The Book of Mirror Master (Sam Scudder) (Leg Swap)

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[Lord Pyre]

Yea

[Soundwarp SG-1]

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Mirror Master (Leg Swap) @60 points

Set 1
Map: Sewer Labyrinth
Units: Cold Feet: Mirror Master (60), Captain Cold II (200), Girder (190), Tarpit (150), Magenta (130), Golden Glider (110), Skrull Inflitrator X1 (10)- 850 total vs They're a Mighty Flash: Ms. Marvel (350), Flash (Jay) (220), Flash (Wally) (280)- 850 total

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Results:
Game 1: Cold at 2 life, Glider and Magenta unwounded. (Rouges had a really good turn that shifted the game majorly in their favor)
Game 2: Jay at 2 life, Wally at 3.
Game 3: Jay at 2 life..


Mostly just testing his 'counterdraft' potential against Flashes and such. It's mildly annoying but certainly not anything crippling since they still can use the bonus move from Superspeed to move around if they need to. Basically just means that the bonus move might actually come up instead of being extra text you never use because they have actual special powers to use instead. The defense reduction part is the more relevant aspect really and while it's decent for Sam's cost it's nothing super crazy.

Set 2
Map: Island Plane Crash (No E-Glyph)
Units: Come On and Zoom: Mirror Master (60), Reverse Flash (295), Trickster (James) (65), Kid Flash (Wallace) (140)- 560 total vs Robots Killed the Karate Star: Robot (210), Karate Kid (230), Firestar (120)- 560 total

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Results:
Game 1: Firestar at 2 life.
Game 2: Reverse Flash at 3 life.
Game 3: Karate Kid at 2 life..


So the idea here is Mirror Master can trade moves with Zoom, so Zoom gets a cheap marker source and a suicidal cruse missile to burn markers on. And hey, it's sorta thematic since switching legs is a stupid idea, and so is naming anything 'the Legion of Zoom'. It worked fairly well, Mirror Master got a few hits in and then died, nothing too exciting but he was a cheap dude that paid for his own entry into the Legion of Zoom (further proof that Mirror Master makes poor life choices) so he didn't need to be a world changing player here.

Overall: He seems fine. Like, he's a goofy filler guy, he isn't going to light the world on fire but he wasn't meant to in the first place.


I think he's good to go to the public do you agree? The choices are yours and yours alone.

[tcglkn]

Yea

[IAmBatman]

Looks good. Abstain.

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Kidding. Yea

[Arch-vile]

Yea

[Lord Pyre]

Very cool! Yea

[Soundwarp SG-1]

This is the pass

[Arch-vile]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: What is a leg, but an arm for the butt?

Army Test
Map: A Couple Puddles
Units: Mirror Master (60), Captain Cold II, Murmur, Rainbow Raider, Pied Piper, Weather Wizard I (600) VS Flash Wally I, Gypsy, Kid Flash Wallace (600)

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Kid Flash chooses Gypsy as his Mentor.

Team Flash moves up, as do the Rogues. Flash and Gypsy take out Murmur. Rainbow Raider somehow manages to one-shot Gypsy with a 19 on Rainbow Ray then a 3-skull attack. Mirror Master switches legs with Kid Flash and uses his new stolen superspeed to grab height. The Rogues attempt to capitalize on Kid Flash’s reduced defense, but Kid Flash dodges regardless.

Flash kills Rainbow Raider. Weather Wizard kills Kid Flash. Rogues and Flash trade attacks until eventually Rogues are victorious.


Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Weather Wizard (0 wounds), Mirror Master (1 wound, Kid Flash’s legs), Pied Piper (0 wounds) win.

This was an uphill battle for team Flash as soon as Gypsy got one-shotted. Mirror Master helped Kid Flash die faster by reducing his defense, but that’s pretty much it.

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Army Test
Map: A Couple Puddles
Units: Mirror Master (60), Captain Cold II, Murmur, Rainbow Raider, Pied Piper, Weather Wizard I (600) VS White Canary, Flash Barry, Vibe Cisco (600)

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Legends and Rogues both advance. Legends get an early kill on Pied Piper and some early damage on the other Rogues. Flash makes sure to stay out of 3 spaces from Mirror Master, so Flash actually goes after Murmur. Mirror Master then switches legs with White Canary just to give someone the -1 Defense before he dies.

White Canary and the Legends kill Murmur and do some serious damage to the Rogues, while the Rogues kill Vibe and put 3 wounds on White Canary. The Rogues take out White Canary, then Flash kills Captain Cold. Flash then mops up the rest of the Rogues.


Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Flash (1 wound) wins.

THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: Felt solid, he’s mainly useful to nerf some enemy figure with a -1 Defense. His increase in move isn’t that helpful but he’s got 5 defense so using him as a meat shield is a good idea (but useless against Speedsters since they can just move through him). You never really want to use him after you switch legs because you probably have a better option than a single attack of 3.

Feels good at 60. Doesn’t offer a ton, but I’d be worried if he did, and he does affect the course of the game by making figures who worry about a permanent defense drop stay away.

[Soundwarp SG-1]

Thanks for the tests seems like he's doing fine so far.

[LordVenoc]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM
NAME OF THE TEST UNIT Ion
Army Test
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units: Mirror Master (Leg Swap) (60), Reverse Flash, Trickster (Axel), Trickster (Jesse), Golden Glider (600) vs Nightwing, Raven, Starfire (600)
Unit Summary
Damage: 6 wounds dealt.
Abilities: Leg swapped Thawne.

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General Flow:
R1: Axel goes down pretty quickly as the Rogues run in. Raven is the Vendetta, and Glider is paired with Mirror Master.
R2: Titans fail all hits on their Titans Go turn, and RF’s vendetta unblockable fails against Raven (but it does open up height on Raven). Raven gets taken out, but both teams either lost or wasted their 3rd marker (Thawne way too slow right now, Raven dead).
R3: Nightwing goes down to the Rogue duo, and Starfire finally takes down Nightwing.
R4: Thawne, even taking 3 wounds from Starfire’s first decent attack, easily kills the Tamaranian.

General thoughts: Just using him as an early assault unit. He’s pretty simple, but teams nicely with Thawne/Glider to make an obnoxious pair.

Unit Summary:
R1 T3: Charges forward after swapping with Thawne, wounds Raven.
R2 T1: Mirror Master puts 1 on Raven.
R2 T2: Puts 1 on Raven, allowing Glider to finish her off.
R3 T1: No wounds on Nightwing, whiffs a defense to take 1 from Starfire.
R3 T2: Nightwing whiffs and takes 3 from Mirror Master, then Glider finishes him.

Who won and how many wounds did they have? Rogues win. Reverse Flash with 3 wounds, Trickster (James) with 2, Golden Glider unwounded.

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Army Test
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units: Mirror Master (Leg Swap) (60), Golden Glider, The Top, Tar Pit, Reverse Flash (800) vs Wrecking Crew (800)
Unit Summary
Damage: 2
Abilities: Swapped with Thawne.

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General Flow:
R1: Glider is paired with Top, Wrecker is the Vendetta for Thawne. Teams move up, Wrecking Crew only hits 1 roll.
R2: Rogues kick off the round, and Tar Pit sticks Piledriver, but also rolls all skulls, knocking the Crew member down to 1 remaining life. Bulldozer charges and only lands 1 on Mirror Master. Piledriver gets a solid hit on Top, Bulldozer (hit by passing swipe from Mirror Master) takes him out, then Thunderball kills Mirror Master. Thawne takes 2 from Bulldozer, but he gives him 1 back and kills Piledriver. Wrecker fails to hurt Thawne, and Glider misses the Vendetta unblockable.
R3: Thawne kills Bulldozer. He tangoes with Thunderball for just a bit.
R4: Thawne kills Thunderball with a little help from Glider. Thawne then kills Wrecker.

General thoughts: Nasty game here. Mirror Master is a great Thawne ally, and it impresses me how well Thawne does with that faction. He’s just a vicious clean up unit, and Mirror Master feels like he complements that really well.

Unit Summary:
R1 T3: Puts 1 on Piledriver thanks to The Top’s defense reduction.
R2 T2: Passing swipe on Bulldozer.


Who won and how many wounds did they have? Thawne and the Rogues win. 3 wounds on Thawne, no wounds on Glider or Tar Pit.

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GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT: He’s a fun, simple support unit. He could probably stand to lose a point on defense, but that’s more of a “surprising sturdiness for a 60 pointer” rather than based on his actual merit on the field, though game 1 he was rolling real well (in contrast to Starfire rolling terribly).

[Soundwarp SG-1]

Thanks for the tests

I'm fine with dropping his defense by one since he's ended up at such a low point cost. It was only at five to be like a 'also he has some other mirror tricks still' kinda thing, but eh when you draft leg swap Mirror Master it's for swapping legs, not vague other mirror powers.

So I propose the sending to final editing at the 60 points and the defense of 4