The Book of Atom (Justice League)

[Arch-vile]

Should there be a once per turn limit on Riding Radio Waves? You could use anyone with multiple attacks (Flash's Fist Fusillade comes to mind) to attack 4x in a turn, burning all of Atom's markers for 4 rolls against one figure.

yea

[IAmBatman]

Yeah, I'm cool with once per player turn so people aren't spamming it to try to KO Green Lantern or anything.

[Soundwarp SG-1]

yea

The shuffle thing here kinda makes me want to see some kinda 'Justice League Markers count as Avengers Markers, Avengers Markers count as Justice League Markers' crazy crossover card now.

[IAmBatman]

Super Soldier (II)? Maybe a hook for Bruce Wayne, Agent of SHIELD?

[Arkham]

yea

[Soundwarp SG-1]

Might be a hook for Access?

[IAmBatman]

Originally Posted by Soundwarp SG-1

Might be a hook for Access?

I could see that. He's almost an Event Card more than a person, though.

Also this passes, thanks!

[Lord Pyre]

Cool card. Definitely a great pick for JL armies. The teleport thing is cool, feels on-brand for Atom.

[IAmBatman]

Yeah, his old school ability to ride radio waves and what not was a fun thing to be able to rep here.

I'm really digging how he plays so far. Last test will determine if he can stick at 100 or if I feel the need to bump him any going into public testing. 2-1 so far, I believe.

[IAmBatman]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM
NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: ATOM
VERSION TESTED

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = ATOM
SECRET IDENTITY = RAY PALMER

SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = CHAMPION
PERSONALITY = BRILLIANT
SIZE/HEIGHT = TINY 2

LIFE = 2
MOVE = 4
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 4
DEFENSE = 5
POINTS = 100?

LEAGUE COMMUNICATIONS
At the start of the game, place 1 blue Justice League Marker on this card for each Unique Hero you control with the class of Champion or Warrior, up to a maximum of 4. At the start of each round, you may choose one card you control with 1 or more Justice League Markers on it and move a Justice League Marker from that card onto any other Army Card you control that does not have a Justice League Marker on it.

RIDING RADIO WAVES
Once per player turn, after an enemy figure defends against an attack from a friendly figure with a Justice League Marker on its card, you may place Atom on any empty space adjacent to either that friendly figure or the defending figure. After placing Atom this way, you may remove 1 Justice League Marker from this card to choose a figure Atom is engaged with. Roll the 20-sided die. If you roll 11 or higher, the chosen figure receives a wound.

TINY STEALTH
Atom is never in clear sight of non-adjacent enemy figures and he only takes leaving engagement attacks from tiny figures.

SUPER STRENGTH

Army Test
Map: Icy Road
Units: Atom (100), Batman (JL) (250), Hawkman (I) (225), Hawkgirl (I) (225), Plastic Man (JL) (200) (1,000) vs JLA Trinity (1,000)

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1: Atom moves a JL Marker from him to Hawkman. Initiative Winged Justice. Hawkman advances.
Batman advances.
Hawkgirl advances.
Superman advances.
Hawkgirl swoops for a double attack on Superman and hits him for two wounds.
Superman punches Hawkgirl for three wounds.

Round 2: Wonder Woman sheds a JL Marker. Atom puts a JL Marker on Hawkgirl. Initiative Winged Justice. Hawkgirl swoops and hits Batman for two wounds.
Superman hits Hawkman for four wounds.
Hawkman attacks Superman twice for no wounds. Atom sheds a marker and pops Superman for an auto-wound.
Superman KO’s Hawkman.
Hawkgirl gets the OM’s via Batman and Atom gets the JL Marker. Hawkgirl Swoops at Wonder Woman but Superman sheds two markers to put Batman in the defensive position instead. He blocks the first attack, then takes a wound, then Atom sheds a JL Marker and pops up next to Batman and finishes him. Trinity Batman puts his JL Markers on Wonder Woman.
Superman flies over and hits Batman for two wounds.

Round 3: Wonder Woman sheds a JL Marker. Atom moves a JL Marker from Batman to Plastic Man. Initiative Winged Justice. Plastic Man pops up next to Superman. Batman fails to hit Superman for a wound. Atom sheds his last JL Marker and pops up next to Superman, but fails the D20 roll.
Wonder Woman KO’s Hawkgirl.
Batman avoids a swipe from Superman, climbs to height, then fails to hit him.
Superman punches Atom for one wound.
Batman fails another ranged attack on Superman.
Superman punches Atom out.

