The Book of Cammy

[Skinderella]

@Eritch74 thanks for the great tests and kind words! Honestly M. Bison could do with the help, so I wouldn't of been sad if you had used it wrong . Axle Spin Knuckle didn't wound much in either of your games, but if it looks strong, we could either push her to 150 or make it an unblockable attack die roll. Happy with either or, but making it a roll would make it less oppressive against melee.

@Alexandros no worries, no rush at all! And thank you for the kinds words too! That test looks good, team Cammy annihilated the spiders. Looking forward to that next test!

Glad to see she's playing well, I'm liking how her powers let her work nicely with Bison's weird bonding, allowing her to still move about a lot.

Hoping to get my tests done in the next couple of days, though might hold off to see if we want to make any slight tweaks first.

[IAmBatman]

[Skinderella]

Life's been pretty hectic this end, but I'm aiming to get the tests done tomorrow now that I've got a bit more free time. Was also waiting to see if Alexandros' last test would require changing Axel Spin Knuckle slightly, but I'll go ahead and get mine done.

[IAmBatman]

Cool. I was just looking through the playtesting thread and saw this near the top of the list, so I figured I'd check in.

[Skinderella]

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Cammy

Map: Sewer Labyrinth
Units: Cammy (140), Jimmy Woo (150), Abigail Brand (170), Spider-Man (240), Sharon Carter (90), Skrull Infiltrator (10) (800) Vs. Batman (220), Katana (Outsiders) (150), Jade (240), Halo (190) (800)

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1: Red team. Batman, Katana, and Halo move.
R1: Jade and Batman move.
B1: Sharon and Miles move.
R2: Halo and Jade move.
B2: Abigail and Cammy move.
R3: Katana and Jade move. Jade attacks Cammy. ASK activates and Cammy moves.
B3: Woo moves. Cammy engages Jade and attacks. Mission Prep. No wounds.

Round 2: Red team. Katana, Halo, and Batman move. Cammy takes a wound.
R1: Katana moves and attacks Cammy. 1 wound. Halo removes red marker to wound Cammy. No wounds on attack.
B1: Miles engages Jade and attacks. No wounds. Moves and attacks again, no wounds. Cammy moves to attack Halo. No wounds.
R2: Jade attacks Miles. Mission Prep. No wounds. Katana moves and engages Miles. 1 wound.
B2: Brand moves, fails pyro, and attacks Jade. 3 wounds. Miles swings to attack Jade. No wounds. He moves and attacks Halo. 1 wound.
R3: Jade heals and attacks Miles. No wounds. Batman engages Cammy and attacks. ASK activates and she wounds him.
B3: Sharon removes her marker, engages Jade, and attacks. No wounds. Woo moves and attacks Jade. No wounds.

Round 3: Red team. Woo heals Cammy. Batman and Jade disengage. Katana engages Miles and wounds him.
R1: Jade heals, moves around and attacks Woo. 2 woounds. Halo removes her orange marker and attacks Miles, destroying him.
B1: Woo disengages and attacks Jade. No wounds. Cammy moves in and attacks Jade. 2 wounds.
R2: Halo moves around to attack Woo. Removes yellow marker. Mission Prep. Woo destroyed. Batman deals 2 wounds to Sharon.
B2: OM2 on Woo.
R3: Katana fails to take out Sharon. Batman doesn’t. Skrull placed.
B3: OM3 on Woo.

Round 4: Blue team.
B1: Abigail fails pyro. Cammy fails to wound Halo.
R1: Katana takes an LEA from the skrull. She attacks Abigail. Mission Prep. 3 skulls vs no shields, instant kill. Jade destroys the Skrull.
B2: OM2 on Abigail.
R2: Batman throws a rang at Cammy. ASK activates and she moves. Katana engages her and attacks. 1 wound.
B3: Cammy moves and attacks Halo. No wounds.
R3: Halo moves Cammy to lower ground with her indigo marker and attacks her. ASK works and wounds her. Batman rangs Cammy. First one deals no wounds, on the second Cammy ASKs out of sight.

Round 5: Blue team
B1: Cammy deals 1 wound to Halo.
R1: Halo takes an LEA and attacks Cammy. Removing the green marker, Cammy cannot move. Mission Prep. No wounds. Jade attacks Cammy. ASK saves her.
B2: Cammy can’t move and is out of range.
R2: Batman takes out Cammy.

Normal attack damage: 3 wounds.
Spiral Arrow: N/A
Axle Spin Knuckle: 6 uses. 2 wounds.

Winners: Batman with 1 wound, Halo with 3 wounds, Jade with 3 wounds, Katana unwounded.

