The Book of Leatherhead

[Lazy Orang]

I Propose Moving to Initial Playtesting at Large 6

[Scapemage]

Yea. That's the image I found. It looks like a bigger mini than Hasbro Hulk, Hasbro Abomination, and Red Hulk.

[johnny139]

Yea

[Ronin]

yea

[quozl]

Yea

[Lazy Orang]

Just need one more vote and so many hours.

[japes]

Yea

[Lazy Orang]

@johnny139 , do you mind if I hit this guy's Initial before the Space Pirates? It's not that he's mine, it's more that your Ravagers seem to really be a bonus design slot for you that isn't going to be replaced once it's done - it does more for our productivity to get this guy out there faster so that I can open my next slot faster.

[johnny139]

Do as you like! Like you said, the Pirates aren't holding anything up for me. You're doing me a favor, so I'm not asking for a timetable on it.

[Lazy Orang]

This Passes.

[Lazy Orang]

Name Of The Playtest Units: Leatherhead

Army Test 1
Map: Avernus by Typhon2222 (no glyphs)
Armies:
Frankenstein, Leatherhead (230) (550 points)
vs.
Ms. Marvel, Conan (550 points)

Spoiler Alert!

Overview of Leatherhead’s performance:
Damage inflicted through normal attacks: 3 wounds on Conan, 1 wound on Ms. Marvel, 1 wound on Frankenstein
Turns taken with one Rage Marker: One
Turns taken with two Rage Markers: One
Extra attacks from one Rage Marker: One on Ms. Marvel
Extra attacks from two Rage Markers: One on Frankenstein
LEAs avoided with Swamp Creature: None
Times moved with Swamp Creature

Round One

The Creatures claim the initiative, and Leatherhead advances.
Conan advances.
Frankenstein advances and fires a shot at Conan, inflicting a wound.
Ms. Marvel flies forwards, and blasts Leatherhead for two wounds.
Frankenstein charges Ms. Marvel, and strikes her, inflicting a wound as she strikes back with The Best Defence. Leatherhead charges Conan, inflicting a wound and knocking him backwards before striking Carol, inflicting a wound normally and one wound from knockback damage caused by Lockdown. Leatherhead calms down.
Ms. Marvel strikes Leatherhead, inflicting two wounds and enraging him. Conan charges Leatherhead and lays into him with a barrage of blades, but fails to harm him.
Leatherhead calms down at the end of the round.

Round Two

The Creatures claim the initiative. Frankenstein strikes Ms. Marvel, but she blocks. Leatherhead strikes Conan for a wound.
Carol flies away, taking a blow on the way out, before blasting Frankenstein for a wound, enraging Leatherhead. Conan charges Frankenstein, laying into him with a barrage of blades, inflicting two wounds and enraging Leatherhead.
Frankenstein strikes Conan for a wound. Leatherhead flies into a rage, lashing out at Conan and Frankenstein, inflicting a wound on each before calming down.
Ms. Marvel blasts Frankenstein, just inflicting enough damage to finish him off thanks to Leatherhead’s blow and, in doing so, eliminating the remainder of the enemy round, before Conan decapitates Leatherhead.

Avengers victorious - Ms. Marvel 4 wounds, Conan 4 wounds

Overview: Leatherhead's really interesting. He's scary, but eratic, just as he should be. Generally, he'll work more for you than against you, but man, his rage is a delicate balancing act - you'll want to keep him angry (1 Marker) as much as possible, as in that case he's easy to control and lethal - there's no situation in which two attacks of 6 aren't pretty damn scary. When he's calm (0 Markers) he's a bit disappointing - a single attack of 5 is respectable, but nothing to really write home about at this level. Then there are the times when he's completely out of control (2 Markers) which is where it becomes interesting. For his commander, there are times when this will be good (i.e. he's surrounded by more than two enemies), but mostly, it's not great - it makes him harder to control, he can't reposition if he's in combat and he can't focus two attacks on the same target. Hell, if only adjacent to one target, he can only hit once. It nicely represents him being so angry he can't think straight - at one marker, he's angry, but he's still thinking somewhat rationally, and is rational enough to actually focus on breaking the threat as quickly, efficiently and brutally as possible. At 2 Markers, he's just lashing out at anything nearby, and is arguably less of a threat than if he's consciously coming after you. Not to mention he'll even lash out at his allies if they're close-by when he's like this, 2 Markers isn't a great effect for the person controlling him - and that's what makes me like this card so much.
He's erratic, but you can try to plan around it - as his commander, you can try to keep him at 1 Marker as much as possible, and as his opponent, you can to try to manipulate things so that he's either calm or out of control, depending on what's most achievable and what will be more useful to you. Doing either of these reliably, though, is extremely difficult - he gains and looses markers so quickly that he's exceptionally difficult to predict. He's a hard to control wild-card either side can attempt to manipulate and plan around who's scary enough to be worth using, but whose mood you can't really rely on. That feels perfect for Leatherhead as I know him, and fairly unique, so I'm really, really happy with what we've got here.

[Tornado]

Sounds like you are on the right track.