The Book of Domino

[Yodaking]

Okay, just wanted to make sure it wasn't an issue before I started testing if we are going to just change it again. More consistent without hitting super hard is the theme I'm going for here.

[Yodaking]

Just noticed that we never settled on a personality here. I believe precise was a personality used for a figure before, how about that? I'm not too particular on what it ends up, I just need to know if it will be something that has some synergy interactions that need to be explored in testing.

[Ronin]

Originally Posted by Yodaking

Just noticed that we never settled on a personality here. I believe precise was a personality used for a figure before, how about that? I'm not too particular on what it ends up, I just need to know if it will be something that has some synergy interactions that need to be explored in testing.

Maybe something like Sly or Tricky? Tricky technically helps her out against Paste Pot Pete, but that's not a match-up that demands testing.

[dok]

Ronin interpreted me correctly (thanks).

Originally Posted by Ronin

No-one's suggesting that they are. Just that they're very good.

I'm not suggesting they definitely are, but double ranged attack with 1 less range but more consistent punch than Deadpool does sound intimidating, and 7+ defense is unusually high in this point range (although, of course, 4 life is unusually low).

I'm not saying "change it now", but I'm saying we should probably keep a close eye on results here.

[Yodaking]

Knocked out the hero tests, she is coming in a little stronger on defense than I think she should be so I'm recommending a drop in base defense by 1.

Hero Tests
- Does it pass, Yes or No? yes, although I think her defense needs to drop by 1. She is pretty hard to deal wounds to with a normal att. without anything boosting her stats or having other figures in play to help screen for/protect her.
- What should be the unit's point value? I’m going to say the 220-230 range is still viable if we drop her def. by 1.
- Give a brief preview. I tried to run her vs. figures with a d20 roll power here to make sure that aspect of her power was taken into account. Pitted her vs. Rhino in one match as I felt he might be a good counter with her with the auto shield on defense, plus wanting to be unengaged so he can potentially charge more often.
Map: Cross the Stream (small custom map)

Spoiler Alert!