Round 4: Wonder Woman sheds a JL Marker. Initiative Trinity. Superman would punch Plastic Man for a wound, but he ignores it.
Batman circles, but can’t hit Superman from height.
Superman takes two wounds from Rubbery Rebound.
Batman can’t hit Superman.
Superman hits Plastic Man for two wounds.
Batman moves towards Wonder Woman.

Round 5: Wonder Woman sheds a JL Marker. Initiative Winged Justice. Batman advances towards Wonder Woman, but his all-skulls attack from range is deflected.
Superman takes a sixth wound from Rubbery Rebound.
Batman advances and hits Wonder Woman for a wound from range.
Superman KO’s Plastic Man.
Batman engages Wonder Woman, but can’t hit her.
Superman flies towards Batman.

Round 6: Wonder Woman sheds a JL Marker. Initiative Trinity. Wonder Woman KO’s Batman.

Unit Summary: He fell in Round 3, but got in two auto-wounds on three attempts, which was solid value. There weren’t enough high powered marker users here for his Communications to shine beyond a way for him to zip around the battlefield giving wounds (which was cool, though). This army just didn’t have the beef to stand up to Superman and Wonder Woman.

• Damage Done (Normal Attack): Inflicted (0) wounds.
• LEAGUE COMMUNICATIONS: Moved (3) markers to (Hawkman (1), Hawkgirl (1), Batman (1))
• RIDING RADIO WAVES: Shed (3) markers and inflicted (2) wounds on (Superman (1), Batman (1))
• TINY STEALTH: Useful here for the disengage.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Superman with 1/7 Life and 1 JL Marker and Wonder Woman with 5/6 Life and 1 JL Marker win.

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VERSION TESTED

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = ATOM
SECRET IDENTITY = RAY PALMER

SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = CHAMPION
PERSONALITY = BRILLIANT
SIZE/HEIGHT = TINY 2

LIFE = 2
MOVE = 4
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 4
DEFENSE = 5
POINTS = 100?

LEAGUE COMMUNICATIONS
At the start of the game, place 1 blue Justice League Marker on this card for each Unique Hero you control with the class of Champion or Warrior, up to a maximum of 4. At the start of each round, you may choose one card you control with 1 or more Justice League Markers on it and move a Justice League Marker from that card onto any other Army Card you control that does not have a Justice League Marker on it.

RIDING RADIO WAVES
Once per player turn, after an enemy figure defends against an attack from a friendly figure with a Justice League Marker on its card, you may place Atom on any empty space adjacent to either that friendly figure or the defending figure. After placing Atom this way, you may remove 1 Justice League Marker from this card to choose a figure Atom is engaged with. Roll the 20-sided die. If you roll 11 or higher, the chosen figure receives a wound.

TINY STEALTH
Atom is never in clear sight of non-adjacent enemy figures and he only takes leaving engagement attacks from tiny figures.

SUPER STRENGTH

Army Test
Map: Grundy’s Grave
Units: Superman (JL) (440), Batman (JL) (250), Wonder Woman (JL) (310), Atom (100) (1,100) vs Amazo (700), Giganta (235), Poison Ivy (165) (1,100)

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1: Wonder Woman sheds a JL Marker. Initiative Justice League. Superman advances.
Giganta advances.
Superman engages Giganta and hits her for 3 wounds. Atom sheds a marker, pops up next to Giganta and hits her for an auto-wound.
Poison Ivy engages Superman, rolls three times for Plant Animation, and inflicts one wound on Atom.
Superman hits Poison Ivy for two wounds, then takes a wound from Antagonist Deterrent. Atom sheds another marker and deals the killing wound to Giganta.
Amazo takes height on Superman, sheds a GL marker, but only hits 3 skulls on 10 dice and is blocked.

Round 2: Wonder Woman sheds a JL Marker. Initiative Legion of Doom. Ivy fails a seduction roll on Supes and fails three Plant Animation rolls on Atom and Supes.
Superman KO’s Ivy. Atom sheds a marker and puts a wound on Amazo.
Amazo sheds a GL Marker, attacks Supes from height, and hits for three wounds.
Superman climbs to even height and hits Amazo for two wounds. Atom sheds his last JL Marker and misses the auto-wound roll.
Amazo flies to height, sheds his last GL Marker, and hits Superman for a fifth wound.
Superman moves to even height and hits Amazo for three wounds.

Round 3: Wonder Woman sheds a JL Marker. Atom moves a JL Marker from Superman to himself. Initiative Legion of Doom. Amazo engages Atom, then Superman sheds a JL Marker to protect Atom and blocks Amazo’s sad two skull attack.
Superman hits Amazo for three wounds and then Atom, with a boost from Batman’s JL Marker burn, burns a JL Marker and puts the final wound on Amazo.

