7 (+13)

Advantages:
Accurate Attack, Agile Feint, Assessment, Chokehold, Cunning Fighter, Daze (Agile Feint), Defensive Attack, Diehard, Evasion, Fast Grab, Grab Finesse, Great Endurance, Improved Critical (Unarmed) 4, Improved Defense, Improved Disarm, Improved Initiative 2, Improved Trip, Instant Up, Jack-of-All-Trades, Power Attack, Precise Attack (Close/Concealment), Seize Initiative, Takedown 2, Uncanny Dodge

Offense:
Unarmed +15 (+3 Damage, DC 18)
Initiative +14

Defenses:
Dodge +13 (DC 23), Parry +14 (DC 24), Toughness +4, Fortitude +6, Will +6

Complications:
Enemy (Shang-Chi)

Total: Abilities: 64 / Skills: 46--23 / Advantages: 29 / Powers: 0 / Defenses: 14 (130)

-Moving Shadow is a long-lost half-brother, but is created by Shang-Chi's "Real Daddy", Doug Moench, in a retro series for the Master of Kung Fu. He is also the son of Fu Manchu, and packs all of Shang-Chi's martial artistry, but little of his wisdom and patience. He savagely attacks Shang-Chi under their father's orders, but a sword thrown by Fu Manchu pierces Moving Shadow's chest, killing him.
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Re: Jab's Builds! (Red Ronin! Latino Heroes! Shang-Chi! Fu Manchu!)

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So yeah, normally wouldn't post up FIVE new (ie. never posted before) characters in a single day, nor duplicate the same build so much, but it's basically a bunch of dudes with the exact same concept ("Accurate Martial Artist comes from a mercenary background and fights Shang-Chi, then loses") and few appearances with which to differentiate them!

I literally just made this Template:
SHANG-CHI FOE TEMPLATE
Created By:
Assorted
First Appearance: Assorted
Role: One-Shot Rival
Group Affiliations: None
PL 8 (97)
STRENGTH
3 STAMINA 4 AGILITY 5
FIGHTING 11 DEXTERITY 3
INTELLIGENCE 0 AWARENESS 2 PRESENCE 2

Skills:
Acrobatics 7 (+12)
Athletics 6 (+9)
Close Combat (Unarmed) 2 (+13)
Deception 3 (+5)
Expertise (Mercenary) 6 (+6)
Insight 3 (+5)
Perception 3 (+5)
Stealth 2 (+7)

Advantages:
Accurate Attack, Agile Feint, Defensive Attack, Fast Grab, Grab Finesse, Improved Critical (Unarmed), Improved Defense, Improved Hold, Power Attack, Ranged Attack 2

Offense:
Unarmed +13 (+3 Damage, DC 18)
Initiative +5

Defenses:
Dodge +11 (DC 21), Parry +12 (DC 22), Toughness +4, Fortitude +5, Will +4

Complications:
Enemy (Shang-Chi)

Total: Abilities: 60 / Skills: 32--16 / Advantages: 11 / Powers: 0 / Defenses: 10 (97)
And used it for every guy. But then I changed it because so many used weapons, too.

Also, I switched Moving Shadow to a PL 9. PL 10 feels too high for a "Temporary Villain" at-best- his next appearance would probably reduce him below the level of Shang-Chi and The Cat.
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Re: Jab's Builds! (Red Ronin! Latino Heroes! Shang-Chi! Fu Manchu!)

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Yeah, Moving Shadow clearly wasn't meant for anything more than to show that Shang's brief retirement hadn't slowed him down any. He was LITERALLY a villain without any substance to him beyond being an evil Shang Chi knock off who liked to brag that he was younger, faster, etc. Shang basically replied that he was all empty bluster after he decided to stop trying to reason with him and kicked Shadow's ass. At which point Fu killed Moving Shadow, because in his eyes, Shang being a traitor is actually less offensive than Shadow being a failure.
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Re: Shang-Chi

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Ares wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2017 11:07 pm Should Shang-Chi Use Chi Attacks?:

This is something I mull over from time to time. Chi abilities are just handled very weird in Marvel, since like magic there's very little consistency. Shang Chi is the greatest master of kung fu, but he's only displayed maybe a dozen true "chi abilities" over his almost 50 year lifespan. Danny Rand is the Iron Fist, with the chi of a dragon burning inside of him, but for the longest time that was limited to a super-punch and being able to heal himself. Meanwhile someone like Elektra, who had far less training, had chi-based psychic powers, the Hand frequently had guys with Iron Fist like abilities, the Mandarin and Temujin could use extensive chi techniques, so on and so forth. It seems weird that it took until the Immortal Iron Fist series that Danny really gained some unique chi abilities.

