Sabermetrics in HoSS - Ranking Figures

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If you're familiar with Baseball, or really any sport for that matter, advanced stats/analysis have taken a rise in how those sports look at players. I was wondering if we could use a similar system to rank figures in Heroscape (and since I work for HoSS and there aren't as many figures, yet, as there are in Classic 'Scape, I figured I'd start with HoSS figures ).

So if you aren't familiar with Sabermetrics, like I've stated, it's the advanced stats/analysis in sports. Examples include stats like WAR (Wins Above Replacement), OPS (On-base % + Slugging %), and FIP (Fielding Independent Pitching) in baseball, or QB Rating in football.

So let's get started with HoSS figures. The formula I'm using is this:

(Life + Move + Range + Attack + Defense) x Points* / 1000 x A1

= WBR (Wins Before Replacement)

A1 = If Common Squad, 9.143; If Unique Squad, N/A; If Common Hero, N/A; If Uncommon Hero, 1.875; If Unique Hero, 1 (These numbers are subject to change**)
*If Common or Unique Squad, Points / Number of Figures in Squad

Originally Posted by HoSS Units WBR (Highest to Lowest)

1. 7.13 AT-ST
2. 5.28 Darth Vader
3. 4.25 Boba Fett
4. 4.13 Wampa
5. 3.91 A-Zulmun
6. 3.60 IG-88B
7. 3.41 Rebel Snow Troopers
8. 3.25 Bossk
9. 3.20 Snowtroopers
10. 3.00 Han Solo
11. 2.92 Stormtroopers
12. 2.88 Grand Moff Tarkin
13. 2.87 Imperial Officer
14. 2.85 Obi-Wan Kenobi
15. 2.74 Death Star Troopers
16. 2.68 Rebel Troopers
17. 2.63 E-Web Trooper
18. 2.55 Average Unit
19. 2.44 Rebel Captain
20. 2.42 Dengar
21. 2.40 Chewbacca
22. 2.31 4-LOM
23. 2.20 Major Derlin
24. 2.10 General Veers
25. 2.10 Princess Leia Organa
26. 2.07 Rebel Heavy Gunner
27. 2.00 Zuckuss
28. 1.98 Luke Skywalker
29. 1.98 Tusken Raiders
30. 1.31 Atgar Cannon
31. 0.88 Jawas
32. 0.84 Probe Droid
33. 0.63 Greedo
34. 0.55 2-1B
35. 0.39 R2-D2
36. 0.09 C-3PO

WBR - A2

= WAR (Wins After Replacement)

A2 = Units Combined WBR / Number of Units (Currently 2.55)
(This number is subject to change)

Originally Posted by HoSS Units WAR (Highest to Lowest)

1. 4.58 AT-ST
2. 2.73 Darth Vader
3. 1.70 Boba Fett
4. 1.58 Wampa
5. 1.36 A-Zulmun
6. 1.05 IG-88B
7. 0.86 Rebel Snow Troopers
8. 0.70 Bossk
9. 0.65 Snowtroopers
10. 0.45 Han Solo
11. 0.37 Stormtroopers
12. 0.33 Grand Moff Tarkin
13. 0.32 Imperial Officer
14. 0.30 Obi-Wan Kenobi
15. 0.20 Death Star Troopers
16. 0.13 Rebel Troopers
17. 0.08 E-Web Trooper
18. 0.00 Average Unit
19. -0.11 Rebel Captain
20. -0.13 Dengar
21. -0.15 Chewbacca
22. -0.24 4-LOM
23. -0.35 Major Derlin
24. -0.45 General Veers
25. -0.45 Princess Leia Organa
26. -0.48 Rebel Heavy Gunner
27. -0.55 Zuckuss
28. -0.57 Luke Skywalker
29. -0.57 Tusken Raiders
30. -1.24 Atgar Cannon
31. -1.67 Jawas
32. -1.71 Probe Droid
33. -1.92 Greedo
34. -2.00 2-1B
35. -2.16 R2-D2
36. -2.46 C-3PO

**The way I figured out the numbers to multiply by for the units was this:

Common Squads (7):

6 = 2 x Death Star Troopers
8 = 2 x Jawas
6 = 2 x Rebel Snow Troopers
12 = 4 x Rebel Troopers
6 = 2 x Snowtroopers
8 = 2 x Stormtroopers
18 = 6 x Tusken Raiders

6 + 8 + 6 + 12 + 6 + 8 + 18 = 64 / 7 = 9.143

Unique Squads (0):

N/A

Common Heroes (0):

N/A

Uncommon Heroes (8):

1 x Atgar Cannon
1.5 x AT-ST
2 x E-Web Trooper
2 x Imperial Officer
1.5 x Probe Droid
2 x Rebel Captain
3 x Rebel Heavy Gunner
2 x Wampa

1 + 1.5 + 2 + 2 + 1.5 + 2 + 3 + 2 = 15 / 8 = 1.875

This is basically saying that there are an average of 9.143 Common Squad figures and 1.875 Uncommon Heroes in a 500pt Army. Obviously, since you can only have one Unique Hero in an army, that's why you only multiply a Unique Hero's WBR by 1.

That's why the AT-ST is way above Vader. Because it's pretty much combining the WBR of about 2 AT-STs.

Hope you guys enjoyed this! Thoughts and concerns/criticism are greatly welcomed! It's not perfect.