Unit Summary: Superman’s ability to keep Atom around for extra uses of Riding Radio Waves paired with Atom’s ability to shuffle around Superman’s unused JL Markers to keep powering his auto wounding is a nice combination. There was a version of this game where I engaged Poison Ivy with Superman instead of engaging Giganta and she immediately mind controlled him, but I decided to restart that. A few lucky rolls from Ivy or the like could’ve swung this the other way or made it closer, certainly.

• Damage Done (Normal Attack): Inflicted (0) wounds.
• LEAGUE COMMUNICATIONS: Moved (1) markers to (Atom (1))
• RIDING RADIO WAVES: Shed (5) markers and inflicted (4) wounds on (Giganta (2), Amazo (2))
• TINY STEALTH: Always useful.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Atom with 1/2 Life and 0 markers, Superman with 2/7 Life and 1 marker, Batman with Full Life and 2 markers, and Wonder Woman with Full Life and 0 markers win.

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VERSION TESTED

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = ATOM
SECRET IDENTITY = RAY PALMER

SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = CHAMPION
PERSONALITY = BRILLIANT
SIZE/HEIGHT = TINY 2

LIFE = 2
MOVE = 4
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 4
DEFENSE = 5
POINTS = 100?

LEAGUE COMMUNICATIONS
At the start of the game, place 1 blue Justice League Marker on this card for each Unique Hero you control with the class of Champion or Warrior, up to a maximum of 4. At the start of each round, you may choose one card you control with 1 or more Justice League Markers on it and move a Justice League Marker from that card onto any other Army Card you control that does not have a Justice League Marker on it.

RIDING RADIO WAVES
Once per player turn, after an enemy figure defends against an attack from a friendly figure with a Justice League Marker on its card, you may place Atom on any empty space adjacent to either that friendly figure or the defending figure. After placing Atom this way, you may remove 1 Justice League Marker from this card to choose a figure Atom is engaged with. Roll the 20-sided die. If you roll 11 or higher, the chosen figure receives a wound.

TINY STEALTH
Atom is never in clear sight of non-adjacent enemy figures and he only takes leaving engagement attacks from tiny figures.

SUPER STRENGTH

Army Test
Map: Grundy’s Grave
Units: Green Arrow (JL) (210), Black Canary (JL) (220), Hawkwoman (260), Wonder Woman (JL) (310), Atom (100) (1,100) vs Sinestro (250), Black Adam (380), Gorilla Grodd (IJ) (285), Lex Luthor (IJ) (185) (1,100)

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1: Wonder Woman sheds a JL Marker. Atom moves a JL Marker from Black Canary to Hawkwoman. Initiative Justice League. Green Arrow advances.
Grodd advances.
Black Canary advances.
Black Adam advances.
Green Arrow whiffs an attack from height on Black Adam and fails an attempt to attack again.
Grodd sheds a marker and Sinestro and Black Adam advance. Black Adam engages Green Arrow and hits him for a wound, Green Arrow flips back, then Black Adam misses with the Power of Anton.

Round 2: Wonder Woman sheds a JL Marker. Lex sheds an IJ Marker. Initiative Justice League. Hawkwoman hits Black Adam for one wound and puts a JL Marker back on Black Canary. Green Arrow sheds a JL Marker, hits Black Adam for a wound, flips to height, and attacks again. Then he hits Black Adam for a third wound.
Black Adam one-shots Black Canary from height, she misses the scream, and she takes all the Order Markers with her.
Black Adam avoids a swipe from Hawkwoman, takes even height with Green Arrow, and attacks. Green Arrow flips backward away from Black Adam and avoids Power of Anton as well.
Black Adam takes a swipe from Hawkwoman and engages Wonder Woman, but fails to hit her or Power of Anton.

Round 3: Wonder Woman and Lex both shed markers. Atom moves a marker from him to Wonder Woman. Initiative Justice League. Black Adam heals a wound. Hawkwoman attacks Black Adam from height, but fails to wound him. Atom sheds a JL Marker and hits Black Adam for a wound. Green Arrow sheds a JL Marker and hits Black Adam for one wound from height.
Black Adam again fails to hit Wonder Woman.
Wonder Woman can’t hit Black Adam. Atom sheds a JL Marker and puts a wound on him. Green Arrow sheds a JL Marker and finishes Black Adam.
Gorilla Grodd gets Black Adam’s Order Markers. He advances.
Hawkwoman advances.
Gorilla Grodd sheds an IJ Marker and he and Sinestro advance. Grodd attacks Hawkwoman from height disadvantage. He hits for two wounds, then attacks again. He rolls all skulls, but Hawkwoman perfectly blocks. Sinestro fails an attack on Green Arrow.