There is the question of why guys like Steve Rogers doesn't have chi, but that's something easily solved. Chi would one part "muscle" and two parts "magic", where it takes years to build up your chi like a muscle to the point that you can use it, and then years more to develop the techniques to use it properly. Something where it takes roughly a decade of studying in isolation to be able to use chi, a dedication many people aren't willing to make. This would also be the same reason why Steve Rogers doesn't go to Dr. Strange to learn magic.

So that you could have plenty of dedicated martial artists with chi techniques, while the Immortal Weapons like Iron Fist would be the martial artist equivalents of the Sorcerer Supreme, the uncontested masters of martial arts and chi.
Yeah, the Hand Ninja stuff is an odd bit I find interesting. I think they added the Chi Powers after Frank Miller was gone, because that was typically not part of the Daredevil mythos, but it starts to beg the question of why OTHERS don't learn it. However, I can buy Shang-Chi simply not having the time or "magical potential" to be able to do it- he's the master of movement and fighting, rather than pseudomagical stuff.

I think my primary misgiving to Shang-Chi being a chi-wielder is that the next writer would probably forget the damn stuff existed, and thus we'd have a gaping plot hole to deal with. Just the sad thing about the revolving nature of comic book writers.
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Re: Jab's Builds! (Red Ronin! Latino Heroes! Shang-Chi! Fu Manchu!)

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Just finished the last trade of the most-recent Spider-Woman series. Actually pretty good- I flipped through issues of it off-and-on over the past couple years, and Dennis Hopeless did a good job. I know his rep isn't great thanks to things like Avengers Arena and the "Jessica's Old Costume SUCKS and you should hate it!" bits in the early going, but I felt it was well-done. They built up the new Porcupine as an interesting character (a "male nanny" to Jessica's kid/partner-in-Private Investigations), and actually ran with the whole "Hobgoblin sets up rookie criminals with the costumes of retired/jailed/dead guys" thing that was treated so off-handedly in Spider-Man.

The costume's still not great, but they dropped the leather jacket entirely so it basically just looks like a regular super-tights outfit but with yellow sunglasses.
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Re: Shang-Chi

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Jabroniville wrote: Fri Dec 08, 2017 7:34 am
Ares wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2017 11:07 pm Should Shang-Chi Use Chi Attacks?:

This is something I mull over from time to time. Chi abilities are just handled very weird in Marvel, since like magic there's very little consistency. Shang Chi is the greatest master of kung fu, but he's only displayed maybe a dozen true "chi abilities" over his almost 50 year lifespan. Danny Rand is the Iron Fist, with the chi of a dragon burning inside of him, but for the longest time that was limited to a super-punch and being able to heal himself. Meanwhile someone like Elektra, who had far less training, had chi-based psychic powers, the Hand frequently had guys with Iron Fist like abilities, the Mandarin and Temujin could use extensive chi techniques, so on and so forth. It seems weird that it took until the Immortal Iron Fist series that Danny really gained some unique chi abilities.

There is the question of why guys like Steve Rogers doesn't have chi, but that's something easily solved. Chi would one part "muscle" and two parts "magic", where it takes years to build up your chi like a muscle to the point that you can use it, and then years more to develop the techniques to use it properly. Something where it takes roughly a decade of studying in isolation to be able to use chi, a dedication many people aren't willing to make. This would also be the same reason why Steve Rogers doesn't go to Dr. Strange to learn magic.

So that you could have plenty of dedicated martial artists with chi techniques, while the Immortal Weapons like Iron Fist would be the martial artist equivalents of the Sorcerer Supreme, the uncontested masters of martial arts and chi.
Yeah, the Hand Ninja stuff is an odd bit I find interesting. I think they added the Chi Powers after Frank Miller was gone, because that was typically not part of the Daredevil mythos, but it starts to beg the question of why OTHERS don't learn it.
Right. The Mandarin and Temujin can use chi techniques that shatter Iron Man's armor and hurt the Hulk, Wolverine faces martial artists who can literally punch you in the soul, and Taskmaster once watched some nobody use a chi technique that let him punch a steel I-beam in half. It's just crazy how "out there" some of the martial artists in the setting are, and who's allowed to be "really" good, while the Master of Kung Fu (which includes internal/chi based styles) is severely downplayed.