TEST 1
Units: Domino vs. Strong Guy (215)
Strong Guy wins initiative but Domino get in the first (ranged) attack. Rerolls 2 die for a 2 skull att., blocked, rerolls all 3 dice, miss. Strong Guy att., 2 skulls, blocked without rerolling but rerolled 3 dice anyway to get more shields, 1 extra shield, moved 3 spaces but remained engaged in order to maintain even ground. Domino adj. att., rolls 1 skull, rerolls 3 die, now a 3 skull att., blocked. Domino wins initiative, 2 skulls, rerolls 2 for 2 more skulls, 1 shield on 6 dice for 3W, rolls a 15, -2 does not change the results, 3W dealt to Domino. Strong Guy att., rolls 3 skulls, Domino rolls 1 shield on 5 dice, rerolls 3, still only has 1 shield, 2W = dead.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Strong Guy unwounded won, kinetic redirect was key here as it dealt 3W to Domino.
TEST 2
Units: Domino vs. Strong Guy (215)
Domino wins initiative, takes HG & att. first at range, 3 skulls rolled, rerolled 1 die for an extra skull, 2 shields rolled on def., d20roll is a 9, 2W, att. again, 3 skulls, blocked. Strong Guy engages, rolls 2 skulls, blocked, Domino moves 1 space away & att. at range, 2 skulls, 1 shield, 3 on d20, 1W, att. again, 1 skull, blocked. Strong Guy engages, att., 3 skulls, blocked w/4 shields (natural, 1 reroll was still a skull), Domino moves to the other side of Strong Guy. Domino wins initiative, engaged att., 3 skulls, whiff on def., d20 roll is a 16, Domino takes 3W. Strong Guy att., 5 skulls, 2 shields, 3 dice rerolled, no new shields, 3W = dead.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Strong Guy w/3W won, but the d20 saved him.
TEST 3
Units: Domino vs. Iron Man Mark III (220)
Iron Man wins initiative, flies up to HG, Domino moves up behind tree, Iron Man flies adj. & uses SA, miss, Domino still rolls def. dice though for the move option, 2 shields, 3 die rerolled, still only 2 shields, moves 2 spaces away. Domino reveals OM and moves up to HG, att. twice, 2 skulls, blocked, 4 skulls, 1W. Iron Man flies adj., att. w/SA, 3 skulls, 3 shields, blocked, moves away. Domino att. at range, 3 skulls (natural), 1W, 2 skulls, blocked. Iron Man wins initiative, uses SA, 2 skulls, blocked (natural). Domino att. at range, 3 skulls, blocked, 3 skulls again, blocked again. Iron Man uses SA, miss. Domino att., 2 skulls, 1W, 3 skulls, 2W – d20 rolled, 16! Iron Man moves adj. & att. normally, 1 skull, 4 shields has Domino moves around him while staying adj. Domino att., 3 skulls, 2 shields, 1W = dead.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Domino unwounded won.
TEST 4
Units: Domino vs. Iron Man Mark III (220)
Iron Man will try to stay engaged this time and use his normal att. instead trying to use the SA to set up a HG advantage. Domino wins initiative and hides behind tree again. Iron Man flies up & uses SA on tree, 1 skull, blocked. Domino att. at range, 2 skulls, 1W, 2 skulls, 1W again. Iron Man wins initiative & engages, 1 skull, blocked w/4 shields, Domino moves around him. Domino att. while engaged, 1 skull, blocked (w/1 shield). Iron Man att., 4 skulls, 1 shield, 3W, Domino disengages. Att. twice from range, 1 skull, whiff, 1W, 3 skulls (all 3 on reroll), 2 shields, d20 rolled, 14, Iron Man survives. Iron Man engages & att., 3 skulls, blocked (natural), Domino moves. Domino moves & att. while engaged, 3 skulls, 1 shield, dead.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Domino w/3W won, Iron Man rolled just 3 shields on first 24 def. dice resulting in a quick 3W.
TEST 5
Units: Domino vs. Rhino (220)
