[Ronin]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Klarion (& Teekl)

Army Test
Map: Ivy's Greenhouse
Units: Klarion @235, Hawkgirl, Robot (670) vs Captain America, Iron Man Mk IV, Songbird (670)

Spoiler Alert!

Things got off to a big start here for Team Klarion, with Hawkgirl annihilating Songbird on a big attack roll. Hawkgirl put a dent in Cap as well, but couldn't quite take him out. Robot and Klarion had difficulty getting through Cap's defense, forcing Klarion to resort to Chaotic Antics to try to wound him. This did work... eventually. Not fast enough to stop Klarion from being repulsored to death.

Unit Summary:

• Damage Done (Normal Attack): 0 wounds to Cap in 1 attack
• Chaotic Antics:
  • Chose Hawkgirl (1 Life left) and Cap (2 Life left). Rolled a skull and a shield. Transferred a wound from Hawkgirl to Cap.
  • Chose Cap (1 Life left) and Iron Man (4 Life left). Rolled a skull and a blank. Transferred a Wound Marker from Cap to Iron Man and an Order Marker from Iron Man to Cap.
  • Chose Cap (2 Life left) and Robot (2 Life left). Rolled a skull and a shield. Transferred a wound from Robot to Cap.
  • Chose Cap (1 Life left) and Iron Man (3 Life left). Rolled a skull and a shield. Transferred a wound from Iron Man to Cap, destroying Cap.
• Damage Taken/Magical Defense: 1 wound from Songbird in 1 attack, 1 wound from Cap in 1 special attack, 2 wounds from Iron Man in 5 special attacks (destroyed)

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Iron Man unwounded

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Army Test
Map: Ivy's Greenhouse
Units: Klarion @235, Catman, Scandal Savage, Ragdoll (705) vs Cable, Rover, Wild Child, Armor, Skrull Infiltrator (705)

Spoiler Alert!

Klarion again serves in the 'slightly unreliable support' role. He actually has his rolls work out pretty well, but Catman isn't doing that well on attack, and the Outlaws can't get much action going.

Unit Summary:

• Damage Done (Normal Attack): 1 wound to Cable in 1 attack (destroyed), 1 wound to Armor in 2 attacks
• Chaotic Antics:
  • Chose Catman (6 Life left) and Cable (5 Life left). Rolled two shields. Switched Catman and Cable, pulling Cable away from Rover.
  • Chose Catman (2 Life left) and Cable (5 Life left). Rolled two skulls. Teleported Catman to get him away from Rover and teleported Cable to low ground.
  • Chose Catman (2 Life left) and Cable (2 Life left). Rolled two skulls. Teleported Cable back to low ground again, Catman to high.
  • Chose Armor (3 Life left) and Cable (1 Life left). Rolled two skulls. Teleported Cable back to low ground again, threw Armor out of sidekick range.
• Damage Taken/Magical Defense: 2 wounds from Cable in 2 attacks, 2 wounds from Wild Child in 2 attacks (destroyed)

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Armor with 1 wound, Wild Child and Rover unwounded

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Army Test
Map: Ivy's Greenhouse
Units: Klarion & Teekl @320, Star-Lord, Kraven, Sif (1000) vs Fantastic Four (1000)

Spoiler Alert!

A Star-Lord-boosted Kraven manages to take out Reed pretty quickly, but Torch and Thing still do a number on Star-Lord's army. Klarion manages to get a lot of Antics in, to his team's general benefit. Notably, at one point he manages to pull 4 wounds off Torch and onto Thing (denying Thing a chance to go Clobbering Time), and then, after Sif and Teekl wound Johnny back up to 4 again, Klarion's Antics transfer a wound from Ben to Johnny, taking him out before he can let Thing really wreck shop.

Thing eventually takes out Klarion and Teekl, but they're able to do enough damage that Sif can clean up.

Klarion definitely plays a little better with Teekl providing some extra attacks and a screen that can soak up wounds. Teekl feels like a pretty good value add.

Unit Summary (Klarion):

• Damage Done (Normal Attack):
• Chaotic Antics:
  • Chose himself and Kraven, hoping for a double-skull to advance. Rolled a double-shield. Switched the two figures. Kind of a wash.
  • Chose Human Torch and Mr Fantastic. Rolled a skull and a shield. No effect since both figures were at full life.
  • Chose Quill (3 Life) and Reed (5 Life). Rolled a skull and a shield. Transferred a wound from Quill to Reed.
  • Chose Kraven (1 Life) and Torch (4 Life). Rolled a skull and a shield. Transferred a wound from Kraven to Torch.
  • Chose Thing (6 Life) and Torch (1 Life). Rolled a skull and a blank. Moved an OM from each chosen figure's card to Sue's card.
  • Chose Thing (6 Life) and Torch (1 Life). Rolled a shield and a blank. Swapped Johnny and Ben's wounds
  • Chose Thing (2 Life) and Torch (1 Life). Rolled a shield and a blank. Swapped Johnny and Ben's wounds to no effect (they had 4 each).
  • Chose Thing (2 Life) and Torch (1 Life). Rolled a skull and a shield. Transferred a wound from Ben to Johnny, destroying Johnny.
• Damage Taken/Magical Defense: 1 wound from Invisible Woman in 1 attack, 3 wounds from Thing in 3 attacks (destroyed)

Unit Summary (Teekl):

• Damage Done (Normal Attack): 0 wounds to Sue in 1 attack, 1 wound to Johnny in 1 attack
• Familiar Bond: used to bond with and extend Klarion's clear sight throughout
• Agile Climbing: used for movement throughout
• Magical Healing: healed 3 wounds from himself, 0 from Klarion
• Damage Taken/Magical Defense: 12 wounds from Thing in 5 attacks

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Sif with 4 wounds

THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: Klarion is... hard to get a bead on. He's definitely hard to min-max in any meaningful way, though. Nice for him to have figures with high life around, so that he has cards with potentially a lot of wounds that he can move around, but even that isn't a reliable strategy, because sometimes he keeps coming up with teleport effects (as in that second game.... really was hoping to wound-swap Cable and Catman, or at least transfer some wounds).

Teekl is a pretty great value add for that last point, and just for the more straightforward bonding benefit. Just a decent blocker/wound-soak in general.

Probably not the kind of unit I'm going to draft a lot, but he's super unique and I can see him being really appealing to anyone who buys a lot of lottery tickets. He's definitely a gambler's card. It's super satisfying when you get the right effect in the right moment.