Mega King Kondo

With Monsterpocalypse Now set to hit shelves at gaming stores everywhere in just a few weeks, we wanted to highlight the exciting promotional King Kondo mega- and quantum-form monsters.

King Kondo is a power attack–oriented monster in all four of his forms (alpha, ultra, mega, and quantum). His brawling capabilities also play a part in his city-crashing, foe-smashing style, but power attacks are definitely his preferred avenue of attack.

King Kondo’s alpha form—the key component no matter which hyper form you’re playing—is a great leader of brawl units as well as a deceptively strong power attacker for an alpha form. The key to getting the most out of this monster is his Riot brawl trigger. Riot allows a monster to make a rampage, stomp, or ram power attack using dice in play. This provides dice efficiency for Kondo’s attacks and allows him to amass vast stores of power dice quickly. Brawling a building and then performing a stomp or ram with dice in play is fairly easy to orchestrate and often a great option. Using Riot to rampage is a bit tougher, as monsters can’t rampage if they’ve already moved that turn, but you can step him into position, brawl, and then rampage for a truly massive influx of power dice.

Ultra King Kondo moves away from the unit leader role and into one of heavy damage output. His super damage, long-range swat attacks (via Adaptable and Super Swat) define him as a truly impressive ranged-attack monster, especially considering he doesn’t even have a blast attack!

Mega King Kondo sacrifices a bit of that raw power for an impressive array of dice efficiency tools and a slightly higher speed. His power stat of 9 with 4 boost dice is the highest in the game, and the power trigger Riot allows him to use that impressive dice pool up to twice a turn under the right circumstances. Given a good starting position (or a few steps), he can throw an enemy monster across the city and then rampage 7 spaces away. This combination is likely to net mega King Kondo 10 power dice and recoup a pair of action dice via Energy Cycle, a great advantage if you plan to take another monster activation next turn.

It’s frequently a good plan to pair mega King Kondo with one or more buildings with the Shuffle skill. Shuffle combines with Energy Cycle to let Mega King Kondo recoup up to 3 action dice in a single activation. With recycling action dice, easy access to power dice, and 4 boost dice, it’s possible for the King to lay power attacks down on his enemies turn after turn.

Mega King Kondo will be available to all players who purchase a Series 4: Monsterpocalypse Now Mega Kit (PIP 50025), which consists of a case of 12 Monster Boosters and a case of 12 Unit Boosters, plus the mega King Kondo figure. It’s important to note that these kits are limited so you will want to pre-order yours today from your local game store to ensure you get your own mega King Kondo.

Stay tuned to www.monsterpocalypse.com for our next article, on quantum King Kondo, to get your first look at what the new hyper form is all about.