Blob (Fred Dukes)

[japes]

Blob (Fred Dukes)



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NAME = BLOB
IDENTITY = FRED DUKES

UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
SPECIES = MUTANT
CLASS = OUTCAST
PERSONALITY = OBNOXIOUS

SIZE/HEIGHT = LARGE 6

LIFE = 6

MOVE = 5
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 5
DEFENSE = 4

POINTS = 165

BLUBBER
When Blob defends against a normal attack, each shield counts as 2 blocks.

IMMOVABLE
If Blob would be moved, you may stop his movement.

LOCKDOWN
When a Small or Medium enemy adjacent to Blob would move, you may stop its movement.

FACTION = BROTHERHOOD OF MUTANTS
PUBLISHER = MARVEL
KEYWORDS =
SYMBOLS = SUPER STRENGTH

WINTER 2024:NOTHING can move the Blob!

Resources and Rulings

• The suggested figure for this unit is a Heroclix figure: Clobberin Time #034-036 / Blob
• See this card's wiki page for synergies and strategies!

Credits

• Legacy design: NecroBlade
• Playtesters:
  • IamBatman
• Card art: japes
• Comic creators: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby

Updates

• N/A

[japes]

• dopped defense 1

[Yodaking]

Tar Pit reference in Lockdown.

[Ronin]

Could Immovable be expressed as a "you may stop his movement" effect? Rubber Wrap but for himself?

Should have thought about that on Sandman but I think the "unless the player controlling him..." language here triggered my "that can't be the best way" senses.

Oddly I think we moved away from that language in 1.0 and Blob just never got the update. 1.0 Sandman didn't have it.

[MrNobody]

Definitely in favor of using the stopping mechanic.

[japes]

Someone give me the text to edit and I'll do it.

[Karat]

IMMOVABLE
If Blob would be moved, you may stop his movement.

[IAmBatman]

Good catch. I agree with that.

Also supportive of the -1 defense change. I can run sanity tests on it when I'm back in town if they're needed. Just remind me next week.

[japes]

cool on both those. OP updated.

[Arch-vile]

Small edit:

BLUBBER
When Blob defends against a normal attack, each shield counts as 2 blocks.

[IAmBatman]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM
NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: BLOB
VERSION TESTED

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = BLOB
IDENTITY = FRED DUKES

UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
SPECIES = MUTANT
CLASS = OUTCAST
PERSONALITY = OBNOXIOUS

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 6

LIFE = 6

MOVE = 5
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 5
DEFENSE = 4 Dropped defense by 1

POINTS = 165

BLUBBER
BLUBBER
When Blob defends against a normal attack, each shield counts as 2 blocks.

IMMOVABLE
If Blob would be moved, you may stop his movement.

LOCKDOWN
When a Small or Medium enemy adjacent to Blob would move, you may stop its movement.

FACTION = BROTHERHOOD OF MUTANTS
PUBLISHER = MARVEL
KEYWORDS =
SYMBOLS = SUPER STRENGTH

Team Test
Map: SACRED SHRINE
Units: Blob (170), Cyclops (Utopian) (240), Marvel Girl (180), Nightcrawler (210) (800)
vs Black Canary (JL) (220), Oracle (110), Flash (Barry) (JL) (270), Plastic Man (JL) (200) (800)
Unit Summary: The change feels good here. He still feels like Blob from 1.0, just slightly less oppressive. It no longer feels hopeless if you don’t have a special attack or auto-wounding. It by no means feels easy, though.
Game Summary

Spoiler Alert!

Initiative Justice League. Flash pushes Black Canary forward, zips forward, and is followed by her. Cyclops advances. Nightcrawler advances and Bamfs up all of us allies. Jean fails a throw. Flash pushes Black Canary forward and then zips to height on Marvel Girl. Plastic Man pops up next to him. Flash attacks down on Marvel Girl, following the Secret Attack Plan, and hits her for 3 wounds. Cyclops rolls all skulls on Flash, but Flash blocks. Nightcrawler Bamfs around, moving Blob into Flash and Plastic Man into Blob so that both enemies are locked down. Jean throws Flash for a wound, then makes the mistake of attacking an adjacent Plastic Man, and falls to Rubbery Rebound. Flash can’t move thanks to Lockdown. Black Canary uses a marker and attacks Cyclops, but can’t hit. Flash can’t hit Blob. Cyclops can’t hit Black Canary with his special attack. Nightcrawler moves Black Canary next to Blob. Blob punches her for a wound.
Initiative X-Men. Cyclops can’t hit Black Canary. Nightcrawler Bamfs away towards Oracle. Blob hits Black Canary for a wound. Flash can’t move. Black Canary uses a marker and hits Blob for 1 wound. Flash can’t hit Blob. Cyclops KO’s Canary, who misses her cry on the way out. Nightcrawler Bamfs over and carries Oracle closer to the action. Blob can’t hit Flash. Flash follows the Secret Attack Plan and hits Blob for 2 wounds. Cyclops blasts Flash for 2 wounds, then Blob finishes him. Nightcrawler carries Oracle closer to the action. Plastic Man can’t hit Blob.
Initiative Justice League. Plastic Man follows the Secret Attack Plan and KO’s Blob from height disadvantage. Cyclops blasts a whiffing Plastic Man for 4 quick wounds and Nightcrawler attacks Oracle from height for 3 wounds. Oracle can’t hit Nightcrawler, who Bamfs her over. Cyclops can’t hit Plastic Man. Nightcrawler finishes Oracle. Plastic Man can’t hit Cyclops. Cyclops finishes Plastic Man.

