[Arkham]

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Shadowcat II @ 170

Army Test 1
Map: Custom
Units:
Shadowcat II(170), Magneto II(375), Sage(190), Destiny(55), Professor X(220) (1010)
vs.
Hush(220), Clayface(240), Parasite(240), Black Tarantula(300) (1000)

Spoiler Alert!

Attack Damage:
R1T3: 3 wounds on Hush. (Phase Mastery + enhancement)
R2T2: 1 wound on Black Tarantula. (Phase Mastery + height + enhancement)
R2T3: 1 wound on Black Tarantula. (Phase Mastery + enhancement)
R3T1: 1 wound on Black Tarantula. (Phase Mastery + enhancement)
R4T1: 1 wound on Parasite. (Phase Mastery + height + enhancement)

Reactionary Phasing:
1/3 successful rolls.

Notes:
Kitty is Outcast.
Vendetta is Magneto.
R1T1: Sage enhances Kitty.
R2T1: Magneto kills Hush.
R2T1: BT puts 3 wounds on Magneto.
R2T2: BT kills Magneto.
R4T1: Parasite puts 2 wounds on Sage.
R4T3: Parasite puts 3 wounds on Kitty.
R4T3: Sage puts 3 wounds on Parasite.
R5T1: Parasite kills Kitty.
R6T2: Parasite kills Prof. X.
R7T1: Sage puts 2 wounds on Clayface.
R7T2: Parasite kills Sage.
R8T1: Parasite kills Destiny.


Hush, Sandman, and Parasite all with 0 wounds.

Both teams fought in the center. Kitty kept moving Professor X with her Phase Mastery, to get him more range, it made a solid combo. Magneto led the charge with Kitty, throwing figures and then she's use Phase Mastery to attack them. This worked well, killing Hush quickly, as well as Black Tarantula, but Magneto was killed soon after. Kitty and Sage fought Parasite, but Parasite killed Kitty, then Prof. X, and then Sage. Destiny walked up and instantly died from 6 skulls from Parasite.

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Army Test 2
Map: Custom
Units:
Shadowcat II(170), Bane(190), Star-Lord(250), Valyrie(350) (960)
vs.
Black King(220), Emma Frost(170), Selene(360), Sage(190) (970)

Spoiler Alert!

Attack Damage:
R2T1: 1 wound on Selene. (Star-Lord)
R2T3: 1 wound on Selene. (Phase Mastery + Bane + S-L)
R3T2: 1 wound on Selene. (Phase Mastery + Bane + S-L + height)
R4T1: 2 wounds on Black King(botched defense). (Phase Mastery + Bane + S-L)
R4T3: 2 wounds on Emma. (Phase Mastery + S-L)

Reactionary Phasing:
2/8 successful rolls.

Notes:
R1T1: Selene gets enhancements.
R1T3: Selene puts 3 wounds on Valkyrie.
R2T1: Selene puts 3 wounds on Valkyrie. (2 investment markers removed)
R2T2: Valkyrie puts 2 wounds on Selene.
R2T3: Selene kills Valkyrie.
R2T3: Sage enhances Black King.
R3T1: Sage enhances Emma.
R4T2: Bane kills Black King(botched defense). (S-L)
R5T1: Emma puts 3 wounds on Kitty.
R7T1: Emma kills Kitty.
R7T2: Emma puts 2 wounds on Bane.
R7T3: Bane puts 2 wounds on Sage(botched defense).
R8T1: Bane kills Emma.
R8T3: Bane kills Sage.


Bane with 3 wounds, Star-Lord with 0 wounds.

Selene went in first, attacking Valkyrie to great results. Kitty's team started putting wounds on Selene, but Selene managed to kill Valkyrie. Selene was then killed. Kitty's team headed to the enemy base. Kitty used Phase MAstery to bring Star-Lord along. Black King tried cutting them off, but he whiffed 2 defenses and was killed quickly. Emma put on diamond form but Kitty managed to break through, but not enough to kill her. They were at a stalemate for a couple of rounds, nobody breaking each other's defenses. Kitty Pryde was finally killed, but then Bane managed to kill Emma, and then Sage soon after.

THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: I like the way Kitty plays. She has a great bit of support by being able to pull a friendly with her, so it can help keep a leader/support figure with her and the group. I think I preferred her combo with Bane + Star-Lord over the d20 enhancements the Mutants gave her. Though Professor X's double turns gives her a great combo of moving a figure into position, and then that figure can attack, or just bringing Professor X along is a nice bonus. She can also do well when her attack is enhanced to make the best use of her Phase Mastery defense subtraction, and score some decent wounds. The only really downfall is, I didn't hit her Reactionary Phasing roll very often, so once the heat was on, without her defense boosts, she was quickly killed. I'd say 170-190 is definitely the sweet spot here. I'd lean towards 180 right now, possibly 170 if she starts losing more games.