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C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Spider-Man (Ultimate)

Army Test 1
Map: Grundy's Grave (No Glyphs)
Units: Team 1 (1,000): 190 Ghost-Spider (Gwen Stacy)
160 Spider-Man (Hobie Brown C)
170 Spider-Man (Miles Morales) (I)
260 Spider-Man (Otto Octavius)
240 Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Spider-Verse)
170 Spider-Man (Benjamin Parker)
1190, 6 hexes
Team 2 (1,000): 190 Hydro-Man (Morris Bench)
250 Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) (II)
220 Rhino (Aleksei Sytsevich)
200 Kraven (Sergei Kravinoff)
120 Firefly (Garfield Lynns)
210 Sandman (William Baker)
1190, 6 hexes

Pre-game thoughts: First time playing with Spider-verse people, pretty excited though I had to cut down to get to the point total I wanted. I'm thinking that I can use Ghost-Spider to get a strong turn to cement a lead while using Ben Parker to protect Otto. On closer examination, Ben can protect Otto's Order Markers from Kraven's nerve punch which is invaluable against a strong figure.

Summary of the game:

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Early: I start grouping up the spidermen on the field around the height on the asphalt towards my side of field but not before Kraven is able to charge over to my side quick. Sinister Six ramp up pretty quick even though I won initiative early on. Otto gets caught on low ground and but we manage to block all wounds and move up to height to drop some dice on his head. Kraven fights his way back onto the center of the board, chasing Otto and dropping to half health. Firefly also takes the center of the board and becomes my main focus as I am wary of the unblockables that I have no abilities to interact with.

Mid: Rhino and Kraven take up the bulk of the midgame with the rest of the Sinister Six moving up onto the asphalt after I lose initiative. I did deploy the spiderverse reserves to try and bring Otto down but it would up being pretty ineffective and only putting a single wound on Otto. Hobbie makes his presence known midgame putting wounds everywhere with Punk Riot and making himself a target. Kraven goes down in the mid-game after Ben decides to protect him from back to back attacks from Kraven and Rhino. Ben winds up dying but Otto gets the revenge kill.

Late: Hobbie tries to go for broke against enemy Otto but only hits 1 skull on his 3 skull fender bender and my Otto goes down to Rhino. The endgame consists of Peter and Miles bringing down Dr. Octopus, Peter makes a final stand against Sandman but eventually falls to the unblockables that add up with a missed spider sense.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Sinister Six win! Sandman = Full health, Hydroman = 2 wounds, Rhino = 2 wounds.

Post-game thoughts: Ben was not heavy impact in the offense department this game because we were mostly fighting on a flat platform so I was trying to use him to block and protect my Order Marker hub. The ability for him to protect against OM manipulation tied to attacks was pretty crucial and stopped the game from just ending when Otto got double-teamed by heavy hitters.

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Army Test 2
Map: Country Road (No Glyphs)
Units: Team 1 (1,000):160 Spider-Man (Hobie Brown C)
170 Spider-Man (Miles Morales) (I)
260 Spider-Man (Otto Octavius)
240 Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Spider-Verse)
170 Spider-Man (Benjamin Parker)
1000, 5 hexes
Team 2 (1,000): 170 Yondu (Yondu Udonta C)
240 Charlie-27
230 Vance Astro
160 Nikki (Nicholette Gold)
200 Martinex (Martinex T'Naga)
1000, 6 hexes

Pre-game thoughts: A little bit wiser with the Spider-Verse build this time, I understand the roles of the figures I brought better here and and going to try and leverage Ben a bit more aggressively.

Summary of the game:

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Early: Center of the board is where I wanted to be, Peter is my tank so I rushed him forward to the far portion of the bridge so no one could get even ground with him without walking all the way around. His backup was Ben who took a position on the bridge behind him and then Miles moved around on my side of the bridge to take up a shooting position from height near the stairs. Charlie moved up to engage Peter immediately and I started trading some fire with Vance and Company.

Mid: Peter's spider sense made him untouchable for almost the entire game, Nikki jumped up top to attack Ben who was able to use Step up next turn to almost kill her. After that turn Hobbie moved into engagement with Vance and put out a ton of wounds with Punk Riot, killing Nikki in the process. Otto stayed back near my end of the bridge while Miles moved up onto the bridge adequately protected by Ben and Peter. Yondu joined the fray to try and clean Hobbie off of Vance but it went rather poorly for him.

Late: Lategame consisted of Hobbie blowing his 3 unblockables again, Ben Parker going down to Vance and Miles dishing out a ton of damage from height. Ben and Miles were my main attackers for most of the late game as they could both throw out 5 dice consistently. Endgame is where Charlie was finally about to get through Spidersense and oneshot Peter who held him in engagement all game. Otto advanced up onto the bridge where he was able to finish off Charlie with support from Miles.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Spider-verse wins! Miles - 2 wounds, Otto - full life

Post-game thoughts: Ben Definitely earned his keep this game. I didn't use the defensive ability because Otto was never in danger but I kept him close so that he could soak wounds for Peter if Spider sense ever failed. He got to use Step up once because I was using him to zone for Peter specifically and Miles was protected by using his camouflage.

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THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: I see him as a bit of a bruiser/wound soaker role at the moment. The ability to get 6 attack or 7 attack from height in a Spider-verse Army is not joke because it can net the revenge kill or just crack a big unit that the ground might struggle against. The ability to protect Otto's order markers from OM removal like Kraven is really huge because Otto's high defense means that Ben shouldn't be soaking a large amount of wounds to begin with. The ability to choose between tanking and using Step Up is pretty powerful, both have situations where I feel I want to use them right now.

GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT: I'm happy with where the unit fared in the test but that might also be because he provided me counterplay/protection. I think interaction against abilities is a huge part of the game to appreciate, while OM abilities are powerful the ability to take wounds to prevent the ones that rely on attacks seems like a calculated trade off. Will definitely be using Step Up in a crime fighter build with someone like Luke Cage in the future.