The Book of Judge Hershey

[Lord Pyre]

What do the Beat Cops add to this army? Aside from just being good units? Is there some synergy for Lawman squads I'm not seeing?

Otherwise looking good!

[Tornado]

Not with Hershey directly but they do with Anderson who can move them with her defensive power. Beyond that just the defense. I think one squad is plenty but I could see putting an OM on them at the end of the game if three or more are still alive. Their ability to absorb wounds really helps to keep Hershey and Anderson alive while the rest go in pretty much as sacrifices.

[Lord Pyre]

Cool

Still trying to learn these guys so it's appreciated.

[Tornado]

Heh, me too. Hershey has really transformed them, mostly the Brits and sadly the least Dredd. Having to use a different Judge every OM and always trying to set up Mimring style attacks is pretty different.

[Arch-vile]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Judge Snickers

Army Test
Map: Custom
Units: Judge Hershey (200), Brit-Cit Judge x7 (585) VS Hand Ninja x2, Winter Soldier, Bullseye (585)

Spoiler Alert!

Winter Soldier chooses Hershey as his mark. A Judge kills a Ninja. Winter Soldier kills a Judge (and gets a Judgement marker) and the Ninjas move up. A Judge wounds Winter Soldier. Winter Soldier again takes out a Judge in one attack, then the Ninjas are blocked. A Judge takes a leaving engagement wound from a Ninja then shoots, killing a Ninja and missing Winter Soldier.

Hershey moves her Judges to height. Winter Soldier and the Ninjas kill another Judge. A Judge gets a great Armor Piercing Round Special attack, killing 2 Ninjas and putting 3 wounds on Winter Soldier. Winter Soldier puts 2 wounds on Hershey with his special attack and the Ninja misses. A Judge kills the last Ninja. Lost OM3 on Ninjas.

Winter Soldier kills Hershey & returns to cryogenic stasis. Lost OM1 on Hershey. Bullseye wounds a Judge. A Judge puts 2 wounds on Bullseye. Bullseye is blocked. A Judge wounds Bullseye.

Winter Soldier returns. A Judge kills Bullseye. Winter Soldier kills a Judge. A Judge puts 2 wounds on Winter Soldier. Winter Soldier wounds a Judge. A Judge has to use his normal attack against Winter Soldier and is blocked.

Winter Soldier wounds a Judge, then that Judge kills Winter Soldier.


Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Brit-Cit Judge x3 (two unwounded, one with 2 wounds) win.

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Army Test
Map: Custom
Units: Judge Hershey (200), Brit-Cit Judge x6, Judge Dredd (740) VS Nightwing I, Wonder Girl (Cassie), Raven, Lagoon Boy, Beast Boy Cheetah (740)

Spoiler Alert!

Raven moves up. Hershey moves the Judges up. Wonder Girl moves up. Dredd wounds Raven with Armor Piercing. Nightwing activates Titans Go!: Raven transfers her wound to Dredd and Wonder Girl lassoes Dredd and wounds him as well. A Judge attacks Wonder Girl and is blocked.

Dredd wounds Wonder Girl. Nightwing activates Titans Go!: Wonder Girl blocked, Raven wounds Dredd, Nightwing puts 2 wounds on a Judge. A Judge puts 2 wounds on Wonder Girl. Wonder Girl takes out Dredd. A Judge is blocked. Wonder Girl wounds a Judge.

Nightwing activates Titans Go!: Wonder Girl and Raven each kill a wounded Judge, Nightwing wounds another. A Judge kills Wonder Girl. Raven is blocked. A Judge is blocked. Raven is blocked. The Judges wound Raven.

Beast Boy Cheetah wounds a Judge. A Judge kills Beast Boy & wounds Lagoon Boy. Nightwing activates Titans Go!: Raven blocked, Nightwing blocked. A Judge wounds Raven. Raven soul selfs a wound to kill a Judge. A Judge wounds Raven.

