Maekor Public Playtesting

[kevindola]

-Figure Photo

Spoiler Alert!

The figure used for this unit is a STARFINDER BATTLES figure from the GALACTIC HEROES set. Its model name and number are VESK CHAMPION - ?? .

Version 2 (6/13/22) Plasma Arc range reduced, points reduced, Defensive Formation changed to Mercs

-text version of the card

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = MAEKOR

GENERAL = JANDAR
SPECIES = LIZARDFOLK
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = MERCENARY
PERSONALITY = INSPIRING
SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 6
BASE SIZE = NORMAL SINGLE

LIFE = 5
MOVE = 5
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 4
DEFENSE = 3
POINTS = 115

LIZARDFOLK WAR CRY
After revealing an Order Marker on Maekor and taking a turn with Maekor, if he is engaged, you may immediately take a turn with one other Unique Lizardfolk Hero you control.

MERCENARY DEFENSIVE FORMATION
If Maekor is adjacent to at least one other Mercenary you control, add 1 die to the Defense of Maekor and all Mercenaries you control adjacent to Maekor.

PLASMA BLADE ARC
When Maekor attacks an adjacent figure, you may choose one Squad figure that is within 2 clear sight spaces of the defending figure. If the defending figure receives any wounds from Maekor's attack, the chosen figure receives 1 wound.

Rulings and Clarifications:

Suggested R&C:

Q: If a figure that receives wounds from Maekor's attack has a power that can ignore those wounds (e.g. Stealth Armor), do you roll for that power before or after applying Plasma Blade Arc?
A: Roll for the defensive power first. If the wounds are ignored then Plasma Blade Arc cannot trigger because the wounds were not actually received.

-Combinations and Synergies-


Synergy Benefits Received
- Greenscale Warriors: Loyalty to the Lizard King
As a Unique Lizardfolk Hero, Maekor can be chosen as the Lizard King for the Greenscale Warriors.

- Greenscale Warriors: Lizard King Bonding
If Maekor is chosen as the Lizard King for the Greenscale Warriors, the Greenscale Warriors may take a turn with Maekor before taking a turn themselves.


Synergy Benefits Offered
- Greenscale Warriors: Loyalty to the Lizard King
If Maekor is chosen as the Lizard King for the Greenscale Warriors, Greenscale Warriors within 2 clear sight spaces of Maekor receive an additional attack and defense die.

- Lizardfolk War Cry: Lizardfolk Unique Heroes
Maekor may activate the following Lizardfolk Unique Heroes with his Lizardfolk War Cry special power:
Zogross Hardscale
Bambina

Company Defensive Formation: The following figures can receive an additional defense die when adjacent to Maekor and either Maekor is engaged or a Mercenary figure adjacent to Maekor is engaged.

Wastewalker Gage
Bambina

[Heroscaper Guy]

Playtest Summary
510 points
Map: April by BiggaBullFrog
Army 1: Mezzosx5, Marcu, Sonya, Krug
Army 2:3x Lizardfolk, Maekor, Wastewalker, Zogross
Which Units Survived? 10 mezzos (4 markers left), Krug, sonya

Summary

Spoiler Alert!

Zogross was the lizard king and they plodded up before one lizard got shot. Zogross took a marker off an mezzo before another lizard got killed
next round
the mezzos blocked everything in the first attack and killed a lizardfolk. The lizardfolk are blocked again and the mezzos kill another lizard
a lizardfolk removes a marker and the mezzos kill another lizard
round 3
mezzos roll out and do nothing finally as they are blocked and the lizardfolk are blocked
the mezzos kill another lizard maekor moves up
the mezzos target him and deal a wound maekor moves up and is blocked but zogross deals a marker wound (lizardfolk war cry used 1)
round 4
meezos go and kill zogross in a 4 skull roll maekor removes an exo marker
mezzos deal a wound (defensive formation used 2 times) maekor removes another marker
maekor blocks both mezzos hes engaged with (2 more times) maekor removes another exo marker
round 5
maekor is killed on a whiff
nothing since om lost
mezzos kill the last two lizards
mezzos deal 4 wounds to wastewalker
round 6
wastewalker commits suicide via chainsaw
Heroscaper Guy
Attack rolls: 27 out of 63 (42.86%)
Defense rolls: 31 out of 98 (31.63%)
Total dice rolled: 161
Time used: 0h, 13m, 14s
Luke
Attack rolls: 61 out of 111 (54.95%)
Defense rolls: 19 out of 49 (38.78%)
Total dice rolled: 160
Time used: 0h, 16m, 7s

