The Book of Deathlok

[Hahma]

C3G INITIAL PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE TEST UNIT DEATHLOK

- THEME TEST/ Check to see if there are any powers or stats on the test unit card that does not accurately reflect the theme or likeness of what the character would and could do. Also consider destructible objects, and whether or not this characters powers should affect them.
PASS

- MIRROR TEST/ Check to see if the unit were played against itself, if there would be any loops that would upset the balance of the Game.
PASS

- BONDING TEST/ Compare the unit card with all possible currently existing Bonding abilities to make sure there are no continual Bonding possibilities that do not stop appropriately or do not stop at all. This is to prevent loops in Bonding.
PASS

- SYNERGIES TEST/ Compare the unit card with all possible currently existing synergies to make sure there are no factors that could break the game by making any unit too powerful or too weak.
PASS –

- POWER CHECK/ Consider the test unit and all existing units and all glyphs to compare to and check for any powers that could be over amplified and break the game. Each power must define when it takes place, who or what it affects, and What are the stipulations on the power if there are any.
PASS

- FUN TEST/ Consider whether or not the design was fun to play.
PASS.

- FUN COMPETITIVE TEST/ Consider whether or not the design was fun to play against.
PASS-

- DRAFTING TEST/ Consider whether or not this design is worth drafting.
PASS –

- USAGE TEST/ Consider whether or not all of the powers on this card were used or at least usable.
PASS – .

- STRATEGY TEST/ Consider whether or not the design offers any real strategy or interesting tactics to the overall game.
PASS -.

Heavy Hitter or Mid-Level Hero Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? .Yes
- What should be the unit's point value? 240
- Give a brief overview. . When dealing with figures in this price range, DL is going to face some other figures that have either multiple attacks that can chip away or huge attacks that can hit him hard. Either way, with only being able to repair 1 wound/round, when the wounds get piled on hard and fast, the repair just can't keep up. He's got a nice attack and defense as well, but in this price range, he's not alone with these attacks and defenses. He has no special defense like some, and while his repair can help, he needs to have time to use it.

Spoiler Alert!

TEST 1
Map: Custom
Units: Deathlok vs. Vision (285)
Vision wins with 0 wounds on T6R1/ Vision hit hard with a 4/0 attack early and then finished with a 4/1 attackk. Nano-Hack doesn't really matter 1 v. 1 when the figure is an intangible flyer..
TEST 2
Map: Custom
Units: Deathlok vs. Vision (285)
Vision wins with 4 wounds on T3R3/Vision didn't score the huge hits this time and DL was able to repair a couple wounds, but still couldn't stick with Vision as Vision finished him off with his Disruption for final 2 wounds.
TEST 3
Map: Custom
Units: Deathlok vs. Carnage (280)
Carnage wins with 0 wounds on T5R2/ When DL rolled good attacks, Carnage avoided them with Spidey Sense, then was able to block some bad attack rolls with his defense of 4. Carnage has pretty huge attack that hit DL hard for big chunks of wounds at a time.
TEST 4
Map: Custom
Units: Deathlok vs. Carnage (280)
Carnage wins with 2 wounds on T5R2/ DL at least got a couple wounds in this time..
TEST 5
Map: Custom
Units: Deathlok vs. Flash (250)
Deathlok wins with 2 wounds on T4R1/ Flash got a couple wounds on DL and then DL clobbered Flash with a 5/0 attack where Flash rolled all skulls for defense..
TEST 6
Map: Custom
Units: Deathlok vs. Flash (250)
Flash wins with 2 wounds on T2R3./This one lasted a bit longer and allowed DL to repair a couple wounds, but Flash was able to avoid attacks with Speed Dodge this time to outlast DL.
TEST 7
Map: Custom
Units: Deathlok vs. Titanium Man (240)
Titanium Man wins with 0 wounds on T4R1/ Titanium Man hit hard with a 5/0 attack that put DL down like a wet noodle...
TEST 8
Map: Custom
Units: Deathlok vs. Titanium Man (240)
Titanium Man wins with 3 wounds on T1R2/ Initiative helped Titanium Man as he could have just as easily lost had DL won and hit him with something decent..
TEST 9
Map: Custom
Units: Deathlok vs. Green Goblin (230)
Deathlok wins with 2 wounds on T2R2/ DL hit GG hard for 3 wounds early and then finished him with a 3/1 attack.
TEST 10
Map: Custom
Units: Deathlok vs. Green Goblin (230)
Green Goblin wins with 4 wounds on T4R2/ Not the huge attacks by DL this time and GG was able to combo Pumpkin Bombs and normal attack better this time.

Squad Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? .YES
- What should be the unit's point value? 220
- Give a brief overview. ..AIM was just nasty with their Weaponized Virus attack and got attacks of 6 or 7 and even 8 for the last one vs. DL with height. His Plasma Burst wasn't rolling that great and AIM's Suits gave them +1 auto shield vs. Special attacks, so they matched well against DL. He rolled a shield for Seeking Humanity.


Map: .Custom.
Units: Deathlok vs. A.I.M. Agents x 3 +2 (256)

Spoiler Alert!

