The Book of Shadow Lass

[Tornado]

Yeah, that helps as I had to learn the entire faction to run these tests.
Got another one and I am calling it quits, someone else is going to have to bring this one home.
I would try her at 220 with the lower negatives and aura.
Should have the results up tomorrow.

[IAmBatman]

Sweet! Seems like you've done plenty, T-Spinny. Nice job here.

[Tornado]

Six tests total and I am still not sure if I have a handle on it yet.

[japes]

Originally Posted by Tornado

Yeah, that helps as I had to learn the entire faction to run these tests.

This is a faction I’d love to see a few strategy articles about. I’ve picked up about 4-5 legionnaire minis but haven’t ever played them.

[Tornado]

Cosmic Boy is the lynchpin. Mon-El pairs really nice with Shadow Lass.
Lots of options, I barely scratched the surface.

[MrNobody]

Glad to hear you think Mon-El pairs well with Shadow Lass. That’s good thematically.

[Tornado]

Yeah, the no line of sight restriction on IV is really nice. Bumps Lass up to 6 A&D and your target is -1, if you can get high ground, like off a Throw from CB it can be devastating.

[Tornado]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Shadow Lass

Spoiler Alert!

GLYPH OF DARKFIELD
All spaces within 2 spaces of this glyph are considered shadow spaces but do not provide a defensive bonus. Figures moving on those spaces count each hex as two spaces when moving. All figures on these spaces subtract 1 from their Attack and Defense Numbers, to a minimum of 1 and cannot be targeted by or use attacks or special powers that require clear sight. At the end of the round, add 1 wound marker to Energy Constructs within 3 spaces of this glyph, then remove this glyph from the battlefield. Figures with the Radar Sense or Shroud of Darkness special power are not affected by this glyph.

Army Test
Map: City Park
Units: Shadow Lass(230), Superboy(330), Cosmic Boy(260) & Phantom Girl(180) vs F4 [1000]

Spoiler Alert!

R1: Shadow Lass moves, drops a glyph of Darkness two spaces in front of her, Cosmic Boy flies up and lands behind her. Thing and Reed move. Superboy moves, CB takes the fountain,misses Thing. Reed grumbles. PG moves in front of Lass, in the Dark, Superboy flies to high road, in the Dark. Sue flies up, Reed steps next to her. Darkness dies.
R2: Thing moves, gets Thrown, wound. Torch flies up, wounds Superboy, Reed waits. Shadow Lass moves, drops her and Thing into Darkness, wounds Thing(2/6skulls), Superboy flies to the edge of Dark and misses Thing who swims out of the Dark water and misses, Sue flies up to highest ground and 3wounds Superboy(woah, go Sue), Reed moves, misses Superboy. PG flies, misses Sue, Shadow Lass moves, plunges her, PG and the F4 into Darkness, misses Sue(3/3shields). Thing misses Superboy, Reed misses Lass(1/6shields). PG Phase Drags Sue into Reed, wounding them and misses Torch, CB flies down to high road. Darkness fades.
R3: Thing gets Thrown, wound, Torch Flames PG, takes a swipe, misses Lass(4/5shields) and Reed wounds Lass(2/6shields) who Drops her, PG and the F4 into Darkness, wounds Reed(3/6skulls), Superboy misses Thing(not a good game for Superboy). Thing moves, misses, Torch Flames Lass, takes a swipe, Supernovas, KOs Superboy, 2wounds CB, Reed Stretches, misses Lass(1/5shields) from high ground. Lass blanks out, CB misses torch. Thing wounds Lass(1/5shields), Reed misses Lass(2/5shields). Lass wounds Sue(3/5skulls), CB flies down 2wounds Sue before the Darkness ends.
R4: Lass KOs Sue(4/5skulls), CB takes her spot on highest ground, misses Reed. Torch moves, misses CB, Thing moves, wounds CB, Reed gets Thrown, wound. Lass 3wounds Thing(5/6skulls), CB KOs Thing. Torch KOs CB, Reed takes highest ground, misses Lass(1/5shields). PG moves, misses. Torch moves, wounds Lass(2/5shields), Reed misses Lass(1/5shields).
R5: Torch KOs Lass(0/5shields), Reed misses PG who misses. Torch wounds PG, Reed KOs PG.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Torch: 2/5 wounds, Reed: 2/5 wounds.

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Army Test
Map: City Park
Units: Shadow Lass(200), Cocmic Boy(260), Mon-El(390) & Bouncing Boy(170) vs. Ms Marvel(350), Cap(240), Bucky(60), Wendigo(350) & Skrull Infiltrator x2(20) [1020]

Spoiler Alert!

