The Book of Iron Man (Avengers)

[Yodaking]

pre-yea

[Tornado]

I am a Nay here until I see another test with Cap.

[Lazy Orang]

I can run one more if we really deem it necessary, certainly.

[Ronin]

I wouldn't mind seeing one more with Cap, either, just for completion's sake.

[Lazy Orang]

Originally Posted by Ronin

I wouldn't mind seeing one more with Cap, either, just for completion's sake.

I've literally just finished the second Cap test, just need to write up the blurb and post it!

[japes]

Excellent, I look forward to reading it.

[Ronin]

Originally Posted by Lazy Orang

I've literally just finished the second Cap test, just need to write up the blurb and post it!

Nice.

[Lazy Orang]

- Theme Test - Definite Pass - He feels just like Tony Stark as I know him!
- Mirror Test - Pass
- Bonding Test - Pass
- Synergies Test - Pass - No change
- Power Check - Tentative Pass - I really want to see him in that Joker build... Reorganised Chaos is a really strong power, and I don't want that build to be inflating Stark's cost. Otherwise, though, I'm happy.
- Fun Test - Definite Pass! - I found him loads of fun, though I might be biased in that I'm playing one of my favourite characters.
- Fun Competitive Test - Pass - I had no issues fighting him.
- Drafting Test - Pass - I would, ideally with Cap but really with any or all of the Avengers leaders. Hell, maybe even solo from time to time.
- Usage Test - Pass - All his powers received use. Even the clear sight bonus, which is a little niche, is notable in that it's one more thing you don't have to worry about. Also, none of his arsenal options felt like they outright outmatched any others or that they were the least useful - all are excellent when deployed at the right time.
- Strategy Test - Pass - Between his Avengers interactions and the breadth of his arsenal, he’s really quite strategic.

Name Of The Playtest Units: Iron Man (Avengers)

Army Test 1
Map: Flash Fire (no glyphs)
Armies:
Iron Man (Avengers) (285), Captain America (C3G), Punisher, Black Bat, Nite Owl, Robin (Damien Wayne), Ant-Man (Hank Pym), 1x Killer Bee, 5x Fire Ant Swarms (1,210 points)
vs.
Baron Heinrich Zemo, Red Skull (C3G), Winter Soldier, Jason Voorhees, Bullseye, Vertigo, Penguin (vII) (1,210 points)

Spoiler Alert!

Overview of Iron Man’s performance:
Damage inflicted through normal attacks: 11 wounds on Jason Voorhees.
Extra Avengers Markers dolled out through Avengers Initiative: Two
Initiative rolls swung through I Have a Plan: Attack: One (Round Four)
Turns commandeered through I Have a Plan: Attack: Four (Round One, Round Two, Round Three, Round Four)
Times auto-skull option of Stark Industries Ordnance used: Once
Wounds inflicted through auto-skull: 1 wound on Jason Voorhees
Times extra attack option of Stark Industries Ordnance used: Three times
Damage inflicted with second attack: 1 of Penguin’s Investment Markers burned.
Times explosion option of Stark Industries Ordnance used: Once
Auto-wounds inflicted with explosion: 1 wound on Red Skull, 1 wound on Iron Man

Red Skull, Winter Soldier, Jason Voorhees, Bullseye and Vertigo are the Masters of Evil
Black Bat is equipped with a Bat-Grapple
Punisher is Winter Soldier’s Mark

Round One

The Avengers claim the initiative, the five ant swarms tunnel forwards and Tony Stark takes the lead, taking over from Captain America. Jason Voorhees shambles forwards while Stark flies forwards.
Red Skull advances and moves Vertigo forwards with his Cosmic Cube.
Jason moves to hide behind a tree and Winter Soldier advances. Punisher runs forwards and Robin grapples up.
Jason appears next to Iron Man and Winter Soldier advances. Punisher moves to height and levels his guns at Vertigo, riddling her with bullets, leaving her near death, before Robin runs up and throws a bladed batarang at Vertigo, which lodges in her throat, killing her. Robin is sent back to his start-zone.
Red Skull moves Punisher to low ground next to him with his Cosmic Cube, and fails to harm him.