Who won and how many wounds did they have? 10 of 11 Agents live to win on T2R2.

Squad Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? .YES
- What should be the unit's point value? 230
- Give a brief overview. .DL got height for awhile and used normal attack, but GCW were able to get adjacent to him and getting attacks of 5 or 6. Too much for him, especially if he isn't killing one each time. Even when 1 attacked him from lower level, a good roll from 5 attack dice is dangerous even with 7 defense from height.

Map: . Custom.
Units: Deathlok vs.Gorilla City Warriors x 2 (250)

Spoiler Alert!

Who won and how many wounds did they have? 4 of 6 GCW's wins on T2R2.

Army Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No?.YES
- What should be the unit's point value? .220
- Give a brief overview...Deathlok killed 4 Hydra Agents, 2 AIM Agents and put 1 wound on Madame Hydra. He did most of the killing in one round but died before he had to roll for Seeking Humanity that round, and rolled a shield in the previous round after killing a human. I had hoped Cyborg would last longer and clear out some of the Hydra Agents, but it didn't work out like that with some bad dice luck and being out-ranged. Ultimately the range of 6 for the AIM and Hydra Agents and 7 for Madame H were the downfall for the three opponents with ranges of 5 and 4 (for Cyborg's effective range). I'd hoped the Repair would help keep them in the game longer and figured they two of the units had multiple attack and crowd clearing specials, but there was just too many Agents to use as fodder for the HYDRA faction.

Map: . Custom.
Units: . Deathlok (240) Hush (220) and Cyborg (200) for 660 points. Vs. Hydra Agents x 3 (240), Baron von Strucker (210), Madame Hydra (140) and AIM Agents x 1 (70) for 660 points.

Spoiler Alert!

Hush's Obsessive Vendetta was against BVS.

Hush, Deathlok and Cyborg got into pretty good position early on the side hill, with Cyborg near the bottom. But the Hydra and AIM Agents had range of 6 and Madame Hydra has range of 7 that forces Cyborg to move closer to use his Charged Sonic Cannon. He had to move 3 spaces initially that lowered the attack a lot and it was pretty ineffective, as he only rolled 1 skull that was blocked and then later he had 5 dice to attack with but only rolled 1 skull again that took out 1 of the 2 Hydra Agents he could reach. He was ganged up on by Hydra and AIM Agents, as well as Madame Hydra and taken down after being able to repair 1 wound with the X revealed on Deathlok's card.

Deathlok got sent into action and did better with a mix of his Plasma Burst and normal ranged attack, but totally got swarmed with 5 attacks each Hydra turn and eventually fell with some bad defenses rolls and never got to repair himself. He did take out 4 Hydra Agents, 2 AIM Agents and put 1 wound on Madame Hydra, which is a better showing than Cyborg by far.

Hush finished off the battle and took out an AIM Agent and 3 Hydra Agents, but got overwhelmed like the other two.



Who won and how many wounds did they have? Baron von Strucker with 0 wounds, Madame Hydra with 1 wound and 4 of 12 Hydra Agents remain to win on T6R5.

Army Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? .YES
What should be the unit's point value? .240
- Give a brief overview. .Well in this game, DL did a lot of damage with normal attacks as it was a better option than Plasma Burst. He took control of Red Tornado 1 out of 3 times, which could have easily been 2 of 3 or 3 of 3. RT put 1 wound on his teammate Hawkman when DL took control of him. I will say though, RT's army probably wasn't the best match-up, but it really could have been closer because RT's team just rolled horrible dice for the majority of the game while DL's team rolled incredible dice. Rogers lasted much longer than he should have as he withstood 2 attacks from height by RT (7 dice) and didn't take any wounds. The key to the game though was the OM flex that Rogers offered his team, as well as the mobility and ranged threat that Hawkeye added. The OM flex really helped Deathlok do what he did and not be afraid to take a chance in enemy territory because Rogers could alter his plan if DL got killed. But to get within 5 spaces of Red Tornado for Nano-Hacking was important enough to take the chance. I'd say that DL can certainly get bumped back up in cost to 240 just because there will be plenty of times he can be used like this against Androids in opponent's armies. He's got a move of 6 and NH7 is range of 5, so that's a pretty good threat. He also forces the enemy to focus on him and distracts from his other teammates, but when they concentrate on him, they may nullify his Repair keep him from sticking around.

Map: .HYDRA Base Gehenna
Units: .Deathlok (220) Hercules (360) Commander Rogers (250) Iron Man IV(250) and Hawkeye II (160) for 1240 points VS. Red Tornado (300) Hawkman (225) Hawkgirl (225) Black Canary (190) Green Arrow Ollie (150) and Human Torch Jim (150) for 1240 points.

Spoiler Alert!

Red Tornado carried BC and GA topside for ranged threat and BC could offer melee support in case opponent got over there. GA had put 1 wound on Commander Rogers on the other roof (he'd been carried up by Hawkeye). Hawkeye put 1 wound on Hawkgirl from distance. Rogers had Deathlok fly topside with the last turn of round 1.