R1: Bucky and Cap move. Shadow Lass and Cosmic Boy move. Ms. Marvel moves. Mon-El flies up and 2wounds Ms. Marvel with Heat Vision(5skulls), CB takes the fountain. Wendido Leaps into the water and misses CB. Bouncing Boy moves in front of Lass, Mon-El takes high road, 2wounds Wendigo.
R2: Bucky moves, gets Thrown, wound, Cap moves into water, 2wounds CB. Shadow Lass moves, drops Darkness on herself, Cap, Wendigo & Mon-El, wounds Wendigo(1/5skulls), Mon-El 2wounds Wendigo, Inspires with Valor. Ms. Marvel flies in, misses CB. Mon-El 2wounds Wendigo, Lass misses Wendio(2/7skulls). Wendigo 2wounds CB, Carol KOs CB(SI). Mon-El KOs Wendigo(SI). Darkness ends.
R3: Mon-El avoids a swipe, 2wounds Carol, Inspires. Cap moves out of the water, misses Mon-El(5shields). Lass drops herself, Cap and two Skrulls into Darkness, wounds Cap(2/6skulls). Cap wounds Mon-El, Carol 2wounds Mon-El who 4wounds Carol. Cap misses Mon-El, Carol 2wounds Mon-El. Darkness ends.
R4: Mon-El KOs Carol, Inspires, takes a wound. Bucky moves, misses, Cap KOs Mon-El. Lass plunges the fountain into Darkness, 2wounds Cap(3/5skulls). Bucky moves, 3wounds Bouncing Boy, Cap misses Lass(4/5shields) who misses Cap. Cap 4wounds Lass. Darkness ends.
R5: Lass drops her final Darkness, wounds Cap(3/5skulls) who KOs Lass(0/5shields). BB moves, 2wounds Bucky, misses a Tree, KOs Cap. Bucky moves, misses BB who misses Bucky who misses.
R6: Bucky misses BB who misses. Bucky misses. BB KOs Bucky. SI missesCBs BB who KOs a SI.
R7: SI misses. BB KOs SI.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Bouncing Boy: 3/4 wounds.

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Army Test
Map: City Park
Units: Shadow Lass(230), Cocmic Boy(260), Mon-El(390) & Bouncing Boy(170) vs F4 & Atom [1050]

Spoiler Alert!

R1: Bouncing and Cosmic Boy move. Thing and Reed with Atom move. Shadow Lass and Mon-El move. Sue moves, Torch moves, 2wounds CB, Reed moves. Mon-El flies in, 3wounds Sue, BB bounces, misses Thing, misses Atom, misses Sue. Thing moves with Atom, gets Thrown, wound, Reed misses BB.
R2: Thing moves, KOs BB, Reed moves, misses. Mon-El KOs Sue, Inspires, Shadow Lass moves, drops Darkness on herself and Reed, 2wounds Reed(3/6skulls). Thing moves, misses, Reed misses. Lass drops Darkness on Thing, wounds Reed(3/6skulls), Mon-El KOs Reed. Lass moves, 2wounds Thing, Mon-El misses, takes a wound. Darkness ends.
R3: Thing wounds Mon-El who 2wounds Thing, Lass drops Darkness on herself and Thing, misses, takes a wound. Thing misses. Mon-El KOs Thing, Lass drops Darkness on Torch, wounds Torch(3/6skulls). Torch Supernovas, wounds Lass(4/6shields), 2wounds Mon-El who wounds Torch, Lass wounds Torch(2/6skulls) who wounds Lass(1/6shields).
R4: Torch misses. Mon-El KOs Torch.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Cosmic Boy: Full, Mon-El: 4/7 wounds, Shadow Lass: 3/5 wounds.

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THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: Certainly felt broken until the reduction in negatives and aura. The Legion is strong, very strong and Shadow Lass fits right in. Keeping all the reductions and the line of sight restrictions in order is a bit of a challenge, especially when trying to figure out an entire faction. She is fun and offers tons of strategy about when and where to drop her glyphs. Still a bit baffled at her cost as the Legion only lost one game out of six(I had three more before the ones above) and one razor thin win but the rest were all solid victories. I think 220-230 is in the ballpark though.

[Arkham]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE TEST UNIT Shadow Lass

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Army Test 1
Map: Custom
Units:
Shadow Lass(220), Cosmic Boy(260), Phantom Girl(180), Timber Wolf(260) (920)
vs.
Warriors Three (920)

Spoiler Alert!

Attack Damage:
R1T3: 1 wound on Fandral. (-1 to his defense)
R2T1: 1 wound on Fandral. (-1 to his defense + height)

Darkfield Cast:
R1T3: places glyph on a space adjacent to Hogun, Fandral, and Volstagg.
R2T1: places glyph on a space next to Phantom Girl, and 2 spaces away from Hogun and Fandral.