Domino wins initiative, Rhino moves up, Domino takes HG just 2 spaces away, 1 skull, auto-blocked, 3 skulls, blocked. Rhino engages with a 1 space charge, 2 skulls, 3 shields, Domino moves 1 space away, Rhino takes 1W. Domino att., 3 skulls, whiff, 2W, 3 skulls (natural), 1W. Rhino engages w/o charging, 2 skulls, blocked, Domino moves away. Domino att., 2 skulls, blocked, 2 skulls, whiff, 1W. Rhino engages w/o charging, 3 skulls, 2W, Domino stays put on even ground. Domino win initiative, att. while engages, 3 skulls, whiff, dead.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Domino w/2W won, Rhino rolled pretty poorly on def.
TEST 6
Units: Domino vs. Rhino (220)
Rhino wins initiative and moves up first with a charge, Domino moves but he is just out of range, Rhino moves & charges Domino (+2 att.), 3 skulls on 7 dice, blocked (3 natural, 1 bonus shield), 1W to Rhino, Domino disengages. Domino takes HG while engaged, 4 skulls, whiff on def. yet again, 3W. Rhino moves to even ground & att., 1 skull, 5 shields (natural), Domino moves around him and disengages. Domino att. at range, 1 skull, blocked, 3 skulls, blocked. Domino wins initiative, 3 skulls, 1W, 2 skulls, blocked. Rhino engages & att., 2 skulls, 2 shields (natural), disengage. Domino att., 2 skulls, blocked, 3 skulls (natural), blocked. Rhino engages & att., 3 skulls!!!!, blocked after reroll. Domino att. while engages, 2 skulls, blocked (now the shield are starting to show up for Rhino). Rhino att., 3 skulls!!!, 5 skulls on first def. roll!!!, 1 shield after rerolling 3 dice, 2W, Domino disengages. Domino wins initiative, 2 skulls, blocked, 3 skulls, blocked. Rhino engages & att., 1 skull, blocked, disengages. Domino att., 3 skull, 1W, dead.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Domino w/2W won, Rhino digs himself into another hole here with poor rolls on att. and def.
TEST 7
Units:Domino vs. Venom (230)
Domino wins initiative, att. at range, 2 skulls, d20 = 2, blocked, 3 skulls (natural), d20 = 9, 2W. Venom engages & att., 5 skulls, 3 shields, 2W. Domino att. while engaged, 3 skulls, d20 = 20. Venom uses Slashing Tendrals, 1W, 1W, dead.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Venom w/2W won, the skulls like this guy.
TEST 8
Units: Domino vs. Venom (230)
Domino wins initiative, att. at range, 3 skulls, d20 = 13 -2 = 11, 1W, 2 skulls, d20 = 16, Venom moves into engagement. Venom uses Slashing Tendrals, 1W, 1W, miss. Domino att. while engaged, 3 skulls, d20 = 1, 1W. Venom uses Slashin Tendrals, 1W, 1W, dead.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Venom w/2W won again, very strong rolls on the auto wound power.
TEST 9
Units: Domino vs. Lady Deathstrike (230)
Domino wins initiative, att. from HG, 4 skulls, 2W, 4 skulls again, 3W. Lady Deathstrike engages, rolls d20, 8 +5 -2 = 11, att., 1 skull, initial whiff, reroll results in block. Domino att. while engaged, 4 skulls again, dead.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Domino w/full life won, all skulls for every att. roll leads to a quick win.
TEST 10
Units: Domino vs. Lady Deathstrike (230)
Domino wins initiative, this time Lady Death Strike hides behind a tree to prevent the HG ranged att. Domino att. from range on even ground, 2 skulls, blocked, 1 skull, blocked. Lady Deathstrike engages & att., 3 skulls, blocked! Lady Deathstrike wins initiative & att., 2 skulls, blocked. Domino att. while engaged, 3 skulls, blocked. LD att., 2 skulls, blocked, Domino disengages. Domino att. at range, 2 skulls, blocked, 3 skulls (natural), 1W. LD engages, rolls d20, 5, att., 2 skulls, after initial whiff it is blocked on reroll. Domino att. while engaged, 4 skulls, 2W. LD X heals 1W. Domino wins initiative, att. while engaged, 3 skulls, whiff on def., 3W. LD rolls d20, 11 +5 -2 = 14, 1W, att., 2 skulls, blocked, Domino disengages. Domino att. at range, 3 skulls, 1W, dead.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Domino w/1W won. Lady Death had a really strong run of def. dice to start the game but couldn’t deal any wounds when attacking even with the -2 def. power in play. Only W dealt to Domino came via d20 roll.

