The Book of Taskmaster

[Karat]

Yea that was my thinking. Especially since we are pretty clear release schedule wise too.

[Yodaking]

As for what to test him with, I was going to use some of the unreleased Merc synergy units in my test, to see how he does with some allies and make sure there are no combos we were overlooking. If you want to coordinate on that to make sure we don't use the same ones, just send me a PM letting me know which ones you are going to be using.

[MrNobody]

Yeah Viper was really strong, and I think he should be tested with all the Merc stuff. Then anyone who can boost attack. Enchantress seemed particularly scary.

[Yodaking]

When you get a chance, can you link the Initial PT. I don't remember who he's already been tested with.

[Karat]

I'll take a look in a bit and see what I can come up with.

[MrNobody]

Updated with initial and 260 point value. I don't think we ever made a decision on minis, but these pics should work, right? Even if Photobucket is the absolute worst.

[japes]

Sorry I'm behind. Did anyone check to see if all that texts fits on a card? I hope so because I really like the direction here.

[ALEXAN2507]

Sorry that I never officially handed this over, I really thought I'd already given the go-ahead for someone to take this over

[MrNobody]

Originally Posted by japes

Sorry I'm behind. Did anyone check to see if all that texts fits on a card? I hope so because I really like the direction here.

It fits by my method of counting, but I'm not an art guy.

Originally Posted by ALEXAN2507

Sorry that I never officially handed this over, I really thought I'd already given the go-ahead for someone to take this over

Sorry man, you did. I was just hoping to have everything officially confirmed in this thread.

[Arch-vile]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Taskmaster

Army Test
Map: A Couple Puddles
Units: Taskmaster, Swamp Thing, Atom (545) VS Captain Cold, Heat Wave, Girder, Trickster (Axel), Captain Boomerang (Digger) (550)

Spoiler Alert!

Girder & Swamp Thing put 3 wounds on each other. Girder takes a wound from rusting.

Girder KOs Swamp Thing. Taskmaster puts a wound on Girder. Rusting finishes off Girder.

Taskmaster puts 2 wounds on Cold with Shield Throw & Boomerang blocks. Cold rolls 3 skulls for Cold Gun, putting 3 wounds on Taskmaster. Boomerang is blocked. Taskmaster KOs Cold with Swordplay. Taskmaster carries Atom to the initiative glyph then KOs Boomerang with Swordplay.

Taskmaster puts 2 wounds each on Trickster & Heat Wave. Trickster flies adjacent to Taskmaster & Atom then bombs Taskmaster’s space with 3 skulls, KOing all three of them, giving the win to Heat Wave.


Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Heat Wave w/2 wounds wins!

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Army Test
Map: A Couple Puddles
Units: Taskmaster, Reverse Flash, Gorilla Grodd (735) VS Nightwing 1, Starfire, Raven, Wonder Girl (740)

Spoiler Alert!

Reverse Flash puts 2 wounds on Wonder Girl. Reverse puts a wound on Nightwing with Negative Speed Force. Nightwing says “Titans Go!” and Wonder Girl lassoes Reverse, putting 2 wounds on him. Starfire finishes Reverse off, then Nightwing moves up.

Grodd is blocked. Starfire puts a wound on Grodd. Grodd whiffs 7 dice against Wonder Girl. Nightwing activates Titans Go, and Starfire puts another wound on Grodd. Grodd KOs Wonder Girl. Starfire is blocked.

Starfire puts another wound on Grodd. Grodd fails. Starfire finishes off Grodd. Starfire attacks Taskmaster who blocks.

Taskmaster puts a wound on Raven with shield throw. Nightwing activates Titans Go, and Raven sends her wound back to Taskmaster after Starfire is blocked twice. Nightwing is blocked. Taskmaster puts 2 wounds on Starfire with swordplay. Starfire puts 2 wounds on Taskmaster. Taskmaster KOs Starfire with Swordplay.

Raven takes a wound from Nightwing, while Nightwing is blocked. Taskmaster puts 3 wounds on Nightwing. Raven puts a wound on Taskmaster. Taskmaster puts 2 wounds on Raven with Swordplay. Raven uses soul self to KO Taskmaster.



Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Nightwing w/3 wounds & Raven w/2 wounds wins!

THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: Taskmaster is powerful and versatile though some bad rolls can end him quickly. His stats may not look it but he’s definitely worth the 260 points. He lost both games but performed better than his teammates in both; I’d say his points are pretty accurate. Swordplay is brutal with 5 attack, and Shield Throw is a great special. I never used his arrow special but they would be great for kiting in the endgame.

GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT: Lots of fun. I played him as a solo hero and he performed very well in that regard, so Mercenary synergy should definitely be tested to see if that breaks him.

[MrNobody]

Awesome, thanks! Sounds like holding at 260 is the right course of action, with an eye on raising it some more.

[Karat]

Planning on hitting my tests sometime this weekend. I only have 1 Merc build planned, but I believe YK is planning some.