The Book of Grim Reaper

[Dr. Jekyll]

I just need two slots, I'll be taking the third
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[Soundwarp SG-1]

Whelp, now the whole thread has to be shut down.

[Dr. Jekyll]

[Soundwarp SG-1]

I don't make up the rules, I just also don't enforce them.

[Dr. Jekyll]

PLAYTEST UNIT: Grim Reaper

Army Test
Map: Country Road
Units: Grim Reaper(260), Doctor Octopus(I), Purple Man, Wonder Man (990) VS Captain America(Steve Rogers), Iron Man(Avengers), Hawkeye(Avengers), Anti-Venom(990)

Spoiler Alert!

Normal Attack Damage:
4 damage to Hawkeye. 3 damage to Anti-Venom.
LETHAL RECRUITMENT:
Recruited Wonder Man.
LETHAL LEGION:
Wonder Man activated and boosted by Lethal Legion 3 times.
Doctor Octopus activated and boosted by Lethal Legion 3 times.
Purple Man activated and boosted by Lethal Legion 4 times.
FEAR THE REAPER:
Lands a hit on Anti-Venom with height advantage and removes an OM.
Notes:

Spoiler Alert!

The Avengers Crew moves up and Hawkeye takes a shot on Wonder Man but is blocked. After a few missed shots from Hawkeye, Wonder Man swoops in on Iron Man and drops him with one hit. Stupid solid roll with a very poor defensive roll. Poor guy never stood a chance. Next round Doc moves in and locks down Cap and Venom landing a couple of shots on Cap with height advantage. Cap swings on Doc and it lands. Purple Man moves into position and Grim Reaper hits Hawkeye from the bridge. Doc lands another small hit on Cap and Grim Reaper takes Hawkeye out making the Avengers lose their last turn. Wonder Man smokes Cap leaving Anti-Venom all alone. Anti-Venom hits Wonder Man for a wound. Doc lands a couple shots on Anti-Venom followed by Grim Reaper leaving him with one less OM. Anti-Venom smokes Doc and heals for one. Purple Man takes control of Anti-Venom with a roll of 18 ending this one-sided battle.

Winning Team: Grim Reaper with 0 wounds, Wonder Man with 1 wound, and Purple Man with 0 wounds.

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Army Test
Map: Country Road
Units: Grim Reaper(260), Mister Hyde, Tiger Shark, Parasite (1000) VS Batman(III), Superman(III), Wonder Woman(III)(1000)

Spoiler Alert!

Normal Attack Damage:
2 damage to Superman.
LETHAL RECRUITMENT:
Recruited Mister Hyde and Tiger Shark.
LETHAL LEGION:
Tiger Shark activated and boosted by Lethal Legion 2 times.
Mister Hyde activated and boosted by Lethal Legion 2 times.
Parasite activated and boosted by Lethal Legion 2 times.
FEAR THE REAPER:
Lands a hit on Superman and heals for 1.
Lands another hit on Superman and heals for 1.
Notes:

Spoiler Alert!

Superman zooms in and strikes Grim Reaper for a solid hit. Parasite life drains Superman for 1 wound, and Grim Reaper misses his strike. Tiger Shark circles around to cut Batman off and Grim Reaper lands a shot on Superman healing for 1. Superman lands another blow on Grim Reaper and he is hanging on by a thread. Mister Hyde lands a massive hit to Superman thanks to a roll of 19 and Grim Reaper’s boost. Grim Reaper lands hit on Superman and heals for 1, now Superman is hanging by the thread. Parasite takes Superman out with a life drain. Wonder Woman smashes Grim Reaper ending his reign of terror. Wonder Woman lands a huge hit on Tiger Shark. Wonder Woman starts the next round off swinging, hitting Tiger Shark again. Tiger Shark tries to make it to the water and fails taking a leaving engagement attack from Wonder Woman. Parasite life drains Wonder Woman for 1 and lands a punch. Wonder Woman tearing up the competition, landing a hit on Parasite. Wonder Woman and Batman win initiative again and Wonder Woman puts Parasite down, taking their first and third turn away. Mister Hyde with no one to back him up takes on Wonder Woman and is blocked. Start of the next round Hyde lands a punch on Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman and Hyde duke it out landing hits back and forth with Hyde healing every turn. Hyde finally takes the unstoppable Wonder Woman out with a decent roll and turns his sights on Batman. Batman for the win with a counterstrike on Hyde.