Round Two

The Avengers claim the initiative and Iron Man commandeers the first turn. The fire ant swarms advance as Stark takes a risk - he fires an explosive shell at Jason, from height and in melee combat. It inflicts three wounds on the Slasher, knocking him back four spaces, and the explosion inflicts a wound on Red Skull, causing him to drop the Cosmic Cube - though, sadly, Stark himself also takes a wound from the blast. Punisher and a nearby tree are unharmed.
Red Skull punches Punisher, who surprisingly blocks the blow.
Jason advances, engaging Punisher. Iron Man flies away from Red Skull, avoiding a blow from him, and flies to higher ground, picking up the Tesseract but electing not to use it. He fires two shots, first blasting Jason from height, bringing him down, before shooting Red Skull on equal ground, failing to harm him.
Red Skull punches Punisher for two wounds, prompting Winter Soldier to charge him and strike him again, inflicting two further wounds.
Punisher levels his assault rifle at Winter Soldier, inflicting a wound with his first shot, before turning and attempting to fire his second shot at Red Skull - Penguin blackmails him out of doing so.
Red Skull treads on some ants. Bucky strikes Punisher, who blocks the blow.
Jason rises behind a ruin.

Round Three

The Avengers claim the initiative. The four remaining Fire Ant Swarms tunnel forwards, two engaging Bullseye and one engaging Red Skull, and Jason appears next to Stark, on low ground. Stark uses the tesseract, transferring a wound from himself to Red Skull, before receiving a wound himself and dropping it. He fires a precise, auto-skull shot at Jason, knocking him backwards over the wall and inflicting a shocking 5 wounds with his deadly strike, leaving him near death.
Red Skull crushes Punisher’s head, killing him. Winter Soldier enters cryogenic suspension. Jason charges Robin and machetes him, inflicting two wounds.
Two Fire Ants fail to sting Red Skull and Bullseye respectively, before Hank leaps up and picks up the tesseract.
Red Skull steps on some more ants and Jason charges Iron Man, striking him to no avail.
Iron Man breaks away from Jason, before firing two shots, one at Jason, which he shrugs off, and he attempts to fire one at Red Skull, but Penguin blackmails him out of doing so.

Round Four

Winter Soldier comes out of stasis with a new mission: kill Tony Stark. (I mean, he’s already killed his parents, so why not?)
The Avengers claim the initiative thanks to Stark’s influence. One Fire Ant Swarm tunnels next to Red Skull, while another tunnels next to Winter Soldier. Jason shambles up to Stark as Winter Soldier advances. Stark attempts to fire two shots, but his first shot at Jason is shrugged off. Jason strikes back, inflicting a wound on Stark.
Red Skull steps on some ants, killing them. Winter Soldier slips away from the ants and fires a shot at Stark from low ground, which bounces off his armour.
At Ant-Man’s command, the bee flies forwards and one fire ant swarm fails to sting Bullseye, before he leaps up to engage Red Skull, punching him for a wound.
Red Skull squashes Ant-Man, causing him to drop the cube. Winter Soldier fires a shot at Stark, shooting him down before entering Cryogenic suspension, eliminating the enemy’s last turn.
Red Skull picks up the Cosmic Cube and transfers a wound from himself to Robin, killing Robin before gunning down some Fire Ants and a Killer Bee with his Dual Lugers.