A Judge wounds Raven. Raven soul selfs a wound to a Judge. A Judge wounds Raven. Nightwing activates Titans Go!: Raven whiffs, Nightwing kills a Judge a wounds another. A Judge wounds Raven. Nightwing wounds a Judge.

Nightwing activates Titans Go!: Raven soul selfs a wound to kill a Judge, then Nightwing is blocked. A Judge is blocked. Nightwing wounds a Judge. Hershey wounds Raven. Nightwing is blocked. Hershey is blocked.

The Judge whiffs his armor piercing round against Raven. Nightwing activates Titans Go!: Raven soul selfs to kill the last Judge, then Nightwing is blocked. Hershey wounds Raven. Nightwing puts 3 wounds on Hershey. Hershey finally kills Raven. Nightwing kills Hershey.


Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Nightwing (0 wounds) & Lagoon Boy (2 wounds) wins.

THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: Hershey is a lot of fun and finally brings the Judge faction together as a solid army. It’s an army that’s almost more fun to fight against, trying to avoid setting up Armor Piercing Rounds that affect multiple of your figures. But the Judges have to be careful to avoid their own allies as well. Combined with the once per round limitation and the single attack of the Brit-Cit Judges, it’s a well balanced power. Moving out all the Judges was quite a useful ability as well to help set up later special attacks.

With one win and one loss, I’m quite satisfied with Hershey’s 200 points. She offers a lot to a Judge army but she’s fragile and once she falls you really have to be careful with your OMs, because the Brit-Cits aren’t too durable either. And the once-per-round limit on Armor Piercing means once you’re down to less than 3 Judges, your offensive ability starts to tank.

[Tornado]

Thanks Arch-vile!

[japes]

Awesome.

[Tornado]

Cool to see them at a lower point level and without the Cops.
Heh, just noticed Snickers.

[Lord Pyre]

I'm definitely happy so far

[Karat]

Originally Posted by Tornado

Cool to see them at a lower point level and without the Cops.
Heh, just noticed Snickers.

Honestly, outside of the movement for the Lawmen, I really don't see that as her best option, which is fine in my book. Definitely seems more Judge centered which is great.

The only thing that might change that is if you could recruit either Judges into Lawmen or vice versa somewhere down the line, bit I kinda like that they're distinct. Anything particular you'd want to see? Might try and hit this today.

[Tornado]

Not really. I think we have tried the best builds.
I think Axe Cop is the strongest due to the bonding.
No one has tried an all Lawman build yet which I do not think could possibly be as good since you lose the SA but maybe the movement is enough to set something up?
I still think an Explosives Experts and Cops build could be solid but Hershey just moves them for a round and is there for clean up or maybe taking down a higher defense foe.
Her usefulness could grow for Lawmen if they had another design with a static power.

She and Dredd are weird in that they do not benefit greatly from stat boosters so normal builds are out. Defense, they like defense or maybe someone like War Machine, a static attack. Angel could be nice, especially if you wander away from Anderson.

They play weird as Arch alluded to. He may have a suggestion. Thanks.

[Karat]

Originally Posted by Tornado

Not really. I think we have tried the best builds.
I think Axe Cop is the strongest due to the bonding.
No one has tried an all Lawman build yet which I do not think could possibly be as good since you lose the SA but maybe the movement is enough to set something up?
I still think an Explosives Experts and Cops build could be solid but Hershey just moves them for a round and is there for clean up or maybe taking down a higher defense foe.
Her usefulness could grow for Lawmen if they had another design with a static power.

She and Dredd are weird in that they do not benefit greatly from stat boosters so normal builds are out. Defense, they like defense or maybe someone like War Machine, a static attack. Angel could be nice, especially if you wander away from Anderson.

They play weird as Arch alluded to. He may have a suggestion. Thanks.

All good, just wanted to make sure I was hitting anything that you wanted to see hit. I have some ideas.