The Book of Hawkwoman (Shayera Hol)

[Arch-vile]

I’m happy too. Thanks Ark.

[IAmBatman]

I'm going to try Hawkwoman (280), John Stewart (340), Wonder Woman (III) (310), Green Arrow (II) (210), Alfred (60) at 1200 points. Should be a nice one. I think I'll just try something standard against them: Fan Four + Wasp (I) and Iceman.

[IAmBatman]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM
NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: HAWKWOMAN
VERSION TESTED

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = HAWKWOMAN
SECRET IDENTITY = SHAYERA HOL

SPECIES = THANAGARIAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = CHAMPION
PERSONALITY = FIERCE
SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 5
MOVE = 6
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 6
DEFENSE = 5
POINTS = 280

RALLY FOR JUSTICE
If Hawkwoman inflicts one or more wounds on an opponent's figure with her normal attack, you may choose a figure you control within clear sight of Hawkwoman. You may either move the chosen figure up to 4 spaces, or place a previously removed green Battery Marker, Justice League Marker, or Order Marker, unrevealed, back onto the chosen figure's Army Card. A figure may only be chosen for Rally for Justice once per round.

NTH METAL DEFENSE
When rolling defense dice, you may count one blank as an extra shield. If the attacking figure is Undead or has the Magical Defense special power, you may instead count all blanks as extra shields.

AERIAL ASSAULT
When Hawkwoman starts to fly, she will not take any leaving engagement attacks. After rolling defense dice against a normal attack, you may immediately move Hawkwoman one space for each shield she has. If she ends this movement engaged with the attacking figure, all excess shields count as unblockable hits on that figure.

SUPER STRENGTH
FLYING

Army Test
Map: Custom
Units: Fantastic Four (1,000), Iceman (I) (150), Wasp (I) (50) (1200) vs Hawkwoman (280), Green Lantern (John Stewart) (340), Green Arrow (II) (210), Wonder Woman (III) (310), Alfred (60)

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1: Wonder Woman sheds a JL Marker. Initiative Fantastic Four. Mister Fantastic advances. Hawkwoman advances. Mister Fantastic advances with Wasp and Invisible Woman. Green Lantern carries Alfred and Green Arrow forward. Human Torch advances and Green Lantern blocks a fiery burst. Mister Fantastic holds his ground. Hawkwoman circles to position for next round.

Round 2: Wonder Woman sheds a JL Marker. Initiative Fantastic Four. Human Torch has his attack on Alfred from height blocked. Thing advances. Mister Fantastic holds his ground. Green Lantern engages Invisible Woman and hits her for two wounds. Green Arrow sheds a JL Marker and hits her for a third. Invisible Woman slips away and fails an attack on Alfred from height. Mister Fantastic ties down Green Lantern and Green Arrow and hits Green Arrow for a wound. Hawkwoman KO’s Wasp and Wonder Woman reclaims a JL Marker. Thing engages Hawkwoman and clobbers her for two wounds. Human Torch has his attack on Hawkwoman from height blocked. Mister Fantastic takes a wound from Green Shield Strike. Hawkwoman takes a swipe from Thing and hits Invisible Woman for one wound, recharging Green Lantern. Green Arrow sheds a marker, but can’t touch Mister Fantastic.

Round 3: Wonder Woman sheds a marker. Initiative Fantastic Four. Thing avoids a swipe and engages Hawkwoman for a big clobbering. He hits her for one wound, then she tries to slip away from the double attack, but a swipe takes her out. Mister Fantastic takes a Green Shield Strike. Hawkwoman had OM1. Human Torch engages Green Arrow and Green Arrow blocks the hit. Thing Clobbers Green Arrow to bits. Green Lantern can’t hit Mister Fantastic. Thing clobbers Green Lantern for three wounds. Mister Fantastic takes a wound from Green Shield Strike. Green Lantern can’t heal from Alfred or hit Mister Fantastic.

Round 4: Wonder Woman sheds her last JL Marker. Initiative Justice League. Alfred engages Invisible Woman, but can’t take her out. Human Torch flames on to KO Green Lantern and Thing clobbers Alfred. Green Lantern had OM2. Mister Fantastic and Invisible Woman advance. Wonder Woman advances. Thing and Mister Fantastic advance.

Round 5: Initiative Fantastic Four. Human Torch and Invisible Woman advance. Mister Fantastic wraps up Wonder Woman and she blocks his attack. Wonder Woman can’t hit back. Thing advances. Mister Fantastic hits Wonder Woman for a wound. Wonder Woman can’t hit back. Human Torch, Invisible Woman, Thing, and Mister Fantastic combine to put three wounds on Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman can’t hit Mister Fantastic.

Round 6: Initiative Wonder Woman. She hits Mister Fantastic for a wound. Thing clobbers Wonder Woman to end it.

Unit Summary: Aerial Assault definitely felt much more in check here. She had some opportunities to use it, things just didn’t quite break her way. It’s no longer the overpowering or defining power on the card, which is a win. I don’t think the point bump was at all needed given these changes, though. The Rally power is nice, but Hawkwoman often has to expose herself to try to use it and that comes at the cost of falling early as she did here.
I do think this one was more balanced than the results show. This is one of those games where the opponent got aggressive to try to take out Invisible Woman and when they couldn’t close the deal, they paid for it with a fully Clobbering Thing for the rest of the game. Had Hawkwoman managed to put two wounds on Invisible Woman instead of one when she attacked, the entire game could’ve swung on that momentum.

