The Book of Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)

[Tornado]

I would rather see at least one other person test this version with Cap.

[Scapemage]

Captain America? Why do you say that?

[IAmBatman]

Attack boost for multiple attacks, I'd presume.

[IAmBatman]

Was he tested with any attack boosters?

[L0B5T3R]

Ericth had him in a masters of evil build against a cap team.

[IAmBatman]

OK, so that'd be essentially the same thing in terms of attack boosting.
Looks like that game was his major win. And no other attack boosters were tested with Blue Beetle outside of that one major win?

[Spidey'tilIDie]

Yea

[Scapemage]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

OK, so that'd be essentially the same thing in terms of attack boosting.
Looks like that game was his major win. And no other attack boosters were tested with Blue Beetle outside of that one major win?

Doesn’t look like it. The Titans don’t have any attack boosters. I’d argue that the extra turns and attacks from Nightwing and Arsenal are stronger than Cap’s bonus on a non-guaranteed second attack but I will call for two more games with attack boosters to address the concerns.

I’d prefer if someone else other than me ran these two games because I don’t want the unit to be too heavily affected by my playstyle, considering I’ve run 6 games with him so far. Anyone interested?

[Tornado]

Since I created the roadblock I suppose I can help eliminate it.
Sign me up. 250 right?
Blue Beetle, Cap, Bucky & ??? Arsenal maybe?

[Scapemage]

Thanks, T. The SP is up to date including cost. Use whatever armies you deem the strongest, Arsenal’s pretty good but might not be necessary in armies with few Titans.

[Tornado]

Got one game in. Looking strong. Going to try a re-match.

[Tornado]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Blue Beetle (Jaime)

Army Test
Map: City Park
Units: Blue Beetle(260), Cap(240), Bucky(60), Arsenal(170), Nightwing(200), Beast Boy(60) vs. Frankenstein(320), Dragon Man(320) & Wendigo(350)[990]

Spoiler Alert!

R1: Bucky and Cap move. Frank moves. Nightwing activates Beast Boy, moves and Blue Beetle[4 Blue Markers), moves. DM moves. Aresenal moves, misses DM. Wendigo Leaps.

R2: Bucky moves, misses, Cap moves, wounds Wendi and Frank who moves, misses Cap, Wendi misses Bucky. Titans Go!, Blue Beetle[2 Red, 2 Gray] flies to a hill and does not wound Frank(3/7skulls, Cap, high ground), [SSS 3 -4], wounds Cap, "Sorry Steve", Beast Boy rolls in and Dino Bites for 2w and wounds Frank who 2w Cap, Wendi eats Beast Boy, heals, eats Bucky, moves, wounds Arsenal who misses Wendi, Beetle[4 Red!] flies to high road and (5/9skulls, Cap,hg), KOs Frank(1shield), [SSS 16 -8], 4wounds DM(7/9skulls) [SSS 10 -8]. OM3 Frank.

R3: Cap KOs DM. Wendi takes a swipe, 2wounds Blue Beetle(1/5shields, Cap, hg). Arsenal wounds Wendi, Nightwing moves, Nightwing moves, misses Wendi who misses Blue Beetle(3/5shields, Cap,hg). Titans Go! Blue Beetle 4wounds Wendigo (5/9skulls Cap,hg)[SSS 1 -8], wounds Cap. "My bad Rogers" Wendi misses Beetle(2/5shields, Cap, hg).

R4: Wendi 2wounds Blue Beetel(2/4shields, hg). Cap KOs Wendigo.


Unit Summary:

• Damage Done (Normal Attack): 4 wounds on Frank, DM & Wendi
• Adaptive Scarab Suit: placed 4 blue markers at start of game, before getting in attack range. Switched to 2 red/2 gray to get a range attack in on height. Switched to 4 Red to destroy everything
• Sentient Scarab Suit: dealt 2 wounds to Captain America
• Damage Taken: 4 wounds from Wendigo

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Blue Beetle 4/5wounds, Cap 2/5w, Arsenal 1/4w.

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Army Test
Map: City Park
Units: Blue Beetle(260), Cap(240), Bucky(60), Arsenal(170), Nightwing(200), Beast Boy(60) vs. Frankenstein(320), Dragon Man(320) & Wendigo(350)[990]

Spoiler Alert!

R1:Bucky and Cap move. Frank moves. Nightwing activates Beast Boy, moves and Blue Beetle[4 Blue Markers), moves. DM moves. Aresenal moves, misses DM. Wendigo Leaps.

R2: Bucky moves, wounds DM, Cap moves, wounds Frank who moves, wounds Cap, Wendi 3w Bucky. Titans GO! Beast Boy moves, no Dino-Bite,misses Frank, Blue Beetle[2Red, 2Gray] flies up, wounds Frank(-2 UR)(4/7skulls, Cap,hg)[SSS 5 -4] wounds Cap "Gotta quit doing that". Frank misses Cap, Wendi KOs Bucky, misses Beast Boy. Arsenal misses, Nightwing moves, Nightwing moves wounds Frank who KOs Cap, Wendigo KOs Beast Boy, moves, 3wounds Blue Beetle(2/5shields).

R3: Titans Go! Blue Beetle[4 Red] mises Wendigo(3/7skulls)[SSS 11 -8], misses (0/7skulls)[SSS 2 -8] wounds Nightwing "Hey Dick", Arsenal moves, misses. Frank moves, 2w Arsenal, Wendi KOs Blue Beetle(6skulls), moves, KOs Arsenal, moves, misses Nightwing who moves, wounds Frank who moves, misses. Nightwing moves, wounds Frank who moves, wounds Nightwing.


R4: Nightwing KOs Frank. Wendi misses. NW 2w Wendi who misses. NW misses Wendi who KOs NW.


Unit Summary:

• Damage Done (Normal Attack): 1 wound Frank(2 negated by UR)
• Adaptive Scarab Suit: placed 4 blue markers at start of game, before getting in attack range. Switched to 2 red/2 gray to get a big attack in on height. Switched to 4 Red to fizzle out.
• Sentient Scarab Suit: dealt 1 wound to Nightwing, 1 to Cap
• Damage Taken: 5 wounds from Wendigo

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Wendigo 2/7wounds, Dragon Man 1/6wounds. .

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THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: I was worried after the first game. With the Cap boost and high ground he is 5/5 A/D before placing markers. Unleashing even one attack of 9 is brutal but double can level figures way above Blue Beetle's cost. The dice were certainly in the Titan's favor with a critical Dino-Bite on Frank and some hot dice for Beetle.
In the re-match I made sure Wendigo protected the spot where Blue Beetle did the damage the first game. The hot dice switched back to the Creatures and Cap fell early and everything pretty much crumbled after that.
Feeling OK at 260 where I tested him, would feel a bit better at 270. His offensive potential is impressive for a figure under 300. One good turn earns his points.