Damage
Maekor removes 3 exo markers from the mezzos before he died in a whiff and lost a round of oms.
Power Usage
Lizardfolk War Cry used once to bond with Zogross before Zogross was killed. Defensive Formation was used 4 times in fighting with melee mezzodemons. Plasma Blade was used never due to mezzo markers.
Thoughts
So to me and Stupendous it looks like the lizardfolk build isnt the right build for him. While he was decent with Zogross being tanky, I think that the lizardfolk warriors just don't work with him quite. I think once the other lizard hero in the pack gets released, I'm gonna guess its gonna be a decent option with him. Right now though, he gets pulled too much in different directions (only one other mercenary and one other lizard hero) and having it in the same army wasnt good. I cant think of what really would work with him though at the moment along with Zogross. Only being able to bond with one lizard king, makes you pick Zogross due to him being tankier, and I tried to use him and the lizards as the first wave but they just died to the mezzos and then Zogross whiffed when the lizardfolk had casulties so I was bringing up Maekor. I feel like there could be another build for him but at the moment this one wasnt it.

[kevindola]

410
Split (Unique, Wannok)

kevindola: Romans x3, Azurite Warlord, Valguard
@heroscaper2010 : Greenscales x2, Maekor, Q10, Isamu

Survivors:
Azurite (2 life)
Valguard (3 life)
5 Romans


Round 1: Romans slow roll. Q10 moves once, Maekor and Lizards twice

Round 2: Valguard reaches Q10 for 1 hit and Greenies and Romans engage. Arc Blade hits and 3 total Romans go down to 1 GS hit

Round 3: Arc Blade hits clearing out a Roman screen and allowing Greenscales to hit Azzy for 3. Azzy hits Maekor for 1 with Wrath and a GS goes down to Romans. OMs switch to Q10 at an inopportune time and are blocked. Azzy hits Maekor for 3 more and another Greenie gets taken down. Q10 knock out a Roman. Maekor goes down and a 2nd hit on Q10

Q10 can't hold off the the remainder, especially with wannok in play, but makes an effort

Maekor has a real shot of winning this if the order marker shift to Q10 doesn't happen in Round 3.


Powers

Defensive Formation: 6 times for himself only

Normal Attack: 2/2 (2x Roman)

Arc Blade: 2 (2x Roman)

Total Kills: 4 Romans (50 points)

[Flash_19]

@kevindola , should I still report a game where I played him incorrectly? I didn't realize defensive formation worked on himself as well . Granted, it only would have made a difference on 2 attacks, but then, those were the only attacks that put wounds on him... The second of those attacks just barely killed him. If he hadn't gone down that turn, the game likely would've ended quite differently.... Himmelskralle killed him, then preceded to wipe out almost all my greenscales (which essentially destroyed two of my order markers).

I like him with the greenscales - Seems like a fun figure.

[kevindola]

Originally Posted by Flash_19

@kevindola , should I still report a game where I played him incorrectly? I didn't realize defensive formation worked on himself as well .

No worries at all! Thanks for testing. It happens more than you'd probably think and it's important as we can parse out useful data no matter how it was played to a point.

So please post away and thanks again for testing!

[kevindola]

@Flash_19 just wanted to give you a bump so you don't forget to report the test. Thanks!

[Flash_19]

Originally Posted by kevindola

@Flash_19 just wanted to give you a bump so you don't forget to report the test. Thanks!

Thanks for the bump.

500 Points
Refraction by HS2010

Army 1 (Flash): Maekor, 3x Greenscales, 3x Mezzos
Army 2 (Shiftrex): Arktos, Himmel, 5x Wulfing Hunters, MW's

The wulfing hunters are a custom unit in development by Shiftrex. We played with this version of the card

Spoiler Alert!

Survivors: MW's and 1 life Arktos


Round 1 - Wulfing slow roll - Himmel and maybe Arktos moved up. Maekor and greenscales slow roll with 1 OM on Mezzos to positions at the bottom of the map.

Round 2 - more positioning for the first part of the round. Maekor backed by Greenscales comes in and hits two wulfing on OM 2 and another 2 on OM 3 using Plasma Blade Arc. Unfortunately, Maekor gets hit hard by Arktos on OM 3 from Shiftrex and takes 3 wounds - neglected to roll an additional die for Defensive formation though it should have activated.

Round 3 - Big initiative roll goes to Shiftrex, who hits Maekor with Himmel (who was boosted by Arktos) for two wounds - just enough to kill him. Maekor was on height, and again neglected to roll an additional defense die. Himmel proceeds to decimate almost 2 squads of greenscales in addition to Maekor. First two OM's on greenscales are essentially wasted. Switch over to Mezzos for OM 3.