• Damage Done (Normal Attack): Inflicted [3] wounds on [Black Canary [2], Flash [1]]
• BLUBBER: Felt more beatable but in a good way. Still plenty strong, but didn’t feel impossible to contend with.
• IMMOVABLE: Definitely a Flash counter.
• LOCKDOWN: Stick everything to Blob still felt like a strong move.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Cyclops with Full Life and Nightcrawler with Full Life win.

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Team Test
Map: CONFLICT CHERNOBYL
Units: Blob (170), Cyclops (Utopian) (240), Marvel Girl (180), Nightcrawler (210) (800)
vs Wrecking Crew (800)
Unit Summary: Blob got into the action a bit too slowly here and the Wrecking Crew took out Cyclops early, which hurt the X-Men’s efficiency. Blob still tanked enough attacks in end game to let Nightcrawler go on a run and almost close the gap.
Game Summary

Spoiler Alert!

Initiative X-Men. Cyclops advances and Nightcrawler moves up Blob, Marvel Girl, and Cyclops. Jean fails to throw Blob forward. Piledriver advances. Cyclops blasts Piledriver for a wound from height. Nightcrawler moves up Marvel Girl. She throws Piledriver but can’t wound him with the throw or an attack from height. Wrecker advances and smacks Cyclops for 2 wounds from range. Bulldozer charges up and hits Cyclops for 2 more wounds. Cyclops uses his special attack and wounds Bulldozer. Nightcrawler carries up Blob. Marvel Girl throws Bulldozer into Blob, but then wounds him and finishes him with her attack from height. Bulldozer had OM3.
Initiative Wrecking Crew, despite Cyclops’ best efforts. Wrecker is Psionic Gripped, but throws his crowbar and finishes Cyclops. Thunderball advances and whiffs a ranged attack on Nightcrawler, who Bamfs away. Cyclops had OM1. Wrecker engages Marvel Girl and smacks her for a wound. Thunderball takes even height and hits Marvel Girl for a wound from range. Cyclops had OM2. Thunderball defeats Marvel Girl. Blob locks Piledriver down from height advantage and smacks him for 2 wounds.
Initiative X-Men. Nightcrawler drops Wrecker on height disadvantage next to Blob and attacks twice from height for 3 wounds on Wrecker, then Bamfs over and ties up Thunderball. Wrecker rolls 5 skulls but can only inflict 1 wound on Blob. Blob fails to hit Wrecker from height. Wrecker catches Blob whiffing and inflicts 3 wounds. Piledriver finishes Blob with 2 attacks, rolling 5 skulls for the second. Thunderball can’t hit Nightcrawler. Nightcrawler Bamfs around and hits Wrecker for 2 wounds. Thunderball can’t hit Nightcrawler.
Initiative Wrecking Crew. Wrecker hits Nightcrawler for 1 wound. Nightcrawler Bamfs around and defeats Wrecker but can’t hit Piledriver. Thunderball can’t hit Nightcrawler. Nightcrawler Bamfs around and takes out Piledriver. Thunderball can’t hit Nightcrawler. Nightcrawler hits Thunderball for 1 wound.
Initiative Nightcrawler, who Bamfs around and puts 3 wounds on Thunderball. Thunderball rolls all skulls and finally puts Nightcrawler down.

• Damage Done (Normal Attack): Inflicted [2] wounds on [Piledriver]
• BLUBBER: Useful here, but a whiff against strong attacks ended him.
• IMMOVABLE: Stopped Wrecker from going for auto-wounds.
• LOCKDOWN: Still useful. Had Bulldozer not fallen, tying him up would’ve been very useful.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Thunderball with 2/6 Life wins.

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UNIT SUMMARY: He still feels daunting to take down at times, but a solid normal attack has a much more reasonable chance. He feels more balanced for his cost and less unfun to face. I’d call this a win.

[japes]

Awesome. Can't wait to hear how the second test goes