Round Five

Bucky comes out of stasis with a new target - his old friend, Steve Rogers.
The Avengers claim the initiaitive, Bucky advances and Cap runs forwards and throws his shield at Jason, killing him.
Red Skull advances and transfers a wound from himself to Cap with the Cube, before striking a tree and forcing it to collapse on Captain America. Winter Soldier advances and fires an ineffectual shot at Cap.
Cap runs forwards and throws his shield - it hits Winter Soldier and a tree to no avail, but is kept from hitting Red Skull as Penguin pulls his last strings.
Red Skull transfers a wound to Cap before charging him, striking him to no avail.
Captain America punches Red Skull in the face for three wounds, leaving him battered and bruised and causing him to drop the cube.
Red Skull punches Cap to no avail.

Round Six

The Masters of Evil claim the initiative, and Red Skull punches Steve, but fails to harm him.
Bucky moves to height. Steve knocks Red Skull out with his shield before throwing it at the Winter Soldier, inflicting two wounds.
Winter Soldier fires a shot at Captain America, inflicting a wound.
Black Bat and Nite Owl advance, Nite Owl picking up the Tesseract and using it to transfer a wound from Cap to Winter Soldier, before receiving a wound from it and dropping it.
Winter Soldier fires an ineffectual shot at Cap.
Black Bat charges Bucky and beats him into submission, bringing him down.
Bullseye kills the ants swarming him.
Jason rises once more from behind a ruin.

Round Seven

Thanks to Penguin’s influence, the Masters of Evil claim the initiative. Bullseye runs forwards and throws a twig from the ground at Nite Owl, which flies straight into his mouth, choking him and killing him.
Jason appears next to Captain America. Cap punches him for a wound before Jason strikes back, inflicting a wound on him.
Jason takes Captain America’s head.
Jason shambles north while Black Bat charges Bullseye and punches him three times - the first blow cracks him right over the head, inflicting a shocking three wounds and leaving him close to death, while the second two are blocked by the assassin.
Jason charges Black Bat, but she blocks his blow.
Black Bat grapples to low ground and chokes Bullseye from behind, rendering him unconscious.

Round Eight

Thanks to Penguin, the Masters of Evil claim the initiative. Jason charges Black Bat and strikes her from high ground, but thanks to her defensive premonition she blocks his blow.
Black Bat slips away from Jason and charges Zemo, striking him once, which he blocks.
Jason charges Black Bat and takes his machete to her back - despite her defensive premonition kicking in, he still brutalises her, inflicting two wounds.
Black Bat is caught in an Adhesive X Trap and Jason strikes her for another wound.
Jason takes Black Bat’s head.

Masters of Evil victorious - Baron Heinrich Zemo unwounded, Jason Voorhees 1 wound, Penguin unwounded.

Overview: Wow, that Masters of Evil build is brutal! More brutal than I'd expected. Between Red Skull, Penguin protecting Red Skull, Jason constantly making himself impossible to ignore only to come back later, and Winter Soldier performing his missions from a safe distance only to be extracted and given a new assignment this was one deadly force. I'm absolutely cool with those changes being proposed for Red Skull... he's bloody scary! It's unfortunate for the Avengers that Punisher was neutered so efficiently - they could have stood a chance otherwise.
Iron Man was loads of fun - I really love his actual arsenal of weaponry, it felt fun to use and like a real tool-box of options. It's just unfortunate he seemed to be on Jason patrol most of the game... he racked up a tonne of wounds (because Jason has an effective defence of 0+1 auto), but none of them stuck. Ah, well, that's just how it goes sometimes. I can see him around 270, and a fun one at that! I really like him, at least when paired with Cap - need to see how he works without that constant stat bonus. I want him to work well with Cap, perhaps best with Cap, but I don't feel he should need Cap.

Army Test 2
Map: Asphalt Cocktail by superfrog (no glyphs, ignore central starting spaces)
Armies;
Iron Man (Avengers) (280), Wasp (vII), Black Widow, Spider-Man (Hasbro), E.Honda (900 points)
vs.
Captain America (C3G), Hawkgirl, Hawkeye (Kate Bishop), Patriot, Ant-Man (Scott Lang), Bucky, 1x Killer Bee (900 points)

Spoiler Alert!