Green Arrow had a prime shot at Deathlok as GA had the single height space but rolled 7 for Skill Shot and normal rolls and whiffed the attack. That cost dearly as Deathlok flew onto the enemy roof and killed GA (who had height) with a 4/0 attack, then DL rolled 6 for Nano-Hack vs. Red Tornado and missed. GA lost turn and that was costly, as Rogers gook OM2 from Iron Man and gave it to Deathlok and he moved to single height where GA was and attacked with height vs. Hawkgirl and hit her with a 4/1 attack for 3 wounds (4), he then tried Nano-Hacking but rolled a 4 to try to take control of Red Tornado. Red Tornado carries Deathlok down and attacks hiim with height but misses with a 2/2 attack. Rogers puts OM 3 on Deathlok's card and has him leave engagement from RT for no wound and fly's topside again and kills Hawkgirl with a 3/2 attack, he then rolled 10 for Nano-Hack vs. Red Tornado and had him attack Hawkman for 1 wound. DL rolled shield for Seeking Humanity.



Hawkman smacks the snot out of Deathlock with his Hawkstrike/Undying Love combo and kills him. Rogers adjusts by taking OM from DL's card and gives it to Hawkeye, who then carries him to enemy roof and Hawkeye then orders Rogers to attack Hawkman for 3 wounds with a 4/1 attack. Black Canary can't get to Rogers because Hawkman is in the way and engaged so she jumps down for no wound and uses Canary Cry vs. Hawkeye with height and misses with 2/2 attack. Rogers misses Hawkman with a 3/3 attack. Red Tornado fly's up and carries Rogers down and attacks him with height but misses with a 3/3 attack. Rogers moves to same level and hits Red Tornado with a 4/1 attack for 3 wounds.



Hawkeye moves to single height on enemy roof and kills Hawkman with a 3/0 attack. Hawkman dead so no turn. Rogers hits RT for 1 wound (4). RT carries Rogers lower and attacks but again misses with a crappy 2/2 attack (7 attack dice for 2 skulls is pathetic, especially for a second time). Rogers knows how to fight and moves to same level again and hits RT for 1 wound (5). Human Torch attack with height with normal attack vs. Rogers for 1 wound on a 5/4 attack (Rogers is just a maniac this game).



Torch misses Rogers with a 2/2 attack with height. Rogers kills RT with a 4/2 attack. BC moves and attacks with Canary Cry vs. Rogers but he throws his Photonic Shield at her for 2 wounds when she attacks with a 2/4 attack. Hawkeye attacks with height vs. Torch for 1 wound. Torch finally is able to kill Rogers with a 4/1 attack. Hercules moves.



BC moves to height and hits Herc with a 2/0 attack. Herc hits BC with 2 wounds to kill her. Torch fly's to roof and hits Herc for 2 wounds with an attack from height. Herc Challenges Torch and leaps up there and puts 1 wound (2) on Torch. Torch hits Herc hard with a 5/2 attack for 3 wounds (7). Hawkeye hits Torch for a wound (3).



Herc smacks the snot out of Torch with a 5/0 attack to end the game.

Who won and how many wounds did they have? Hercules with 7 wounds, Hawkeye with 0 wounds and Iron Man with 0 wounds and not activated win on T1R7.

[Hahma]

The next army test will have Androids in the opponent's army. I had kind of wanted to see what he could do with another Repairing Cyborg where they both had multiple damage capabilities vs. squads, as well as have Deathlok go against Humans for Seeking Humanity.

So far he's kind of a jack of all trades, but not particularly powerful at any one thing. Perhaps his Nano-Hacking will make him more of a threat when going against Androids, but hopefully it's not so much so that his cost goes up to make him a niche Android counter.

[IAmBatman]

Looks good so far! Are you feeling 220?

[Hahma]

Yeah, I'll try 220 going into the next test. Public tests can tighten it up a bit.

[SirGalahad]

Thanks for all your work on him!

[Hahma]

2nd test done.

He certainly benefited by Commander Rogers' OM flex, so I can see DL having likewise benefits from others like Zemo or even Prof X when going against Sentinels. Pretty huge threat for Nano-Hack 7.

Cybernetic Repair really hasn't been a major thing for him as he's been concentrated on to get him out of the game, though I'm sure it can help in the long run, but not be a major aspect of his powers. Same with Seeking Humanity. I only rolled shields for the few times he had to roll for it. If anything, it can nullified be Repair. They are both at end of the round and the player could choose which comes first, just as long as he has the X.

Plasma Burst is a fine option vs. special defenses or squads, but he's got a nice normal attack vs. heroes.

I could see his cost go up, depending on public tests, as they may maximize NH7 more often, but then again, he's only got 5 lives and can be out with a couple of bad rolls. So while he can have some ups, he will have a target on his head vs. Androids/Cyborgs.

[SirGalahad]

Based on Hahma's terrific analysis, I propose that Deathlok move to Public Playtesting @ 240.

[Hahma]

Yea

[johnny139]

Yea

That's a good place for him thematically, too.

[quozl]

I'm leaning more toward 230 but we'll what the public says. Yea

[Lord Pyre]

Yea

[A3n]

Yea