Round 4 through end of game - Mezzos try to stage a comeback while Arktos backed wulfing blaze through exo markers. The game ended up being fairly close in the end, but the mezzos couldn't last quite long enough.

Powers:

Defensive Formation - should have activated twice, did not use either time. There's a fair chance that neglecting this ability cost me the game - even one more turn with Maekor and buffed Greenscales could have made a huge difference - especially if Himmel became engaged (there was also a Kelda on the board that Maekor could have made a run for).

Normal Attack 2/2 (Wulfing)

Plasma Blade Arc 2 (Wulfing)

Total damage = 100 points

I think he works great as a bonding hero with the Greenscales. And based on this game, I liked him in that role without trying to fit Zogross in - though the potential synergy is interesting. I'm guessing that ability wasn't necessarily created with Zogross specifically in mind though... I don't think I'd ever take Maekor, Greenscales, and Zogross together as OM's feel too inefficient.

[Muskie]

It would be cool if he connected to serpentfolk. Kha is just sitting out there with no connection. It would be a nice tie in. Is there a plan for more serpentfolk?

[superfrog]

Kha does have that rogue synergy! But Maekor will get his own synergy sooner or later!

[Muskie]

500
custom map (Wannok)

Muskie: Greenscales x3, Maekor, Zogross, Marro Warriors, Guilty
Tiamat : Ziggo, 6 Brigands, Locksley, Kha, Bol

Survivors:
One Brigand

Round 1: Maekor and Lizards charge, get to the brigands Ziggo and Locksley. Zogross gets to move up once. Very affective round

Round 2: Greenies and Maekor and Zogross dig in and take out Locksley and surround Kha, the end looks like it is in sight.

Round 3: Kha avoids every attack and starts destroying the greenies and puts hits on the heroes with the help of remaining Brigands.

Round 4: game turns when Kha wont die and brigands whittle away remaining greenies and takes out some Marro (ziggo hangs in there and picks away). Ziggo dies on Wannok and it is down to a one life Zogross and a single Brigand.

Round 5: Brigand finishes off Zogross.


Powers

Defensive Formation: against range, only used once

Normal Attack: used often

Arc Blade: could not use (no squads to hit)

Moving Zogross: used several times

Biggest take away from the game: it is a fun character, but we both felt that Green Scales do not need yet another bonding hero. I think Maekor is an interesting 120 point build, but I would rather see it paired up with other squads (using the space theme). We do not have to use the lizard theme (rocket from Guardians doesn't just pair with forrest animals). It works okay, but I have way too many things that pair with Greenies. I would not use this pairing over other ones. He could allow you to move 3 brigands, for example and make him a rogue space commander.

[kevindola]

400

Sandhill (Wannok, Dagmar)

Army 1: Anthropomorphic Bug Dude, Bees x2, Maekor, Greenscales x2
Army 2:Knights x4, Gilbert

Survivors: Maekor (2 life)

Round 1: Strike force of ???? and Bees move out. ???? takes out 1 knight and the bees Sacrifice is on point. Hitting on every attack. 4 Bees traded for 4 Knights. Gilbert stretches out to kill the bee holding Dagmar:

5 dead Bees and 5 dead Knights

Round 2: Bees win initiative and ???? kills a Knight and 2 Bees sac kill 2 Knights. Gilbert Regroups and wipe out the last bee. (No more bees remaining Knights and Grenscales advance to center of board.

8 knights, Gilbert vs. 6 Greenies, Maekor, ?????

Round 3

Armies engage, with Greenscales getting first strike and Maekor hit plasma arc twice to devastating effect to the Knights line. (killing 4 knights in 3 attacks). The Greenscales exchange with the knights leaving

2 Knights, Gilbert (4 life) vs. Maekor (4 life), ????? (1 life)

Round 4
Maekor wins initiative and hits Gilbert which chains to a Knight. Gilbert kills ??????. Maekor again hits Gilbert and chains to the last knight. order markers lost on ??????/Knights

Round 5
Makeor wins the 1 on 1 fight with Gilbert



Powers:
Plasma arc was strong. 2/3 hits on knights that killed (4 knights total) and then 2/2 attacking down on Gilbert which chained to 2 knights. Overall 4/5 on attacks with Plasma Target

Damage: 6 Knights, 4w on Gilbert (180)

Defensive Formation: Boosted ???? once and improved own defense on every attack (about


Thoughts:
I really do like this guy. He's a hero that can really punch out some high level squads. He may need a price increase or an attack decrease although that would significantly reduce his pop against squads

[SchismaticSounds]

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