The Book of Ant-Man (Eric O'Grady)

[johnny139]

Great - I'll alert the horde.

[johnny139]

HERE are some pictures... workable? Another small one, so, like Wasp 2.0, we may have to lower our standards a bit.

[Scapemage]

They look like they'll work, but there's a chance they won't.

[johnny139]

First test in! Looks like he performed better than expected, but came up a bit short on the fun test... but he's essentially a tie-up piece, so I imagine he'd be more of a utility piece than an excitement one in most cases.

Originally Posted by Zettian Juggernaut

Here are my tests, though I didn't find him a ton of fun to play, and even worse playing against. He seems kind of like Isamu, but more annoying with Tiny Stealth:

[IAmBatman]

Looks like a ten point bump is a possibility. We'll see how the next one looks!

He doesn't sound that different than classic Spidey, honestly. Not everyone's cup of tea, but I'm not worried about ZJ not loving him.

[Hahma]

They don't all have to be "fun" in the exciting way, but if a unit can help you win and maybe frustrate the opponent, then that is part of the point in having a unit in your army.

[johnny139]

A test in from Heroscaper Guy... interesting results. First test got a bit crazy - not only did he do a lot of damage, but he distracted the enemy up through the last Round. While the second one was also a pretty big win for his team, he didn't have much to do with it at all and died pretty much instantly.

I definitely think a bump is in order... I'm torn between 60 (which would make him better filler) and 65 (which would fit him as a character who's pretty hard to work with). I could honestly see 70, too, if we think he warrants it. Thoughts?

Originally Posted by Heroscaper Guy

NAME OF THE TEST UNIT Ant-Man

- THEME TEST/ Check to see if there are any powers or stats on the test unit card that does not accurately reflect the theme or likeness of what the character would and could do. Also consider destructible objects, and whether or not this characters powers should affect them.
Pass, it accurately reflects him.

- MIRROR TEST/ Check to see if the unit were played against itself, if there would be any loops that would upset the balance of the Game.
Pass, no loops.

- BONDING TEST/ Compare the unit card with all possible currently existing Bonding abilities to make sure there are no continual Bonding possibilities that do not stop appropriately or do not stop at all. This is to prevent loops in Bonding.
Pass, no bonding loops.

- SYNERGIES TEST/ Compare the unit card with all possible currently existing synergies to make sure there are no factors that could break the game by making any unit to powerful or too weak.
Pass, no overpowering synergies.

- POWER CHECK/ Consider the test unit and all existing units and all glyphs to compare to and check for any powers that could be over amplified and break the game. Each power must define when it takes place, who or what it affects, and What are the stipulations on the power if there are any.
Pass, no power over-amplification.

- FUN TEST/ Consider whether or not the design was fun to play.
Pass, I thought it was fun.

- FUN COMPETITIVE TEST/ Consider whether or not the design was fun to play against.
Tenacious pass, he can be annoying just like Isamu, but Auto Wound powers keep him in check.

- DRAFTING TEST/ Consider whether or not this design is worth drafting.
Pass, I think he can be worth drafting.

- USAGE TEST/ Consider whether or not all of the powers on this card were used or at least usable.
Pass, all powers were used.

- STRATEGY TEST/ Consider whether or not the design offers any real strategy or interesting tactics to the overall game.
Pass, I think it helps the ants as you stall your opponent with Ant-Man while waiting for the ants to swarm them.
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Army Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? Pass
- What should be the unit's point value? I think his points are about right.
- Give a brief overview. Ant-Man stalled Molly and killed Energizer while waiting for the ants to swarm and for Wonder-Man to try and kill the Red-hulk, when the ants swarmed they killed almost everything with their stings.
Map: Icy Road
Units: (Ant-Man, Wonder-Man, Satanus, 10x Fire Ants, 10x Killer Bees) vs. (Lightspeed, Mass Master, Zero-G, Molly Hayes, Energizer, Red-Hulk, Jubilee, Leech)