Army Test 1
- Does it pass, Yes or No? yes
- What should be the unit's point value? This one didn’t go well for the Fan4 from the very beginning and finished pretty poorly as well, yet it didn’t feel as though they were out of it had they just managed to get a few rolls to go their way. So 230 didn’t seem out of place.
- Give a brief preview. Played Domino with just 4 base defense here. I’m using Starlord and CA to double boost her stats, which should make her really consistent. Then threw her up against the high defense Fan 4 build to see how her consistence compares to the rate of poor defense rolls. Her d20 power could have an impact here as well if Johnny tries to Flame On by her. Super-Skrull rounds out the team with another figure to double boost while also cutting down the Fan 4’s def. by 1.
Map: Cross the Stream (small custom map)
Units: Domino @230, Capt. America(C3G), Star Lord, Super Skrull (RL’NND) (1000) vs. Fan 4 (1000)

Spoiler Alert!

Probability Manipulation Usage: Rerolled die throughout.
Combat Training 1 Usage: Once to att. engaged Johnny from HG.
Uncanny Dodge Usage: Never used, the Fan 4 were focused on taking down the two stat boosters first and never managed to finish off SL.
Damage Dealt: 1W to Reed while boosted by both SL & CA and Reed was boosted by Sue. 1W to Reed again, same set up on boosts, this finishes Reed off. 1W to Johnny from HG while engaged and boosted by SL (poor att. roll). 2W to Johnny at range while boosted by SL.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Star Lord w/3W, Domino w/2W, & Super Skrull at full health won this one. Not a particularly good showing for the Fan 4 here.
Play by play: On the opening att. of the game, Super Skrull hits Reed with an eye beam from LG and Reed only rolls 1 shield on 10 dice to take a quick 3Ws. Star Lord also whiffs on his first def. roll to take a quick 2W from Reed. Ben hits CA for 8 skulls on his first att. roll of the game, resulting in a quick 4W for CA. Super Skrull teleports adj. to Sue and att. from LG (SL can’t see him) for 2W, this forces Reed to pull back and wrap up the Super Skrull to keep him from chasing Sue around the board. Domino shoots twice at Reed and deals 1W. Avengers win initiative, CA uses SA to avoid Rock Wall defense to no effect, Reed botches his d20 roll and only manages to att. the Super Skrull to no effect, then Domino finishes Reed off and the Fan4 lose OM2. Domino unloads on Ben but can’t crack his Sue boosted def. Sue wins initiative and moves to HG, Cap uses his Shield to slap Ben around for 4 skull but still fails to wound him, then Ben crushes Steve. Super Skrull takes out Sue, then deals 1W to Ben. Johnny tries to take down Star Lord but fails. Domino still can’t crack Ben’s def. Johnny wins initiative and again fails to wound SL at range. Super Skrull hits Ben for 3W, then another 1W. Since Ben is almost dead, he moves down adj. to SL on HG while still engaged with Super Skrull on LG, rolls 7 att. dice vs. 4 def. dice, only musters up 2 skulls and gets blocked. Super Skrull finished Ben off then att. Johnny at range but gets blocked. Johnny is desperate so he moves into engagement with SL from HG, and Domino from LG, att. SL for 1W. Domino att. from HG and deals just 1W. Johnny wins initiative and immediately Flames SL & Domino, neither of which deal a LEA W, rolls a 1 for SL, 15 for Domino, att. SL from HG, miss. Domino att. SL twice, 2W. Johnny still can’t wound SL from HG. Super Skrull engages Johnny and finishes him off.

Recap: Reed took a quick 3W on the opening attack of the game and that set the tone for the Fan4 in this one. They did manage to put CA down fairly quickly but Reed was soon lost and then Sue once Reed couldn’t keep the Super Skrull away from her. Johnny and Ben thought they still had a chance, but Johnny couldn’t finish off Star Lord even though he was rolling 5 att. dice to Star Lord’s 4 def. dice. It wasn’t Lucky Defense that save the day either, just really poor att. rolls. Then he also failed to set Star Lord on fire when he had a chance to. Domino did pretty well when doing her part, but she didn’t get as many OM’s as I was expecting her to get in this one. Super Skull was equally a good place for OM’s and CA needed 1 per round to keep the bonuses going. She also never got attacked due to the Fan4’s focus on the two stat boosters and the teleporting furious claw threat so I can’t rightly say what impact the drop to 4 def. did for her after this one.
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Army Test 2
- Does it pass, Yes or No? yes
- What should be the unit's point value? Her consistency on offense is actually pretty scary for higher defense figures as they know they will at some point whiff to one of her two attacks. Watching her go down in this one makes me hopeful that she isn’t overly strong though and thus not an figure that is not fun to play against. I’d go with 230 for now and see how the public does with her.
- Give a brief preview. I’m exploring both her mutant and mercenary synergy here with a team of 4 mutant mercs along with a mutant sidekick. Zemo has recruited an army of Frost Giants and a speedster to his cause.
Map: Cross the Stream (small custom map)
Units: Domino @220, Cable, Deadpool, Silver Samurai, Jubilee (1080) vs. Baron (Helmut) Zemo, Prof. Zoom, Frost Giant x3 (1080)

Spoiler Alert!