Round 4: Wonder Woman and Lex both shed markers. Atom moves a marker from Hawkwoman to Green Arrow. Initiative Justice League. Hawkwoman hits Grodd for four wounds from height and puts a JL Marker back on Wonder Woman. Green Arrow sheds a JL Marker and fails to hit Grodd or go again.
Grodd sheds an IJ Marker. Sinestro engages Green Arrow and whiffs an attack. Grodd hits Hawkwoman for two wounds, then takes a wound back from her Aerial Assault.
Hawkwoman KO’s Grodd and puts a marker back on Green Arrow, which he immediately spends. Green Arrow sheds a marker and hits Sinestro for two wounds, but can’t go again. Atom sheds a JL Marker and fails to hit Sinestro for an auto-wound.
Sinestro fails to Vengeful Strike Hawkwoman and his attack on her from height is perfectly blocked.
Wonder Woman KO’s Sinestro.
Lex advances.
Wonder Woman takes a lava field wound.

Round 5: Wonder Woman sheds a JL Marker. Initiative Lex. He advances.
Hawkwoman advances.
Lex engages and KO’s Hawkwoman.
Wonder Woman advances.
Lex shoots at Wonder Woman and she deflects it.
Wonder Woman puts two wounds on Lex. Green Arrow sheds a marker to attack Lex from height but Lex sheds a marker and puts a wound on Wonder Woman.
Atom takes a wound from lava field.

Round 6: Atom transfers a JL Marker from Green Arrow to Wonder Woman and she sheds it. Initiative Justice League. Wonder Woman punches Lex for a wound.
Lex can’t hit Wonder Woman, who rolls 4 shields.
Wonder Woman rolls 4 skulls and punches Lex out.

Unit Summary: Atom definitely helps the Justice League manage their resources well and gets to pop in for some nice bonus wounds. Black Canary died early to some unfortunate rolls, but the rolls otherwise mostly favored the Justice League. This certainly felt competitive despite the wide margin of victory.

• Damage Done (Normal Attack): Inflicted (0) wounds.
• LEAGUE COMMUNICATIONS: Moved (4) markers to (Hawkwoman (1), Wonder Woman (2), Green Arrow (1))
• RIDING RADIO WAVES: Shed (3) markers and inflicted (2) wounds on (Black Adam (2))
• TINY STEALTH: Helps him to not get sniped in the start zone as an easy target.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Wonder Woman with 4/6 Life and 0 Markers, Green Arrow with 3/4 Life and 0 Markers, and Atom with 1/2 Life and 0 Markers win.

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VERSION TESTED

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = ATOM
SECRET IDENTITY = RAY PALMER

SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = CHAMPION
PERSONALITY = BRILLIANT
SIZE/HEIGHT = TINY 2

LIFE = 2
MOVE = 4
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 4
DEFENSE = 5
POINTS = 100?

LEAGUE COMMUNICATIONS
At the start of the game, place 1 blue Justice League Marker on this card for each Unique Hero you control with the class of Champion or Warrior, up to a maximum of 4. At the start of each round, you may choose one card you control with 1 or more Justice League Markers on it and move a Justice League Marker from that card onto any other Army Card you control that does not have a Justice League Marker on it.

RIDING RADIO WAVES
Once per player turn, after an enemy figure defends against an attack from a friendly figure with a Justice League Marker on its card, you may place Atom on any empty space adjacent to either that friendly figure or the defending figure. After placing Atom this way, you may remove 1 Justice League Marker from this card to choose a figure Atom is engaged with. Roll the 20-sided die. If you roll 11 or higher, the chosen figure receives a wound.

TINY STEALTH
Atom is never in clear sight of non-adjacent enemy figures and he only takes leaving engagement attacks from tiny figures.

SUPER STRENGTH

Army Test
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units: Martian Manhunter (JL) (I) (420), Batman (JL) (250), Zatanna (III) (250), Vibe (Paco) (180), Atom (100) (1,200) vs Green Arrow (JL) (210), Black Canary (JL) (220), Hawkwoman (260), Wonder Woman (JL) (310), Plastic Man (JL) (200) (1,200)

Spoiler Alert!

Zatanna picks 16.
Round 1: Atom puts a JL Marker from his card onto Vibe. Initiative League Strike Force. Black Canary advances.
Zatanna advances.
Green Arrow advances and shoots at Zatanna. She rolls for Danger into Doves, misses, then uses her once per game power to put a wound on Green Arrow and subtract two skulls from his attack. Then she blocks it, he attacks again, and she misses Danger into Doves and takes one wound.
Vibe advances.
Hawkwoman advances.
Martian Manhunter sheds a JL Marker. Hawkwoman blocks 3 single skull attacks from Vibe and Martian Manhunter but only just blocks each of them.

