[IAmBatman]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM
NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: CAPTAIN MARVEL (MARY)
VERSION TESTED

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Army Test
Map: CONFLICT CHERNOBYL
Units: Captain Marvel (Mary) (340), Captain Marvel (Billy) (360), Hoppy (140), Billy Batson (60) (900) vs Green Arrow (150), Red Arrow (150), Black Canary (900), Oracle (110), Martian Manhunter (I) (300) (900)

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I played this game as if Billy had the Shazam tag. Civilian Billy starts off the battlefield.
Round 1: Initiative Birds of Prey. Manhunter advances. He dispatches Green and Red Arrow.
Captain Billy and Hoppy advance.
Martian Manhunter follows the Secret Attack Plan and punches Captain Billy for four wounds. He dispatches Black Canary.
Captain Billy can’t hit Manhunter. Hoppy can’t hit Green Arrow and hops back to Manhunter. Mary hits Manhunter for 3 wounds.
Martian Manhunter gets blocked by Captain Billy, then moves up Canary and the Arrows.
Mary takes a swipe and flies over and punches Canary for a wound. Hoppy can’t hit Manhunter but hops over next to Billy.

Round 2: Initiative Shazamily. Billy and Mary both heal. Mary uses her bonding turn. Hoppy hits Canary for a wound. Billy can’t hit Manhunter. Mary takes a swipe from Canary and punches Manhunter for two more wounds.
Martian Manhunter follows the Secret Attack Plan and punches Mary for a wound. Then he dispatches Canary and Arrow.
Captain Billy takes out Manhunter and Hoppy hits Canary for a wound.
Canary punches Hoppy for a wound, is blocked from height by Billy, hits Billy for three wounds, then Billy Shazams and misses the unblockable, then Canary hits Billy for a wound. Captain Billy Shazams back down and misses the unblockable. Green Arrow uses Skill Shot and fails to hit Captain Billy for a finishing wound.
Mary flies over and hits Green Arrow for three wounds. Hoppy finishes Black Canary.
Green Arrow reveals an Order Marker. Speed Shot whiffs and Green Arrow fails to punch Mary.

Round 3: Initiative Shazmily. Billy and Mary both heal. Mary uses her bonding turn. Hoppy can’t hit Red Arrow. Captain Billy one shots Red Arrow. Mary finishes Green Arrow.
Oracle advances.
Billy and Hoppy fly towards Oracle.
Oracle follows the Secret Attack Plan and KO’s Billy. Civ Billy Shazams and hits Oracle for a wound.
Mary flies over to Oracle and socks her for two wounds. Hoppy finishes Oracle off.

Unit Summary: Oof, this one has me worrying that Mary hits too hard as currently comprised. Given this amount of turn efficiency, it’s less important for her one attack to be so big and getting the +2 bonus for flying is quite easy. I want to reduce her Attack Number to 5 and try this army against another opponent.

• Damage Done (Normal Attack): Inflicted [12] wounds on [Martian Manhunter [5], Black Canary [1], Green Arrow [4], Oracle [2]]
• Shared Power of Shazam used [3] times

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Captain Marvel (Mary) with 5 of 6 Life, Billy Batson (Civ) with 3 of 4 Life, and Hoppy with 2 of 3 Life win.

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Army Test
Map: CITY PARK
Units: Captain Marvel (Mary) (340), Captain Marvel (Billy) (360), Hoppy (140), Billy Batson (60) (900) vs Crime Syndicate (900)

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I lowered Mary’s attack by 1 here and played Billy as having the keyword on his card. Billy starts on the card.
Round 1: Initiative Shazamily. Billy Cap and Hoppy advance.
Owlman advances. Superwoman uses the X and advances next to him.
Mary zooms across the map and attacks Owlman from height. She rolls terribly and he blocks two skulls on two dice and inflicts two wounds on her with Calculated Defense. Hoppy can’t hit Superwoman, but does take height on her.
Ultraman hits Mary for a wound with his heat vision. Superwoman avoids a swipe, engages Mary, and punches Mary out. She fails to lasso Billy.
Mary had OM3.
Ultraman zaps Captain Marvel for a wound. Superwoman fails to follow up or hit her lasso.

Round 2: Initiative Shazamily. Captain Billy heals. He punches Superwoman for two wounds. Hoppy punches her for two more.
Ultraman hits Billy for an auto wound. Superwoman punches Hoppy for a wound, then lassoes Captain Billy and flies him into height disadvantage and engagement with his three foes. Superwoman uses the “X” to move away.
Captain Billy can’t hit Ultraman. Hoppy attacks Owlman and inflicts a wound and takes one from Calculated Defense.
Ultraman zaps Hoppy and KO’s him. Superwoman flies over and can’t hit Captain Billy.
Captain Billy puts two wounds on Owlman. Two unblockables for Calculated Defense miss.
Ultraman zaps Captain Billy for a wound. He goes Shazam! Civ Billy destroys Superwoman but misses the others. Owlman hits Civ Billy for two wounds and he Shazams again. Ultraman takes a wound.


Round 3: Initiative Shazamily. Captain Billy heals. He takes a swipe, takes height on Owlman, and punches Owlman for a fourth wound.
Ultraman zaps Captain Billy for a wound. He turns into Civ Billy, who finishes Owlman with a Shazam.
Civ Billy has no OM’s.
Ultraman is somehow blocked by Billy.
Civ Billy has no OM’s.
Ultraman destroys Civ Billy. Cap Billy comes back but the unblockable misses.

Round 4: Initiative Ultraman. He punches out Captain Billy.

Unit Summary: This turned out to be a much tougher match up for the Shazamily and makes me feel better about Mary. Her attack reduction really did not come into play here, but I’m fine with still going with it if we want to make sure this combination isn’t too overpowering. Focusing in on her and taking her out early is definitely a key to victory when Hoppy is in the mix.

• Damage Done (Normal Attack): Inflicted [0] wounds
• Shared Power of Shazam: used [0] times

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Ultraman with 6 of 7 Life wins.

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UNIT SUMMARY: Hoppy definitely adds a lot more “pop” to the Mary/Billy combo as he brings in an increased chance of initiative wins and turn efficiency when Mary’s not sharing her powers. I think a 10 point bump and reducing Mary’s Attack number to 5 (since it’s really easy for her to get the +2 to equal Billy) is a good way to go to keep her balanced after the other boosts to her card.