[Lazy Orang]

Name Of The Playtest Spell: Healing Energy

Army Test 1
Map: Arctic Divide (normal snow, normal ice, no glyphs)
Armies:
Ms. Marvel, Doctor Strange, Final Ruin, Healing Energy x2 (25pts each), 1x Hellfire: Ignition, 2x Lightning Bolt (730 points)
vs.
Iron Patriot, Omni-Man (730 points)

Spoiler Alert!

Overview of Healing Energy’s performance:
Cast on Ms. Marvel in the second turn of Round Two, healing a wound and leaving her with two.
Cast on Ms. Marvel in the first turn of Round Three, healing a wound and leaving her with three.

Round One

The Avengers claim the initiative and Ms. Marvel advances.
Norman flies forwards and blasts Carol twice, inflicting a wound while she retaliates to inflict two. Omni-Man flies up and punches her in melee, inflicting two wounds.
Doctor Strange flies up next to Carol and heals her of a wound, before she punches Omni-Man for a wound.
Mr. Osborn blasts Doctor Strange for a wound while Omni-Man punches Carol, inflicting one while she retaliates.
Doctor Strange Ignites Omni-Man, inflicting two wounds while getting burned by the forces he’s channeling. Carol punches Omni-Man for a wound.
Osborn blasts Doctor Strange for two more wounds before Omni-Man punches Carol, inflicting a wound on her.
Omni-Man heals a wound at the end of the round.

Round Two

Norman claims the initiative and fires two blasts at Stephen Strange, but both are deflected with ease.
Strange heals Ms. Marvel of a wound before she punches Omni-Man, inflicting a wound.
Iron Patriot blasts Stephen Strange twice, inflicting a wound and inspiring Omni-Man to take action. Nolan makes an Omni-Assault, moving to low ground and taking Doctor Strange’s head off before returning to equal ground with Ms. Marvel and striking her twice to no avail.
Ms. Marvel punches Omni-Man, but is deflected.
Norman fires two shots at Ms. Marvel, inflicting a wound while she retaliates, inflicting two on him. Omni-Man, wary of her philosophy of The Best Defence, unleashes an Omni-Assault on her, inflicting another wound.
Ms. Marvel punches Omni Man, inflicting a wound.
Omni-Man heals a wound.

Round Three

Omni-Man claims the initiative and finishes Carol off.

Norman Osborn victorious - Omni-Man 5 wounds, Iron Patriot 4 wounds.

Overview: Okay - giving up an attack to heal still hurts, but I'm happier now that that OM restriction isn't holding it back and curtailing options. The Avengers were up against some stiff competition here, and actually acquitted themselves admirably, though much of that was down to Carol's The Best Defence - all the damage inflicted on Norman was due to that, I hadn't thought about how well she could counter him if she could just draw his fire before. Healing Touch was useful here, and I felt like giving up the attack to heal was a tough tactical decision but not one that screwed me over activation wise if I made it, which is the sort of balance I was looking at - it’s still painful, but it's not as excruciating, and it feels like a trade worth making at times. I'd consider a drop to 20, as I don't think this spell is anything really amazing, but I'm actually really happy with where we're at right now. Next stop, an X-Men team with Selene and Wanda!

Army Test 2
Map: Conflict Chernobyl (no glyphs)
Armies:
Professor X, Selene Gallio, Scarlet Witch, Blob, Iceman, Final Ruin, Waking Nightmare, 1x Hellfire: Ignition, 2x Lightning Bolt, 3x Healing Energy (25 Points each) (1,200 points)
vs.
Lex Luthor (Battlesuit), Doctor Octopus, Parasite, Trapster, 3x LexCorp Security (1,200 points)

Spoiler Alert!

Overview of Healing Energy’s performance:
Cast on Selene by Wanda on turn two of Round One - heals her of a wound, leaving her with one.
Cast on Blob by Wanda on turn one of Round Two - heals him of a wound, leaving him with two.
Cast on Selene by Wanda on turn three of Round Three - heals her of a wound, leaving her with five.

Round One

The Mutants claim the initiative, and Selene and Blob advance.
A LexCorp flies forwards and blasts Selene for a wound. Luthor flies up and blasts Selene for a wound.
Scarlet Witch flies forwards, curses Lex and heals Selene. Blob charges Lex and punches him, but to no effect.
Luthor and a LexCorp strike Blob, but he is unharmed.
Selene runs to a LexCorp attempting to drain it, but failing. Blob strikes Lex to no effect.
A LexCorp strikes Selene for a wound. Luthor strikes Blob who blocks, receiving three wounds.

