C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM
NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Looker
Army Test
Map: Ruined Pier (ARV map) – No Glyphs
Units: Team 1 (725): Looker (210), Baron Mordo (265), Star-Lord (250)
Team 2 (725): Mr. Fantastic (235), Invisible Woman (215), Crystal (225), Wasp (50)
Note that T2 won initiative every round. Baron Mordo and Looker seems like it could be very powerful, but Looker was too much of a glass cannon here to really see it through.
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Army Test
Map: Ruined Pier (ARV map) - Glyph of Wannok (Wound) is in the suggested position, and the other Glyph is face-down and randomly drawn from a Glyph pool of; Astrid (Attack +1), Valda (Move +2), Dagmar (Initiative +, and Lodin (Lucky 20-sider)
Units: Team 1 (830): Looker (210), Black Lightning (160), Metamorpho (290), Arsenal (170)
Team 2 (830): Captain America (240), Bucky (60), Luke Cage (190), Jack Flagg (190), Moon Knight (150)
Spoiler Alert!
Round 1: T2 wins initiative
-Luke lands on the Glyph, revealing it to be the Glyph of Astrid (Attack +1)
-Looker hides behind a ruin, ready to strike
Round 2: T2 wins initiative
-Cap kills Arsenal in one hit, dropping the bolas
-Metamorpho picks up the bolas and throws some onto Cap
-Black Lightning gives Cap 2 wounds
-Moon Knight lands on the Glyph of Wannok (wound)
-Glyph of Wannok gives Metamorpho a wound
Round 3: T2 wins initiative
-Looker mesmerizes Cap and Bucky
-Cap gives Metamorpho 2 wounds, causing him to drop the bolas
-Jack picks up the bolas
-Metamorpho gives Cap 2 wounds
-Jack throws some bolas on Metamorpho
-Jack gives Metamorpho a wound
-Glyph of Wannok gives Moon Knight a wound
Round 4: T1 wins initiative
-Looker mesmerizes Cap and Bucky
-Cap (with some Tactical Diversion help) kills Metamorpho
-Jack Flagg gives Black Lightning a wound
-Glyph of Wannok gives Lightning a wound
Round 5: T1 wins initiative
-Looker mesmerizes Cap and Bucky
-Cap (with TD help) gives Looker 2 wounds
-Lightning inflicts 3 wounds on Jack, causing him to drop the bolas
-Lightning counterstrikes Jack for a wound
-Jack kills Black Lightning
-Wannok puts a wound on Looker
Round 6: T1 wins initiative
-Looker mesmerizes Cap, Bucky, and Jack
-Cap kills Looker
Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Captain America (4/5 wounds), Bucky (0/4 wounds), Luke Cage (0/5 wounds), Jack Flag (4/6 wounds), Moon Knight (1/5 wounds)
Featuring the first time I’ve ever actually rolled a 1 on Wannok.
So T1’s plan was to go for height while T2 decided to put Cap and Bucky on height while having Luke, Jack, and MK chase the Glyphs. However, the Outsiders invested their early OMs into getting Arsenal up to height, so when he died they were left pretty undeployed while Cap and Bucky had time to seize the hill. With Roy dying that fast, Bucky having his bonding negated, and Luke sitting on a Glyph all game, this was basically a 1-turn-per-OM game.
Looker obviously lasted longer here. While it didn’t feel like she did much, being able to negate Avengers Assemble and Bucky’s bonding was certainly helpful. It’s just more of a passive thing that’s harder to take notice of.
___________________________________________________________ THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: Looker is a cool unit with some neat tricks to pull, but I don’t think she’s worth 210 at all in her current state. Her survivability isn’t as bad as I felt it was after my first game, but it’s not at the level where she’s going to last long once she’s drawing fire.
I’m still of the belief that’s the main issue, not the potency of her powers. Sure, you have to invest a turn into her to get more than 1 marker, but it’s not like taking a turn with a character that has a ranged attack of 4 is that bad.
I think more tests with Baron Mordo are needed, maybe in combination with Black Lightning and/or Arsenal. The Hypnotic Control combo worries me more than any sort of LOS trick I can think of.
GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT: She is pretty fun to play, and I’m always impressed when someone manages to invent a new mechanic like this, 10 years into the project. I think she’ll be very useful, even when not in an Outsiders build.
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