The Book of Impulse

[IAmBatman]

i.e. this passes.

[IAmBatman]

He's fun! Playable with Nightwing and better with Wonder Girl, a nice risk/reward, and felt about right at his points.

[Lord Pyre]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Impulse

Army Test
Summary: Pretty brutal. The Turtles didn’t want to deal with Impulse’s defense, so they focused on Robin, but then Secret mucked up their stats, so they focused on Secret. And then Young Justice just picked them apart methodically. Impulse can deal some good damage, especially since the Young Justice designs don’t have multi-attacks.
Map: Custom
Units: Impulse (140), Robin (YJ), Wonder Girl (YJ), Secret, Arrowette, (700)

Vs.

TMNT (700)

Spoiler Alert!

Recap: Impulse gets a wound on Mike from height, attacking 3 times. Don vaults over Robin and hits him for a wound, and Secret appears, wounding Don. Mike Leaps to height on Impulse, taking a wound from Hit Anything, but hits Impulse for a wound. Robin kills Don, and Secret flies over to Leo and deals 3 wounds! Robin uses Deduction on Leo, paired with Secret’s Imposing Presence, but still misses a ranged attack. Impulse attacks Leo, taking a wound once from Impulsive Fighter, but also dealing a wound with a subsequent attack. Ralph steals Leo’s turn, and takes both his turns to kill Secret. Arrowette takes both of the remaining Order Markers. Arrowette hits Ralph for 2 wounds. Robin disengages to attack Leo with a Wonder Girl boosted attack, but misses. Impulse kills Leo. Robin lowers Ralph’s defense allowing Wonder Girl to kill him. Mike rushes Impulse, since he won Initiative so Impulse doesn’t have his Impulsive Movement defense boost currently, but he misses. Robin then kills him.



Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Impulse with 2 wounds, Robin with 3 wounds, Wonder Girl and Arrowette have 0 wounds.

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Army Test
Summary: I don’t believe Hit Anything triggered a single time, but Lobo and Secret were MVP’s, dealing tons of damage with their unblockable dice.
Map: Custom
Units: Impulse (140), Robin (YJ), Wonder Girl (YJ), Secret, L’il Lobo, Starfire (1000)

Vs.

X-Men

Spoiler Alert!

Recap: Robin lowers Jean’s defense, saves it for Impulse’s turn, but still deals a wound. Impulse rolls 4 skulls! But Prof X stops him. Iceman deals a wound to Impulse. Robin takes a shot at a defenseless Prof X, dealing a wound, and having Angel fly him away. Jean deals a wound to Impulse but can’t throw him. Starfire moves up, and uses Impulse’s 2 wounds to kill Jean and deal 2 wounds to Cyclops. Angel moves Beast adjacent to Starfire. Beast deals 2 wounds to Starfire and misses Lobo. Cyclops hits Starfire for a wound and Lobo for 2. Robin uses Deduction on Beast, and hits him for 2 wounds, Angel brings Iceman to height, and Impulse engages Prof X, which he has to block (4 skull attack!). Beast kills Starfire and deals 3 damage ro Robin, which summons Secret, who then deals a wound to Cyclops, Beast, and Iceman! Lobo kills Beast (Who has impaired by Secret), and then he Bashes Cyclops, which kills him! Iceman kills Robin, Angel hits Secret for a wound. Lobo hits Angel for 3 wounds, then kills him with the Bash! Impulse attacks Prof X, but only takes a wound from Impulsive fighter. Iceman kills Secret. Lobo steals Wonder Girl’s turn and deals a wound to Iceman, and then pushes Iceman off the hill for another wound. Iceman tries to hit Impulse but misses. Iceman kills Impulse.Lobo and Prof X duke it out for 2 wounds, but the threat of Hit Anything allows Lobo to (In proper Lobo fashion) push the wheelchair bound cripple off a cliff, and him not want to climb back up to height because of the autowounds, instead shooting from range. Lobo just chases him down to finish him.


[B]Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Wonder Girl with 0 wounds and Lobo with 3 wounds..

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THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY:
He’s really good. I almost think he should cost a little more, but his fragility makes it tough. He can put out some serious damage, but it definitely bit him back a few times. I didn’t use the extra movement options very often, usually opting for staying put to lock down certain figures with Hit Anything. Definitely a good Young Justice mainstay though, even if he only gets Wonder Girl’s attack boost for a single attack.


GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT:
I like him a lot. I wouldn’t change the design at all. Just pick the cost. Obviously YJ cleaned house fairly well in my games, and Hit Anything rarely triggered at all, which usually controls games to a degree.

[japes]

Excellent. I'll let this sit here for now and call for a vote tomorrow.

[japes]

I propose we move Impulse to Public Testing

[tcglkn]

Yea

[Soundwarp SG-1]

yea

[Arch-vile]

yea

[Tornado]

Yea

[IAmBatman]

Yea

[japes]

This passes. I'll get him added tonight unless someone beats me to it

[Arch-vile]

pre-yea

For editing: Superspeed is one word.