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Map: Sewer Labyrinth
Units: Cammy (140), Star-Lord (250), Rocket Raccoon (195), Judge Anderson (190), Groot (105), Zatanna (II) (220) (1100) Vs. Cyclops (Utopian) (240), Nightcrawler II (210), Sage (190), Maverick (240), Magik (160), Jubilee (60) (1100)

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1: Blue team
B1: Rocket moves forward with Groot.
R1: Cyclops moves. Sage enchances Maverick. Nightcrawler bamfs, carrying Sage and Magik.
B2: Cammy moves.
R2: Cyclops moves and takes a shot at Cammy. She ASKs.Nightcrawler bamfs, moving Maverick and Sage.
B3: Star-Lord moves forward.
R3: Cyclops takes another shot at Cammy. ASK again. Nightcrawler bamfs, moving Cyclops and Maverick. Maverick takes a shot at Cammy. Judge Anderson blocks it and she moves.

Round 2: Red team
R1: Cyclops stays. Sage enhances Cyclops. Nightcrawler bamfs, carrying Cyclops and Magik.
B1: Star-Lord, carrying Groot, moves and attacks Cyclops with his special attack. No wounds, Nightcrawler bamfs Cyclops out, and Rocket moves.
R2: Cyclops attacks Star-Lord. Judge Anderson blocks it and she moves. Nightcrawler bamfs, carrying Cyclops, Sage, and Maverick. Maverick attacks Star-Lord. 1 wound.
B2: Cammy engages Maverick with the help of Spiral Arrow. No wounds, and Nightcrawler bamfs him out.
R3: Cyclops attacks Star-Lord but fails to wound. Nightcrawler moves next to Cyclops. Maverick attacks Star-Lord, 2 wounds.
B3: Rocket moves and places a bomb in front of Star-Lord. He attacks Cyclops, 1 wound, and Nightcrawler bamfs him out.

Round 3: Blue team
B1: Rocket attacks Maverick. 1 wound. Maverick gains energy. Rocket moves and places a bomb next to Maverick. He then attacks Maverick, no wounds and Maverick gains energy. Groot moves and attacks Maverick. No wounds, and Maverick gains energy.
R1: Cyclops attacks Star-Lord. 1 wound. Nightcrawler bamfs, moving Maverick. Sage enhances Nightcrawler.
B2: Rocket attacks Magik. No wounds. Cammy engages Cyclops and attacks. 3 wounds. Nightcrawler bamfs them both out.
R2: Cyclops moves and attacks Star-Lord. Anderson blocks it and moves. Nightcrawler bamfs Magik, Maverick, and Cyclops. Magik attacks Cammy. Cammy ASKs and wounds Magik.
B3: Anderson swaps with Zatanna. Zatanna moves and takes a shot at Magik. 2 wounds.
R3: Cyclops shoots Star-Lord. Destroyed. Maverick shoots Cammy. ASK lets her dodge and wound him. He then uses his SA on Cammy, removing 2 energy. 3 wounds. Nightcrawler bamfs Cyclops out.

Round 4: Red team
R1: Cyclops destroys Cammy. Nightcrawler bamfs Maverick. Maverick attacks Zatanna. 1 wound.
B1: OM1 on Cammy.
R2: Maverick moves and attacks Rocket. No wounds, and Rocket moves, placing a bomb. Maverick moves and SAs Groot, removing an energy. No wounds.
B2: Anderson moves forward and attacks Maverick. No wounds, and he gains energy.
R3: Nightcrawler bamfs to Zatanna and attacks. No wounds, as Anderson blocks one.
B3: Rocket detonates his bombs, dealing 2 wounds to Maverick and 1 to Nightcrawler. He attacks Maverick, no wounds and Maverick gains energy. Groot attacks Nightcrawler, 2 wounds.

Round 5: Red team
R1: Cyclops moves and takes a shot at Zatanna. 1 wound. Maverick attacks Rocket. No wounds, and he moves. Maverick uses his special on Groot, removing 2 energy. Destroyed. Nightcrawler bamfs.
B1: Rocket and Zatanna switch. Zatanna attacks Maverick. No wounds, and he gains energy.
R2: Cyclops attacks Rocket. 1 wound, and Rocket moves. Maverick attacks Zatanna. 1 wound. Nightcrawler bamfs with Magik into engagement with Rocket.
B2: Rocket attacks Nightcrawler. No wounds, and he bamfs. Rocket moves in on Cyclops. No wounds.
R3: Sage attacks Rocket. No wounds, and he moves. Jubilee moves and fireworks Rocket. 2 wounds, and he moves.
B3: Anderson fails to wound Nightcrawler and he bamfs.

