Rebecca (Edgerunners)

[Skinderella]

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Rebecca

Map: Cells Game Arena
Units: Rebecca (170), Warpath (260), Psylocke (240), X-23 (220), Oracle (110) (1000) Vs. Batman (220), Geo-Force (280), Black Lightning (150), Katana (150), Looker (200) (1000)

Spoiler Alert!

Rebecca pairs with Warpath.

Round 1: Red team. Katana, Black Lightning, and Geo-Force move.
R1: Katana and Black Lightning move.
B1: Warpath, X-23, and Rebecca move.
R2: Black Lightning and Looker move.
B2: Psylocke and X-23 move.
R3: Batman and Looker move.
B3: Psylocke moves and Psi-Blades Warpath for a wound. X-23 moves. Rebecca moves and attacks Black Lightning. No wounds.

Round 2: Blue team. Looker mesmerises X-23
B1: Psylocke moves. X-23 engages and attacks Black Lightning. 1 wound. Rebecca moves and Guts Shotguns Katana. Destroyed (two sets of 2 skulls vs 2 shields + 3 shields). OMs move to Geo-Force.
R1: Geo-Force moves and places lava field. X-23 and Rebecca each take a wound. Geo then moves and attacks Rebecca. Mission Prep. Destroyed. Batman moves and attacks X-23 with batarangs. 3 wounds, with another being ignored by Psylocke. Black Lightning lightning lashes. X-23 destroyed.
B2: Warpath moves and engages Geo-Force. He attacks Geo. Secret Attack Plan. 4 wounds.
R2: Geo moves and places lava, wounding Psylocke and Warpath. He then attacks Psylocke. No wounds. Batman deals 1 to Psylocke with batarangs. Black Lightning deals 2 to Psylocke with lightning lash.
B3: Psylocke moves but fails to wound Black Lightning. Warpath finishes Geo and follows up on Black Lightning. 2 wounds.
R3: OM3 on Geo.

Round 3: Red team. Looker mesmerises Warpath and Psylocke.
R1: Black Lightning uses his special on Psylocke. No wounds. Batman fails to wound with batarangs.
B1: Warpath moves and engages Black Lightning. 1 wound.
R2: Looker moves and attacks Psylocke. Mission Prep. No wounds. Batman batarangs. Psylocke destroyed, 1 wound to Warpath.
B2: Warpath destroys Black Lightning.
R3: Batman deals 1 to Warpath.
B3: Warpath destroys Batman with help from Secret Attack Plan.

Round 4: Blue team Looker mesmerises Warpath.
B1: Warpath deals 3 to Looker.
R1: Looker finishes Warpath.
B2: Oracle moves.
R2: Looker moves.
B3: Oracle moves,
R3: Looker moves and fails to wound.

Round 5: Blue team
B1: Oracle moves and fails to wound.
R1: Looker deals 1 wound to Oracle.
B1: Oracle finishes her off thanks to SAP.

Normal attack damage:
Gust Shotgun damage: 4 wounds.
Into the Fire: 2 extra attacks.

Winners: Oracle with 1 wound.

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Map: Cells Game Arena
Units: Rebecca (170), Black Manta (230), Iron Man (270), Spider-Woman (250), Rick Jones (80) (1000) Vs. Nightwing (200), Starfire (210), Raven (190), Beast Boy (190), Cyborg (210) (1000)

Spoiler Alert!

Rebecca pairs with Black Manta.
Round 1: Blue team
B1: Black Manta, Rebecca, and Spider-Woman move.
R1: Cyborg moves.
B2: Rick and Iron Man move.
R2: Beast Boy moves.
B3: Black Manta moves and attacks Beast Boy. No wounds, and BB moves. Rebecca and Spider-Woman move.
R3: Titans Go! Raven, Starfire, and Nightwing move.