Probability Manipulation Usage: Rerolled dice throughout.
Combat Training 1 Usage: Never used.
Uncanny Dodge Usage: Domino takes 2W from the first Frost Giant att. of the game and uses the 1 shield she rolled on defense to disengage away, then Silver Samurai moved up into her former spot to keep the Giant away from her.
Damage Dealt: Att. Frost Giant from HG, dealt 2W, then 1W. Att. Frost Giant from even ground and deals 2W, then another 2W.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Cable w/3W, Silver Samurai w/4W, and Deadpool unused and unwounded won.
Play by Play: Cable uses his Merc Command ability right out the gate to move his 3 Merc allies up 4 spaces + Jubilee moves up. Frost Giant A moves up, then Domino takes HG and att. Frost Giant A, dealing 3W in two att., Jubilee att. w/SA from even ground, blocked. Frost Giant A engages Domino and deals 2W to her, Domino retreats, Silver Samurai engages the Giant and deals 1W, Jubilee is blocked. Frost Giant B moves up. Cable wins initiative, moves up and att. Frost Giant A from LG, second shot scores a W and the Giant Falls over. Frost Giant C moves up. Silver Samuria moves into engagement with both while on HG, att. FGC with a normal att., blocked, Jubilee moves up & att. w/SA, 1W. Frost Giant C moves up to even ground and tries to freeze the Samurai but fails. Domino moves back up to HG & att. Frost Giant B twice, blocked x2, Jubilee att. same, 3W! Frost Giant C takes LEA, miss, engages Jubilee and deals 2W. Domino wins initiative, opts to att. Frost Giant C from even ground as that is the more immediate threat to her, 2W, 2W (1 shield on 7 def. dice two times in a row), Jubilee hits FGB for another 1W. Frost Giant B moves up to even ground with Silver Samurai and tried to freeze him but fails. SS att. with SA, blocked x3, Jubilee blocked. FGB fails to freeze SS. Cable moves up to even ground with FGB and finishes him off. Zoom runs up and kills Jubilee. SS uses SA to deal 1W to Zoom before he runs away. Zoom uses SA to att. SS twice, Cable once, and Domino once, all blocked. Cable att. Zoom, who runs behind a rock. Zemo moves up & deals 1W to SS from LG. SS gets stick in Zemo’s glue trap. Zoom runs over and takes down Domino. SS wins initiative and engages Zoom, att. w/SA and deals 2W before he runs away. Zoom att. Cable, blocked. Cable is now engaged with Zoom and must att. him, dodge, block. Zemo moves up to even ground and att. SS at range, 1W. SS get stuck in glue. Zemo att. SS again, blocked. SS wins initiative and finds he is still stuck in glue. Zemo att. SS, who whiffs on def., 2W. SS puts down Zoom. Zemo misses SS. Cable engages Zemo & att., 3W, blocked. Zemo att., blocked. Zemo wins initiative and att., blocked. Cable gets hit with glue, Zemo att. again, 3W! Cable finished off Zemo.

Recap: The Frost Giants prove themselves a fairly ineffective army as Zemo sent them out first to try and weaken the Mutants up a bit and maybe freeze a few of them. They failed to freeze anyone, and only managed to dish out 4W in total, 2 to Jubilee and 2 to Domino, before all 3 were out of play. 15 life behind 7 def. just didn’t last very long as Jubilee as usual hit above her pay grade and the Giants had way too many 1 shield rolls on 7 dice. Zoom finished off Jubilee and Domino though, but had no answer for Silver Samurai who eventually put him down. Zemo made a heroic last stand but still fell in the end. Deadpool didn’t do anything but watch in this one. As for Domino, her bonding with Jubilee is pretty sweet and Jubilee always seems to do more than 60 points of damage in my games, so adding her turn onto the double attack of Domino is a pretty effective onslaught of att. dice. Domino went down fairly easy in this one though, her def. dice rolls were not all that good, and that does give me hope that her solid offense will not be too annoying to deal with.

[Yodaking]

Updated the above post with the team tests. I ran her with just a base 4 defense. Her teams won both matches, the first win had a lot more to due with the Fan4's poor showing than anything while the 2nd big win I'll attribute to my forgetting just how over priced the Frost Giants really are. I'm thinking with the drop in base defense down to 4, send her out to public testing at 230 and see how she does. If her teams continue to perform well we can bump her up some.

[Ronin]

The win against the FF looks concerning at a glance, but it does seem like the FF kinda just flubbed it.

Defense down to 4 is a sound change.

[Yodaking]

I changed the SP to reflect her def. drop down to 4 and updated the personality with Tricky.

I propose Domino for Public PT at 230 points.

YK- yea
@japes - yea
@johnny139 -
@Arkham - yea
@Ronin -yea

[Ronin]

yea

[Arkham]

Yea

[japes]

yea

[Yodaking]

Originally Posted by Yodaking

I changed the SP to reflect her def. drop down to 4 and updated the personality with Tricky.

I propose Domino for Public PT at 230 points.

YK- yea
@japes - yea
@johnny139 -
@Arkham - yea
@Ronin -yea

I'm going to call this on time and post it up in the Public PT thread.