Overview of Iron Man’s performance:
Damage inflicted through normal attacks: 3 wounds on Hawkeye, 3 wounds on Bucky, 2 wounds on Captain America.
Extra Avengers Markers dolled out through Avengers Initiative: Four
Initiative rolls swung through I Have a Plan: Attack: None
Turns commandeered through I Have a Plan: Attack: None
Times auto-skull option of Stark Industries Ordnance used: Three times
Wounds inflicted through auto-skull: 2 wounds on Captain America
Times extra attack option of Stark Industries Ordnance used: Twice
Damage inflicted with second attack: 2 wounds on Hawkeye.
Times explosion option of Stark Industries Ordnance used: Once
Auto-wounds inflicted with explosion: 1 wound on Bucky

Round One

Team Cap claims the initiative, and Cap and Bucky advance.
Parker Swing Lines forwards.
Kate runs forwards and looses two shots at Spider-Man, pinning him with the first, but he still manages to use his Spidey-Sense to avoid harm, while her second misses wildly.
Spider-Man swings to height and webs Kate to no avail.
Hawkeye looses a shot at Spidey, pinning him, but his spidey-sense still saves him. Patriot runs forwards and throws two throwing stars, one at Spidey and one at a tree, both of which are ineffective.
Stark flies forwards and fires an explosive shell at Hawkeye from high ground, inflicting a wound each on her and Bucky.

Round Two

Team Stark claims the initiative, Natasha advances with Espionage and Stark fires a shot each at Bucky and Hawkeye, inflicting a wound on each.
Bucky charges Stark and punches him to no avail. Cap runs south west before throwing his shield at both Stark and Parker - the blows are deadly, and he inflicts two wounds on each.
Stark fires two shots - his first, to everyone’s surprise, kills Bucky outright, while his second, aimed at Kate, inflicts a wound.
Kate looses two shots at Stark and both bounce off.
Stark fires a precise shot at Captain America, inflicting a wound.
Hawkgirl swoops up and smashes into the Great Evergreen Tree, inflicting two wounds.

Round Three

Team Stark claims the initiative. Black Widow engages Cap while Stark fires a precise shot at him, which the Captain blocks.
Captain America breaks away from Natasha, taking a blow from her in the process, and charges Stark and Spider-Man, striking first Stark with his shield, who blocks, then the greater evergreen tree, which collapses on Stark, Cap, Spider-Man and Black Widow, inflicting a wound on each of them, before striking Parker, who blocks his blow.
Stark fires an attack with an auto-skull at Cap, inflicting another wound.
Kate looses two arrows at Stark, knocking him out with the second.
Natasha fires her widow’s bites at Patriot, inflicting one wound normally and an additional wound with the electrical charge.
Hawkgirl swoops in and strikes Natasha twice, inflicting two wounds with her first blow while her second is dodged.
Natasha circles round Hawkgirl before delivering a deadly blow to her abdomen, inflicting three wounds.

Round Four

Captain America claims the initiative and punches Spider-Man, knocking him out.
Natasha claims height on Hawkgirl and chokes her out.
Hawkeye looses an arrow at Natasha, taking her out quickly and cleanly.
E. Honda advances.
Kate looses an arrow at E. Honda, pinning him and inflicting a wound, before Patriot charges him, striking him for two wounds.
E. Honda delivers a Hundred Hand Slap to Patriot, inflicting a wound.

Round Five

Team Stark claims the initiative, and E. Honda deploys another Hundred Hand Slap, inflicting another wound on Patriot.
Captain America charges E. Honda, who blocks his blow.
Wasp flies forwards and fails to take Cap out with a Wasp’s Sting.
Kate looses an arrow at E. Honda, pinning him. Patriot strikes him, knocking him out.
Wasp flies forwards, stinging Captain America and Patriot, taking them both out and eliminating Patriot’s last turn.
Wasp flies forwards and stings Hawkeye, taking her out.