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1
Lightspeed carries Energizer, Ant-Man rides out on a bee, Energizer kills the bee, Ant-Man gives energizer one wound, Energizer tries to attack but Ant-Man vanishes, Ant-Man moves back into engagement with her.
Round 2
Molly and Jubilee move up, the bee dies stinging Energizer and Ant-Man gives her two more wounds killing her, Ant-man vanishes from Molly's attack and Jubilee kills an ant, Ant-man moves up with another bee, Molly and Jubilee attack Ant-Man but he vanishes, Ant-Man moves and attacks but fails.
Round 3
Molly kills another ant however Jubilee is unsuccessful against Ant-Man, Wonder-Man gives Molly three wounds, Wonder-Man takes one wound from Molly, Molly dies to Wonder-Man, Red-Hulk moves up, Jubilee takes two wounds from Wonder-Man.
Round 4
Ants swarm out and Jubilee dies to Wonder-Man, Wonder-Man takes a wound from Hulk, Hulk takes four wounds from Wonder-Man.
Round 5
The ants swarm again and Wonder-Man gives Hulk one wound, Wonder-Man takes one wound from Hulk, Wonder-Man fails his attack, an ant dies, Red Hulk takes one wound, Overheat gives Wonder-Man one wound.
Round 6
The ants swarm again, Wonder-Man fails, Wonder-Man dies to Red Hulk, Ant-Man gives Light-Speed one wound and the ants kill Hulk, Ant-Man vanishes from Lightspeed, Satanus moves up.
Round 7
The ants swarm, Satanus moves again, Mass Master kills an ant, Ants sting Lightspeed, Mass kills another ant, ants fail, another ant hits the dust.
Round 8
The ants finish off Lightspeed, Mass Master fails, Mass Master dies, Zero-G kills Ant-Man and four ants with Gravity, Zero-G then takes two wounds from Satanus.
After this Satanus played Cat and Mouse with Zero-G and Leech.
Results Satanus 0/9, 7 Bees

Army Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? Pass
- What should be the unit's point value? I think he's about good on points.
- Give a brief overview. The Agents drop with Ant-Man dying to War-Machines Chain Gun. After that Black Widow swept through the whole enemy team.
Map: Dark Dimension
Units: (Lady Deathstrike, War Machine, Cyborg, Metallo) vs. (Ant-Man, Nick Fury, Hawk-Eye, Shield Sniper, Stealth Suit Iron Man, Black Widow)

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1
Hawk-Eye, Black Widow, Ant-Man, and Nick Fury drop. Ant-Man dies to a Chain-Gun as he moves up, War Machine tries to fire his rockets at Black Widow and Hawkeye but they dodge them, Black Widow engages War-Machine and gives him two wounds, War Machine fails to hit Black Widow, War Machine takes another wound, War Machine fails.
Round 2
Black Widow kills War Machine, Lady Deathstrike attacks and fails, Lady Deathstrike takes two wounds from Black Widow, Widow takes two from Deathstrike, Lady Deathstrike takes one wound from Widow, She fails to retaliate.
Round 3
Deathstrike fails again, Widow gives her one more wound, Widow gives her one more wound, Widow takes two more wounds, Deathstrike takes another wound, Deathstrike fails again, Deathstrike dies.
Round 4
Cyborg attacks Widow but is blocked, Black Widow rolls four skulls giving Cyborg four wounds, Widow blocks Cyborg, Cyborg dies, Order marker lost on Cyborg, Metallo takes one wound from Black Widow.
Round 5
Widow is blocked, Metallo's attack is blocked, Metallo dies when he whiffs.
Results: Widow 4/5, Nick 0/5, Hawkeye 0/4, Iron Man 0/4, Sniper

I thought he was very fun and cool, another good unit C3G!

[IAmBatman]

Well 1 life is pretty low ... I'm thinking I wouldn't go over 65.

[Hahma]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

Well 1 life is pretty low ... I'm thinking I wouldn't go over 65.

I wouldn't mind seeing him tested with Jocasta, Mastermind and Bizarro


J/K

[IAmBatman]

I know, right?

[johnny139]

Alright, thinking it over and comparing with similarly priced units, I think he has enough of a glass jaw to be comfortable a bit lower, so... I PROPOSE WE MOVE TO FINAL EDITING AT 60!

[IAmBatman]

yea