Round 2: Wonder Woman sheds a JL Marker. Initiative Justice League Task Force. Black Canary advances. Plastic Man drops next to Vibe. Green Arrow sheds a marker and KO’s Vibe in two attacks. Green Arrow is targeted for Justice: Detroit Style.
Martian Manhunter sheds a marker and blasts Black Canary for two wounds. Batman sheds a JL Marker to prevent her scream from landing. Atom pops a JL Marker and puts one wound on Black Canary, then he fails an attack that would’ve finished Atom.
Hawkwoman flies next to Martian Manhunter and Zatanna, with height on Zatanna, and fails an attempt to smack her. Green Arrow has his first attack blocked, then on the second Zatanna gets a 14 for Danger Into Doves, but Batman boosts it to 16 and Black Canary takes the final wound. She just misses her cry. Zatanna gets the Danger Into Doves roll with the help of Batman. Green Arrow ends up attacking four times altogether and Zatanna is down to one life.
Martian Manhunter engages Green Arrow and Detroit Style Justice is served as Green Arrow falls.
Black Canary had OM3.
Martian Manhunter comes over and belts Hawkwoman for three wounds. Atom sheds a marker and hits her for a fourth.

Round 3: Wonder Woman sheds a JL Marker. Initiative Justice League of America. Martian Manhunter sheds a marker. He’s just blocked by Hawkwoman. Atom sheds a marker and hits Hawkwoman for the finishing auto-wound. Zatanna engages Plastic Man and hits him for three wounds.
Hawkwoman had OM1.
Martian Manhunter attacks Plastic Man and takes a Rubbery Rebound wound.
Plastic Man attacks Zatanna, but Batman sheds his last JL Marker to boost her Danger Into Doves roll and she stays alive.
Martian Manhunter can’t hit Plastic Man.
Plastic Man KO’s Zatanna.

Round 4: Wonder Woman sheds her last JL Marker. Atom moves a JL Marker from Martian Manhunter to himself. Initiative Justice League of America. Martian Manhunter sheds a marker and fails to hit Plastic Man. Atom sheds a marker and fails to hit Plastic Man with a wound and then punches Plastic Man out.
Plastic Man had OM1.
Martian Manhunter advances but his attack deflects off of Wonder Woman’s bracelets.
Wonder Woman engages Martian Manhunter and hits him for one wound.
Martian Manhunter rolls better on the same number of dice and hits Wonder Woman for three wounds.
Wonder Woman has luck turn back in her favor and hits Martian Manhunter for three wounds.
Round 5: No more JL Markers anywhere! Initiative Wonder Woman. She hits Martian Manhunter for a sixth wound.
Martian Manhunter can’t hit Wonder Woman.
Wonder Woman gets lucky and punches Martian Manhunter out.
Batman advances.
Wonder Woman can’t hit Atom.
Batman can’t hit Wonder Woman from range.

Round 6: Initiative Wonder Woman. She KO’s Atom.
Batman KO’s Wonder Woman.

Unit Summary: Batman was a really nasty counter to Black Canary and Green Arrow here and with him boosting Zatanna and Zatanna backing Martian Manhunter, Martian Manhunter was a nasty tank in this game. Atom was a nice complimentary piece, but not the driving force.

• Damage Done (Normal Attack): Inflicted (2) wounds on (Plastic Man (2))
• LEAGUE COMMUNICATIONS: Moved (2) markers to (Vibe (1), Atom (1))
• RIDING RADIO WAVES: Shed (3) markers and inflicted (2) wounds on (Black Canary (1), Hawkwoman (1))
• TINY STEALTH: Always useful.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Batman with Full Life and 0 Markers wins.

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[IAmBatman]

So 3-1 with one big smackdown loss, but then two big wins and a medium win, so he's probably coming in a bit strong. He has both utility and pretty passive auto-wounding.

I could see bumping him to 110 or 120 and him still being draftable, but I'm leaning towards trying to keep him at 100 and maybe trying to dip his defense down to 4 and up his auto-wound roll to like 13+?

He did roll well over 50% on his auto-wounds (10 of 14 total) so some of that might even out as well. That said, I'm not sure 3 life total swing the above games.

[Lord Pyre]

I like upping the roll and lower his effectiveness a tad. I know I haven't played this faction as a whole, but a cheaper synergy piece is really appealing. The teleporting itself seems extremely useful just for the engagement help.