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Originally Posted by Scytale

This unit would, by itself, eliminate that as a game mechanic and balance point for any and all armies.

No it doesn't. There are two things that Vydar said that prove this:

Originally Posted by Vydar is the man

1) I would never run Ebol with the army I played. My order markers were too easy.

2) A player that likes to and is skillful enough to pilot Toolbox or Splash armies in a Reverse the Whip format are likely not going to need Ebol because of their skill.

I can't say this enough: 80pts is actually a big investment for a figure to do nothing but give you easy OM management, especially when you can grab Raelin or Rats x2 instead. Vydar actually touched on this a little bit as well (added red):

Originally Posted by Vydar is the man

Ebol isnt really in your face with its support like Raelin [or Rats] is are. I only noticed 1-2 order markers that Ebol obviously allowed you to activate figures to react to something that happened mid round in a way that would have been a very hard to call while traditionally setting order markers at the beginning of the round.

The rest of your army has to pick up that slack or hope that that OM management is enough of a difference to help them win. You might be right that OM management is deceptively powerful, but only because it looks powerful on paper but in play it's deceptively not so worth it. Again I think a 2-8 record shows that.

Pick any 500pt army build right now with Ebol and I'm happy to play against it.