Round Six

Wasp claims the initiative and flies forwards, stinging the bee to death.
Scott charges Wasp, but fails to harm her.
Wasp flies away from Scott, stinging him for a wound as she goes.
Scott charges Janet, but can’t lay a finger on her.
Janet flies away, but fails to sting Scott.
Scott charges a tree and knocks it down - it starts a chain reaction, falling into another tree which itself collapses and falls on Wasp, inflicting a wound.

Round Seven

Scott claims the initiative and charges Janet, striking her for a wound.
Janet stings Scott once as she flies away.
Scott chases after Janet, but she blocks his blow.
Janet flies away and stings Scott, finishing him off.

Team Iron Man victorious, Wasp 2 wounds.

Overview: Doesn’t get much closer than that, does it? Wasp was amazing in clean up, and Black Widow did brilliantly as well, more than making up for Parker’s lackluster performance and snatching victory. I’m pretty happy with Stark, though that time he rolled badly on defence and took two wounds from a single shield throw does sort of illustrate some of my concerns with his low life. I loved how useful all of the options in his arsenal were, though - it really felt like a true variety of weaponry.

Army Test 3
Map: Jundland Wastes (no glyphs)
Armies;
Iron Man (Avengers) (280), Ms. Marvel, War Machine, Vision (Victor Shade) (1,200 points)
vs.
Thanos (C3G), Doctor Doom (C3G), Iron Monger, 1x Doombot (1,200 points)

Spoiler Alert!

Overview of Iron Man’s performance:
Damage inflicted through normal attacks: 3 wounds on Thanos, 4 wounds on Doctor Doom
Extra Avengers Markers dolled out through Avengers Initiative: Two
Initiative rolls swung through I Have a Plan: Attack: Two
Turns commandeered through I Have a Plan: Attack: None
Times auto-skull option of Stark Industries Ordnance used: Six times
Wounds inflicted through auto-skull: 3 wounds on Thanos, 1 wound on Doctor Doom
Times extra attack option of Stark Industries Ordnance used: None
Damage inflicted with second attack: N/A
Times explosion option of Stark Industries Ordnance used: None
Auto-wounds inflicted with explosion: N/A

Round One

The Cosmic Threats claim the initiative and Thanos flies forwards.
Ms. Marvel flies forwards.
Thanos flies up and blasts Ms. Marvel ineffectively from range.
War Machine advances a little and opens fire on Thanos with three armour piercing rockets, none of which do any damage. Carol blasts him for a wound.
Thanos flies up to Ms. Marvel, taking a bullet from War Machine on the way in, and strikes her for two wounds, knocking her backwards into a ruin, inflicting a further wound.
Vision flies up and strikes Thanos in melee, inflicting a wound, while Carol blasts the Mad Titan from low ground, which he blocks.

Round Two

Thanos claims the initiative and punches Vision for a wound.
Stark flies up to height and fires a single, precise, deadly shot at Thanos, which has no affect. Ms. Marvel blasts Thanos from low ground to no avail.
Thanos punches Vision, but the Android phases through the blow.
Stark fires a precise shot at Thanos, inflicting a wound. Ms. Marvel blasts Thanos for a wound.
Thanos strikes Vision, inflicting a wound.
Stark fires another precise shot at Thanos, inflicting a wound, while Ms. Marvel blasts him to no avail.

Round Three

Thanks to Stark’s initiative bonus, the Avengers claim the initiative - the X on Stark’s card is deployed to keep him from rushing off ahead. At Ms. Marvel’s command, Stark shoots Thanos down with a precise shot, eliminating the enemy’s first turn.
At Ms. Marvel’s command, War Machine flies to high ground the other side of the ruin she’s behind, Stark’s communicators making communication even now no issue.
Iron Monger Turbo Boosts into combat with Stark, taking a bullet in the back from War Machine, before punching Stark for two wounds.
Ms. Marvel commands War Machine thanks to Stark’s commlinks. Rhodey fires a shot at Iron Monger using his targeting computers, inflicting a wound. Ms. Marvel blasts Iron Monger from low ground, bringing him down.
Doom flies up to War Machine, taking two bullets on the way in, before striking Rhodey for three wounds with a devastating blow, leaving him close to death.