• Damage Done (Normal Attack): Inflicted (2) wounds on (Wasp (1), Invisible Woman (1))
• RALLY FOR JUSTICE: Replaced (1) JL Markers on Wonder Woman, (X) JL Markers on Green Arrow, (1) Battery Markers on Green Lantern, and (0) Order Markers.
• NTH METAL DEFENSE: Blocked (3) wounds.
• AERIAL ASSAULT: Inflicted (0) wounds. It almost let her avoid a double attack, but the swipe took her out.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Mister Fantastic with 1/5 Life, Invisible Woman with 1/5 Life, Thing with Full Life, Human Torch with Full Life, and Iceman with Full Life win.

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[Arkham]

Thanks! Just ran as well to be sure.

Army Test 1
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units:
Hawkwoman(260), Superman(440), Wonder Woman(310), Green Lantern (John)(340) (1350)
vs.
Star-Lord(250), Nebula(240), Gamora(300), Cap(240), Zauriel(320) (1350)

Spoiler Alert!

Normal Attack Damage:
R1T3: 3 wounds on Cap(botch, +1, auto). (+1 from WW)
R2T1: 3 wounds on Zauriel(+1). (+1 from WW)
R2T2: 3 wounds on Nebula(+1). (+1 from WW)

RALLY FOR JUSTICE:
R1T3: moves John.
R2T1: places marker back on WW.
R2T2: places marker back on John.

AERIAL ASSAULT:
R2T1: 2 wounds on Nebula.

Notes:
R1: WW removes marker.
R1T2: Nebula(+2) puts 1 wound on Hawkwoman.
R1T2: John(+4) puts 2 wounds on Cap(+1).
R1T3: Zauriel(+2) puts 1 wound on Hawkwoman(+3) who subbed in for John.
R2: WW removes marker.
R2T1: John removes battery to protect Hawkwoman and inflict 1 wound on Zauriel.
R2T2: John removes battery to protect Hawkwoman and inflict 1 wound on Zauriel. Superman removes a marker to swap John in for Hawkwoman, who then removes a marker to negate Nebula's attack and kill her.
R2T3: Gamora(+1, + auto) kills Hawkwoman(+2).
R3: WW removes marker.
R3T1: John removes last marker to negate Zauriel's attack and kill him.
R3T2: Superman takes 1 wound from Gamora's HR.
R3T2: Gamora(+1) puts 3 wounds on Superman(+1), and 1 wound on John(+1).
R3T3: Superman(+1) takes 1 wound from LEA, then one shots Star-Lord with a beefy attack.
R3T3: Gamora(+ auto) kills John(+1).
R4: WW removes last marker.
R4T1: Superman(+1) puts 3 wounds on Gamora.
R5T1: Gamora(+ auto) puts 1 wound on Superman.
R5T2: Superman(1 life remaining) spends his last marker to swap himself in to sacrifice himself for Wonder Woman(has OM2 and 3), he is destroyed.
R5T2: WW takes 1 wound from Gamora's HR.
R5T3: Gamora(+ auto) puts 2 wounds on WW.
R5T3: WW puts 2 wounds on Gamora(botch).
R6T2: Gamora(+ auto) puts 2 wounds on WW.
R6T2: WW kills Gamora.


Wonder Woman with 5/6 wounds(1 life remaining, 0 markers).

Doesn't get any closer, and felt even throughout the match down to the end.

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Ok, with those 2 games done after tweaks, I feel confident to move forward at 260.

I propose a vote to move to Final Editing.

[Arch-vile]

yea

[Yodaking]

Looks good with those updates and 260. yea

[IAmBatman]

Nice! Yea

[SirGalahad]

Originally Posted by Arkham

RALLY FOR JUSTICE
If Hawkwoman inflicts one or more wounds on an opponent's figure with her normal attack, you may choose a figure you control within clear sight of Hawkwoman. You may either move the chosen figure up to 4 spaces, or place a previously removed green Battery Marker, Justice League Marker, or Order Marker, unrevealed, back onto the chosen figure's Army Card. A figure may only be chosen for Rally for Justice once per round.

NTH METAL DEFENSE
When rolling defense dice, you may count one blank as an extra shield. If the attacking figure is Undead or has the Magical Defense special power, you may instead count all blanks as extra shields.

AERIAL ASSAULT
After rolling defense dice against a normal attack, you may immediately move Hawkwoman one space for each shield she has. If she ends this movement engaged with the attacking figure, all excess shields count as unblockable hits on that figure.

Are we not specifying whether she will take LEA's by using Aerial Assault or are we defaulting to yes unless specified otherwise?

[Arkham]

Definitely think we should be defaulting to what seems logical, which is if it doesn’t say she doesn’t and she doesn’t have a power that says she doesn’t, she follows normal protocol.

[tcglkn]

Aerial Assault just always works against adjacent attackers right? So it's basically counterstrike + movement? Or is it only intended to offer the counterstrike when she engages the attacker and wasn't already engaged with them?

Yea either way, just trying to clarify intent there.

[Arkham]

Can use it anytime yeah

[Lord Pyre]

Looks good. Yea