Winning Team: Batman with 0 wounds.

THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: This is my favorite design I have done so far. The first game was a blow out, Grim Reaper and his Legion dominated, the Avengers didn’t stand a chance. Doc Ock and Wonder Man with a boost and height advantage are really beefy. The second game on the other hand… Superman set his sights on the OM Hub that is Grim and went to smashing. After Grim had fallen the team started to fall apart and Wonder Woman went to town on them. The possibilities with team building for this guy is awesome. Being an OM hub can make him a target, but the healing can keep him around for a while. I would like to see some more tests putting him up against some good synergy or heavy hitters. Other than that, I think the 260 point cost is good but may need to be bumped to 265.

[Soundwarp SG-1]

Sorry this took forever, hopefully this work alright for ya.

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Grim Reaper @260 points

Set 1
Map: Sewer Labyrinth
Units: Savage Legion: Grim Reaper (260), Crime Master (160), Executioner (370), Demogoblin (200), Doppelgänger (250), Skrull Inflitrator X1 (10)- 1250 total vs Marvel S: Ms. Marvel (350), Superman II (450), Sersi (450)- 1250 total

Spoiler Alert!

Results:
Game 1: Demogoblin and Doppelgänger at 2 life a piece, Crime Master just peachy.
Game 2: Superman at 5 life.
Game 3: Sersi at 4 life.


Trying him with Crime Master since they can stack attack boosts fairly efficiently (though sadly their recruitment powers don't overlay properly so you can't turn a Symbiote into a Criminal). It's kinda a fun pairing, but slightly hindered by none of the current Savage options really maximizing the attack boost. We have like almost zero Lethal Legion or Savage Six cards right now though, so I think it will be more interesting once they get some teammates designed around liking attack boosts.

Outside of the attack stack, Reaper feels pretty similar to Robot but with less tricks and slightly better (for his particular set of figures) bonding. Fear the Reaper didn't come up much at all for me since it required putting a fairly squishy not very mobile OM hub into the thick of things, which wasn't what I wanted to be doing when keeping him not dead was already a tricky proposition as a ranged figure.

Set 2
Map: Island Plane Crash (No E-Glyph)
Units: Gunners Grim: Grim Reaper (260), Hired Guns (130), Wizard (140), Whirlwind (190), Sandman (the one you'd actually use here) (210)- 800 total vs Sweet Christmas, it's the Batman: Luke Cage (190), Iron Fist (260), Nova (210), Batman 66 (140)- 800 total

Spoiler Alert!

Results:
Game 1: Sandman at 3 life.
Game 2: Nova at 2 life, Batman is just fine chum.
Game 3: The Wizard and the Whirlwind are both at 3 life and also the name of my new band.


Trying him with Hired Guns since the previous games didn't fill me with desire to use him as a major attacking force. Decent enough build but it didn't mobilize super fast (not really much in the way of carriers when sticking to just Criminals). The Guns giving some better attack efficiency early on let him hang back more and switch to attacking himself as a 'second wave' later on, so Fear the Reaper saw a bit more play here but it never felt overwhelming or whatnot. Still felt good here.

Overall: He offers some wonky build changing synergy stuff, so I like him. Cost feels fine to me, he has a lot of good features but he's fairly easy to take out if the enemy feels like doing so.

[Yodaking]

That 2nd army looks pretty fun to me.

[IAmBatman]

Originally Posted by Soundwarp SG-1

Sweet Christmas, it's the Batman

I feel seen.

[Dr. Jekyll]

Awesome playtests!! really appreciate it. I'm pretty happy with where this guy is. I don't really feel the need for any additional testing. Linking the the playtest to the OP now.

[Dr. Jekyll]

I propose we move to Final Editing at 260

[tcglkn]

Yea

[Soundwarp SG-1]

yea