The Book of Yondu

[Tornado]

Yea

[IAmBatman]

ya, ja, and yep.

[Ericth74]

This passes and can be added to the playtesting thread.

Thanks everyone

[Ericth74]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Yondu (MCU)

Version tested:

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = YONDU (MCU)
SECRET IDENTITY = YONDU UDONTA

SPECIES = CENTUARIAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = PIRATE
PERSONALITY = GRUFF

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 5

MOVE = 5
RANGE = 6
ATTACK = 4
DEFENSE = 4

POINTS = 190


PIRATE CODE
At the start of the game, you may choose a Unique Hero you control without the Super Strength special power. For the remainder of the game, that figure has the class of Pirate instead of what is listed on its card, and if Yondu attacks and fails to inflict a wound during his turn, you must move an Order Marker from this card to the chosen figure's Army card. After revealing an Order Marker on this card and taking a turn with Yondu, If he inflicted one or more wounds this turn, you may take an immediate turn with a Unique Pirate Hero or Common Pirate squad you control and you may not take any additional turns with figures you control.

YAKA ARROW CONTROL
Yondu may attack non-adjacent figures while engaged, and will not take falling damage of any kind.

YAKA ARROW FRENZY
Once per round, instead of attacking with Yondu, you may choose a figure within 4 spaces and roll the 20-sided die. If you roll 10 or higher, inflict a wound on the chosen figure then choose a figure within 4 spaces of the space occupied by that figure that has not been chosen yet and roll again.

Army Test
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units: Yondu, Corsair, Krovus Rook'Shir, Human Torch 150, Orion Arm Ravagers x2 VS Luke Cage, Daredevil 200, Spiderman 250, Ronin, Songbird

Spoiler Alert!

Damage Dealt:
R1T3 Ronin - 1 wound - Yaka
R1T3 Luke Cage - 1 wound - Yaka
R2T1 Ronin - 1 wound - Yaka
R2T1 Luke Cage - 1 wound - Yaka
R3T1 Songbird - 1 wound - Yaka


Pirate Code: Allowed Human Torch to become a pirate, never had to move an order marker. Yondu was able to take 2 extra turns with the Ravagers.

Yaka Arrow Control: Did not come into play.

Yaka Arrow Frenzy: Used 3 times leading to 5 wounds.

Started out looking like a pirate win, but bad rolls and Spiderman doing his Spiderman thing, the Crime Fighters took over.
Round 1 Ravagers and Corsair pushed forward. Ravagers, with there big range on a small map, were able to put a wound on Ronin and Luke Cage early. Ronin was able to take a turn and take out 3 Ravagers. Corsair put another wound on Ronin and Yondu took a turn via Boarding Party and gave Ronin a third wound and Cage his 2nd. Round 2 Yondu started out as he ended the last round, again doing wounds to Cage and the final wound to Ronin. The Ravagers then took a turn and put the fourth wound on Cage. Cage and Spiderman were able to put two wounds each on Yondu. Corsair ended the round by taking out Cage. Round 3 Yondu again started out the round using his Yaka Arrow, doing a wound on Songbird and taking a turn with the Ravagers, who took 4 shots at Songbird and all were blocked. Daredevil and Spiderman killed 2 Ravagers, while Torch and Corsair did wounds to Daredevil. Songbird ended the round by putting the final wound on Yondu. Rounds 4 through 7 was a mix of Spiderman avoiding damage, Daredevil ignoring damage and Korvus missing every attack he took. Once Corsair went down in round 4 it was really clean up time for the Crime Fighters.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Spiderman full 5 life, Songbird 4 wounds/1 life life

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Army Test
Map: Country Road
Units: Ch'od, Corsair, Captain America 240, Yondu, Ravagers x2 VS Masahiro Arashi, Electra, Gamora 310, Boomerang, Hand Ninjas x3

Spoiler Alert!

Damage Dealt:
R2T3 Electra - 1 wound - Yaka
R2T3 Masahiro - 1 wound - Yaka
R3T2 Hand Ninja - 1 wound
R3T3 Electra - 1 wound - Yaka
R3T3 Boomerang - 1 wound - Yaka
R3T3 Hand Ninja - 1 wound - Yaka
R3T3 Great Tree - 1 wound - Yaka
R4T2 Boomerang - 1 wound
R4T3 Boomerang - 1 wound - Yaka
R4T3 Hand Ninja - 1 wound - Yaka
R5T2 Boomerang - 1 wound
R6T2 Electra - 1 wound - Yaka
R6T2 Gamora - 1 wound - Yaka
R6T2 Great Tree - 1 wound - Yaka
R6T3 Electra - 2 wounds

Pirate Code: Allowed Captain America to become a pirate. Yondu had to move order markers twice for missed attacks. Yondu was able to take many extra turns with the Ravagers/Pirate Heroes.

Yaka Arrow Control: Did not come into play.

Yaka Arrow Frenzy: Used 4 times leading to 11 wounds.