Round Four

Stark’s Initiaitive bonus allows the Avengers to claim the initiative, and the X is used to keep him under control. Ms. Marvel flies up and blasts Doctor Doom from range and equal ground - her blow is devastating, inflicting three wounds and leaving the Doctor close to death.
A LexCorp flies to the other level 4 perch near Colossus’s, shooting him ineffectually.Metallo smashes Colossus for a wound.
Doom kills War Machine.
Iron Man fires a precise shot a Doctor Doom, blowing him away. It is then that Doom is revealed to be a Doombot!
The real Doom flies up and blasts Ms. Marvel from range, but she blocks and blasts back, inflicting a wound.
Iron Man advances and is caught in an Elaborate Pit Trap by Doom, who pulls him in, inflicting a wound. While caught, Stark fires a precise missile at Doom, catching him completely off guard (Doom blanks) and inflicting three wounds. Ms. Marvel blasts Doom from height, but this time he’s prepared, and blocks the blow.
Doom murders Stark.

Round Five

Thanos returns to life.
The Avengers claim the initiative. At Ms. Marvel’s command, Vision flies up to Thanos and Physically Disrupts him, inflicting a shocking three wounds! Ms. Marvel blasts Thanos, but he shrugs it off.
Thanos slips away from Vision and flies up to Ms. Marvel, striking her for a wound and knocking her to low ground.
Vision flies up to Thanos and fails to Physically Disrupt him. Ms. Marvel blasts Thanos from low ground to no avail.
Thanos punches Vision, inflicting a wound.
Vision, thinking Ms. Marvel would be dead by now, fails to Physically Disrupt Thanos.
Thanos crushes Vision with a single blow.

Round Six

Thanos claims the initiative and moves into combat with Ms. Marvel. She blocks the blow, but is knocked into a ruin, and the impact kills her!

Cosmic Threats victorious, Thanos 3 wounds, Doctor Doom 5 wounds.

Overview: Stark’s damage output is a little inflated here by the fact that Doom blanked on his defence - he got lucky, plain and simple. Still, he’s fun to play, even without Captain America and even when his choice of targets only leaves one of his arsenal’s options as being that useful. Honestly... I’m not hung up over buffs and points, I’m happy to send him out at 280 if everyone else is.

Army Test 4
Map: Draugur (no glyphs, normal snow, normal ice)
Armies:
Iron Man (Avengers) (280), Captain America (C3G), Luke Cage, Black Widow, Swordsman, Speedy (Mia Dearden), Spoiler, 3x Fire Ant Swarms (1,200 points)
vs.
Lex Luthor (Battlesuit), Rhino, Nitro, Wizard, 3x LexCorp Security (1,200 points)

Spoiler Alert!

Overview of Iron Man’s performance:
Damage inflicted through normal attacks: 1 wound on Lex Luthor, 1 LexCorp Security killed, 3 wounds on Nitro.
Extra Avengers Markers dolled out through Avengers Initiative: Two
Initiative rolls swung through I Have a Plan: Attack: One (Round Three (broken tie))
Turns commandeered through I Have a Plan: Attack: Three (Round One, Round Three, Round Four)
Times auto-skull option of Stark Industries Ordnance used: Twice
Wounds inflicted through auto-skull: 1 wound on Nitro
Times extra attack option of Stark Industries Ordnance used: Once
Damage inflicted with second attack: 1 wound on Nitro
Times explosion option of Stark Industries Ordnance used: Never
Auto-wounds inflicted with explosion: N/A