The mystical abilities angle was actually something Miller himself introduced. Stick claimed that the heightened senses he and Daredevil had were purely training based, Stick's servant Stone could make his skin durable as rock, Stick could drain the life energy from others, etc.
However, I can buy Shang-Chi simply not having the time or "magical potential" to be able to do it- he's the master of movement and fighting, rather than pseudomagical stuff.
Well, that's the thing: Shang HAD the time and has the right mental attitude for it. He spent 20+ years being groomed by his father to be the deadliest martial artist on the planet, taught to master every style of Kung Fu in China and then adapt some non-Chinese styles as well so he wouldn't be taken unaware. And Shang is very much the type of martial artist who is deep into meditation and the spiritual side of the martial arts.

Someone like Captain America is, to me, an example of a master of the "purely physical" martial arts, Steve being all about biology, physicality and tactics, while Shang is definitely into the pseudo-mystical aspects of it.
I think my primary misgiving to Shang-Chi being a chi-wielder is that the next writer would probably forget the damn stuff existed, and thus we'd have a gaping plot hole to deal with. Just the sad thing about the revolving nature of comic book writers.
Technically, Shang already HAS that problem because he has used chi techniques in the past. They've just been more of the low-key, less flashy types of techniques I felt fit the character. Meditation trances that warn him that a loved one is in danger, being able to catch a superhumanly powerful strike from Hiroim with his hands and channel the damage of the strike evenly across his entire body to downgrade it from "instantly lethal" to "very painful", various "superhuman" strikes that specifically reference chi as a power source, etc. So really, it's a problem he already has, so if a writer decided to expand on Shang chi abilities, it's less "something new" so much as "remembering what the boy can do".

And again, way more sense than radiation based superpowers.
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Re: Jab's Builds! (Red Ronin! Latino Heroes! Shang-Chi! Fu Manchu!)

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Interesting- I guess most of it stems from the Doug Moench stories, where he seemed much more grounded. More low-key stuff and rare instances of mysticism rather than the more extreme stuff that'd come later.

Man, I know so little about the "Later Era" Miller Daredevil. I'd heard about Stick's other students, but didn't know he'd created them. I recall Stick using super-senses as a trained thing now that you mention it, though ("all people have the ability; most just don't use them because they got eyes").
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Shockwave

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Is there any villain progression weirder than going from being a foe of Shang-Chi to IRON MAN?

SHOCKWAVE (Lancaster Sneed)
Created By:
Tom Sutton, Doug Moench & Paul Gulacy
First Appearance: The Master of Kung-Fu #42 (July 1976)
Role: Forgotten Villain
Group Affiliations: The Masters of Evil, S.H.I.E.L.D., The Golden Dagger Sect, The Oriental Expediters, MI-6
PL 9 (141)
STRENGTH
5/6 STAMINA 4 AGILITY 6
FIGHTING 11 DEXTERITY 3
INTELLIGENCE 3 AWARENESS 3 PRESENCE 3

Skills:
Acrobatics 6 (+12)
Athletics 5 (+8)
Close Combat (Unarmed) 1 (+13)
Deception 5 (+8)
Expertise (British Special Agent) 6 (+9)
Expertise (Circus Performer) 2 (+5)
Insight 3 (+6)
Intimidation 3 (+6)
Investigation 3 (+6)
Perception 4 (+7)
Stealth 4 (+10)
Technology 3 (+6)
Vehicles 1 (+4)

Advantages:
Accurate Attack, Agile Feint, All-Out Attack, Assessment, Beginner's Luck, Chokehold, Close Attack, Defensive Attack, Defensive Throw, Fast Grab, Grab Finesse, Great Endurance, Improved Critical (Unarmed) 2, Improved Disarm, Improved Initiative, Improved Hold, Improved Trip, Power Attack, Ranged Attack 5, Takedown 2

Powers:
"Enhanced Physique" Protection 1 [1]