Notes:
R1T3: Hogun takes 1 wound from LEA.
R2T1: Volstagg's attack on Shadow Lass is stopped by Cosmic Boy, and he is thrown back towards his start zone, taking 1 wound. Fandral puts 1 wound on Timber Wolf, but his next attack is stopped by Cosmic Boy and thrown to lower ground, taking 1 wound. Hogun kills Cosmic Boy(botch).
R2T2: Fandral takes 1 wound from LEA, leaving the Darkfield AoE and getting on equal height to Shadow Lass, puts 2 wounds on her.
R2T2: Timber Wolf puts 1 wound on Fandral(botch), then heals 1 wound.
R2T3: Volstagg removes a marker, healing 1 wound and adding 2 to his move, kills Shadow Lass.
R3T1: Timber Wolf kills Fandral.
R3T1: Volstagg puts 3 wounds on Timber Wolf.
R3T2: Timber Wolf puts 2 wounds on Volstagg, then heals 1 wound.
R3T2: Hogun puts 2 wounds on Timber Wolf.
R3T3: Volstagg removes a marker to heal 2 wounds and add 2 to his defense. Phantom Girl puts 2 wounds on Hogun.
R4T1: Timber Wolf kills Hogun(botch), then heals 1 wound.
R4T1: Volstagg kills Timber Wolf.
R4T2: Phantom Girl drags Volstagg into a tree for 1 wound, then puts 1 more wound on him.
R4T2: Volstagg removes last marker to heal 2 wounds.
R4T3: Phantom Girl drags Volstagg into a tree, but no wound, then puts 3 wounds on him(botch).
R5T1: Volstagg puts 1 wound on Phantom Girl.
R5T1: Phantom Girl drags Volstagg into a tree for 1 wound.
R5T2: Phantom Girl drags Volstagg into a tree for 1 wound, then puts 1 additional wound on him.
R6T1: Phantom Girl drags Volstagg into a tree, KILLING him.


Phantom Girl with 1/5 wounds.

Surprising finish. When it came down to Phantom Girl and Volstagg, I figured Volstagg would get a pretty easy win, but Phantom Girl figured otherwise. Cosmic Boy being taken out early, and Shadow Lass not long after, definitely put the odds in the Warriors Three's favor, but the Legionnaires did that thing they do, overcome the odds. Still, it was anyone's game, and a close finish.

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Army Test 2 (rematch)
Map: Custom
Units:
Shadow Lass(220), Cosmic Boy(260), Phantom Girl(180), Timber Wolf(260) (920)
vs.
Warriors Three (920)

Spoiler Alert!

Attack Damage:
R1T3: 1 wound on Hogun. (-1 to his defense + height)
R2T1: 3 wounds on Fandral(botch). (-1 to his defense)

Darkfield Cast:
R1T3: places glyph with all 3 enemies within 2 spaces.
R2T1: places glyph with 2 enemies(Volstagg and Fandral) within 2 spaces.

Notes:
R1T3: Fandral puts 2 wounds on Shadow Lass in the Darkfield. Hogun puts 1 wound on Timber Wolf.
R2T1: Timber Wolf heals 1 wound.
R2T1: Fandral puts 1 wound on Shadow Lass. Volstagg kills Shadow Lass in the Darkfield. Hogun puts 2 wounds on Timber Wolf.
R2T2: Timber Wolf puts 1 wound on Hogun, then heals 1 wound. Phantom Girl drags Fandral into Volstagg, Volstagg taking 1 wound.
R2T3: Timber Wolf puts 1 wound on Hogun, then heals 1 wound. Phantom Girl drags Volstagg into Hogun, Hogun taking 1 wound.
R2T3: Volstagg removes a marker to heal 1 wound, puts 4 wounds on Phantom Girl in the Darkfield. Hogun puts 4 wounds on Timber Wolf(botch). Fandral is stopped by Cosmic Boy, thrown and receives a wound.
R3T1: Volstagg is stopped by Cosmic Boy, thrown to receive a wound.
R3T1: Timber Wolf kills Hogun on his 2nd attack, then heals 1 wound. Cosmic Boy puts 1 wound on Volstagg.
R3T2: Volstagg removes 2nd marker, heals 2 wounds, kills Timber Wolf.
R3T3: Volstagg is stopped by Cosmic Boy, hurled for a wound.
R3T3: Coscmic Boy puts 2 wounds on Volstagg.
R4T1: Volstagg removes last marker, heals 2 wounds, and his defense is increased by 2. Phantom Girl drags Volstagg into Fandral, Volstagg taking 1 wound.
R4T1: Fandral kills Phantom Girl.
R4T2: Cosmic Boy puts 1 wound on Volstagg(botch).
R4T3: Cosmic Boy puts 2 wounds on Volstagg.
R5T1: Fandral puts 1 wound on Cosmic Boy, but his 2nd attack is blocked and he is thrown for a wound.
R5T1: Cosmic Boy kills Volstagg.
R5T3: Cosmic Boy kills Fandral.


Cosmic Boy with 1/4 wounds.

Another close finish that felt like anyone's game, but Cosmic Boy proved superior in the end.

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THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY:
Both matches were pretty close all things considered, and neither felt like one army was without potential to win. For Shadow Lass, I'd say she's a solid addition to an already solid faction, so these couple of close wins and the struggle of finding a balance for her point wise and power wise, to me, is probably best solved by bumping her points up by 20 and calling it good. I don't feel she's necessarily the reason they are winning, but her abilities are still useful none the less. Fun unit, fun faction. I'd settle at 240.

[Tornado]

Thanks Arkham.

[A3n]

Cheers Arkham.

I have updated the SP with the tested changes.

How does everybody feel about her now? Do we feel comfortable enough to move forward as per the SP or do you think she needs another playtest?

[Arkham]

I think she’s good to move forward. I don’t think there’s anything to be gained by more testing of her specifically. Legionnaires are a good faction, I don’t think she’s bringing anything more than 240 to the table.