Round One

The Avengers claim the initiative. Black Widow advances and hides behind a rocky outcrop while the three Fire Ant Swarms tunnel forwards to hide behind a glacier. Stark takes charge and flies forwards.
A LexCorp and Lex Luthor fly forwards.
Swordsman and Luke Cage advance.
The advanced LexCorp and Lex Luthor advance, both blasting Stark, both failing to harm him.
Speedy runs forwards and looses a diamond-tipped arrow at a LexCorp, which bounces off his Kryptonian Armour. Spoiler runs forwards.
Luthor and a LexCorp blast Swordsman, inflicting a wound.
Nitro shoots up on Mutant Growth Hormones.

Round Two

The LexCorps claim the initiative. Luthor an a LexCorp blast Swordsman, inflicting two wounds, leaving him near death.
Captain America advances, throwing his shield to no avail.
The LexCorp and Luthor both blast Captain America, inflicting a wound.
Swordsman charges Lex Luthor and lays into him from low ground with his blade, inflicting a wound. Luke Cage charges a LexCorp and knocks him flat.
A LexCorp flies up and blasts Luke to no avail. Luthor impales Swordsman.
Speedy advances and looses a diamond tipped arrow at Lex Luthor, hitting him dead-on and inflicting two wounds. Spoiler charges a LexCorp and punches it, missing wildly.
Nitro shoots up.

Round Three

Stark’s bonus breaks an initiative tie, and, as Natasha and the fire ants advance, he takes over and fires a single high-precision missile at Lex Luthor, shooting him down.
The LexCorp on the front lines punches Spoiler, who dodges. Nitro advances.
Tony Stark flies forwards and fires a shot at the LexCorp in combat with Spoiler, bringing him down, before firing a second shot from high ground at Nitro, inflicting a wound.
A LexCorp flies forwards and blasts Speedy for a wound. Nitro runs forwards and explodes - the explosion inflicts a wound each on Captain America and Black Widow, slaughters a swarm of Fire Ants and inflicts two wounds on Tony Stark, before Nitro dissipates.
Speedy runs to height and looses an arrow at a LexCorp, taking it out. Spoiler advances slightly.
A LexCorp and Wizard fly forwards and open fire on Stark - Wizard inflicts a wound on Stark.
Nitro re-empowers.

Round Four

Nitro reassembles on high ground next to Captain America.
The Avengers claim the initiative. Nat and the Fire Ants advance, Nat engaging the advanced LexCorp in melee combat, on low ground from the shadow. Stark takes over and flies back towards Cap, firing a single, precise, high-powered missile at Nitro from high ground, inflicting two wounds.
The LexCorp in combat with Natasha punches her, but she blocks the blow. Nitro explodes, inflicting two wounds on Captain America and causing Stark’s heart to stop, eliminating the Avengers next turn. This time, however, he does not disperse.
The LexCorp punches Natasha again, and she blocks the blow. Nitro punches Captain America, but is blocked.
Speedy looses an arrow at Nitro, inflicting a wound, leaving him close to death. Speedy charges Wizard and punches him, but misses.
The LexCorp in combat with Nat continues to fail to harm her. Nitro punches Captain America, but his blow bounces off the Captain’s shield.
Nitro shoots up as Speedy begins to feel faint.

Round Five

The Avengers claim the initiaitive, Natasha moves to high ground, the remaining ants surround Wizard, and Spoiler inflicts a wound on Wizard with Crime Spoiler. Captain America moves to equal ground with Nitro and punches him out with a solid right-hook.
The LexCorp continues to fail to harm Nat, while Wizard punches Spoiler for two wounds.
Nat strikes the LexCorp, but fails to harm him.
The senseless and boring duel between Natasha and the LexCorp continues to go nowhere as Wizard punches Spoiler for a wound and knocks her back two spaces.
Speedy looses an arrow at Wizard, which he blocks. Spoiler charges Wizard, but he blocks her blow with a Force Field.
The LexCorp punches Natasha for a wound! Wizard knocks Spoiler out.