"Stolen Power-Suit" (Flaws: Removable) [20]
Enhanced Strength 1 (2)
Power-Lifting 1 (3 tons) (1)
Protection 2 (2)
"Electrical Shock" Energy Aura 5 (20)
-- (25 points)

Offense:
Unarmed +12 (+5 Damage, DC 20)
Power-Suit +12 (+6 Damage, DC 21)
Initiative +10

Defenses:
Dodge +11 (DC 21), Parry +11 (DC 21), Toughness +5 (+7 Suit), Fortitude +8, Will +5

Complications:
Motivation (Greed)
Enemy (Shang-Chi, Master of Kung-Fu)- Shockwave was a recurring Shang-Chi foe before being demoted to the ranks of "Journeyman Villains".

Total: Abilities: 78 / Skills: 46--23 / Advantages: 26 / Powers: 21 / Defenses: 11 (141)

-Shockwave has a weird set-up- he's ostensibly a martial artist guy, and a good karate-based threat for Shang-Chi and his Bruce Lee-style adventures around the world, doing secret agent stuff and kicking ass. He's a British MI-6 outcast who now fights FOR EVIL and all that jazz... pretty standard "Martial Arts Flick" stuff, except then he ALSO has super-powers. He's a partial cyborg (he got rebuilt) AND he wears a power-suit that looks remarkably like a Day-Glo Yellow version of the Legion of Super-Heroes' Wildfire, making him equal parts Hong Kong Villain and Comic Book Super-Villain. He kind of has potential, all things considered... except that Shang-Chi hasn't had an ongoing book in three decades, and thus Shockwave became a "Journeyman" like a lot of other "orphaned" villains- he'd just show up as a random villain in a throwaway issue, getting his butt kicked and then disappearing. He had a one-shot run in the "Masters of Evil", showed up in Zemo's villain army, The HOOD's villain army, etc., and he's generally just a face in the crowd these days.

-Shockwave debuted, announcing himself as the nephew of Dennis Nayland Smith. A robot duplicate surfaced after his defeat, but the real thing would become a recurring villain. He, Zaran the Weapon-Master and Razor-Fist later attacked the West Coast Avengers on behalf of some Deltoid LMDs, but he was beaten by Iron Man (who really shouldn't have much trouble going up against someone like Shockwave, but the '80s were a different time). Since by this point, Shang-Chi's book had been canceled, the character just kind of farted around, showing up only in background scenes.

-The Crimson Cowl made him one of her Masters of Evil army, then he disappeared until Civil War, where he Registered, but then showed up in The Hood's army. Given that he has a fairly distinctive appearance, he's used a LOT for things like this- his modern-day appearances post-2000 actually outnumber his earlier appearances by a LOT... they just never have him speaking. He's like 8-Ball in that sense- just some background guy who looks a certain way, and thus gets to show up constantly as a face in the background.

-Shockwave is a Jobber, but a talented one, able to hold his own with Shang-Chi himself thanks to some Super-Powered assistance. He's got an unusual +12/+6 attack/damage ratio, but can modify that extensively like all good "Martial Artist" builds. Note that he has one of those rare uses of the Close Attack Advantage- something that's only really necessary (it's not a waste- it's just redundant to use it most of the time- I have no idea why DCA does it so much when it's the same price to do less typing with higher "Fighting" and "Parry") if the guy is more accurate than he is defensive. Since he's packing lots of armoured protection, he isn't as Defense-happy as most martial artists.
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Re: Jab's Builds! (Red Ronin! Latino Heroes! Shang-Chi! Fu Manchu!)

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Yeah, it's weird watching Shockwave be taken out by Shang Chi and then go on to threaten IRON MAN. I love Shang, but a challenge to Iron Man he isn't.

Shockwave was definitely an interesting threat to Shang and guys like him tho. He was a skilled martial artist, but the real threat came from his suit, which could not only augment the damage of all of his striking points, but the chest, head, forearms, fists, shins and feet all had a constant electric aura that would damage you if you touched them. So if he blocked your punch with his forearm? You get shocked. If you punch him in the chest? You get shocked. You GRAPPLE with him? Oh dear LORD do you get shocked. Shang often had to come up with clever solutions to fighting him.

Conversely, the one time I know Shockwave fought Iron Fist, Danny just charged up his chi punch and hit him. The IF protected Danny and damaged Shockwave's suit so much that the feedback took him out.
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