Round 2: Red team
R1: Titans Go! Cyborg moves and attacks Black Manta. 3 wounds. Beast Boy engages and destroys Black Manta. Nightwing moves and attacks Rick. 1 wound.
B1: Iron Man attacks Beast Boy. 3 wounds. Spider-Woman engages Beast Boy, wounding him, and attacks. No wounds. She moves again but fails to wound Nightwing.
R2: Starfire moves and attacks Rick. Destroyed, and then deals 1 to Spider-Woman.
B2: Rebecca moves and destroys Beast Boy, then takes 1 from Cyborg. Spider-Woman moves and wounds Starfire.
R3: Starfire attacks Spider-Woman. 2 wounds.
B3: OM3 on Black Manta.

Round 3: Red team
R1: Titans Go! Raven takes Starfire’s wound, moves, and then attacks Rebecca. 2 wounds. Starfire attacks Spider-Woman. 1 wound. Nightwing attacks Rebecca. No wounds.
B1: Rebecca moves round to also engage Cyborg, and attacks him with Guts. No wounds. Iron Man moves and attacks Starfire. 3 wounds.
R2: Raven takes 2 of Starfire’s wounds, heals 1, and then Soul Self’s Iron Man. 1 wound.
B2: Iron Man attacks Starfire. 1 wound. Iron Man takes 1 from Cyborg. Spider-Woman engages Raven but fails to wound.
R3: Starfire fails to wound Spider-Woman.
B3: Iron Man fails to wound Cyborg. Spider-Woman engages Nightwing.

Round 4: Red team.
R1: Titans Go! Raven takes all but 1 of Starfire’s wounds, heals 1, and Soul Self’s Iron Man. 1 wound. Starfire finishes him off and deals 1 to Spider-Woman. Nightwing uses his special attack, finishing Rebecca and Spider-Woman.

Normal attack damage:
Gust Shotgun damage: 3 wounds.
Into the Fire: 2 extra attacks.

Winners: Nightwing, Cyborg, Starfire with 1 wound, Raven with 3 wounds.

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Map: Cells Game Arena
Units: Rebecca (170), Warpath (260), Iron Man (270), Spider-Woman (250), Wasp (50) (1000) Vs. Batman (220), Geo-Force (280), Black Lightning (150), Katana (150), Looker (200) (1000)

Spoiler Alert!

Rebecca pairs with Warpath.

Round 1: Red team. Batman, Geo-Force, and Looker move.
R1: Katana and Black Lightning move.
B1: Warpath and Rebecca move.
R2: Geo moves and places lava. Black Lightning moves.
B2: Iron Man and Wasp move.
R3: Geo and Looker move.
B3: Warpath engages Geo-Force and attacks. No wounds. Rebecca moves and attacks Black Lightning. No wounds. Spider-Woman moves.

Round 2: Blue team. Warpath is mesmerised.
B1: Warpath attacks Geo-Force. 1 wound. Rebecca moves and shotguns Black Lightning. 3 wounds. Spider-Woman moves, finishing off Black Lightning. OMs move to Geo-Force.
R1: Geo places lava, wounding Spider-Woman, and attacks Warpath. Mission Prep. No wounds. Katana engages and attacks Spider-Woman. 3 wounds. Batman moves and batarangs Spider-Woman. Destroyed.
B2: Iron Man moves and attacks Katana. 3 wounds. Wasp moves.
R2: Geo attacks Warpath. 2 wounds. Looker engages Wasp and attacks her. Destroyed. Katana engages Rebecca and attacks. No wounds.
B3: Warpath deals 2 to Looker. Rebecca disengages Katana and shotguns her. Destroyed. Second attack is a normal targeting Looker. No wounds.
R3: Geo places lava, wounding Warpath. He then attacks him. 1 wound. Looker attacks Warpath. No wounds. Batman finishes him with batarangs.

Round 3: Blue team. Iron Man mesmerised.
B1: Rebecca moves and shotguns Looker. 2 wounds. Iron Man engages Looker and attacks. No wounds.
R1: Batman moves and batarangs Rebecca. Mission Prep. 1 wound. Geo attacks Iron Man. 1 wound.
B2: Rebecca shotguns Looker, destroying her on the second hit. Geo-Force takes OMs.
R2: Geo places lava, wounding Rebecca. He then attacks Iron Man. Destroyed. Batman engages Rebecca and attacks. 1 wound.
B3: OM3 on Iron Man.
R3: Geo-Force fails to wound, but Batman finishes Rebecca off.