The Pirates took the high ground on the bridge early via drop team and held on to it for the whole game. The Ravagers long range and the Hand's lack of it, was the difference. Yondu had a hot d20, doing 11 wounds with Yaka Arrow frenzy, he also did 5 wounds with his normal attack. Having Cap and Ch'od as a screen at the base of the bridge allowed Yondu and the Ravagers to fire at will from the height. By the time Cap and Ch'od went down it was pretty much over.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Yondu 1 wound/4 life left, Corsair 1 wound/3 life left, 6 Ravagers left

THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: Like all d20 swingy units, points can be tough to decide. In Game 1 Yondu and his power set did some damage but was hardly dominate. In game 2 almost everything went right and the d20 was rolling favorably and a great set up. For now I'd say stay with 190 points but I could see a bump in points possible.

GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT: Yondu and his Yaka Arrow Frenzy give the Pirates some much needed help. Pirate Code allows his team to recruit a non-Super Strength hero and turn him into a pirate. It's bigger feature is that it allows you to take a turn with a hero or squad if he does a wound. This gives the Orion Arm Ravagers some love and a reason to put them in your pirate builds. Pirate Code also has a cost of moving an order marker off Yondu if he doesn't inflict damage, in most pirate builds moving an x-marker isn't a big deal though, so he's going to see that a lot which can make order marker placement a little predicable. In game 1 it didn't directly come into play, but it did make me think about order marker placement. Yaka Arrow control is a nod to the movies but didn't come into play, and rarely will. If space on the card is an issue I could see this power getting dropped. Yaka Arrow Frenzy is the real star of the design. I think the limits on it to once a round and one attack per figure keep it in check. It can be very potent but also puts a huge bullseye on Yondu's back and with only a range of 4 it puts him in the thick of the action. Game two is tough game to judge, it was the perfect set-up for him being placed on the bridge with 2 hard to kill blockers in front and going against a team with ranges or 3 and 4. I'm happy with where the design is and look forward to seeing what others do with him.

[MrNobody]

Question (and apologies if this has been answered already) - what happens if Yondu fails to inflict a wound with his attack, but his chosen Hero is dead? (Or mind controlled, or what have you.) Does he still have to move the OM?

[Ericth74]

Originally Posted by MrNobody

Question (and apologies if this has been answered already) - what happens if Yondu fails to inflict a wound with his attack, but his chosen Hero is dead? (Or mind controlled, or what have you.) Does he still have to move the OM?

Nope

[MrNobody]

Cool. I might suggest this change, but I'm not really the wording guy so take it with a grain of salt.

PIRATE CODE
At the start of the game, you may choose a Unique Hero you control without the Super Strength special power. While you control the chosen Hero, that figure has the class of Pirate instead of what is listed on its card, and if Yondu attacks and fails to inflict a wound during his turn, you must move an Order Marker from this card to the chosen figure's Army card. After revealing an Order Marker on this card and taking a turn with Yondu, If he inflicted one or more wounds this turn, you may take an immediate turn with a Unique Pirate Hero or Common Pirate squad you control and you may not take any additional turns with figures you control.

[Skinderella]

If Yondu has to move an Order Marker with Pirate Code, can he move an already revealed marker?

[Ericth74]

No,I don't think anyone can. But I'm not totally sure.

[Arch-vile]

It doesn't say anything about revealed or unrevealed, so you'd need to specify that he only moves unrevealed OMs if that is the intent.

PIRATE CODE
At the start of the game, you may choose a Unique Hero you control without the Super Strength special power. For the remainder of the game, that figure has the class of Pirate instead of what is listed on its card, and if Yondu attacks and fails to inflict a wound during his turn, you must move an Order Marker from this card to the chosen figure's Army card. After revealing an Order Marker on this card and taking a turn with Yondu, If he inflicted one or more wounds this turn, you may take an immediate turn with a Unique Pirate Hero or Common Pirate squad you control and you may not take any additional turns with figures you control.

[MrNobody]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Yondu

Army Test 1
Map: Castle Dracula (Custom Map)
Units: Team 1 (800): Yondu (190), Nebula (240), Crossbones (160), Orion Arm Ravagers x2 (210)
Team 2 (800): Commander Rogers (260), Winter Soldier II (240), Diamondback (160), Falcon (140)

Pre-game thoughts: Nebula/Yondu is some fun interplay, where you’re getting a second turn even if Yondu doesn’t land his wound.

