The Book of Liu Kang

[Lazy Orang]

Yeah, it's pretty much just a defensive thing. Could be pretty nasty if you can rig up someone like Vertigo or Angel to support Liu Kang, but apart from that we're seeming good.

[Spidey'tilIDie]

Yea

[Soundwarp SG-1]

I'm late here, but no competitive concerns.

On the defense boost, you can technically get it without ever taking a turn with Liu by using like Black Adam or the like, but it's not something I see any problems with since that's a lot of points and effort for that one extra die. You can't really stack it with anything efficiently enough to break anything.

[Ronin]

yea

[Arkham]

This passes.

[Arkham]

C3G INITIAL PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE TEST UNIT Liu Kang

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Army Test 1
Map: Custom
Units:
Liu Kang(250), Ms. Marvel(350), Cap(240), Invisible Woman(215) (1055)
vs.
Cyclops II(240), Angel(90), Cable(275), Blob(165), Deadpool(285) (1055)

Spoiler Alert!

Attack Damage:
R3T2: 1 wound on Deadpool. (CoE, Ms. Marvel, Cap)
R3T3: 1 wound on Blob. (Bicycle Kick)

Champion of Earthrealm:
R1: places OM3 and X for the bonus.
R2: does not receive bonus
R3: places OM3 and X for bonus.
R4: places OM3 and X for bonus.
R5: places OM3 and X for bonus.
R6: places OM2, 3, and X for bonus.

Enter the Dragon:
R4T2: rolled 14 twice on Blob, failed.

Notes:
R1T2: Cyclops and Cable each put 1 wound on Cap.
R2T1: Cyclops puts 2 wounds on Ms. Marvel. Cable puts 1 wound on Cap.
R2T2: Cap puts 2 wounds on Blob.
R2T3: Ms. Marvel puts 3 wounds on Cyclops.
R3T2: Cyclops puts 1 wound on Ms Marvel and Cable puts 1 wound on Liu Kang.
R3T2: Ms. Marvel puts 3 wounds on Angel.
R3T3: Deadpool puts 2 wounds on Invisible Woman, then heals 1 wound.
R4T1: Cap puts 2 wounds on Blob.
R4T2: Ms. Marvel kills Angel.
R4T2: Deadpool puts 2 wounds on Invisible Woman.
R5T1: Deadpool kills Invisible Woman.
R5T2: Cyclops puts 1 wound on Ms. Marvel, Cable then kills Ms. Marvel and takes a wound, then puts 1 wound on Liu Kang.
R6T1: Deadpool kills Cap(botch).
R6T2: Deadpool kills Liu Kang(botch).


Cyclops with 3/5 wounds, Blob with 5/6 wounds, Cable with 1/5 wounds, and Deadpool unwounded.

This was a solid back and forth stalemate of decent defense on Liu Kang's side, matched with the attack power on Cyclops' side. It felt like anyone's game for most of the match, but Liu Kang's team started to fall like Dominos. Once one went down, the rest fell in quick succession.

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Army Test 2
Map: Custom
Units:
Liu Kang(260), Mongul(340), Cecil Stedman(180), Cap(240) (1020)
vs.
Cyclops II(240), Angel(90), Domino(225), Jean Grey(180), Deadpool(285) (1020)

Spoiler Alert!

Attack Damage:
R2T3: 3 wounds on Jean Grey, kills her. (height + Cap + Mongul + Cecil)
R2T3: 3 wounds on Domino. (Cap + Mongul + Cecil)
R3T3: 3 wounds(2 are excess) on Domino, kills her. (CoE + Cap)

Champion of Earthrealm:
R1: no bonus
R2: no bonus
R3: places OM3 and X for bonus.
R4: places OM2, 3, and X for bonus.

Enter the Dragon:


Notes:
R2T1: Deadpool puts 2 wounds on Liu Kang.
R3T1: Cyclops uses his SA to put 3 wounds on Cap, and 2 wounds on Mongul. Deadpool kills Cecil.
R3T3: Cyclops kills Mongul.
R4T1: Deadpool kills Cap and puts 2 wounds on Liu Kang(botch).
R4T2: Deadpool kills Liu Kang.


Cyclops, Angel, and Deadpool unwounded.

Tough break for Liu Kang's team. Jean kept them locked for the first part, and the Mutant multi-turns from height just proved to much. Liu did well though, but he was being provided a lot of attack boost from his entire army, and it just wasn't enough.

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Army Test 3
Map: Custom
Units:
Liu Kang(260), Martian Manhunter II(420), Allen the Alien(400) (1080)
vs.
Luke Cage(190), Iron Fist(260), Wolverine(280) Daredevil II(200), Moon Knight(150) (1080)

Spoiler Alert!

Attack Damage:
R2T2: 2 wounds on Luke Cage in 2 attacks. (CoE + Allen)

Champion of Earthrealm:
R1: places OM3 and X for the bonus.
R2: places OM2 and X for the bonus.

Enter the Dragon:


Notes:
R2T3: Iron Fist puts 3 wounds on Liu Kang(botch). Cage kills Liu Kang.
R2T3: Martian Manhunter removes marker, Allen puts 1 wound on Cage then MM kills Cage.
R3T1: Iron Fist puts 2 wounds on MM.
R4T1: MM removes marker, Allen puts 3 wounds on Wolverine, and MM puts 1 wound on Wolverine.
R4T2: Allen kills Wolverine.
R5T1: Allen puts 2 wounds on Iron Fist.
R5T2: Allen kills Iron Fist.
R6T2: Allen puts 2 wounds on Moon Knight.
R6T3: MM kills Moon Knight.
R8T1: Daredevil kills Allen.
R8T3: Martian Manhunter kills Daredevil(botch).

Martian Manhunter with 6/7 wounds.

Doesn't get any closer. Liu Kang fell early, but Allen and Martian Manhunter managed to finish the job after several rounds. It felt like anyone's game.

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THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY:
Liu has some decent potential on attack, but overall he feels very simple and to the point power wise. His versatility in combat is great, and I like how he plays, but his army building is a little harder to abuse thanks to Champion of Earthrealm's 2 OM requirement. This prevents him from comboing as well with already great synergies such as Ms. Marvel, and can't gain the double benefit of Cap + Star-Lord due to being Human himself. He teams well with Cap, as well as Martian Manhunter II. Overall I feel he's pretty fun. I'm thinking we lower his Enter the Dragon roll to 17 to make it a little more viable, and drop his points to 250 for further testing.

[Arkham]

Updated with finished initials. I think a slight buff to his Dragon roll and a decrease in points should suffice for now, but his teams are struggling a bit. If the first public tests show him losing by any significant margins, we can consider bumping his attack up to 3.

That said, I propose a vote to move to Public Testing.

[Spidey'tilIDie]

Yea

[Scapemage]

Yea. I wouldn't bump his attack yet but maybe he'll need it after a few more games.

[Tornado]

I really want to see some games with an OM mover before we start making him more powerful.
Yea

[Arkham]

What strategy are you wanting to see?

[Karat]

Pretty much the same thoughts as the others here. Yea