The Book of Android 18

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Late tests from Shiftrex. Results still look good.

Originally Posted by Shiftrex

C3G DUAL PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

Unit Name Android 18

Army Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? Yes
- What should be the unit's point value? 270
- Give a brief overview. I enjoyed Android 18 as a flying special attacker that could take advantage of some rerolls. This usually wound up letting me roll 3 sets of 3, but I did have one round where I roll 12 dice in total with her special attack. The Arm Break marker is really tempting to try and use, I don't think I've leveraged it appropriately yet and find her special to be the main reason I would pick her.
Map: Conflict Chernobyl.
Units:

270 Android 18
150 Deadshot (Floyd Lawton)
170 Baron Zemo (Heinrich Zemo)
200 Kraven (Sergei Kravinoff)
210 Bronze Tiger (Ben Turner)
1000, 5 hexes

vs

Mister Incredible (340)
Elasti-Girl (235)
Dash Parr (105)
Violet Parr (115)
Jack-Jack Parr (15)
Frozone (200)
1,010 points, 6 hexes

Spoiler Alert!

Early - I opened up with Android 18 and leveraged her maximum range for the special attack. I kept in mind that I wanted to try and break Mr. Incredible's Arm because I perceived him as the biggest threat. Dash was Jack Jack's Baby Sitter and became Kraven's target. Early game I managed to get Bolas on Frozone near the middle of the map and limited his impact on the game. The Incredibles podded up in the center of the map with Violet a bit farther back than the rest while Dash and Jack Jack started some offense.

Mid - I kept on height and kept away with Android 18 for the most part, moved Deadshot out onto some height and managed to bring down Violet with A-18. Once violet was down I moved in and was able to put the broken arm marker on Mr. Incredible with a big attack roll, he only has 2 life left after the attack though so it was less impact than I wanted. Wound up taking a lot of damage and sidelining her on some height, next to jungle brush. Kraven moved up and got a nerve punch in on Mrs. Incredible while Dash ran up on Zemo with Jack Jack.

Late - Kraven dealt with Mrs. Incredible and chased down Frozone after breaking the bolas marker. While Dash and Jack Jack tried to finish off 18, they failed and ran off again to try and take out deadshot. Deadshot wound up falling and I pursued with Kraven and Bronze Tiger to eventually finish it out. Dash died with a Bolas Marker on him.
Android 18's team won.

Zemo = 2 wounds remaining
Bronze Tiger = 3 wounds remaining
Kraven = 2 wounds remaining
Android 18 = 1 wound remaining .

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Army Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? Yes.
- What should be the unit's point value? 270.
- Give a brief overview. Android 18 and 16 tried to blitz the first elevation change out of my startzone using the Thinker's ability to keep order markers off Clark and onto Bruce. Game wound up turning out like an episode of Justice League, Clark got surrounded and decimated while Diana held her own and Batman did basically everything required at the perfect time. Unlucky rolls for the DBZ Androids made the early game look bleak and then Gizmo almost brought it back with his androids.
Map: Conflict Chernobyl.
Units:
(Justice League Team)
Superman 440
Wonder Woman 310
Batman 250

vs

Mad Thinker (180)
Android 16 (270)
Android 18 (270)
Gizmo (160)
3xMechanical Constructs (120)
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Spoiler Alert!

Early - Android 18 and 16 both rushed my startzone while I made a mistake placing order markers because I didn't think about how Thinker would impact them. Wonder Woman got to take 1 turn and Batman got to take 2 turns on the first round. 18 threw some blasts at Diana who weathered them well. 16 tried to normal attack Batman who rolled a ton of shields and then took a turn immediately after to kill him. 16's figure went onto 18 who fell the next round after I won initiative.

Mid - Clark took center of the board and I made some thoughts about blitzing the remaining heroes in the start zone. Clark got surrounded by androids and took a ton of LEA's to try and chase Gizmo around because I couldn't destroy more than 1 a turn. Clark wound up dying to LEAs and Diana engaged Gizmo, promptly finishing him off. Then Batman and Diana developed towards the enemy start zone while Diana got engaged and started rolling poorly on defense to the remaining hoard of androids.

Late - Batman and Diana cleaned up all but one of the Androids and then she was able to finish off the Thinker.
Who won and how many wounds did they have?Justice League won.

Wonder Woman = 2 wounds remaining
Batman = all wounds remaining

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Army Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? Yes.
- What should be the unit's point value? 270.
- Give a brief overview. Android 18 took on more of a support role this game, used her primarily to deal with Black Widow and put a couple of wounds on Hawkeye before he got out of control. She was overshadowed by the stronger Android in my build, Red Tornado controlled the battlefield thoroughly and gave me freedom of movement.
Map: Conflict Chernobyl.
Units:
Livewire 230
Red Tornado (2) 320
Jocasta 180
Android 18 270
1000 points, 4 hexes

vs

Hawkeye I (150)
Mockingbird (130)
Black Widow I (170)
Nick Fury (220)
3xSHIELD Agents (330)
1,000 points, 13 hexes


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Spoiler Alert!

Early - My plan was to use Red Tornado to screen the field and set up some movement control so that I could use Android 18 to offer some ranged support and keep the squads under control. I put an order marker on each on 18, tornado and livewire in that order for the first few rounds of the game. Black Widow and Agents tried to get height in the center and wound up getting blocked by Red Tornado.

Mid - The Agents weren't a problem to keep picking off with 18's special attack and a few died to Red Tornado's weather glyphs. Black Widow took center of the board at one point and Hawkeye got an advantageous position to the side of the board across the water. I wound up taking out Black Widow with 18's special attack, Livewire made some special attacks through her synergy with Red Tornado who got engaged with Nick Fury on the outside edge of the board. Fury's team got stuck with some poor rolls for interacting with Tornado's weather glyphs as they kept getting placed at choke points. I switched over to a full round of Tornado at one point.

Late - Fury got stuck in a fight against Red Tornado while Hawkeye fell to Livewire's special attack that used 18 as a conduit.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Android 18's team won

Android 18 = 5 wounds remaining
Red Tornado = 4 wounds remaining
Jocasta = 1 wounds remaining
Livewire = all wounds remaining.

Shiftrex's THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: The cost on Android 18 seems really fair, coming from classic scape I thought she would be really hard to pin down but that isn't the case. Lesser disengage is a nice limitation for her because it means that she has the ability to get tied up if she goes in for an Arm Break. A special attacking flyer that can hit multiple targets is really useful but it didn't feel overpowering at any point. Her price point makes her a solid pick, I think there are a couple of armies with the Thinker where she could be really powerful but she also is a nice addition to any team that just needs a special attacker. I don't think the price needs to change, I would definitely draft this unit because of how useful she is as a mobile threat.

Karat's THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: She's pretty versatile but fragile. I made the mistake of putting both her and 16 out front early trying to set them up to lamb baste Batman and Wonder Woman but 16 had some poor luck attacking Batman and in hindsight I should have used 18 and her special for that. She seems pretty close though, maybe a smidge high but that gives you some flexibility in costing. I do like her and what she brings to the table though. Nothing too flashy or showy but a Nice SA and a neat disengage power. I definitely like her as another android option.