Summary of the game:

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1: T1 wins initiative
-Ravagers inflicts 2 wounds on Falcon
-Rogers inflicts a wound on Nebula
-Yondu lets loose the Yaka Arrow, inflicting 1 wound each on all 4 of the opponent’s figures

Round 2: T1 wins initiative
-Yondu inflicts a wound on Bucky with Yaka Arrow Frenzy
-A Ravager inflicts a wound on Bucky
-Bucky takes out a Ravager
-A Ravager inflicts a wound on Rogers
-Rogers takes out 2 Ravagers
-Bucky inflicts 2 wounds on Nebula
-Nebula inflicts a wound on Bucky
-Rogers inflicts 2 wounds on Nebula
-Bucky takes out Nebula

Round 3: T2 wins initiative
-Bucky takes out a Ravager
-Yondu takes out Bucky and Falcon and inflicts a wound on Rogers with Yaka Arrow Frenzy
-Diamondback inflicts a wound on Yondu
-Rogers inflicts a wound on Yondu
-Yondu inflicts a wound on Diamondback

Round 4: T1 wins initiative
-Yondu takes out Diamondback
-Rogers counters Crossbones twice, inflicting 2 wounds
-Rogers takes out Yondu
-T1 had OM3 on Yondu, so they lose a turn

Round 5: T2 wins initiative
-Crossbones uses a Pirate as a Human Shield, so he only takes 1 wound from an attack from Rogers
-Crossbones takes out Rogers

Special power usages:
Normal attack: 3 wounds inflicted (3 on Diamondback)
Pirate Code: Crossbones chosen, 1 OMs moved, 5 extra turns granted
Yaka Arrow Frenzy: 8 wounds inflicted (3 on Winter Soldier, 2 on Commander Rogers, 1 on Diamondback, 2 on Falcon)

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Crossbones (3/4 wounds), 1 Orion Arm Ravager

Post-game thoughts: My first thought is that the Yondu/Nebula/Ravagers combo feels incredibly effective, since basically no matter what you do you’re always tossing out a ton of attacks. They just struggled against Rogers and his super defense, but it’s cool the Ravagers are really starting to feel like their own little faction.

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Army Test 2
Map: Castle Dracula (Custom Map)
Units: Team 1 (1,200): Yondu (190), Corsair (180), Ch’od (215), Hebzibah (140), Korvus (270), Scorpion (205)
Team 2 (1,200): Black Swan (320), Proxima Midnight (350), Gamora (300), Aquaman (230)

Pre-game thoughts: Yondu, Corsair, Ch’od, and Korvus are going to Drop pretty close to the enemy SZ and try to ambush them early.

Summary of the game:

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1: T1 wins initiative
-Proxima inflicts a wound on Yondu
-Aquaman inflicts 2 wounds on Yondu
-Corsair inflicts 3 wounds on Aquaman
-Korvus takes out Aquaman
-Swan takes out Yondu
-Swan inflicts a wound on Corsair

Round 2: T2 wins initiative
-Gamora inflicts 2 wounds on Korvus
-Proxima inflicts 2 wounds on Corsair
-Corsair inflicts 2 wounds on Proxima
-Proxima inflicts 2 wounds on Hepzibah
-Swan takes out Corsair
-Korvus inflicts 2 wounds on Proxima

Round 3: T2 wins initiative
-Swan takes out Hepzibah
-Proxima inflicts 2 wounds on Korvus
-T1 had OM1 on Hepzibah, so they lose a turn
-Gamora inflicts 2 wounds on Ch’od
-Korvus inflicts a wound on Proxima
-Proxima takes out Korvus
-Swan inflicts 2 wounds Ch’od
-Ch’od takes out Proxima

Round 4: T1 wins initiative
-Scorpion inflicts 2 wounds on Swan
-Swan inflicts 2 wounds on Scorpion
-Scorpion inflicts a wound on Swan
-Swan inflicts a wound on Scorpion

Round 5: T2 wins initiative
-Gamora takes out Ch’od
-Scorpion takes a LEA from Swan
-Scorpion inflicts 2 wounds on Gamora
-Swan takes out Scorpion

Special power usages:
Normal attack: 0 wounds inflicted
Pirate Code: Scorpion chosen, 1 OMs moves, 5 extra turns granted
Yaka Arrow Frenzy: 0 wounds inflicted

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Black Swan (3/5 wounds), Gamora (2/6 wounds)
Post-game thoughts: Yondu basically did nothing here, failing a Yaka Arrow Frenzy then dying pretty quickly, but the potential threat of his auto-wounds forced the enemy to go out of their way to attack him first, losing a lot of their positioning and costing them Aquaman, so he did have a decent effect on gameplay.

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THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: Feels pretty balanced at 190. I think the Ravagers are his stronger army by far, which is cool thematically. Yaka Arrow Frenzy is his big draw - it’s very swingy but has extremely high-end potential.

GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT: Feels fun! The un-mirrored triggers on Pirate Code had me constantly going back and re-reading the power, which was a bit of a pain, but I like how the combination of Pirate Code and Yaka Arrow Control made him actually play like a ruthless pirate - multiple times in game 1 I went after a weaker target cause I wanted to score that wound.

Neat!

[Ericth74]

Great tests @MrNobody thank you! I always forget about Nebula, she is a good fit here.

I agree with you, about Yondu giving the Pirates and Orion Arm Ravagers a little more pop. That is a good thing in my opinion. His high offensive potential certainly puts a bullseye on him.