Round Two

The Mutants claim the initiative. Scarlet Witch flies up to Blob and heals him. Selene runs up to Luthor and fails to drain him.
Luthor and a LexCorp both strike Selene, and she receives a wound.
Selene fails to drain Lex. Scarlet Witch Ignites Lex, inflicting a wound, and avoids being burned herself.
A LexCorp and Luthor both strike Selene, inflicting a wound.
Selene drains Lex for two wounds. Blob punches him to no effect.
A LexCorp and Luthor both strike Selene, but are unable to hurt him.

Round Three

The Criminals claim the initiative, a LexCorp fails to harm Selene before Luthor slashes her for a wound.
Selene fails to drain Lex while Blob throws a punch at him, missing wildly.
Luthor and a LexCorp both strike Selene, each inflicting a wound.
Selene drains Luthor dry before Wanda flies up and fries the LexCorp with a Lightning Bolt.
A LexCorp flies up and strikes Selene but she deflects. Doc Ock rushes up to her and makes an onslaught with his Tentacles, inflicting two wounds and leaving her a wound off death.
Selene fails to drain Doc Ock. Scarlet Witch curses Octavius and heals Selene.

Round Four

The Criminals claim the initiative. A LexCorp strikes Selene, but she deflects. Doc Ock unleashes his tentacles on Selene, inflicting a wound.
Selene fails to drain Octavius and Wanda strikes him to no effect.
The LexCorp finishes Selene off and Octavius, feeling the full effects of his curse, moves to equal height with Wanda and strikes her once to no effect.
Wanda conjures a Waking Nightmare, forcing Octavius to run before striking him in the back. Blob charges Otto and they lock each other down (along with a LexCorp) as Fred punches Doc Ock ineffectually.
The LexCorp strikes Blob to no effect and Otto, feeling weakened by his curse, strikes Blob once and manages to inflict a wound.
Blob punches Otto, inflicting a wound, before Wanda conjures a mystic bolt to strike him from range - it has no effect.

Round Five

The Mutants claim the initiative and neither Blob nor Wanda can harm Otto.
The LexCorp strikes Blob ineffectually before Doc Ock, still feeling this deadly curse weight down two of his tentacles, tears at Fred’s stomach with the operational one, inflicting a wound and leaving the obese Mutant bleeding out, near death.
Scarlet Witch blasts Doc Ock from range, killing him, before Blob punches the LexCorp next to him, but the armour holds his blow at bay.
Parasite advances and a LexCorp strikes Blob, but fails to harm him.
Blob moves to height and knocks out the LexCorp while Wanda curses Parasite and strikes him from range to no effect.
A LexCorp flies up and shoots Blob, missing wildly, before Parasite charges, fails to drain Blob and rips his head off.

Round Six

The Mutants claim the initiative, Wanda strikes Parasite for two wounds and Iceman slides forwards before failing to freeze Parasite.
A LexCorp flies forwards and blasts Iceman for two wounds. Parasite moves to equal height with Wanda, drains her for a wound and strikes her for another, knocking her backwards.
Iceman slides up and fails to freeze the advances LexCorp before Wanda flies next to the LexCorp and fries him with a Lightning Bolt.
A LexCorp flies forwards and blasts Wanda but misses wildly. Parasite charges Iceman and drains him dry.
Wanda flies next to the advanced LexCorp and strikes him from height, killing him.
A LexCorp flies up and strikes Wanda, but she deflects the blow. Parasite drains her for a wound before striking her to no avail.

Round Seven

The Criminals claim the initiative. The LexCorp fails to harm Wanda before Rudy drains her dry.
Xavier advances.
A LexCorp flies up to Xavier and throws a punch at him but misses wildly. Rudy charges him, fails to drain him, and punches him for two wounds.
Xavier kills the LexCorp with his mind.
Parasite drains Xavier for a wound, but his blow is stopped.
Charles telepathically assaults the criminal, inflicting two wounds.

Round Eight

Parasite claims the initiative, and drains the telepath dry.

Criminals Victorious, Parasite 1 wound, Trapster unwounded, 1 LexCorp Security.

Overview: Again, it felt useful here, but far from super-strong. It’s a nice little utility spell to have in your repertoire, which is exactly what I was hoping for from it. I could certainly see a drop to 20 based on my experience, but I don’t mind 25 and I’ll reserve judgement on that point for when others have given it a go. I reckon we just need two more people - most likely any two of @Ronin , @japes and @Yodaking - to give this a go and we should be ready!