Round Six

The Avengers claim the initiative, and Nat slides out of the way to allow Captain America to charge the LexCorp in combat with her and punch him, though his armour proves strong even now.
A LexCorp flies up and takes out some fire ants near Wizard while Rhino advances.
Black Widow runs up, slipping past the LexCorp locked in combat with Cap, and charges Rhino, striking him to no avail.
A LexCorp clears away the remaining fire ants while Rhino runs from Black Widow, taking a shot to the back on the way out, before charging her at full pelt, inflicting two wounds.
Speedy runs forwards and looses a diamond-tipped arrow at Rhino, inflicting two wounds.
A LexCorp blasts Nat from range, killing her, while Wizard flies up and blasts Luke Cage twice from height, inflicting two wounds.

Round Seven

The Avengers claim the initiative. Captain America knocks the LexCorp next to him out with his shield before throwing it at Rhino and another LexCorp, inflicting a wound on Rhino.
The last LexCorp on the front lines flies to height and fires an ineffectual shot at Luke Cage before Rhino charges Captain America at full pelt, knocking him out.
Luke charges Rhino and punches him from height, knocking him back a space.
A LexCorp fires a shot at Luke Cage, inflicting a wound, before Rhino punches him to no avail.
Speedy looses a diamond-tipped arrow at a LexCorp, hitting him in his visor and cutting through, killing him.
Wizard fires a blast at Luke Cage, killing him before firing another blast at Speedy, which she dodges.
Speedy faints dead away.

LexCorp victorious - Rhino 5 wounds, Wizard 1 wound, 1 LexCorp Security.

Overview: Stark did okay here - his offensive potential was decent enough, and, thanks to the map, his clear sight bonus was invaluable (though I haven't stated how or when - not exactly the easiest thing to specify or keep track of, especially on an online map. Just look at the map and trust me when I say it was.) It's a really nice thing not to have to worry about, and being able to take a turn with a Cap-boosted solid ranged flier instead of Cap is pretty nice, and makes Bucky feel less needed in Avengers teams to boot (which is nice, since Mr. Barnes hasn't been Bucky in that respect since World War II...). In the end, though, the Woman of the Match was, without a doubt, Speedy - I bloody love her, she's always done me proud. Two dead LexCorp and two wounds each on Rhino and Luthor is pretty damn awesome for 80 points... that diamond tipped arrow is a gamble I always love to make.

Final Thoughts On The Tested Unit:

I’m really happy with this guy - he’s fun, he’s thematic, he feels just like the Tony Stark I know and love from the MCU. I’m happy to move forward at 280 if there are no objections.




With that, I propose a Vote for Public Playtesting!

@Ronin - Yea
@japes -
@Scapemage - Yea
@Yodaking - Yea
@johnny139 - Yea

[Ronin]

yea

[johnny139]

Hoping to get some tests without other Avengers leaders when we get to wider playtesting, just to make sure he's fun on his own. Doesn't have to be as useful, just fun if you wanted to go with a thematic Civil War type build. (Maybe you've already done that, I forget. )

Yea

[Lazy Orang]

Originally Posted by johnny139

Hoping to get some tests without other Avengers leaders when we get to wider playtesting, just to make sure he's fun on his own. Doesn't have to be as useful, just fun if you wanted to go with a thematic Civil War type build. (Maybe you've already done that, I forget. )

Yea

I did a Civil War match-up, but that was with a fellow Avengers leader (though the weakest one, Wasp (vII)). I'd definitely love to see some solo tests with him, though, to verify he doesn't need anyone else (though of course he'll always be at his best with back-up!).
Given his 1/3 record, I wouldn't at all be surprised if we made a drop to 270, here.

[Yodaking]

yea

FYI, when I look at and evaluate that last test I see a Tony Stark figure being testing at essentially 260 points as those 3 Ant Swarms provided at best 10 points of value in that match-up.