Normal attack damage:
Gust Shotgun damage: 7 wounds.
Into the Fire: 3 extra attacks.

Winners: Batman, Geo-Force with 1 wound.


Thoughts on the tested unit’s cost, balance, & draftability:

Rebecca seems pretty good to me, she’s a glass cannon that can usually rip into someone hard, but will quickly go down as a result. First two games she did one strong hit before going down, but third game she stuck around a bit before falling. She’s decent even without the bonding too, since if her partner goes down she’s still going full force and posing a threat. Builds like Avengers or FtRP alongside Kingpin can keep her going even when her partner falls. Really good partner for Warpath, who can screen for her and sit around a bit longer thanks to Battle Hardened, and together they can really go in on someone.

I do think her special attack is the only part of her kit that needs keeping an eye on. She could pretty consistently get 4 hits thanks to skulls or blanks, though I never felt she outdid her worth, and the games support that with her falling fast and her only victory being a close one. If she’s doing too much damage in other tests, we could drop it to skulls = 2, blanks = 1, or vice versa.

Also think a potential limit could be made to Into the Fire to prevent you auto wounding your merc just to get her ability going, though I’m not sure there’s an easy way of doing that without making the ability a bit more convoluted (maybe Wolverine Laura for reference?). If an enemy wounds her partner, or their own special power wounds them, she gains a rage marker, which then gives her the +1 move and extra attack (could even have that escalate if we wanted. 1 or more rage markers = +1 move. 2 rage markers = 1 extra attack.

Overall though I think she’s solid, don’t have any issues with her other than damage potential is high but also her loses were big but her wins were small.

[Soundwarp SG-1]

Id maybe do the McDirk thing and say that she cant attack her partner as like a bit of flavor.

Chasing after stopping you from nicking them with someone else is too much effort for too little gain imo.

And like.. being on the same team doesnt mean playing nice. Some badly guy she's forced to work with knifing her partner to keep them in line would tick her off plenty IMO.

[Skinderella]

Yeah I do agree. Like I tried writing something out where she gets a rage marker when an enemy wounds her partner or the partner takes damage from their own abilities, and it's a lot more text for essentially "don't stab your own dude".

Not against the McDirk thing, makes sense for her. Even if she's mind controlled she's still loyal to her partner in crime. Could look like this?

RIDE OR DIE
During setup, choose a Unique Mercenary Hero on your team to be Rebecca’s Partner. After her Partner's ordered activation, you may activate Rebecca, and then your turn ends. Rebecca cannot attack her Partner.

[Skinderella]

My only real concern is if the special attack is too strong, but at the same time she fell pretty quick after getting into that range, and her teams went 1-2 with the loses being pretty big. Probably leave it for now but if it becomes a concern we could change it to this:

GUTS SHOTGUN SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 4. Attack 2.
Skulls count as 2 hits. Blanks count as 1 hit.

Also not against doing that and dropping her points a bit if we think thematically she should be a bit cheaper.

[Skinderella]

Updated Ride or Die so that she can't attack her partner.

I'm going to drop her points to 160. The games were decently sized wins for the opposing team, and the one win her team got was close. If she comes in too strong we can tweak her special attack, which I think is the only part of her kit that really needs an eye kept on it.

I propose we move to Public Playtesting at 160!

[Ericth74]

yea

[Lord Pyre]

Yea

[Soundwarp SG-1]

sure

[Tornado]

Yea
Not too concerned about that second loss. Titans are going to crush a lot of armies.

[MrNobody]

Yea

[Skinderella]

This passes! Thanks guys!

[Arch-vile]

This one looks fun. For Ride Or Die, I believe you need to choose an allied Mercenary so you're not choosing Rebecca herself and double activating her.

RIDE OR DIE
During setup, choose an allied Mercenary Unique Hero to be Rebecca’s Partner. After her Partner's ordered activation, you may activate Rebecca, and then your turn ends. Rebecca cannot attack her Partner.