Round 6: Red team
R1: Cyclops fails to wound Rocket and he moves. Nightcrawler bamfs with Magik. Magik destroys Zatanna.
B1: Rocket fails to kill Maverick twice.
R2: Cyclops fails to wound, and Rocket moves. Nightcrawler bamfs with Magik. Magik attacks Rocket, but Anderson blocks it.
B2: Rocket wounds Magik, and they bamf. Rocket fails to wound Nightcrawler and he bamfs.
R3: Cyclops fails again. Nightcrawler bamfs with Magik. Magik fails.
B3: Rocket destroys Nightcrawler. Anderson destroys Magik.

Round 7: Red team
R1: Sage and Jubilee move.
B1: Rocket fails.
R2: Maverick moves and attacks Rocket. Anderson blocks it, and she and Rocket move. Maverick rushes Anderson and attacks with his SA, removing all 3 energy. 3 wounds. Jubilee fails.
B2: Rocket fails on the first attack, but destroys Maverick on the second.
R3: Cyclops fails, but Jubilee destroys Anderson.
B3: OM3 on Anderson.

Round 8: Blue team
B1: Rocket destroys Cyclops.
R1: Sage and Jubilee fail.
B2: Rocket deals 1 wound to Jubilee.
R2: Both fail.
B3: Rocket deals 1 wound to Jubilee.
R3: Both fail.

Round 9: Red team
R1: Sage fails, but Jubilee destroys Rocket.


Normal attack damage: 3 wounds.
Spiral Arrow: 1 use.
Axle Spin Knuckle: 4 uses. 2 wounds.

Winners: Sage unwounded, Jubilee with 2 wounds.


Thoughts on the tested unit’s cost, balance, & draftability:
Cammy is a pretty great unit to throw into the middle of an enemy team and cause a bit of mayhem. She’s a great fit in an Agent team and really benefits from boosters. Spiral Arrow has the nice benefit of hitting someone else at the end of the move in addition to all she moves through, and working in addition to her movement, giving her a larger threat range than what’s apparent at first glance. This really helped on Sewer Labyrinth, as it let her make the most of road tiles, but then also have a short dash off of them to close in on someone. For a melee unit having such a large threat range was refreshing.

140 seems pretty good, though Axle Spin Knuckle can be fairly controlling power and really makes you think about figure placement when combined with her overall mobility. Once she’s in melee she’s difficult to shake, but she’s hard to use with limited range bonding/boosting because of this. In both games I found she needed to dive in beyond her allies’ ranges to really be a nuisance. I could see her points going up slightly or making the damage on ASK a roll. Both games though she was only dealing a couple of wounds with ASK. In my opinion the board control it provides is a more dominating aspect than the actual damage output, and I wonder if making the damage an unblockable attack die roll would lessen that.

General thoughts on the tested unit:
Had a lot of fun with her, I think she’s pretty much ready to go. I’m struggling to decide if she needs a slight tweak to Axle Spin Knuckle / price bump or not. It’s clearly not game winning, but the wound threat makes it sometimes unrewarding to fight her. That said, I found Rocket and Nightcrawler were a lot more annoying with their dodges than Cammy was, and Maverick brought a similar level of risk to attacking.

[Splash]

You could reduce her defense to 4 and make it an unblockable, she'd have like a stronger, more offensive Harley Quinn/Nightwing type interaction. Less swingy/more reliable defense, less punishing on the retaliation.

[Skinderella]

Unless we made it something like this, I don't think it'd be stronger than Harley's / Nightwing's since she needs two shields right now, and dropping her defense to 4 makes that even harder. It's not that reliable to begin with, certainly not as reliable as Harley's.

DEFENSE = 4

AXLE SPIN KNUCKLE
When rolling defense dice against an opponent's attack, one shield will block all damage. If at least one shield is rolled, you may immediately move Cammy up to 2 spaces, and if she ends this move adjacent to the attacking figure, roll 1 unblockable attack die against that figure.

[IAmBatman]

What do @tcglkn and @Ericth74 think of potential tweaks here? If she's feeling fun as-is, I'd lean towards seeing how the last set of tests go and tweaking price up if necessary, but leaving mechanics alone.

[tcglkn]

Nightwing isn't consider particularly fun to play against. 1 Shield Defense is very frustrating to fight through and I don't think we should make a better version of it here that comes with an unblockable.

[Skinderella]

Personally I'm quite fond of how she is right now, and if anything the only change I think is potentially necessary is a slight price bump or just making the wound a roll rather than instant. She's currently at 3 wins, 5 losses, so she's not dominating games.

[Ericth74]

I'd stay with the current design. 3 - 5 is not that dominant. It's strong but on the same level of Ruthless Counter Strike.

[IAmBatman]

Sounds like it's worth staying the course and if she's dominant in the last set or something, considering a 10 point bump.